Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God, Table of contents
A Table of the generall heads as they lye in order in the Booke.
SEruants of God singular from others in Sanctitie, Puritie, &c. pag. 2
Gods free grace the … of all our good. p. 9
His wonderfull mercies to vsus, our horrible ingratitude. p. 12
Personall goodnesse brings comfort and blessings vponupon posteritie. p. 18
True sauing grace neuer lost. p. 22
C…tions and meanes of perseuerance. 25. 27
Gods seruants must no… s…ue the times. p. 28
EueryEvery Christians duty to walke with God. p. 29.
The reasons. 30
To the performing of this there are
1. Generall preparatiues.
1. Abandon resoluedly thy beloued sinne: See
1. What it is. 35
2. What thine is. 36
3. Thine owne imposture in exchanging it. 38
2. Hat… Hypocrisie. 43.
Many here guilty, meere pretenders to Religion. ibid.
Particular calling not to be left. 48
3. Build thy resolutions on that mai… principle. Selfe-d…iall. 51
4. Liue the life of faith … in all …. 53
5. Settle in thine heart a right conceit of the substance, power and materials of Christianitie. 157
6. Fortifie thy Spirit against the canker of worldly-mindednesse. 60
7. Be infinitely rauisht with the louelove of God. The motiues. 61
8. Prize inualuably the fruition of Gods pleased face. 62
9. Watch ouer thy heart and keepe it in a spirituall temper. 63
10. Meditate on thy future blisse. 64
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1. Obser…e … duties, and our
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Carriage after them. 69
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3. Vse well thy solitari… seasons of Meditation. 71
4. And thy company. 73. Here
Danger of prop… company. 74
How to conuerse with friends vnconuerted. 86
5. Continually ply thy heart by
1. Captiuating it to grace. 88
2. Watchfull guard ouer it. 9…
3▪ … it toward Heauen. 9…
6. Labour to represse thy raging passions: as
Anger, the …,
Morall. 95
Religious. 100
feare: the
Vanity, tyra…y of it. 104
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7. Order religiously thy tongue by
Christian reproofe: A duty. 112 Here
… it. 114. who dogs & …. 115
Directio… i… it. 118
Extremes
fainthearted silence. 119
… Zeale. 119
Reasons e…orcing it. 120
Holding silence
1. From vncharitable …, differenced from the censures of holy men. 130
2. S…dering false accusing. 137
3. Vnsauourie communication. Hereof Hea…enly discourse. 146
8. Manage consc…bly e…ry action thou vndertakest. (Circumstances requisite i… a comfortable action) …b. particularly. 149
1. Thy Recreations: See they be not
Costly. 154
Cruell. 155
Wasting of time most precious. 157
Incr…aching vponupon heauenly comforts. 168
(Differences betweene ioy spirituall, and carnall) 170
2. Visitations of great Ones vnsanctified
Dangerous. 181
Herein cautions. 185
3. Naturall actions, thus against
Gluttony. 195
Drunkennesse. 200
Excessiue sleepe. 205
4. Ciuill affaires.
Generall. Here
Doe as thou wouldest be done by. 207
Abhorre wrongfull and vnconscionable dealing. 210
Desire not, delight not immoderately in any earthly thing. For
This is thy bosome sinnes parent. 225
Thou wilt finde thy selfe insatiable, vnsatisfiable. 219
Particular for Marriage.
1. Enter vponupon it conueniently. 234
2. Vse it comfortably: here are duties
Common to both. 237
Peculiar to the
Husband. 244
Wife. 250
5. Workes of mercy as well
Spirituall, as 257
Corporall. Motiues to almes-deeds. 261
(Gods children often falsly charged with co…etousnesse, worldlinesse, occasions of this imputation. 276
Earthly mindednesse infinitely vnbecomming an heire of heauen. 289)
6. Spirituallestate: where carefully auoide two extreames:
1. Self-admiration, proud o…er-prizing of our owne graces. 294 Here,
1. The mysterie of selfe-deceit opened. 299
2. Worke of Grace in the true Conuert. 308
3. Sanctified men may be assured of their spirituall safety. 317. and how.
4. Sound perswasion distinguished from delusion. 329
5. Preseruatiues against ouerweening. 341
2. Deiected, distrustfull vndervaluing of Gods mercies, our graces, the promises of life. Here
Against the heauy, sad, pensiue walking of some Saints. 354
Reall causes and motiues of their ioy. 359
Conceits, and occasions of discomforts, remoued. 380
FINIS.