THE

WHOLE WORKS

OF

THE RIGHT REV. JEREMY TAYLOR, D.D.

LORD BISHOP Of down, connoR, AND DROMORE:

WITH

A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,

AND

A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF HIS WRITINGS,

BY

REGINALD HEBER, A.M.

CANON OF ST. ASAPH, RECTor of Hodnet, AND LATE FELLOW
OF ALL SOULS' COLLEGE, OXFORD.

IN FIFTEEN VOLUMES.

VOL. IV.

LONDON:

OGLE, DUNCAN, AND CO. 37, PATERNOSTER ROW, AND 295, HOLBORN;
AND RICHARD PRIESTLEY, 143, HIGH HOLBORN;

J. PARKER, OXFORD; AND DEIGHTON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.

S.C.R.

BR

75

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Az

1822

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THE

WHOLE WORKS

OF THE

RIGHT REV. JEREMY TAYLOR, D.D.

LORD BISHOP OF DOWN, CONNOR, AND DROMORE.

VOLUME IV.

CONTAINING

THE RULE AND EXERCISES OF HOLY LIVING AND DYING.

CONTENTS

DEDICATION

THE FOURTH VOLUME.

THE RULE AND EXERCISES OF HOLY LIVING.

OF

CHAP. I.

CONSIDERATION OF THE GENERAL INSTRUMENTS AND MEANS SERVING

TO A HOLY LIFE, BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION.

SECTION I.

The first General Instrument of Holy Living, Care of our Time........

Rules for employing our Time

The Benefits of this Exercise.

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SECTION II.

The second General Instrument of Holy Living, Purity of Intention..

Rules for our Intentions

Signs of Purity of Intention

...

SECTION III.

The third General Instrument of Holy Living; or the Practice of the

Presence of God

Several Manners of the Divine Presence.

Rules of exercising this Consideration ·

The Benefits of this Exercise

••••-...

Prayers and Devotions according to the Religion and Purposes of the

foregoing Considerations...

For Grace to spend our Time well

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