SectionOf the Holy Ghoſt.
SectionOf Gods Decrees.
SectionOf Election.
SectionOf Reprobation.
SectionOf the Creation.
SectionOf Angels.
SectionOf Man.
SectionOf the Soul.
SectionOf Mans Fall.
SectionOf Providence.
SectionOf Mans recovery.
SectionOf Vocation or effectuall calling.
SubsectionThat we may be neither drawn, enticed, or forced from our Religion, let us build upon a right foundation.
Subsection 2The ſecond thing to be enquired into, is with whom this Covenant was firſt made.
Subsection 3The third thing to be enquired into, is when this Covenant was made with us.
Subsection 4The fourth thing to be enquired into is, whether there be any conditions of this Covenant on our part, and…
Subsection 5The fifth thing to be enquired into is, whether it be one and the ſame Covenant of grace that was in force…
Subsection 6The ſixth thing to be enquired into is, whether this Covenant may not be broken, as the firſt Covenant of…
Subsection 7The ſeventh thing to be enquired into is, what means ſhould one make uſe of to get into this Covenant of…
Subsection 8The eighth thing to be enquired into is this, when may a man or woman be ſaid to be in this Covenant.
Subsection 9The ninth thing to be conſidered of, is this, wherein doth the Covenant of grace, and the Covenant of works…
Subsection 10The tenth thing to be enquired into is this, what is Gods oraer and method, that he generally makes us of,…
Subsection 11The eleventh thing to be enquired into is, what are the bleſsings and benefits of this Covenant to us-ward.
Subsection 12The twelfth thing to be enquired into, is this, viz. notwithſtanding this bleſſed Covenant of grace…
SectionOf Juſtification by Grace.
SectionSeveral ſtrong reaſons why the Saints ſhould walk holily, notwithſtanding the Covenant is free, and…
SubsectionOf ſanctification, or a holy converſation according to a Goſpel Rule.
SectionOf Juſtification and Sanctification, how they differ, and wherein they agree.
SectionOf Faith, the quality, object, acts, ſeat, ſubject, inſeparable concomitants and degrees of Juſtifying…
SubsectionOf the Object of Faith.
SubsectionOf the ſubject of this Faith.
SubsectionOf the Seat of Faith.
SubsectionOf the ground of Faith.
SubsectionThe Springs of Faith, how God doth beget it in an unbeliever.
SubsectionThe Impediments, Lets and Hinderances of Faith.
SubsectionMotives to believe, or divers Arguments from Jeſus Chriſt himſelf to perſwade us to believe.
SubsectionOf the evil of unbelief, and the ſprings of it, and the miſery that doth attend it.
SubsectionThe Characters, Marks or Signs of true Faith, &c.
SubsectionThe benefits of living by Faith: a Believers comfort, hope, joy and confidence ſhould be in God, the ſame…
SubsectionSeveral waies for a believer to hold faſt his confidence in God, at all times.
SectionOf Repentance unto life.
SectionThe Nature of ſin. The Springs or Riſe of ſin. The ready way to mortifie ſin.
SubsectionHow ſin creeps up, and gets head in us.
SubsectionOf the great danger of ſmall ſins.
SubsectionOf the miſchief brought upon many for one ſin.
SubsectionWhat hurt ſin doth a Saint.
SubsectionThe ready way to mortifie ſin.
SubsectionSin in the beſt Saint, and moſt times in the beſt actions of Saints.
SubsectionThe difference between the ſinning of the Regenerate, and the unregenerate.
SubsectionHow many waies the Lord is ſaid to forgive ſin; Or the various names and expreſsions of forgiveneſs.
SubsectionWhether ſins before converſion ought to be called to mind after converſion.
SubsectionWhether the Dominion of ſin may not be taken away, where yet the life of ſin remains.
SubsectionHow far a true Chriſtian may be tainted with errour in Judgement, and yet at laſt be reſtored.
SectionOf Knowledge, firſt of God, ſecondly of our ſelves: the properties of it, and means of attaining it, and…
SubsectionOf the knowledge of God.
SubsectionOf the knowledge of our ſelves.
SubsectionThe Charecters or Properties of true knowledge.
