An eye to heauen in earth A necessarie watch for the time of death, consisting in meditations and prayers fit for that purpose. With the husbands christian counsell to his wife and children, left poore after his death.

Title

An eye to heauen in earth A necessarie watch for the time of death, consisting in meditations and prayers fit for that purpose. With the husbands christian counsell to his wife and children, left poore after his death.

Author

Norden, John, 1548-1625?

Publication

London :: Printed by W. Stansby for Richard Meighen, and are to be sold at his shop at Saint Clements Church ouer against Essex house, and at Westminster Hall,

1619.

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Death -- Early works to 1800.

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Contents

• title page
• calendar
• TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE SIR Henrie Hobart Knight and Baronet, Lord chiefe Iustice of the Common Pleas, CHANCELOR to Prince CHARLES, and to the rest of that honorable Socie∣tie of his Highnesse Commissioners of Reuenues Prosperitie in this life temporall, and blessed∣nesse in that which is Eternall.
• A most necessarie and patheticall ME∣DITATION & CON∣FESSION of mans mi∣serable estate by nature: And of his restauration by the death of Christ; with many necessarie Petitions concerning this life, and a happie death, fit for men of whatsoeuer estate or qualitie often to ruminate.
• An eye to Heauen in Earth. A necessarie Watch for the time of death.
  • MEDITATION I.
    • A Meditation concer∣ning Death.
    • A Prayer for a godly life, and a happy death. The Prayer.
  • MEDITAT. II.
    • meditation
    • A Prayer against the feare of death, fit to be said at all times, especially in sicknesse. The Prayer.
  • MEDIT. III.
    • meditation
    • A Prayer for the feare of God, and wherein I may so liue, as I may not be a∣fraid to die. The Prayer.
  • MEDIT. IIII.
    • Watchfulnesse.
    • A Prayer against Satan and his ministers, the World and mine owne corruption. The Prayer.
  • MEDIT. V.
    • The second cause of watch∣fulnesse, the vncertaintie of the time of death.
    • A Prayer that I may be al∣wayes readily prepared for Death. The Prayer.
  • MEDIT. VI.
    • The third cause of watch∣fulnesse, the vncertaine Comming of Christ to Iudgement.
    • A Prayer for continuall watchfulnesse, that nei∣ther the generall, nor the particular Day of Iudge∣ment come vpon mee vn∣prouided. The Prayer.
  • MEDIT. VII.
    • meditation
    • A Prayer for patient way∣ting for a future better life by death, fit to be said in sicknesse. The Prayer.
  • MEDIT. VIII.
    • Of Repentance, and Merit.
    • A Prayer for true Repen∣tance, and a reformed life. The Prayer.
  • MEDIT. IX.
  • MEDIT. X.
  • MEDIT. XI.
  • MEDIT. XII.
  • MEDIT. XIII.
  • MEDIT. XIIII.
  • MEDIT. XV.
  • MEDIT. XVI.
  • MEDIT. XVII.
  • MEDIT. XVIII.
  • MEDIT. XIX.
• THE HVSBANDS Christian counsell to his Wife and Chil∣dren, left poore after his death.
  • PART. 1.
  • PART. II.
  • PART. III.
  • PART. IIII.
  • PART. V.
  • PART. VI.
  • PART. VII.
  • PART. VIII.
  • PART. IX.
  • PART. X.
  • PART. XI.
  • part
• A comfortable Me∣ditation and Prayer, to bee considered and said by euery Christian, being neere the time of his dissolution.
• Priuate Prayers for Morning and Euening.
  • A Morning Prayer for priuate Families.
  • A Prayer in the E∣uening for priuate Families.
  • A Confession of sinne, a Prayer for pardon, and for a godly and sanctified life.
• colophon