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needs_o be_v very_o subject_a to_o commit_v his_o ignorance_n deserve_v your_o pardon_n and_o my_o pain_n your_o prayer_n which_o i_o do_v hearty_o crave_v submit_v entire_o all_o the_o rest_n to_o the_o correction_n of_o the_o holy_a cotholik_a church_n hope_v that_o if_o this_o little_a manuel_n be_v use_v uviht_v the_o like_a intention_n whrewith_o it_o be_v compose_v the_o fruit_n will_v be_v not_o unanswerable_a to_o his_o desire_n who_o be_v a_o hearty_a and_o true_a well_o wisher_n of_o the_o great_a happiness_n to_o your_o dear_a soul_n the_o doctor_n approbation_n i_o under_o witten_a doctor_n of_o divinity_n in_o the_o university_n of_o paris_n have_v read_v over_o a_o little_a book_n entitle_v a_o mannvel_n of_o the_o poor_a man_n devotion_n etc._n etc._n compose_v by_o w.c._n in_o which_o i_o find_v nothing_o contrary_a to_o the_o catholic_a apostolic_a and_o roman_a faith_n or_o good_a manner_n but_o rather_o much_o that_o incit_v christian_n to_o the_o true_a practice_n of_o solid_a piety_n and_o devotion_n in_o witness_n wheroff_v i_o have_v hereunto_o set_v my_o hand_n this_o 2._o day_n of_o feb._n 1669._o f._n gage_n libellum_fw-la anglo_n idiomate_fw-la scriptum_fw-la à _fw-la viro_fw-la piissimo_fw-la pariter_fw-la ac_fw-la nobilissimo_fw-la d._n vv._n c._n sacerdote_fw-la anglo_n compositum_fw-la optimis_fw-la instructionibus_fw-la meditationibus_fw-la &_o orationibus_fw-la plenum_fw-la magna_fw-la cum_fw-la delectatione_n per_fw-la legi_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la nihil_fw-la nisi_fw-la valde_fw-la orthodoxum_fw-la &_o christianae_n aquavitae_fw-la ac_fw-la religiovis_fw-la profectum_fw-la quaerentibus_fw-la maximè_fw-la vero_fw-la neophytis_fw-la utilissunum_fw-la deprehendi_fw-la sapit_fw-la porro_fw-la authoris_fw-la svi_fw-la pietatem_fw-la maximam_fw-la ac_fw-la viâ—ae_fw-la integritatem_fw-la quip_n qui_fw-la genetis_fw-la splendorem_fw-la quo_fw-la maximè_fw-la inter_fw-la anglos_n fulget_fw-la virtutum_fw-la suarum_fw-la splendore_fw-la excellere_fw-la videatur_fw-la quamobrem_fw-la bono_fw-mi catholicorum_n anglicanae_n diâ—ionis_fw-la consulens_fw-la hunc_fw-la prelo_fw-la dignissimum_fw-la censeo_fw-la ut_fw-la ibi_fw-la aliquos_fw-la reperiat_fw-la imitatores_fw-la qui_fw-la omnes_fw-la ubique_fw-la reperiet_fw-la approbatores_fw-la datum_n parisiis_fw-la die_v 10._o decembris_fw-la a_o restaurarae_fw-la salutis_fw-la 1669._o i._o mollony_n sacrae_fw-la theologiae_n facultatis_fw-la parisiensis_fw-la doctor_n a_o table_n of_o the_o chief_a content_n in_o this_o manuel_n a_o morning_n exercise_n of_o holy_a prayer_n page_n 3._o the_o angelus_n domini_fw-la for_o morning_n noon_n and_o evening_n pag._n 14._o advertisment_n much_o conduce_v to_o christian_a perfection_n pag._n 15._o a_o eve_a exercise_n for_o prayer_n before_o bed_n pag._n 17._o king_n david_n his_o 7._o penitential_a psalm_n with_o the_o litaniy_n of_o the_o saint_n pag._n 27._o the_o true_a end_n of_o man._n pag._n 49._o of_o gratitude_n due_a