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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10295	[The perfect pathway to salvation]	R., James (James Rowbotham), attributed name. aut	1590 (1590)	STC 20579.5; ESTC S112957	50,554	348
A26806	Sermons upon Psalm CXXX, ver. 4 but there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayst be feared / by William Bates.	Bates, William, 1625-1699.	1696 (1696)	Wing B1124; ESTC R25865	50,575	129
A19962	Every-dayes sacrifice Wherein are comprehended many comfortable prayers and meditations, very necessary for all Christians. Also, many comforts for the sicke which are afflicted by the sight of their sins and the terrour of death; written by D. M. Luther, a little before his end. With most true comforts out of holy Scripture of the knowledge we shall haue of one another in the world to come. Translated by, W.R.S.	W. R. S., fl. 1624.; Luther, Martin, 1483-1546, attributed name.	1624 (1624)	STC 6398; ESTC S114714	51,362	282
A11180	A right godly rule how all faithfull Christians ought to occupie and exercise themselues in their dayly prayers.		1602 (1602)	STC 21446.7; ESTC S105748	51,867	378
A37135	The Dying man's assistant, or, Short instructions for those who are concern'd in the preparing of sick persons for death being also no less worthy the consideration of all good Christians in time of health, as shewing the importance of an early preparation for their latter end, with regard as well to their temporal, as eternal state ...		1697 (1697)	Wing D2954; ESTC R17100	52,686	145
A16113	[Psalmes or prayers] [taken out of Holy Scripture].	Fisher, John, Saint, 1469-1535.	1569 (1569)	STC 3009.5; ESTC S721	53,711	395
A70397	A companion for the persecuted, or, An office for those who suffer for righteousness containing particular prayers and devotions, for particular graces, and for their private or publick wants and occasions.	Kettlewell, John, 1653-1695.	1693 (1693)	Wing K362; ESTC R14209	54,208	172
A07044	The pomaunder of prayer, newly made by Thomas Becon	Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.	1561 (1561)	STC 1746; ESTC S122350	54,749	290
A02442	The spiritual pilgrimage of Hierusalem, contayninge three hundred sixtie fiue dayes iorney wherin the deuoute person may meditate on sondrie pointes of his redemption. With particular declaration of diuers Saints bodies and holy places which are to be seene in the said-voyage: As also sundrie deuout praiers and meditations verie healpful to the pilgrimes: With licence.; Devote manier om geestelijk pelgrimage te trekken tot het Heilige Land. English	Paeschen, Jan van.; R. H., fl. 1605.	1605 (1605)	STC 12574; ESTC S115004	54,778	182
A04821	Hallelu-iah: praise yee the Lord, for the vnburthening of a loaden conscience By his grace is Iesus Christ vouchsafed vnto the worst sinner of all the whole world.	Kilby, Richard, d. 1617.	1618 (1618)	STC 14955; ESTC S106533	55,442	148
A09593	The perfect path to paradice Contayning diuers most ghostly and wholsome prayers, fruitfull and christian meditations, for the comfort of euery afflicted conscience: published in these dangerous dayes of wickednesse, and deliuered to all those that feare God, and hope for saluation in Christ Jesus, as a spirituall weapon to beate downe sinne, sathan, and all the power of hell, &c. By Iohn Phillips.	Phillips, John, fl. 1570-1591.	1588 (1588)	STC 19872; ESTC S106462	55,576	300
A03862	Seuen sobs of a sorrowfull soule for sinne comprehending those seuen Psalmes of the princelie prophet David, commonlie called Pœnitential / framed into a forme of familiar praiers, and reduced into meeter by William Hunnis ... ; wherevnto are also annexed his Handfull of honisuckles, The poore widowes mite, a dialog betweene Christ and a sinner, diuers godlie and pithie ditties, with a Christian confession of and to the Trinitie.	Hunnis, William, d. 1597.	1583 (1583)	STC 13975; ESTC S4710	56,081	186
A15507	The treasury of deuotion Contayning diuers pious prayers, & exercises both practicall, and speculatiue. Togeather vvith the seauen little offices in Latin and English: and sundry other deuotions, for yong beginners in vertue. Collected by I.VV.P.	Wilson, John, ca. 1575-ca. 1645?	1622 (1622)	STC 25773; ESTC S102528	58,360	590
A62470	The king of terrors silenced by meditations & examples of holy living and heavenly dying as the same was recollected and recommended by Sir John Thorowgood.	Thorowgood, John.	1665 (1665)	Wing T1065; ESTC R25161	59,382	175
A63950	The golden grove, or, A manuall of daily prayers and letanies, fitted to the dayes of the week containing a short summary of what is to be believed, practised, desired : also festival hymns, according to the manner of the ancient church, composed for the use of the devout, especially of younger persons / by the author of The great exemplar.	Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667.	1655 (1655)	Wing T336; ESTC R17298	60,024	193
