CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. An exhortation moving every devout Christian to the often meditation of the life of Christ. CHAPTER II. That the life of a Christian should be passed over in this world in a holy and virtuous conversation.. CHAPTER III. That the end of a Christian life is endless felicity in the world to come.... CHAPTER IV. PAGE 27 That the best direction to this end, is to follow the example of Christ our Saviour, who was not only a sacrifice for sin, but also the most perfect pattern for imitation... CHAPTER V. ..... That this example of Christ's life should ever stand before the eyes of our mind, for our better direction in all our ways...... CHAPTER VI. The first virtue to be learned in the life of Christ was his humility 45 67 77 93 104 CHAPTER VII. What we learn by Christ's leading into the wilderness, his fast ing, and temptation there 118 CHAPTER VIII. Of Christ's great compassion towards the state of man, his continual doing good in the world, and what instructions we hence learn CHAPTER IX. How little our Saviour esteemed popularity and glory of the world, and how by his example we learn to do the like..... CHAPTER X. PAGE 141 153 Of Christ's continual labours and travails in the world, whereby we may take a survey of our Christian condition 167 CHAPTER XI. Of his teaching the multitude, and his actions before he taught, which doth also teach us what we should do.... 176 CHAPTER XII. Of Christ's visiting the sick, his feeding the hungry, and curing all that came unto him, which doth lay before us a most absolute rule of showing pity and compassion.. CHAPTER XIII. Of the great meekness of the Son of God, in bearing the reproaches of the world, an instruction unto us of suffering patiently.. 186 197 CHAPTER XIV. Of Christ's most mild and peaceable conversation amongst men, which is our Christian direction of passing our time so in this world. CHAPTER XV. Of the name of Jesus. CHAPTER XVI. Of Christ's teaching his disciples to pray, and the tenor of that divine form of prayer, so often to be used of all devout Christians 206 216 227 Of Christ's often praying, and specially in the Garden, when his That Christian men may take comfort amidst the calamities of this life, by that of our Saviour, John xiv. 1. "Let not your hearts be troubled:" where he armeth his disciples with con- How that our Saviour exhorting all that would follow him to CHAPTER XXVI. Of Christ's weeping over Jerusalem.. CHAPTER XXVII. Of his passion and suffering upon the Altar of the Cross, for the sins of the world, and salvation of our souls: how often, and with what devotion, all Christian men should meditate hereof.. PAGE 340 349 CHAPTER XXVIII. Of Christ's resurrection from the dead, and how the verity hereof doth much strengthen our Christian faith.. CHAPTER XXIX. 375 Of Christ's ascension up into heaven, besides many good instructions, how hereby our hope of ascending is confirmed... 388 CHAPTER XXX. Of the coming down of the Holy Ghost, and how we should in all Christian manner entertain this divine Spirit into the mansion of our souls CHAPTER XXXI. How that exhortation of our Saviour Christ, John xii. 23. "Walk while ye have light, lest darkness come upon you," doth appertain unto us Christians CHAPTER XXXII. How that, inferred upon the parable of the Ten Virgins, Matt. xxv. 13. "Watch, therefore, for ye know neither the day nor hour when the Son of Man will come," doth expressly appertain to all Christians in this life. CHAPTER XXXIII. 399 412 422 A loving conference had with Christ, and the devout Christian man, touching the state and joys of the life to come, promised to them that learn of Christ, and follow him in this life...... 437 |