A Gleaning in Gods Harvest, Table of contents
The Contents of the enſuing Treatiſes.
Treatiſe 1.
TO be dead with Chriſt what. Page 5
Propoſ. 1. Wee muſt die with Chriſt firſt, if wee will live with him. pag. 10
Reaſon 1. From the contrarietie between ſin and grace. 12
Reaſ. 2. Elſe the Spirit dwells not in us. 13
Reaſ. 3. Becauſe it is hard to be a Chriſtian. ibid.
Uſe 1. Reproofe of men dead in ſinne 14
Morall death to ſinne diſtinguiſhed from the true death to ſinne. 16
1. In the Eſſence of it. ibid.
2. In the efficient cauſe. 17
3. in the latitude ibid.
4. In the iſſue. 18
Popiſh mortification differs from true mortification. 1. In the object. 19
2. The efficient cauſe. ibid.
3. The formall cauſe. 20
4. The finall cauſe. ibid.
Characters of a man dead to ſinne.
1. When occaſions to ſinne worke not. 21
2. When all ſinne is dead in us. 22
3. When we doe not the ſervice of ſinne 23
4. When we abhorre ſinne, ibid.
5. When ſinnes power is daily abated. 24
6. When we can willingly have our ſins wounded. 25
Meanes to be dead with Chriſt.
1. The Spirit of God. 27
2. Faith in Chriſt. ibid.
3. Prayer. 28
4. Submiſsion to the miniſterie of the Word, ibid.
Motives to die to ſinne.
1. The neceſsitie. 29
2. The commoditie. ibid.
3. The facilitie. 30
4. The equitie. 31
5. The treacherie of ſinne. 32
6. The example of others. ibid.
The difficultie of being a Chriſtian. 33
The method to come to live with Chriſt. 36
Spirituall death what. 40
Spirituall life what. 41
Propoſ. 2. Thoſe that are dead with Chriſt, ſhall live with him. 42
Reaſ. 1. To whom Chriſt communicates himſelfe he doth it wholly. 43
Reaſ. 2. Death with Chriſt inſufficient, without we live with him. 44
Reaſ. 3. From the oppoſition betweene the life of ſinne and grace. 45
Uſe. Thoſe that are not dead with Chriſt, doe not live with him. 46
How to know wee are alive with Chriſt;
1. By the cauſe of ſpirituall life. 47
2. By the exerciſes of ſpirituall life. 48
3. By the properties of ſpirituall life. 49
1 Nouriſhment. ibid.
2 Augmentation. 50
3 Generation. 51
Uſe 2. To labour for death with Chriſt. 52
1. Becauſe by him wee ſhall enjoy a ſpirituall life. 53
2. An eternall life. ibid.
Propoſ. 3. The knowledge of Mortification ſeales up the aſſurance of ſalvation 55
Reaſon. The promiſes of eternall life are made to the mortified. 68
Uſe 1. For confutation of Bellarmine. 72
Uſe 2. To labour for Mortification. 75
Uſe 3. Thoſe that are not dead with Chriſt, cannot be aſſured of life with him. 77
Propoſ. 4. As our death to ſinne, ſo our life to grace, both proceed from chriſt. 80
Reaſon. They are both the worke of grace. 81
Chriſt is the author of the death of ſinne, and the life of grace.
1. As a meritorious cauſe. 83
2. As the exemplarie cauſe. 85
3. The morall cauſe. 86
4. The efficient cauſe. 87
Chriſt is the efficient cauſe.
Firſt in the firſt working of it three wayes. 88
1. By his Spirit. ibid.
2. By the Word. 89
3. By Baptiſme. 90
Baptiſme is a cauſe inſtrumentall 3 wayes.
1. As a reſembling cauſe. 91
2. As a concurring meanes. ibid.
3. By Stipulation. ibid.
Secondly for the increaſe of it 2 wayes.
