Chapter 1
Section 1SECT. 1. The Proeme, or Entrance into the Book.
Section 2SECT. 2. Of the firſt Priviledge, viz. Juſtification.
Section 3SECT. 3. Of the ſecond Priviledge, viz. Reconciliation.
Section 4SECT. 4. Of the third Priviledge, viz. Adoption.
Section 5SECT. 5. Of the fourth Priviledge, viz. Sanctification.
Section 6SECT. 6. Of the fifth Priviledge, viz. Glorification.
Chapter 2
Section 1SECT. 1. Of Duties in general: And firſt, of the Equity of Duties.
Section 2SECT. 2. Of the Inſufficiency of Duties.
Section 3SECT. 3. Of the healing of Duties.
2 subsectionsSection 4SECT. 4. No reſting in Duties.
Section 5SECT. 5. Of the Uſe and Ends of Duties.
Section 6SECT. 6. Of the Saints abilities or power to do Duties.
Section 7SECT. 7. Of the Saints delights in Duties.
Section 8SECT. 8. Of the eſſential Requiſites in Duties.
Section 9SECT. 9. Of the kindes of Duties in ſeveral diviſions.
Chapter 3
Section 1SECT. 1. Of Duties in particular: And firſt, of the Nature of Watchfulneſs.
Section 2SECT. 2. Of the objects of Watchfulneſs.
Section 3SECT. 3. Of the maner of Watchfulneſs over ſin Original.
Section 4SECT. 4. Of the maner of Watchfulneſs over ſins Actual.
Section 5SECT. 5. Of the maner of Watchfulneſs over ſpecial ſins.
Section 6SECT. 6. Of the maner of watchfulneſs over our Hearts.
Section 7SECT. 7. Of the maner of watchfulneſs over our Tongues.
Section 8SECT. 8. Of the maner of Watchfulneſs over our actions.
Chapter 4
Section 1SECT. 1. Of the Nature of Self-Examination.
Section 2SECT. 2. Of the objects of Self-Examination.
Section 3SECT. 3. Of the maner of examining our ſins in general.
Section 4SECT. 4. Of the maner of examining our ſpecial ſins.
Section 5SECT. 5. Of the maner of examining our hearts.
Section 6SECT. 6. Of the maner of examining our Tongues.
Section 7SECT. 7. Of the maner of examining our Actions.
Section 8SECT. 8. Of the time of our Self-Examination.
Section 9SECT. 9. The daily Regiſter of a weak, unworthy Servant of Chriſt, for ſome years.
9 yearsChapter 5
Section 1SECT. I. Of the Nature of Experiences.
Section 2SECT. 2. Of the gathering of Experiences.
Section 3SECT. 3. Of the improving of Experiences.
Section 4SECT 4. Of the Sanctification of Experiences in their ſeveral Uſes.
Section 5SECT. 5. The conſideration of Experiences in a practical courſe; or ſome practical Rules to be obſerved.
Section 6SECT. 6. The Experiences of a weak Chriſtian, caſt into the method propounded.
9 sectionsChapter 6
Section 1SECT. I. Of the nature of Evidences.
Section 2SECT 2. Of the gathering of Evidences.
Section 3SECT. 3. Of the improving of Evidences.
Section 4SECT. 4. Of the Sanctification of Evidences in their ſeveral uſes.
Section 5SECT. 5. The Evidences of a weak unworthy ſervant of Chriſt, laid down according to the Rules aforementioned.
Chapter 7
Section 1SECT. 1. Of the nature and kindes of Meditation.
Section 2SECT. 2. The Circumſtantials of Meditation.
Section 3SECT 3. Of occaſional Meditation.
Section 4SECT. 4. Of deliberate Meditation, and the parts thereof.
Section 5SECT. 5. An Example of the ſouls love to Chriſt.
2 subsectionsSection 6SECT. 6. Another example of Eternity.
2 subsectionsChapter 8
Section 1SECT. 1. Of the Nature of this Life of Faith.
Section 2SECT. 2. Of the maner of this Life of Faith in general.
Section 3SECT. 3. Of the maner of this Life of Faith in particular, as in Temporal evils.
Section 4SECT. 4. Of the maner of this Life of Faith in temporal bleſsings.
Section 5SECT 5. Of the maner of this Life of Faith in Spiritual evils.
1 appendixSection 6SECT. 6. Of the maner of this life of faith in ſpiritual bleſsings, as derived to us from God and Chriſt,…
Section 7SECT. 7. Of the maner of this Life of Faith in Spiritual Graces.
Section 8SECT. 8. Of the maner of this Life of Faith in Spiritual Duties.
Section 9SECT. 9. Of the maner of this Life of Faith in things Eternal.
Section 10SECT. 10. Of the maner of this Life of Faith in regard of others.
Chapter 9
Section 1SECT. 1. Of the nature of Family-duties.
Section 2SECT. 2. Of the preparatives to Family-duties.
Section 3SECT. 3. Of the Duties of Governors in general.
Section 4SECT. 4. Of the Duties of Parents to their Children.
Section 5SECT. 5. Of the Duties of Maſters to Servants.
Section 6SECT. 6. Of the Duties of the Husband and Wife.
Section 7SECT. 7. Of the Duties of Children to Parents.
Section 8SECT. 8. Of the Duties of Servants to their Maſters.
