BISHOP ANDREWES'

Devotions.

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THE

PRIVATE DEVOTIONS

OF

LANCELOT ANDREWES, D.D.,

Successively Lord Bishop of Chichester,
Ely, and Winchester.

A NEW EDITION.

EDITED, AND REVISED, BY

EDMUND VENABLES, M.A.,
Precentor and Canon Residentiary
of Lincoln Cathedral.

WITH A PREFACE BY

JAMES RUSSELL,

Lord Bishop of Ely.

LONDON:

SUTTABY AND CO., AMEN CORner.

MDCCCLXXXIII.

138. i. 700.

27 AUG 83

OXFORD

PREFACE.

THE

HE Devotions of Bishop Andrewes have now for more than two centuries maintained a recognized position amongst us, not only as a memorial of the piety of a former age, but as a practical help to the spiritual life of successive generations. In accounting for this extensive and continued use of the Devotions, we may note the following characteristics: I. THEIR CLEAR AND DISTINCT ARRANGEMENT.

The Order of Daily Devotion is divided into six parts.

(a) An introductory commemoration of the Divine works in Nature and in Grace belonging to each day of the week.

(b) An Act of Confession.

(c) An Act of Prayer.

(d) An Act of Profession of Faith.

(e) An Act of Intercession.

(f) An Act of Praise.