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EEBO-TCP · Phase 1

The Gentlemans Calling

by Richard Allestree · 1619–1681

Published: 1660
Length: 45,785 words
Reading: ~3 hours
Divisions: 19

From the title page

The gentlemans calling

London Printed for T. Garthwait ... 1660.

Original spelling, as transcribed by the Text Creation Partnership.

Contents

Text
Title pageReputation
Preface
Dedication
Frontispiece
Section 1SECT. I. Of Business and Callings in general.
Section 2SECT. II. Of Varieties of Callings.
Section 3SECT. III. The Particulars of the Gentleman's Advantages above others.
Section 4SECT. IV. The Branches of his Calling founded in the first Advantage, that of Educacation.
Section 5

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Section 6SECT. VI. Of the third Advantage, that of Time.
Section 7SECT. VII. Of the fourth advantage, that of his Authority.
Section 8SECT. VIII. Of the last advantage, that of Reputation.
Section 9SECT. IX. The Conclusion.
Errata
Title page
PartA Confession.
PartA Thanksgiving.
PartA Prayer.
Back matter
IndexA Table of the Contents OF THE TREATISE.

19 divisions in the TEI outline

Subjects

Conduct of lifeDevotional exercisesCourtesy

Details

Author: Richard Allestree (1619–1681)
Imprint: London Printed for T. Garthwait ... 1660.
Extent: [36], 175, [1] p., 2 leaves of plates.
Language: English
Catalogue: Wing A1116 · ESTC R8983
Source: TCP A23718
Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (Text Creation Partnership)

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1659

A Sermon Preached 6 January 1660

1660

Private Devotions for Ordinary and Extraordinary Occasions

1660

A Sermon Preached 29 May 1662

1662

A Sermon Preached 12 October 1662

1663

A Sermon Preached 31 December 1665

1666

A Sermon Preached 17 November 1667

1667

The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety

1667

The Government of the Tongue

1667

Eighteen Sermons

1669

The Authority and Usefulness of the Holy Scripture

1673

The Ladys Calling

1673

The Art of Contentment

1675

The Period of Human Life

1677

The Exaltation of the Soul

1678

The Lively Oracles Given to Us

1678

The Period of Human Life Continued

1678

The Beauty of Holiness

1679

Forty Sermons

1684

The Beauty of Holiness 2

1684

The Vanity of the Creature

1684

The Whole Duty of Prayer

1692

The Government of the Thoughts

1694

The Whole Duty of Divine Meditation

1694

The Whole Duty of Mourning and Preparing Ourselves for Death

1695

The Whole Duty of Man Epitomized

1700