CONTENTS.

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Heaven upon Earth ; or, of True Peace and Tranquillity

of Mind . . . . . . 1

The Christian laid forth in his whole Disposition and

Carriage . . . . . . 73

The Devout Soul ; or, Rules of Heavenly Devotion . 103

Select Thoughts; or, Choice Helps for a Pious Spirit: a

Century of Divine Breathings for a Ravished Soul,

beholding the Excellencies of her Lord Jesus 163

An Holy Rapture; or, a Pathetical Meditation on the

Love of Christ . . . . . 283

The Soul's Farewell to Earth, and Approaches to Heaven 311

HEAVEN UPON EARTH;

OR,

OF TRUE PEACE AND TRANQUILLITY OF MIND..

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TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

HENRY EARL OF HUNTINGDON,

LORD HASTINGS, HUNGERFORD, BOTREAUX, MOLINES, AND
MOILES, HIS MAJESTY'S LIEUTENANT IN THE COUNTIES
OF LEICESTER AND RUTLAND, MY SINGULAR

GOOD LORD:

ALL INCREASE OF TRUE HONOUR, AND HEAVEN BEGUN

UPON EARTH.

Right HONOURABLE, I HAVE undertaken a great task--to teach men how to be happy in this life. I have undertaken, and performed it. Wherein I have followed Seneca ; and gone beyond him : followed him, as a philosopher; gone beyond him, as a Christian, as a divine : finding it a true censure of the best moralists, that they were like to goodly ships, graced with great titles, the Safeguard, the Triumph, the Goodspeed, and such like ; when get they have been both extremely sea-beaten, and at last wrecked. The volume is little ; perhaps the use, more. I have ever thought, according to the Greek proverb, péya Bibliov uéya kakov.** What it is, even justice challengeth it to him, to whom the author hath devoted himself. The children of the bondman are the goods of the parent's master. I humbly betake it to your Honour's protection, and your Honour to the protection of the Highest.

Your Honour's most humbly devoted,

in all duty and service,

JOSEPH HALL.