The Golden Grove, a Choice Manual Containing What Is to Be Believed, Practised, and Desired or Prayed For. to Which Is Added, a Guide for the Penitent [By B. Duppa]. (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1811 Excerpt: ...From impudence and shame; from contempt and scorn; from oppression and cruelty; from a pitiless and unrelenting spirit; from a churlish behaviour, and indecent usages of ourselves or others, Good Lord, deliver, &c. From famine and pestilence; from noisome and infectious diseases; from sharp and intolerable pains; from impatience and tediousness of spirit; from a state of temptation, and hardened consciences, Good Lord, deliver, &c. From banishment and prison; from widowhood and want; from violence of pains and passions; from tempests and earthquakes; from the rage of fire and water; from rebellion and treason; from fretfulness and inordinate cares; from murmuring against God, and disobedience to the divine commandment. Good Lord, deliver, &c. From delaying our repentance and persevering in sin; from false principles and prejudices; from unthankfulness and irreligion; from seducing others, and being abused ourselves; from the malice and craftiness of the devil, and the deceit and lyings of the world, Good Lord, deliver, &c. From wounds and murder; from precipices and falls; from fracture of bones, and dislocation of joints; from dismembering our bodies, and all infatuation of our souls; from folly and madness; from uncertainty of mind and state, and from a certainty of sinning, . Good Lord, deliver, &c. 'From thunder and lightning; from phantasms, spectres, and illusions of the night; from sudden and great changes; from the snares of wealth, and contempt of beggary and extreme poverty; from being made an example and a warning to others, by suffering sad judgments ourselves, Good Lord, deliver, &c. From condemning others, and justifying ourselves; from mispending our time, and abusing thy grace; from calling good evil, and evil good; fr...