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A75032	The whole duty of man epitomiz'd for the benefit of the poor. With select prayers suited to every partition. By Edm. Stacy, a minister of the Church of England.; Whole duty of man. Abridgments	Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681.; Stacy, Edmund, b. 1657 or 8.	1700 (1700)	Wing A1193A; ESTC R223863	44,918	146

THE Whole Duty OF MAN Epitomiz'd FOR THE Benefit of the POOR With Select Prayers suited to every Partition ●y Edm. Stacy a Minister of the Church of England ●ear God and keep his Commandments for this is the Whole Duty of Man Eccles 12. 13. LONDON ●●inted for John Lawrence at the Angel in the Poultrey 1700. To the Right Honourable Sir Richard Levit Lord Mayor Elect And the Honourable Charles Duncomb and Jeffery Jefferies Esquires Sheriffs of the City of London c. IF there be any thing that can excuse my Presumption in putting Three such great Names to this little Book it must be the Sincerity of my Intention for the Interest of Religion For the Doctrines it contains I need say no more than that they are faithfully Collected from that incomparable Author the Whole Duty of Man a Book to speak in Dr. Hammond's Words that has all the Advantages which with Gods Blessing can render it fit for the Salvation of Mankind My Design in drawing it into this little Volume I have already mentioned in the Title viz. For the Benefit of the Poor and who so fit to recommend it to them as those very Persons to whom the Government of this great City is entrusted your Names your Characters and your Authority together must needs stamp a Repute upon it and render it acceptable even to this sin ful Age. I am sensible there 's neither of you can be any Friend to the common Vanity of Complement and therefore to bespeak your Acceptance of these few Sheets I shall Address my Self to your gracious God that under the shadow of your Protection he would bless this Epitomy to the Conversion of many Souls Alas we live in a World wherein Vertue has almost lost her Prerogative Religion has few true Friends and will have fewer still ●ill Men can be persuaded to consi●er the Necessity and Advantage of ●t and how far this little Book ●ay contribute towards that End is ●tterly out of my Power to deter●ine I know I have put it into good ●ands and so I humbly leave it ●ith you with this Assurance that ●hatever you do in the behalf of ●iety and Charity will be doubly ●ac'd to your Account in the Re●ords of Eternity and entitle you 〈◊〉 Rewards as large as your Merits ●d as lasting as your Souls And now there remains no more ●t to beseech you to accept this ●●tle Book and Pardon the unwor●y Author who amongst many o●ers that Congratulate your Ac●ssion to your respective Stations 〈◊〉 one of the first that has thus ven●r'd to do it in Publick Your high Qualifications have ●awn after you many Hearts and ●any ardent Wishes and Mine in a more Particular manner than th● rest who am with the utmost D 〈…〉 stance and Regard may it plea 〈…〉 your Honours Your most obedient Servant E. Stac● THE PREFACE OVR Inimitable Author has propos'd the Care of our Souls as the grand Proparatory to the Whole Duty of Man and indeed I cannot better recommend the Epitomy of his Book then by telling you in his Words that the carelesness of our Souls is the Root of all the Sin we commit so that unless we would be perswaded to consider the Condition of our Souls all Lectures of Religion must be utterly lost upon us The Design of this little Book will admit of but a very short Preface and therefore I shall only tell the Reader that his Soul being infinitely the most ●valuable of any thing that he has beside has the greatest Title to his Care both in Point of Reason and Justice This is what we find confirm'd in the Accounts of all Wise Men who still value every thing more or less as it imports to their Interest or Happiness Our Souls therefore being our chiefes● Good it concerns us very nearly t● consult their Preservation and how that 's to be done is the Design of the following Sheets I hope it will not be expected 〈◊〉 should say any thing in Apology for this undertaking If the thing be done a● it ought to be it must needs be of general good the Reader indeed woul● do well to observe that though my Brevity c. has generally compell'd m● to use my own Words yet the Meaning and Method of the Author are all along carefully preserv'd For the Whole Duty of Man it self 't is indeed a most compleat System o● Religion and therefore highly fit to b● often read over at large by all whos● Time and Circumstances will allow it This Epitomy is only design'd t● supply those Deficiencies and for th● Assistance of bad Memories in brief 't is intended chiefly for the Benefit of the Poor and to them I refer it c. THE Whole Duty OF MAN Epitomiz'd c. PARTITION I. the Duty of Man by the Light of Nature and Scripture His Duty to God Himself and his Neighbour His Duty to God of Faith the Promises of Hope of Love of Fear of Trust THE Incarnation of our Blessed Lord is without doubt a sufficient warrant for the Salva 〈…〉 n of our Souls if we perform the Conditions annext to it which 〈◊〉 in general to use our honest endea 〈…〉 vours to obey the whole Will 〈◊〉 God according as we have it co 〈…〉 vey'd to us by the Light of Nature and the Light of the Hol● Scriptures The Light of Nature in the first pla 〈…〉 Of the Light of Nature is a Light which Go● has stampt upon o 〈…〉 very Souls by the guidance 〈◊〉 which without the help of Scri 〈…〉 ture mere Natural Conscience wou 〈…〉 direct us in the performance 〈◊〉 several Duties Such as are 〈◊〉 Worship a God to be Just one 〈◊〉 another and to Honour our P 〈…〉 rents and the like The Light of Scri 〈…〉 tures is a far mo 〈…〉 Of the Light of Scripture Divine Light whe● in God hath laid b 〈…〉 fore us both his Commands a● Precepts to be the general Rul● and Grounds of our Duty The general Rules of the Du 〈…〉 of every Christian are brie 〈…〉 comprehended under these three Heads The three great Branches of Mans Duty our Duty to God our Selves and our Neighbours and those three I intend for the Subject of the following Discourse The Foundation of our Duty to God is Duty to God grounded chiefly upon our acknowledging him to be God and then admitting of no other And first by acknowledging Acknowledging him to be God him to be a God we are to believe him to be an Infinite Glorious Being without either beginning or end both Father Son and Holy Ghost God blessed for ever We are likewise to To believe him in his Attributes believe him in his Attributes to be a God of Mercy Justice and Power that he sees and knows all things and disposes every Event according to his Will and that he can never cease to be other than perfectly Good Merciful and Just The believing him to be our God

