1703 -  1765

TABLE OF CONTENTS

This Treatise is divided into twelve Chapters, and the subjects therein are

Discussed in the following order:

 

Chapter I - Of the original purity of human nature.

Chapter 2 - Of the present entire depravity of human nature.

Chapter 3 - On the Spirit's work in Regeneration; and also in Conversion, and Sanctification.

Chapter 4 - Of the great difference between real conversion, and the mere semblance of it.

Chapter 5 - On the life of faith.

Chapter 6 - Of the assurance of faith.

Chapter 7 - Of a believer's growth in grace.

Chapter 8 - On declension in the power of godliness, and its causes.

Chapter 9 - Of the symptoms of declension in the power of godliness.

Chapter 10 - Of the means of revival, under decays of grace.

Chapter I I - Of the temptations of the present age; and cautions against them.

Chapter 12 - Of holy and spiritual Communion with God.

Appendix I - Analytical Index to the whole book.

Appendix 2 - An Account of the choice experience of Mrs. Anne Brine extracted from the funeral sermon preached on the occasion of her death by Dr. John Gill.