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FALSELY PRETENDED KNOWLEDGE.

CHAP. I. The Text opened: What philosophy Paul depres-

seth, and why.. • • • •

II. What wisdom and esteem of it are not here con-

......III. What pretended knowledge is condemned, and

what learning or philosophy it is which Paul

disliked, further opened; with thirty reasons

.IV. What are the certainties which must be known
and held fast, and why, where certainty is dis-
tinctly described..

V. Of the various degrees of certainty •

VI. What are the unknown things or uncertainties,

which we must not pretend a certain know-

ledge of, even Scripture truths

VII. The first inference: The true reason and use-

fulness of the Christian simplicity, in differ-

encing the covenant and the principles of

religion from the rest of the Holy Scriptures..

VIII. Inference 2. Of the use of catechising

*IX. Inference 3. The true preservative of puzzled

Christians, from the errors of false teachers,

who draw them to their several parties••••••

CHAP. X. Inference 4. What is the great plague and di-

vider of the Christian world

...........XI. The common discoveries of men's proud, self-

conceited understanding, and of pretended

XII. Of the mischievous effects of this proud pre-

tence of more knowledge than men have..........

XIII. The commodities of a suspended judgment

and humble understanding, which pretendeth

to no more knowledge or certainty than it

XIV. The aggravations of the sin of prefidence....

. XV. Special aggravations of it in students and pastors

XVI. Twenty clear proofs of the little knowledge

that is in the world, to move us to a due dis-

trust of our understandings .....

. XVII. Inference 5. It is not the dishonour, but the

praise of Christ and his Apostles, and the Gospel,

that they speak in a plain style and manner,

of the certain necessary things, without the

vanity of school-uncertainty, and unprofitable

notions ........

XVIII. Inference 6. The true and false ways of re-

storing the churches, and healing our divisions,

hence opened and made plain

XIX. Of the causes of prefidence or proud pretended

knowledge, in order to the cure...

. XX. Objections answered....

XXI. Directions for the cure

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TRUE SAVING KNOWLEDGE.

CHAP. I. Knowledge is a means to a higher end, according

II. The end of knowledge is to make us lovers of

God, and so to be known of him

...... III. Therefore knowledge is to be sought, valued and

used as it tendeth to our love to God

IV. Therefore they are the wisest and best knowing

men that love God best; and not they that

have much unholy knowledge

CHAP. V. Inference 1. By what measures to estimate know-

VI. Inference 2. To abate our censures and contempt

of the less-learned Christians and churches..

VII. Inference 3. How to judge of the knowledge

necessary to church-communion

....

...

VIII. Inference 4. The aptness of the teaching of

Christ, to ingenerate the love of God and ho-

IX. Inference 5. What great cause of thankfulness

men have for the constitution of the Christian

religion and how inexcusable they are that

will not learn so short, and sweet, and safe a

X. Inference 6. How little reason ungodly men have

to be proud of their learning, or any of their

XI. Inference 7. Why the ungodly world hateth ho-

liness, and not knowledge...

XII. Inference 8. What is the work of a faithful

preacher, and how it is to be done.

XIII. Inference 9. Those that know God so far as to

love him truly, may have comfort, notwith-

standing their remaining ignorance..

..............XIV. Questions and objections answered

Quest. 1. If so much knowledge will save men

as causeth them to love God, may not hea-

thens be saved who know God to be good,

and therefore may love him?............

Quest. 2. May not a Papist or heretic love God

and be saved?. . . . . .

Object. III. At least you make ignorant persons

happy that love God, though they know not

their catechism?....

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CHAP. XV. Use, Exhort. 1. Deceive not yourselves by over-

valuing an unholy sort of knowledge, or com-

XVI. Exhort. 2. Love best those Christians that

love God best, and live in love and peace with

XVII. Exhort. 3. Pretend not your knowledge

against the love of God or man, or against

the interest of the church and souls....

XVIII. Exhort. 4. Bend all your studies to a life of

increased and exercised love. How the love

of God must be exercised and increased. The

benefit hereof...

...XIX. Exhort. 5. Place your comfort in health and

sickness in mutual divine love.

you love God.. How known.

XX. 2. But let it be the chief part of your comfort

that you are known of God. What comfort

this affordeth. What frame of soul it be-

speaketh in us in life, and at our death....

COMPASSIONATE COUNSEL TO ALL

CHAP. I. Introduction....

......II. To begin betimes to live to God, is of unspeak-

able importance to yourselves

III. Of what public concernment the quality of

IV. How the case standeth with our youth in matter

V. How sad a case is it that I have described

VI. The joyful state and blessing of good children,

to themselves and others

VII. Undeniable reasons for the repentance and

amendment of those that have lived a fleshly

and ungodly life: by way of exhortation....

.VIII. General directions to the willing

CHAP. IX. Additional counsel to young men, who are bred

up to learning and public work, especially to

the sacred ministry, in the universities and

X. Counsel to young students in physic.

XI. Counsel to young students of the law in London

XII. Counsel to the sons of the nobility and magis-

XIII. Counsel to parents and tutors of youth. . . . . .

.XIV. What are men's duties to each other as elder

.....

A MORAL PROGNOSTICATION.

I. What shall befal the churches on earth, till their concord,

by the restitution of their primitive purity, simplicity

and charity.....

II. How that restitution is likely to be made, (if ever,) and

what shall befal them thenceforth unto the end, in that

golden age of love

THE REFORMED LITURGY.

The ordinary public worship on the Lords's-day......

The order of celebrating the sacrament of the body and

Of catechising, and the approbation of those that are to be

Of the celebration of matrimony

admitted to the Lord's-supper

The visitation of the sick, and their communion

The order of solemnizing the burial of the dead. . . . . .

The extraordinary days of humiliation and thanksgiving,

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