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 Objection of a short Life 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 Life 12:07 Read by Chris Bunn
II.II. Of daily Examination of our Actions in the whole Course of our Health, preparatory to our death-bed 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, with its Remedies 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 sanctified 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 in the Days of their Temptation 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 commanded, and the Sins forbidden in every Commandment, for the helping the Sick Man in making his Confession 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 for Thanksgiving in case of Recovery 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 Sick Person, by administering the holy Sacrament 25:19 Read by TriciaG
V.V. Of Ministering to the Sick Person by the Spiritual Man, as he is the Physician of Souls 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 Friends after Death, in order to their Will and Burial 27:36 Read by MaryAnn