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chap. III. The fruits of the believer's marriage with Chrift, particularly gofpel-holinefs, and obedience to the law as a rule,

Sect. . The fweet folemnity of the marriage now over, and the fad effects of the remains of a legal fpirit,

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Sect. 2. Faith's victories over fin and Satan, through new and farther discoveries of Christ, making believers more fruitful in holiness, than all other pretenders to works, 57

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Sect. 3. True faving faith magnifying the law, both as a covenant and rule. Falfe faith unfruitful and ruining.

Sect. 4. The believer only, being married to Christ is justified and fanctified; and the more gospel freedom from the law as a covenant, the more holy conformity to it as a rule,

Sect. 5. Gofpel grace giving no liberty to fin, but to ho ly fervice and pure obedience,

Chap. IV. A caution to all against a legal fpirit, especially
to those that have a profeffion without power, and learn-
ing without grace,
Chap. V. Arguments and encouragements to gospel mini-
fters to avoid a legal strain of doctrine, and endeavour
the finner's match with Chrift by gospel means,

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Sect. 1. A legal fpirit the root of damnable errors,
Sect. 2. A legal ftrain of doctrine discovered and discard-

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Sect. 3. The hurtfulness of not preaching Chrift, and distinguishing duly between law and gofpel,

Sect. 4. Damnable pride and self righteousness, so natural to all men, has little need to be encouraged by legal preaching,

Sect. 5. The gospel of divine grace the only means of converting finners; and therefore fhould be preached most clearly, fully, and freely,

Chap. VI. An exhortation to all that are out of Christ, in order to their clofing the match with him containing alfo motives and directions,

Sect. 1. Conviction offered to finners, especially fuch as are wedded strictly to the law, or felf-righteous; that they may fee their need of Christ's righteousness.

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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,

Sect. 3. A call to believe in Jefus Chrift, with fome hints at the act and object of faith,

Sect. 4. An advice to finners to apply to the fovereign mercy of God, as it is difcovered through Chrift, to the highest honour of justice and other divine attributes, in or der to further their faith in him unto falvation,

Sect. 5. The terrible doom of unbelievers that reject the gofpel-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,

Sect. 1. The believer's perfect beauty, free acceptance, and full fecurity, through the imputation of Chrift's perfect righteoufnefs, though imparted grace be imperfect,

Sect. 2. Chrift the believer's friend, prophet, prieft, king, defence, guide, guard, help, and healer,

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Sect. 3. Chrift the believer's wonderful physician, and wealthy friend,

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Sect. 4. The believer's fafety under the covert of Christ's attoning blood, and powerful interceffion,

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Sect. 5. The believer's faith and hope encouraged even in the darkest nights of desertion and distress,

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Sect 6. Benefits accruing to believers, from the offices,

names, natures, and fufferings of Christ,

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Sect. 7. Chrift's fufferings further improved, and believers called to live by faith, both when they have and want fenfi

ble influences,

Sect. 8. Chrift the believer's enriching treasure,

Sect. 9. Christ the believer's adorning garment,

Sect. 1o. Chrift the believer's sweet nourishment,

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Chap. II. Containing marks and characters of believers in Chrift; together with fome farther privileges and grounds of comfort to faints,

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Sect. 1. Doubting believers called to examine themselves by marks drawn from their love to him and his presence, their view of his glory, and their being emptied of self-righteousness, &c.

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Sect. 2. Believers described from their faith acting by divine aid, and fleeing quite out of themselves to Jefus Chrift,

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Sect. 3. Believers characterized by the objects and purity of their defire, delight, joy, hatred, and love, discovering they have the Spirit of Chrift,

Sect. 4. Believers in Chrift affe&t his counsel, word, ordinances, appearance, full enjoyment in heaven, and fweet prefence here,

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Sect. 5. The true believer's humility, dependence, zeal, growth, admiration of free grace, and knowledge of Christ's voice,

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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 need, 138 Sect. 7. The believer's experience of Chrift's comfortable prefence, or of former comforts, to be improved for his en couragement and fupport under hidings,

Sect. 8. Comfort to believers from the stability of the promife, notwithstanding heavy chaftifements for fin,

Sect. 9. Comfort to believers in Chrift's relations, his dying love, his glory in heaven, to which he will lead them through death, and supply them with all neceffaries by the way,

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Sect. 10. Comfort to believers from the text, Thy Maker is thy Husband, inverted thus, Thy Hufband is thy Maker; and the conclusion of this subject,

PART III.

