EEBO-TCP · Phase 2

The Abuse of Gods Grace

Published: 1659
Length: 117,566 words
Reading: ~8 hours
Divisions: 163

From the title page

The abuse of Gods grace: discovered in the kinds, causes, punishments, symptoms, cures, differences, cautions, and other practical improvements thereof. Proposed as a seasonable check to the wanton libertinisme of the present age. By Nicholas Claget, minister of the Gospel at Edmundsbury in Suffolk, M.A. of Magdalen Hall, Oxon.

Oxford printed by A. Lichfield, for Thomas Robinson, and Samuel Pocock 1659.

Original spelling, as transcribed by the Text Creation Partnership.

Front matter
Title page
DedicationTo his honoured Coſen, WILLIAM CLAGET, Eſq. And his dear Conſort, the Lady SOUTHCOATE.
To the readerTo the Chriſtian Reader.
PrefaceThe Authors Preface to the unprejudiced Reader.
Table of contentsThe Contents of the Chapters.
Errata
Text
Chapter 1CHAP I. Containing the coherence of the words.

More by Nicholas Clagett

See all

A Persuasive to Peaceableness and Obedience

1683

Show full contents

Chapter 3CHAP. III. Shewing in how many ways or kinds the Grace of God may be Turned into Wantonneſſe.
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Section 9
Section 10
Section 11
Section 12
Section 13
Chapter 4CHAP. IV. Shewing when a Sinner turneth the Grace of God into wantonneſs.
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Section 9
Chapter 5CHAP. V. Wherein are ſet down the Càuſes, why the Grace of God is turned into wantonneſs.
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Section 9
Section 10
Section 11
Section 12
Section 13
Section 14
Section 11
Section 12
Section 13
Section 14
Section 15
Section 16
Section 17
Section 18
Section 19
Chapter 6CHAP. VI. Shewing, wherein the greatneſſe of this ſin appeares.
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Section 9
Section 10
Section 11SECR. 11.
Section 12
Section 13
Section 14
Chapter 7CHAP. VII. Wherein are ſet forth the Puniſhments of this great ſinne, Abuſing Gods Grace.
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Chapter 8CHAP. VIII. Containing an Uſe of Information.
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Section 9
Chapter 9CHAP. IX. Containing an uſe of Humiliation.
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Chapter 10CHAP. X. Containing an Ʋſe of Examination.
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Section 9
Section 10
Section 11
Chapter 11CHAP. XI. Containing a ſecond Branch of Examination, how we may know the ſecret, cloſe, and more refined…
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Section 9
Section 10
Section 11
Section 12
Section 13
Chapter 12CHAP. XII. Containing an uſe of Caution.
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Chapter 13CHAP. XIII. Shewing the Difference between wronging the Grace of God in the regenerate and unregenerate.
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 14CHAP. XIV. Containing an Ʋſe of Exhortation.
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Section 9
Section 10
Section 11
Section 12
Section 13
Section 14
Section 15
Section 16
Chapter 15CHAP. XV. Shevving what great cauſe of Thankfulneſs vve ovve to God for preſerving from this ſin.
Chapter 16CHAP. XVI. Containing an Exhortation. that foules ſhould alvvaies be jealous of this ſinne.
Chapter 17CHAP. XVII. Containing an Exhortation to long for a riddance from this ſin.
Chapter 18CHAP. XVIII. Containing an Exhortation to Joy in the Hope of Glory.
Chapter 19CHAP. XVIII. Containing perſwaſive Motives to take heed that the Grace of God be not abuſed.
Section 1
Section 2S…CT. 2.
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5

The Abuse of Gods Grace

From the title page

Contents

More by Nicholas Clagett

Subjects

Details