Holy Living

Christian Life  by 
Jeremy Taylor

Originally published in 1650, Holy Living is written as an instruction to devoted Christians in living a holy life of increased personal piety and not indulging in temptations, all done in preparation of blessed death. This book of Christian devotion by Jeremy Taylor is the highest point of English prose in 15th-century death literature. The book elaborates on the concept of a blessed death by extracting knowledge from Theology, ideas of morality and the divine act of prayer which is considered as a call for assistance. In Holy Living, Jeremy addresses questions on practical morality in a manner that is a half personal sermon, displaying his gift for prose; stately and authentic. An admirer of John Wesley, Taylor has drawn from his pool of devotional and literary qualities to write a guide that has the means and instructions on increasing piety, in a language that is beautiful, relatable and simple.