THE

E.A

GOLDEN GROVE.

A

CHOICE MANUAL:

CONTAINING

WHAT IS TO BE BELIEVED, PRACTISED, AND
DESIRED OR PRAYED FOR;

The Prayers being fitted to the several Days of the Week.

To which is added,

A GUIDE FOR THE PENITENT;

OR,

A MODEL DRAWN UP FOR THE HELP OF DEVOUT SOULS,
WOUNDED WITH SIN:

ALSO,

FESTIVAL HYMNS,

According to the manner of the ancient Church; composed for the Use
of the Devout, especially of younger Persons.

BY JEREMY TAYLOR, D. D.

STEREOTYPE EDITION.

LONDON,

STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY AND FOR A. WILSON,

Camden Town, St. Pancras.

CONTENTS

OF

THE GUIDE TO DEVOTION.

CREDENDA; or, What is to be Believed: a short Catechism

for the institution of young persons in the Christian religion.

An Exposition of the Apostles' Creed.

AGENDA; or, Things to be Done. The Diary, or a rule to

spend each day religiously.

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11

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VIA PACIS. A short method for Peace and Holiness: with

a Manual of daily Prayers, fitted to the days of the week.

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POSTULANDA: or, Things to be Prayed for. A Form of

Prayer, by way of paraphrase, expounding the Lord's Prayer.

LITANIES. For all things and persons.

1. For pardon of sins.

II.- deliverance from evils,

III. gifts and graces.

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IV. all estates of men and women, especially in the Chris-

tian church.

A short prayer to be said every morning.

A prayer for the evening.

against pride.

against covetousness.

against lust.

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against gluttony and drunkenness.

against envy.

wrath and inordinate anger.

against weariness in well-doing,

to be said by a maiden before she enters into the state

of marriage.

for a holy and happy death. -

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OF

THE GUIDE FOR THE PENITENT.

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Remembrances concerning the examination of your conscience.
Advice concerning confession.
Advice concerning devout receiving the holy and blessed sacra-

ment.

Advice concerning fasting.

Expressions of humiliation, preparatory to the following de-
Avotions.

cts of resolution to second this humiliation.

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A Litany of confession, to be made use of by the penitent soul,
that finds itself burthened with a true sense of sin.
The penitent soul having made this, or the like confession, pre-
pares and stirs up itself to true contrition.
After this preparation, these express acts of contrition may
follow.

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123

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The transition which the penitent makes from the acts of con-
trition to the acts of resolution for amendment of life;
without which all sorrow for sin is in vain.
Having thus far made his resolution, the penitent betakes
himself to prayer,

After these resolutions. the penitent prepares himself, with an
humble soul, and bended knees, to beg pardon.
The penitent's prayer.

The jubilee of the penitent soul, after the sense of pardon
tained..

The penitent closeth all with this short prayer.

FESTIVAL HYMNS.

Hymns for Advent, or the weeks immediately before the birth of our blessed Saviour.

The second hymn for Advent; or Christ's coming to Jerusalem m triumph.

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Hymns for Christmas-day.

137

The second hymn; being a dialogue between three shepherds.
The third hymn; of Christ's birth in the inn.

ib.

138

Upon the Epiphany, and the three wise men of the Fast coming to worship Jesus.

TO THE

PIOUS AND DEVOUT READER.

IN this sad declension of Religion, the Seers, who are appointed to be the watchmen of the Church, cannot but observe, that the supplanters and underminers are gone out, and are digging down the foundations; and having destroyed all public forms of ecclesiastical government, discountenanced an excellent liturgy, taken off the hinges of unity, disgraced the articles of religion, polluted public assemblies, taken away all cognizance of schism by mingling all sects, and giving countenance to that against which all power ought to stand upon their guard; there is now nothing left, but that we take care that men be christians: for concerning the ornament and advantages of religion, we cannot make that provision we desire: Incertis de salute de