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The Great Commandment

by Samuel Shaw · 1635–1696

Published: 1678
Length: 24,952 words
Reading: ~an hour
Divisions: 24

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The great commandment A discourse upon Psal. 73. 25. shewing that God is all things to a religious soul. Being a further explication of a short discourse called, The angelical life, formerly written by the same author S.S.

London printed by R.W. for H. Mortlock, at the White-Hart in Westminster-Hall, and at the Phœnix in St. Paul's Church-yard 1678.

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DedicationTo the Right Honourable and moſt Accompliſh'd Lady, the Lady Mary, Daughter to the Right Honourable the…
To the reader
TractPSAL. 73. 25. Whom have I in Heaven but Thee; and there is none upon Earth that I deſire beſides Thee.
Chapter 1CHAP. I. The Introduction, gueſſing at the Author of the Pſalm, and ſhewing the occaſion of it, viz. the…
Chapter 2CHAP. II. A general Deſcription of the Apoſtate condition of Souls. The Doctrine of Evangelical Redemption…

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Chapter 6CHAP. VI. God is All to the godly man in his Truſt and Confidence. The creature-confidence of carnal men is…
Chapter 7CHAP. VII. The unſanctified man performs all his natural, civil and ſacred Actions in, to, and for himſelf,…
Chapter 8CHAP. VIII. God is all to the godly man in his Sufferings. An account of Self-ſufferers, Papiſts and…
Chapter 9CHAP. IX. God is all to the godly man in his Enjoyments. What are the Enjoyments of Mind, of Body, of…
Chapter 10CHAP. X. The improvement of the Doctrine laid down by way of examination. A general direction what Queries…
Chapter 11CHAP. XI. Three more Inſtances of a God exalting mind. When in the afflictions that befal us we can…
Chapter 12CHAP. XII. The ſixth Inſtance an Univerſal Love. The notion of the love of the Brethren examined. Who is…
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TractPSAL. 55. 6. And I ſaid, O that I had wings like a Dove! for then would I flee away and be at reſt.
Chapter 1CHAP. I. The meaning of the Words: The diviſion of the Verſe into its parts, with a gloſs upon each. The…
Chapter 2CHAP. II. An enquiry into the cauſes of the foreſaid diſtemper in the minds of men. The firſt cauſe…
Chapter 3CHAP. III. A Second Cauſe aſſigned, viz. A miſunderſtanding of our true intereſt. This Explained; Where the…
Chapter 4CHAP. IV. The Fourth and laſt Cauſe aſſigned, viz. Selfiſhneſs. Self-love briefly touch'd upon. Self-will…
Chapter 5CHAP. V. The Improvement, by way of Conceſſion, that there is an averſeneſs in the humane nature from…

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Author: Samuel Shaw (1635–1696)
Imprint: London printed by R.W. for H. Mortlock, at the White-Hart in Westminster-Hall, and at the Phœnix in St. Paul's Church-yard 1678.
Extent: [20], 179, [1] p.
Language: English
Catalogue: Wing S3036B · ESTC R222383
Source: TCP A59600
Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (Text Creation Partnership)

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