The Father worketh. Ioh. 5. 17. The worke of Creation.
GOd said againe, Let the waters vnder the Heauen bee gathered▪ into one
Ancilla pietatis: or, The hand-maid to priuate deuotion presenting a manuell to furnish her with necessary principles of faith. Forcible motiues to a holy life. Vsefull formes of hymnes and prayers. ... By Daniel Featly, D. in Diuinity.
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- Ancilla pietatis: or, The hand-maid to priuate deuotion presenting a manuell to furnish her with necessary principles of faith. Forcible motiues to a holy life. Vsefull formes of hymnes and prayers. ... By Daniel Featly, D. in Diuinity.
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- Featley, Daniel, 1582-1645.
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"Ancilla pietatis: or, The hand-maid to priuate deuotion presenting a manuell to furnish her with necessary principles of faith. Forcible motiues to a holy life. Vsefull formes of hymnes and prayers. ... By Daniel Featly, D. in Diuinity." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/a00587.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.
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place, and let the dry land ap∣peare: and it was so. Gen. 1. 9.
And God called the dry land earth; and he called the gathering together of the waters Seas: and God saw that it was good, v. 10.
Then God said, Let the earth bud forth the bud of the herbe that seedeth seede the fruitfull tree, which beareth fruit accor∣ding to his kinde, which hath his seede in it selfe vpon the earth: and it was so. ver. 11.
And the earth brought forth the bud of the herbe, that see∣deth seede according to his kind; also the tree that beareth fruit, which hath his seede in it selfe according to his kinde: and God saw that it was good. ver. 12.
So the Euening and the Mor∣ning were the third day, ver. 13.
And I worke. Ioh. 5. 17. The worke of Redemption.
WHo is this that com∣meth from Edom, with
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red garments from Bozrah? He is glorious in his apparell, and walketh in his great strength; I speake in righteousnesse, and am mighty to saue. Isa. 63. 1.
I haue troden the Wine-presse alone, & of all people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and tread them vnder foot in my wrath, and their bloud shall bee sprinkled vpon my garments, and I will staine all my rayment. ver. 3.
And two dayes after follow∣ed the Feast of the Passeouer, and of vnleauened bread: and the high Priests and Scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. Mar. 14. 1.
But they said, Not on the feast day, least there bee a tumult a∣mong the people. ver. 2.
And when he was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the Leper, as he sate at Table, there came a woman, hauing a box of Oint∣ment
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of Spikenard, very costly, and shee brake the Box and powred it on his head, ver. 3.
For thine instructi∣on meditate
- In the Morning, vpon the worke of Creation.
- In the Euening, vpon the worke of Redemption.
For thy comfort apply the
- Vse of the one.
- Benefit of the other.
For thy correction reproue thy
- Abuse of the one.
- Vnthankfulnesse for the other.
Quicken
- Thy thankesgiuing by the Hymne.
- Thine obedience by the ad∣monition.
- Thy zeale and deuotion by the prayer ensuing.