The Life of Faith, Publishers advertisement – Authors note
A Catalogue of Books written and publiſhed by the ſame Author.
1. THE Aphoriſms.
2. The Saints Everlaſting reſt, in quarto.
3. Plain Scripture proof of Infant Church-memberſhip and Baptiſm, in quarto.
4. The right Method for a ſettled Peace of Conſcience and Spiritual Comforts, in thirty two Directions, in octavo.
5. Chriſtian Concord; or the Agreement of the Aſſociated Paſtors and Churches of Worceſter-ſhire, in quarto.
6. True Chriſtianity; or Chriſts Abſolute Dominion, &c. in two Aſſize Sermons preacht at Worceſter, in twelves.
7. A Sermon of Judgement preacht at Pauls, London, Decemb. 17. 1654. and now enlarged, in twelves.
8. Making light of Chriſt and Salvation too oft the Iſſue of Goſpel-Invitations, manifeſted in a Sermon preached at Lawrence Jury, in London, in octavo.
9. The Agreement of divers Miniſters of Chriſt in the County of Worceſter, for Catechizing, or Perſonal Inſtructing all in their ſeveral Pariſhes that will conſent thereunto; containing 1. The Articles of our Agreement. 2. An Exhortation to the People to ſubmit to this neceſſary work. 3. The Profeſſion of Faith and Catechiſm, in octavo.
10. Guildas Salvianus, The Reformed Paſtor, ſhewing the nature of the Paſtoral work, eſpecially in private Inſtruction and Catechizing, in octavo.
11. Certain Diſputations of Right to Sacraments, and the True Nature of Viſible Chriſtianity, in quarto.
12. Of Juſtification: four Diſputations clearing and amicably defending the Truth, againſt the unneceſſary Oppoſitions of divers Learned and Reverend Brethren, in quarto.
13. A Treatiſe of Converſion, preached and now publiſhed for the uſe of thoſe that are ſtrangers to a true Converſion, &c. in quarto.
14. One ſheet for the Miniſtry againſt the Malignants of all ſorts.
15. A Winding-ſheet for Popery.
16. One Sheet againſt the Quakers.
17. A ſecond Sheet for the Miniſtry, &c.
18. Directions to Juſtices of Peace, eſpecially in Corporations, to the diſcharge of their duty to God, &c.
19. The Crucifying of the World by the Croſs of Chriſt, &c. in quarto.
20. A Call to the Unconverted to Turn and Live, and accept of mercy, while mercy may be had, as ever they would find mercy in the day of their extremity: From the Living God: To be read in Families where any are unconverted, in twelves.
21. Of Saving Faith: That it is not only gradually, but ſpecifically diſtinct from all Common Faith. The Agreement of Richard Baxter with that very Learned conſenting Adverſary, that hath maintained his Aſſertion by a pretended Confutation in the end of Serjeant Shepherds Book of Sincerity and Hypocriſie, in quarto.
22. Directions and Perſwaſions to a ſound Converſion, &c. in octavo.
23. The Grotian Religion diſcovered, at the invitation of Mr. Thomas Pierce in his Vindication: With a Preface, vindicating the Synod of Dort from the calumnies of the new Tilenus; and David, Peter, &c. and the Puritans, and Sequeſtrations, &c. from the cenſures of Mr. Pierce, in octavo.
24. Confirmation and Reſtauration, the neceſſary means of Reformation and Reconciliation, &c. in octavo.
25. Five Diſputations of Church-Government, in quarto.
26. A Key for Catholicks, to open the jugling of the Jeſuites, and ſatisfie all that are but truly willing to underſtand, whether the Cauſe of the Roman or Reformed Churches be of God; and to leave the Reader utterly unexcuſable that after this will be a Papiſt, in quarto.
27. A Treatiſe of Self-denyal, in quarto.
28. His Apology againſt the Exceptions of Mr. Blake, Kendall, Crandon, Eires, L▪ Moulin, in quarto.
29. The unreaſonableneſs of Infidelity, in four parts, &c. in octavo.
30. The Worceſter-ſhire Petition to the Parliament, for the Miniſtry of England, defended, &c. in quarto.
31. His Holy Common-wealth; or Political Aphoriſms, opening the true Principles of Government, &c. in octavo.
32. His Confeſſion of Faith, &c. in quarto.
33. His humble Advice; or the heads of thoſe things which were offered to many honourable members of Parliament, in quarto.
34. The Quakers Catechiſm; or the Quakers queſtioned, in quarto.
35. An account of his preſent Thoughts concerning the Controverſies about the perſeverance of the Saints, in quarto.
36. His Letter to Mr. Drury for Pacification, in quarto.
37. The Safe Religion; or three Diſputations for the Reformed Catholick Religion, againſt Popery, &c. in octavo.
38. Catholick Unity; or, the only way to bring us all to be of one Religion, &c. in twelves.
39. The true Catholick, and Catholick Church deſcribed, &c. in twelves.
40. The Succeſſive Viſibility of the Church of which Proteſtants are the ſoundeſt members, &c. in octavo.
41. The Sermon of Repentance.
42. Of Right Rejoycing.
43. Sermon of Faith before the King.
44. Treatiſe of Death.
45. The Vain Religion of the Formal Hypocrite, &c. in ſeveral Sermons preached at the Abbey in Weſtminſter, in twelves.
46. Two Sheets for Poor Families, &c.
47. Short Inſtructions for the ſick: a ſheet.
48. A Saint or a Bruit, &c. in quarto.
49. The miſchief of Self-ignorance, and benefit of Self-acquaintance, in octavo.
50. Univerſal Concord, &c. in octavo.
51. The laſt work of a Believer, &c. in twelves.
52. The Divine Life in three Treatiſes: The firſt of the Knowledge of God: The ſecond, of Walking with God: The third, of Converſing with God in Solitude, in quarto.
