The Practice of Piety (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Directing a Christian How to Walk That He May Please GodBy Lewis Bayly
Length14h 39m
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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.
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- 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.
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GenreSpirituality and Religion
Length14 hrs 39 mins
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Publish dateDec 9, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Preaching Tours and Missionary Labours of George Müller of Bristol (Annotated)
2Introduction
3Synopsis
4Historical Context
5Biographical Preface.
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6To the High and Mighty Prince Charles, Prince of Wales.
7To the Devout Reader.
8The Practice of Piety; Directing a Christian How to Walk that He May Please God.
9A Plain Description of the Essence and Attributes of God.
10Meditations of the Misery of a Man Not Reconciled to God in Christ.
11Meditations of the State of a Christian Reconciled to God in Christ
12Blessedness of the Regenerate
13Meditations of the blessed state of a Regenerate Man in his Death.
14Meditations of the blessed state of the Regenerate Man after Death.
15Meditations of the blessed state of a Regenerate Man in Heaven.
16Meditations directing a Christian how to apply to himself, without delay, the foresaid knowledge of God and himself.
17Meditations on the Hindrances Which Keep Back a Sinner from the Practice of Piety.
18How a Private Man Must Begin the Morning with Piety.
19Meditations for the Morning.
20Brief Directions How To Read The Holy Scriptures Once Every Year Over, With Ease, Profit, And Reverence.
21A Prayer for the Morning.
22Meditations to stir us up to Morning Prayer.
23Another short Morning Prayer.
24Farther Meditations to stir up to Prayer in the Morning.
25A Brief Prayer for the Morning.
26Meditations Directing a Christian How He May Walk All the Day with God, Like Enoch.
27First, For thy Thoughts.
28Secondly, for thy Words.
29Thirdly, for thy Actions.
30Meditations for the Evening.
31A Prayer for the Evening.
32Another shorter Evening Prayer.
33Meditations for Household Piety.
34Morning Prayer for a Family.
35The Practice of Piety at Meals, and the Manner of Eating.
36Meditations before Dinner and Supper.
37Grace before Meat.
38The Practice of Piety at Evening.
39Rules to be observed in Singing of Psalms.
40Evening Prayer for a Family.
41Meditations of the True Manner of Practising Piety on the Sabbath-Day.
42Ten Reasons demonstrating the Commandment of the Sabbath to be moral.
43The True Manner of Keeping Holy the Lord’s Day.
44A Morning Prayer for the Sabbath-day.
45Duties in the Holy Assembly.
46A private Evening Prayer for the Lord’s day.
47Of the Practice of Piety in Fasting.
48I. Of a Private Fast.
49II. Of the Public Fast.
50Of the Practice of Piety in Holy Feasting.
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