back to the kitchen for lighting fires. Such "bisked" copies occasionally occur still. The book was not killed. It was often reissued with additions, The Godly Man's Portion in 1663, Heaven Opened in 1666, The World Conquered in 1668. He also published a book of sermons. John Wesley credited him as the originator of the covenant prayer that he introduced into Methodism in 1755. Richard Alleine's daughter Theodosia married her cousin (to some degree), the ejected minister Joseph Alleine. She was said to have been "bred for work". Works A Brief Explanation of the Common Catechisme Distinguished into Three Parts, London, 1630 Vindiciæ Pietatis, London, 1660 Cheirothesia Tou Presbyteriou, or A Letter to a Friend, London, 1661 The Godly Mans Portion and Sanctuary, London, [1662?] Heaven Opened, or, A Brief and Plain Discovery of the Riches of Gods Covenant by Grace, London, 1665 The Best of Remedies for the Worst of Maladies, London, 1667 The World Conquered, or A Believer's Victory Over the World, London, 1668 Two Prayers: One for the Use of Families, the Other for Children, [ca. 1670] Godly-Fear, or, The Nature and Necessity of Fear, and its Usefulness, London, 1674 A Rebuke to Backsliders, and a Spurr for Loyterers, London, 1677 A Murderer Punished and Pardoned or, A True Relation of the Wicked Life, and Shameful-Happy Death of Thomas Savage, London, 1679 A Companion for Prayer, London, 1680 Instructions About Heart-Work, London, 1681 The Christian's Daily Practice of Piety, Edinburgh, 1703 The Voice of God to Christless Unregenerate Sinners, Boston, 1743 References Attribution Further reading Stephen Wright, ‘Alleine, Richard (1610/11–1681)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 17 Sept 2008 External links English subscribers to the Solemn League and Covenant 1643 Ejected English ministers of 1662 1611 births 1681 deaths People from Mendip District Alumni of St Alban Hall, Oxford Alumni of New Inn Hall, Oxford English Calvinist and Reformed theologians 17th-century Calvinist and Reformed theologians