The Vanity of Thoughts Discovered, Title page – Scripture index
THE VANITY OF THOVGHTS DISCOVERED: WITH THEIR DANGER AND CVRE:
BY THO: GOODVVIN, B. D.
LONDON, Printed by M. F. for R. Dawlman, and L. Fawne, at the ſigne of the Brazen Serpent in Pauls Church-yard. 1638.
The Contents of the Booke.
THe Heart compared to a houſe of common reſort, Pag. 1, 2.
The Heart muſt be waſht, not ſwept only, 3, 4
Wee muſt not lie downe with uncleane Thoughts, 5, 6
The vanity of our Thoughts, 7, 8
What is meant by Thoughts, 8, 9, 12, 13, 15
Their frame, or how conceived, 15, 16
When ours, and not the devils, 16, 17, 18, 19
How evill thoughts oft-times are puniſhments of the neglect of our Thoughts, 18, 19, &c.
Vanity what; and how diverſly taken, 20
1, For unprofitableneſſe, 20, 21
2. For lightneſſe, 22, 23
3. For folly, 23
4. For inconſtancy and frailty, 23, 24
5. For wickedneſſe and ſinfulneſſe, …
Thoughts are ſins, 25
7. Reaſons for it.
1. The Law judgeth them ſo, 25
2. They are capable of pardon 25
3. They are to be repented of, 26
4. They defile the man, 26, 27
5. They are abominable to the Lord, 27
6. They hinder all good, 27, 28
7. They are the firſt motioners of all evill, 28, 29
A Heart ſanctified, will (out of all objects that are put into the Thoughts) diſtill holy and uſefull medirations, 31, 32
The vanity and ſinfulneſſe of the minde appeares in an unwillingneſſe to entertaine holy meditations, 37
What a hardneſſe there is to holy meditations, 39, 40
How little while we are intent in them, 41
Not ſtedfaſt, but like one looking on a Star thorow an Optique-glaſſe, held with a Palſie hand, 43
We muſt watch, and that chiefly in Prayer, 45, 46
The vanity of mind in good things, is, To thinke of them unſeaſonably, 46, 47, 48
The difference of Chriſts, and Adams, and our Thoughts, 49
Of the poſitive vanity of our thoughts, and whereby it diſcovereth it ſelfe, 50, 51
And this is ſeen in 5. things.
1. It its Fooliſhneſſe, 51
2. In its Independency, 54
3. In its Curioſity, 62
4. In its taking thought to fulfill the luſts of the fleſh, 71
5. In its repreſenting and acting over ſins in our thoughts, 74
This repreſentation of our ſinnes to our thoughts doth 3. things,
1. It maketh the heart of man vaine and empty, 76
2. It maketh our deſires impatient, 78
3. It maketh them ſinfull and corrupt, 79
The ſeeming comforts which men have in ſpeculative enjoying of pleaſures, appeare In three things,
1. In things preſent; 80
2, In things paſt, 83
3. In things future, 8…
A ſure way whereby to know our naturall inclinations, 101, 102.
The Vſes of the Diſcovery of the vanity of our Thoughts, 102
Vſe. 1. To be humbled for them, 102, &c.
The Reaſons why wee ſhould be humbled for them, 104, 105
Vſe. 2. To make conſcience of them, 109, 110
The Reaſons why, 111, 112, &c.
Remedies againſt vaine Thoughts, à p. 116 ad finem.
The Scriptures that are inlightned in this Treatiſe.
Gen. 6. 5. pag. 10.
40. 14. 10
Exod 18. 18. 153
Deut. 6. 67. 121, &c.
1 Sam. 9. 5. 10, 11
2 Sam. 15. 4. 96
Iob
6. 3. 106
17. 11. 41
20. 2, 3. 12
21. 1…. 38
Pſal.
… 124, 125
50. 18. 96, 97
62. 9. 22
92. 1, 2, 5, 6. 34
138. 17. 21
139. 17. 126
144. 4. 23
Prov.
6. 14. 15, 119
6. 22. 13
16. 3 136
16. 30. 42
17. 22. 51, 52
30. 21. 102, 103
Eccleſ.
…. 1, 2, 3▪ pag. 20
9. 10. 132
Iſay
32. 7. 72, 73
56. 12. 85
66. 18. 9
Jer. 31. 19. 103
Matth.
13. 35. 118
15. 18. 71
Mark.
7. 22. …, 21
13. 33. 45
Luke 10. 40 135
Acts 17. 21. 68
Rom
3▪ 19. 103
13. ult. 71
1 Cor. 4. 5. 116
Epheſ. 4. 26. 5
1 Tim. 5. 13. 132
Hebr. 12. 13. 53
Iam. 4. 13. 85