Sacred principles, services, and soliloquies or, a manual of devotions made up of three parts: I. The grounds of Christian religion, and the doctrine of the Church of England, as differing from the now-Roman. II. Daily, and weekly formes of prayers fortified with Holy Scriptures, meditations and rules to keep the soule from the common roads of sin, and carry it on in a mortified course. III. Seven charges to conscience, delivering (if not the whole body) the main limbs of divinity, which is the art not of disputing, but living well.

THE Particulars conteined in this Manuall of Devotions.

• OF Religion in Generall. pag. 1.
• The Grounds of Christian Reli∣gion, pag. 2
• The Grounds of Protestant Religion. 6
• How to be satisfied, and setled amidst the Doubts and Divisions about Reli∣gion, 6

Rules of Devotion and Prayers

• for Morning, 20
• for Evening, 21

1. Daily Prayers, 23

• Prayer For Grace, 28, 39
• Prayer For Peace, 28, 39
• Prayer For Health, 29, 40
• Prayer For Friends, 30, 40
• Prayer For Kingdom, 31, 41
• Prayer For Church, 33, 43
• Prayer For Catho: Church, 33, 43

Particular Prayers.

• Prayer Of a Husband, 45
• Prayer Of a Wife, 46
• Prayer Of a Parent, 47
• Prayer Of a Child, 48
• Prayer For a Family, 49
• Prayer For Issue, 50
  • For Women with Child, 51
  • Against Miscarriage, 52
  • For a Women in Travail, 52
  • After Deliverance, 53
  • After Christning, 54
• Prayer For Birth day, 55
• Prayer For New-years-day, 56
• Prayer Of a Widow, 56
• Prayer For the Fatherlesse, 57
• Prayer Against suddain Death, 59
• Prayer For a Voyage by Sea, 60
  • After it, 60
  • At Return to Sea, 61
  • At Return Home, 62
  • After a Storme, 63
• Prayer For one in a Journey, 65
  • After it, 65
• Prayer For a Souldier, 66
  • Morning, 67
  • Evening, 68
  • Before Fight, 68
  • After Fight, 69
  • For one Wounded, 69

• Prayer For the Sick. 73
  • For Deliverance, 73
  • For Patience, 74
  • Against the Plague, 76
  • For one Infected, 77
  • For one Recovered, 78
• Prayer For one Dying, 80. 81

Rules of Devotion, and Prayers for Sunday,

• Morning, 110
• Evening, 111

Weekly Prayers for Severall Dayes,

• Sunday Prayer against The Flesh, 89
• Munday Prayer against The Devill, 92
• Tuesday Prayer against The World, 95
• Wednesday Prayer against Suddain Death, 97
• Thursday Prayer against Hypocrisie, 99
• Friday Prayer against Inconstancy, 101
• Saturday Prayer against Impenitence, 104

3. Monthly Prayers for the severall Days of the Week, for four Weeks.

• 1. First Weekes Prayers.
  • Sunday Prayer On the Joyes of Heaven, 11••
  • Monday Prayer Ʋpon the Miseries of Earth, 116
  • Tuesday Prayer Against the Vani∣ties of it, 119

• ...
  • Wednesday Prayer Against Villanies of it. 132
  • Thursday Prayer About Death. 126
  • Friday Prayer About Judge∣ment 130
  • Saturday Prayer Against Hell. 134
• 2. Second Weekes Prayers, against seven common Sinnes.
  • Sunday Prayer against Neglect of Gods Service. 138
  • Monday Prayer against Procrastination. 140
  • Tuesday Prayer against Presumption. 143
  • Wednesday Prayer against Desperation. 145
  • Thursday Prayer against Swearing. 149
  • Friday Prayer against Lying. 152
  • Saturday Prayer against Slandering. 155
• 3. Third Weeks Prayers against the Seven (commonly called) Deadly Sinnes.
  • Sunday Prayer against Ildenesse. 158
  • Monday Prayer against Covetousness. 161
  • Tuesday Prayer against Gluttony. 168
  • Wednesday Prayer against Luxuy. 175
  • Thursday Prayer against Pride. 178
  • Friday Prayer against Anger. 182
  • Saturday Prayer against Envie. 185

• 4. Fourth Weekes Prayers, against seven Vanities of the most valued things in the World.
  • Sunday Prayer against the Vanity of Pleasures. 188
  • Monday Prayer against the Vanity of Honours. 190
  • Tuesday Prayer against the Vanity of Riches. 192
  • Wednesd. Prayer against the Vanity of Beauty 194
  • Thursday Prayer against the Vanity of Strength. 196
  • Friday Prayer against the Vanity of Wit. 198
  • Saturday Prayer against the Vanity of Friends and fa∣vour. 200

Prayers in eight other Services.

