The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying by Jeremy Taylor. Read in English by volunteer readers. Written by a Church of England clergyman in the time of Cromwell, this work is praised for both its style and content. Taylor's work was much admired by John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, for its devotional quality; and by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Thomas de Quincey, and Edmund Gosse for its literary qualities. Holy Dying is meant to instruct the reader in the "means and instruments" of preparing for a blessed death, written in a time when death was a constant companion to life and not to be encountered without being ready for it. It assumes illness and a death-bed, with recommended meditations and prayers for the sick, the family, and the clergyman attending to the dying one. (Summary by TriciaG, with help from Wikipedia) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook 00-18 (134MB) M4B Audiobook 19-36 (152MB)

Directors & creators

Jeremy Taylor

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;religion; Christianity; death; prayer; meditations; Church of England; dying; comfort

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