Rivington’s Devotional Series
Thomas à Kempis, of the Imitation of Christ
Also a Cheap Edition, without the red borders, 1s., or in Cover, 6d.
“A very beautiful edition. We commend it to the Clergy as an excellent gift-book for teachers and other workers.”—Church Times.
“This work is a precious relic of mediæval times, and will continue to be valued by every section of the Christian Church.”—Weekly Review.
“A beautifully printed pocket edition of this marvellous production of a man, who, out of the dark mists of popery, saw so much of experimental religion. Those who are well grounded in evangelical truth may use it with profit.”—Record.
“A very cheap and handsome edition.”—Rock.
This new edition is a marvel of cheapness.”—Church Review.
“Beautifully printed, and very cheap editions of this long-used hand-book of devotion.”—Literary World.
THE RULE AND EXERCISES OF HOLY LIVING. By Jeremy Taylor, D.D., Bishop of Down and Connor, and Dromore.
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THE RULE AND EXERCISES OF HOLY DYING. By Jeremy Taylor, D.D., Bishop of Down and Connor, and Dromore.
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The ‘Holy Living’ and the ‘Holy Dying’ may be had bound together in One Volume, 5s.; or without the red borders, 2s. 6d.
“An extremely well-printed and well got up edition, as pretty and graceful as possible, and yet not too fine for real use. We wish the devotions of this beautiful book were more commonly used.”—Literary Churchman.
“We must admit that there is a want of helps to spiritual life amongst us. Our age is so secular, and in religious movements so bustling, that it is to be feared the inner life is too often forgotten. Our public teachers may, we are sure, gain by consulting books which show how contentedness and self-renunciation may be increased; and in which the pathology of all human affections is treated with a fulness not common in our theological class rooms.”—Freeman.
“The publishers have done good service by the production of these beautiful editions of works, which will never lose their preciousness to devout Christian spirits. It is not necessary for us to say a word as to their intrinsic merits; we have only to testify to the good taste, judgment, and care shown in these editions. They are extremely beautiful in typography and in the general getting up.”—English Independent.
“We ought not to conclude our notice of recent devotional books, without mentioning to our readers the above new, elegant, and cheap reprint, which we trust will never be out of date or out of favour in the English branch of the Catholic Church.”—Literary Churchman.
“These manuals of piety written by the pen of the most beautiful writer and the most impressive divine of the English Church, need no commendation from us. They are known to the world, read in all lands, and translated, we have heard, into fifty different languages. For two centuries they have fed the faith of thousands upon thousands of souls, now we trust happy with their God, and perhaps meditating in Heaven with gratitude on their celestial truths, kindled in their souls by a writer who was little short of being inspired.”—Rock.
“These little volumes will be appreciated as presents of inestimable value.”—Public Opinion.
“Either separate or bound together, may be had these two standard works of the great divine. A good edition very tastefully printed and bound.”—Record.
A SHORT AND PLAIN INSTRUCTION FOR THE BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE LORD’S SUPPER; to which is annexed the Office of the Holy Communion, with proper Helps and Directions. By Thomas Wilson, D.D., late Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man. Complete Edition, in large type.
Also a Cheap Edition, without the red borders, 1s., or in Cover, 6d.
“The Messrs. Rivington have published a new and unabridged edition of that deservedly popular work, Bishop Wilson on the Lord’s Supper. The edition is here presented in three forms, suited to the various members of the household.”—Public Opinion.
“We cannot withhold the expression of our admiration of the style and elegance in which this work is got up.”—Press and St. James’ Chronicle.
“A departed author being dead yet speaketh in a way which will never be out of date; Bishop Wilson on the Lord’s Supper, published by Messrs. Rivington, in bindings to suit all tastes and pockets.”—Church Review.
“We may here fitly record that Bishop Wilson on the Lord’s Supper has been issued in a new but unabridged form.”—Daily Telegraph.
INTRODUCTION TO THE DEVOUT LIFE. From the French of Saint Francis of Sales, Bishop and Prince of Geneva. A New Translation.
“A very beautiful edition of S. Francis de Sales’ ‘Devout Life:’ a prettier little edition for binding, type, and paper, of a very great book is not often seen.”—Church Review.
“The translation is a good one, and the volume is beautifully got up. It would serve admirably as a gift book to those who are able to appreciate so spiritual a writer as St. Francis.”—Church Times.
“It has been the food and hope of countless souls ever since its first appearance two centuries and a half ago, and it still ranks with Scupoli’s ‘Combattimento Spirituale,’ and Arvisenet’s ‘Memoriale Vitæ Sacerdotalis,’ as among the very best works of ascetic theology. We are glad to commend this careful and convenient version to our readers.”—Union Review.
“We should be curious to know by how many different hands ‘The Devout Life’ of S. Francis de Sales had been translated into English. At any rate, its popularity is so great that Messrs. Rivington have just issued another translation of it. The style is good, and the volume is of a most convenient size.”—John Bull.
“To readers of religious treatises, this volume will be highly valued. The ‘Introduction to the Devout Life’ is preceded by a sketch of the life of the author, and a dedicatory prayer of the author is also given.”—Public Opinion.
A PRACTICAL TREATISE CONCERNING EVIL THOUGHTS: wherein their Nature, Origin, and Effect are distinctly considered and explained, with many Useful Rules for restraining and suppressing such Thoughts; suited to the various conditions of Life, and the several tempers of Mankind, more especially of melancholy Persons. By William Chilcot, M.A.
“An elegant edition of an old devotional manual by a clergyman who was a rector in Exeter at the beginning of the last century. It seems to contain a great deal of valuable truth as to the sources of evil thoughts and the mode in which they may be expressed.”—English Independent.
“The book is worthy of a careful perusal, and is one which once known is likely to be recurred to again and again, a characteristic not always to be met within works of our own day.”—Record.
“Messrs. Rivington have done all that publishers could do to give strengthening matter a cheerful form.”—Church Review.
THE ENGLISH POEMS OF GEORGE HERBERT, together with his Collection of Proverbs, entitled Jacula Prudentum.
“This beautiful little volume will be found specially convenient as a pocket manual. The ‘Jacula Prudentum’ or proverbs, deserve to be more widely known than they are at present. In many copies of George Herbert’s writings these quaint sayings have been unfortunately omitted.”—Rock.
“George Herbert is too much a household name to require any introduction. It will be sufficient to say that Messrs. Rivington have published a most compact and convenient edition of the poems and proverbs of this illustrious English divine.”—English Churchman.
“An exceedingly pretty edition, the most attractive form we have yet seen from this delightful author, as a gift-book.”—Union Review.
“A very beautiful edition of the quaint old English bard. All lovers of the ‘Holy’ Herbert will be grateful to Messrs. Rivington for the care and pains they have bestowed in supplying them with this and withal convenient copy of poems so well known and so deservedly prized.”—London Quarterly Review.
“A very tasteful little book, and will doubtless be acceptable to many.”—Record.
“We commend this little book heartily to our readers. It contains Herbert’s English poems and the ‘Jacula Prudentum,’ in a very neat volume which does much credit to the publishers; it will, we hope, meet with extensive circulation as a choice gift-book at a moderate price.”—Christian Observer.