Sect. 1. Conviction offered to fingers, especially fuch as are wedded ftrictly to the law, or felf-righteous; that they may fee their need of Chrift's righteousness, Page 98 Sect. 2. Direction given with reference to the right ufe of the means, that we reft not on these instead of Chrift the glorious Husband, in whom alone our help lies, 101 Sect. 3. A call to believe in Jefus, with fome hints at the act and object of faith, 104 Sect. 4. An advice to finners to apply to the fovereign mercy of God, as it is discovered through Chrift, to the highest honour of justice, and other divine attributes, in order to further their faith in him unto falvation, 107 Sect. 5. The terrible doom of unbelievers that reject the gospel-match the offered Saviour and falvation, PART II. The BELIEVER'S JOINTURE. CHAP. I. Containing the privileges of the believer that is efpoufed to Chrift by faith of divine operation, 115 Sect. 1. The believer's perfect beauty, free acceptance, and full security, through the imputation of Chrift's perfect righteoufnefs, though imparted grace be imperfect, ib. Sect. 2. Chrift the believer's Friend, Prophet, Pricft, King, Defence, Guide, Guard, Help, and Healer, 117 Sect. 3. Chrift the believer's wonderful Phyfician, and wealthy Friend, 119 Sect. 4. The believer's Safety under the covert of Chrift's atoning blood and powerful interceffion, 121 Sect. 5. The believer's faith and hope encouraged even in the darkest nights of defertion and diftrefs, 123 Sect. 6. Benefits accruing to believers from the offices, names, natures, and fufferings of Christ, 125 Sect. 7. Chrift's fufferings further improved, and believers called to live by aith, both when they have and want fenfible influences, 127 Sect. 8. Chrift the believer's enriching treasure, 129 130 131 Sect. 9. Chrift the believer's adorning garment, СНАР. Containing marks and characters of believers in Chrift; together with fome farther privileges and grounds of comfort to the faints, 132 Se. 1. Doubting believers called to examine themselves by marks drawn from their love to him and his prefence, their view of his glory, and their being emptied of felf-righteoufnels, c ib. Sect. 2. Believers defcribed from their faith acting by divine aid, and flying quite out of themfelves to Jefus Chrift, Page 134 Sect. 3. Believers characterized by the objects and purity of their defire, delight, joy, hatred, and love, difcovering they have the Spirit of Chrift, 136 140 Sect. 4. Believers in Chrift affect his counfel, word, ordinances, appearance, full enjoyment in heaven, and sweet prefence here, 138 Sect. 5. The true believer's humility, dependence, zeal, growth, admiration of free grace, and knowledge of Chrift's voice, Sect. 6. True believers are willing to be tried and examined. Also, comforts arifing to them from Chrift's ready fupply, real fympathy, and relieving names fuiting their needs, Sect. 7. The believer's experience of Chrift's comfortable presence, or of former comforts, to be improved for his encouragement and fupport under darkness and hidings, Sect. 8. Comfort to believers from the ftability of the promise, notwithflanding heavy chastisements for fin, 142 145 147 Sect. 9. Comfort to believers from Chrift's relations, his dying love, his glory in heaven, to which he will lead them, through death; and fupply them with all neceffaries by the way, 149 Sect. 10. Comfort to believers from the text, Thy Maker is thy Husband, inverted thus, Thy Husband is thy Maker; and the conclufion of this fubject, 151 The BELIEVER'S RIDDLE; or, The Mystery of Faith. 153 The preface, fhewing the ufe and defign of the Riddle, and how all fatal errors proceed from ignorance of fuch myfteries, Sect. 1. The mytery of the faints' pedigree, and especially of their relation to Chrift's wonderful perfon, 156 162 Sect. 2. The myfteries of the faints' life, ftate, and frame, and joys, 167 Sect. 4. Myfteries in faith's extractions, way and walk, prayers and aufwers, heights and depths, fear and love, 171 Sell 5. Myfteries about flesh and fpirit, liberty and bondage, life and death, Sect. 6. The mystery of free juftification through Chrift's obedience and fatisfaction, 179 182 Sell. 7. The mystery of God the Juftifier; and faith juftifying him, both in his juftifying and condemning: or, foul-juftification and felf-condemnation, 186 Sect. 8. The mystery of fanctification imperfect in this life; or, the believer doing all, and doing nothing, 191 Se. The mystery of various names given to faints; or, the flesh and ribed from inanimate things, vegetables and fenfitives, 195 e mystery of the faints' old and new man further