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The Ambassador Between Heaven and Earth

Published: 1613
Length: 43,848 words
Reading: ~3 hours
Divisions: 62

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The embassador between heauen and earth, betweene God and man. Or A booke of heauenly and healthy meditations and prayers for earthly and sickly soules and sinners Fit to be borne in the hand, and worne in the heart of euery good Christian. By W.C. preacher of the word.

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Sermon Preached 14 February 1607

1608

London Printed by N. O[kes] for Lenard Becket and are to be sold at his shop in the Inner Temple 1613.

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To the readerTo the Chriſtian and ſupplicant Reader.
Errata
Table of contentsA view of the Contents and Prayers as they orderly ſtand in this Booke.
CalendarSHORT KALENDER NOTES.
PartOf the Yeare, and the parts thereof.
PartA Rule to know how many dayes be contained in euery Moneth.
PartHoly-dayes.
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MeditationOf the vanity, imperfection, and ſuddaine decay of all earthly Pleaſures, and the Shortneſſe and Miſery of…
MeditationOf the Force, the vſe and necesſity of Prayer.
PrayersThe Embaſſadour betweene Heauen and Earth.
PrayerA morning Prayer for the Sabaoth day.
PrayerAn euening Prayer for the Sabaoth day.
PrayerA further Deſcription of this heauenly Ieruſalem, and bleſſed happineſſe therein, taken out of the Man.…
PrayerAn Euery-dayes-Sacrifice, or a Morning prayer for any day in the weeke, or euery day in the Weeke.
PrayerAn Euening prayer for any day in the week, or euery day in the weeke for a priuate perſon.
PrayerAnother mornings Prayer.

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Author: William Crashaw (1572–1626)
Imprint: London Printed by N. O[kes] for Lenard Becket and are to be sold at his shop in the Inner Temple 1613.
Extent: [384] p.
Language: English
Catalogue: STC 4316 · ESTC S118212
Source: TCP A17499
Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (Text Creation Partnership)

Sermon Preached 14 February 1607

1609

PrayerAn euening Prayer to the ſame.

PrayerA morning Prayer for a priuate famely.

PrayerAn Euening prayer for a priuate Family.

PrayerA prayer to God for the forgiuenes of ſins.

PrayerA prayer to be ſaid before the vndertaking of any iourney.

PrayerAnother Prayer or med: to be vſed before the vndertaking of any iourney or buſineſſe eyther by ſea or land.

PrayerA prayer for true peace, which is the peace of God in the peace of conſcience, and for the external peace…

PrayerA prayer for ſeaſonable weather, a puniſhment the Lord hath lately inflicted vpon vs and our whole land for…

PrayerA meditation of Gods loue and mercy towards vs and our vnthankefullneſſe▪ towards him alluding to the…

PrayerA meditation againſt the feare of death written in french by the learned P. M: ſ. du Pleſſis.

PrayerThe Sicke-mans Prayer.

PrayerThe commendation of the ſoule to bee ſaid at a ſicke mans death, out of the Man. of M. Craſhaw.

SignsSix ſignes, according to S. Anſelme, vpon the which a man may …eſt confident of his ſaluation.

PrayerAnother Meditation againſt the feare of death, & for ſtrength & patience in that laſt houre.

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PrayerA Prayer or meditation before the receyuing of the holy communion.

PrayerA meditation or thankeſgiuing after the receyuing of the holy cō munion.

PrayersA Thankſgiuing vnto God the Father, vſed by the reuerend and learned, W. Muſc. and fit to bee vſed of all…

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PrayerA Prayer for a Woman with childe, or in trauaile, to bee ſaid by thoſe preſent with her.

PrayerThe Priſoners prayer, written by a Gentleman, in paſſion and penitence, a few dayes before his tryall.

PrayerA Thankſgiuing for our redēption, purchaſed through the bloud of Chriſt, and for other both corporal and…

PrayerOf the danger of deferring our repentance, with a praier ſuddenly to conceiue it, and ſoone to practiſe it.

PrayerA prayer and meditation for a ſtrong faith and againſt that dangerous ſinne of deſperation.

PrayerIn time of peſtilence.

PrayerFor humility vpon theſe conſiderations.

PrayerThe liuing words in effect of a dying man, cloſed vp in this vertue.

PrayerThe ſumme of the Prayer of the Lady G. at the time of her execution.

PrayerA generall Thankeſgiuing to God for all his benefites and mercies to man.

PrayerA Thankeſgiuing before meate.

PrayerThankſgiuing after meate.

RulesCertaine Rules and Precepts for the good ordering and gouernment of a mans life.

RulesCertaine ſentences or Rules of good life and pertitinent to the Precepts going before.

PartSeruire Deo regnare eſt.

PartThe diriuation of man.

PartAdmonition againſt ſinne▪

PartZacheus certaine gaine, the worlds imagined loſſe.

PartThe fiue thoughts of a Chriſtian.

PartFoure kinde of men, according to Dauid, that are moſt indebted vnto God for their liues.

PartA Prayer for Conſtancy and grace againſt all worldly vanities and allurements.

PartA ſhort Memoratiue of the mortality of our life, and the folly of our liuing.

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