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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.

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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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Thursday-Service. Against Pride.

  • Morning Prayer. Psal. 73. 131.
  • Lessons, Isa. 14. Luk. 18. to v. 19▪ or Acts 12.
  • Evening Prayer. Psal. 86. 138.
  • Lesson. J••r. 13. Jam. 4. or 1 Pet. 5.

¶ Collect, or Prayer against Pride.

LOrd, keepe me from the sinne of Pride, which threw Angels out of Heaven, and Man out of Paradise; lest it cast me headlong into the depths of thy dis∣pleasure, and barre my soule of both!

O let me who am nothing but a mi∣serable body and soule (a lump of sins and woes) let me never exalt my selfe before, or against thee: Without whose

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goodnesse (but one minute) my flesh would fall to the earth, and my spirit lie in hell for ever, without thy mercy.

Preserve by these thoughts an hum∣ble spirit in me, such as thou maist re∣spect on earth, and hereafter advance unto thy glory. Even for his sake who so abased himselfe for my pride, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen!

Daily Prayers.
Remedies against Pride.
  • 1. KNow what Pride is. A sinne abhominable, as that which is
    • 1. Gods hate. Others sinnes fly God, but this flyes at God * 1.1, and God at it a 1.2.
    • 2. Mans bane. It went before the fall of Angels b 1.3 and Adam c 1.4, and doth goe before destruction d 1.5.
    • 3. Christs scorne. In his birth, life, death; all humility, nothing of pride; much against it.
  • 2. Know what we are, and there is no cause of pride.
    • 1. Not for our Ills. And our
      • 1. Bodies are Baggs of phlegme

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      • and choler, poore and vile e 1.6.
        • 1. I am quickened dust, and shall be dead f 1.7.
        • 2. One worme was my begin∣ing, and many will be my end; and much woe betweene g 1.8.
      • 2. Soules be Cages of uncleane lusts, and errours h 1.9. Nests of Ser∣pents and Vipers i 1.10.
      • 3. Bodies and Soules both, have what should humble us.
        • 1. My body is subject to a thou∣sand sicknesses and sorrowes, but my soule to ten thousand times more sins, and wounds, and weaknesses, and falls k 1.11.
        • 2. A Grave will be the end of my Body l 1.12, and Hell (without pardon) the end of a sinning Soule m 1.13.
    • 2. For goods or perfections of bo∣dy or soule, no cause to be proud: because they are all of them,
      • 1. Gods gifts, (whether of na∣ture, fortune, or grace n 1.14) so they are my debt o 1.15, for which I owe the Doner my thanks. (Pride payes my self the glo∣ry p 1.16:) & they are my charge q 1.17, for which I owe God the use,

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      • and for that must be carefull and fearfull (not proud.)
      • 2. Pride is the way to lose the good I am proud of: honour, beauty, eloquence, grace, &c. as we see in Nebuchadnezzar, Herod, Goliah, David, Peter, &c. r 1.18
  • 3. Know what we are comparatively, with
    • 1. Others. Our betters of more virtue, if lesse beauty, glory.
    • 2. God. Before whom Angels cover their feet and faces s 1.19.

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