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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90999	Euchologia: or, The doctrine of practical praying. By the Right Reverend Father in God, John Prideaux, late Bishop of Worcester. Being a legacy left to his daughters in private, directing them to such manifold uses of our Common Prayer Book. As may satisfie upon all occasions, without looking after new lights from extemporal flashes.	Prideaux, John, 1578-1650.	1655 (1655)	Wing P3425; Thomason E1515_1; ESTC R209505	69,265	323

performance of any Christian duties that justly belong unto us Vowes or resolutions so qualified may be a quickning helps to our prayers As 3. Fasting must be acknowledged to bee which is commonly joined with praier Mat. 17.2 Our Saviour mentioneth a kind of divels that goeth out not by prayer only but by fasting joined with prayer Where fasting staves off sensuality from hindering our prayers which only do the deed that fasting fitteth us for Those that cry down our Lent fasts ember weeks fasting on holiday eves according to prescribed order in our Church may as wel take exception at the appointed day of attonement for the afflicting of souls in the old Testament Lev. 23.26 Num. 29.7 1. Cor. 9.27 St. Pauls bringing under and subjecting his body in the new without which his preaching would not free him from a cast away You shall do best therefore my daughters to keep these good and warrantable orders in your families Your Almes-deeds will be the larger which help on prayers Act. 10.4 4. In the fourth place Cornelius saith the Angel thy prayers and thy Almesdeeds are come up as a memorial before God provided alwaies that neither these nor fasting be tainted with Pharisaical vain glory Matth. 6. or hypocrisie to be seen of men which our Saviour warnes us of as of leaven corrupting the whole lump Where 5. Visiting the sick or any other distressed and relieving them according to our best abilities makes a fair way to have our own prayers heard and distresses relieved For doth not our Saviour put such poor layings out yet not of our own but of that we are for a time intrusted with upon his own account I was an hungred Mat. 25.35 and ye gave mee meat I was thirsty and ye gave me drink I was a stranger and ye took me in naked and ye clothed me I was sick and ye visited me I was in prison and ye come unto me He that takes notice to grace such petty assayes by the name of blessed and crowns them through his infinite mercy with eternal happiness wil he reject the petitions that come thus accompanied especially if in their walke they labour also to bee peace-makers Mat. 5 9 for they are honoured with the title of the children of God All which graces honour and good acceptance will be the better understood and improved of us if 6. We bee religious and constant frequenters of the appointed assemblies in set times and places for Gods publick and sacred worship Not to heare and observe only what gifts our teachers have but to attend to the scripture orderly read by the lawful Minister according to the advised appointment of the Church manifested in our Calenders and to joyn with him and the rest of the congregation in confesssion of our sins profession of our faith with one voice and heart offering up our prayers as a sweet smelling sacrifice of praise Psal 50.23 and thanksgiving to our Father which is in heaven through Jesus Christ our only Lord and Saviour This is that which the Apostle urgeth Heb. 10.24 25. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering considering one another to provoke unto love and good workes not forsaking of the assembling of our selves together as the manner of some is some supestitious and schismatical Recusants being then as now there are For the joint prayers and orderly reading the Scriptures are the ground whereupon Sermons and Exhortations must be erected by which you are faithfully catechised what to believe how to pray in what sort to perform your duty towards God and your Neighbours with what Faith Hope and Charity to esteem of Baptism and to receive the blessed Sacrament of the Lords Supper Now where shall these saving points be learned especially by the Vulgar but in our publick Assemblies which being excluded or curtelled 1 Cor 14.8 most Sermons will edifie little more then a Trumpet that giveth an uncertain sound in relation to a Battel I advise you therefore my Daughters to be alwayes present with such as belong to you in all devout obedience at all Common-Prayers Sermons Marriages Baptisings Churchings of Women Funerals or other commanded Assemblies upon extraordinary occasions especially to be partakers of the Lords Supper where it is orderly and religiously to be ministred For in such a communion of Saints not christened so by their owne 2 Pet. 1.5 but Gods esteem you may add to your faith vertue and to your vertue knowledge and to your knowledge temperance and to your temperance patience and to your patience godlinesse and to your godlinesse brotherly kindnesse and to your brotherly kindnesse charity These things abounding in you shall make you powerful in prayer fruitful in good works chearful in your Callings constant in your good courses contented in your conditions happy in your children and families comfortable to your neighbors and acquaintance The rather if they are garded with the whole Armour of God which the Apostle commends unto us and we 7. Lastly betake our selves unto as a safe Hold and Help to secure our prayers By this Armour 1. Eph. 6.15 The feet are shod with the Gospels preparation of Peace such peace as the world cannot give this leads us in the right way and frees us from by-pathes or dashing our feet against blocks or stones 2. The loynes are girt about with truth which is alwayes consonant to it self and will not be drawn aside by partial affections and affectations of singularity 3 The brest is garded with the brest-plate of Righteousnesse not of our owne Phil. 3.9 which is of the Law but that which is through the faith of Christ the Righteousnesse which is of God by faith 4. The left hand next the heart is furnished with the Shield of faith So that when Satan is ready with his fiery darts to drive a guilty conscience into Despair upon the horror of Gods immutable Justice Faith is ready at hand with an Extinguisher as with a Pardon to prevent the Execution If any man sin 1 John 2.1.2 we have an Advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the Righteous and he is the Propitiation for our sins 1 Pet. 2.24.25 By whose stripes we are healed who as Sheep had gone astray but are now returned to the Shepherd and Bishop of our souls 5. The right hand is fitted with the Sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God This is not only Defensive but Offensive Heb. 4.12 quick and powerful and sharper then any two edged sword piercing even to the dividing asunder of the soul and spirit and of the joynts and marrow and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart This frighted and flighted the Tempter in that onset against our Saviour in the wildernesse of which Triumph we are made partakers by the using aright of the same weapon 6. The Head is secured with the Helmet of salvation setled on the Promises