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 14, 2024.

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An act of Love.

O Most gracious and eternall God, the hel∣per of the helpless, the comforter of the comfortless, the hope of the afflicted, the bread of the hungry, the drink of the thirsty, and the Saviour of all them that wait upon thee, I blesse and glorifie thy Name, & adore thy goodness, and delight in thy love, that thou hast once more given me the opportu∣nity of receiving the greatest favour which I can receive in this World, even the body and blood of my dearest Saviour. O take from me all affection to sin or vanity: let not my affections dwell below, but soar

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upwards to the element of love, to the seat of God, to the Regions of Glory, and the inhe∣ritance of Jesus, that I may hunger and thirst for the bread of life, and the wine of elect soules, and may know no loves but the love of God, and the most mercifull Jesus, Amen.

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