The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living

by Jeremy Taylor

Publishers:

Longman; Henry Frowde

, 1890

Overview

In The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living, Taylor argues that “all our labors and care, all our powers and faculties, must be wholly employed in the service of God, and even all the days of our life.” Tayor’s hope was that, by way of specific instruction, prayers, meditations, and readings, Holy Living would give Christians the tools to live that life. A combination of poetry and prose, this work has been a much-loved devotional since its publication more than 350 years ago.

Contents

Top Highlights

“for our desires will enlarge beyond the present possession so long as all the things of this world are unsatisfying:” (Page 49)

“God hath given to man a short time here upon earth, and yet upon this short time eternity depends: but so, that for every hour of our life (after we are persons capable of laws, and know good from evil) we must give account to the great Judge of men and angels. And this is it which our blessed Saviour told us, that we must account for every idle word; not meaning, that every word which is not designed to edification, or is less prudent, shall be reckoned for a sin; but that the time which we spend in our idle talking and unprofitable discoursings, that time which might and ought to have been employed to spiritual and useful purposes—that is to be accounted for.” (Page 4)

“the life of every man may be so ordered (and indeed must) that it may be a perpetual serving of God” (Page 4)

“No man is a better merchant than he that lays out his time upon God, and his money upon the poor.” (Page 2)

“In the midst of the works of thy calling, often retire to God in short prayers and ejaculations” (Page 7)

Product Details

• Title: The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
• Author: Jeremy Taylor
• Publishers: Longman, Henry Frowde
• Print Publication Date: 1890
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Pages: 310
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Devotional exercises; Christian life
• Resource ID: LLS:RLEXRCSHLYLVNGTAYLOR
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T15:53:55Z

About Jeremy Taylor

Jeremy Taylor (15 August 1613–13 August 1667) was a clergyman in the Church of England who achieved fame as an author during the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell. He is sometimes known as the “Shakespeare of Divines” for his poetic style of expression and was often presented as a model of prose writing. He is remembered in the Church of England’s calendar of saints with a Lesser Festival on 13 August. He was under the patronage of William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury.