Devotional literature -- Early works to 1800
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The Saints Everlasting Rest: or, A Treatise of the Blessed State of the Saints in Their Enjoyment of God in Glory (7th edition, revised by the author; London: Printed for T. Underhill and F. Tyton, 1658), by Richard Baxter- A Vindication of the Divine Perfections Illustrating the Glory of God in Them, by Reason and Revelation: Methodically Digested into Several Meditations (London: Printed by J.D. for B. Aylmer, 1695), by James Dalrymple Stair (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- The Saints' Everlasting Rest: or, A Treatise of the Blessed State of the Saints in Their Enjoyment of God in Glory ("extracted from the works of Mr. Richard Baxter"; New York: E. Cooper and J. Wilson, 1806), by Richard Baxter, ed. by John Wesley
- Doctoris Ecstatici D. Dionysii Cartusiani Opera Omnia, in Unum Corpus Digesta ad Fidem Editionum Coloniensium (41 volumes in Latin; Montreuil, France: Typ. Cartusiae S.M. de Pratis, 1896-1913), by Denis the Carthusian (multiple formats at archive.org and HathiTrust)
- I Will Pray With the Spirit, and I Will Pray With the Understanding Also: or, A Discourse Touching Prayer, by John Bunyan (PDF at chapellibrary.org)
- The Saints' Everlasting Rest (abridged edition), by Richard Baxter, ed. by Benjamin Fawcett (multiple formats with commentary at CCEL)
- Via Vitae Aeternae (2 volumes in Latin; Antwerp: M. Nutij, 1620), by Antoine Sucquet, illust. by Boëce van Bolswert
- The Earliest English Translation of the First Three Books of the De Imitatione Christi, Now First Printed from a Ms. in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, With Various Readings From a Ms. in The University Library, Cambridge; Also, The Earliest Printed Translation of the Whole Work From a Copy in The British Museum (EETS extra series #63; London: Pub. for the Early English Text society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner and Co., 1893), by Thomas à Kempis, ed. by John K. Ingram, trans. by William Atkinson and Margaret Beaufort (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Imitation of Christ, by Thomas à Kempis, trans. by Aloysius Croft and Harold Bolton (multiple formats with commentary at CCEL)
- The Imitation of Christ, by Thomas à Kempis, trans. by William Benham
- The Way of Perfection, by Saint Teresa of Avila, trans. by E. Allison Peers (multiple formats at CCEL)
- A Vindication of the Divine Perfections Illustrating the Glory of God in Them, by Reason and Revelation: Methodically Digested into Several Meditations (London: Printed by J.D. for B. Aylmer, 1695), by James Dalrymple Stair (HTML at EEBO TCP)
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: Devotional literature- A Life Well Lived: 52 Inspiring Real-life Stories for Devotion, Study and Family Reading (c2005), ed. by Jim Gwinn, contrib. by Mark Cutshall (HTML with commentary at Wayback Machine)
- Deep is the Hunger: Meditations for Apostles of Sensitiveness (New York: Harper and Bros., c1951), by Howard Thurman (page images at HathiTrust)
- Meditations for Apostles of Sensitiveness (Mills College, CA: Eucalyptus Press, 1947), by Howard Thurman (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Cell of Self-Knowledge: Seven Early English Mystical Treatises, ed. by Edmund G. Gardner
- Centuries of Meditations, by Thomas Traherne (multiple formats at CCEL)
- A Choice Drop of Honey From the Rock Christ, by Thomas Wilcox (HTML in Finland)
- Gold Dust: A Collection of Golden Counsels for the Sanctification of Daily Life, by Adrien Sylvain, ed. by Charlotte M. Yonge, trans. by E. L. E. B. (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
- Links and Clues (London: Macmillan, 1881), by Victoria Welby (page images at HathiTrust)
- Little Things (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union; et al., c1852), by Henrietta Wilson, ed. by American Sunday-School Union Committee of Publication (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Secret Garden of the Soul, and Other Devotional Studies (New York: G. H. Doran Co.; London: J. Clarke and Co., 1924), by E. Herman, contrib. by Meyer Herman and Duncan C. Macgregor (page images at HathiTrust)
