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A discourse of Christian watchfulnesse : Preparing how to liue, how to die, and to be discharged at the day of iudgement, and so enioy life eternall. By Iohn Rogers minister to the Church of Chacombe in Northampton-shiere.
Rogers, John, of ChacombeDate: 1620
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A Christian directory, or, A summ of practical theologie and cases of conscience : directing Christians how to use their knowledge and faith, how to improve all helps and means, and to perform all duties, how to overcome temptations, and to escape or mortifie every sin : in four parts ... / by Richard Baxter.
Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691Date: 1673
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Observations vpon Religio medici / Occasionally written by Sir Kenelome [sic] Digby, Knight.
Digby, Kenelm, 1603-1665Date: 1643
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A moste fruitfull, pithie, and learned treatyse, how a Christian man ought to behaue himselfe in the danger of death : and how they are to be rele[-]ued and comforted, whose deare freendes are departed out of this world, moste necessarye for this our vnfortunate age and sorrowfull dayes.
Werdmüller, Otto, 1511-1552Date: [1595?]
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The right method for a settled peace of conscience, and spiritual comfort : in 32 directions : written for the use of a troubled friend / and now published by Richard Baxter.
Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691Date: 1653
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A childe of light walking in darknes, or, A treatise shewing [brace] the causes by which, the cases wherein, the ends for which [brace] God leaves his children to distresse of conscience : together with directions how to walke so as to come forth of such a condition, with other observations upon Esay 50. 10 and 11 verses / by Tho. Goodwin.
Goodwin, Thomas, 1600-1680Date: 1636
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The contentes of thys boke : The fyrst is a letter which was wryten vnto the faythful followers of Christes gospell. Also another treatese called the Myrrour or glasse to knowe thy selfe. Here vnto is added a propre instruction teaching a man to dye gladly and not to feare death.
Frith, John, 1503-1533Date: [1548 or 1549]
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Religio medici.
Browne, Thomas, Sir, 1605-1682Date: 1672
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Preparation for death : Being a letter sent to a young gentlewoman in France, in a dangerous distemper, of which she died. By William Wake, M.A.
Wake, William, 1657-1737Date: 1688
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The rule and exercises of holy dying : in which are described the means and instruments of preparing ourselves and others respectively for a blessed death and the remedies against the evils and temtations proper to the state of sickness : together with praiers and acts of vertue to be used by sick and dying persons or by others standing in their attendance : to which are added rules for the visitation of the sick and offices proper for that ministery.
Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667Date: 1668
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[A christian view of life and death.].
Mornay, Philippe de, seigneur du Plessis-Marly, 1549-1623Date: [1593]
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The Dying man's assistant, or, Short instructions for those who are concern'd in the preparing of sick persons for death : being also no less worthy the consideration of all good Christians in time of health, as shewing the importance of an early preparation for their latter end, with regard as well to their temporal, as eternal state.
Date: 1697
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Disce mori : Learne to die. : A religious discourse, mouing euery Christian man to enter into a serious remembrance of his end. : Wherein also is contained the mean and manner of disposing himselfe to God, before and at the time of his departure. In the whole, somewhat happily may be obserued, necessary to be thought vpon while we are aliue, and when we are dying, to aduise ourselues and others.
Sutton, Christopher, 1565?-1629Date: 1607:
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The path-vvay to pietie : Containing, 1. Christs prayer expounded. p. 1 2. A communicant instructed 213 3. A direction to liue well. 329 4. A direction to die well. 401 By R. Hill, D. in D.
Hill, Robert, -1623Date: 1629
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A moste fruitefull, pithie, and learned treatise, hovv a Christian man ought to behaue himselfe in the daunger of death : and how they are to be releued and comforted, whose deare friendes are departed out of this worlde, moste necessarie for this our vnfortunate age [and] sorowfull dayes.
Werdmüller, Otto, 1511-1552Date: [1574?]]
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A briefe conference betwixt mans frailtie and faith : VVherin is declared the true vse, and comfort of those blessings pronounced by Christ in the 5. of Mathew, that euery Christian man and woman ought to make and take hold of in their seuerall tentations and conflicts: with a newe addition of some comfort against the death of friends, together with a direction to other strength against other our frailties, noted in the booke vpon the Lords Praier. Laid downe in this plaine order of dialogue, to helpe, if it please God, the conceit and feeling of the simpliest. By Geruase Babington.
Babington, Gervase, 1550-1610Date: 1590
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A looking glasse of mortalitie : Not verie pleasant at the first view to many men, but yet most necessarie, profitable and commodious for all sorts of people, of what estate dignity, or calling soeuer they be. : With an Exhortation to good life annexed: wherein are treated all such things as appertaine vnto a Christian to do, from the beginning of his conuersion, vntill the end of his perfection. / Made by I.B.
I. BDate: 1599..
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The resolued Christian, exhorting to resolution : Written, to recall the worldling, to comfort the faint-harted, to strengthen the faithfull, and to perswade all men, so to runne, that they may obtaine. By Gabriel Powel.
Powel, Gabriel, 1576-1611Date: 1600
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The first part of the consideration of humane condition : vvherin is contained the morall consideration of a mans selfe: as what, who, and what manner of man he is. Written by I.P. Esquier.
Perrott, James, Sir, 1571-1637Date: 1600
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Certaine select cases resolved : specially tending to the comfort of beleevers, in their chiefe and usuall temptations : 1. The case of desertion, or walking in darknesse : the cause, remedies, 2. How to discerne answers to our prayers, 3. The case resolved, whether after sound repentance a child of God may fall into the same sin, 4. How it is to be understood, that every beleever bringeth forth all his fruit in Christ, 5. How to discerne our growth in grace, heretofore all published in three threatises : 1. A child of light walking in darknesse 2. Return of prayers, 3. Tryall of growth, but now reprinted, and to be put together, with other divine tractates / by Tho. Goodwin, B.D.
Goodwin, Thomas, 1600-1680Date: 1645
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The saints incouragement to diligence in Christ's service : with motives and means to Christian activity : to which is added, as an example to prove the point handled, the deathbed experiences of Mris B. ... / by James Janeway.
Janeway, James, 1636?-1674Date: 1674
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The Newlanders cure : Aswell of those violent sicknesses which distemper most minds in these latter dayes: as also by a cheape and newfound dyet, to preserue the body sound and free from all diseases, vntill the last date of life, through extreamity of age. Wherein are inserted generall and speciall remedies against the scuruy. Coughes. Feauers. Goute. Collicke. Sea-sicknesses, and other grieuous infirmities. Published for the weale of Great Brittaine, by Sir William Vaughan, Knight.
Vaughan, William, 1577-1641Date: 1630
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The pathvvay to prayer, and pietie : containing, 1 An exposition of the Lords Prayer. 2 A preparation to the Lords Supper. 3 A direction to a Christian life. 4 An instruction to a Christian death. With diuers prayers, and thanksgiuings, fit for this treatise. By Robert Hill, Doctor in Diuinitie.
Hill, Robert, -1623Date: 1610
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The dying mans last sermon. Or, The fathers last blessing : Left, and bequeathed as a legacy unto his children, immediately before his death. Being comfortable meditations and preparations for the day of death; which for the worth of them are more worthy to be written in letters of gold, then with ink and paper. The twelfth edition with additions, by Andrew Jones, a servant of Jesus Christ.
Jones, Andrew, active 17th centuryDate: 1665
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The resolved Christian; exhorting to resolution : Written, to comfort the faint-hearted, to strengthen the faithfull, to recall the worldling: and to perswade all men, so to run that they may obtaine.
Powel, Gabriel, 1576-1611Date: 1616