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 21, 2025.
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¶ Collect, or Prayer, against Lying.
O God of truth, keep me from the lip of Lying! Since the De∣vill is a lying Spirit, let not my mouth be possessed with him. Since he is the Father, let not me be a Child of false∣hoods. Cause my heart to conceive things aright, and let my tongue truly bring forth the conceptions of my heart. Suffer me not at the price of any lust, to let out my tongue to serve the turnes of Satan. As a Prostitute to Malice, by lying to doe mischief; or an Advocate to friendship, by lying to doe good, or excuse the shame of evill. Let me not commit an evill to doe a
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good, much lesse adde sinne to sinne, word to deed, upon any occasions. Especially upon small occasions, let not my minde and tongue be filled with such blots. Blemishes both to Christi∣an and Humane conversation! Pes••s both to Church, and to mankind! And that I may abhorre a lye, make me to love truth and justice, even for his sake, in whose mouth was no guile. Jesus Christ our Lord! Amen.
Daily Prayers.
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