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Author: Struther, William, 1578-1633.
Title: Christian observations and resolutions, or, The daylie practise of the renewed man, turning all occurrents to spirituall uses, and these uses to his vnion with God I. centurie : vvith a resolution for death, &c. / newlie published by Mr William Struther ...
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Struther, William, 1578-1633.
Edinburgh: Printed by the heires of Andro Hart, 1628.
Subject terms:
Conduct of life.
Death -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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TO GOD ALMIGHTIE, GRATIOVS, MERCIFVLL, &c.
TO THE CHRISTIAN Reader.
CHRISTIAN OBSERVATIONS AND RESOLVTIONS OR The daylie practise of the renewed man, turning all occurrents to spirituall uses, and all these uses to his union with GOD.
1. The Christian Furniture.
2. Operations of Gods Spirit are powerfull.
3. The fruitfull worke of our thoughts.
4. Gods peace a sweete Vade-mecum.
5. Wee are fooles about Happinesse.
6. Death surpriseth the most part of mankind.
7 The great profite of prayer
8. Fruitfull labours in our callings.
9 The world is worse and worse.
10 Discouerie of mans closed heart.
11. Youth and old Age.
12. Deuotion & Obedience are pleasant twinnes.
13. Holy necessities are no distractions.
14. Fruitfull Experience.
15. Companie is usuallie hurtfull.
16. The godly Traueller is euer at home.
17. The combat betwixt the Earth & the Wretch.
18. Wise expounding of Gods wayes.
19. The tryall of our time.
20. Short care for a short life.
21. Perplexities, disease, and remeede.
22. Passions, Tyrannie, and Remeede.
23. Three faultes with the world, but not with God.
24. Saluation is of Grace alone.
25. Proude sinners to Hell.
26. Gods calling is a sufficient warrand.
27. Atheisme poyson.
28. Sinne is an euill guest.
29. Fittes of Insolencie.
30. Constant Inconstancie.
31. Wrong Iudging.
32. Injuries inflame Corruption.
33. How to please God. and man.
34. Resolutions performed.
35. Callings are our tryals.
36. Foode of our Soule.
37. A constant dyet of Gods Worshippe.
38. Mans securitie in GOD.
39. Holy Meditations, Difficultie and Profite.
40. Spiritualitie of the bodie.
41. Credulitie and Confi∣dence, are weake atten∣dants of a weake Spirit.
42. The sight of a present God-head.
43. Patrons of Grace and Nature, are condigne∣lie payed for their pleading.
44. Conceat of Wise∣dome is great folie.
45 Dead to the world.
46. The right placing of our affections.
47. Contemplation and practise ought to bee joyned.
48. The ambitious man dieth of his disease.
49. Good Spirits are most free of passions.
50. God alone better than all.
51. Rare accidents make many Prophets.
52. Damnable selvishnesse.
53. The wise and foolish Merchant.
54. The loue of good and hatred of euill.
55. The best Lotte hath some want.
56. Danger of corrup∣tion daylie.
57. Gods best Gifts.
58. Discerning of Flesh and Spirit.
59. Gods mercifull presence.
60. GOD and Sathan contrare to their ends and wayes.
61. Tryall of Trueth.
62. Politicks secrecie is open.
63. The life of the Soule.
64. Sense of weaknesse.
65. The Scriptures vn∣speakable profite.
66. The fearfull calami∣tie of Warres.
67. God seeth the heart.
68. Rest on Prouidence.
69. Afflictions fruite.
70. Man the most dis∣obedient Creature.
71. Good men most injured.
72 Gods Beggers are best heard.
73. Good motions are of God.
74. The right use of ob∣seruing of our neigh∣bours infirmities.
75. Hardnesse of Heart.
76. Gods worship done as his worship.
77. Gods stamppe in the Soule and Bodie.
78. Of great naturall Spirits.
79. The worke of Conscience.
80. Tendernesse of Body, a Blessing to the godly.
81. Matter of continuall ejaculations.
82. Complementing. is a windie fulnesse.
83. Consciencious, Knowledge.
84. The wise mixture of mankinde.
85. Needlesse feares are fruitfull to the godly.
86. Thirst of Newes.
87. The comfort of Calumnies.
88. Men are blind and quicke sighted in their owne cause.
89. Particulars are mixed with common causes.
90. The Remeede of our Corruption.
91. The godlie heart hath both constant warre and certaine Peace.
92. Religious Religion.
93. Predominant vice and vertue.
94. Phantasies Tyrannie, and Remeede.
95. The Christians refuge.
96. Mankinds three∣fold degree.
67. Mans threefold Perfection.
98. Prouidence is parti∣cular to the Saincts.
99. The sight of a new and a better World in this olde bad one.
100▪ God is the dwelling place of the godly Soule.
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A Table of the following Treatise.
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A RESOLVTION FOR DEATH, written vnder the sen∣tence of Death, in the time of a painfull Disease. Decemb. 1627.
The Table of these OBSERVATIONS.
Faults escaped in the prin∣ting, in the Obserua∣tions.
In the Resolution.