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The Christian Life

by John Scott · 1639–1695

Published: 1681
Length: 130,648 words
Reading: ~9 hours
Divisions: 70

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The Christian life from its beginning, to its consummation in glory : together with the several means and instruments of Christianity conducing thereunto : with directions for private devotion and forms of prayer fitted to the several states of Christians / by John Scott ...

London Printed by M. Clark, for Walter Kettilby ... 1681.

Original spelling, as transcribed by the Text Creation Partnership.

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DedicationTo the Right Honourable AND Right Reverend Father in God, HENRY Lord Bishop of LONDON, And one of His…
Preface
Table of contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
4 sections
Chapter 4

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Chapter 1CHAP. I. Concerning the ultimate End of the Christian Life.
Chapter 2CHAP. II. Concerning the Means by which this Great End of the Christian Life is to be attained.
Chapter 3CHAP. III. Concerning the Heavenly Part of the Christian Life, which is the Proximate Means of obtaining…
Section 1SECT. I. Concerning those Humane Virtues which belong to a Man as he is a Reasonable Animal, shewing that…
Section 2SECT. II. Concerning those Divine Virtues which belong to a Man considered as a Reasonable Creature,…
Section 3SECT. III. Concerning the Social Virtues, shewing that these also are included in the Heavenly Part of the…
Section 4SECT. IV. Wherein for a Conclusion of this Chapter some Motives and Considerations are proposed to persuade…
Chapter 4CHAP. IV. Concerning the militant or warfaring Part of the Christian Life, by which we are to acquire and…
Section 1SECT. I. Concerning those Duties that are proper to our Beginning and Entrance into this warfaring Part of…
Section 2SECT. II. Wherein some Motives are urged to persuade men to the Practice of those Duties that are proper to…
Section 3SECT. III. Concerning the Second Part of the Christian Warfare; with a particular Account of the Duties…
Section 4SECT. IV. Containing certain Motives to animate men against the Difficulty of these Duties which appertain…
Section 5SECT. V. Concerning those Duties which appertain to the Perfection and Consummation of our Christian…
Section 6SECT. VI. Containing certain Motives to Press men to the Practice of these Duties of Perseverance in the…
Chapter 5CHAP. V. Containing some short Directions for the more profitable reading the preceding Discourse, and also…
SectionDirections for the more profitable Exercise of our private Religion in the State of our Entrance into the…
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SectionDirections for the more profitable Exercise of our private Religion in the state of our actual Engagement…
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SectionDirections for the Exercise of our private Religion in the state of our Progress and Improvement in the…
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