THE

CLERGYMAN'S INSTRUCTOR,

OR

A COLLECTION

OF

TRACTS

ON THE

MINISTERIAL DUTIES.

ἡ γὰρ ἱερωσύνη τελεῖται μὲν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, τάξιν δὲ ἐπουρανίων ἔχει πραγμάτων.

CHRYSOSTOM. DE SACERDOTIO DIAL. III.

FOURTH EDITION.

OXFORD,

AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

MDCCCXXVII.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

I. A Priest to the Temple, or the Country Parson, his

Character, and Rule of Holy Life, by Mr. George

Herbert, A. M. Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge,

and sometime Public Orator of that University; to

which are prefixed a Preface by B. Oley, and a Pre-

fatory View of the Life and Virtues of the Author, and

Excellencies of this book
p. 1-92.

II. Rules and Advices to the Clergy of the Diocese of Down

and Connor, by Jeremy Taylor, D. D. Lord Bishop of

that Diocese
p. 93-109.

III. A Discourse of the Pastoral Care, by Gilbert Burnet,

Lord Bishop of Sarum
- p. 111-235.

IV. A Discourse by Thomas Sprat, D. D. Lord Bishop of

Rochester, to the Clergy of his Diocese, 1695.

p. 237-268.

V. A Companion for the Candidates of Holy Orders in two

parts; the first being a Visitation Sermon, concerning

the great difficulty and danger of the Priestly Office;

and the second, a Charge to the Clergy of the Diocese of

St. David's, on the principal parts and branches of the

Pastoral Office, with rules and directions for the due

performance of each of them, by George Bull, D. D.

Lord Bishop of St. David's
p. 269-303.

VI. Directions given to the Clergy of the Diocese of London

in the year 1724, by Edmund Gibson, D. D. Lord Bi-

shop of London. To which is added his charge to the

Clergy in his last Visitation, begun in the year 1741,

and finished in the year 1742

p. 307-349.

VII. Instructions to the Clergy of the Diocese of Tuam, by

Josiah Hort, D. D. Lord Archbishop of Tuam, at his

Primary Visitation, 1742

p. 349-374.

VIII. Parochialia: or, Instructions to the Clergy, in the

Discharge of their Parochial Duty. By the Right Rev.

Thomas Wilson, D. D. Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man

p. 375-443.

A

PRIEST TO THE TEMPLE;

OR THE

COUNTRY PARSON,

HIS CHARACTER,

AND

RULE OF HOLY LIFE.

BY

MR. GEORGE HERBERT.

B