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Author: Reading, John, 1588-1667.
Title: A guide to the Holy City, or, Directions and helps to an holy life containing rules of religious advice, with prayers in sundry cases, and estates ... / by Iohn Reading ...
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Print source: A guide to the Holy City, or, Directions and helps to an holy life containing rules of religious advice, with prayers in sundry cases, and estates ... / by Iohn Reading ...
Reading, John, 1588-1667.
Oxford: Printed for Thom. Robinson and Rich. Davis, 1651.
Subject terms:
Piety -- Early works to 1800.
URL: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A58208.0001.001
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title page
THE PREFACE.
summary of contents
The CONTENTS.
ERRATA.
A GVIDE TO THE HOLY CITY, &c.
The Prayer.
CHAP: II.
A Prayer for Faith.
CHAP. III.
A Prayer.
CHAP. IV.
CHAP. V.
A Prayer.
CHAP. VI.
CHAP. VII,
CHAP. VIII.
CHAP. IX.
A Prayer for repentance and remis∣sion of sinnes.
CHAP. X.
CHAP. XI.
The Prayer.
CHAP. XII.
A Prayer for the spirit of Prayer.
CHAP. XIII.
A Prayer before hearing the word:
A Prayer to be used after hearing the word.
CHAP. XIV.
A private Prayer before the receiving of the Lords Supper.
An other private Prayer for one ready to receive the Lords Supper.
A private Prayer after receiving the Lords Supper.
Another private Prayer immediatly after receiving the Lords Supper.
CHAP. XV.
A Prayer for the Sabbath day morning.
To the ordinary evening Prayer may be ad∣ded this private prayer for the Sabbath.
CHAP. XVI.
A Prayer for love to God.
CHAP. XVII.
A Prayer for Love and Charity.
CHAP. XVIII.
CHAP. XIX.
A Prayer against Impatience and discontent.
CHAP. XX.
A Prayer for Hope.
A Prayer against Feare.
Of Cares.
The Prayer.
A Prayer for the sanctification of our Thoughts.
CHAP. XXI.
A Praier.
CHAP. XXII.
A Praier for direction in all our actions.
CHAP. XXIII.
After reading some of the Psalmes, and a Chapter of the Old or New Testament to thy Family, use this or the like Prayer.
Another Morning Praier for a Family.
A Short Evening Praier▪
An Evening Praier for a Family, more enlarged.
CHAP. XXIV.
A Praier for the married.
CHAP. XXV.
A Parents praier for his Children.
A Praier for children to use.
CHAP. XXVI.
A Praier for them who are of a wounded spirit, in respect of their grievous sins.
CHAP. XXVII.
A Praier for comfort and supply, in case of spiritual wants.
CHAP. XXVIII.
An ejaculation fit to be used as sonne as thou wakest.
After thou hast strictly examined thy con∣science, what good dueties thou hast omitted, or what evil thou hast done in the day, and hast heartily repented of the sin: compose thy last waking thoughts with such an ejacu∣lation.
The prayer of a wounded spirit against temptations.
CHAP. XXIX.
The rich mans Petition.
CHAP. XXX.
The poor mans Petition.
CHAP. XXXI.
The prisoners Petition.
A Morning Praier for prisoners.
An Evening praier for the same.
CHAP. XXXII.
The Banished mans Petition.
CHAP. XXXIII.
The Old Mans supplication.
CHAP. XXXIV.
A prayer for Woemen, in, or neere their Travaile.
A thanksgiving for a Woman after her Deliverance.
Directions for the Sick.
A prayer for the sicke.
Thanksgiing for health recovered.
A Prayer for the sicke of the Plague.
A Thanksgiving at the ceasing of the plague.
Another forme of thanksgiving on the like occasion.
CHAP. XXXVI.
A Prayer for him who hath recieved the sen∣tence of death in himselfe.
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