Chapter 10
Section 1SECT. 1. Of Preparatives to Chriſtian-Society.
Section 2SECT. 2. Of a mutual exchange of gifts and graces.
Section 3SECT. 3. Of a mutual ſerviceableneſs to the bodies and ſouls of one another.
Section 4SECT. 4. Of a mutual walking together, and holding hands in the Ordinances of Chriſt.
Section 5SECT. 5. Of ſome Orders to which ſome Chriſtians ſubſcribed before Conference.
Section 6SECT. 6. Of ſome Queſtions of Practical Divinity, which at the Conference were propounded and anſwered.
16 subsectionsSection 7SECT. 7. Of ſome Queſtions or Caſes of Conſcience, which at the Conference were propounded and anſwered.
10 subsectionsSection 8SECT. 8. Of ſome Queſtions or contraverted Points, which at the Conference were propounded and anſwered.
8 subsectionsChapter 11
Section 1SECT. 1. Of the neceſsity of preparation to the Hearing of the Word.
Section 2SECT. 2. Of the maner of preparation to hear the Word.
Section 3SECT. 3. The duties of the ſoul in hearing the Word.
Section 4SECT. 4. The Duties required after hearing.
Chapter 12
Section 1SECT. 1. Of the two Sacraments of the New Teſtament.
Section 2SECT. 2. Of the duties in general, before we receive the Lords Supper.
Section 3SECT. 3. Of the maner of examining our ſins before the Lords Supper.
Section 4SECT. 4. Of Examination of the wants of Graces, that ſhould be feelingly in us.
Section 5SECT. 5. Examination of the truth of our Graces, and firſt of our Converſion.
Section 6SECT. 6. Examination of Knowledge.
Section 7SECT. 7. Examination of Faith.
Section 8SECT. 8. Examination of Repentance.
Section 9SECT. 9. Examination of love to the Brethren.
Section 10SECT. 10. Examination of Obedience.
Section 11SECT. 11. Examination of our deſires after this Ordinance.
Section 12SECT. 12. Examination of the growth of Graces.
Section 13SECT. 13. Of the duties in Sacrament, of the exerciſe of Repentance.
Section 14SECT. 14. Of the exerciſe of Faith.
Section 15SECT. 15. Of the exerciſe of Thankſgiving.
Section 16SECT. 16. Of the exerciſe of Love and Mercy.
Section 17SECT. 17. Of Examination after Sacrament, and the reſult, if not a good day.
Section 18SECT. 18. Of Thankfulneſs, if a good day.
Section 19SECT. 19. Of obedience and fruitfulneſs in our lives.
Chapter 13
Section 1SECT. 1. Of preparation to PRAYER.
Section 2SECT. 2. The general duties of the ſoul in prayer.
Section 3SECT. 3. The particular duties of the ſoul in prayer.
Section 4SECT. 4. The duties of the body in prayer.
Section 5SECT. 5. Duties after Prayer.
Section 6SECT. 6. The firſt Caſe: Suppoſe I have prayed, how may I aſſuredly know that God hears, and will anſwer in…
Section 7SECT. 7. The ſecond Caſe: Suppoſe the thing I deſire ſhall not be anſwered, how may I aſſuredly know that…
Section 8SECT. 8. The third Caſe: Suppoſe after prayer, I obſerve all I can, and can by no means diſcover, that…
Section 9SECT. 9. The fourth Caſe: Suppoſe the thing I deſire is anſwered, how may I aſſuredly know it was by my…
Section 10SECT. 10. The fifth Caſe: Suppoſe that others joyn with me in thoſe prayers now anſwered, how ſhould I know…
Section 11SECT. 11. The ſixth Caſe: Suppoſe I am aſſured upon former obſervation, that God hath heard and anſwered my…
Section 12SECT. 12. A Directory for Prayer.
Section 13
3 sectionsChapter 14
Section 1SECT. 1. Of the nature of Reading the Scriptures, what it is.
Section 2SECT. 2. Of fit times and ſeaſons for Reading the Scriptures.
Section 3SECT. 3. Of the maner of preparation before the Reading of the Scriptures.
Section 4SECT. 4. Of the neceſſary Duties in Reading of the Scriptures.
Section 5SECT. 5. Of Duties after reading the Scriptures.
Section 6SECT. 6. A Calendar purpoſed to ſhew how we might read over the Scripture ſeveral ways once in a year.
Section 7SECT. 7. Of the Analyſis of the whole Bible, and eſpecially (as in the firſt-place) of the Old Teſtament.
Section 8
5 subsectionsSection 9
13 subsectionsSection 10
5 subsectionsSection 11
17 subsectionsSection 12
5 subsectionsSection 13
17 subsectionsSection 14SECT. 14. Of the Book Prophetical. Revelation contains
Section 15SECT. 15. Of heads or common places of obſervations for profitable things.
Section 16SECT. 16. Common places obſerved by one in his private Reading of the Scriptures.
Section 17SECT. 17. Of the uſe of theſe Collections.
28 sectionsChapter 15
Section 1SECT. 1. Of preparatives to Faſting.
Section 2SECT. 2. Of the duties required in Fasting.
Section 3SECT. 3. Of the Duties after Faſting.
Section 3SECT. 3. Of the Duties after Thankſgiving.
Section 4SECT. 4. Of Pſalms ſuitable to this duty, tranſlated by Mr. W. B.
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