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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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.
• THE PRACTICE OF PIETY.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
    • Meditations of the blessed estate of a Re∣generae 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.
    • The second hindrance of Piety.
    • The third hindrance of Piety.
    • The fourth hindrance of Piety.
    • The fifth hinderance of Piey.
    • The sixth hindrance of Piety.
    • The seventh hindrance of Piety.
    • The Conclusion.
  • How a private man must begin the morning with Piety.
    • A short Soliloquy, when one first wakes in the Morning.
    • Meditations for the Morning.
  • 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 to stir us up to Morning Prayer.
    • Another shorter Morning Prayer.
    • Further Meditations, to stir us up to Prayer in the Morning.
    • A brief Prayer for the Morning.
  • Meditations, directing a Christian, how he may walk all the day with God like Enoch.
    • First, for thy thoughts.
    • Secondly, For thy Words,
    • Thirdly, for thy Actions.
  • Meditations for the Evening.
  • A Prayer for the Evening,
    • Another short Evening Prayer.
  • Things to be meditated upon, as thou art put∣ting off thy Clothes.
  • Meditations for Houshold Piety.
  • Morning Prayer for a Family.
    • The Practice of Piety at meals, and the manner of feeding.
  • Meditations before Dinner and Supper.
    • Grace before Meat.
    • Or thus.
    • Another Grace before Meat.
    • 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 gsture and reverence give thanks unto God, and pay 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.
    • Ten reasons demonstrating the Commandment of the Sabbath to be Moral.
    • The true manner of keeping holy the Lord's Day.
      • For the first.
      • For the second.
  • A morning Prayer for the Sab∣bath-day.
    • Things to be meditated as thou goest to the Church.
    • The second sort of Duties, which are to be performed at the time of the holy As∣sembly.
    • Now of the third sort of Duties after the Ho∣ly Assembly.
  • A Private Evening Prayer for the Lord's-day.
  • Now followeth the extraordinary practice of Piety, whereby God is glorified in our lives.
    • 1. Of a Private Fast.
      • 1. Of the Author.
      • 2. Of the Time.
      • 3. Of the manner of a private Fast.
      • 3. Of the humble confession of sins.
    • Thus far of Prayer in Fasting.
      • 1. Of avoiding Evil.
      • 2. Of doing good works.
      • 3. Of the Ends of Fasting.
    • 2. Of the publick Fast.
  • Of the Practice of Piety in Holy Feasting.
  • Meditations concerning the due manner of practising Piety, in receiving the Holy Supper of the Lord.
    • Of Preparation.
    • 1. Of the worthiness of the Sacrament.
      • 1. Of the Author of the Sacrament.
      • 2. Of the parts of the Sacrament.
      • 3. Of the Ends for which this holy Sacrament was ordained.
        • Of the first End of the Lord's-Supper.
        • Of the second end of the Lord's Supper.
        • Of the third end of the Lord's Supper.
        • Of the fourth end of the Lord's Supper.
        • The fifth end of the Lords Supper.
        • The sixth end of the Lord's Supper.
        • Of the seventh end of the Lord's-Supper.
    • 2. How to consider thine own unworthiness.
  • An humble confession of sins, to be made unto God before the receiving of the holy Com∣munion.
    • 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.
  • 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.
    • A Prayer to be said after the receiving of the Communion.
    • 2. Of the duties which we are to do after the Communion joyntly with the Congregation.
    • Thus far of the Duties to be practised in the Church.
  • 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 the sick.
  • Meditations for one that is recovered from Sickness.
    • A Thanksgiving to be said of one that is recovered from sickness.
    • Meditations for one that is like to die.
  • 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.
    • Questions to be asked of a sick Man, that is like to die.
  • A Prayer to be said for the sick by them who visit him.
    • Consolations against impatience in sickness.
  • Consolations against the fear of Death.
  • 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.
    • When the sick party is departing, let the faithful that are present kneel down and commend his soul to God, in these or the like words.
  • 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.