Holy living in which are described the means and instruments of obtaining every virute, and the remedies against every vice, and considerations serving to the resisting all temptations : together with prayers containing the whole duty of a Christian, and the parts of devotion occasians [sic], and furnished for all necessities / by Jer. Taylor.

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Holy living in which are described the means and instruments of obtaining every virute, and the remedies against every vice, and considerations serving to the resisting all temptations : together with prayers containing the whole duty of a Christian, and the parts of devotion occasians [sic], and furnished for all necessities / by Jer. Taylor.
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Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667.
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London :: Printed for Richard Royston,
1656.
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Christian life.
Devotional exercises.
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"Holy living in which are described the means and instruments of obtaining every virute, and the remedies against every vice, and considerations serving to the resisting all temptations : together with prayers containing the whole duty of a Christian, and the parts of devotion occasians [sic], and furnished for all necessities / by Jer. Taylor." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A64114.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.

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Hither the sick persons may draw in, and use the acts of several vertues respersed in the several parts of this book, the several Le∣tanies, viz. of repentance, of the passion, and the single prayers, according to his present needs.
A Prayer to be said in a storm a Sea.

O My God, thou didst create the Earth and the Sea for thy glory and the use of man, and doest daily shew wonders in the deep: look upon the danger and fear of thy servant: my sins have taken hold upon me, and without the supporting arm of thy mercy I cannot look up; but my trust is in thee. Do thou O Lord, rebuke the Sea, and make it calm; for to thee the windes and the sea obey: let not the waters swal∣low me up, but let thy Spirit, the Spirit of gentleness and mercy move upon the wa∣ters: Be thou reconciled unto thy servants, and then the face of the waters will be smooth. I fear that my sins make me like onas the cause of the tempest. Cast out all my sins, and throw not thy servants away from thy presence and from the land of the living into the depths where all things are forgotten: But if it be thy wil that w shall go down into the waters, Lord 〈◊〉〈◊〉 my soul into thy holy hands, and preserve it in mercy and safety till the day of est••••••∣tion of all things: and be pleased on. e my d••••th to the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of thy Son; and o

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accept of it so united as a punishment for all my sins, that thou mayest forget all thine an∣ger, and blot my sins out of thy book, and write my soul there for Jesus Christ his sake, our dearest Lord and most mighty Redeemer. Amen.

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