Practical Discourses on All the Parts and Offices of the Liturgy of the Church of England Volume 3; Wherein Are Laid Open the Harmony, Excellency, and Usefulness of Its Composure. in Four Volumes. Useful for All Families. Practical Discourses on the Occasi (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. 1715 Excerpt: ...Goodness, all those who are any ways afflicted or distressed in Mind, Body, or Estate. And if any particular Persons desire to be pray'd for, we add, especially those for whom our Prayers are desir'd. In the natural Body, if one Member suffer, all the reft suffer with it, every Member having the same care one os another; 1 Cor. 12. 25, 26. So should it be likewise in the mystical Body of Christ's Church, wherein all the Members should have a Sympathy and Fellow-feeling of one another's Infirmities, and endeavour by Prayers, and other good means, to relieve and help them out of them. Now the Afflictions that attend Mankind are various, and of different kinds; they are reduc'd here to three Heads, viz.. those that relate to the Mind, Body, and Estate. Some are afflicted in their Bodies by Sicknesses and Diseases others are troubled in Mind by Sorrows, Despair, and Frenzies, others again are distress'd in their Estates, by Poverty, Losses, and Disappointments: all which Calamities besal the Sons of Men, and none, even the best of them, have a total Exemption from them. And therefore we pray God to comfort and relieve them all according to their several Necessities: that is, First, To comfort them that are troubled in Mind, to heal the wounded Spirit, by removing its Sorrow, and giving it Ease and Satisfaction. Next, to relieve them that are afflicted in Body, by restoring them to their Health and Strength, and giving them Medicine to heal their Sickness. And, Lastly, To help them that are distress'd in their Estate, to repair what we can their Losses, to support them under their Necessities, and as far as we may promote their Prosperity. All these we are to pity and pray for, doing our utmost towards their Comfort and Relief, and where we fail, to commend them...