Prayers for the use of all persons who come to the baths for cure, by the author of the Manual of prayers, for the use of the scholars of Winchester colledge. with a life of the author [signed M.]. - Thomas Ken, Revised Edition, Paperback

• Release Date   5/20/2012
• ISBN-13   9781236318374 | 978-1-236-31837-4
• ISBN   1236318374 | 1-236-31837-4
• Format   Paperback
• Author(s)   Thomas Ken
• This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1853 Excerpt: ... "Exposition" (82 pages, 8vo.) at sixpence. This was in days when the press was not worked by steam, and when publications could not be thrown off by hundreds and thousands within the hour. These circumstances, in their several ways, evince how great was his love for his flock, and how fervent his zeal in his holy calling. His letter exhorting his clergy to make collections in behalf of the French Protestants was published in 1686, and so worthy did he deem these sufferers of Christian sympathy that, having once received a fine of.364,000, he gave great part of it to this fund.f After the Duke of Monmouth's rebellion, the prisoners shared both his alms and his prayers. he daily visited them in the gaol, and while labouring for the preservation of their bodies, he did not neglect their spiritual welfare. Very many years afterwards, when summoned before the Privy Council for an alleged offence of which we shall speak, he thus alludes to this occurrence: "A thousand or more engaged in the The Rev. F. R. Raines, of Milnrow, Lancashire. f A striking proof of the little estimation in which he regarded wealth, except as instrumental for the good of others, is afforded by the circumstance that his close attendance on the deathbed of Charles II. delayed, beyond a specified time, his admission to the temporalities of his See, so that, as Hawkins tells us, when King James came to the throne, new instruments were required for the purpose. LIFE OF BISHOP KEN. 63 rebellion of the Duke of Monmouth. and many of them were such which I had reason to believe to be ill men, and void of all religion: and yet for all that, I thought it my duty to relieve them. It is well known to the diocese that I visited them night and day, and I thank God I supplied them with n...