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ib.

The first Prayers in the Morning, as soon as we are dressed..

An Act of Adoration, being the Song that the Angels sing in Heaven.. 40

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

.... ....

......

....

41

ib.

42

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

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

...

ib.

47

48

ib.

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

wake...

....

.....

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-

53

55

Acts of Chastity in general

Acts of Virginal Chastity

Rules for Widows, or Vidual Chastity....

Rules for married Persons, or Matrimonial Chastity..

Remedies against Uncleanness •

SECTION IV.

ខ ៨ ៨ ៨៩ ៨៩

Of Humility

Arguments against Pride, by way of Consideration

Acts or Offices of Humility.

85

86

98

Means and Exercises for obtaining and increasing the Grace of Humility 93

Signs of Humility.

SECTION V.

Of Modesty....

99

Acts and Duties of Modesty as it is opposed to Curiosity

ib.

Acts of Modesty as it is opposed to Boldness....

102

Acts of Modesty, as it is opposed to Indecency

103

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 ..

Death of Children, or nearest Relatives and Friends

Untimely Death.....

Prayers for the several Graces and Parts of Christian Sobriety

A Prayer against Sensuality ....

For Temperance

.....

PAOK

..... 138

139

iba

ib.

140

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

ib.

141

ib.

.... 142

Acts of Humility and Modesty, by way of Prayer and Meditation ...

A Prayer for a contented Spirit, and the Grace of Moderation and

Patience

.. 143

CHAP. III.

OF CHRISTIAN JUSTICE.

SECTION I.

Of Obedience to our Superiors....

Acts and Duties of Obedience to all our Superiors ...

145

ib.

Remedies against Disobedience, and Means to endear our Obedience,

by way of Consideration

Degrees of Obedience

SECTION II.

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

Prayers to be said, in relation to the several Obligations and Offices of

Justice...

......

....

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....

A Prayer to be said by Parents for their Children • • •

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173

ib.

..... 175

...... 176

A Prayer to be said by Masters of Families, Curates, Tutors, or other

obliged Persons, for their Charges

... ib.

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

....

ib.

178

Helps to increase our Love to God, by way of Exercise

The two States of Love to God

193

194

196

SECTION IV.

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..

SECTION V.

SECTION VI.

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205

206

Of keeping Festivals, and Days holy to the Lord; particularly the

Lord's Day

Receiving the blessed Sacrament

SECTION VII.

207

ib.

212

212

217

Signs of Tediousness of Spirit in our Prayers and all Actions of Religion 228

Remedies against Tediousness of Spirit

229

SECTION VIII.

Of Alms..

232

Works of Mercy, or the several Kinds of Corporeal Alms

2. Remedies against Anger, by way of Exercise

Remedies against Anger, by way of Consideration

3. Remedies against Covetousness, the third Enemy of Mercy................... 249

243

ib.