Excerpt from Pietas Quotidiana, Prayers and Meditations for Every Day of the Week, and on Various Occasions: Being a Collection From the Most Eminent Divines and Moral Writers Prayer is, or ought to be, the continual exercise of our life, for it is to our souls what meat and drink are to our bodies - their repast, their support, their nourishment. Prayer is the great uni versal instrument by which we draw down blessings from above, and obtain possession of whatever we want. Prayer is our defence and preservative against sin and temptation. It is the security of our virtue, and the especial means to advance it. Prayer is the wing of our souls, whereby we raise ourselves above this lower world to the God above, with whom, while we therein converse, wepnm'rnn Bv w. Ecocxsox rolls buildings: newer 5s. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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