THE

WHOLE WORKS

OF THE

RIGHT REV. JEREMY TAYLOR, D.D.

LORD BISHOP OF DOWN, CONNOR, AND DROMORE.

VOLUME I.

CONTAININO

THE LIFE OF TAYLOR; FUNERAL SERMON, BY BISHOP RUST ;
CORRESPONDENCE WITH MR. HENRY JEANES;
CHRISTIAN CONSOLATIONS;

LONDON:

PRINTED BY J. MOYES, GREVILLE STREET.

CONTENTS

OF

THE FIRST VOLUME.

PREFACE.

LIFE of the Author, including a Critical Essay on his Writings

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CHRISTIAN CONSOLATIONS.

CHAP. I.

That Faith is the Ground and Foundation of a Christian's Comfort:

several Doubts and Scruples about believing, answered• • • • • • • • •

CHAP. II.

That a Christian's Comfort flows from the Grace of Hope. The

Object of Hope is, 1. That which is good. 2. A Good absent, 3.

Though absent, yet possible; and that for three Reasons.

Though possible, yet difficult. An Account of two Sorts of Diffi-

culties, with particular Encouragements against them

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4.

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CHAP. III.

How a Christian's Comforts flow from the Inhabitation and Testimony

of the Holy Ghost; as also from the Sanctification of the Spirit

unto all Obedience, and the Fruits of Righteousness

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CHAP. IV.

Prayer is the great Instrument of a Christian's Comfort. Concerning

Prayer, three Things to be considered :-I. The Substance or Matter

of Prayer, in three Heads: 1. Thanksgivings; 2. Supplications;

3. Intercessions: II. The Qualifications of them that pray:- III.

The Fitness of Time for Prayer

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CHAP. V.

How the Sacraments minister to a Christian's Comfort. A general

Survey of Sacraments. Five Reasons why God ordained two Sacra-

ments under the Gospel. What Comforts flow from the Grace of

Baptism. What Comforts flow from the Lord's Supper.••••

INDEXES.

I.

The Names of Authors cited ...

II.

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Passages of Scripture which are the Subjects of Sermons

III.

Passages of Scripture which are incidentally cited, illustrated and

explained

IV.

Subjects of the Prayers, Hymns, and Devotional Offices....

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V.

Principal Matters contained in the Works of Bishop TAYLOR. •••••

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