The French Academie. Fvlly discovrsed and finished in foure bookes. I. Institution of manners and callings of all estates. 2. Concerning the soule and body of man. 3. A notable description of the whole world, etc. 4. Christian philosophie ... This fourth part neuer before published in English / All written by the first author Peter de la Primavday.
- La Primaudaye, Pierre de, approximately 1545- Académie françoise. English
- Date:
- 1618
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The French Academie. Fvlly discovrsed and finished in foure bookes. I. Institution of manners and callings of all estates. 2. Concerning the soule and body of man. 3. A notable description of the whole world, etc. 4. Christian philosophie ... This fourth part neuer before published in English / All written by the first author Peter de la Primavday. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![erful, grate q here heeto ilehis cor? orthie abich dersa felis mi God fs ytd ue ht hte Of Chriftian Philofophie: 1023 for the guiding of our bodies, wee befeechthee, to fend the quickening light of thy face vpon our foules,and by thy boly Spirit to driueaway the darkneffe of our vodertlandings: bleffing and regenerating vs moreand more to all righteoufaeife and holine(le, that. wee may walké,not onely this day, but allthe time of our lives, in the way of falaation; in {uch manner,that our intents, actions,and thoughts may alltendtothy honour and glorie,and the edificationand con{olatien of thofe whom we haue meanes to aid.. To know thee on- ly and true God( Father,Sonne,and holy Ghofl)istoliue happily,coferuetheeis to reigne, and to praife thee,is theioy of afaithfullfoule. Grantthen(to obtaine of thy great benig. nitie fo many fpirituall graces) that wee may havean a(furedfaithin thy word,aconfant hope of life eternall, and an ardent deliretoloueand fearethee, withall our heart and thought,and in chee loving qur neighbours as our felues, To doethis, quenchio our foules, the excefliveloue wherewith naturally wee flatter our felves , and all other impure defises of the flefh, and the vanities of the world, and kindlein oarhearts the pyre fire of chy loue,which may make vs ehielt after heauenly things, and treadterreftriall¢hings vnder our feet, May it pleafethee alfo (malt power. fo!] God)to fortifie vs again ft all rhetemptations of the deuill,andco deliver vs fromthem, as alfo from all other earthly dangers, and humanemiferies,which may happen voto vs in this life, graunting vs the grace,in the fhortae{{e and afHiGions of the famz,alwaiesto re. member,hat thefigure of the world,pa(fech away likea shadow, andlike the flaweria the field; totheend(O Lord) that wee may learne principally to {ceke after thy kingdome, aug the fan Ctifcation of our hearts; knowing, that all other things befides (hall bee giuen vs of thee for our aecellitie,to makevs live contentedly andtodie bappily,to enioy eternal life, All which graces nece(farie for our {aluationsthat wee may hauethem allof thee(gras cious Father.) Freely pardon,we befeech thee,all our. finnes,in the name; and by-the merits of thy deare Sonne leius Chrift our Redeemer, as thou halt promifed tothy childrenand fercants, who trufting in thy luftice, and inthemerite of his death and paflion aske it of thee with all cheic hearts, , e lar « | Andalthough ws are vaworthie,lecing it hath pleafed thee to command vs topray one for another,wee pray vato thee forall men’; tothe end that thofe who as yet hauenot the vaderltanding of the Gofpel, by the preaching thereof,nor the illumination of the holy Gholt, may be brought intothe way of heauen,which isto knew theethe onely trueGods and him whom thou haft-fent Iefus Chrift, for thé faluation of thé ele@, And that thofe to whom thou haft already given that grace,asvnto vs,may daily encteafein thy {pi- rituall ble(lings,that all of vs together may honour and worthip thee with one heart, with one mouth, with one Spirit, with one Faith,and with one Baptifme. Likewife,we pray thee for allthofe whom thon viliteft with any kinde of tribulations, either in body or ia feule; that it may pleafethee, O mercifull Father,to give them comfort and patience,vatill they bee follie ealed of their griefes. May it pleafe thee alfo by thy holy Spiritco gouerne, guide and direct the King,and ali other Priaces,M agiltrates,and Superiors,that hauethe covert. ment and rule of the {word of Iuflice vpon earth, that raigoing and living in Pictie and Inftice,chey may imploy their dominion and power for tne exaltation of thy holy Name, and for the tranquilitie,peace,and quietoetie of their fubiects, fabiecting and fubmitting themiclues and all their people,te thee;and tothy holy word. Whichto peblifh in all plas cesjit may pleafe thee more and more co enrich the Paftors of thy Church with thy preci- ousgifts, and from day today;toraife vpothers for the edification and perfection of thy holy Temple, whereof generally, O Lord, may it pleafechceto thew thy felfethe molt puitfant Protector,to the confafion of the aduerfarics of Chrift,and of bis Church, Hume blie praying vato theefor all thefethings,O God, with confidenceto bee heard of thee ac. | cording tothy promife, andin the praiet which thy belousd Sonne bath taught va,faying, Our Father which art iv beanen, ce. Wee befeech thee alfo, Oh God, to encreafe our faiths that it may take lively roote in our hearts,to ttuGifie and iacreafe in vs all righteoufoeile, and good workes,andthat thereof wee may all the daies of our lives,aad at out lat boure, make luch aconfefsion,as wee now dee, with heart and month, faying, [ beleese in God the Father Almightie, &c. The blefsing of God our Father,the peace of lefus Chrilt oar Sa- viour,and the ioy of the helic Gholt be giuen vatovs,aud dwell with vsercraallic. Amen,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30335103_1069.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
