LONDON:

PRINTED BY MILLS, JOWETT, AND MILLS,

BOLT-COURT, FLEET-STREET.

RICHARD EDWARDS, CRANE COURT, FLEET STREET, LONDON.

The grounds of the certainty of Faith briefly intimated.

Why God will have us live by Faith, and not by sight

Use 1. To inform us what a Christian or believer is; des-

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Use 2. The reason why believers are more serious in matters

Use 4. Exhortation to the serious exercise of Faith..

How those will live who thus believe; opened in certain

questions

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Motives to live by a foreseeing Faith on things not seen

The conclusion. 1. Exhorting to live by Faith. 2. And to

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promote this life in others...

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THE ADDITIONS.

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CHAP. I. The conviction and reproof of hypocrites, who

live contrary to the Faith which they profess....

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CHAP. II. A general exhortation to live as believers ....

III. An exhortation to the particular duties of be-

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PART II.

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CHAP. I. The Believer's Directory must shew, 1. How to

strengthen Faith. 2. How to use it,

And 1. For the first, the order of the presupposed

natural verities is briefly mentioned

II. The true method of inquiry into the supernatu-

ral evidences of Faith, and the rules therein to be

observed

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III. The proper evidence of Faith. The Spirit and

the image of God himself

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IV. The image of God's wisdom on the Christian
religion. Its wonderful method opened, in thirty
instances. Six more instances

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V. The image of God's goodness and holiness on

the Christian religion, in thirty instances

VI. The image of God's power upon the Christian re-

ligion, in twenty instances

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VII. The means of making known all this to us in-

fallibly. How the first witnesses knew it. How

the next age and churches knew it. How we know

it. Twenty especial historical traditions of Chris-

tianity, and matters of fact. What the Spirit's

witness to Christianity is

VIII. Twelve further Directions to confirm our faith

IX. Twenty general Directions how to use Faith, or

to live by it, when it is confirmed. What Chris-

tian Faith is. Errors about it

PART III.

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CHAP. I. How to live by Faith on God

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II. How to live by Faith on Jesus Christ
Abuses of the doctrine of redemption. The extent

of it. Of Christ's office. His merits and sacrifice.
Example, &c.

III. How to live by Faith on the Holy Ghost. Of

the Trinity. Several doubts resolved about believ-

ing in the Holy Ghost. Of giving the Spirit. His

operations. Whether love to God, or faith in

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