Sacred principles, services, and soliloquies or, a manual of devotions made up of three parts: I. The grounds of Christian religion, and the doctrine of the Church of England, as differing from the now-Roman. II. Daily, and weekly formes of prayers fortified with Holy Scriptures, meditations and rules to keep the soule from the common roads of sin, and carry it on in a mortified course. III. Seven charges to conscience, delivering (if not the whole body) the main limbs of divinity, which is the art not of disputing, but living well.
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Sacred principles, services, and soliloquies or, a manual of devotions made up of three parts: I. The grounds of Christian religion, and the doctrine of the Church of England, as differing from the now-Roman. II. Daily, and weekly formes of prayers fortified with Holy Scriptures, meditations and rules to keep the soule from the common roads of sin, and carry it on in a mortified course. III. Seven charges to conscience, delivering (if not the whole body) the main limbs of divinity, which is the art not of disputing, but living well.
Author
Brough, W. (William), d. 1671.
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London :: Printed by J.G. for John Clark, and are to be sold at his shop under Saint Peters Church in Cornhill,
1650 [i.e. 1649]
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Church of England -- Prayer-books and devotions -- Early works to 1800.
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"Sacred principles, services, and soliloquies or, a manual of devotions made up of three parts: I. The grounds of Christian religion, and the doctrine of the Church of England, as differing from the now-Roman. II. Daily, and weekly formes of prayers fortified with Holy Scriptures, meditations and rules to keep the soule from the common roads of sin, and carry it on in a mortified course. III. Seven charges to conscience, delivering (if not the whole body) the main limbs of divinity, which is the art not of disputing, but living well." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A77634.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 22, 2025.
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Remedies against Swearing, and taking Gods Name in vaine.
1. THere is much ill in this sinne.
1. Against the Creator, GOD. It is
1. Petty Blasphemy at least: The Jewes stopt their eares at it, and dare Christians open their mouths for it a 1.1?
2. Petty Treason. A lifting up the tongue against Divine Majestie, and wounding it, and bringing it to contempt b 1.2.
3. Grand ingratitude to God. For my tongue made for his glory c 1.3, to do him dishonor. And the Names & Members of Christ, to be made instruments of sinne d 1.4.
2. Against the Creature.
4. Grand rebellion. Man the tongue of the Creatures to praise God, makes then Mutes to his Glory e 1.5,
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and guilty of his despising and daring God; and himself worse then them all.
2. There is great danger in it. The Law sayes, it goes not guiltlesse f 1.6 The Gospel sayes, of Condemnation g 1.7.
3. There is no profit, credit, or plea∣sure in it, a meer-pure sin, without mo∣tive to excuse it.
4. Custome aggravates it. That I dare get, and keep an habit against Heaven.
5. I may use meanes to lose, as well as get this custome * 1.8.
1. For Gods Names, O Lord! Je∣sus! Christ! use other words, O strange! O rare! O me! &c. with as good sense, and lesse sin.
2. Punish thy slips. Bite tongue. Give an almes. Say Lords Prayer.