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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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