The Handmaid to Private Devotion, Table of contents 1
A TABLE OF THE particular Contents.
1. The Preparation to religious exercise in generall. p. 1.
1. Of Deuotion. p. 2.
2. Of Preparation▪ and the seuerall kinds thereof. p. 9.
1. Purgation. p. 11.
2. Sequestration of the mind. p. 12.
3. Preconsideration. p. 14.
2. The Preparation to Prayer. p. 18.
1. A preparatory Exhortation. p. 27.
2. A preparatorie Hymne. p. 56.
3. A preparatorie Prayer. p. 58.
3. The preparation to bearing the Word. p. 59.
1. A preparatory Admonition p. 69.
2. A preparatorie Hymne. p. 74.
3. A preparatorie Prayer. p. 76.
4. The preparation to the receiuing of the Sacrament. p. 79.
1. The admonition before the Communion. p. 85.
2. The Hymne before the Communion. p. 87.
3. The Prayer before the Communion p 88.
5. Religious Duties to be performed, and affections to be stirred vp in the time of receiuing the Communion. p. 91.
6. Short Prayers to be vsed at the receiuing of the Communion, p. 97.
7. Short Formes of thanksgiuing to be vsed after the Communion. p. 98.
8 A larger Forme of thanks giuing after the Communion p. 102.
9. The practise of priuate Deuotions, both ordinarie, and extraordinarie. p. 106.
10. The Mornings Deuotion.
1. An admonitiō for the Morning. p. 116▪
2. A Hymne for the Morning. p. 117.
3. A Prayer for the Morning. p. 119.
The Close out of Scripture. p. 128.
11. The Euening Deuotion.
1. An admonitiō for the Euening. p. 128.
2. An Hymne for the Euening. 131.
3. A Prayer for the Euening p. 133.
The Close out of Scripture. p. 137.
12. The Christian Sabbath, or Lords day's Deuotion. p. 138.
1. The admonition for the Sabbath Morning. p. 139.
2. The Hymne for the Sabbath Morning. p. 148.
3. The Prayer for the Sabbath Morning. p. 147.
1. The admonition for the Sabbath Euening. p. 153.
2. The Hymne for the Sabbath Euening. p. 160.
3. The Prayer for the Sabbath Euening. p. 162.
The Close out of Scripture. p. 166▪
13. The Feast … the Birth of our Lord
1. The ground of the Feast. p. 167.
2. The admonition for it. p. 171.
3. The Hymne for it. p. 174.
4. The Prayer for it. p. 178.
14. The Feasts of our Lord's circumcision.
1. The ground of it. p. 183.
2. The admonition for it. p. 184.
3. The Psalme for it. p. 187.
4. The Prayer for it. p. 190.
15. The Feast of the Epiphanie.
1. The ground of it. p. 197.
2. The admonition for it. p. 200.
3. The Psalme for it. p. 204.
4 The Prayer for it. p. 206.
16. The Feast of our Lord's resurrection.
1. The ground of it. p. 212.
2. The Psalme for it. p. 216.
3. The admonition for it. p. 219.
4. The Prayer for it. p. 222.
17. The Feast of our Lord's Ascension.
1. The ground of it. p. 228.
2. The Hymne for it. p. 230.
3. The Admonition for it. p. 233.
4. The Prayer for it. p. 237.
18. The Feast of the coming downe of the holy Ghost.
1. The ground of it. p 243.
2. The Hymne for it. p. 245.
3. The exhortation for it. p. 248.
4. The Prayer for it. p. 252.
19. The Christian fast's Deuotion. p. 257.
Of the Lent Fast. p. 261.
The ground of it. p. 266.
1. A Psalme for Ash wednesday. p. 270.
2. An admonition for it. p. 274.
3. A Prayer for it. p. 278.
20. Good Friday's Deuotion. p. 284.
1. The ground of this Fast. p. 284.
2. The admonition for it. p. 288.
3. The Hymne for it. p. 295.
4. The Prayer for it. p. 300.
21. The Weeke day's Deuotion. p. 310.
1. Munday's Deuotion. The ground of it. p. 311.
1. The Hymne for the Morning. p. 312.
2. The admonition for the Morning. p 317.
3. The Prayer for the Morning. p. 322.
The close out of Scripture. p. 325.
1. The Hymne for the Euening.
2. The admonition for the Euening. p. 329.
3. The Prayer for the Euening. p. 335.
The Close out of Scripture. Ibid.
2. Tuesday's Deuotion. The ground of it. p. 339.
1. The Mornings Deuotion.
1. The Hymne for the Morning. p. 343.
2. The admonition for the Morning. p. 346.
3. The Prayer for the Morning. p. 342.
The Close out of Scripture. p. 355.
2. The Euening's Deuotion.
1. The Hymne for the Euening. p. 356.
2. The admonition for Euening. p. 359.
3. The Prayer for the Euening. p. 363.
The Close out of Scripture. p. 368.
3. Wednesday's Deuotion. The ground of it. p. 369.
1. The Morning's Deuotion.
1. The Hymne for it. p. 37….
2. The admonition for it. p. 376.
3. The Prayer for it. p. 382.
The Close out of Scripture. p. 388.
2. The Euenings Deuotion.
1. The Hymne for it. p. 389.
2. The admonition for it. p. 391.
3. The Prayer for it. p. 395.
The Close out of Scripture. p 405.
4. Thursday's Deuotion. The ground of it. p. 406.
1. The Mornings Deuotion.
1. The Hymne for it. p. 410.
2. The admonition for it. p. …14.
3. The Prayer for it. p. 418.
The Close out of Scripture. p. 422.
2. The Euening's Deuotion.
1. The Hymne for it. p. 423.
2. The admonition for it. p 427.
3. The Prayer for it. p. 435.
The Close out of Scripture. p. 440.
5. Friday's Deuotion. The ground of it. p. 441.
1. The Morning's Deuotion.
1. The Hymne for it. p. 444.
2. The admonition for it. p. 445.
3. The prayer for it. p. 451.
The Close out of Scripture. p. 455.
2. Euening's Deuotion.
1. The Hymne for it. p 456.
2. The admonition for it. 460.
3. The Prayer for it. 471.
The Close out of Scripture. 481.
6. Saturday's Deuotion. The ground of it. 481.
1. The Morning's Deuotion.
1. The Hymne for it. 485.
2. The admonition for it. 448.
3. The Prayer for it. 469.
The Close out of Scripture. 474.
2. The Euening's Deuotion.
1. The H…mne for it, p. 474.
2. The admonition for it. p. 477.
…. The Prayer for it. p. 487.
The Close out of Scripture. p. 491.
22. The Child-bearing Woman's Deuotion.
1. In her trauaile
1. The admonitiō, 493.
2. The Hymne. p. 495.
3. The Prayer. 497.
2. After her trauaile
The admonitiō, 50…
The Hymne.
The Prayer. 510.
The sicke man's deuotion when there is hope of recouerie. p. 515.
A Psalme for the sicke. p. 518.
An admonition to the sicke. p. 523.
A Prayer for the sicke. p. 530.
The sicke man's deuotion after his recouerie. p. 537.
The exhortation to thanksgiuing. p. 538.
A Psalme of thanksgiuing. p. 547.
A prayer after recouerie. p. 551.
The Close out of Scripture. p. 559.
The dying man's deuotion. p. 560.
The first admonition to the sicke being an admonition to patience. p. …63.
The second admonition against despaire. p. 594.
A Psalme for the sicke lying at the point of death. p. 594.
A Prayer for the sicke.
To the Vnitie. p. 600.
To the Trinitie. p. 604.
To the Lord Iesus. p. 608.