A72314	A helpe vnto deuotion containing certain moulds or forms of prayer, fitted to seuerall occasions; & penned for the furtherance of those, who haue more desire then skil, to poure out their soules by petitions vnto God. By Sam. Hieron.	Hieron, Samuel, 1576?-1617.	1608 (1608)	STC 13406.3; ESTC S123450	60,160	302
A92883	A funeral gift: or, a preparation for death With comforts against the fears of approaching death: and consolations against immoderate grief, for the loss of friends. By the author of The devout companion.	Seller, Abednego, 1646?-1705.	1690 (1690)	Wing S2452A; ESTC R215121	60,167	186
A56830	King Solomon's recantations being an extract out of the famous works of the learned Francis Quarles ... : with an essay, to prove the immortality of the soul, by way of symetry, or connexion.	Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644.	1688 (1688)	Wing Q103; ESTC R2993	60,560	98
A26811	The sure trial of uprightness open'd in several sermons upon Psal. xviii, v. 23 ... / by William Bates.	Bates, William, 1625-1699.	1689 (1689)	Wing B1129; ESTC R24838	61,106	151
A93669	Votivæ Angliæ, Englands complaint to their king:, or, The humble desires of all the zealous and true-hearted Protestants in this kingdome, for a speedy and happy reformation of abuses in church government, being the onely meanes to remove these distractions, and to avert the judgement of God from us. : As they were expressed in sundry petitions, remonstrances and letters, lately presented from them to the king, upon sundry occasions. / Collected by a wel-wisher to reformation.	Spencer, John, 1601-1671.	1643 (1643)	Wing S4955A; ESTC R184528	61,579	125
A61113	A discovrse of divers petitions of high concernment and great consequence delivered by the authour into the hands of King James, of famous memory, and into the hands of our gracious King Charles : and divers other letters delivered unto some great peers of the land and divers knights and ladies and others of great worth and quality : a treatise of melancholie and the strange effects thereof : with some directions for the comforting of poor afflicted soules and wounded consciences : and some directions for the curing and reclaiming surious mad men and some rare inventions in case of great extremity to feed them and preserve them from famishing and to procure them to speak : which it pleased the God of wisdom to enable me to finde out in the long time of fifty years experience and observation / by John Spencer, gentleman.	Spencer, John, Gentleman.	1641 (1641)	Wing S4953; ESTC R19173	61,728	130
A15028	A handfull of holesome (though homelie) hearbs gathered out of the goodlie garden of Gods most holie word; for the common benefit and comfortable exercise of all such as are deuoutlie disposed. Collected and dedicated to all religious ladies, gentlewomen, and others; by Anne Wheathill, Gentlewoman.	Wheathill, Anne.	1584 (1584)	STC 25329; ESTC S106304	62,126	302
B20782	A believers triumph over death exemplified in a relation of the last hours of Dr. Andrew Rivet and an account of divers other remarkable instances : being an history of the comfortable end and dying words of several eminent men, with other occasional passages, all tending to comfort Christians against the fear of death and prepare them for a like happy change.	Coxe, Nehemiah.	1682 (1682)	Wing C6716	62,568	250
A68062	A brief fourme of confession instructing all Christian folke how to confesse their sinnes, [and] so to dispose themselues, that they may enioy the benefite of true pena[n]ce, dooing the woorthy frutes therof, according to th'vse of Christes Catholique Church. Newly translated into English, and set foorth together with certaine other godly brief treatises and praiers, as is to be seene in the side folowing.	More, Thomas, Sir, Saint, 1478-1535. aut; Vives, Juan Luis, 1492-1540. aut; Fowler, John, 1537-1579.; Vaux, Laurence, 1519-1585, attributed name.	1576 (1576)	STC 11181; ESTC S121597	62,758	242
A12610	Supplications of saints A booke of prayers: diuided into three parts.1. Daniels deuotion. 2. Paul, and his company. 3. David alone. prayers for seuerall dayes. seueral occasions. seuerall parties. Wherein are three most excellent prayers made by the late famous Queene Elizabeth.	Sorocold, Thomas, 1561-1617.	1612 (1612)	STC 22932; ESTC S103008	63,457	409
A05792	A Beautifull baybush to shrowd us from the sharp shovvers of sinne containing many notable prayers and meditations, being very profitable for all true Christians that delight to laud the Lord.	Wolfe, John.	1610 (1610)	STC 1599.7; ESTC S5176	64,350	324
A41556	Some observations on the fables of Æsop as commented upon by Sir Roger L'Estrange, kt. Yet not on all, for some need not any addition or review, and there be many of them which are coincident as to the individual scope, I mean the same moral instruction, which is couched in them. Illustrated with several pertinent stories of antient and modern history. By a divine of the Church of Scotland.	Gordon, James, 1640?-1714.	1700 (1700)	Wing G1284; ESTC R215162	66,798	60
