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Early Modern · written c. 1632; published 1652
A Priest to the Temple, or The Country Parson
George Herbert · 1593–1633
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What it is
A portrait of the ideal country clergyman — his house, his wife, his charity, his catechising, and his practice of walking his parish rather than staying indoors.
Why it lasted
The classic English account of parish ministry, and still read as such by Anglican clergy four centuries later.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
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