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The perfect path to paradice Contayning diuers most ghostly and wholsome…

by John Phillips · fl. 1570–1591

Published: 1588
Length: 27,580 words
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The perfect path to paradice Contayning diuers most ghostly and wholsome prayers, fruitfull and christian meditations, for the comfort of euery afflicted conscience: published in these dangerous dayes of wickednesse, and deliuered to all those that feare God, and hope for saluation in Christ Jesus, as a spirituall weapon to beate downe sinne, sathan, and all the power of hell, &c. By Iohn Phillips.

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A balad intituled, A cold pye for the papistes wherin is contayned

1570

Imprinted at London In Fleetstreete by H. Iackson 1588.

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DedicationTo the Right Honourable Lord, Robert Deuorax Erle of Essex and Ewe, Visecounte of Herrifard and Bourchire,…
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Prayer¶ When that thou preparest thy selfe to pray, look that thou with all humblenesse of mynde kneelest downe,…
PrayerA prayer for the Morning.
Prayer¶ A fruitfull Prayer to bee sayde at the g…yng to bedde of euery Christian.
PrayerA Prayer for the remission of sinne, and to obtayne a vertuous life.
PrayerA Prayer for patience in trouble, and meekely to suffer aduersitie.
PrayerA prayer agaynst the feare of worldly casualties.

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PrayerThe prayer vnto God the Father.
PrayerA Prayer vnto God the Sonne.
PrayerA Prayer vnto God the holy Ghost.
PrayerA deuoute Prayer.
PrayerAn other Prayer.
PrayerA Prayer for the obtayning of mercie.
PrayerAn other Prayer.
PrayerA necessary prayer in Meeter.
Prayer¶ Beeyng tempted by the ghostly ennemy (as all that feare God are) to doubt in any article of the Catholike…
PrayerA Prayer for the obtayning of grace and mercy.
PrayerA Prayer for the Penitent.

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Author: John Phillips (fl. 1570–1591)
Imprint: Imprinted at London In Fleetstreete by H. Iackson 1588.
Extent: [298] p.
Language: English
Catalogue: STC 19872 · ESTC S106462
Source: TCP A09593
Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (Text Creation Partnership)

A frendly larum,

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PrayerA Prayer for Fayth.

PrayerA Prayer for righteous iudgement.

PrayerA Prayer agaynst lying and euill imaginations.

PrayerA thankesgiuing for the goodnesse of God to vs.

PrayerA Prayer to liue well.

PrayerA confession for the penitent.

PrayerA Prayer for humilitie.

PrayerA Prayer to be deliuered from enemies and dangers.

PrayerThe Penitent longeth for comfort.

PrayerA godly Meditation.

PrayerA Prayer agaynst Couetousenesse, or too much care of the worlde.

PrayerA Prayer that we may liue vprightly.

PrayerA thankesgiuing for benefites receyued at Gods hand.

PrayerA Godly Prayer.

PrayerA godly Prayer to be sayde of euery christian.

PrayerComfortable Exhortations against the manifolde assaultes of Sathan.

PrayerA Psalme to be sayd at all tymes.

PrayerA Prayer to bee sayd of the sinfull soule.

PrayerA Prayer for the obtayning of Gods grace.

PrayerA Prayer for a woman that is great with childe, to be repeated by her hartily, before her trauel, which…

PrayerA Godly and earnest Prayer in time of trauayle or Childbyrth, of euery Christian & faithfull woman.

PrayerA Prayer to be sayde of euery woman, after the tyme of deliueraunce.

PrayerA godly prayer for the true worshipping of God.

PrayerA Prayer agaynst the fellowship of the vngodly.

PrayerA Prayer to be purged from syn and vncleannesse.

PrayerA Prayer to be sayde in tyme of peace and prosperitie.

PrayerA godly and fruitfull prayer to be sayd in tyme of bloudy Battaile.

PrayerA Prayer agaynst presumptuous pryde, and vayne glory.

PrayerA Prayer to be sayde in tyme of affliction and trouble.

PrayerA prayer to be sayd before the receyuing of the Lords supper.

PrayerA Prayer or thankesgiuing to be sayd after the receyuing of the Communion.

PrayerA Godly Meditation often to be remembred.

PrayerA prayer to be sayde at the hower of death.

PrayerA prayer vnto the holy Ghost, against the temptations of Satan, the malicious and wicked spirite.

PrayerA prayer for true repentaunce and for the comming of the kyngdome of Christ.

PrayerA prayer for the knowledge of Gods wyll.

PrayerA prayer for true christen loue.

PrayerA prayer to obtaine godly learning.

PrayerA prayer for the faythful ministers of Gods worde and for the fruite of the Gospel.

PrayerA prayer for the Magistrates and heade officers.

PrayerA prayer for the common people.

PrayerA prayer to be sayd in affliction, trouble, or sicknes.

PrayerA prayer against the councels of the ennemyes of God and of his diuine verite.

PrayerA prayer for the vnitie concord and perfect agreement in things concerning Christian religion.

PrayerA prayer for spiritual ioy.

PrayerA prayer vnto Christ our sauiour for the glory of heauen.

PrayerThanks gyuing to God for his benefites.

PrayerAn other confession of our sinnes to our Lord Iesus Christ.

PrayerGrace before meate.

PrayerGrace after meate.

PrayerGrace before meate.

PrayerGrace after meate.

PrayerGrace before meate.

PrayerGrace after meate.

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