it Let all my Recreations be moderate and inoffensive and us'd with the strictest Caution with regard to Thee my Neighbour and my Self give me Grace and Prudence to avoid all Gaiety in my Apparel and to prefer the inward Ornaments of my Soul to all useless Trappins and all gaudy and insignificant Shews and Formalities For the Tenth INstruct me O Eternal Father of all Truth and Equity in the Duties I owe to my Neighbour grant I beseech Thee that I may direct my Life by the constant Rules of Justice both Negative and Positive Prevent me O Crucify'd Saviour from that crying Sin of Murder let the hainousness the Punishments and the strange Discoveries thou hast been pleas'd to make of it be always in my View to deter me from it even in the most minute Particulars For the Eleventh GIve me Grace O Blessed Redeemer that after thy Example I may observe a strict and Positive Justice to my Neighbour in all his Possessions Stamp deep upon my Mind I intreat Thee O my God a tender regard for him in his Wife and in all his worldly Goods Lord I beseech Thee defend me from the Sins of Oppression and Theft and give me Grace to acquit my Self justly in all my Dealings and to behave my self as becomes an honest Man in all manner of Bargains and Commerce For the Twelfth LET thy merciful Ears O Lord be open to my Prayers for the sake of thy own Eternal Equity errace utterly out of my Mind all unjust Notions and let no Temptations to any sort of Robbery at any time get the Dominion over me improve my Mind I beseech Thee with such a determinate hatred against all kind of Deceit that I may immediately resolve upon that great Duty of a Christian Restitution And this I beg of Thee with the highest Ardency for thy own sake O merciful Jesus For the Thirteenth O Eternal God of Truth guide me I beseech Thee by thy blessed Spirit that I may be exactly careful how I Believe or Report any thing to the Prejudice of my Neighbour keep me from the dangerous Sins of Perjury and Slandering from all base and malicious Whisperings and from all fly and injurious Insinuations O God of Righteousness let the tenderness and regard I owe to my Fellow Christian sink so deep into my Soul that I may neither Scoff at his Calamities or Infirmities nor deride his very Sins Give me O King of Justice such a Positive Vprightness and Integrity that I may abhor all sorts of Lying Envy and Detraction and that I may preserve an humble and intire Gratitude and Thankfulness towards my Friends and Benefactors but especially towards Thee O bountiful Jesus For the Fourteenth O God of all Order and Power who in thy Wisdom hast appointed several Ranks and Degrees of Men among us give me an awful Sence of that profound Obedience and Respect I owe to all the Magistrates Pastors and Governours in their respective Stations teach me O my God! as a Child that Love and Reverence I owe to my Parents and as a Parent that Care and Duty I owe to my Children that in both Capacities I may discharge my Trust after the Direction of thy most Holy Precepts O King of Righteousness For the Fifteenth TEach me O merciful God and Saviour that I may acquit my self to all my Brethren whether Spiritual or Temporal and to all my Relations as becomes a Member of the Christian Profession in the several Capacities of a Husband Friend Master and Servant teach me O merciful God to behave my self as becomes a Member of thy most Holy Religion O blessed Jesus For the Sixteenth INstruct me I beseech Thee O Almighty Lord in all the Branches of my Duty to my Neighbour After thy own Example O unchangeable Goodness Direct my Charity towards him with respect to his Soul his Body his Goods and his Credit give me such a Spirit of Positive Justice that I may value him upon all Accounts equal to my self and be always ready to do the very best I can to propagate his Interest in both Worlds I beg this of Thee with the utmost Ardency of my Soul O Jesus merciful Jesus For the Seventeenth O Merciful God who hast mark'd out my Compassion to my Fellow Creature as the Standard by which thou intendest to measure Thine to me Give me I beseech Thee an intire and universal Charity Open my Bowels that I may be ready to help and further him in all his Extremities Grant O my God for the sake of thy own Love that I may be always prepar'd to vindicate my Neighbours good Name upon all occasions that I may judge the best and speak well of him and conceal or excuse his Infirmities that I may be impatient to hear slow to believe and unwilling to propagate evil Reports lodge him in my Heart in the very next Place to my Self that I may constantly Study his Peace and value it equal to my own keep me from all Litigious Suits and Controversies let an even and regular Charity run through my whole Life and Actions and extend it self even to my very Enemies I beg this and every thing else thou in thy Wisdom knows useful for me for Jesus Christ his Sake Amen Amen FINIS Books Printed for John Lawrence at the Angel in the Poultrey CAtholicism without Popery An Essay to render the Church of England a Means and a Pattern of Union to the Christian World ●ctavo The Mourners Companion Or Funeral Discourses on several Texts ●n Two Parts By Mr. John Shower Octavo The Dying Mans Assistant Or Short Instructions for those who are concerned in the preparing of Sick Persons for Death Being no ●ess worthy the Consideration of all good Christians in time of Health ●hewing the importance of an Early Preparation for their latter End with regard as well to their Temporal as Eternal State By a Divine of the Church of England Twelves The London Dispensatory reduced to the Practise of the London Physicians wherein are contained the Medicines that are now in use and such as are not in the Latine Copy added with their Vertues and Use By John Pechy of the Colledge of Physicians in London Twelves Price 1 s. 6 d. Mr. Clark's Concordance to the Bible Twelves