A45033	Jacobs ladder, or, The devout souls ascention to Heaven, in prayers, thanksgivings, and praises in four parts ... : with graces and thanksgivings : illustrated with sculptures / by Jo. Hall.	Hall, John, d. 1707.	1676 (1676)	Wing H351; ESTC R21612	67,888	258
A06448	Granados spirituall and heauenlie exercises Deuided into seauen pithie and briefe meditations, for euery day in the vveeke one. Written in Spanish, by the learned and reuerend diuine, F. Lewes of Granado. Since translated into the Latine, Italian French, and the Germaine tongue. And now englished by Francis Meres, Maister of Artes of both Vniuersities, and student in Diuinitie.; Meditaciones para todos los días de la semana. English	Luis, de Granada, 1504-1588.; Meres, Francis, 1565-1647.	1598 (1598)	STC 16920; ESTC S107751	68,524	280
A18388	The garden of our B. Lady. Or A deuout manner, how to serue her in her rosary. Written by S.C. of the Society of Iesus	Chambers, Sabine, 1560?-1633.	1619 (1619)	STC 4955; ESTC S107949	68,766	292
A73757	The poesie of floured prayers Containing sundrie meditations and prayers gathered out of the sacred letters and vertuous writers: disposed in forme of the alphabet, of the most vertuous Lady, the Lady Elizabeths name. Set forth by Sir Iohn Convvay.; Meditations and praiers gathered out of the sacred letters and vertuous writers	Conway, John, Sir, d. 1603.	1611 (1611)	STC 5653; ESTC S124809	68,917	431
A30588	The seaman's spiritual companion, or, Navigation spirituallized being a new compass for seamen consisting of thirty-two points : directing every Christian how to stear the course of his life through all storms and tempests : fit to be read and seriously perused by all such as desire their eternal welfare / published for a general good, but more especially for those that are exposed to the danger of the seas by William Balmford, a well-wisher to seamen's eternal welfare and recommended to the Christian reader by J.F. ; to which is prefixt a preface by Benj. Keach, the author of War with the Devil.	Balmford, William.	1678 (1678)	Wing B609; ESTC R28344	69,700	162
A29178	A minister's counsel to the youth of his parish when arriv'd to years of discretion : recommended to the societies in and about London / by Francis Bragge ...	Bragge, Francis, 1664-1728.	1699 (1699)	Wing B4199; ESTC R32860	70,334	248
A19239	Meditations and praiers gathered out of the sacred letters and vertuous writers disposed in fourme of the alphabet of the Queene Her most excellent Maiesties name : whereunto are added comfortable consolations (drawen out of the Latin) to afflicted mindes.	Conway, John, Sir, d. 1603.	1571 (1571)	STC 5652; ESTC S4590	71,691	468
A15484	Mount Tabor. Or Private exercises of a penitent sinner Serving for a daily practice of the life of faith, reduced to speciall heads comprehending the chiefe comforts and refreshings of true Christians: also certain occasionall observations and meditations profitably applyed. Written in the time of a voluntary retrait from secular affaires. By R.W. Esquire. Published in the yeare of his age 75. Anno Dom. 1639. The contents of the booke are prefixed.	Willis, R., b. 1563 or 4.	1639 (1639)	STC 25752; ESTC S120175	71,738	238
A03788	A riche storehouse, or treasurie, for the sicke, full of Christian counsels holesome doctrines, comfortable persuasions, and godly meditations, meete for all Christians, both in sicknesse and in health. Wherevnto is annexed a comfort for poore prisoners, and also an exhortation to repentance. Written in Dutch, by Gaspar Huberine, and Englished by Thomas Godfrie, esquire, late ... fruits and ... at the request of his dangter Marie, wife ... Iohn French, gentleman of the Inner Temple	Huberinus, Caspar.; Godfrie, Thomas.	1578 (1578)	STC 13905; ESTC S113094	72,574	208
A13221	The Svvedish discipline, religious, civile, and military The first part, in the formes of prayer daily used by those of the Swedish nation, in the armie. Together with two severall prayers, uttered upon severall occasions by that pious King; which God immediately heard and granted him. The second part, in the excellent orders observed in the armie; whereof we here present you the articles, by which the souldiery is governed. The third part, in the Kings commission for levying of a regiment: his order for drawing vp of a private company; of a squadron; and of a brigade: with his manner of enquartering a private regiment; and of an army royall: vnto which is added the best manner of building and fortifying of a towne of warre. All, in fiue severall figures expressed and explained. Last of all, is the famous Battell of Leipsich, in two fayre figures also set forth: and now this second time more fully and particularly described.	Watts, William, 1590?-1649, attributed name.; Roe, Thomas, Sir, 1581?-1644, attributed name.; Abelin, Johann Philipp. Arma Suecica. English.; Sweden. Armén.	1632 (1632)	STC 23520; ESTC S118094	72,824	144
