A praier taken out of the second Psalme.
VVE perceiue (most mercifull and almighty God) that not only Antichrist, but also the power and strength of the whole world con∣spireth
Elijahs fiery-chariot, or Glowing-coals taken from Gods altar being excellent prayers and meditations, fitted for all persons in all conditions. Composed by divers learned Fathers and martyrs in the Church of God. The like never before extant.
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- Elijahs fiery-chariot, or Glowing-coals taken from Gods altar being excellent prayers and meditations, fitted for all persons in all conditions. Composed by divers learned Fathers and martyrs in the Church of God. The like never before extant.
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- Elias, John, fl. 1659.
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- London :: Printed for Thomas Rooks, and are to be sold at his shop, at the sign of the Lamb, at the east-end of St. Pauls Church,
- 1659.
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- Prayer -- Christianity -- Early works to 1800.
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"Elijahs fiery-chariot, or Glowing-coals taken from Gods altar being excellent prayers and meditations, fitted for all persons in all conditions. Composed by divers learned Fathers and martyrs in the Church of God. The like never before extant." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A84350.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 2, 2024.
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against thee, and against thy Christ, which thinke the gospel and the building vp again of the church, to be an intollerable bondage & hard yoke. Wherefore they labour by all possible meanes to breake asunder the societies and congregations of the faithfull, and cast away al disci∣pline. But forasmuch as thou sittest in heauen, & art not ignorant what the diuell or wicked flesh goeth a∣bout: laugh thou to scorne their vain counsells, & bring their purposes to nought. Let them feele thine anger to be kindled against them, & make them astonied at the storcenesse of thine indignations, so that they may not be able to destroy the Church o∣uer whō thou hast appointed Iesus Christ our only Sauior, to be a go∣uernour, that in it hee may raigne by his word and spirite with inuin∣cible might and power. Wherefore
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grant vnto vs although vnworthy and shrinking children, such faith & constancy, that we may finde him, & also confesse him to be our only king: and that we may nothing doubt, but that wee may be his nation, people, and heritage, being most assured of this, that he is of such strength and power, that with his sword more strong then yron, he is able to destroy whom he will, and breake them in peeces like earthen pots.
Therefore, O God, turne the kings and princes of the world vnto thee, that they may bee wise and vnderstand, whereby they may vn∣fainedly acknowledge, imbrace, and kisse his sonne, lest when his wrath shall once be kindled, they perish and be destroyed for euer. And when it shalbe thy good pleasure make them blessed for euermore, which commit themselues to thy gouernance and
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and protection, by Christ Iesus our Lord, Amen.