Chapter 2CHAP. II. Ʋſes to be made in generall of our Thoughts.
Chapter 4CHAP. IV. Of good Thoughts, and ſuch temptations as are incident hereunto.
PartOf the diuers kinds of good Thoughts.
PartThe ſingular benefite and aduantage of good Thoughts.
Chapter 5CHAP. V. Generall Rules for the wel ordering of the Thoughts
Chapter 6CHAP. VI, Of diuers Markes and Rules to diſcern holy Thoughts by. And how to difference them from all…
PartA fifth difference of the good Thoughts of the Hypocrite and ſincere Christian is in regard of the…
PartƲſes of theſe Differences.
Chapter 7CHAP. VII. Of euill Thoughts in generall, What they are.
PartOf euil Thoughts: The cauſes of them.
PartAnd theſe are more eſpecially the Occaſions of them, in regard of our ſelues.
PartOf the diuers kindes of euill Thoughts, and the occaſions of them.
PartGenerall Rules concerning euill Thoughts, both for the diſcerning and ſuppreſſing of them.
PartPreſeruatiues againſt euill Thoughts.
PartRules herein are,
PartOrdinary Preſeruatiues, and meanes to ſubdue them are theſe:
PartVſes in generall to be made of our euill Thoughts.
PartDifferences betweene euill thoughts in the Godly and wicked.
Chapter 8CHAP. VIII. Of blaſphemous Thoughts, what they are.
PartWhence they come.
PartThe differences of them.
PartRemedy. And thus we are to deale with them firſt.
PartWe ſhall perceiue them to bee caſt in by Sathan, by theſe tokens. By the manner.
PartCauſes of theſe iniected thoughts by Satan.
PartOf the dangerous iſſues of theſe blaſphemous thoughts. And that firſt in the Mind, As that
PartSecondly to the Body, As
PartThe Remedie hereof. How wee ſhall reſiſt them by ſome ſuch like, as theſe meanes.
PartTryall of a good iſſue of theſe blaſphemous Thoughts.
PartOf foure kindes of euil thoughts wherewith ſome men are eſpecially troubled. Namely.
Chapter 9CHAP. IX. Of Melancholicke Thoughts, and ſuch perturbations as do ariſe from and accompany them.
PartWhat they are not.
PartConcerning Melancholy Thoughts. What they are.
PartTheſe are Melancholy thoghts. And the inward cauſes of them are.
PartOutward Occaſions are:
PartThe Difference of theſe Thoughts are eyther.
PartAnd ſo alſo the Effects of them are according to the Diuerſitie of Subiects, & occaſions.
PartIn the better of theſe.
PartNamely, according.
PartThe Remedie of theſe Melancholike Thoughts.
PartCautions herein ſeruing for the triall of the Remedie.
PartƲſes of theſe Melancholy Thoughts.
Chapter 10CHAP. X. Of vaine & wandring thoghts intruding into and interrupting holy dueties.
PartExamine we therefore firſt the nature of theſe Thoughts. What theſe are.
PartThe Cauſes hereof.
PartTheſe may be ſome ſpeciall cauſes of theſe vaine and wandring Thoughts. And theſe Thoughts are of diuers…
PartThe Effects of theſe kinds of Thoughts are,
PartThe Remedies hereof are.
PartThe Triall of the Remedie: And therefore heere is the Tryall that theſe thoughts are in cure.
PartƲſes of theſe wandring thoghts both for
PartTentations, and Caſes of Conſcience; concerning Thoughts and ſecret Imaginations.
Chapter 11CHAP. XI. TENTATIONS Concerning Thoughts in generall.
PartWhereof, The firſt is, That as ſome thinke, Thoughts are free.
PartThat Thought is free, And it is inferred
PartTheſe are the colours and pretences that Thoughts are free.
PartDifferences betweene reſiſtance of Conſcience and the Will.
PartDifferences betweene the Godly and wicked, in not willing to ſinne.
PartFurtherances hereunto are in many, that Thoughts are Free.
PartThe daunger of the Deluſion is,
PartThe Conqueſt hereof, that Thoughts are not Erce,
Part2 And ſo doth alſo the Nature and glory of the Lawgiuer euince the ſame.
PartA third argument to proue that thoughts are not free, is from the conſideration of thoſe to whom the Law…s…
PartLaſtly, that Thoughts are not free, appeares out of the Goſpell.
PartAnſwer to the Reaſons.
PartAnſwere to the ſecond.
PartAnſwer to the …hird.
PartAnſwer to the fourth.
PartAnſwere to the fifth.
PartCaſes and tentations concerning good thoughts…on the left hand, tending to extenuate the worth of them.
PartThe ſatisfaction is.
Chapter 12CHAP. XII. Tentations concerning good thoughts on the right hand tending to ouerrate the wurth of them.
PartThe Conqueſt of theſe Tentationi, is
Chapter 13CHAP. XIII. Caſes of Conſcience incideut hereunto.
PartThe Anſwer hereunto conſiſts,
Chapter 14CHAP. XIIII. Caſes of conſcience to be reſolued herein. Is,
PartThe reſolution hereof
Chapter 15CHAP. XV. Caſe of dreames and nocturnall imaginations, what is the qualitie thereof, how wee are to iudge…
PartWhat vſe to make of the ſame.
Chapter 16CHAP. XVI. OF THE VSES of this Treatiſe,
PartA ſecond generall vſe of this Treatiſe of Thoughts, is for Inſtruction, and that many wayes. First for the…
PartA third Generall Ʋſe of this Doctrine is for Triall, and that many wayes.
PartTryall of Encreaſe.
PartThe laſt vſe of this Treatiſe is for comfort, and that many wayes.
PartIn our Regenerate Eſtate they alſo ſerue for comfort, and that many wayes.
ConclusionConcluſions of the whole, with diuers aduertiſements to the vnderstanding Reader.