The life & death of Mr. Joseph Alleine, late teacher of the church at Taunton, in Somersetshire, assistant to Mr. Newton whereunto are annexed diverse Christian letters of his, full of spiritual instructions tending to the promoting of the power of Godliness, both in persons and families, and his funeral sermon, preached by Mr. Newton.

An Addition of some brief Directions for the Morning.

• Direct. 1. If through necessity or carelesness you have omit∣ted the reading and weighing of these Questions in the even∣ing, be sure to do it now.
• D. 2. Ask your self, what sin have I committed, what duty have I omitted? Against which of these Rules have I offended, in the day foregoing? And renew your repentance, and double your watch.
• D. 3. Examine whether God were last in your thoughts when you went to sleep, and first when you awake.
• D. 4. Enquire whether your care of your heart and wayes, doth increase upon your constant using of this course for Self-Examination, or whether it doth abate, and you grow more remiss.
• D. 5. Impose a task of some good meditations upon your selves while you are making ready, either to go over these Rules in your thoughts, or the Heads of some Sermon you heard last, or the Holy Meditations for this purpose in the Practice of Pie∣ty, or Scuders Daily Walk.
• D. 6. Set your ends right for all that day.
• D. 7. Set your watch, especially against those sins and temp∣tations that you are like to be most incident to that day.