Life Eternal, Summary of contents
THat there is a God proved: Page 5
1 By the Creation. Ibid.
By the law, written in mens hearts. Page 13
By the Soule of man. Page 15
VSE 1.
To strengthen faith in this Principle. Page 22
VSE 2.
What consequences to draw hence. Page 28
Objections against this Principle. Page 30
2 That there is a God proved by faith. Page 19.45
The Scripture proved true by foure things. Page 48
VSE 3.
To confirme us in this Principle. Page 61
Difference in the assent of men to this. Page 62
4 Meanes to confirme our Faith in this. Page 68
Three Effects of a firme assent to this Principle. Page 70
3 That there is no other God, but GOD. Page 75
Five Arguments to prove that there is no other God. Page 76
The gods and religion of the Heathens false, proved three wayes. Page 80
Religion of Mahomet false. Page 82
VSE 1.
To beleeve that our God is God alone, and to cleave to him. Page 85
VSE 2.
To comfort us in this, that God will shew himselfe the true GOD, in raising the Churches. Page 87
VSE 3.
To keepe our hearts from Idolatrie. Page 88
Three grounds of Idolatrie. Page 89
What God is. Page 94
Doctrine.
God only and properly hath being in him. Page 97
What the being of God is, explained in five things. Ibid.
VSE 1.
There is something in Gods Essence not to be inquired into. Page 100
VSE 2.
To strengthen our faith and incourage us in wants and crosses. Page 103
VSE 3.
To give God the praise of his being. Page 112
VSE 4.
To learne the vanitie of the creatures, and the remedie against it. Page 116
Attributes of God of two sorts. Page 119
The First ATTRIBVTE.
The perfection of God. Page 120
Five differēces between the perfection of God, and the creatures. Page 121
VSE 1.
All that wee doe cannot reach to God to merit. Page 123
VSE 2.
To see the freenesse of Gods grace. Page 125
VSE 3.
To goe to God with faith though wee have no worth in us. Ibid.
VSE 4.
God hath no need of any creature. Page 126
VSE 5.
Though many perish it is nothing to God, he is perfect. Page 127
VSE 6.
Gods commands are for our good, hee is perfect. Ibid.
VSE 7.
To give God the honour of his perfection. Page 129
Foure signes of exalting Gods perfection. Ibid.
The creatures of themselves can doe nothing for us in three respects. Page 137
The Second ATTRIBVTE.
God without all causes. Page 140
Reason 1.
Else something should bee before him. Ibid.
Reason 2.
That which hath a part receiveth it from the whole. Page 141
Reason 3.
All other things have a possibility not to bee. Page 142
VSE 1.
God wills not things because they are just, but they are just because he wills them. Page 143
VSE 2.
God may doe all things for himselfe and his owne glorie. Page 144
VSE 3.
We should doe nothing for our owne ends but for God. Page 146
Eight signes to know whether a man make God or himselfe his end. Page 148
The Third ATTRIBVTE.
Doctrine.
God is eternall. Page 156
Five things required in Eternitie. Page 157
Reasons why God must be Eternall. Page 158
Foure differences betweene the Eternitie of God, and the duration of the creatures. Page 159
Consect. 1.
God possesseth all things together. Page 159
Consect. 2.
Eternitie maketh things infinitely good or evill. Page 160
VSE 1.
To minde more things Eternall. Page 161
Motives to consider Eternity. Page 167
VSE 2.
Not to be offended with Gods delaying, he hath time enough to performe his promises, being Eternall. Page 168
VSE 3.
To consider Gods love and enmitie are eternall. Page 171
VSE 4.
To comfort us against mutabilitie of things below. Page 172
VSE 5.
God is Lord of time. Page 174
PART II.
The Fourth ATTRIBVTE.
God is a SPIRIT. Page 2
Foure properties of a Spirit. Ibid.
VSE 1.
Gods eye chiefly on our spirits, therefore they must be kept fit for communion with him. Page 4
How to fit our spirits for communion with God. Page 6
Directions for cleansing the spirit. Page 10
VSE 2.
