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Author: Gearing, William.
Title: The sacred diary: Or, select meditations for every part of the day, and the employments thereof: With directions to persons of all ranks, for the holy spending every ordinary day of the Week. Propounded as means to facilitate a pious life, and for the spiritual improvement of every Christian.
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Print source: The sacred diary: Or, select meditations for every part of the day, and the employments thereof: With directions to persons of all ranks, for the holy spending every ordinary day of the Week. Propounded as means to facilitate a pious life, and for the spiritual improvement of every Christian.
Gearing, William.
London,: Printed for J.D. for Jonathan Robinson ..., 1679.
Subject terms:
Meditations -- 17th century.
Devotional exercises -- Great Britain -- 17th century.
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THE EPISTLE DEDICATORY To the Right Worshipful Sir JOHN HOBART, of Brickling in the County of NORFOLK, Baronet; AND TO WILLIAM WINDHAM of Felbridg in the same County, Esq; AND To the Vertuous Ladies their Wives.
TO THE READER.
Index Rerum.
THE Sacred Diary.
SECT. I. The Introduction to this Work.
SECT. II. A Soliloquy at Waking.
SECT. III. Directions how to begin the Day.
SECT. IV. At the Dawning of the Day, and Rising of the Day-Star.
SECT. V. At the Breaking forth of the Light.
Meditate also of the correspondence be∣tween Grace and Light,
SECT. XVI. At the springing of the Day, or ri∣sing of the Sun.
II. Meditate how his second and glori∣ous Coming shall be like the Day-spring, or Sun-rising.
SECT. VII. Whilst thou art yet lying in thy Bed.
SECT. VIII. When thou risest out of thy Bed in the Morning.
SECT. IX. When thou art sluggish, and loth to rise out of thy Bed in the Morning.
SECT. IX. When thou art putting on thy Clothes.
SECT. X. When you are going to dress your selves.
SECT. XI. When you are beholding your Faces in a Glass, and Dressing your selves by it.
SECT. XII. Of our Dedicating the Morning unto God.
SECT. XIII. Of retiring our selves in the Morn∣ing to Pray, and to give Thanks.
SECT. XIV. Of Thanksgiving.
SECT. XV. Of Preparation to Prayer.
SECT. XVI. Of Reading the holy Scriptures.
SECT. XVII. Of Meditation, and the fittest Sea∣son for it.
SECT. XVIII. Of Petition.
SECT. XIX. Of Offering our selves to God.
The manner of Offering our selves to God.
SECT. XX. Of Contrition.
SECT. XXI. Of Family-Worship.
SECT. XXII. A Calling, and Business, of what Importance.
SECT. XXIII. Considerations for those that have the Preeminence above others in the Body Politique.
SECT. XXIV. Of the Government of a Family.
II. As to your Carriage towards them.
SECT. XXV. Rules about Eating and Drinking.
SECT. XXVI. Of Recreations, and how to use them.
SECT. XXVII. Of the Conversation of Parents and Elders.
SECT. XXVIII. Of the Carriage of Children, Ser∣vants, and Inferiours.
SECT. XXIX. How every one is every day to em∣brace all Opportunities of doing Good.
SECT. XXX. Of the Improvement of all Means, Gifts, and Abilities, inward and outward bestowed upon us.
Of the improvement of External Gifts, Means, &c.
SECT. XXXI. Of Holy Watchfulness against Temp∣tations.
Here let me propound divers Preservati∣ons against Temptations, that ye may not be overcome by them.
SECT. XXXII. Of Mortification, and the daily Ex∣ercising our selves therein.
SECT. XXXIII. Of growing in the Knowledg of Christ, and in Grace.
SECT. XXXIV. Of the Government of your Tongues.
SECT. XXXV. A Meditation on the Miseries of this Life.
SECT. XXXVI. Of returning to Family-worship in the Evening.
SECT. XXXVII. Of a Man's taking a review in the Evening of the Actions and Mercies of the Day past.
SECT. XXXVIII. Of providing in the Evening for the Day to come.
SECT. XXXIX. A Meditation in putting off our Clothes to go to Bed.
SECT. XL. When you lie down in your Beds at Night.
SECT. XLI. When you compose your selves to Sleep.
Some Books lately Printed for, and Sold by Jonathan Robinson, at the Golden Lion in St. Paul's Church-Yard.