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MR. JOHN FLAVEL, Late MINISTER of the GospeL at Dartmouth in Devon.
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CONTENTS.
SAINTINDEED.
The Epiſtle Dedicatory, page 1 Prov. iv. 23. Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the iſſues of life,
The TOUCHSTONE of SINCERITY.
The Epiſtle to the Reader,
Rev. iii. 17, 18. Because thou ſayest I am rich, and increasedwithgoods, and have need ofnothing ; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miferable, and poor, and blind, and naked : I counſel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayeft be rich, &c.
CHAP I.
Wherein the text is opened, and the doctrines are propounded, CHAP.
II.
Wherein the first doctrine is opened and proved briefly, as
apreliminary discourse to the principalfubject hereindefigned, CHA Г.
III.
Containing the use and improvement of the second doctrine, 131 CHA P.
IV.
Wherein the third doctrine, being the main fubject of this treatise is opened, and the method of the whole discourse
Stated,
CHAP.
Shewing what probation adverſity makes of the fincerity or unfoundness of our hearts,
CHAP .
VI .
Shewing indwellingfin to be to grace, whatfire is togold; andhow the foundness and unfoundness ofour hearts are discovered by our carriage towards it,
CONTENTS.
CHAP.
VII.
Pag Shewing what proof or trial is made of the foundness or unfoundness ofourgraces, by the duties ofreligionwhich we perform,
CHAP.
VIII .
Opening thetrials offincerity and hypocrify, by sufferings upon the account of religion,
CHAP.
IX .
Opening thedesigns and ends ofGod, in bringing oftheprofeffors of religion intofuchvarious trials of theirgraces inthisworld,
CHAP.
Shewing that that grace only is to be reckonedfincere and 191real, which can endure thoſe trials which God appoints, or permits, for the discovery of it, CHAP.
Containing divers practical inſtructive inferencesfrom this
doctrine ; with a ferious exhortation to self-trial and thorough examination, CHAP.
XII.
Containing divers helps for the clearing offincerity, and
discovery of hypocrify,
A TOKEN FOR MOURNERS.
The Epiſtle Dedicatory,
Luke vii. 13. Andwhen the Lordfaw her, he had compaffion on her, and said, Weep not,
PREPARATIONS for SUFFERINGS.
The Epiſtle to the Reader,
Acts xxi. 13. Then Paul answered, Whatmean ye to weep, and to break my heart ? For Iam ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerufalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
- CHA P.
Wherein the text is opened, andthe doctrine propounded,
CHAP.
II.
Shews, that although God takes no delight in affifting bis
CONTENTS.
Pag. people,yet hesometimes expofeth them togreat andgrievous sufferings ; with a brief account why, and how he calls them thereunto,
CHAP.
III.
Shews, that it is usual with God to premoniſh his people of i approaching trials andfufferings ; withfame account of the manner how, and the reason why hefo forewarns them, CHAP.
IV.
Demonstrating the excellency of a prepared heart for the worst offufferings ; and what a bleſſed thing it is to be ready to be bound, or to diefor Chrift, as Paulherewas, 312
CHAP.
Evincingthe neceffity of afound, and real work of grace upon the heart, tofit a man for fuffering for Christ,
CHAP.
VI.
Wherein the nature of this work of grace, in which our habitual fitness for fuffering lies, is briefly opened, and an account given of the great advantage the gracious perfonhathfor any, even the hardest work thereby,
CHAP.
VII.
In which the neceffity ofgetting clear evidences of this
work of grace in us, in order to our readiness forfufferings, is held forth; the nature of that evidence opened and divers things, that cloud and obfcure it, removed out of the way, CHAP .
VIII .
Discovering the neceffity of an improved faith for the
right management ofsufferings, and directing toſome Special means for the improvement thereof,
CHA P.
IX.
Wherein the neceffity and usefulness of Christian fortitude
in order tofufferings is evinced, with a brief account of its nature, and the means ofattaining it,
CHA P.
Discoveringthe neceffity ofan heart mortified to all earthly
and temporal enjoyments, in order to the right managing ofafuffering condition : with several directionsfor the attaining thereof, CHAP .
XI.
Wherein is opened the fingular advantage that fuffering
Saintshave bytheirſkilland infight into the methods and mysteries of Satan's temptations ;some of those wiles of
CONTENTS .
Pag.
Satan opened, and rules for the avoiding of the danger briefly prescribed,
CHAP.
Sheweth, that a choice part of our preparation and readiXII. ness for fufferings consists in the improvement of our praying abilities, and keeping cloſe with God in that heavenly andexcellent duty, in days offuffering ; wherein alfo is opened the nature and means ofits improvement,
CHA P.
XIII .
Wherein is shewed the neceſſity of going out of ourselves, even when our habitual and actualpreparations are at the greatest height ; and depending as constantly andentirely upon the Spirit, who is Lord ofall gracious influences, as if we had done nothing : Together with the means ofworking the heart to fuch a frame,
CHAP.
XIV .
Containing the first use of the point by way of conviction, discovering the unreadiness of multitudes of profeffors forfuffering-work, CHAP.
XV.
Containing another use of the point, by way of exhortation,
perfuading all the people ofGod, whilst the Lord refpites, and graciously delays their trials, to answer the end of Godtherein, andprepare themselves for greater trials : where feveral motives arepropounded, to excite to the
duty,
CHA P.
XVI.
Containing thelast use of the point, by way offupport and comfort to poor trembling fouls, who do take pains to make themselves ready for fufferings ; but yet finding fuch ſtrength in Satan's temptations, and their own corruptions, fear that all their labour is in vain, and that theyfall faint, and utterly apoftatize, when their troubles andtrials come to an height,
The BALM of the COVENANT applied to the bleeding WOUNDS of afflicted SAINTS .
The Epiftle Dedicatory,
2 Sam. xxiii. 5. Although my house be not so with God ; yethe hathmade with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things andfure, &c.
CONTENTS.
vii Pag.
A SERMON preached for the Funeral of JOHN UPTON of Lupton, Eſq; 2 Chron. xxxv. 24, 25. Hisfervants therefore tookhim out ofthat chariot, andput him in thesecondchariot that he had; andthey brought him to Jerufalem, andbe died, and was buried in one of the fepulchres of his fathers, &c. 434
An EXPOSITION of the Aſſembly's SHORTER
CATECHISM.
The Preface, An Epiſtle to the Reader,
Quest. 1. Of man's chief end,
Queft. 2. Of thefcriptures as our rule,
Queſt. 3. Offaith and obedience,
Queſt. 4. Godis a Spirit,
Quest. 5. Of one God,
Queft. 6. Of three persons in the godhead,
Quest. 7. Of God's decrees,
Queſt. 8. Of the execution of God's decrees,
Queft. 9. Of the creation, ibid.
Queſt. 10. Of man's creation,
Queft. 11. Of divine providence,
Queft. 12. Of the covenant ofworks,
Quest. 13. Of thefall ofman,
Quest. 14. Offin,
Queſt. 15. Of the tree ofknowledge,
Queſt. 16. Of the fall of Adam, and ours in him,
Quest. 17. Of original fin,
Queſt. 18. Of the finfulness of that estate whereinto man fell, ibid.
Quest. 19. Of man's misery,
Quest. 20. Ofthe falvation of God's elect, and of the covenant of grace,
Quest. 21. Ofthe only Redeemer.
Quest. 22. OfChrist's incarnation,
