True Old Light Exalted Above Pretended New Light, Table of contents – By the same author
THE CONTENTS.
SERM. I. Christ the Light.
SEct. 1. Of the Evangelists scope, method, the reading and meaning of Joh. 1. 9.
Sect. 2. Christ is the Light, and the term Light, explained.
Sect. 3. Christ is Light as the Prince of life.
Sect. 4. Christ is Light as the Lord of Glory.
Sect. 5. Christ is Light as cause of Peace and Joy.
Sect. 6. Christ is Light in respect of his Purity and Wisdome.
Sect. 7. Christ is Light in respect of Truth and Grace.
Sect. 8. The application in a double Use, to see the estate of men without Christ, and to draw our eyes to him.
SERM. II. Christ the True Light.
Sect. 1. Christ no counterfeit Light.
Sect. 2. Christ more then a typical Light.
Sect. 3. Other Lights not Lights, in comparison of Christ.
Sect. 4. Christ the Original Light.
Sect. 5. Christ the perfect Light.
Sect. 6. Christ the effectual inlightning Light.
Sect. 7. Christ was the true Light in respect of the Truth of his Word
Sect. 8. Application by way of vindication of our selves, from the accusation of Quakers, as if we denied the Light, John 1. 9. and warning to shun false Lights.
SERM. III. Christ the inlightning Light.
Sect. 1. Christ inlightens all things with their natural light as Creatour.
Sect. 2. Christ inlightens the world with the knowledge of God as the Prophet of the Church.
Sect. 3. Christ as High Priest enlightens with the Light of pea and joy in God.
Sect. 4. Christ as King of Saints enlightens with the Light of glory.
Sect. 5. Christ enlightens by his natural power as Gods Son, and by special commission as sent of God.
Sect. 6. Christ enlightens by his Preaching, Example, Spirit, Apostles, now in this time; by his power and glory in the world to come.
Sect. 7. Christ enlightens by reason of his own lustre, and his Fathers design to shew him to the world.
Sect. 8. Application by way of inference, that we are to bless God for Christs enlightening, and all that are Christs are children of Light.
SERM. IV. Men coming into the world need Light from Christ.
Sect. 1. The necessity of Christs enlightening is asserted, because of the blindness which is in all at birth.
Sect. 2. Universal corruption at birth, is proved from Joh. 3. 6.
Sect. 3. Vacuity of Light without Christ enlightening, is proved from Rom. 8. 7, 8. Rom. 3. 9, 10, 11. 23. 1 Cor. 2. 14. Mar. 7. 21, Jam. 1. 14.
Sect. 4. Vacuity of Light without Christ enlightening, is proved from Gen. 6. 5. & 8. 21. Job 14. 4. & 15. 14. & 25. 4, 5, 6. & 11, 12. Psal. 51. 5. Jer. 10. 14. & 17. 9. and experience.
Sect. 5. Every man needs enlightening by Christ, by reason of the many evils consequent on sin.
Sect. 6. Application to make us sensible of sins evil, and the worlds vanity, and to provoke us to seek a treasure above, and Light from Christ to comfort us.
SERM. V. Every man hath Light from Christ to make him inexcusable.
Sect. 1. A natural Light from Christ is yeelded to be in every man, and the opinions of Free-willers of its sufficiency are set down.
Sect. 2. The opinion of the Quakers concerning a Light in each man, is enquired into.
Sect. 3. Some Light is in the most barbarous, yet the knowledge of the most refined Gentiles, may be conceived to come from some acquaintance with the written Law or Tradition from Adam.
Sect. 4. The Light without the written Word which was in the Gentiles, in the utmost extent of it was imperfect.
Sect. 5. The Gentiles Light by nature served to restrain from sin and to leave men inexcusable.
Sect. 6. Application to justifie us against Quakers, and to warn us, that we act not against our Light.
SERM. VI.
Containing thirty Arguments out of Scripture against the Quakers opinion, of the sufficiency of a Light in every man to guide him to God.
SERM. VII. Every mans Light within him is not of it self a sufficient safe guide unto God.
Sect. 1. Ten Reasons more are urged against the Quakers opinion, of the sufficiency of the Light in every man to guide him to God.
Sect. 2. Objections of the Quakers for the universality and sufficiency of Light in men, are answered.
SERM. VIII. All spiritual saving Light is from Christ.
Sect. 1. All spiritual saving Light of knowledge, peace, joy, hope, life, and glory, is from Christ.
Sect. 2. Christ enlightens Gentiles as well as Jews with spiritual Light.
Sect. 3. There is not sufficient direction in the acts of Gods common providence, to lead men to the knowledge of Gods grace in Christ.
Sect. 4. Application to move us Gentiles to rejoyce in this Light, and not to rest in humane reason.
SERM. IX.
Christ is to be chosen and followed as our Light, whereunto we are exhorted to use him as our Light, and Directions given to that end.
Books published by the Author.
CHrists commination against Scandalizers, on Luk. 7. 1, 2. Printed for Richard Royston at the Sign of the Angel in Ivy-lane London.
Jehovah Jireh, or Gods providence in delivering the godly, in two Sermons on 2 Pet. 2. 9. on occasion of preserving Bristoll from a plot to deliver it to Prince Rupert, March 7. 1642. Printed for Michael Sparks at the blew Bible in green Arbour London.
Fermentum Pharisaeorum, or the Leaven of pharisaical Will-worship, in a Sermon on Mat. 15. 9. Printed for Andrew Crook at the green Dragon in Pauls Chruch-yard London.
Anthropolatria, or the sin of glorying in men, on 1 Cor. 3. 21. Printed for John Bellamy at the three golden Lions in Cornhill London
Two Treatises concerning Infant-baptisme, to wit an Exercitation and Examen of Mr Stephen Marshall's Sermon, Printed for George Whitington, and to be sold by W. Larnar.
An Apology for the two Treatises, Printed for G. Calvert at the black spread Eagle at the West end of Pauls London.
An Antidote against the venome of a passage of Mr Richard Baxter's Epistle before his Book of Rest, Printed for Thomas Brewster at the three Bibles at the West end of Pauls London.
An Addition to the Apology, in a Letter to Mr Robert Baillee of Scotland, Printed by Henry Hills next door to the Sign of the Peacock in Aldersgatestreet London.
Praecursor, or a Forerunner to the Review, Printed for the same.
Antipoedobaptisme, or the first part of the full review of the Dispute concerning Infant-baptisme, Printed for Henry Cripps and Lodowick Lloyd in Popes head Ally near Lumbard-street London.
A plea for Antipoedobaptists against Mr John Crag's Dispute and Sermon at Abergavenny, Printed for Henry Hills above named.
Antipoedobaptisme, or the second part of the full review of the Dispute concerning Infant-baptisme, Printed for the same.
Joannis Tombes Beudleiensis refutatio positionis Doctoris Henrici Savage Londini typis Henrici Hills.
Antipoedobaptisme, or the third part of the full review of the Dispute concerning Infant-baptisme, London Printed for Henry Hills above named.
Felo dese, being a Collection of twenty Arguments against Infant-baptisme, out of Mr Richard Baxter's second Disputation of right to Sacraments, with an Answer to his ten Reasons for his practice of Infant-baptisme, Printed for the same.
A short Catechisme about Baptisme, containing the chief grounds of the Controversies concerning it, in fourty Questions and Answers, Printed for the same.
True old Light exalted, Printed for Thomas Underhill atthe Anchor and Bible in Pauls Church-yard London.