Christian consolations taught from five heads in religion, by a learned prelate [J. Taylor?].

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Page 51 - O come, let us worship and fall down, and kneel before the Lord our Maker. For he is the Lord our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.
Page 54 - Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
Page 83 - And to the end that we should alway remember the exceeding great love of our Master and only Saviour Jesus Christ, thus dying for us, and the innumerable benefits which, by his precious blood-shedding, he hath obtained to us, he hath instituted and ordained holy mysteries as pledges of his love, and for a continual remembrance of his death, to our great and endless comfort.
Page 47 - In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord : my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. 3 I remembered God, and was troubled : I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed.
Page 5 - In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began...
Page 58 - Because thou hast asked this thing and hast not asked for thyself long life, neither hast asked riches for thyself nor hast asked the life of thine enemies, but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern...
Page 52 - For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Page 63 - Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud : and he shall hear my voice.
Page 57 - But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
Page 62 - God. And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

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