The Curate's Manual

with Reference to the Sick and Dying

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English · 3h 52m · Religion, Christianity - Other

Whoever has well considered the various duties pertaining to the pastoral office, will readily acknowledge that scarcely any are more important, or more difiicult to be rightly discharged, than those which are due to the sick. They are duties which demand the greatest activity, and require the utmost discretion; and if altogether neglected, or carelessly and injudiciously discharged, most dangerous to the sick will be the consequences. If, therefore, I dilate upon this part of the sacerdotal office, and publish the result of my own experience, the information I have gained from converse with others, and that which I have derived from books, I shall, I think, be recompensed for my labours; and this the more so, because I am unacquainted with any work by which any one, though he should read with attention, may be sufficiently furnished for the performance of this important office. - Summary by First Chapter

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Preface 3:08 Read by InTheDesert
The Occasion, Design, and Distribution of the Treatise 3:20 Read by InTheDesert
Rules concerning those things with which the Curate should be previously furnished for the better discharge of the Office of Visiting the Sick 32:20 Read by InTheDesert
Rules for discoursing with the Sick 6:30 Read by InTheDesert
Rules concerning the Duties which the Curate should enjoin the Attendants of the Sick 3:56 Read by InTheDesert
Rules for the Visitation of those with whom the Curate is but very little acquainted 3:56 Read by InTheDesert
Rules for the Visitation of those who are troubled in Mind 9:11 Read by InTheDesert
Rules for the Visitation of those who are recovering from Sickness 6:24 Read by InTheDesert
Rules for the Visitation of those who are of tender years 10:09 Read by InTheDesert
An Appendix, containing Rules for bringing the Sick to an acknowledgment of their Sins, and, when necessary, to a Confession of the same 20:16 Read by InTheDesert
Two General Forms of Address, by the Rev. Benedict Scroggs 5:27 Read by InTheDesert
The Order for the Visitation of the Sick 17:14 Read by InTheDesert
Stonhouse's Method of Examination before receiving the Sacrament 2:48 Read by InTheDesert
A Help for conversing on the Design of the Sacrament, and the Preparation for receiving it: from Stonhouse's Sick Man's Friend 3:06 Read by InTheDesert
The Communion of the Sick 17:31 Read by InTheDesert
The Ministration of Private Baptism in houses 5:13 Read by InTheDesert
A Catalogue of the Sins of our Youth 3:20 Read by InTheDesert
A Catalogue of the Sins of the Aged 1:31 Read by InTheDesert
A Catalogue of the Sins of the Rich 1:31 Read by InTheDesert
A Catalogue of the Sins of the Poor 1:51 Read by InTheDesert
A Catalogue of Sins not included in the foregoing, and to which all sorts and conditions of men are by nature inclined 3:38 Read by InTheDesert
The First Table of the Decalogue 1:40 Read by InTheDesert
The Second Table of the Decaloge 0:57 Read by InTheDesert
General Prayers for the Sick 3:53 Read by InTheDesert
A Prayer under severe Pain 0:54 Read by InTheDesert
A Prayer when Sickness long continues 1:10 Read by InTheDesert
A prayer when the Sick cannot sleep 0:58 Read by InTheDesert
A Prayer when Danger is apprehended from excessive Sleep 1:04 Read by InTheDesert
A Prayer for the Sick, when in any way deprived of his Senses and Reason 1:22 Read by InTheDesert
A Prayer for one who has received any bodily Hurt 1:25 Read by InTheDesert
A Prayer for a Woman after Child-birth 0:56 Read by InTheDesert
A Prayer for one in Despair 1:06 Read by InTheDesert
A Short Litany 2:21 Read by InTheDesert
The Parable of the Ten Virgins 2:01 Read by InTheDesert
The Parable of the Talents 2:57 Read by InTheDesert
The Parable of the Prodigal Son 3:35 Read by InTheDesert
The Parable of the Lost Sheep 1:06 Read by InTheDesert
The Parable of the Importunate Widow 1:26 Read by InTheDesert
The Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican 1:29 Read by InTheDesert
The Parable of the King who took an account of his Servants, and punished him who showed no mercy to his fellow-servant 2:24 Read by InTheDesert
The Parable of the Good Samaritan 2:07 Read by InTheDesert
Our Lord's description of the Last Judgement 2:30 Read by InTheDesert
The most effectual method of resisting Temptation 3:59 Read by InTheDesert
The Promise that the Comforter shall come and abide for ever with Christ's Disciples 1:08 Read by InTheDesert
That Christian Mourners should not sorrow without hope for the dead 1:25 Read by InTheDesert
The Parable of the Ten Lepers 1:58 Read by InTheDesert
The Happy Change which the Resurrection of Christ will effect in the Condition of the Saints 4:51 Read by InTheDesert
Devotional Poetry 19:11 Read by InTheDesert