A57615	The Romish mass-book with notes and observations thereupon, plainly demonstrating the idolatry and blaspheymy thereof with unanswerable arguments proving it no service of God : published at this juncture to inform mens judgments and put a stop to the designs of those that endeavor to introduce popery amongst us / faithfully translated into English.	R. V.; T. D., 17th cent.	1683 (1683)	Wing R1907; ESTC R27564	73,245	148
A07557	The princelie progresse of the church militant marching forth by the steps of the flocke to her triumphant bridegrome Christ Iesus. Encountered with an erronius army, turned aside from Iesus to the Ieesitcall [sic] faction, to fight with the lambe, and make warre with the saints. As it appeareth in the ensuing opposition. With an addition demonstrating the abolishing of Antichrist, supreme head of heretickes, and vniuersall maintainer of treason. Written by Thomas Bedle.	Bedle, Thomas.	1610 (1610)	STC 1794; ESTC S113620	73,293	130
A51388	The Urim of conscience to which the author has had recourse for plain answers, in his own particular case (as every man living ought to do in his) to four questions of great weight and importance, viz. 1. who and what art thou? 2. where hast thous been? 3. where art thou now going? 4. whither art thou going? : together with three select prayers for private families / by Sir Samuel Morland.	Morland, Samuel, Sir, 1625-1695.	1695 (1695)	Wing M2785; ESTC R26850	73,650	220
A47220	An exposition on the church-catechism, or, The practice of divine love composed for the Diocese of Bath & Wells.	Ken, Thomas, 1637-1711.	1685 (1685)	Wing K261; ESTC R23977	74,137	105
A63668	A choice manual containing what is to be believed, practised, and desired or prayed for; the prayers being fitted to the several days of the week. Also festival hymns, according to the manner of the ancient church. Composed for the use of the devout, especially of younger persons, by Jeremy Taylor, D.D.	Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667.; Duppa, Brian, 1588-1662. Guide for the penitent: or, A modell drawn up for the help of a devout soul wounded with sin.	1677 (1677)	Wing T292; ESTC R219156	74,175	230
A93419	The safe vvay to glory, in several exercises of general use. / By William Smyth M. Ar. R. of Cotton in Suff.	Smith, William, b. 1615 or 16.	1656 (1656)	Wing S4280; Thomason E1686_2; ESTC R209170	74,414	270
A59194	Daniel Sennertus his meditations setting forth a plain method of living holily and dying happily / written originally in Latin, and now translated into English.	Sennert, Daniel, 1572-1637.	1694 (1694)	Wing S2536; ESTC R19038	74,434	198
A30160	The Jerusalem-sinner saved, or, Good news for the vilest of men being a help for despairing souls, shewing that Jesus Christ would have mercy in the first place offered to the biggest sinners / by John Bunyan.	Bunyan, John, 1628-1688.	1689 (1689)	Wing B5545; ESTC R27236	74,451	194
A03903	Davids sling against great Goliah conteining diuers notable treatises, the [n]ames whereof follow next after the epistle to the reader / by E.H.	Hutchins, Edward, 1558?-1629.; Hake, Edward, fl. 1560-1604.	1593 (1593)	STC 14012; ESTC S4711	77,891	358
A03507	The safegard of the soule Declaring sundry soueraigne salues tending to the comfort and saluation of the same: very necessarie to bee learned and obserued of all men, and at all times, but chiefely in the extremitie of sicknes, and grieuous pangs of death. Composed by Lawrence Bankes, preacher of the word of God: and parson of Staunton, in the county of Glocester.	Bankes, Lawrence.	1619 (1619)	STC 1363; ESTC S114914	78,218	435
A05083	Here begynnethe the lanterne of lyght; Lanterne of lyght.	Grime, John, attributed name.; Hardy, William, fl. 1535, attributed name.	1535 (1535)	STC 15225; ESTC S108268	79,115	148
A34931	Steps to the temple ; The delights of the Muses ; and, Carmen Deo Nostro by Ric. Crashaw ...	Crashaw, Richard, 1613?-1649.; Crashaw, Richard, 1613?-1649. Delight of the Muses.; Crashaw, Richard, 1613?-1649. Carmen Deo Nostro.	1670 (1670)	Wing C6839; ESTC R15482	79,698	224
A47386	Mid-night thoughts, writ, as some think, by a London-Whigg, or, a Westminster-Tory, others think by a Quaker, or, a Jesuit: but call him what they please, they may find him a true penitent of the church of Christ.	Killigrew, William, Sir, 1606-1695.	1682 (1682)	Wing K463; ESTC R221028	80,494	230
