A75287:2501
Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The…
Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and public, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes.Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and publike, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes.
London: printed by John Field for Nathanael Webb and William Grantham, 1649London: printed by John Field for Nathanaell Webb and William Grantham, 1649
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§. 13. Esther contains a story of a miraculous deliverance of the Jews.
1. The means of it; viz. Esther. Chap. 1, 2. 2. The manner of it, 1. The greatness of the danger. Chap. 3, 4 2. Degrees of the deliverance 1. The intercession of the Queen. Chap. 5 2. Frustrating the advice of Haman. Chap. 6, 7. 3. Confirmation of the deliverance. 1. Revoking the Decree. Chap. 8 2. Punishing adversaries. Chap. 9 3. Peace of the Jews. Chap. 10
1. The means of it; viz. Esther. Chap. 1, 2. 2. The maner of it, 1. The greatness of the danger. Chap. 3, 4 2. Degrees of the deliverance 1. The intercession of the Queen. Chap. 5 2. Frustrating the advice of Haman. Chap. 6, 7. 3. Confirmation of the deliverance. 1. Revoking the Decree. Chap. 8 2. Punishing adversaries. Chap. 9 3. Peace of the Jews. Chap. 10
Hitherto of the Books Legal and Historical.
Now of the Books Dogmatical or Sapiential, which concern either A singular subject, as Job. A common subject, as Davids Psalms. Solomons Proverbs. Ecclesiastes. Canticles.