The Saint's Everlasting Rest
Richard Baxter
Public DomainDevotional
Chapters 56
- THE Dedication of the whole ≈ 43 min
- A Premonition ≈ 31 min
- FIRST PART ≈ 11 min
- II. This rest defined ≈ 19 min
- III. What this rest presupposeth ≈ 28 min
- IV.What this rest containeth ≈ 81 min
- V. The four great preparatives to our rest ≈ 85 min
- VI.This rest most excellent, discovered by reason ≈ 26 min
- VII. The excellencies of our rest ≈ 206 min
- VIII. The people of God described ≈ 78 min
- The conclusion ≈ 2 min
- THE SECOND PART: THE PROOFS OF THE TRUTH AND CERTAIN FUTURITY OF OUR REST; AND THAT THE SCRIPTURE PR ≈ 111 min
- I. The confirmation of this truth ≈ 18 min
- II. Motives to study and preach the divine authority of Scripture ≈ 37 min
- III. Necessary that we first distinguish ≈ 27 min
- IV.The first argument to prove Scripture to be the World of God ≈ 81 min
- V. The second argument ≈ 17 min
- VI.The third argument ≈ 31 min
- VII.The fourth argument ≈ 53 min
- VIII.Rest for none but the people of God, proved ≈ 9 min
- IX.Reasons why this rest remains, and is not here enjoyed ≈ 32 min
- X.Whether the souls departed enjoy this rest before the resurrection ≈ 21 min
- THE THIRD PART: SEVERAL USES OF THE FORMER DOCTRINE OF REST ≈ 5 min
- I.Use 1.—Showing the unconceivable misery of the ungodly in their loss of this rest ≈ 34 min
- II. The aggravation of the loss of heaven to the ungodly ≈ 69 min
- III. They shall lose all things that are comfortable, as well as heaven ≈ 68 min
- IV. The greatness of the torments of the damned discovered ≈ 69 min
- V. Use 2.—Reprehending the general neglect of this rest, and exciting to diligence in seeking it ≈ 54 min
- VI. An exhortation to seriousness in seeking rest ≈ 95 min
- VII. Use 3.—Persuading all men to try their title to this rest; and directing them how to try, that ≈ 69 min
- VIII. Further causes of doubting among Christians ≈ 40 min
- IX. Containing an exhortation, and motives to examine ≈ 36 min
- X. Containing directions for examination, and some marks for trial ≈ 38 min
- XI. A more exact inquiry into the number and use of marks; the nature of sincerity; with other ≈ 181 min
- XII. Use 4.—The reason of the saints' afflictions here ≈ 59 min
- XIII. Use 5.—An exhortation to those that have got assurance of this rest, or title to it, that ≈ 139 min
- XIV. An advice to some more specially to help others to this rest, pressed largely on ministers ≈ 168 min
- THE FOURTH PART: A DIRECTORY FOR THE GETTING AND KEEPING OF THE HEART IN HEAVEN ≈ 1 min
- The Introduction ≈ 6 min
- I. Use 6.—Reproving our expectations of rest on earth ≈ 51 min
- II. Use 7.—Reproving our unwillingness to die ≈ 76 min
- III. Motives to a heavenly life ≈ 167 min
- IV. Containing some hinderances of a heavenly life ≈ 79 min
- V. Some general helps to a heavenly life ≈ 57 min
- VI. Containing the description of the great duty of heavenly contemplation ≈ 32 min
- VII. Containing the fittest time and place for this contemplation, and the preparation of the h ≈ 73 min
- VIII. Of consideration, the instrument of this work; and what force it hath to move the soul ≈ 18 min
- IX. What affections must be acted, and by what considerations and objects, and in what order ≈ 83 min
- X. By what actings of the soul to proceed in this work of heavenly contemplation ≈ 21 min
- XI. Some advantages and helps for raising and affecting the soul by this meditation ≈ 81 min
- XII. How to manage and watch over the heart through the whole work ≈ 24 min
- XIII. The abstract, or sum of all, for the use of the weak ≈ 176 min
- Broughton in the conclusion of his 'Consent of Scripture,' concerning the New Jerusalem, and the eve ≈ 5 min
- A Poem of Master G. Herbert, in his 'Temple' ≈ 6 min
- An Addition to the Eleventh Chapter of the Third Part of the Saint's Rest ≈ 22 min
- To the Reader ≈ 25 min
| Author | Richard Baxter |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Era | 1600s |
| Categories | Devotional · Puritans · Christian Classics |
| Length | 56 chapters · ≈ 52 h 54 min read |
| Formats | Web Book · PDF |
| Status | Public Domain |
Public Domain.