- Thy Will Be Done: The Blessedness of a Life in the Will of God (New York et al.: Fleming Revell Co., c1900), by Andrew Murray (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Treatise Written to a Devout Man, by Walter Hilton (HTML at CCEL)
- Alone to the Alone: Prayers for Theists (second edition; London and Edinburgh: Williams and Norgate, 1872), ed. by Frances Power Cobbe (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Confederate Soldier's Pocket Manual of Devotions (Charleston: Printed by Evans and Cogswell, 1863), ed. by C. T. Quintard
- Joy to the World: Communicating the Gospel of Christ, by Arthur Blessitt (HTML at blessitt.com)
- Hymns in Prose for Children (London: J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1781), by Mrs. Barbauld (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
- The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales (new and enlarged edition, 1910), by Jean-Pierre Camus (Gutenberg text)
- In Touch (ministry magazine; issues online 2013-), contrib. by Charles F. Stanley (partial serial archives)
- Lift Thine Eyes: Evening Prayers for Every Day of the Year (Farmington, PA: Bruderhof Foundation, c2002), by Christoph Blumhardt (PDF at tripod.com)
- Daily Light on the Daily Path (multiple formats with commentary at CCEL)
- Daily Strength for Daily Needs, by Mary Wilder Tileston (Gutenberg text)
- The Fragrant Minute for Every Day (London et al.: Cassell and Co., c1925), by Wilhelmina Stitch (HTML at Gutenberg Canada)
- In Green Pastures: Daily Readings for Every Day in the Year, by J. R. Miller (HTML at jr-miller.com)
- Morning and Evening Exercises, by Henry Ward Beecher, ed. by Lyman Abbott (page images at MOA)
- The Morning Message: A Selection for Daily Meditation (E. Northfield, MA: The Bookstore, c1906), by G. Campbell Morgan, ed. by William Ross
- Morning Thoughts for Every Day in the Year (New York: T. Y. Crowell and Co., c1907), by J. R. Miller (multiple formats at Google)
- My Utmost for His Highest: Selections for the Year, by Oswald Chambers (HTML with commentary at utmost.org)
- Night Lessons From Scripture (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1869), ed. by Elizabeth Missing Sewell (page images at HathiTrust)
- Pansies for Thoughts: From the Writings of Pansy, Mrs. G. R. Alden (Boston: D. Lothrop and Co., c1888), by Isabella Macdonald Alden, ed. by Grace Livingston Hill (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Arise! Awake! Thoughts of a Yogi, by Sri Chinmoy (HTML at srichinmoylibrary.com)
- "Beautiful Thoughts" From George Mac Donald (New York: J. Pott and Co., 1900), by George MacDonald, ed. by Elizabeth W. Dougall (page images at HathiTrust)
- Come Ye Apart: Daily Bible Readings in the Life of Christ, by J. R. Miller (HTML at Wayback Machine)
- The People's Family Prayer Book (London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co., ca. 1889), by Joseph Parker
- Miniature Lives of the Saints for Every Day in the Year (21st edition, 2 volumes; London: Burns and Oates; New York et al.: Benziger Bros., n.d.), ed. by Henry Sebastian Bowden (page images at HathiTrust)
- Revelations of Divine Love (language somewhat modernized), by Julian of Norwich, ed. by G. Warrack (multiple formats with commentary at CCEL)
- The Shewings of Julian of Norwich, by Julian of Norwich, ed. by Georgia Ronan Crampton (frame-dependent HTML at Rochester)
- Moral Love Songs and Laments, ed. by Susanna Fein (HTML at Rochester)
- The Imitation of Christ (Mt. Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press, ca. 1947), by Thomas à Kempis, ed. by Wilfrid Raynal, trans. by Richard Whitford, illust. by Valenti Angelo (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Following the Way: Devotional Studies in Mystical Religion (second impression; London: S. Christopher Press, 1928), by Reginald Somerset Ward (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Book of Meditations, by James Allen, ed. by Lily L. Allen (HTML at in1woord.nl)
- Celebrate Life: A Book of Meditations, by Paul B. Zacharias (PDF with commentary at swedenborg.org)