SubsectionHow one Believer differs from another in knowledge.
SubsectionOf what a large and vaſt meaſure of knowledge a man may attain unto, and yet be without this ſaving knowledge.
SectionOf Obedience.
SectionOf Experience.
SectionOf Enjoyment.
SectionOf love, the nature of it, ſeveral ſorts and kinds of it: How its wrought in the heart, tryals of it, and…
SubsectionSeveral ſorts or kinds of Love.
SubsectionOf the ſprings of Love, how it is begotten and encreaſed in us.
SubsectionOf the Tryals of Love, how it may be known.
SubsectionOf the Properties of this true Love.
SubsectionOf the motives or inducements to perſwade us to get into, and grow up in this Love.
SubsectionOf our love to the children of God, the nature of it, the tryals of it, the means of attaining it, and…
SubsectionOf the Tryals of our love to the brethren.
SubsectionOf the means of attaining a true love to the brethren.
SubsectionOf the impediments, and hinderances of love.
SectionOf the grace of hope, the nature of it, and the properties of it, and encouragements to it, and Characters…
SubsectionOf the Properties of this hope.
SubsectionOf the encouragements, to encourage us to hope in God.
SubsectionOf the diſtinguiſhing Characters between a well grounded, and a preſumptuous hope.
SectionOf Perſeverance, what it is.
SectionOf the gifts of the Spirit, and what thoſe beſt gifts are that Chriſt gives to his beſt beloved ones.
SubsectionMore particularly, let us enquire into this, what thoſe beſt gifts are that Chriſt gives unto his beſt…
SectionOf the ſeveral Ordinances of the Goſpel.
SubsectionFirſt of the Ordinance of Aſſembling our ſelves together.
1 itemSubsectionOf the Ordinance of preaching, who they are that ought to preach: the manner how, the time when, the place…
11 itemsSubsectionOf Prayer and Supplication, another ſtanding ordinance of the Goſpel.
12 itemsSubsectionAnother ſtanning Ordinance of the Goſpel is thanksfiving or Singing of Pſalms and Spiritual Songs making…
SubsectionOf the Ordinance of Baptiſm, another ſtanding Ordinance of the Goſpel.
SubsectionOf the Lords Supper, or breaking of bread: another ſtanding Ordinance of the Goſpel.
8 itemsSubsectionOf Collection for the poor, another ſtanding Ordinance of the Goſpel.
7 itemsSubsectionOf reading the Scriptures, another ſtanding Ordinance of the Goſpel.
4 itemsSubsectionOf Admonition, private and publike.
SubsectionOf Suſpention.
SubsectionOf Excommunication.
SectionOf aſſurance of Salvation.
SubsectionOf the nature of Aſſurance, what it is.
SubsectionWhether Aſſurance be attainable in this life.
SubsectionOf the ſeveral ſorts of Aſſurance.
SubsectionOf the trials of aſſurance.
SubsectionTo make out after, and endeavour for aſſurance, is our duty.
SubsectionOf the benefits of aſſurance, and many arguments to perſw…de us to make out after it.
SubsectionOf the ſprings of aſſurance, or means by which it is attained.
SubsectionOf the impediments of aſſurance.
SubsectionThe evil of doubting, or want of aſſurance.
SubsectionMany think they have aſſurance, and have not.
SubsectionMany reaſons wherefore the Lord doth not give aſſurance ſpeedily.
SubsectionVery hard to recover aſſurance, if one loſt.
SectionOf the difference between the Law and the Goſpel; and of the ſeveral ſorts of Laws.
SectionOf the ten Commandments.
SectionOf the Lords prayer and the ſeveral petitions therein contained.
SectionOf the World, Fleſh and Devil, the three great enemies of man.
SubsectionFirſt of the World.
2 itemsSubsectionOf the Fleſh.
2 itemsSubsectionOf the Devil.
SectionOf afflictions, why God doth afflict his own people, and how to know what Sin God aims at in affliction;…
SubsectionSome reaſons why the Lord doth afflict his own people.
SubsectionThe Lord doth try the truth and ſtrength of his own people to the higheſt, and yet layeth no more upon the…
SubsectionHow to know what ſin God aims at in affliction.
