The Life of Faith in Times of Trial and Affliction, Table of contents – Errata
A TABLE Of the CONTENTS.
THE Introduction. Pag. 1.
Seven Considerations handled at more length in the first Part, briefly resumed. Pag. 2, 3, 4.
Consid. VIII.
It is the decreed will of God. Pag. 5.
How trouble is decreed of God, in Seven Particulars. 8, to 13.
How the Consideration of this calmeth the heart, in Six cases. 15. to 23.
How it helpeth under affliction, in Eight particulars. 23, to 27.
How this Consideration is set home, in Three particulars. 28, to 32.
Consid. IX.
It is the commanding Will of God. 32.
That suffering sometimes is the Will of God, cleared in 8. particulars. 34, to 37.
The season, wherein People are called to suffer, cleared 37, to 39.
How we shall know, if we be called to suffer. 39, to 52.
How this Consideration is to be improved in 10. particulars. 52, to 61.
Consid. X.
God overruleth afflictions. 62.
God hath an hand in Afflictions, cleared from 6. Grounds. 64, to 71.
The way hereof, cleared in 14. particulars. 71, to 82.
How this Consideration should be improven in 8. particulars. 83, to 101.
Consid. XI.
Christ himself had a suffering life. 102
Twelve particulars, concerning Christ' sufferings considerable. 104, to 113.
How this is to be improved in 7. particulars. 114, to 125.
Consid. XII.
Our sufferings not comparable to Christs. 127.
The disproportion cleared in 6. particulars. 127, to 133.
How this is to be improved in 7. particulars. 134, to 138.
Consid. XIII.
Sufferings the lot of the Church. 140
Ten particulars, concerning the sufferings of the Church, considerable 141, to 146.
How this ought to be improved in reference to the Church. 147, to 152.
How in reference to our selves in 6. particulars. 152, to 154,
Consid. XIV.
Other beleevers have been afflicted. 145
Six particulars to be considered by such as are afflicted. 156, to 159.
Ten particulars, wherein, possibly, others have suffered more than we. 159, to 170.
How little ground of complaint, if all were known, cleared in 5. particulars. 170, to 173.
How the example of others should be improved in 8. particulars. 173, to 176.
Consid. XV.
Suffering is Gods Gift. 177.
That suffering is Gods Gift. 178, 179.
Right suffering is Gods Gift, cleared in 12. particulars. 180, to 187.
This Gift is purchased by Christ. 187.
How this gift is beyond the gift of Faith, cleared in 10. particulars. 188, to 192.
Five evils that this Consideration would help. 194, to 198.
This Consideration informes us of 3. particulars. 199, 200.
And calleth for 4. Duties in general. 200, 201.
And for 5. other Duties more particularly. 202, to 204.
How comfortable it is in 7. particulars. 204, to 207.
Consid. XVI.
The Sufferings of Christs Servants are for the good of the Church. 208.
Six advantages, which the Church reapeth by such Afflictions. 210, to 215.
How this is to be improved in 3. particulars. 216, to 218.
Consid. XVII.
The Lord reigneth in Zion. 219.
How Christ reigneth, cleared in 14. particulars. 220, to 228.
Twelve Conclusions drawn therefrom. 229, to 240.
Consid. XVIII.
The time of Affliction is but short. 241.
How the Scriptures express this shortness in 11. particul. 242, to 248.
An Objection answered by 8. particulars. 246, to 256.
How this is to be improved in 7. particulars. 257, to 261.
Consid. XIX.
Remember Peter's Fall. 262.
Three things good and imitable in Peter. 264, 265.
Three things wrong, and to be shunned by us. 265, to 268.
Twelue useful Lessons drawn from this Passage. 269, to 279.
Consid. XX.
Gods way of delivering his People is oft hid and Mysterious. 280.
Various hidings of God. 280.
Various Effects of this hiding. 281.
What is the hiding mentioned Esai 45: v. 15. 282, 283.
Ten things considerable in the Prophet's frame. 284, to 294.
Singular steps of Majesty sometimes to be seen in Gods Deliveries. 296.
This cleared in 12. partic. 299, to 316.
Four Reasons of the Lords taking this way, in reference to Himself. 319, to 322.
Six Reasons of this, in reference to Enemies. 324, to 328.
Two maine ends of this, in reference to his own People. 329, to 334.
Six particulars, which this dispensation calleth for, at the Hands of Gods People. 335, to 339.
Three things observable from the Prophets seeing God, even then, to be the God of Israel. 340, &c.
First, That Gods dark dispensations alter not His Relations. 340, &c.
This improved in 4. partic. 346, to 350.
Secondly, God may be seen, when hiding Himself, and how. 350, to 353.
How this should be improved in 4. particulars. 353, to 355.
Thirdly, That when God hideth Himself, his People should assert His relation to them, and expect He will answer His relation, both cleared in several particulars. 356, to 358.
Six duties then to be minded. 359, to 361.
Two other particulars in the Text cleared. 361, to 363.
Consid. XXI.
No man can make straight, what God hath made crooked. 364.
Eight crooked things, which are more controverted. 368, to 377
Six other things in the Lords Dispensations, which seem crooked. 377, to 382.
Eight particulars about the Church, which seem crooked to us. 383, to 385.
Eight other particulars, about privat beleevers, that seem crooked. 386, 387.
How these cannot be made streight. 389.
When we foolishly seek to make streight what God hath made crooked, in 10. particulars. 392, to 398.
Eight aggravations of this evil. 398, to 401.
Eight wayes of considering the works of the Lord aright, 403, to 412.
Consid. XXII.
Iudgment on a Land sometime is not to be held off by Prayer. 413.
The matter cleared from Ierem. 15: ver. 1. 413, to 416.
How sad this is, cleared from 8. particulars. 417, to 421.
When such an inevitable stroke is to be feared, cleared in 20. partic. 423, to 453.
How this should be improved, in several particulars. 456, &c.
What should satisfie the Godly, in this case, when their prayers are not heard, in 4. particulars. 458
What the Godly should do, when God is about to cut off the Righteous with the wicked, cleared in 6. particulars. 462
FINIS.
ERRATA.
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