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

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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.
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Subject terms: Catholic Church. -- Breviary.; Church of England. -- Book of common prayer.; Rhymed offices.
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S. Mathew.

All as in the Office of Saints, except.

1. Antiph. Be not discourag'd, O my soul, nor make thy past offences unpardonable by dis∣pare.

2. Antiph. This is he who of a sinner became a Preacher, and of a Publican was cal'd to be an Apostle.

3. Antiph. Fear not the power of the grace of God; but take heed▪ of delaying to imbrace it, take heed of refusing to obey it.

Prayer.

O God, whose powerful call drew Mat∣thew the Publican from the very receit of Custom to become an eminent Apostle and Evangelist in thy Church; grant us we humbly beseech Thee in celebrating the B. memory of his life and death, worthy his high and extraor∣dinary vocation, both to advance thy praise for so glorious an example of thy Grace, comply∣ing readyly and faithfully with thy grace, im∣itate to our utmost capacitys so glorious an ex∣ample; through our Lord JESUS Christ thy Son, who—