Prayers When the Door is Shut

by Various

Christianity - Other

57 chapters2h 23mEnglish1870

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Chiefly collected from the old English divines. By a lady deceased. With additions by A. M. C. - Summary by Title Page

Chapters (57)

1Introduction

2From Jeremy Taylor's 'Golden Grove'

100

3Prayer found on the first page of the Greek Testament of a Gentleman deceased

4A Prayer against Wandering Thoughts, to be said at the beginning of our Devotions

105

5A Prayer for the Morning

247

6A Prayer to be said every Morning

189

7Sir Robert Peel's Prayer

146

8Hymn for the Morning

9A Prayer for the Evening

136

10Evening Hymn

11For fervent and effectual Devotion in Prayer

194

12Upon the Recovery of a beloved Member of a Family from Sickness

136

13For a Contented Spirit

106

14For Humility and a Mortified Spirit

15For Submission

122

16Eusebius' Martyrdom of Polycarp

115

17Against Wrath and inordinate Anger

190

18For the Graces of Faith, Hope, and Charity

162

19For Holy Intention in the beginning and pursuit of any considerable Action, as Study, Preaching, etc.

109

20For Increase of Grace and Perfection

165

21For Grace to continue a Religious Life

206

22For Spiritual Assistance in Danger and Temptation

187

23Against Temptations

123

24For a Sense of Religion

229

25An Act of Intercession, or Prayer for othera

170

26A Parish Prayer for Women

100

27To be said by a New-married Wife entering into a Family

249

28A Prayer of a Wife for her Husband

160

29A Prayer to be said by Parents for their Children

136

30From Jeremy Taylor's 'Golden Grove'

120

31A Mother's Prayer for her Children

165

32A Prayer for Benefactors

100

33The Widow's Prayer

156

34A Prayer to be used by an Afflicted Wife in behalf of a Vicious Husband

129

35For Afflicted Persons

36For any Great Deliverance

134

37An Act of Hope

284

38For Divine Assistance in Self-examination

164

39A Confession of Sins

119

40From Fénelon

41For Repentance and a Holy Life

42For Amendment of Life

43To be said on the Days of Repentance for the Commission of any great Crime

262

44A Prayer for a Sinner returning after a long Impiety

285

45Confession of Sin

253

46From Jeremy Taylor

110

47Penitential Prayers

420

48For Grace and Perfection of Repentance

144

49A Prayer to be said at the beginning of a Sickness

123

50A Prayer for a Sick Person in Danger of Death

186

51A Prayer to be said in the case of a sudden Surprise by Death, when the Forms and Solemnities of Preparation cannot be used

136

52An Act of Holy Resolution of Amendment of Life in case of Recovery

138

53An Act of Resignation, to be said by a Sick Person in all the evil Accidents of his Sickness

114

54A Prayer for the Grace of Patience

55A Prayer

138

56For Pardon of Sins, to be said in Sickness or in Old Age

224

57From Sir H. Davy

Prayers When the Door is Shut

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