Gods government chiefly on the spirits of men. Page 25
Proved by 3 Demonstrations. Page 28
VSE 3.
To worship God in spirit. Page 32
Which consists in three things. Page 33
What necessity of the gestures of the bodie in Gods service. Page 38
How to conceive of God in prayer. Page 44
The Simplicitie of GOD.
Gods simplicity proved by sixe reasons. Page 48
Consec. 1.
To see what a stable foundation faith hath. Page 51
Consec. 2.
God cannot be hindred in his workes. Page 52
Consec. 3.
The Attributes of God are equall. Page 53
VSE 1.
To labour to bee content in a simple condition. Page 54
VSE 2.
To labour for singlenesse of heart. Page 59
Two things in simplicitie. Page 60
VSE 3.
To goe to God rather than to the creatures. Page 67
The Fifth ATTRIBVTE.
Gods immutability. Page 72
Five Reasons of Gods immutability. Page 73
Two Objections against Gods immutability. Page 76
Consec. 1.
How to understand severall places of Scripture. Page 78
Consec. 2.
Love and hatred in God eternall. Ibid.
VSE 1.
Take heede of provoking him to cast us off. Page 80
The time of Gods casting off a man, unknowne. Page 83
VSE 2.
Gods gifts and calling without repentance. Page 84
How to know vvee are in Covenant vvith God. Page 85
The unchangeablenesse of God takes not away endevour. Page 93
The occasion, end, and use of revealing the doctrine of Gods unchangeablenesse in Scripture. Page 96
VSE 3.
God dispenceth mercies and judgements, now as in former times. Page 98
Two cases wherein God punisheth his owne Children. Page 99
GODS Iudgements different in time and meanes. Page 101
VSE 4.
To see a difference betweene God and the creature. Page 103
Forgetting the creatures to be mutable, three inconveniences of it. Ibid.
VSE 5.
To esteem things by their unchangeablenes. Page 106
VSE 6.
To judge our owne spirits by constancie in well doing. Page 111
VSE 7.
To goe to God to get it. Page 113
Two causes of inconstancie. Page 115
3 Helps to strengthen purposes. Page 117
Meanes to helpe resolutions. Page 119
The Sixth ATTRIBVTE.
The greatnesse of God. Page 123
The greatnesse of God in sixe things. Ibid.
The greatnesse of God proved by foure Reasons. Page 127
VSE 1.
To know our interest in God, and to get an answerable greatnesse of minde. Page 129
Why men are led aside by outward things. Page 130
How to come to true greatnesse of minde. Page 137
VSE 2.
To feare him for his greatnesse. Page 140
VSE 3.
To thinke no affection or obedience enough for him, and therefore not to limit our selves. Page 142
VSE 4.
To reverence before him. Page 145
The Seventh ATTRIBVTE.
Gods immensitie. Page 147
3 Reasons of Gods infinite presence. Page 148
VSE 1.
God governes the world immediatly, a remedy against complaint of ill Governours. Page 150
VSE 2.
To choose God, and rejoyce in him, as a friend in all places. Page 152
VSE 3.
To see a ground of Gods particular Providence in the smallest things. Page 154
VSE 4.
To be patient and meeke in injuries offered by men. Page 156
VSE 5.
To walke with God. Page 159
How we are present with God. Page 160
How to make God present with us. Page 161
Why men desire companie. Page 166
VSE 6.
God observeth all the evill and good we do. Page 168
VSE 7.
Terrour to wicked men, God is an enemy they cannot flee from. Page 174
The Eighth ATTRIBVTE.
God is Omnipotent. Page 176
Omnipotencie of God, wherein. Page 177
4 Reasons of Gods Omnipotency. Page 178
Objections against the Omnipotencie of God. Page 181
VSE 1.
To rejoice in our God, who is Almighty. Page 186
VSE 2.
To make use of Gods Power, in all wants and straits. Page 191
VSE 3.
To beleeve the Omnipotencie of God. Page 194
Men doubt as much of the power of God, as of his will. Ibid.
VSE 4.
To seeke and pray to God in all straits with confidence. Page 198
2 Instances of Gods Power. Page 201