A64677	The Protestant school, or, A method, containing several forms of prayer, psalms, lessons, thanksgivings, and graces for the bringing up and well grounding children and elder persons in the Protestant religion by the Bishop Usher. Also a catalogue of all the English words beginning with one syllable, and proceeding by degrees to eight ... : to which is added an historical account of several plots and remarkable passages from Queen Elizabeth to this present time ... by Moses Lane.	Ussher, James, 1581-1656.; Lane, Moses. Words of one syllable.	1681 (1681)	Wing U212; ESTC R25176	81,296	182
A68438	A manual of prayers nevvly gathered out of many and diuers famous authours aswell auncient as of the tyme present. Reduced into. 13. chap. very commodious and profitable for a deuout christian.	Flinton, George.; Whitford, Richard, fl. 1495-1555?, attributed author. aut	1583 (1583)	STC 17263; ESTC S105168	81,344	322
A91785	A ladies legacie to her davghters. In three books. Composed of prayers and meditations, fitted for severall times, and upon severall occasions. As also several prayers for each day in the weeke. / By Madam Elizabeth Richardson, wife to the late Sir Thomas Richardson knight, Lord Chiefe Justice of the Kings Bench.	Cramond, Elizabeth Richardson, Baroness, d. 1651.	1645 (1645)	Wing R1382; Thomason E1165_4; ESTC R210104	81,683	176
A81057	An apology for the Contemplations on the life and glory of Holy Mary mother of Jesus Shewing, the innocency, equity and antiquity, of the honour and veneration given to the blessed virgin mother by the Holy Catholick Church. By J.C. D.D. With allowance of superiours.	Cross, John, 1630-1689.	1687 (1687)	Wing C7249; ESTC R225379	82,720	165
A95360	An abridgement of Christian doctrine: with proofs of Scripture for points controverted. : Catechistically explained by way of question and answer.	Turberville, Henry, d. 1678.	1648 (1648)	Wing T3252B; ESTC R185778	84,943	340
A17024	A new manual of old Christian Catholic meditations, & praiers faithfully collected and translated, without any word altered, or added, except in tytles of chapters, citations of places, & some few merginal annotations, for the most part taken forth of Holy Scriptures, or the Holy Fathers within the first four hũdred yeares of Christ ...	Broughton, Richard.	1617 (1617)	STC 3900; ESTC S1530	87,081	260
A14946	A spyrytuall and moost precyouse pearle Teachyng all men to loue and imbrace the crosse, as a mooste swete and necessary thyng, vnto the sowle, and what comfort is to be taken thereof, and also where and howe, both consolacyon and ayde in all maner of afflyccyons is to be soughte, and agayne, how all men should behaue them selues therein, accordynge to the word of God. Sett forth by the moste honorable lorde, the duke hys grace of Somerset, as appeareth by hys epystle set before the same.; Kleintot, von trost und hilff. English.	Werdmüller, Otto, 1511-1552.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.; Somerset, Edward Seymour, Duke of, 1506?-1552, attributed name.; Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.	1550 (1550)	STC 25255; ESTC S105089	87,629	226
A28524	The first apologie to Balthazar Tylcken being an answer of the authour concerning his book the Aurora, opposed by an enemicitious pasquil or opprobrious libel, this answer written anno 1621 / by Jacob Behme, also called Teutonicus Philosophus ; Englished by John Sparrow.; Erste Schutz-Schrift wieder Balthasar Tilken. English	Böhme, Jakob, 1575-1624.; Sparrow, John, 1615-1665?	1661 (1661)	Wing B3406; ESTC R14771	88,477	106
B15838	Tvvo sermons preached by Master Henry Smith: with a prayer for the morning thereunto adioyned. And published by a more perfect copy then heeretofore; Sermons. Selected sermons	Smith, Henry, 1550?-1591.	1610 (1610)	STC 22768; ESTC S117490	89,948	135
A19989	A booke of Christian prayers, collected out of the auncie[n]t writers, and best learned in our tyme, worthy to be read with an earnest mynde of all Christians, in these daungerous and troublesome dayes, that God for Christes sake will yet still be mercyfull vnto vs	Day, Richard, b. 1552.	1578 (1578)	STC 6429; ESTC S121845	90,200	224
A07626	Quadrivium Sionis or the foure ways to Sion By John Monlas Mr of arts	Monlas, John.	1633 (1633)	STC 18020; ESTC S102304	90,305	189
A36934	Private forms of prayer, fitted for the late sad-times. Particularly, a form of prayer for the thirtieth of January, morning and evening. With additions. &c.; Private formes of prayer, fit for these sad times.	Duppa, Brian, 1588-1662.	1660 (1660)	Wing D2665A; ESTC R214611	91,180	390
A68935	An epitome of the Psalmes, or briefe meditacions vpon the same, with diuerse other moste christian prayers, translated by Richard Tauerner; Precationes Christinæ ad imitationem psalmorum copositæ. English	Capito, Wolfgang, 1478-1541.; Taverner, Richard, 1505?-1575.; Brunfels, Otto, 1488-1534. Precationes Biblicae.	1539 (1539)	STC 2748; ESTC S119604	91,371	344