to_o jesus_n christ_n p._n 51._o our_o main_a affair_n be_v to_o save_v our_o soul_n pag._n 53._o of_o god_n divine_a presence_n pag._n 54._o we_o ougth_n to_o distrust_v ourselves_o p._n 55._o against_o detraction_n and_o calumny_n p._n 57_o of_o fly_v the_o oecasion_n of_o sin_n pag._n 59_o the_o small_a number_n of_o the_o elect._n p._n 61._o of_o suffer_v persecution_n for_o justice_n sake_n pag._n 63._o man_n life_n subjct_v to_o innumerable_a misery_n pag._n 65._o reflection_n upon_o the_o word_n of_o eternity_n pag._n 68_o the_o signification_n of_o priestly_a ornament_n and_o of_o the_o other_o ceremony_n and_o divine_a mystery_n of_o the_o mass_n pag._n 71._o a_o devout_a exercise_n for_o hear_v mass_n with_o true_a profitt_a and_o piety_n p._n 103._o spiritual_a advice_n of_o s._n theresa_n conduce_v to_o live_v happy_o with_o god_n and_o man._n pag._n 131._o pious_a reflection_n for_o embrace_v virtue_n and_o fly_a vice_n which_o may_v be_v use_v as_o the_o subject_n of_o so_o many_o profitable_a meditation_n pag._n 136._o of_o the_o sacrament_n of_o confession_n p._n 175._o a_o table_n of_o sin_n help_v the_o memory_n for_o a_o general_a confession_n pag._n 180._o a_o act_n of_o contrition_n pag._n 196._o a_o prayer_n before_o confession_n pag._n 197._o a_o prayer_n exciting_a compunction_n for_o our_o sin_n pag._n 20â—_n a_o examen_fw-la of_o conscience_n for_o such_o as_o often_o frequent_a the_o sacrament_n of_o penance_n pag._n 209._o a_o devout_a prayer_n after_o confession_n pag._n 214._o of_o the_o holy_a communion_n pag._n 221._o prayer_n before_o the_o holy_a communion_n pag._n 230._o a_o preparatory_a meditation_n hofore_o the_o holy_a communion_n pag._n 238._o prayer_n after_o the_o holy_a communion_n pag._n 238._o the_o canticle_n of_o the_o 3._o child_n pag._n 243._o the_o canticle_n of_o zachary_n pag._n 243._o the_o b._n virgin_n canticle_n of_o magnificat_fw-la pag._n 247._o the_o hymn_n of_o s._n ambrose_n and_o s._n augustin_n in_o thanks_n give_v to_o god_n at_o his_o conversion_n pag._n 248._o the_o psalm_n 148._o wherein_n all_o creature_n be_v invite_v to_o praise_v god_n pag._n 251._o a_o meditation_n of_o thanks_n give_v after_o communion_n pag._n 253._o a_o exercise_n for_o practise_v act_n of_o the_o most_o necessary_a virtue_n pag._n 256._o holy_a maxim_n pronounce_v by_o jesus_n christ_n much_o different_a from_o the_o maxim_n of_o the_o world_n pag._n 293._o devout_a prayer_n to_o be_v say_v at_o convenient_a opportunity_n as_o each_o shall_v best_o make_v choice_n p._n 298._o of_o aspiration_n and_o jaculatory_a prayer_n pag._n 346._o of_o meditation_n pag._n 358._o matter_n of_o meditation_n for_o each_o day_n in_o the_o week_n pag._n 363._o a_o exercise_n preparatory_a to_o death_n with_o the_o recommendation_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o english_a pag._n 379._o a_o abridgement_n of_o the_o aforesaid_a exercise_v which_o may_v be_v use_v every_o day_n pag._n 441._o a_o appendix_n contain_v a_o touch_n 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