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A59111 The devout communicant, assisted with rules for the worthy receiving of the blessed Eucharist together with meditations, prayers and anthems, for every day of the Holy Week : in two parts / by Ab. Seller ... Seller, Abednego, 1646?-1705. 1686 (1686) Wing S2450; ESTC R10920 183,621 482

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nevertheless_o not_o my_o will_n but_o thou_o be_v dene_fw-mi and_o be_v in_o a_o agony_n he_o pray_v more_o earnest_o and_o his_o sweat_n be_v as_o it_o be_v great_a drop_n of_o blood_n fall_v down_o to_o the_o ground_n the_o meditation_n though_o every_o thing_n that_o be_v good_a and_o virtuous_a have_v its_o attractive_n yet_o when_o virtue_n be_v attend_v with_o power_n it_o be_v in_o its_o exaltation_n and_o make_v as_o many_o votary_n as_o it_o have_v spectator_n and_o every_o one_o look_n on_o it_o with_o admiration_n and_o surprise_v and_o address_n to_o it_o with_o resolution_n either_o to_o become_v good_a or_o to_o beg_v its_o protection_n from_o evil_n because_o piety_n so_o assist_v prove_v a_o great_a exemplar_n and_o a_o puissant_a shelter_n and_o such_o be_v the_o holy_a jesus_n who_o be_v wonderful_a in_o all_o his_o achievement_n for_o nothing_o less_o than_o unspotted_a innocence_n and_o omnipotence_n conjoin_v can_v furnish_v the_o world_n with_o a_o saviour_n the_o whole_a life_n of_o jesus_n be_v a_o miracle_n of_o love_n and_o compassion_n and_o the_o attempt_n of_o the_o patriarch_n appear_v mean_a and_o inconsiderable_a when_o compare_v with_o the_o transcendent_a performance_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n for_o if_o to_o consult_v the_o want_n of_o mankind_n and_o to_o relieve_v they_o if_o cure_v their_o body_n and_o instruct_v their_o soul_n if_o feed_v they_o with_o temporal_a food_n and_o give_v they_o the_o bread_n of_o heaven_n be_v demonstration_n of_o a_o large_a and_o a_o divine_a soul_n than_o that_o title_n be_v peculiar_o to_o be_v ascribe_v to_o the_o redeemer_n of_o the_o world_n who_o action_n be_v one_o continue_a series_n of_o benefit_n and_o mercy_n i_o will_v therefore_o love_v the_o example_n of_o good_a man_n but_o i_o will_v admire_v and_o adore_v jesus_n i_o will_v make_v reflection_n on_o their_o excellent_a life_n but_o i_o must_v fix_v my_o thought_n on_o the_o conversation_n of_o my_o saviour_n who_o when_o 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