described, ans of their fpiritual life, 199 Sect. 11. The mystery of Chrift, his names, natures, and offices, P. 204 Sect. 12. The mystery of the believer's mixed state further enlarged, and his getting out of evil, 209 Set. 13. The mystery of the faint's adverfaries and adversities, 213 Sect. 14. The mystery of the believer's pardon and fecurity from revenging wrath, notwithstanding his fin's defert, 216 Sect. 15. The mystery of faith and fight, 221 A paraphrafe upon Pfalm lxxxiv. A fourfold exercise for the believer in his lodging, 230 236 ib. ib. 240 ib. The BELIEVER'S SOLILOQUY; especially in Times of Desertion, Temptation, Affli&tion, &c. Sect. 1. The deferted believer longing for perfe& freedom from fin, 238 Sect. 2. The deferted believer's prayer under complaints of unbelief, darkness, deadnefs, and hardness, Sel. 3. The believer's wading through depths of desertion and corruption, 240 243 Sect. 4. The believer's complaint of fin, forrow, and want of love, 244 Set. 5. The deferted foul's prayer for the Lord's gracious and fin-fubduing prefence, Sect. 6. The fong of heaven, defired by faints on earth, PART VI. The BELIEVER'S PRINCIPLES. СНАР. I. 246 248 Containing creation and redemption; or, fome of the first principles of the oracles of God, Sect. 1. Of creation. The firft chapter of Genefis compendifed, 250 ib. The fum of creation, ib. Sect. 2. Of redemption. The mystery of the Redeemer's incarnation; or, God manifefted in the flesh, 252 The fum of redemption, Page 253 ib. Sect. 3. The Redeemer's work; or, Chrift all in all, and our complete redemption: A gospel-catechifin for young Chriftians, Sect. 4. Faith and works both excluded from the matter of juftification before God, that redemption may appear to be only in Chrift, 257 CHA P. II. Concerning the law and the gofpel, Sct. 1. The mystery of law and gofpel, Sect. 2. The difference between the law and the gofpel, in four paragraphs, 259 ib. 269 272 275 Parag. 1. The place and station of law and gospel in general, 276 Parag. 2. The place and station of law and gofpel in particular, 277 Parag. 3. The gofpel no new law; but a joyful found of grace and mercy, 281 Parag. 4. The gospel further defcribed, as a bundle of good news and gracious promises, CHAP. III. 283 Concerning juftification and Sanctification, their difference and harmony, 285 Set. 1. The difference between juftification and fanctification; or, righteoufnels imputed and grace imparted, in upwards of thirty particulars, Sect. 2. The harmony between justification and fanctification, CHAP. IV. Concerning faith and fenfe, Sect. 1. Faith and fenfe natural, compared and distinguished, ib. 290 292 ib. 294 296 297 Sect. 5. The heights and depths of fenfe, 299 Sect. 6. Faith and frames compared, or faith building upon fenfe discovered, 300 CHAP. V. Concerning heaven and earth, 393 Set. 1. The work and contention of heaven, ib. Sect. 2. Earth despicable, heaven defireable, 305 Smoking fpiritualized, in two parts, 308 TABLE of the SONG of SOLOMON. A Paraphrafe, or large Explicatory Poem on the Song of Solomon, Page 309 310 Preface to the curious reader, containing the Author's apology for the undertaking; fhewing his defign in writing the poem, his manner of doing it; with what is to be his proper theme, Preface to the ferious reader; pointing out the divine warrant for fuch productions, afcertaining the proper fenfe of the Song, offering a fuitable key for understanding it, guarding it against the cavils of profane wits, affirming its authenticity, and pleading for favourable allowances, for want of a proper degree of fpirituality in treating it, CHAP. I. 312 The church's love unto Chrift.-She confeffeth her deformity, and prayeth to be directed to his flock.Chrift dire&teth her to the fhepherds' tents; and fheweth his love to her, giving her gracious promifes. The church and Chrift congratulate one another, 317 The title of the song, The church's love unto Chrift, ver. 1,-4. She confeffeth her deformity, ver. 5, 6. She prayeth to be directed to Chrift's flock, verfe 7. Sheweth his love to her by commendations, ver. 9, 10. ib. ib. 320 322 323 324 325 326,-33 327 329 The church and Chritt's congratulations, ver. 12,-17. CHA P. II. 329, 330 The mutual love of Chrift and his church.-The hope and calling of the church.-Chrift's care of the church. The profeffion of the church, her faith and hope, 332 Chrift's fpeech concerning himself and the church, ver. 1, 2, 332, 333 The spouse commends her Beloved, and prefers him above all others, verse 3. Remembers the pleasure and fatisfaction she had in communion with Chrift, verse 4. 334 336 |