- The Devout Year (New York et al.: Benziger Bros., 1893), by Richard F. Clarke
- Gems from the East: A Birthday Book of Precepts and Axioms, ed. by H. P. Blavatsky (HTML at TUP)
- The Goal is Won, by Sri Chinmoy (HTML at srichinmoylibrary.com)
- The Imitation of Christ: Four Books (London: John C. Nimmo, 1886), by Thomas à Kempis, trans. by William Benham, illust. by Léopold Flameng and Ch. Waltner (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Introduction to the Devout Life, by Saint Francis de Sales (multiple formats with commentary at CCEL)
- The Layman's Breviary: or Meditations for Every Day in the Year, by Leopold Schefer, trans. by Charles T. Brooks (page images at MOA)
- Meditations and Devotions of the Late Cardinal Newman (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1907), by John Henry Newman, ed. by W. P. Neville (HTML at newmanreader.org)
- Meditations: Food For The Soul, by Sri Chinmoy (HTML at srichinmoylibrary.com)
- Meditations from the Pen of Mrs. Maria W. Stewart, (Widow of the late James W. Stewart), Now Matron of the Freedman's Hospital, and Presented in 1832 to the First African Baptist Church and Society of Boston, Mass. (reprint, 1879), by Maria W. Stewart (page images at HathiTrust)
- Meditations from the Pen of Mrs. Maria W. Stewart, (Widow of the late James W. Stewart), Now Matron of the Freedman's Hospital, and Presented in 1832 to the First African Baptist Church and Society of Boston, Mass. (Washington: Enterprise Pub. Co., 1879), by Maria W. Stewart (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
- My Lord's Secrets Revealed, by Sri Chinmoy (HTML at srichinmoylibrary.com)
- The Near and the Heavenly Horizons (New York: R. Carter and Bros., 1865), by Valérie Boissier de Gasparin (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)
- Night Thoughts, by Martin Israel (HTML at Wayback Machine)
- Now Is Eternity: Comfort and Wisdom for Difficult Hours, by Johann Christoph Blumhardt and Christoph Blumhardt (PDF at plough.com)
- Of The Imitation of Christ: Four Books ('Edith Cavell' edition, with facsimiles of her annotations), by Thomas à Kempis, contrib. by Herbert Edward Ryle and Edith Cavell (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Psalmen in Reimform: Neue Stunden der Andacht (in German; Genf: Deutsche Verlagshalle, 1875), by Johann Philipp Becker
- Songs of the Soul, by Sri Chinmoy (HTML at srichinmoylibrary.com)
- St. Anselm's Book of Meditations and Prayers (London: Burns and Oates, 1872), by Saint Anselm (HTML with commentary at CCEL)
- The Supreme and His Four Children: Five Spiritual Dictionaries, by Sri Chinmoy (HTML at srichinmoylibrary.com)
- To Be Near Unto God (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans-Sevensma Co., 1918), by Abraham Kuyper
- Upper Room Meditations (Nashville and Dallas: Publishing House of the M. E. Church, South, 1902), by O. P. Fitzgerald
- The Way: Devotional Studies in Mystical Religion, by a Priest (published anonymously; London: Church of England, Sunday School Institute, 1922), by Reginald Somerset Ward
- Wisdom of the Sadhu: Teachings of Sundar Singh, by Sundar Singh, ed. by Kim Comer (PDF at plough.com)
- The Calendar of the Soul, by Rudolf Steiner, trans. by Ruth Pusch and Hans Pusch (HTML at elib.com)
- In Green Pastures: Daily Readings for Every Day in the Year, by J. R. Miller (HTML at jr-miller.com)
- Letters and Papers by the Late Theodosia A. Viscountess Powerscourt (London: Hatchard and Son, 1838), by Theodosia A. Powerscourt, ed. by Robert Daly (page images at HathiTrust)
- Morning and Evening Thoughts, by James Allen (HTML at in1woord.nl)
- The Pastor Prescribes, by Joe Damazo (PDF at necadventist.org)
- The Spring of Joy: A Little Book of Healing (1917), by Mary Webb (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
- The Writings of John Bradford, M.A., Fellow of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge and Prebendary of St. Paul's, Martyr, 1555 (2 volumes; Cambridge: Printed at the University Press, 1848-1853), by John Bradford, ed. by Aubrey Townsend
- Writings of the Rev. John Bradford, by John Bradford (illustrated HTML at CCEL)
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