TO THE RIGHT REVEREND JOHN LAW, D.D. LORD BISHOP OP KILLALA AND ACHONRY, AS A TESTIMONY OF ESTEEM FOR HIS VIRTUES AND LEARNING, AND OF GRATITUDE FOR THE LONG AND FAITHFUL FRIENDSHIP WITH WHICH THE AUTHOR HAS BEEN HONOURED BY HIM, THIS ATTEMPT TO CONFIRM THE EVIDENCE OF THE CHRISTIAN HISTORY IS INSCRIBED BY HIS AFFECTIONATE AND MOST OBLIGED SERVANT, W. PALEY. HORÆ PAULINÆ. The First Epistle to the Corinthians The Second Epistle to the Corinthians The Epistle to the Philippians The First Epistle to the Thessalonians The Second Epistle to the Thessalonians The manner of visiting the sick. SECT. I. Assistance that is to be given to sick and dying persons by the ministry of SECT. II. Rules for the manner of visiting the sick ib. SECT. III. Of instructing the sick man in the na- ture of repentance and confession of Arguments and exhortations to move the sick man to repentance and confession Arguments and general heads of dis- course, by way of consideration, to SECT.IV. Of applying spiritual remedies to the unreasonable fears and dejections of Page 227 Considerations to be offered to persons under religious melancholy 228 An exercise against despair SECT. V. Considerations against presumption The order for the visitation of the sick The communion of the sick Proper collects that may be used with any of the prayers for the sick 255 • 232 236 • 238 • 245 Prayers for the sich; viz. A general prayer for the acceptance of our devotions for the sick 257 Particular prayers for the sick 258 A larger form of prayer for the sick 260 Proper psalms for the sick 263 A declaration of forgiveness 265 ness Occasional prayers for the sick ; viz. ib. For thankfulness in sickness 266 For a blessing on the means used for a sick person's recovery ib. For a sick person, when there appears some hope of recovery 267 In behalf of the sick person, when he finds any abatement of his distemper 268 For one who is dangerously ill ib. For a sick person, when sickness continues long . 269 For the grace of patience 270 For spiritual improvement by sickness For a sick person, who is about to make his will ib. For a sick penitent 272 For a sick person, who intends to receive the blessed sacrament 274 For a sick person who wants sleep ib. upon him • 271 . . • 283 A prayer to be said when the sick person grows light-headed Page 275 For a person when danger is apprehended by excessive sleep 276 For a person lying insensible on a sick bed 277 For one who hath been a notoriously wicked liver 278 For one who is hardened and impenitent : 279 For a sick woman that is with child For a woman in the time of her travail 281 For one who cannot be delivered without difficulty and hazard 282 For grace and assistance for a woman after deli very, but still in danger Prayers for a sick child 285 A prayer for a person who, from a state of health, is suddenly seized with the symptoms of death 286 For a sick person, when there appeareth small hope of recovery A general prayer for preparation and readiness to die, ... ib. A commendatory prayer for a sick person at the point of departure . 289 A litany for a sick person at the time of departure ib. Form of recommending the soul to God in her departure from the body .. 291 A consolatory form of devotion, that may be used with the friends or relations of the deceased 292 287 . Occasional prayers and devotions for the sick and unfortunate in extraordinary cases ; viz. A prayer for a person, whose illness is chiefly brought on him by some calamitous disaster or loss; as, of estate, relations, or friends, &c. 295 For a person who, by any calamitous disaster, hath broken any of his bones, or is very much bruised and hurt in his body 296 For a person who is afflicted with grievous pains of 297 For one who is troubled with acute pains of the gout, stone, colic, or any other bodily distemper 298 For a person who hath the small-pox, or any suchlike raging infectious disease 299 his body |