
The Practice of Piety
Directing a Christian How to Walk That He May Please GodBy Lewis BaylyLength13h 52m
About this audiobook
The Practice of Piety is a classic of devotional and edification literature that offers readers insight into faith in the early 17th century. The author, Lewis Bayly, urges the reader to contemplate his own position of sinfulness and decay in light of God's grace. The book centers on ways to meditate and pray in the face of death, illness, and the challenges of everyday life. While author's approach may seem anachronistic from the modern point of view, there is much that can still enrich one's spiritual and devotional life today.
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GenreSpirituality and Religion
Length13 hrs 52 mins
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Publish dateDec 9, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Biographical Preface.
33The Practice of Piety at Evening.
2To the High and Mighty Prince Charles, Prince of Wales.
34Rules to be observed in Singing of Psalms.
3To the Devout Reader.
35Evening Prayer for a Family.
4The Practice of Piety; Directing a Christian How to Walk that He May Please God.
36Meditations of the True Manner of Practising Piety on the Sabbath-Day.: Ten Reasons demonstrating the Commandment of the Sabbath to be moral.
5A Plain Description of the Essence and Attributes of God.
37The True Manner of Keeping Holy the Lord’s Day.
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6Meditations of the Misery of a Man Not Reconciled to God in Christ.
38Consecration of the Sabbath’s Rest
7Meditations of the State of a Christian Reconciled to God in Christ
39A Morning Prayer for the Sabbath-day.
8Blessedness of the Regenerate
40Duties in the Holy Assembly.
9Meditations of the blessed state of a Regenerate Man in his Death.
41A private Evening Prayer for the Lord’s day.
10Meditations of the blessed state of the Regenerate Man after Death.
42Of the Practice of Piety in Fasting.
11Meditations of the blessed state of a Regenerate Man in Heaven.
43I. Of a Private Fast.
12Meditations directing a Christian how to apply to himself, without delay, the foresaid knowledge of God and himself.
44II. Of the Public Fast.
13Meditations on the Hindrances Which Keep Back a Sinner from the Practice of Piety.
45Of the Practice of Piety in Holy Feasting.
14How a Private Man Must Begin the Morning with Piety.
46I. Of Preparation.
15Meditations for the Morning.
47II. Of the Second sort of Duties which a worthy Communicant is to perform at the receiving of the Lord’s Supper, called Meditation.
16Brief Directions How To Read The Holy Scriptures Once Every Year Over, With Ease, Profit, And Reverence.
48III. Of the Duties which we are to perform after receiving the holy Communion, called Action or Practice.
17A Prayer for the Morning.
49The Practice of Piety in Glorifying God in the Time of Sickness, and When Thou Art Called to Die in the Lord.
18Meditations to stir us up to Morning Prayer.
50A Prayer when one begins to be sick.
19Another short Morning Prayer.
51A Prayer before taking of Medicine.
20Farther Meditations to stir up to Prayer in the Morning.
52Meditations for the Sick.
21A Brief Prayer for the Morning.
53Meditations for One that is Like to Die.
22Meditations Directing a Christian How He May Walk All the Day with God, Like Enoch.
54A 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.
23First, For thy Thoughts.
55Meditations Against Despair, or Doubting of God’s Mercy.
24Secondly, for thy Words.
56An Admonition to Them Who Come to Visit the Sick.
25Thirdly, for thy Actions.
57A Prayer to be Said for the Sick by Them Who Visit Him.
26Meditations for the Evening.
58Consolations Against Impatience in Sickness.
27A Prayer for the Evening.
59Consolations Against the Fear of Death.
28Another shorter Evening Prayer.
60Seven Sanctified Thoughts and Mournful Sighs of a Sick Man Ready to Die.
29Meditations for Household Piety.: Morning Prayer for a Family.
61Of the Comfortable Assurance of God’s Forgiveness of Sins.
30The Practice of Piety at Meals, and the Manner of Eating.
62Meditations of Martyrdom.
31Meditations before Dinner and Supper.
63A Divine Colloquy Between the Soul and Her Saviour Upon the Effectual Merits of His Dolorous Passion.
32Grace before Meat.