A34922	The voyage of the wandring knight shewing the whole course of man's life, how apt he is to follow vanity, and how hard it is for him to attain vertue / devised by John Cartheny, a French man ; and translated out of French into English by W.G. of Southampton, merchant ...; Voyage du chevalier errant. English	Cartigny, Jean de, 1520?-1578.; N. R.; Goodyear, William.	1661 (1661)	Wing C681A; ESTC R34789	91,602	121
A16580	Godlie meditations vpon the Lordes prayer, the beleefe, and ten commaundementes with other comfortable meditations, praiers and exercises. Whereunto is annexed a defence of the doctrine of gods eternall election and predestination, gathered by the constant martyr of God Iohn Bradford in the tyme of his imprisonment. The contentes wherof appeare in the page nexte folovvyng.; Godlie meditations upon the Lordes prayer, the beleefe, and ten commaundementes.	Bradford, John, 1510?-1555.	1562 (1562)	STC 3484; ESTC S118261	91,610	260
A06685	The soules pilgrimage to a celestial glorie: or, the perfect vvay to heaven and to God. Written by J.M. Master of Arts	Monlas, John.; Maxwell, James, b. 1581, attributed name.	1634 (1634)	STC 17141; ESTC S102722	91,677	186
A85247	The sinner's tears, in meditations and prayers. By Tho. Fettiplace. Dom: Pet: Cantab.	Fettiplace, Thomas, 1601 or 2-1670.	1653 (1653)	Wing F830; Thomason E1328_1; Thomason E1529_1; ESTC R208916	91,855	193
A47519	The true interest of families, or, Directions how parents may be happy in their children, and children in their parents to which is annexed a discourse about the right way of improving our time / by a divine of the Church of England ; with a preface by A. Horneck.	Kirkwood, James, 1650?-1709.	1692 (1692)	Wing K651; ESTC R24423	91,974	261
A36281	Domestick devotions for the use of families and of particular persons whereunto are prefixed some earnest perswasives to prayer and devotion.		1683 (1683)	Wing D1842; ESTC R3307	94,764	289
A26983	A petition for peace with the reformation of the liturgy, as it was presented to the right reverend bishops, by the divines appointed by His Majesties commission to treat with them about the alteration of it.	Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.	1661 (1661)	Wing B1343; ESTC R39870	94,803	106
A27168	Claustrum animae, the reformed monastery, or, The love of Jesus a sure and short, pleasant and easie way to Heaven in meditations, directions, and resolutions to love and obey Jesus unto death : in two parts.	Beaulieu, Luke, 1644 or 5-1723.	1677 (1677)	Wing B1571; ESTC R23675	94,944	251
A68080	The interpretacyon, and sygnyfycacyon of the Masse Here begynneth a good deuoute boke to the honoure of god, of our lady his mother, [and] of all sayntes, and ryght profytable to all good Catholyke persones, to knowe howe they shall deuoutly here masse. And how salutaryly they shal confesse them. And how reuerently and honourably they shall go to the holy sacrament or table of our sauyour Ihesu chryste, with dyuerse other profytable documents and oraysons or prayers here conteyned, composed and ordeyned by frere Gararde, frere mynoure, of the ordre of the Obseruauntes.	Gherit, van der Goude, fl. 1507.	1532 (1532)	STC 11549; ESTC S110806	95,539	244
A65195	Two treatises ... both written by Sir Henry Vane, Knight in the time of his imprisonment.	Vane, Henry, Sir, 1612?-1662.; Vane, Henry, Sir, 1612?-1662. Epistle general, to the mystical body of Christ on earth.; Vane, Henry, Sir, 1612?-1662. Face of the times.	1662 (1662)	Wing V80_PARTIAL; Wing V67_PARTIAL; ESTC R7026	96,369	132
A38583	The reasonableness of our Christian service (as it is contained in the Book of Common-Prayer) evidenced and made clear from the authority of Scriptures and practice of the primitive Christians, or, A short rationale upon our morning and evening service as it is now established in the Church of England wherein every sentence therein contained is manifestly proved out of the Holy Bible, or plainly demonstrated to be consonant thereto / composed and written by Thomas Elborow, vicar of Cheswick ; and since his death made publick by the care and industry of Jo. Francklyn ...	Elborow, Thomas.	1678 (1678)	Wing E324; ESTC R31410	96,665	240
A16680	A spiritual spicerie containing sundrie sweet tractates of devotion and piety. By Ri. Brathwait, Esq.	Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673.; Jacobus, de Gruytrode, fl. 1440-1475.	1638 (1638)	STC 3586; ESTC S106112	100,652	500
A15681	The true honor of navigation and navigators: or, holy meditations for sea-men Written vpon our sauiour Christ his voyage by sea, Matth. 8. 23. &c. Whereunto are added certaine formes of prayers for sea trauellers, suited to the former meditations, vpon the seuerall occasions that fall at sea. By Iohn Wood, Doctor in Diuinitie.	Wood, John, d. 1625.	1618 (1618)	STC 25952; ESTC S101875	102,315	138
