The Devotions of Bishop Andrewes (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Andrewes lived through the reigns of Elizabeth and James I, and this bare chronicle of his life is enough to shew how large a part he took in the affairs of both Church and State in those difficult times. By temperament and early habit he was a student he never loved or used any games if he needed recreation, it was found in the study of Nature. Such a man might gladly have spent his days in the learned leisure of College rooms. But circum stances called him to the larger life of public service, and he threw himself into it without reserve. At St. Paul's he revived the office of penitentiary canon, attending in the aisles of the Cathedral during Lent to give spiritual counsel to any who sought it. At Westminster the boys of the school were not overlooked by the scholarly Dean, who associated himself with them both in their studies and their.

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Excerpt from The Devotions of Bishop Andrewes

Always. Luke xviii. 1.

Without ceasing. 1 Thess. v. 17.

At all times. Eph. vi. 18.

Samuel among such as call upon His name. Ps. xcix. 6.

God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you, and showing you the good and the right way. 1 Sam. xii. 23.

We will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word. Acts vi. 4.

He kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. Dan. vi. 10.

In the evening, and morning, and at noonday will I pray, and that instantly, and He shall hear my voice. Ps. lv. 18.

Seven times a day do I praise Thee. Ps. cxix. 164.

1. In the morning, a great while before day. Mark i. 35.

2. In the morning watch. Ps. lxiii. 6. [vid. also Ps. cxxx. 6.]

3. The third hour of the day. Acts ii. 15.

4. About the sixth hour. Acts x. 9.

5. The hour of prayer, the ninth. Acts iii. 1.

6. The eventide. Gen. xxiv. 63.

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