• Prayer For Pleasures of Piety. 203
• Prayer Against Malice. 209
• Prayer Against Revenge. 212
• Prayer For a Penitent. 215, 216 220
• Prayer Against Impatience. 223. 225
• Prayer On the Passion. 230
• Prayer For the H. Communion.
  • Before it. 251. 253
  • At it. 255
  • After it. 257. 259
• Prayer Deprecating Judgments. 295
• Prayer For an end of War. 297
• Prayer For blessing on those who seek Peace. 297
• Prayer For Friends in Danger, and Di∣stresse. 298
• Prayer For Conversion of one in an ill Course. 299

• Prayer For preservation of the Church. 299
• Prayer For Mercy to the Nation. 302
• A Charitable Prayer for these Miserable Times. 35
• Prayer A Prayer against the Temptations of the Times. 37

Thanksgivings.

• ...Generall for Gods
  • Mercies. 84
  • Deliveranees. 87
• Particular Thanksgivings. For Recoveries of Sicknesse. 75
• Particular Thanksgivings. After a Journey. 65
• Particular Thanksgivings. After a Storme. 62, 63
• Particular Thanksgivings. After Child-birth. 53
• Particular Thanksgivings. For Birth day. 55
• Particular Thanksgivings. For a Friend Preserved. 88
• Particular Thanksgivings. For Recovery of the Plague. 78
• Particular Thanksgivings. For one Departed. 82

Meditations upon Tenne severall Subjects, viz.

• 1. Of the Joyes of Heaven. 113
• 2. Of the Miseries of the World. 117
• 3. Of the Vanities of it. 120
• 4. Of the Villanies of it. 124
• 5. Of Death. 127
• 6. Of Judgement. 130
• 7. Of Hell. 134
• 8. Of the Pleasures of Piety. 205
• 9. Of the Passion of Christ. 231
• 10. Of the Holy Cummunion. 262

The Services in this Book for the se∣verall Dayes of the Weeks.

• 1. Weekes Services of seven Subjects fit to Excite to a love of Godliness.
  • Sunday Service Of the Joyes of Heaven. 112
  • Monday Service Of the Miseries of Earth. 116
  • Tuesday Service Of the Vanities of it. 119
  • Wednesday Service Of the Villanies of it. 122
  • Thursday Service Of Death. 126
  • Friday Service Of Judgment. 130
  • Saturday Service Of Hell. 134
• 2. Weekes Services against the seven Common Sinnes.
  • Sunday Service against Neglect of Gods Service. 138
  • Monday Service against Procrastination. 140
  • Tuesday Service against Presumption. 143
  • Wednesd. Service against Desperation. 145
  • Thursday Service against Swearing. 149
  • Friday Service against Lying. 152
  • Saturday Service against Slandering. 155

• 3. Weekes Services against the seven Deadly Sinnes.
  • Sunday Service against Idlenesse. 158
  • Monday Service against Covetousness. 161
  • Tuesday Service against Gluttony. 168
  • Wednesday Service against Luxury. 175
  • Thursday Service against Pride. 178
  • Friday Service against Anger. 182
  • Saturday Service against Envie. 185
• 4. Weeks Services Against Seaven Vanities of the most valued things of the world.
  • Sunday Service against Pleasures. 188
  • Monday Service against Honeurs. 190
  • Tuesday Service against Riches. 192
  • Wednesday Service against Beauty. 194
  • Thursday Service against Strength. 196
  • Friday Service against Wit. 198
  • Saturday Service against Friends and Fa∣vour. 200

Services upon other Particular Sub∣jects, and Occasions.