SectionWhen a man may be ſaid to ſuffer for well-dong, and when for evil doing.
SectionThe Lord is many times better then his word, never worſe.
SectionMercies and deliverances are many times neareſt to us, when we think they be furtheſt off.
SectionThe Lord doth many times hand forth his mercies to us by the rule of contraries.
SectionThe Lord doth not deſpiſe the day of ſmall things.
SectionThe order of cauſes, how God comes downward, from the cauſes to, the effects; and how we muſt go upward,…
SectionMans life is, or ſhould be guided by theſe vertues.
SectionSeveral Divine Sentences.
SubsectionFirſt of Chriſt.
SubsectionOf affliction for ſin, in Sentences.
SubsectionOf Sin, in Sentences.
SubsectionOf doing or practiſing, in Sentences.
SubsectionOf the Riches, Honour and Glory of the world, in Sentences.
SubsectionOf the Devil and his temptation, in Sentences.
SubsectionOf aſſurance of Salvation, in Sentences.
SectionDivers knotty queſtions anſwered, and ſeeming contradictions in the Scripture, reconciled, and many…
SubsectionOf ſpotleſs Saints.
SubsectionOf the ſpots in the beſt Saints.
SubsectionHow to reconcile theſe Scriptures together, ſeeing the one ſaith, they have Spots, the other ſaith, they…
SectionThe ſhortneſs of mans life, and the miſery that doth attend every age and condition of all men that live…
SubsectionOf the Condition of man in his birth and infancy.
SubsectionOf mankind in the ſtate of childhood.
SubsectionOf mankind in the ſtate of youth.
SubsectionOf the ſtate of manhood.
SubsectionOf the declining ſtate of man.
SubsectionOf the Decrepit, or old age of man.
SubsectionOf the Pollution and Miſery of the ſoul in this life.
SectionOf the Miſeries attending both body and ſoul in the hour of death, if they ſee not their intereſt in Chriſt.
SectionOf the ſad Condition and Miſery of all out of Chriſt after death.
SectionA Preparation for death, that it may not come upon us before we are ready to dye.
SubsectionThe action or actions are theſe.
SectionThe great and terrible day of the Lord is near dawning, and the glory of all fleſh ſtaining, the Kingdom of…
SubsectionThe manner of his coming.
SubsectionThe ſigns of Chriſts coming.
SubsectionChriſt ſhall come viſibly.
SubsectionThe poſture a Chriſtian ſhould be in at his coming.
SubsectionIt is the duty of all to watch and pray for his coming.
SubsectionOf ſome of the benefits a Chriſtian ſhall have at his coming.
SubsectionThe conſideration of his coming ſhould cauſe us to live upon him.
SubsectionOf the ſad condition of all out of Chriſt at his coming.
SubsectionChriſt ſhall come terribly, and yet ſeaſonably.
SubsectionThere be four things that Chriſt hath already done for his flock, and five things he is now doing, and ſix…
SectionOf the reſurrection of the dead, at the ſecond coming of Chriſt.
SectionThere is a firſt and a ſecond Reſurrection.
SectionOf the Reign of Chriſt, or kidgdom of Chriſt in this world, though not of this world.
SectionOf the laſt judgement, the ſigns that go before it, what is meant by it, the place where, the perſon who,…
Subsection1. Of the Signs that go before the laſt judgement.
SubsectionWhat is meant by judgement.
SubsectionOf the place where the Lord will judge the world.
SubsectionOf the Perſon who it is that ſhall judge the world.
SubsectionOf the time how long the Judgement ſhall laſt.
SubsectionBy what, or out of what we ſhall be judged.
SubsectionThe day of judgement ſhall be a great Day.
SectionOf the ſad condition of a man out of Chriſt after his death, judgement and ſentence paſſed, viz. Go ye curſed.
SectionOf the happy and bleſſed eſtate of the Elect in Heaven.
SectionWhat uſe we may make of all theſe precious things.
SectionOf the end of the world.
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IndexAn Alphabetical Table of the principal matters contained in this Book.
Publishers noteSome Books printed and ſold by Thomas Brewſter, at the three Bibles neer the Weſt end of Pauls.