COLLECTED FROM THE SEVERAL WRITINGS OF JEREMY TAYLOR, D. D. BISHOP OF DOWN AND CONNOR, ADAPTED TO THE FAMILY, THE CLOSET, THE SACRAMENT, &c. &c. &c. BY THE REV. SAMUEL CLAPHAM, M. A. VICAR OF CHRIST CHURCH, HANTS, RECTOR OF GUSSAGE ST. MICHAEL, LONDON: PRINTED FOR F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON, 62, ST. PAUL'S DEDICATION. ΤΟ ΤΗΣ RIGHT REVEREND GEORGE TOMLINE, D.D. LORD BISHOP OF LINCOLN. MY LORD, THE arrangement of devotional exercises which folicits your Lordship's Patronage is, it is hoped, so adapted to the various situations and conditions of Society, as may, by God's blessing, produce, what it is to be wished, were the natural result of fervent supplication, an hatred of sin, and a love of Religion-of Religion exemplified in undeviating probity and incorruptible fidelity; in a readiness to forgive injuries and succor distress to administer comfort to the mourner, and support to the fallen-to eradicate the tormenting passions of peevishness and pride, and to implant in their stead, the amiable virtues of gentleness and benignity |