3 The Doctrine of Truth,

4 Prudence in our Behaviour,

s Of Reading the Holy Scriptures,

6 Of Inordinate Affections,

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Directions for avoiding Pride, and Vain Confidences,

Against too general an Acquaintance, and inconvenient Freedoms in

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Converfation,

9 Obedience and a State of Subjection,

10 Few Words are beft,

Ir Of Peace of Mind, and a Defire of Improvement,

12 The Advantage of Afflictions,

13 Of Refifting Temptations,

14 Against Rafh Judging,

15 Of Works of Charity,

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16 Of Bearing with other Men's Faults,

17 A Reclufe Life,

18 Of the Examples of Holy Men in former Ages,

19 The Exercife of a truly Religious Perfon,

20 Love of Solitude and Silence,

21 Of Compunction of Heart,

22 The Miferable Condition of Man confidered,

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23 Meditations concerning Death,

24 Of the Laft Judgment, and the Eternal Punishment of Ungodly

Men,

25 Of Zeal in the Reformation of our Liver

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Chap.

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THE Life of the Spiritual Man,

2 The Advantage of Humility,

The Peace-maker,

4 Purity and Sincerity,

5 Know thy Self,

6 The Joy of a good Confcience,

7 Of Loving Jefus above all things,

The Second Book.

8 of intimate Converfation and Friendship with Jefus,

9 The Difconfolate State,

10 Thankfulness for God's Mercies,

11 Of Loving Chrift in Affliction,

12 The Reasonableness of taking up our Cross,

The Third Book.

Digested into Conferences between CHRIST

and the Soul of his Difciple.

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4 A Prayer for Heavenly Inftruction and Devotion,

5 Walk bumbly with thy God, and worship Him in Truth,

6 The Power of the Love of God,

7 The Tryal of true Love,

8 Grace must be received without Oftentation,

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THE Happiness of fuck a Converfation,

God is in the fmall ftill Voice,

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3 Of the General Difregard to God's Word, and the Obedience due to

it,

9 Of Acknowledging our Unworthiness before God,

10 Of doing All to the Glory of God,

11 God's Service is perfect Freedom,

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12 Of Regulating our Defires,

13 The Neceffity and Reasonableness of Patience,

14 Obedience to Superiors; enforced by Chrift's Example,

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15 God's Judgments are to be confidered, for our Humiliation,

16 With what Referves we ought to Pray,

17 A Prayer for Grace to do the Will of God,

18 God is our only Comfort in Trouble,

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19 of cafting our Care upon God,

20 Chrift our Pattern of Patience in Afflictions,

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21 Of bearing Injuries; and how we may judge of true Patience, 169

The Infirmities and Miseries of our prefent State,

23 Of Placing all our Hope and Happiness in God,

24 A Thanksgiving for God's Mercies,

25 The things which make for Peace,

26 A Prayer againft Evil Thoughts,

27 A Prayer for Spiritual Illumination,

28 Against a bufie inquifitive Temper,

29 Of lafting Peace, and true Goodness,

30 True Freedom of Mind,

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43 How to govern One's felf in the Affairs of the World,

44 Against too great Eagerness in Business,

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31 Self-Love the greatest Obstruction to Virtue and Happiness,

32 A Prayer for Purity of Heart, and Heavenly Wifdom,

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33 How a Chriftian ought to behave himself when Men Speak Evil of

him,

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34 How God ought to be addrefs'd to in time of Adversity,

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35 How the Divine Affiftance should be fought, and depended upon, 198

36 Of feeking God alone,

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37 Of Self-Denial,

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38 The Changeableness of our Temper, and how to fix it,

39 The Happiness of them who love God,

40 This Life a State of continual Temptation,

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41 Of Defpifing the vain Cenfures of Men,

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42 A Chriftian must devote himself entirely to God before he can be

happy,

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45 In Man dwelleth no good thing,

46 Of defpifing Worldly Honour,

47 Happiness is not to be had, by the Favour or Friendship of Men,

48 Against Vain, and Pompous Learning,

49. Of Meddling with the World, as little as may be,

50 Against a fond and cafie Credulity,

51 Of trusting in God, when Men speak Ill of us,

52 Nothing too much to fuffer for Eternal Life,

$3 The Joys of Eternity, and Miseries of this prefent Life,

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$4 Of the Defire of Eternal Life, and the Happiness of them who strive

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55 An Act of Refignation to God in time of Adverfity,

56 A Man must be contented wth meaner Acts of Virtue, when he is in-

difpofed for greater,

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57 A Man fhould think Correction, not Comfort, his due,

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58 The Grace of God dwells not with worldly-minded Men,

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59 The different Motions of Nature and Grace,

6o The Weakness of Corrupt Nature, and Efficacy of Divine Grace, 262

61 Self-Denial enforced from Chrift's Example,

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63 Against Prying into Things too high for us, and pretending to Fathom

the Depths of God and Providence,

64 God is All the Good Man's Hope and Confidence,

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The Fourth Book.

Of the LORD's Supper.

THe Reverence due to this Holy Sacrament,

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The Love of God to the Soul manifefted in this Sacrament, 288

3 The Benefit of Communicating often,

4 The Pleafures of Devout Communion,

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The Dignity of the Sacrament, and Honour of the Priesthood, 300

6 An Act of Preparation before the Sacrament,

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Of Self-Examination,

8 Chrift died for us, that we should live to Him,

9 An Act of Self-Refignation,

to The Sin and Mifchief of Abfenting from the Lord's Supper,

The Benefit of Chrift's Body, and Word,

12 Of Preparation to the Communion,

13 The Soul's Defire of Union with Chrift,

14 An Act of exciting Devotion by the Example of Others,

15 Grace is the Reward of Humility and Self-Denial,

16 A Prayer for Relief in our Wants and Spiritual Diftreffes,

1 An Act of Praife,

18 Against Nice Disputes concerning this Sacrament,

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for Sick Perfons.

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Pon Sickness in general, the Author, Caufes, and Ends of

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4 Of the Wisdom and Goodness of God,

5 Upon Recovery from Sickness,

6 Of Death,

2 Of the Power of God, and the Affections arising from thence, Dread

of his Anger, and Truft in his Protection,

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