The Practice of Piety (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Directing a Christian How to Walk That He May Please GodBy Lewis Bayly
Length14h 40m
About this audiobook
The Practice of Piety is one of the defining devotional manuals of early seventeenth-century English Protestantism, a work of practical divinity designed to order the whole Christian life. Combining catechetical instruction, meditations on sin, death, judgment, and salvation, and detailed guidance for prayer, Sabbath observance, and daily conduct, Bayly writes in a plain yet urgent style shaped by Scripture and Reformed pastoral theology. Its literary context is the flourishing of Puritan and conformist devotional prose, where doctrine is continually pressed into disciplined practice. Lewis Bayly, later Bishop of Bangor, was an Anglican divine formed by the religious tensions and reforming energies of the Jacobean church. His pastoral career, court connections, and concern for the moral formation of ordinary believers help explain the book's balance of ecclesiastical loyalty and fervent godliness. Bayly wrote not as a speculative theologian but as a spiritual guide intent on converting belief into habit. This book is recommended to readers interested in early modern devotion, Protestant spirituality, and the history of practical theology. Its intensity may challenge modern sensibilities, but its moral seriousness and pastoral clarity remain historically and spiritually compelling.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A succinct Introduction situates the work's timeless appeal and themes.
- The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists.
- A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the era's events and influences that shaped the writing.
- A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings.
- Reflection questions prompt you to engage personally with the work's messages, connecting them to modern life.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreSpirituality and Religion
Length14 hrs 40 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 9, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
37Grace before Meat.
2Introduction
38The Practice of Piety at Evening.
3Synopsis
39Rules to be observed in Singing of Psalms.
4Historical Context
40Evening Prayer for a Family.
5Biographical Preface.
41Meditations of the True Manner of Practising Piety on the Sabbath-Day.
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6To the High and Mighty Prince Charles, Prince of Wales.
42Ten Reasons demonstrating the Commandment of the Sabbath to be moral.
7To the Devout Reader.
43The True Manner of Keeping Holy the Lord’s Day.
8The Practice of Piety; Directing a Christian How to Walk that He May Please God.
44A Morning Prayer for the Sabbath-day.
9A Plain Description of the Essence and Attributes of God.
45Duties in the Holy Assembly.
10Meditations of the Misery of a Man Not Reconciled to God in Christ.
46A private Evening Prayer for the Lord’s day.
11Meditations of the State of a Christian Reconciled to God in Christ
47Of the Practice of Piety in Fasting.
12Blessedness of the Regenerate
48I. Of a Private Fast.
13Meditations of the blessed state of a Regenerate Man in his Death.
49II. Of the Public Fast.
14Meditations of the blessed state of the Regenerate Man after Death.
50Of the Practice of Piety in Holy Feasting.
15Meditations of the blessed state of a Regenerate Man in Heaven.
51I. Of Preparation.
16Meditations directing a Christian how to apply to himself, without delay, the foresaid knowledge of God and himself.
52II. Of the Second sort of Duties which a worthy Communicant is to perform at the receiving of the Lord’s Supper, called Meditation.
17Meditations on the Hindrances Which Keep Back a Sinner from the Practice of Piety.
53III. Of the Duties which we are to perform after receiving the holy Communion, called Action or Practice.
18How a Private Man Must Begin the Morning with Piety.
54The Practice of Piety in Glorifying God in the Time of Sickness, and When Thou Art Called to Die in the Lord.
19Meditations for the Morning.
55A Prayer when one begins to be sick.
20Brief Directions How To Read The Holy Scriptures Once Every Year Over, With Ease, Profit, And Reverence.
56A Prayer before taking of Medicine.
21A Prayer for the Morning.
57Meditations for the Sick.
22Meditations to stir us up to Morning Prayer.
58Meditations for One that is Like to Die.
23Another short Morning Prayer.
59A Prayer for a Sick Man, When He is Told That He is Not a Man for This World, But Must Prepare Himself to Go Unto God.
24Farther Meditations to stir up to Prayer in the Morning.
60Meditations Against Despair, or Doubting of God’s Mercy.
25A Brief Prayer for the Morning.
61An Admonition to Them Who Come to Visit the Sick.
26Meditations Directing a Christian How He May Walk All the Day with God, Like Enoch.
62A Prayer to be Said for the Sick by Them Who Visit Him.
27First, For thy Thoughts.
63Consolations Against Impatience in Sickness.
28Secondly, for thy Words.
64Consolations Against the Fear of Death.
29Thirdly, for thy Actions.
65Seven Sanctified Thoughts and Mournful Sighs of a Sick Man Ready to Die.
30Meditations for the Evening.
66Of the Comfortable Assurance of God’s Forgiveness of Sins.
31A Prayer for the Evening.
67Meditations of Martyrdom.
32Another shorter Evening Prayer.
68A Divine Colloquy Between the Soul and Her Saviour Upon the Effectual Merits of His Dolorous Passion.
33Meditations for Household Piety.
69Analysis
34Morning Prayer for a Family.
70Reflection
35The Practice of Piety at Meals, and the Manner of Eating.
71Memorable Quotes
36Meditations before Dinner and Supper.
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