Holy Living and Dying: With Prayers Containing the Whole Duty of a ChristianBased on work originally published in 1650 and 1651, this book combines Jeremy Taylor's two most famous writings: *The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living* and *The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying.* These books are owner's manuals for the soul, describing for readers how to attain virtue, avoid vice, and live a proper Christian life. The book is divided into sections based on which virtue and which vice the reader needs help with. *On Dying* speaks to those who, before they are old and ill, have given some thought to dying and wish to ensure that they pass properly to Heaven. Devout Christians will find this book inspirational and instructional. |
Contents
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Of Temperance in Eating and Drinking | 48 |
Of Chastity | 56 |
The Consideration reduced to Practice | 305 |
Rules and Spiritual Arts of lengthening our Days and | 312 |
Consideration of the Miseries of Mans Life | 322 |
A General Preparation towards a holy and blessed | 330 |
Of exercising Charity during our whole Life | 343 |
Of the State of Sickness and the Temptations | 349 |
Remedies against Impatience by way of Consideration | 356 |
Remedies against Impatience by way of Exercise | 364 |
Remedies against Uncleanness | 68 |
Of Contentedness in all Estates and Accidents | 91 |
of Christian Justice | 128 |
Of Provision or that part of Justice which is due from | 137 |
Of Negotiation or Civil Contracts | 145 |
Prayers for Kings and all Magistrates for our Parents spiritual | 156 |
Of the Internal Actions of Religion | 162 |
Of Charity or the Love of God | 174 |
The two States of Love to God | 180 |
The Benefits of Fasting | 192 |
Sect VIIIOf Alms | 211 |
Of Repentance | 233 |
Of Preparation to and the Manner how to receive the holy | 243 |
Ad Sect IV A Prayer to be said before the hearing or reading | 261 |
A short Form of Thanksgiving to be said upon any special Deliver | 269 |
Ad Sect VII VIII X A Form of Prayer or Intercession for | 278 |
Ad Sect X The Manner of using these Devotions by way of Prepar | 284 |
THE RULE AND EXERCISES OF HOLY DYING | 291 |
A General Preparation towards a holy and blessed | 299 |
Advantages of Sickness | 368 |
The second Temptation proper to the State of Sickness | 382 |
Remedies against the Fear of Death by way of Exercise | 388 |
General Rules and Exercises whereby our Sickness may | 394 |
Of the Practice of the Graces proper to the State | 402 |
Acts of Patience by way of Prayer and Ejaculation | 410 |
Sect IIIOf the Practice of the Grace of Faith in the Time of Sick | 417 |
The Prayer for the Grace and Strengths of Faith | 423 |
Acts of Repentance by way of Prayer and Ejaculation | 436 |
An Analysis or Resolution of the Decalogue and | 442 |
Of the Sick Mans Practice of Charity and Justice by | 452 |
of the Visitation of the Sick or the Assistance that | 460 |
Of the Ministering to the Restitution and Pardon or | 477 |
Of ministering to the Sick Person by the Spiritual Man | 487 |
Considerations against Presumption | 500 |
A Prayer to be said by the Standersby | 507 |
Sect VIIIA Peroration concerning the Contingencies and Treatings | 513 |
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Page 20 - Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him ? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth ? saith the Lord.
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