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be_v the_o true_a child_n of_o god_n chap._n 1._o of_o the_o sum_n and_o order_n of_o this_o first_o treatise_n pag._n 1_o chap._n 2._o of_o man_n misery_n pag._n 3_o chap._n 3._o of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o redemption_n and_o deliverance_n pag._n 7_o chap._n 4._o how_o this_o knowledge_n work_v and_o namely_o first_o that_o god_n make_v they_o believe_v their_o misery_n and_o be_v trouble_v in_o mind_n for_o it_o pag._n 9_o second_o they_o consult_v in_o this_o case_n what_o to_o do_v pag._n 13_o three_o they_o be_v break_v heart_v and_o humble_v pag._n 15_o four_o a_o secret_a desire_n of_o forgiveness_n pag._n 15_o five_o they_o confess_v and_o ask_v pardon_n pag._n 18_o six_o they_o forsake_v all_o for_o it_o and_o high_o prize_v it_o pag._n 19_o seventhly_a they_o apply_v christ_n and_o his_o promise_n pag._n 20_o chap._n 5._o of_o the_o let_n of_o faith_n and_o namely_o in_o the_o behalf_n of_o the_o minister_n pag._n 24_o chap._n 6._o of_o the_o let_n that_o hinder_v faith_n on_o the_o behalf_n of_o the_o people_n pag._n 28_o chap._n 7._o what_o desire_n breed_v faith_n pag._n 34_o chap._n 8._o how_o the_o weak_a in_o faith_n shall_v be_v establish_v pag._n 37_o chap._n 9_o the_o difference_n of_o believer_n from_o they_o that_o be_v none_o pag._n 44_o chap._n 10._o of_o the_o eight_o companion_n of_o faith_n pag._n 54_o chap._n 11._o how_o weak_a faith_n be_v confirm_v pag._n 64_o chap._n 12._o the_o sweet_a fruit_n and_o benefit_n of_o the_o preserve_n and_o confirm_v of_o our_o faith_n pag._n 68_o the_o second_o treatise_n declare_v at_o large_a what_o the_o life_n of_o the_o true_a believer_n be_v and_o the_o conversation_n of_o such_o as_o have_v assure_v hope_n of_o salvation_n chap._n 1._o the_o sum_n and_o order_n of_o this_o second_o treatise_n pag._n 72_o chap._n 2._o that_o a_o godly_a life_n can_v be_v without_o unfeigned_a faith_n nor_o this_o faith_n without_o it_o which_o be_v the_o first_o point_n in_o the_o first_o general_a head_n to_o be_v handle_v pag._n 74_o chap._n 3._o that_o for_o the_o lead_n of_o a_o godly_a life_n be_v require_v faith_n in_o the_o temporal_a promise_n of_o god_n and_o hearty_a assent_n and_o credit_n to_o the_o commandment_n also_o and_o threaten_n in_o the_o word_n of_o god_n as_o well_o as_o faith_n to_o be_v save_v pag._n 79_o chap._n 4._o of_o the_o heart_n and_o how_o it_o shall_v be_v cleanse_v and_o change_v and_o so_o the_o whole_a man_n which_o be_v sanctification_n tend_v to_o repentance_n and_o a_o godly_a life_n pag._n 86_o chap._n 5._o of_o the_o renounce_n of_o all_o sin_n which_o be_v the_o first_o effect_n of_o a_o renew_a heart_n in_o the_o true_a believer_n pag._n 96_o chap._n 6._o of_o the_o diverse_a kind_n of_o evil_a to_o be_v renounce_v and_o namely_o of_o inward_a against_o god_n and_o man_n pag._n 102_o chap._n 7._o of_o other_o evil_n and_o sin_n most_o proper_o concern_v ourselves_o pag._n 108_o chap._n 8._o how_o the_o mind_n and_o heart_n of_o the_o believer_n be_v take_v up_o usual_o see_v they_o renounce_v inward_a lust_n pag._n 114_o chap._n 9_o of_o the_o second_o kind_n of_o evil_n or_o sin_n to_o be_v renounce_v namely_o outward_a pag._n 124_o chap._n 10._o of_o four_o sort_n of_o such_o as_o hope_v for_o salvation_n and_o yet_o renounce_v not_o open_a sin_n and_o outward_a offence_n pag._n 126_o chap._n 11._o of_o certain_a objection_n raise_v from_o the_o former_a doctrine_n and_o answer_v thereto_o as_o why_o we_o shall_v put_v difference_n betwixt_o man_n whether_o the_o godly_a may_v fall_v reproachful_o and_o what_o infirmity_n they_o may_v have_v pag._n 134_o chap._n 12._o of_o the_o keep_n of_o the_o heart_n once_o purge_v in_o that_o good_a plight_n afterward_o
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