The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please God / amplified by the author
- Title
- The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please God / amplified by the author
- Author
- Bayly, Lewis, d. 1631.
- Publication
- London :: Printed for Edward Brewster,
- 1695.
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- Subject terms
- Piety.
- Christian life -- Anglican authors.
- Puritans -- Apologetic works.
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- Cite this Item
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Contents
- title page
- Lately Printed a very usefull Book: To be sold by Edward Brewster, at the Crane in St. Paul's Church-Yard. viz.
- TO THE High and Mighty Prince CHARLES, Prince of WALES.
- AD CAROLUM PRINCIPEM.
- ADVERTISEMENT.
- TO THE Devout Reader.
- THE CHIEF CONTENTS Of this Book.
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THE
PRACTICE
OF
PIETY.
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A PLAIN
DESCRIPTION
OF THE
Essence and Attributes of GOD,
out of the Holy Scripture, so
far forth as every Christian
must competently know, and
necessarily believe, that will
be saved.
- 1. By their Names, thus:
- 2. By their Order; thus,
- 3. The Actions by which the Three Persons be distinguished.
- Thus far of the diverse manner of being in the Divine Essence: now of the Attributes thereof.
- Now follow the Names which signifie God's Essential Works, which are these five especially.
- Those are five.
- Of all these Attributes we must hold these general Rules.
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Meditations of the misery of a man not
reconciled to God in Christ.
- Meditations of the Miseries of Infancy.
- 2. Meditations of the Miseries of Youth.
- 3. Meditations of the Miseries of Manhood.
- Meditations of the Miseries of Old Age.
- Meditations of the Miseries of the Soul in this Life.
- Meditations of the Misery of the Body and Soul in Death.
- Meditations of the misery of man after death, which is the fulness of Cursedness.
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Meditations of the State of a Christian re∣conciled
to God in Christ.
- 2. Meditations of the blessed Estate of a Regenerate Man in his Death.
- 3. Meditations of the Blessed Estate of the Regenerate Man after Death.
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Meditations of the blessed estate of a Re∣genera
e Man in Heaven, after he hath received his sentence of Absolution, before the Tribunal-Seat of Christ, at the last day of Judgment. - 1. Of the Place.
- 2. Of the Object.
- 3. Of the Prerogatives which the Elect shall enjoy in heaven.
- 4. Of the Effects of these Pre∣rogatives.
- Meditations directing a Christian how to ap∣ply to himself without delay, the afore∣said knowledge of God and himself.
- Meditations on the hindrances which keep back a Sinner from the Practice of Piety.
- How a private man must begin the morning with Piety.
- Brief directions how to read the Holy Scri∣ptures once every year over, with ease, pro∣fit, and reverence.
- A Prayer for the Morning.
- Meditations, directing a Christian, how he may walk all the day with God like Enoch.
- Meditations for the Evening.
- A Prayer for the Evening,
- Things to be meditated upon, as thou art put∣ting off thy Clothes.
- Meditations for Houshold Piety.
- Morning Prayer for a Family.
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Meditations before Dinner and Supper.
- Grace before Meat.
- Or thus.
- Another Grace before Meat.
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After every meal be careful of thy self and
family, as Job was for himself, and his
Children, Job 1. 4. lest that in the chear∣fulness
of eating and drinking, some speech
hath slipped out, which might be either of∣fensive
to God or injurious to man; and
therefore with the like comely g
sture and reverence give thanks unto God, and p ay in this manner. - Or thus:
- Or thus:
- The Practice of Piety at Evening.
- Rules to be observed in singing of Psalm.
- Evening Prayer for a Family.
- Meditations of the true manner of practising Piety on the Sabbath-day.
- A morning Prayer for the Sab∣bath-day.
- A Private Evening Prayer for the Lord's-day.
- Now followeth the extraordinary practice of Piety, whereby God is glorified in our lives.
- Of the Practice of Piety in Holy Feasting.
- Meditations concerning the due manner of practising Piety, in receiving the Holy Supper of the Lord.
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An humble confession of sins, to be made unto
God before the receiving of the holy Com∣munion.
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3. Of the means whereby thou maiest become
a worthy Receiver.
- 1. of sound Knowledge, requisite in a wor∣thy Communicant.
- 2. Of sincere Faith, required to make a worthy Communicant.
- 3. Of unfeigned Repentance requisite a for true Communicant.
- 4. The duty to be performed in respect of our Neighbour, is Charity.
- 2. Of the Second sort of Duties which a wor∣thy Communicant is to perform at the recei∣ving of the Lord's Supper, called Meditation.
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3. Of the means whereby thou maiest become
a worthy Receiver.
- A sweet Soliloquy to be said betwixt the con∣secration and receiving of the Sacrament.
- 3. Of the duties which we are to perform after receiving of the holy Communion called Action or Practice.
- Now followeth the Practice of Piety in glo∣rifying God in the time of sickness, and when thou art called to die in the Lord.
- A Prayer when one begins to be sick.
- A Prayer before taking of Physick.
- Meditations for one that is recovered from Sickness.
- The second sort of Meditations are, to consider from what evils death will free thee.
- The third sort of Meditations are, to consider what good Death will bring unto thee.
- A Prayer for a sick Man, when he is told that he is not a Man for this World, but must prepare himself to go unto God.
- Meditations against Despair, or doubting of God's Mercy.
- An Admonition to them who come to vi∣sit the sick.
- A Prayer to be said for the sick by them who visit him.
- Consolations against the fear of Death.
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Seven sanctified Thoughts, and mournful
Sighs of a sick Man, ready to die
- The Spiritual Sigh thereupon.
- The Second Thought.
- The spiritual Sigh upon the second Thought.
- The Third Thought.
- The spiritual Sigh upon the third Thought.
- The Fourth Thought.
- The spiritual Sigh upon the Fourth Thought.
- The Fifth Thought.
- The Spiritual Sigh on the Fifth Thought.
- The Sixth Thought.
- The spiritual Sigh upon the sixth Thought.
- The Seventh Thought.
- The spiritual sigh upon the seventh Thought.
- The sick Person ought now to send for some godly and religious Pastor.
- A Prayer at the yielding up of the Ghost.
- Now followeth the Practice of Piety in dying for the Lord.
- A Divine Colloquy betwixt the Soul and her Saviour, concerning the effectual merits of his dolorous Passion.
- The Soul's Soliloquy, ravished in contempla∣tion of the Passion of our Lord.
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A PLAIN
DESCRIPTION
OF THE
Essence and Attributes of GOD,
out of the Holy Scripture, so
far forth as every Christian
must competently know, and
necessarily believe, that will
be saved.