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The Practice of Piety
The practise of piety directing a Christian how to walk that he may please God.The practise of pietie directing a Christian how to walke that he may please God.
London: printed for John Hodgets, 1613London: printed for Iohn Hodgets, 1613
Contents: The chief Contents of this BOOK.Contents: The chiefe Contents of this BOOKE.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The chief Contents of this BOOK.
The chiefe Contents of this BOOKE.
1 A Plain description of God, in respect of his Essence, Persons, and Attributes: so far as every Christian should competently endeavour to learn and know: with sundry sweet observations and meditations thereupon. page 5 2 Meditations setting forth the miseries of a man in life and death, that is not reconciled to God in Christ. page 75 ⟨image 15⟩3 Meditations of the blessed state both in life and death, of a man that is reconciled to GOD in Christ: wherein thou shalt find not a few things worthy the reading and observation. page 131 4 Meditations on 7. hinderances which keep back a sinner from the Practise of Piety: necessary to be read of all, but especially of carnal Gospellers in this age. 222 5 How to begin the morning with pious Meditations and prayers. 300 6 How to read the Bible ⟨image 15⟩with profit & ease once over every year. 310 7 A Morning prayer. 320 Another shorter Prayer for the Morning. 343 Another brief Morning Prayer. 352 8 Meditations how to walk with God all the day. 355 Especially how to guide thy thoughts. ibid. Thy words. 368 Thy Actions. 379 9 Meditations for the Evening. 397 10 An Evening Prayer. 405 Another shorter evening Prayer. 420 11 Things to be meditated ⟨image 16⟩upon as thou art going to bed. 426 12 Meditations for a godly Householder. 430 13 A morning prayer for a Family. 438 14 Holy Meditations and Graces before and after dinner and supper. 450 15 Rules to be observed in singing of Psalms. 464 16 Evening Prayer for a Family. 468 17 A religious discourse of the Sabbath day, wherein is proved, that the Sabbath was altered from the seventh to the first day of the week, not by humane ordinance, but