The Practice of Piety: Directing a Christian How to Walk, that

1 "The Church! Am I asked again, What is the Church? The ploughman at his — One who hopes to effect any good by his writings, must be so pure in 2 The Epistle Dedicatory, page xxxi 3 Christ Jesus, the Prince of princes, bless your Highness with length of 4 I had not purposed to enlarge the last Edition, save that the — THE 5 Whoever thou art that lookest into this book, never undertake to read — A PLAIN DESCRIPTION OF THE ESSENCE 6 Although no creature can define what God is, because he is 7 MEDITATIONS OF THE MISERY OF A MAN NOT RECONCILED TO GOD IN CHRIST. 8 Now let us see how happy a godly man is in his state of renovation, 9 2. Meditations of the blessed state of a Regenerate Man in his Death. 10 3. Meditations of the blessed state of the Regenerate Man after Death. 11 Meditations of the blessed state of a Regenerate Man in Heaven. 12 3. Of the Prerogatives which the Elect shall enjoy in Heaven. 13 4. Of the Effects of those Prerogatives. 14 Meditations directing a Christian how to apply to himself, without 15 MEDITATIONS ON THE HINDRANCES WHICH 16 HOW A PRIVATE MAN MUST BEGIN THE MORNING WITH PIETY — Meditations for the Morning. 17 BRIEF DIRECTIONS HOW TO READ THE 18 A Prayer for the Morning. 19 Meditations to stir us up to Morning Prayer. 20 Another short Morning Prayer. 21 Farther Meditations to stir up to Prayer in the Morning. 22 A brief Prayer for the Morning — MEDITATIONS DIRECTING A CHRISTIAN 23 First, For thy Thoughts. 24 Secondly, for thy Words. 25 Thirdly, for thy Actions. 26 MEDITATIONS FOR THE EVENING. 27 A Prayer for the Evening. 28 Another shorter Evening Prayer. 29 MEDITATIONS FOR HOUSEHOLD PIETY. 30 Morning Prayer for a Family. 31 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY AT MEALS, AND — Meditations before Dinner and Supper. 32 Grace before Meat. 33 The Practice of Piety at Evening — Rules to be observed in Singing of Psalms. 34 Evening Prayer for a Family. 35 MEDITATIONS OF THE TRUE MANNER OF 36 Ten Reasons demonstrating the Commandment of the Sabbath to be moral. 37 Now the sanctifying of the Sabbath consists in two things--First, In 38 A Morning Prayer for the Sabbath-day. 39 Things to be meditated on as thou goest to the Church. 40 A private Evening Prayer for the Lord's day. 41 OF THE PRACTICE OF PIETY IN FASTING — I. Of a Private Fast. 42 II. Of the Public Fast. 43 OF THE PRACTICE OF PIETY IN HOLY FEASTING. 44 I. Of Preparation. 45 III. Of the Duties which we are to perform after receiving the holy 46 THE PRACTICE OF PIETY IN GLORIFYING GOD 47 A Prayer when one begins to be sick. 48 A Prayer before taking of Medicine. 49 MEDITATIONS FOR THE SICK. 50 MEDITATIONS FOR ONE THAT IS LIKE TO DIE. 51 A Prayer for a sick Man, when he is told that he is not a man for this 52 Meditations against Despair, or doubting of God's Mercy. 53 An Admonition to them who come to visit the Sick. 54 A Prayer to be said for the Sick by them who visit him. 55 CONSOLATIONS AGAINST IMPATIENCE IN SICKNESS. 56 CONSOLATIONS AGAINST THE FEAR OF DEATH. 57 SEVEN SANCTIFIED THOUGHTS AND MOURNFUL SIGHS OF A SICK MAN READY TO DIE. 58 The sick Person ought now to send for some godly and religious Pastor. 59 Now follows the Practice of Piety in dying for the Lord. 60 A Divine Colloquy between the Soul and her Saviour upon the effectual