Devotions in the ancient way of offices with psalms, hymns, and prayers for every day in the week and every holiday in the year.

About this Item

Title
Devotions in the ancient way of offices with psalms, hymns, and prayers for every day in the week and every holiday in the year.
Author
Birchley, William, 1613-1669.
Publication
Paris :: [s.n.],
1668.
Rights/Permissions

To the extent possible under law, the Text Creation Partnership has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above, according to the terms of the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). This waiver does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/ for more information.

Subject terms
Catholic Church. -- Breviary.
Church of England. -- Book of common prayer.
Rhymed offices.
Link to this Item
http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A69499.0001.001
Cite this Item
"Devotions in the ancient way of offices with psalms, hymns, and prayers for every day in the week and every holiday in the year." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A69499.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.

Pages

Let us pray.

O God whose provident mercy makes eve∣ry day a new branch of the tree of Know∣ledge to us, whence the Evening may gather fresh variety of wholsom fruit, for the nou∣rishment of souls, whose digestion by grace has sanctifyd by feeding on the tree of life, the Cross of JESUS! Grant, we humbly beseech Thee, that no experience of good or evil which this day has afforded, may be lost on us; but what e're of moment has happen'd to our selvs or others, may by seasonable and minute rumi∣nation, be fitted, to render us more skilful in discerning the true value and use of this state, in all its postures; and stronger, to sacrifice up, with our Saviour, our whole Concerns and Being here, to thy Will, and the sole advance of thy glory, which at length will surely crown thy Servants with immortal Blyss, through our Lord —

Vouchsafe as Pag 54 to the end.

Do you have questions about this content? Need to report a problem? Please contact us.