Christs Communion with his Church Militant, Table of contents
The Principall Heads handled in this Tract.
THat the Church of Chriſt Militant, ſhall not bee left comfortleſſe, becauſe Chriſt will come to her, Pag. 9
That Chriſt doth come to his Church Milit. pag, 10, 11.
How Chriſt doth come to his Church Militant, to comfort her in all conditions, p. 18, 19
When Chriſt comes to his diſconſolate Church, as a Comforter, pag. 41, 42, &c.
Why Chriſt will come to his Church upon earth, as Comforter, pag. 51, 52, &c.
Wicked men ſhall live and dye comfortleſs, becauſe Chriſt as a Comforter will never come to them, p. 57, 58, &c.
Laughter is one thing, and ſpirituall conſolation another, p. 59
How Chriſt doth come to the wicked in this life, p. 61
Chriſt will come to the wicked, neither in proſperity nor in adverſity, as a Comforter, p. 62, 63, &c.
How wicked men may get Christ as a Comforter, to come to them, p. 66, 67, &c.
Vſefull inſtructions to ſtrong men, and to babes in Chriſt, p. 68
Strong men in Chriſt that ſay Chriſt as a Comforter is come to them, ſhould make it ſure to themſelves, that they are not deluded, p. 65.
The great need of this, p 69
How a man may know that it is Christ indeed, and no ſpirit of deluſion, which is come to him with conſolatiō, p. 73, 74
Strong men in Chriſt, after they have made it ſure to themſelves, that the true Comforter is come to them, ſhould ſo walk that they may ever injoy his ſweet company, p. 80
How Chriſtians may ſo walk as to enjoy Chriſt as a Comforter continually, p. 81, 82, &c.
Babes in Chriſt which never found Chriſt as a Comforter to come to them, ſhould beleeve that Chriſt will come to them, p. 93
Their objections againſt Chriſt comming to them as a Comforter, anſwered, p. 93, 94
Babes in Chriſt that never found Chriſt as a Comforter come to them, ſhould patiently wait till Chriſt thus come to them, p. 98
Severall conſiderations very powerfull, to make the ſoule to wait patiently, till Chriſt as a Comforter come to him, p. 98, 99, &c.
Babes in Chriſt, which never yet found Christ as a Comforter come to them, ſhould obſerve how Chriſt comes with comfort to the ſoule, and not put him off, p. 109, 110
Babes in Chriſt, which have found Chriſt as a Comforter to come to them, but now have loſt him, ſhould labour to bee ſenſible of their loſſe, p. 112, 113, &c.
Such ſhould not blame Chriſt for departing as a Comforter from them, p. 116, 117, &c.
Meanes how ſuch babes in Chriſt, may get their Comforter to returne againe to them, p. 118, 119, &c.
2 Tim. 4. Verſ. 22.
The Lord Jeſus Chriſt bee with thy ſpirit.
To have the Lord Ieſus Chriſt with our ſpirits, is a prime and principall bleſſing, p. 126
There is a double preſence of Chriſt with man, corporall and ſpirituall joyntly, or meerely ſpirituall, p. 127, 128, &c.
The ſpirituall preſence of Chriſt with man upon earth, is commune or ſpeciall, p. 129, 130, &c.
To have Chriſt ſpecially preſent with our ſpirits, is the ready way to all temporall good, p. 134
Objections to the contrary, anſwered, p. 135, 136, &c.
To have Christ ſpecially preſent with our ſpirits, is the ready way to all ſpirituall good, p. 143, 144, &c.
To have Chriſt after a ſpeciall manner with our ſpirits is the ready way to eternall good, p. 147
Not to have Chriſt ſpecially preſent with our ſpirits is a great evill, p. 149
Wherein this grand evill doth principally conſiſt, p. 149, 150, &c.
How to know whether Chriſt be ſpecially preſent with our ſpirits, p. 164, 165, &c.
How to get Chriſt to be ſpecially preſent with our ſpirits, p. 171, 172, &c.
Men that finde Chriſt ſpecially preſent with their ſpirits, ſhould thankfully acknowledge this great favour p. 176, 177, &c.
Such ſhould labour to keepe Chriſt with their ſpirits, p. 180
According to what operations, a man may loſe the preſence of Christ, p. 181, 182, &c.
Chriſtians ſhould labour to get Christ as much preſent with their ſpirits as may bee: and how this may be done: ſee page, 188, 189, &c.
Comfort against the ſword, plague, famine, perſecution, and the like, ariſeth to them which have Christ ſpecially preſent with their ſpirits, p. 191, 192, &c.