The Humbled Sinner, Table of contents 2 – Publishers note
The Contents of the Chapters and Sections.
CHap. 1. The dependance of the words. p. 1
Chap. 2. The words opened with the ſeveral doctrines. p. 4.
§. 1. Change of heart breeds change of eſtimation towards the Miniſters of the Goſpel. p. 5
§. 2. Senſible ſinners are ever inquiſitive. p. 5
§. 3. The main and choiſe thing the troubled ſoul looks after, is how to ſave it ſelf. p. 6
§. 4. Perſons rightly ſenſible are as throughly reſolved for the means and wayes, as for the end and ſcope. p. 9
§. 5. When God doth throughly work upon mens conſciences, perſonal injuriouſneſs muſt be forgotten by them who are to deal with them. p. 10
§. 6. Troubled ſouls muſt be directed to Chriſt. p. 12
Chap. 3. Faith in the Lord Jeſus Chriſt the only way to ſalvation. p. 13
§. 1. What Jeſus ſignifies, and what kinde of Saviour Chriſt is. p. 14
§. 2. What Chriſt ſignifieth, and of his anointing. p. 18
§. 3. Ʋnto what Chriſt was anointed, and of his office of a Prieſt. p. 20
§. 4. Chriſt anointed to be a Prophet. p. 26
§. 5. Chriſt anointed to be a King. p. 27
Chap. 4. What believing in the Lord Jeſus Christ doth import. p. 29
Chap. 5. Faith in Chriſt deſcribed. p. 32
§. 1. The ſpring or fountaine of faith. p. 32
§. 2. The Subject of faith. p. 34
§. 3. The ſeat or habitation of faith. p. 35
§. 4. The proper and genuine act of faith. p. 37
Chap. 6. The object of juſtifying faith. p. 40
§. 1. The immediate object of faith. p. 41
§. 2. The adequate and proper object of faith. p. 41
§. 3. How faith doth exerciſe it ſelf about whole Chriſt. p. 43
§. 4. What is the exerciſe of faith in Christ as a Saviour, King, Prophet, Lord. p. 45
§. 5. Five particulars about taking and receiving Chriſt as a Lord and Saviour. p. 46
§. 6. The conſequent object of faith, remiſſion of ſins and righteouſneſſe, and how faith is converſant about remiſſion of ſins. p. 48
§. 7. How faith looks on Chriſt for righteouſneſſe. p. 50
Chap. 7. How it may appear, that to beleeve in Chriſt is the only way to be ſaved. Where are ſome particulars premiſed. p. 52
§. 1. The Argument for the confirmation of the Doctrine. p. 55
§. 2. The ſecond Argument. p. 62
§. 3. The third Argument. p. 63
§. 4. The fourth Argument. p. 63
§. 5. The fifth Argument. p. 64
Chap. 8. Conſectaries from this doctrine, ſetting out the ſingular uſe of preaching and hearing of the Goſpel. p. 65
Chap. 9. Our Juſtification to be found only in Jeſus Chriſt. p. 68
§. 1. The word Juſtification explained. p. 69
§. 2. Juſtification defined and opened. p. 70
§. 3. The perſon juſtified is a believing ſinner. p. 73
§. 4. The Remiſſion of ſinnes belong to Juſtification. p. 74
§. 5. The righteouſneſſe of Chriſt is that by which we are Juſtified. p. 76
§. 6. The Juſtification of a ſinner is a gracious and juſt action. p. 78
Chap. 10. The difficulty of beleeving. p. 79
Chap. 11. The facility of error and miſtake about beleeving. p. 84
Chap. 12. The ſure and dangerous miſery of unbelief. p. 87
Chap. 13. Rules for the diſcovery of faith. p. 90
§. 1. Four things premiſed for the manner of evidencing of faith. p. 90
§. 2. A true love of Chriſt an infallible and eſſential evidence of true faith in Chriſt. p. 96
§. 3. Inward change and ſanctity of the heart an infallible teſtimony of a living faith. p. 98
§. 4. True faith takes Chriſt and him only to be its Lord, p. 101
§. 5. Faith makes the heart humble and lowly. p. 103
§. 6. True faith is fruitful. p. 104
§. 7. True faith deſires and endeavours after encreaſe. p. 107
§. 8. Faith in Chriſt and a mournful heart for ſin go together. p. 108
Chap. 14. Singular comfort for all true heleevers. p. 109
§. 1. They are in the way to heaven. p. 110
§. 2. There is a real and bleſſed exchange betwixt them and Chriſt. p. 111
§. 3. They are in ſingular Covenant with God. p. 114
§. 4. They may now with boldneſſe approach the throne of grace. p. 116
Chap. 15. The Agreement and difference of a ſtrong and weak faith. p. 117
§. 1. The habitual unity of true faith, and wherein expreſſed in four particulars. p. 119
§. 2. The intenſive diverſities of faith, wherein there is a difference. p. 120
§. 3. Signes of a great and ſtrong faith. p. 125
§. 4. Signes of a weak faith. p. 131
§. 5. Demonſtrations of the truth of faith though weak. p. 136
§. 6. The concordance of all faith which is true, whether ſtrong or weak in fundamental comforts. p. 139
§. 7. The inequality of ſtrong and weak faith, in reſpect of circumſtantial comforts, and ſome other conſequences. p. 146
§. 8. Motives to greaten our faith. p. 156
Chap. 16. Exhortations to labour for ſaving faith. p. 157
§. 1. Motives to get ſaving faith. p. 158
§. 2. Impediments & hindrances to the geting of ſaving faith. p. 168
§. 3. Meanes by which God works ſaving faith. p. 176
§. 4. Objections that hinder from beleeving. p. 184
Chap. 17. Of living by faith. p. 216
§. 1 What it is in the general to live by faith. p. 218
§. 2. To what ſtates of life faith may extend. p. 220
§. 3. What it is to live by faith on Chriſt. p. 221
§. 4. Arguments to move us to live by faith. p. 229
Chap. 18. The improvement of faith to a full aſſurance. p. 259
§. 1. What the Aſſurance of faith is. p. 260
§. 2. Whether ſuch an aſſurance may be had. p. 265
§. 3. Whether every beleever ſhould ſtrive to the aſſurance of faith. p. 267
§. 4. Arguments to move beleevers to labour for aſſurance of faith. p. 269
§. 5. By what means the ſoul may get up to this aſſurance. p. 280
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