A00940	A monomachie of motiues in the mind of man: or a battell betweene vertues and vices of contrarie qualitie Wherein the imperfections and weaknesses of nature appeare so naked, that anie reasonable soule may soone see by what spirit he is lead: herevnto also, besides sundrie deuout praiers necessarilie interlaced, diuers golden sentences of S. Barnard are annexed: and also a briefe conclusion of his vpon this theame, that victorie is obtained by resisting temptation. Newlie englished by Abraham Fleming.; De conflictu vitiorum et virtutum. English	Autpertus, Ambrosius, d. 784.; Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.; Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 91-1153.; Fleming, Abraham, 1552?-1607.	1582 (1582)	STC 11048; ESTC S102283	102,654	342
B08260	Advice to those who never received the sacrament, or, The true penitent instructed before, at, and after the receiving the Lord's Supper with meditations suited to the several parts of that solemn ordinance, particularly with respect to Easter, Whitsuntide and Christmas, the whole written in a different method from any thing published on this subject / By a person of honour.		1697 (1697)	Wing A665A; ESTC R172108	102,688	248
A20958	The right way to heauen prayers and meditations of the faithfull soule with the spirituall morning sacrifice and consolations for the sicke.	Du Moulin, Pierre, 1568-1658.; Baylie, Richard.	1630 (1630)	STC 7337; ESTC S118723	104,298	556
A36312	The righteous man's hope at death consider'd and improv'd for the comfort of dying Christians, and the support of surviving relations : to which is added Death-bed reflections, &c. proper for a righteous man in his last sickness / by Samuel Doolittle ; this was the first sermon the author preacht after the death of his mother Mrs. Mary Doolittle, who deceased Decemb. 16. 1692. and is since enlarged.	Doolittle, Samuel.	1693 (1693)	Wing D1879; ESTC R10334	104,634	254
A73805	Mr. Edward Dering, his godly priuate prayers for Christian families Whereunto is annexed, his briefe and necessary catechisme for housholders.	Dering, Edward, 1540?-1576.; Cooper, Thomas, fl. 1626.	1624 (1624)	STC 6690; ESTC S125308	105,149	478
A19988	Christian prayers and meditations in English French, Italian, Spanish, Greeke, and Latine.	Day, Richard, b. 1552, attributed name.; Day, John, 1522-1584, attributed name.	1569 (1569)	STC 6428; ESTC S105219	107,331	687
A30137	A defence of the doctrine of justification, by faith in Jesus Christ: shewing, true Gospel-holiness flows from thence. Or, Mr. Fowler's pretended design of Christianity, proved to be nothing more then to trample under foot the blood of the Son of God and the idolizing of man's own righteousness. As also, how while he pretends to be a minister of the Church of England, he overthroweth the wholesom doctrine contained in the 10th. 11th. and 13th. of the Thirty Nine Articles of the same, and that he falleth in with the Quaker, and Romanist, against them. By John Bunyan.	Bunyan, John, 1628-1688.	1673 (1673)	Wing B5508; ESTC R215886	107,458	132
A47513	A new family-book, or, The true interest of families being directions to parents and children, and to those who are instead of parents : shewing them their several duties, and how they may be happy in one another : together with several prayers for families and children, and graces before and after meat : to which is annexed a discourse about the right way of improving our time / by James Kirkwood ... ; with a preface, by Dr. Horneck.	Kirkwood, James, 1650?-1709.; Horneck, Anthony, 1641-1697.	1693 (1693)	Wing K647; ESTC R15399	107,616	291
A17731	The seaven trumpets of brother Bartholomevv Saluthius of the holie order of S. Francis; exciting a sinner to repentance. A worke very profitable for the saluation of all such soules, as are bound with sinne. Now lately translated out of the Latin, into the English tongue, by Br. G. P. of the same order and obseruance; Sette trombe. English	Cambi, Bartolomeo, 1558-1617.; Perrot, George, 1601-1670, of the order of S. Francis.	1626 (1626)	STC 4469; ESTC S115141	107,909	452
A37051	The divine art of prayer containing the most proper rules to pray well. With divers meditations and prayers suitable to the necessities of Christians, useful in every family. To which are annexed seasonable prayers for souldiers, both in Their Majesties army and fleet. By Marius D'Assigny, B.D.	D'Assigny, Marius, 1643-1717.	1691 (1691)	Wing D283; ESTC R214982	108,311	272
A19634	The guide vnto true blessednesse. Or, A body of the doctrine of the Scriptures, directing man to the sauing knowledge of God. Collected by Sam. Crooke	Crook, Samuel, 1575-1649.	1613 (1613)	STC 6066; ESTC S117175	109,968	342
A33251	The Protestant school-master containing, plain and easie directions for spelling and reading English, with all necessary rules for the true reading of the English tongue : together with a brief and true account of the bloody persecutions, massacres, plots, treasons, and most inhumane tortures committed by the papists upon Protestants, for near six hundred years past, to this very time, in all countries where they have usurped authority to exercise their cruelties ...: with a description of the variety of their tortures, curiously engraven upon copper plates ... / by Edw. Clark.	Clark, Edw. (Edward)	1680 (1680)	Wing C4437; ESTC R39367	111,345	217