The Believer's Riddle; or, The Mystery of Faith.

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The Preface, fhewing the ufe and defign of the Riddle, and how all fatal errors proceed from ignorance of fuch myfteries.

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Sect. 1. The mystery of the faints pedigree, and efpecially of their relation to Chrift's wonderful perfon, Sect. 2. The mystery of the faints life, state, and frame, 164

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Sect. 3. Mysteries about the faints work and warfare, fins, forrows, and joys,

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Sect.. 4. Myfteries in faith's extractions, way and walk, prayers and answers, heights and depths, fear and love, 179 Sect. 5. Myfteries about flesh and spirit, liberty and bondage, life and death,

Sect. 6. The mystery of free juftification through Chrift's, obedience and fatisfaction,

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Sect. 7. The mystery of God the juftifier; and faith juftifying him, both in his juftifying and condemning; or fouljuftification and felf condemnation,

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Sect. 8. The mystery of fanctification, imperfect in this life; or, The believer doing all, and doing nothing,

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Sect. 9. The mystery of various names given to faints; or, The flesh and fpirit defcribed from inamate things, vegetables, and fenfitives,

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Sect. 10. The mystery of the faint's old and new maz further described, and the means of their spiritual life, 224 Sect. 11. The mystery of Chrift, his names, natures, and

offices,

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Sect. 12. The mystery of the believer's mixed ftate further enlarged, and his getting good out of evil,

Sect. 13. The mystery of the faints adverfaries and adverfities,

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Sect. 14. The mystery of the believer's pardon and fecurity from revenging wrath, notwithstanding his fin's defert, 251 Sect. 15. The mystery of faith and fight,

Sect. 16. The mystery of faith and works,
And of rewards of grace and debt,

The conclufion,

PART IV.

The Believer's Lodging.

A paraphrafe upon Plalm lxxxiv,

Exercife for the believer in his lodging fourfold,
1. The holy law; or, The ten commandments,
2. The unholy heart the reverfe of God's law,
3. The glorious gofpel of Chrift the remedy,
4. The prayer of faith exemplified,

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PART V.

The Believer's Soliloquy; efpecially in times of defertion, temptation, affliction, &c.

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The deferted believer longing for perfect freedom from fin,

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Sect. 3. The believer wadding through deeps of defertion and corruption,

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Sect. 2. The deferted believer's prayer under complaints of unbelief, darkness, deadnefs, and hardness,

Sect. 4. The believer's complaint of fin, forrow, and want of love,

Sect. 5. The deferted foul's prayer for the Lord's gra cious and fin fubduing prefence,

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Sect. 6. The fong of heaven defired by faints on earth, 293

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Chap. I. Concerning creation and redemption; or, Some of the first principles of the oracles of God,

Sect. 1. Of creation. The first chapter of Genefis compendized,

The fum of creation,

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Sect. 2. Of redemption. The mystery of the Redeemer's incarnation; or, God manifested in the flesh,

The fum of redemption,

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Sect 3. The Redeemer's works; or, Christ all in all, and our complete redemption. A gofpel catechifm for young Chriftians,

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Sect. 4. Faith and works both excluded from the matter of juftification before God, that redemption may appear to be only in Christ,

Chap. II Concerning the law and the gospel.

Sect. 1. The mystery of law and gospel,

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Sect 2. The difference between the law and the gofpel, 324 Sect. 3. The harmony between the law and the gospel, 327 Sect. 4. The proper place and station of the law and the gofpel, in four paragraphs,

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