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A27107 The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please God / amplified by the author Bayly, Lewis, d. 1631. 1695 (1695) Wing B1502; ESTC R29026 286,386 487

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thy_o 5._o month_n be_v determine_v thy_o virg._n day_n be_v number_v and_o thy_o very_a 8._o last_o hour_n be_v limit_v beyond_o which_o thou_o shall_v not_o pass_v for_o then_o the_o first-horn_n of_o death_n mount_v on_o his_o 8._o pale_a horse_n shall_v alight_v at_o thy_o door_n and_o notwithstanding_o all_o thy_o wealth_n and_o honour_n and_o the_o tear_n of_o thy_o dear_a friend_n will_v carry_v thou_o away_o bind_v hand_n and_o foot_n as_o his_o prisoner_n and_o keep_v thy_o body_n under_o a_o load_n of_o earth_n until_o that_o day_n come_v wherein_o thou_o must_v be_v bring_v forth_o to_o 10_o receive_v according_a to_o the_o thing_n which_o thou_o have_v do_v in_o the_o body_n whether_o it_o be_v good_a or_o evil_n o_o let_v not_o then_o the_o false_a hope_n of_o a_o uncertain_a long_a life_n hinder_v thou_o from_o become_v a_o present_a practiser_n of_o religious_a piety_n god_n 7._o offer_v grace_n to_o day_n 7._o but_o who_o promise_v to_o morrow_n senec_n there_o be_v 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thy_o sin_n have_v deserve_v count_n therefore_o christ_n thy_o chief_a joy_n sen._n and_o sin_v thy_o great_a grief_n esteem_v no_o want_n to_o the_o want_n of_o grace_n nor_o any_o loss_n to_o the_o loss_n of_o god_n favour_n and_o then_o the_o discontentment_n for_o outward_a mean_n shall_v the_o less_o perplex_v thy_o inward_a mind_n and_o as_o oft_o as_o satan_n shall_v offer_v any_o motion_n of_o discontentment_n to_o thy_o mind_n remember_v saint_n paul_n admonition_n 9_o we_o bring_v nothing_o into_o this_o world_n and_o it_o be_v certain_a vives_fw-la that_o we_o can_v carry_v nothing_o out_o and_o have_v food_n and_o raiment_n let_v we_o be_v therewith_o content_a but_o they_o that_o will_v be_v rich_a fall_n into_o temptation_n and_o a_o snare_n and_o into_o many_o foolish_a and_o hurtful_a lust_n which_o drown_v man_n in_o destruction_n and_o perdition_n pray_v therefore_o with_o wise_a 9_o agur_n o_o lord_n give_v i_o neither_o poverty_n nor_o riches_n feed_v i_o with_o 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