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A64114 Holy living in which are described the means and instruments of obtaining every virute, and the remedies against every vice, and considerations serving to the resisting all temptations : together with prayers containing the whole duty of a Christian, and the parts of devotion occasians [sic], and furnished for all necessities / by Jer. Taylor. Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667. 1656 (1656) Wing T374; ESTC R232803 258,819 464

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and_o evening_n devotion_n which_o if_o you_o be_v force_v to_o make_v very_o short_a you_o may_v supply_v and_o lengthen_v with_o ejaculation_n and_o short_a retirement_n in_o the_o day_n time_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o your_o employment_n or_o of_o your_o company_n 48.10_o je●_n 48.10_o 18._o do_v not_o the_o work_n of_o god_n negligent_o and_o idle_o let_v not_o thy_o hart_n be_v upon_o the_o world_n when_o thy_o hand_n be_v lift_v up_o in_o prayer_n and_o be_v sure_a to_o prefer_v a_o action_n of_o religion_n in_o its_o place_n and_o proper_a season_n before_o all_o worldly_a pleasure_n let_v secular_a thing_n that_o may_v be_v dispense_v within_o themselves_o in_o these_o circumstance_n wait_v upon_o the_o other_o not_o like_o the_o patriarch_n who_o run_v from_o the_o altar_n in_o s._n sophia_n to_o his_o stable_n in_o all_o his_o pontifical_o and_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o office_n to_o see_v a_o colt_n new_o fall_v
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and_o indeed_o that_o man_n have_v a_o strange_a covetousness_n or_o folly_n that_o be_v not_o content_v with_o this_o reward_n that_o he_o have_v please_v god_n and_o see_v what_o he_o get_v by_o it_o 25._o s_o greg._n moral_n 8._o cap._n 25._o he_o that_o do_v good_a work_n for_o praise_n or_o secular_a end_n sell_v a_o inestimable_a jewel_n for_o a_o trifle_n and_o that_o which_o will_v purchase_v heaven_n for_o he_o he_o part_v with_o for_o the_o breath_n of_o the_o people_n which_o at_o the_o best_a be_v but_o air_n and_o that_o not_o often_o wholesome_a 4._o it_o be_v well_o also_o when_o we_o be_v not_o solicitous_a or_o trouble_a concern_v the_o effect_n and_o event_n of_o all_o our_o action_n but_o that_o be_v first_o by_o prayer_n recommend_v to_o he_o be_v lest_o at_o his_o dispose_n for_o then_o in_o case_n the_o event_n be_v not_o answerable_a to_o our_o desire_n or_o to_o the_o efficacy_n of_o the_o instrument_n we_o have_v nothing_o leave_v to_o rest_v in_o but_o the_o 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