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The Best Interest

Published: 1682
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The best interest, or, A treatise of a saving interest in Christ wherein is shewn how a man may know that he hath a saving interst in Christ, how they that have not yet an interest in Christ may get a saving interest in him ... with several other practical cases / by Owen Stockton ...

London Printed for T. Parkhurst ... 1682.

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DedicationThe Epiſtle Dedicatory. To the worthily Honoured John Clarke Of Bury in Suffolk, Eſquire.
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Chapter 1CHAP. I. Containing the Doctrine and Evidences, of ſaving Intereſt in Christ.
Section 1Sect. 1. Intereſt in Chriſt is a ground of comfort, under all the Troubles of Life, and againſt the Sorrows…
Section 2Sect. 2. What is meant by an intereſt in Chriſt. How Chriſt becomes ours: How we become Chriſts.

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Chapter 2CHAP. II. Of the Grounds of Conſolation under natural troubles and deſolations.
Section§. Grounds of Conſolation in the hotteſt times of perſecution
Chapter 3CHAP. III. An Exhortation to ſuch as are in a Chriſtleſs condition, to ſeek after an intereſt in Chriſt.…
Section 1Sect. 1. How and in what manner we are to ſeek after an intereſt in Chriſt.
1 subsection
Section 2Sect. 2. Helps to get a ſaving intereſt in Chriſt.
1 subsection
Section 3Sect. 3. Hinderances of an intereſt in Chriſt removed.
2 subsections
Section 4Sect. 4 Obeying Chriſt even in the moſt difficult Precepts of the Goſpel, ſhould not make us refuſe cloſing…
Section 5§. 5. Loving, and preferring other things above Chriſt, and hindrance of our being partakers of Chriſt.…
Section 6Sect. 6. Such, as complain of inability to come up to the terms of the Goſpel, anſwered.
Section 7Sect. 7. Mens not ſeeing their need of Chriſt, is an hinderance of their cloſing with Chriſt; Several…
Section 8Sect. 8. Doubts and ſcruples about our being under the offer of Chriſt, an hinderance to our cloſing with…
Section 9Sect. 9. Doubting of Chriſt's willingneſs to receive us, an hinderance of our cloſing with Chriſt. This…
Chapter 4CHAP. IV. Such as have an intereſt in Chriſt, may find comfort in Chriſt under all Spiritual troubles.
Section 1Sect. 1. Comfort to be had in Chriſt, againſt indwelling corruption.
Section 2Sect. 2. Comfort in Chriſt for lapſed Chriſtians, that have fallen into heinous ſins, that have wounded…
Section 3Sect. 3. There is comfort in Chriſt for ſuch as are but weak in grace.
Section 4Sect 4. There is comfort in Chriſt for ſuch Chriſtians as mourn under their decay in grace, and under their…
Section 5Sect. 5. There is comfort in Chriſt, for ſuch as are poor in Spirit and full of want, and mourn under their…
Section 6Sect. 6. There is comfort in Chriſt for ſuch as mourn under deadneſs, and want of quickning influences.
Section 7Sect. 7. There is comfort in Chriſt for ſuch as are troubled for the weakneſs and imperfections of their…
Section 8Sect. 8. There is comfort in Chriſt for ſuch as are under the hidings of Gods face, and are troubled…
Section 9Sect. 9. There is comfort in Chriſt for ſuch as are troubled with fears of falling away.
Section 10Sect. 10. There is comfort in Chriſt for ſuch whoſe heart is ſick becauſe there hope is deferred.
Section 11Sect. 11. There is comfort in Chriſt for ſuch as are aſſaulted with horrid temptations, as blaſphemy,…

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