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The fading of the flesh and flourishing of faith, or, One cast for eternity…
The fading of the flesh and flourishing of faith, or, One cast for eternity with the only way to throw it well : as also the gracious persons incomparable portion / by George Swinnock ...The fading of the flesh and flourishing of faith, or, One cast for eternity with the only way to throw it vvell : as also the gracious persons incomparable portion / by George Swinnock ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1662
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The Contents of the several Chapters
CHAP. I. The Preface, division of the Psalm, and Coherence of the Text. page. 1 CHAP. II. The Interpretation of the Text, and the first Doctrine, That man is mortal. page. 7 CHAP. III. The Reasons of the Doctrine, Mans corruptibility, Gods Fidelity, and mans Apostasy from God. page. 16 CHAP. IV. First use of Information, containing the folly of them who make provision for the flesh, page. 23 CHAP. V. An Exhortation to Sinners to prepare for death, with three quickening Motives; Death will come certainly. Death may come suddenly. When it comes it will be too late to prepare. page. 29 CHAP. VI. Three Motives more to prepare for Death; A dying hour will be a trying hour. The ⟨image 16⟩misery of the unprepared. The felicity of such as are prepared for death. page. 43 CHAP. VII. What is requisite to prepare for death, viz. A change of State, and a change of Nature, with a gracious offer from the most high God to sinners. page. 60 CHAP. VIII. How a Saint may come to dye with much courage. page. 83 CHAP. IX. The second Doctrine, That God is the comfort of a Christian in the saddest condition; With the Reason, Because his happiness is in God. page. 105 CHAP. X. God must needs be mans happiness, because 1. He is an All-sufficient Good; able to free the soul from all evil, and to fill it with all good. page. 108 CHAP. XI. God the Saints happiness, 2. Because God is a suitable good. page. 115 CHAP. XII. God the Saints happiness, because of his Eternity, and the Saints propriety in him. page. 118 CHAP. XIII. The first Use, The difference betwixt a Saint and a sinner in distress. page. 122 ⟨image 16⟩CHAP. XIV Second Use, Information, The difference betwixt the portions of the Gracious and Graceless in this world. page. 127 CHAP. XV. The difference betwixt the Sinner and the Saints portion in the other world. page. 133 CHAP. XVI. The second Use by way of Trial, Whether God be our portion or no, with some marks. page. 138 CHAP. XVII. The third Use, Exhort. to choose God for our portion. page. 147 CHAP. XVIII. God is a satisfying and a sanctifying portion. page. 158 CHAP. XIX. God an universal and eternal portion. page. 168 CHAP. XX. Comfort for such as have God to their portion. page. 178