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The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying

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Written by a Church of England clergyman in the time of Cromwell, this work is praised for both its style and content. Taylor's work was much admired by John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, for its devotional quality; and by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Thomas de Quincey, and Edmund Gosse for its literary qualities.

Holy Dying is meant to instruct the reader in the "means and instruments" of preparing for a blessed death, written in a time when death was a constant companion to life and not to be encountered without being ready for it. It assumes illness and a death-bed, with recommended meditations and prayers for the sick, the family, and the clergyman attending to the dying one. (Summary by TriciaG, with help from Wikipedia) (10 hr 22 min)

Chapters

Dedication

23:30

Read by KHand

I.I. Consideration of the Vanity and Shortness of Man's Life

17:31

Read by MaryAnn

I.II. The Consideration reduced to Practice

19:16

Read by MaryAnn

I.III. Rules and Spiritual Arts of lengthening our Days, and to take off the Ob…

22:02

Read by KHand

I.IV. Consideration of the Miseries of Man's Life

13:24

Read by KHand

I.V. This Consideration reduced to Practice

6:57

Read by KHand

II.I. Three Precepts preparatory to a Holy Death, to be practised in our whole …

12:07

Read by Chris Bunn

II.II. Of daily Examination of our Actions in the whole Course of our Health, p…

21:07

Read by MaryAnn

II.III. Of exercising Charity during our whole Life

6:55

Read by Ed Humpal

II.IV. General Considerations to enforce the former Practices

10:39

Read by Ed Humpal

III.I. Of the State of Sickness

8:53

Read by Joseph Tabler

III.II. Of the first Temptation proper to the State of Sickness: Impatience

6:06

Read by David Lawrence

III.III. Constituent or integral parts of Patience

6:06

Read by OCTL7

III.IV. Remedies against Impatience, by way of Consideration

20:46

Read by TriciaG

III.V. Remedies against Impatience, by way of Exercise

11:08

Read by Amelia Chesley

III.VI. Advantages of Sickness

37:38

Read by TriciaG

III.VII. The second Temptation proper to the State of Sickness: Fear of Death, …

13:24

Read by DeAnna Dailey

III.VIII. Remedies against Fear of Death, by way of Exercise

14:19

Read by DeAnna Dailey

III.IX. General Rules and Exercises whereby our Sickness may become safe and sa…

19:48

Read by DeAnna Dailey

IV.I. Of the Practice of Patience

19:23

Read by sgrace

IV.II. Acts of Patience, by way of Prayer and Ejaculation

19:21

Read by TriciaG

IV.III. Of the Practice of the Grace of Faith in the time of Sickness

10:55

Read by TriciaG

IV.IV. Acts of Faith, by way of Prayer and Ejaculation, to be said by Sick Men …

9:58

Read by Tony Addison

IV.V. Of the Practice of the Grace of Repentance in the time of Sickness

12:55

Read by TriciaG

IV.VI. Rules for the Practice of Repentance in Sickness

23:05

Read by TriciaG

IV.VII. Acts of Repentance, by way of Prayer and Ejaculation

15:06

Read by TriciaG

IV.VIII. An Analysis or Resolution of the Decalogue, enumerating the Duties com…

30:20

Read by TriciaG

IV.IX. Of the Sick Man's Practice of Charity and Justice, by way of Rule

11:56

Read by TriciaG

IV.X. Acts of Charity, by way of Prayer and Ejaculation; which may be also used…

8:13

Read by Amelia Chesley

V.I. General Observations

5:56

Read by David Lawrence

V.II. Rules for the Manner of Visitation of Sick Persons

11:13

Read by Jill Preston

V.III. Of Ministering in the Sick Man's Confession of Sins and Repentance

33:32

Read by TriciaG

V.IV. Of Ministering to the Restitution and Pardon, or Reconciliation of the Si…

25:19

Read by TriciaG

V.V. Of Ministering to the Sick Person by the Spiritual Man, as he is the Physi…

28:43

Read by Anna Roberts

V.VI. Considerations against Presumption

7:04

Read by Anna Roberts

V.VII. Offices to be said by the Minister in his Visitation of the Sick

29:52

Read by MaryAnn

V.VIII. A Peroration concerning the Contingencies and Treatings of our departed…

27:36

Read by MaryAnn