The Rules and Exercises of Holy Dying: Together with Prayers and Acts of Virtue, and Rules for the Visitation of the Sick, and Offices Proper for that Ministry

D. Appleton & Company, 1859 - Christian life - 228 pages

THE RULE AND EXERCISES OF HOLY LIVING	5

The benefits of this Exercise	15

The third General Instrument of Holy Living or	23

The benefits of this Exercise	29

For Wife or Husband	35

Another Form of Evening Prayer which may also be used	43

Rules for Suppressing Voluptuousness	49

Evil Consequents of Drunkenness	55

Acts of Love by way of Prayer and Ejaculation to be used	250

Acts of Hope to be used by Sick Persons after a Pious Life	256

Ex Liturgia S Basilii magna ex parte	263

A Prayer of Thanksgiving after the receiving of some great	269

AD SECT VII VIII X A Form of Prayer or Intercession	276

Benefactors	279

Ejaculations to be used any time that Day after the Solemnity	287

For all Christian Kings Princes and Governors	3

The Evil Consequents of Uncleanness	62

Rules for married Persons or Matrimonial Chastity	68

Arguments against Pride by way of Consideration	74

Means and Exercises for obtaining and increasing the Grace	80

Of Modesty	86

Of Contentedness in all Estates and Accidents	92

Means to obtain Content by way of Considerations	106

Death unseasonable	116

Our own Death	122

Of Obedience to our Superiors	129

Of Provision or that Part of Justice which is due from	135

Rules for married Persons	141

Of Restitution	147

Prayers to be said in relation to the several Obligations and	153

Of the Internal Actions of Religion	159

Of the Hope of a Christian	165

Of Charity or the Love of God	172

The two States of Love to God	178

Advice concerning Spiritual Books and Ordinary Sermons	184

The Benefits of Fasting	190

Of Prayer	196

Cautions for making vows	203

Of Alms	210

Motives to Charity	218

Remedies against Anger by way of Consideration	224

Of Repentance	231

Motives to Repentance	239

The Effects and Benefits of worthy Communicating	248

A general Preparation towards a holy and blessed	13

The Consideration reduced to Practice	19

Rules and Spiritual Arts of lengthening our Days	25

Consideration of the Miseries of Mans Life	34

A general Preparation towards a holy and blessed	42

The Benefits of this Exercise	49

General Considerations to enforce the former Practices	57

Of the first Temptation proper to the State of Sickness	64

Remedies against Impatience by way of Exercise 74	74

The second Temptation proper to the State of Sick	92

General Rules and Exercises whereby our Sickness	103

Of the Practice of the Graces proper to the State	111

Acts of Patience by way of Prayer and Ejaculation	118

Being Childless	122

A Prayer for the Grace of Patience	124

The Prayer for the Grace and Strengths of Faith	131

Means of exciting Contrition or Repentance of Sins proceeding	139

A Prayer for the Grace and Perfection of Repentance	145

The special Precepts of the Gospel	149

Comm Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven Image	151

156	156

Acts of Charity by way of Prayer and Ejaculation	163

Of Ministering in the Sick Mans Confession of Sins	171

Of the ministering to the Restitution and Pardon	183

Of ministering to the Sick Person by the Spiritual Man	193

An Exercise against Despair in the Day of our Death	200

Offices to be said by the Minister in his Visitation	208

214	214

Title	The Rules and Exercises of Holy Dying: Together with Prayers and Acts of Virtue, and Rules for the Visitation of the Sick, and Offices Proper for that Ministry
Author	Jeremy Taylor
Publisher	D. Appleton & Company, 1859
Original from	the University of California
Digitized	26 Jan 2016
Length	228 pages

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