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The first Prayers in the Morning, as soon as we are dressed ......... 39
An Act of Adoration, being the Song that the Angels sing in Heaven..
An Act of Thanksgiving, being the Song of David for the Morning..
An Act of Oblation, or presenting ourselves to God for the Day
An Act of Repentance or Contrition
Prayer or Petition
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sence
An Act of Intercession or Prayer for others, to be added to this or any
other Office, as our Devotion, or Duty, or their Needs, shall deter-
mine us.
For the Church
For the King
For the Clergy
For Wife or Husband
For our Children
For Friends and Benefactors
For our Family...
For all in Misery
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CHAP. II.
OF CHRISTIAN SOBRIETY.
SECTION I.
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Another Form of Prayer, for the Morning.
An Ejaculation.•••
An Exercise to be used at any Time of the Day
Hymn, collected out of the Psalms, recounting the Excellencies and
Greatness of God..
Another Hymn••
Ejaculations.....
Prayer......
A Form of Prayer for the Evening, to be said by such who have not
Time or Opportunity to say the public Prayers appointed for this
Office ..
Another Form of Evening Prayer, which may also be used at Bedtime 51
Ejaculations and short Meditations to be used in the Night, when we
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AD SECTION II.] A Prayer for holy Intention in the Beginning and
Pursuit of any considerable Action, as Study, Preaching, &c.
AD SECTION III.] A Prayer meditating and referring to the Divine Pre-
Of Sobriety in the general Sense
Evil Consequences of Voluptuousness or Sensuality.
Degrees of Sobriety
Rules for suppressing Voluptuousness
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Of Temperance in Eating and Drinking
Mea ures of Temperance in Eating... ·
Signs and Effects of Temperance··
Of Drunkenness····
Evil Consequents of Drunkenness
Signs of Drunkenness
Rules for obtaining Temperance.
Of Chastity
The evil Consequents of Uncleanness
Acts of Chastity in general.
SECTION II.
Acts of Virginal Chastity••
Rules for Widows, or vidual Chastity
Rules for married Persons, or matrimonial Chastity.
Remedies against Uncleanness
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SECTION III.
Sudden Death, or violent.
Being Childless.
Evil or Unfortunate Children
Of Modesty
Acts and Duties of Modesty, as it is opposed to Curiosity
Acts of Modesty, as it is opposed to Boldness..
Acts of Modesty, as it is opposed to Indecency
SECTION IV.
SECTION VI.
Of Contentedness in all Estates and Accidents...
Instruments or Exercises to procure Contentedness
Means to obtain Content, by way of Considerations.
Poverty, or a low Fortune
The Charge of many Children ·
Violent Necessities
SECTION V.
Death of Children, or nearest Relatives and Friends..
Untimely Death
Death unseasonable··
Of Humility
Arguments against Pride, by way of Consideration •
Acts or Offices of Humility
Means and Exercises for obtaining and increasing the Grace of Humility 93
Signs of Humility
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Our own Death
Prayers for the several Graces and Parts of Christian Sobriety
A Prayer against Sensuality..
For Temperance.
For Chastity: to be said especially by unmarried Persons.
A Prayer for the Love of God, to be said by Virgins and Widows, pro-
fessed or resolved so to live; and may be used by any one....................
A Prayer to be said by married Persons in behalf of themselves and
each other.
A Prayer for the Grace of Humility..
Acts of Humility and Modesty, by way of Prayer and Meditation
A Prayer for a contented Spirit, and the Grace of Moderation and
Patience
CHAP. III.
OF CHRISTIAN JUSTICE.
Of Obedience to our Superiors..
Acts and Duties of Obedience to all our Superiors.
Remedies against Disobedience, and Means to endear our Obedience,
by way of Consideration··
Degrees of Obedience
Of Provision, or that Part of Justice which is due from Superiors to
Inferiors
Duties of Kings, and all the Supreme Power as Lawgivers
The Duty of Superiors, as they are Judges
The Duty of Parents to their Children ·
Rules for married Persons
The Duty of Masters of Families.
The Duty of Guardians or Tutors
Of Negotiation, or Civil Contracts
Rules and Measures of Justice in Bargaining
Of Restitution
Rules of making Restitution
Prayers to be said, in relation to the several Obligations and Offices of
Justice.....
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A Prayer for the Grace of Obedience, to be said by all Persons under
Command
Prayers for Kings and all Magistrates, for our Parents, spiritual and
natural, are in the following Litanies, at the End of the Fourth
Chapter
A Prayer to be said by Subjects, when their Land is invaded and over-
run by barbarous or wicked People, Enemies of the Religion or the
Government..
A Prayer to be said by Kings or Magistrates, for themselves and their
People ...
CHAP. IV.
OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION.
Of the Internal Actions of Religion •
Of the Hope of a Christian
The Acts of Hope
Of Faith.
The Acts and Offices of Faith
Signs of True Faith
The Means and Instruments to obtain Faith..
A Prayer to be said by Parents for their Children
A Prayer to be said by Masters of Families, Curates, Tutors, or other
obliged Persons, for their Charges
A Prayer to be said by Merchants, Tradesmen, and Handicraftsmen.. 177
A Prayer to be said by Debtors, and all Persons obliged, whether by
Crime or Contract
A Prayer for Patron and Benefactors
Rules to govern our Hope
Means of Hope, and Remedies against Despair··
Of Charity, or the Love of God
The Acts of Love to God
The Measures and Rules of Divine Love..
Helps to increase our Love to God, by way of Exercise
The two States of Love to God
Cautions and Rules concerning Zeal
Of the External Actions of Religion
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Of Reading or Hearing the Word of God
Rules for Hearing or Reading the Word of God...
Advice concerning Spiritual Books and Ordinary Sermons.
Of Fasting...
Rules for Christian Fasting
The Benefits of Fasting
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Of keeping Festivals, and Days holy to the Lord; particularly the
Lord's Day.....
Receiving the blessed Sacrament..
Rules for giving Alms.
Motives to Charity.
SECTION VII.
Of Alms
Works of Mercy, or the several Kinds of Corporeal Alins
Works of Spiritual Alms and Mercy
Of Prayer
Motives to Prayer
Rules for the Practice of Prayer
Cautions for making Vows...
Remedies against Wandering Thoughts in Prayer
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Signs of Tediousness of Spirit in our Prayers and all Actions of Religion 228
Remedies against Tediousness of Spirit
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SECTION VIII.
Of Repentance
Acts and Parts of Repentance
Motives to Repentance
Remedies against Unmercifulness and Uncharitableness
1. Against Envy, by way of Consideration .......
2. Remedies against Anger, by way of Exercise
Remedies against Anger, by way of Consideration
3. Remedies against Covetousness, the third Enemy of Mercy
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