1. By Faith. 92
2. The Lords Supper. 94
Uſe. To indevour to be in Chriſt. 95
Uſe 2. To returne the praiſe of grace to Chriſt. 97
Uſe 3. What to judge of men out of Chriſt. 98
Treatiſe 2.
Obſerv. 1. What Christ ſuffred was not for his own ſin. 104
Uſe 1. To ſhew how Chriſt could beare the puniſhment of ſinne. 108
Uſe 2. To diſcover the malice of the Iewes againſt Chriſt. 110
Uſe 3. To condemne thoſe that judge by ſucceſſe in outward things. 114
Uſe 4. To reade us a Lecture of patience 115
Uſe 5. Comfort for diſtreſſed conſciences. 116
Obſer. 2. Chriſt ſuffered all for our ſinnes. 118
Reaſ. 1. The love of Chriſt. ibid.
Reaſ. 2. The love of God the Father. 119
Uſe 1. To admire Gods wiſedome. 120
Uſe 2. To ſee the haynouſneſſe of our ſinnes. 121
Uſe 3. To provoke us to ſorrow for ſinne. 123
Uſe 4. For Conſolation. 125
Uſe 5. To ſet forth Gods love to us. 126
Uſe 6. To returne love againe. 127
Treatiſe 3.
Concluſ. 1. SVrfeiting and Drunkenneſſe, and Covetouſneſſe to be taken heed of. 134
Reaſ. 1. There is danger in theſe ſinne. 137
Reaſ. 2. There is danger of falling into them. 139
Uſe 1. Complaint of neglect of this dutie. 141
Uſe 2. Exhortation to Caution. 143
4, Helpes to Caution. ibid.
Concluſ. 2. The beſt men to take heed of theſe ſinnes. 149
Reaſ. 1. Becauſe they are but men. ibid.
Reaſ. 2. Satan envies them moſt. 150
Reaſ. 3. Their falling make others fall. ibid.
Uſe 1. To ſhew the beſt men are fraile. 151
Uſe 2. Why the beſt ſhould ſuffer admonition. 152
Uſe 3. How to demeane our ſelves. 153
Concluſ. 3. Our care and caution muſt be continuall. 154
Reaſon. Becauſe there is danger of the ſinnes. 155
Reaſon. Becauſe there is danger of judgement. 155
Uſe. To diſcover the abounding of theſe ſinnes. 156
Concluſ. 4. Drunkenneſſe and Covetouſneſſe overcharge the heart. 161
Reaſ. 1. They preſſe the ſoule from heaven to earth. 162
Reaſ. 2. They preſſe it from earth to Hell. 166
Uſe 1. To take heed of theſe ſinnes. 167
Uſe 2. To uſe Remedies againſt them, 171
Meanes to be disburdened of theſe ſinnes. 172
Uſe 3. To ſee the falſe judgement of the world 175
Concluſ. 5. We ſhould not be overcharged with immoderate eating. 177
Danger in coverſing with Epicures. 178
Reaſ. 1. It unfits us for good Duties. 179
Reaſ. 2. It is the nurſe of ſecuritie. 180
Reaſ. 3. It breeds many luſts. 181
Reaſ. 4. It brings Gods judgements. 182
Reaſ. 5. It hurts the body. 183
Reaſ. 6. It hurts a mans ſtate. 184
Reaſ. 7. It hurts the Common-wealth. ibid.
Reaſ. 8. It wrongs the poore. 185
Uſe. To take heed of ſurfeiting. ibid.
Many wayes of ſufeiting. 186
Treatiſe 4.
SEeking things aboue enforced. 196
1. In reſpect of God. 197
2. In reſpect of our ſelves. 204
Things above what. 209
Why ſo called. 211
Seeking What. 212
Propoſ. Thoſe that are riſen with Chriſt, muſt ſeeke the things above. 213
Conditions requiſite in ſeeking 3. 214
Meanes of ſeeking. 218
Signes of ſeeking. 223
Uſe. Exhortation to ſeeking. 226
FINIS.