53. The Reaſons of the Chriſtian Religion, &c.
54. Directions for weak diſtempered Chriſtians, to grow up into a confirmed ſtate of grace, &c. 2. The Characters of a ſound confirmed Chriſtian: written to imprint on mens minds the true Idea or Conception of Godlineſs and Chriſtianity, in octavo.
Theſe Books following are alſo printed for Nevill Simmons at the three Crowns near Holborn Conduit.
THE Novelty of Popery oppoſed to the Antiquity of true Chriſtianity. By Peter Dumoulin, D. D. in folio.
A Commentary or Expoſition upon the five Books of Moſes together with the following Books; Joſhua, Judges, Ruth, firſt and ſecond of Samuel; firſt and ſecond of Kings; and firſt and ſecond of Chronicles, in folio.
The Beauty of Magiſtracy, in an Expoſition on Pſal. 82. By Thomas Hall, B. D.
The Souls Looking-glaſs; wherein a man may diſcern what eſtate his ſoul ſtands in towards God, and what evidences he hath for Heaven, &c. By Edward Bury, late Miniſter of great Bolas in Shropſhire, in octavo.
The Profit of Godlineſs, ſet forth in five Sermons, on 1 Tim. 4.8. The unprofitableneſs of worldly gain in four Sermons on Mark 8.36, 37. The Parable of the barren Figg-tree, in ſeven Sermons on Luke 13.6, 7, 8, 9. Victorious Violence, in two Sermons, on Matth. 11.12. By Thomas Brindall, late Miniſter of Walſhall in Staffordſhire, in octavo.
The Girdle of Holy Reſolution, in two Sermons, on 1 Pet. 1.13. By William Gearing, Miniſter of the Goſpel, in quarto.
The Love-ſick Spouſe, in four Sermons on Cant. 2.5. By William Gearing, Miniſter of the Goſpel, in quarto.
A Diſcourſe on Prodigious Abſtinence, occaſioned by the twelve months faſting of Martha Tayler. By John Reynolds, in quarto.
The Dead Paſtor yet ſpeaking, in two Sermons, preached on Bartholmew day, Aug. 24. 1662. in Bewdley Chappel. By Henry Oſland, then Miniſter there, in octavo.
The Chriſtians daily Walk; a ſheet. By the ſame Author.
A Sinners Juſtification on the Lord Jeſus Chriſt, the Lord our Righteouſneſs; in ſeveral Sermons. By Obadiah Grew, D. D. late Miniſter in Coventry, in octavo.
The Repenting Sinner pardoned, being a brief Relation of the wicked life, and penitent death of James Wilſon of Wolverhampton, in Staffordſhire, in octavo.
The Engliſh School; or the readieſt way to teach children, or elder perſons, to read, ſpell, and rightly pronounce Engliſh; fitted to the uſe of common Engliſh-Schools, illuſtrated with five braſs Cuts. By Tobias Ellis, in octavo.
FINIS.
LET the Reader know, that whereas the Bookſeller hath in the Catalogue of my Books, named my [Holy Common-Wealth, or Political Aphoriſms] I do hereby recall the ſaid Book, and profeſs my Repentance, that ever I publiſhed it, and that not only for ſome by-paſſages, but in reſpect of the ſecondary part of the very ſcope. Though the firſt part of it, which is the defence of God, and Reaſon I recant not.
But this Revocation I make with theſe proviſo's, 1. That I reverſe not all the Matter of that Book, nor all; that more than ONE have accuſed; As e. g. the Aſſertion that all humane Powers are Limited by God: And if I may not be pardoned for not defying DEITY and HUMANITY, I ſhall preferr that ignominy before their preſent Faſtus, and Triumph, who defie them.
2. That I make not this Recantation to the Military fury, and rebellious pride and tumult, againſt which I wrote it; nor would have them hence take any encouragement for impenitence.
3. That though I diſlike the Roman Clergies writing ſo much of Politicks, and deteſt Miniſters medling in State matters without neceſſity, or a certain call; yet I hold it not ſimply unbeſeeming a Divine, to expound the fifth Commandment, nor to ſhew the dependance of humane Powers on the Divine; nor to inſtruct Subjects to obey with judgement, and for Conſcience ſake.
4. That I proteſt againſt the judgement of Poſterity, and all others, that were not of the ſame TIME, and PLACE, as to the (mental) cenſure, either of the BOOK or the REVOCATION; as being ignorant of the true reaſons of them both.
Which things Provided, I hereby under my hand, as much as in me lyeth, reverſe the Book, and deſire the World to take it as non-Scriptum.
April. 15. 1670. R. B.
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