The marrow of the oracles of God. Or, divers treatisesThe marrovv of the oracles of God. Or, diuers treatises

The chief Contents of this Book.

The chiefe Contents of this Booke.

THE drift is, to show how we may be freed from the fear of Death. pag. 6. 35 First, it is proved by eight apparent Arguments, that it may be attained to. pag. 655. to 660 Secondly, it is showed by fifteen Considerations, how shameful and uncomely a thing it is for a Christian to be afraid to die, pag. 660. to 670. Thirdly, the way how this fear may be removed, is showed: where may be noted, An exhortation to regard the directions. p. 670, 671 Two ways of Cure: the one, by Meditation; the other, by Practice. p. 671. 1. The Contemplations either serve to make us to like Death, or else to be less in love with life, pag. 672. ⟨p. 650⟩Seventeen Privileges of a Christian in death, pag. 670. to 685. The contemplations that show us the misery of life, are of two sorts: for either they show us the miseries of the life of nature; or else, the miseries that do unavoidably accompany the very life of grace, p. 685. &c. The miseries of the life of nature, from p. 8•. to 693. The miseries of a godly mans life are two-fold: which appears both in the things he wants, and in the things he hath while he lives, pag. 693. &c. Six things which every godly man wants while he lives, p. 694. to 698. What should make a godly man weary of life, in respect of God, pag. 698. to 704. And what in respect of evil angels. p. 704. &c. And what in respect of the World, p. 706. &c. ⟨p. 651⟩And what in respect of himself. p. 721. &c. Eight aggravations of Gods corrections in this life. p. 702. Eight apparent miseries from the world. p. 706. &c. Fifteen manifest defects and blemishes in the greatest seeming felicities of the world. p. 712. to 721. Many aggravations of our misery, in respect of corruption of nature in this life. p. 721. &c. The remainders of the first punishments yet upon us. p. 725. The removal of the Objections men make about death, from whence their fear ariseth, and these Objections are answered. p. 77. 1. About the pain of dying, where are ten answers. p. 721. &c. 2. About the condition of the body in death. p. 733. 3. About the desire to live longer yet. p. 736. 4. About the pretence of desire to live long to do good. p. 740. 5. About casting away of ones