The instruction of youth in Christian piety taken out of the sacred Scriptures, and Holy Fathers; divided into five parts. With a very profitable instruction for meditation, or mental prayer. By Charles Gobinet, Doctor of Divinity, of the House and Society of Sorbon, principal of the College of Plessis-Sorbon. The last edition in French, now render'd into English.
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The instruction of youth in Christian piety taken out of the sacred Scriptures, and Holy Fathers; divided into five parts. With a very profitable instruction for meditation, or mental prayer. By Charles Gobinet, Doctor of Divinity, of the House and Society of Sorbon, principal of the College of Plessis-Sorbon. The last edition in French, now render'd into English.
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Gobinet, Charles, 1614-1690.
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London :: printed by Henry Hills, printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, for his houshold and chappel; and are sold at his printing-house on the ditch-side in Black-Fryers,
1687.
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Subject terms
Christian life -- Early works to 1800.
Youth -- Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800.
Meditation -- Early works to 1800.
Prayer -- Early works to 1800.
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"The instruction of youth in Christian piety taken out of the sacred Scriptures, and Holy Fathers; divided into five parts. With a very profitable instruction for meditation, or mental prayer. By Charles Gobinet, Doctor of Divinity, of the House and Society of Sorbon, principal of the College of Plessis-Sorbon. The last edition in French, now render'd into English." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A42886.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2024.
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PART II.
OF the necessary Means to acquire Vertue during Youth. Pag. 94.
Chap. 1. Wherein true Vertue consists. Pag. 95.
Chap. 2. That to acquire Ver∣tue, we must desire it. Pag. 98.
Chap. 3. Of Prayer, the Third Means to acquire Vertue. Pag. 100.
Chap. 4. That they must love and seek after Instructions. Pag. 103.
Chap. 5. Of the necessity of a Guide in the Way of Vertue, and particularly during Youth. Pag. 105.
Chap. 6. Of Confession, and first of a General Confession. Pag. 110.
Chap. 7. Of ordinary Confes∣sion. Pag. 115.
Important Advices concerning Confession Pag. 118.
Chap. 9. Of Holy Communion. Pag. 122.
Chap. 10. An Advice for Com∣municating well. Pag. 124.
Chap. 11. Of Morning Prayer. Pag. 127.
Chap. 12. Of Evening Prayer. Pag. 131.
Chap. 13. Of Assisting devoutly at the Holy Sacrifice of the Altar. Pag. 134
Chap. 14. Of Labor and Em∣ployment of Time. Pag. 136.
Chap. 15. Of the Knowledge of ones self, very necessary for young People. Pag. 138.
Chap. 16. Of the Reading of pious Books. Pag. 143.
Chap. 17. An Advertisement concerning bad Books. Pag. 147.
Chap. 18. Of pious Conversa∣tion. Pag. 150.
Chap. 19. Of Devotion to the Blessed Virgin and S. Joseph. Pag. 153.
Chap. 20. Of Devotion to the Angel-Guardian, and to the Saint of ones Name. Pag. 159.
Chap. 21. Of keeping of Feasts, and particularly of Sundays. Pag. 163.
Chap. 22. Of being present at Divine Service. Pag. 170.
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