Remains of Joseph Alleine, Title page – Table of contents
REMAINES OF That Excellent Minister Of JESUS CHRIST, Mr. Joseph Alleine.
BEING A Collection of Sundry Directions, Sermons, Sacrament-Speeches, and Letters, not heretofore Published.
All tending to promote Real Piety.
LONDON, Printed for Peter Parker, at the Leg and Star in Cornhil, over against the Royal-Exchange, 1674.
The Epistle.
READER.
THere needs no more to commend this Book (Remains of Mr. Joseph Alleine) to thee, but to assure thee that it is his own, and though a Posthumous, yet no spurious birth. Though some parcels come to thee with this disadvantage, onelyonly as they were taken from his mouth as he preached, yet much of it was written with his own hand. If thou hast tasted that divine and warm spirit, which run through his other Writings already published, it will sure set thee a thirsting after what els hath drop'd from the same holy lips or hands. The labours of a man of God, so mighty in the Sriptures, and in the power of God, will not be either unuseful, or unacceptable: though what thou hast here, be but fragments, yet thou wilt find them to be of the same bread, with those loves which have been already dealt out to thee, by the same hand The Publisher hath gathered up these fragments, it being pity they should be lost. For my part, I have not had the time to read through the whole Book since it came to my hands, but have so far lookt into it, that I Judge it to be singularly useful, for the engaging thee in, and directing and quickning thee to that even, spiritual, active life, which will be both thy beauty and thy comfort.
That the spirit of the living God, which so eminently furnished the head, fired the heart, and filled up the life of this holy man, may so animate these holy lines, that they may become effectual to the forming their very Image upon thy soul and life, is the prayer of,
Thy Friend in Christ, Richard Alleine. June 11th. 1674.
A Table of the several Treatises contain'd in this Book.
I. The Art of dying well, Grounded on Luke 19. 20. with 15 several directions thereunto
II. A discourse about self-Examination, on Psal. 4. 4. pag. 1
III. A Sermon on Deuteronomy 32. 46. p. 29
IV. A serious call to Christians to win Souls to Christ, with helps there unto, on Proverb. 11. 30 p. 47
V. A Sermon on Revel. 3. 1. with ten parting Counsels p. 61
VI. A Sermon on Psal. 74. p. 83
VII. A discourse made by Mr. Joseph Alleine, unto his people at Taunton, the night before his departure from them. p. 99
VIII. A Sermon preached in order to the Sacrament on a Sacramental day, on Luke 2. 10, 11. p. 119
IX. A thanksgiving Sermon preached July 1665, at Mr. R. Ms, on Psal. 147. 20 p. 137
X. A Sacramental Speech grounded on Psal. 40. 7. p. 167
XI. Another Sacramental speech on Isa. 9. 6. p. 185
XII. Another Sacramental speech, on Eph. 3. 19. p. 195
XIII. Another Sacramental speech, on Eph. 5. 2. p. 201
XIV. Another Sacramental speech, on Mat. 15. 28. p. 215
XV. Another Sacramental speech on Mark 1. 15. p. 227
XVI. Four several Letters to his most beloved people in Taunton p. 237
XVII. A Practical Case on Phil. 3. 13. 14. p. 263
XVIII. A discourse on Psal. 144. 3. p. 279
XIX. Heavens joy and triumph on Luke 15. 23, 24. p. 297
XX A Letter sent by him to an intimate friend p. 310