• A Service Of the Pleasures of Piety. 203
• A Service Against Malice. 209
• A Service Against Revenge. 212
• A Service Penitentiall. 215
• A Service Against Impatience. 223
• A Service Of the Passion. 230
• A Service For the Holy Communion. 251
• A Service For sad Times. 295

The Sinnes against which Prayers and Rules are made, Alphabetically disposed.

• Anger. Remedies of it. 183
• Covetuousnesse. Remedies of it. 163
• Desperation. Remedies of it. 147
• Detraction. Remedies of it. 156
• Envy. Remedies of it. 186
• Gluttony. Remedies of it. 170
• Idlenesse. Remedies of it. 159
• Impatience. Remedies of it. 2••6
• Lying. Remedies of it. 153
• Luxurie. Remedies of it. 176
• Malice. Remedies of it. 210
• Neglect of Gods Service. Remedies of it. 139
• Presumption. Remedies of it. 144
• Pride. Remedies of it. 179
• Procrastination. Remedies of it. 141
• Revenge. Remedies of it. 213
• Slaunder. See Detraction.
• Sloth. See Idlenesse.
• Swearing and Takeing Gods Name in Vaine, Remedies of it. 150

The Use of the Services, Delivered in Fower Rules.

• Rule. 1. When you would strengthen in you the Grace,
  • 1. Of Feare. Ʋse the Service, of Death, Judgement, Hell.

• ...
  • 2. Of Hope. Ʋse the Service of the Passion, The Joyes of Heaven Against Desperation.
  • 3. Of Charity. Ʋse the Service a∣gainst Malice, Anger, Revenge, En∣vy, Detraction, &c.
  • 4. Of the Contempt of the World. Ʋse the Service against the Vanities of it. Of Honours, Riches, Pleasures, Beau∣ty, Wit, Favour, or of the Miseries of it, Villanies of it, Of Death, Of the Joyes of Heaven.
  • 5. Of any Virtue, which you would strengthen in you, Read the Service against the Contrary Vice. As
    • For Chastity. The Service a∣gainst Lust.
    • For Truth. The Service against Lying.
    • For Humility. The Service a∣gainst Pride.
    • For Meeknesse. The Service a∣gainst Anger.
    • For Patience. The Service a∣gainst Impatience, &c.
• Rule 2. When you would strengthen your self against any of the Sinnes a∣bove-named, Read the Service a∣gainst that Particular Sinne for that Day.

• Rule 3. When you read one Service, you may use (besides the Collect for it) the Collects for another. As for the Service against Pride, That a∣gainst the Vanities of the World. In the Service against the Vanity of Pleasure, That for the Pleasures of Piety, &c.
• Rule 4. When you see cause, you may make use of the Collects, or Prayers, and Meditations, and say fewer or more of them without the Services.

The severall Soliloquies. 367

• 1. The Nobility of Piety. 311
• 2. Domesticall-Devotion. 325
• 3. Church Duty. 332
• 4. Perpetuall Service. 351
• 5. Remora's in Religion. 367
• 6. Helps to Heaven. 389
• 7. Remedies of Humane Frailty. 411

The Particulars conteined in these Soliloquies.

• Absolution, if it encourage Sin, is the Bond, not Acquittance of a Sinner. 371
• Abstinence from ill, makes not good. 360
• Accessory to others Sins why not, how not. 450
• Actions helping to Heaven. 439
• Almes, see Charity.
• Assurance, not Essence of faith. 426

• Attempting good things, overcomes them, 445
• Beleife Right makes not Perfect. 375
• Cautions good Helps to Heaven. 447
• Charity, all goodnesse. 362
• Church, best place, 336. For most Reve∣rence, 345
• Church-rudenesse an Affront to Hea∣ven. 347
• Christ all in all. 435
• Company ill, way to Hell. 375
• Communion. Neglect of it, a Sin against Christ and the Soul, 343
• Confession how abused, 371
• Covetousnesse, a Meditation destroying it, 403
• Credit Christian how to be maintained, 449
• Dayes to be numbred, 384
• Deeds good, what, which best, 360, 362
• ...Delayes of Repentance.
  • Dangerous, 414
  • To Death, Desperate, 415
  • Common pleas for it poore, 421
• Excellency of Soul, 311
• Everlasting Sinning, 451
• Eucharist, see Lords Table, Meat for Heaven, 447

