Works of Joseph Hall, Table of contents 5
THE SVMME OF THE SEVERALL EPISTLES.
DECAC V.
EP. 1. To my B. Lord of Bathe and Wels. Diſcourſing of the cauſes and meanes of the increaſe of Popery.
EP. 2. To my Lord Biſhop of Worceſter. Shewing the differences of the preſent Church from the Apoſtolicall; and needleſneſſe of our conformity thereto in all things.
EP. 3. To my Lady MARY DENNY. Containing the deſcription of a Chriſtian, and his differences from the worldling.
EP. 4. To my Lady HONORIA HAY. Diſcourſing of the neceſsity of Baptiſme; and the eſtate of thoſe which neceſſarily want it.
EP. 5. To Sir RICHARD LEA. Diſcourſing of the comfortable remedies of all afflictions.
EP. 6. To Mr PETER MOLIN Preacher of the Church at Paris. Diſcourſing of the late French occurrents, and what vſe God expects to bee made of them.
EP. 7. To Mr THOMAS SVTTON. Exciting him, and (in him) all others, to early and cheerfull beneficence: ſhewing the neceſsitie and benefit of good workes.
EP. 8. To E. B. Dedicated to Sir GEORGE GORING. Remedies againſt dulnes and heartleſnes in our callings; and encouragements to cheerfulneſſe in labour.
EP. 9. To Sir IOHN HARRINGTON. Diſcuſſing this Queſtion: Whether a man and wife after ſome yeeres mutuall and louing fruition of each other, may vponupon conſent, whether for ſecular, or religious cauſes, vow and perform a perpetuall ſeparation from each others bed, and abſolutely renounce all carnall knowledge of each other for euer.
EP. 10. To Mr WIL. KNIGHT. Incouraging him to perſiſt in the holy calling of the miniſtery; which vponupon conceit of his inſufficiency, and want of affection, he ſeemed inclining to forſake and change.
DECAD VI.
EP. 1. To my Lord DENNY. A particular account how our dayes are, or ſhould bee ſpent, both common and holy.
EP. 2. To Mr T. S. Dedicated to Sir FVLKE GREVIL. Diſcourſing how we may vſe the world without danger.
EP. 3. To Sir GEORGE FLEETWOOD. Of the remedies of ſinne, and motiues to auoid it.
EP. 4. To Mr Doctor MILBVRNE. Diſcourſing how farre, and wherein Popery deſtroyeth the foundation.
EP. 5. Written long ſince to I.W. Diſſwading from ſeparation, and ſhortly oppugning the grounds of that error.
EP. 6. To Maſter I.B. A complaint of the miſ-education of our Gentry.
EP. 7. To Mr IONAS REIGESBERGIVS in Zeland. Written ſome whiles ſince, concerning ſome new opinions then broached in the Churches of HOLLAND; and vnderunder the name of Arminius (then liuing:) perſwading all great wits to a ſtudy and care of the common peace of the Church, and diſſwading from all affectation of ſingularity.
EP. 8. To W. I. condemned for murder. Effectually preparing him, and (vnderunder his name) whatſoeuer Malefactor, for his death.
EP. 9. To Mr IOHN MOL…, of a long time now priſoner vnderunder the Inquiſition at ROME. Exciting him to his wonted conſtancy, and encouraging him to Martyrdome.
EP. 10. To all Readers. Containing Rules of good aduice for our Chriſtian and ciuill cariage.