A00452	The sacrifice of a contrite heart in teares, meditations, and prayers. Penned by Iohn Euans minister of Gods word.	Evans, John, minister of Gods word.	1630 (1630)	STC 10586; ESTC S120845	111,350	374
A13732	The soules alarum-bell Wherein the sicke soule (through the horror of conscience) being awakened from security by the sight of sinne, hath recourse to God by meditation and prayer. By H. Thompson.	Thompson, Henry, fl. 1618.	1618 (1618)	STC 24024; ESTC S100563	111,521	484
A13179	Disce mori. = Learne to die A religious discourse, moouing euery Christian man to enter into a serious remerbrance of his ende. Wherein also is contained the meane and manner of disposing himselfe to God, before, and at the time of his departure. In the whole, somewhat happily may be abserued, necessary to be thought vpon, while we are aliue, and when we are dying, to aduise our selues and others.	Sutton, Christopher, 1565?-1629.	1600 (1600)	STC 23474; ESTC S103244	111,652	401
A59766	The practical Christian divided into four parts. I. The practice of self-examination, and a form of confession fitted thereunto; the Lord's Praier and penitential Psalms paraphrased; with meditations, and praiers to be made partakers of Christ's merits. II. Directions, meditations and praiers, in order to the worthy receiving of the Holy Communion of the body and bloud of Christ. III. Meditations with Psalms for the hours of praier, the ordinary actions of day and night, with other religious considerations and concerns. IV. Meditations with Psalms--- upon the four last things; 1. Death, 2. Judgment, 3. Hell, 4. Heav[en.] The third and fourth parts make the second volume, formerly called the second part. By R. Sherlock D.D. Rector of Winwick.	Sherlock, R. (Richard), 1612-1689.	1677 (1677)	Wing S3243; ESTC R221137	111,932	313
A71329	Here after foloweth the prymer in Englysshe sette out alonge, after the vse of Sarum. 1538; Book of hours (Salisbury). English	Catholic Church.	1538 (1538)	STC 16004; ESTC S105507	112,078	275
A46894	The pedigree and perigrination of Israel Being an abridgement of the histories of the creation of Adam. Cain & Abel. Noah. Abraham. Issac. Jacob. Joseph. Joshuah. Deborah. Ruth. Hezekiah. Zedekiah. And the taking of the Arke. With meditations and prayers upon each historie. By John Jackson of Kilingraves in Com. Ebor. Gentleman.	Jackson, John, of Kilingraves.	1649 (1649)	Wing J75C; ESTC R216980	112,433	384
A03284	The confession of faith contending how the troubled man should seeke refuge at his God, thereto led by faith: with the declaratio[n] of the article of iustification at length. ... Compiled by M. Henry Balnaues of Halhill, & one of the Lords of session, and Counsell of Scotland, being as prisoner within the old pallaice of Roane: in the yeare of our Lord. 1548. Direct to his faithfull brethren, being in like trouble or more ...	Balnaves, Henry, Sir, d. 1579.; Knox, John, ca. 1514-1572.	1584 (1584)	STC 1340; ESTC S100771	112,936	310
A23765	Scala sancta: or The exaltation of the soul. Being a train of pious thoughts, compleating the whole duty of man: or, Devotions compiled by R.A. Gent. in his solitudes.	Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681.	1678 (1678)	Wing A1161A; ESTC R213044	114,052	300
A16557	The third part from S. Iohn Baptists nativitie to the last holy-day in the whole yeere dedicated vnto the right religious and resolute doctor, Mattheuu Sutcliffe, Deane of Exeter / by Iohn Boys ...	Boys, John, 1571-1625.	1615 (1615)	STC 3463.3; ESTC S728	114,320	152
A38163	Great salvation by Jesus Christ tenderd to the greatest of sinners and in particular to such as have been refusers of it, if God shall now at last make them willing to receive it / by Richard Eedes ...	Eedes, Richard, d. 1686.	1659 (1659)	Wing E243; ESTC R17583	114,819	292
A33775	Daily devotions, or, The Christians morning and evening sacrifice digested into prayers and meditations, for every day in the week, and other occasions : with some short directions for a godly life / by John Colet ...	Colet, John, 1467?-1519.; Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661.	1693 (1693)	Wing C5093; ESTC R39992	116,323	307
A17589	The countesse of Marres Arcadia, or sanctuarie Containing morning, and evening meditations, for the whole weeke. By M. Ia. Caldwell sometimes preacher of Gods Word, at Fawkirke. Enriched with a godlie treatise, called, An ascension of the soule to heaven, by meditation on the passion of our Lord Iesus Christ.	Caldwell, James, 1580?-1616.; Anderson, Patrick, 1575-1624.	1625 (1625)	STC 4366; ESTC S116200	116,521	496