• Faith
  • The Grace in Chief, 434
  • A Cordiall, 423.
  • The Ingredi∣ents Rare, Christ Chief, 424
  • Virtues Soveraign, 425
  • Five Counterfeits of it, Delusion, Blind Resignation, Idle Speculation, Great Confidence, Good Opinion of our selves, Boldnesse to Sin, 426
• Grief for Sin, not Repentance enough, 413
• Habits ill, dangerous, 373
• Hand to be lookt to, see Deeds.
• Heart
  • Spring of action, all care of it, 352
  • Honest not enough without life, 369
• Hearing, a good help to Heaven, 439
• Helps to Heaven, 309
• Hours set to be kept, 327
• Eleventh Hours call, no cause to delay Repentance, 420
• Idlenesse an enemy to Godlinesse, 348
• Innocence from ill, not enough, 360
  • At the day of Judgement how pre∣tious? 394
• Integrity, all not saving, 430
• Intentions not sufficient, though good, 369

• Lords Day how to be kept, 341
  • Table how to be frequented, Reve∣renced, 342, 349
• Lust, what Meditation kills it, 304
• Meditations advancing piety.
  • Of Death, 391
  • Judgment. 393.
  • Heaven. 396.
  • Hell. 400
  • Of Christ His Birth, Life, Death, Soveraign against Pride, Covetousnesse Lust. 402 403 404
• Morning and Evening, best Times for Devotion. 329
• Motions of God,
  • How known, 406
  • An∣gels, 406
  • From Heaven, To it, 407
  • Dangerously refused, 408
• New Obedience, the Soules Preser∣vative, 428 What? Wherein? How? Counterfeits of it, 430
• Obedience, see new.
• Prastice of Good, makes it easie, 445
• Prayers
  • Mans Helps. 446
  • Gods Visits, 327
• Private. When, where, how to be made, 329, 330
• Publick.
  • In Church, Best, 334
  • At Home, when we should be there, Ill 334
  • To be made by all, The Greatest 336

• Pride. Meditation destroying it, 402
• Principles pernicious to Piety, 368
• Publick Service, Piller of Religion, 340
• Pulpit makes not a Sermon, 439
• Reading Scripture,
  • a Help to Heaven, 440
  • Of power to Convert, 443
• Religious Course.
  • Bars to it, 367
  • Not for Cloister onely, 372
• Repentance,
  • Sins Remedy, 411
  • Requisites, Vertues of it, 411, 412
  • Not to be done by Halves, 414
  • Not to be Delayed, 414
  • A Time set for it, 420
• Resolution will doe much to Mortifi∣cation, 443
• Remedies of Frailty to be used duly, 433
• Scandall not to be given, 448
  • Hinders others, keeps our selves from Heaven, ibid.
• Sermon, and Gods Word, two things often, 439
• Scruples, Satans Policies, The Soules Bane, 377
  • For Comforts, and Duty, 378
  • End in Carelesnesse, 380
• Scriptures, plaine in Necessaries, 440
• Senses, Cinqueports to be lookt to, 354
• Service of God due frō all.
  • Private, 325

• ...
  • Publick, 323
  • Perpetuall, 351
• Sins Basenesse, in ten Particulars, 313
• Souls Worth in ten Excellencies, 312
• Theif on Crosse, how to be lookt at, 417
  • No Encouragement to Delay Repen∣tance, 419
• Thoughts how to be Governed, and why? 353
  • Tongue, how to be Ruled, and why? 355
  • Tongue Murders, 358
  • Tongues Bridle, how made, 355
  • ...To be kept as Life,
    • Not without Care of Heart, 357
    • and Gods Watch, 359
• Tryalls of Repentance. Faith, Obedi∣ence, 432
• Time pretious. Of what value with God, 383
  • With the Damned, 384
• Vowes to be Rare. 444
• Workes, Good to be done, 361
  • Charities their Chief, 362
• Words v. Tongue,