To pneuma ksopyrén, or Sparkes of the spirit, being, motives to sacred theorems, and divine meditations. / By a reverend father of the Church of England.

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To pneuma ksopyrén, or Sparkes of the spirit, being, motives to sacred theorems, and divine meditations. / By a reverend father of the Church of England.
Author
Davies, Athanasius, b. 1620 or 21.
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London, :: Printed for Edw. Thomas at the Adam and Eve in little Brittain without aldersgate,
1658.
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Devotional literature -- Early works to 1800.
Meditations -- Early works to 1800.
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"To pneuma ksopyrén, or Sparkes of the spirit, being, motives to sacred theorems, and divine meditations. / By a reverend father of the Church of England." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A74704.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.

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Sect. LXVI. The sickness of the Soul.

THe diseases of the body, as the Ague, the Stone, the Pox, the Palsie, the Plague, Impostumes, &c. Are cured either by Physick, tract of Time, or ended by Death: But the diseases of the soul, as Pride, Envie, Malice, &c. are cured nei∣ther by Time, Physick, nor

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Death; but onely by the blood of Jesus Christ: there∣fore, seeing the diseases of the soul be so incurable, and the Physick so precious, we had need to be watchfull of our selves, that though we have a sick body, yet a sound soul.

Sparke 66.

O Lord, my soul is sick with divers diseases, my wounds great, and my Ma∣lady grievous, heal m therefore, O Lord, for my bones are vexed, yea, heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee; speak the word Lord, and thy ser∣vant shall be healed.

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