The Practical Christian Or the Devout Penitent a book of Devotion Containing
The Practical Christian Or the Devout Penitent a book of Devotion Containing
R Richard Sherlock
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At last Thou wast extended on the cross, Thy hands and feet transfixed with nails, crucified amongst ® ® ®- CHAP. V. ] OF OUR saviour's PASSION. 247 thieves, numbered amongst transgressors, blasphemed both by them that stood by, and by them that passed by ; and in the extremity of Thy sufferings criedst out, '* My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?" Thy head bowed down, Thou didst give up the ghost ; and Thy side was pierced by a soldier, whence issued both water and blood. Taken down from... the cross, and buried by Joseph, the third day Thou didst rise again, and appear to Thy disciples. The fortieth day Thou ascendedst into Heaven ; and sitting on the right hand of God the Father, Thou didst send down the promise of the Holy Ghost upon Thy blessed Apostles and Disciples : and shalt come again to judgment, to render to all men according to their works done in the body, whether they be good, or whether they be eviL O blessed Lord Jesus, by all these Thy most sacred sufferings, by Thy bitter Death and most pre- cious Blood shed for us, and by all things foretold of Thee and fulfilled by Thee, vouchsafe in great mercy to deliver me, a sordid sinner, with all my friends and enemies, parents, brothers, sisters, all that are poor and desolate, tempted and afflicted, bound and imprisoned, with all Christian people.
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