Seuen goulden candlestickes houlding the seauen greatest lights of Christian religion shewing vnto all men what they should beleeue, & how they ought to walke in this life, that they may attayne vnto eternall life. By Gr: Williams Doctor of Divinity

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Seuen goulden candlestickes houlding the seauen greatest lights of Christian religion shewing vnto all men what they should beleeue, & how they ought to walke in this life, that they may attayne vnto eternall life. By Gr: Williams Doctor of Divinity

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Williams, Gryffith, 1589?-1672.

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[London] :: Printed [by Thomas Snodham] for Nathaniell Butter,

[1624]

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Theology, Doctrinal -- Early works to 1800.

Christian life -- Early works to 1800.

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Contents

• title page
• THE CONTENTS OF the whole BOOKE.
• TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE AND truly Religious, PHILIP HERBERT, Earle of Montgomery, Baron of Sherland, and Knight of the most Honourable Order of the Garter; and to the most Vertuous and Zealously Religious Lady, the La. SVSAN, his most deere and louing Wife; and to those fiue blessed branches, their most sweet, gracious, and hopefull children, the Lord Charles Herbert, the Lady Anna-Sophia Herbert. Mr. Philip Herbert, Mr. William Herbert, and Mr. Iames Herbert; all grace and happinesse in this life, and eternall blessed∣nesse in the life to come.
• TO THE RIGHT REVEREND FATHER IN God, IOHN, Lord Bishop of Saint Asaph, and to the Right VVorshipfull, the truly Honoured Sir IOHN WYNNE Knight and Baronet; all grace and hap∣pinesse in this life, and eternall hap∣pinesse in the life to come.
• To the Christian READER.
• summary
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• An Jntroduction to the whole BOOKE.
• Courteous Reader, these errours and the like, if you meet them, I pray you correct them.
• The first golden Candlesticke, HOLDING The first greatest light of Christian RELIGION. Of the misery of MAN.
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    • CHAP. I. Of Originall sinne, and how the same is deriued from the Pa∣rents vnto the Children.
    • CHAP. II. Of actuall sinne, what it is: and by what degrees it inwardly increaseth.
    • CHAP. III. By what degrees actuall sinne is outwardly increased.
    • CHAP. IV. Of the manner how euery Sinne is committed.
    • CHAP. V. Of the diuersitie of sinners, and of the inequalitie of sinnes.
    • CHAP. VI. How euery sinne, and the least sinne of euery one; bringeth death.
  • PART. II. The payment for Sinne. i. e. Death: For the reward of Sinne is death.
    • CHAP. I. Of the deceit of Sinne.
    • CHAP. II. How euery sinne slayeth the soule.
    • CHAP. III. How sinne slayeth euery facultie of the Soule.
    • CHAP. IIII. How sinne slayeth the body, by inflicting on it, all the miseries of this life: and of the large extent of death, ouer all men.
    • CHAP. V. How Death worketh variably in diuers respects, and the diuers causes thereof.
    • CHAP. VI. How sinne brings eternall death both of Body and Soule.
  • PART. III. The equity of this payment, Death is the stipend of Sinne.
    • CHAP. I. How iust a thing it is to punish Sinne. The reward of Sinne is Death.
    • CHAP. II. How God is the iustest Iudge to punish Sinne.
    • CHAP. III. That God doth not inflict eternall punishment vpon the foresight of any act of the will, that we would eternally sinne.
    • CHAP. IIII. How easie and light are all the Commandements that God doth giue, and how hard are the wayes of sinne.
    • CHAP. V. Of the haynousnesse of every sinne, in three respects.
    • CHAP. VI. Of the especiall application of each one of these three parts of the whole Text.
    • A Prayer.
• The Second golden Candlesticke, HOLDING The second greatest light of Christian RELIGION. Of the Knowledge of GOD.
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    • CHAP I. Of the description of God, how he maybe knowne; what he is: and of this speciall Name, IEHOVA.
    • CHAP. II. How God is the giuer of Being to all Creatures, and the fulfiller of all his promises.
    • CHAP. III. Of the vsefull instructions, that we may gather out of the for∣mer Doctrine.
    • CHAP. IV. Of the word LORD, and how many wayes it is taken, and of the reasons to perswade vs to serue him.
  • PART. II. Of the Nature of God, or what manner of God he is.
    • CHAP. I. Of the power of God, and how many sorts of Aduersaries there be, which doe oppose the Truth of this Doctrine of the power of God.
    • CHAP. II. How many wayes the power of God is to bee considered, and how farre the absolute power of God extendeth.
    • CHAP. III. The proofe of Gods infinite power, and the answering of the chie∣fest obiections that are made against the fore-shewed truth of this Doctrine.
    • CHAP. IV. Of the vsefull application of this Doctrine of Gods Power.
    • CHAP. V. Of the Mercy of GOD, and wherein the same chiefly consi∣steth.
    • CHAP. VI. Of the Grace of God: and what the same chiefely signifieth.
    • CHAP. VII. Of the patience and long sufferance of God.
    • CHAP. VIII. Of the superabundant Goodnesse of God.
    • CHAP. IX. Of the superabundant truth of God.
    • CHAP. X. Of the large extent of Gods mercy, and of the remission of all kinde of sinnes, and the vsefull application of the whole Attribute of Gods goodnesse.
    • CHAP. XI. Of the Iustice of God, how iust is God in all his workes, and especially in the not absoluing or cleering of wicked vnre∣pentant sinners.
    • CHAP. XII. Of a two-fold visitation of God, and the full opening of that point, how God doth, and that iustly visite the sinnes of the Fathers vpon the children, and yet punish none but for his owne sinnes.
    • A Prayer.
• The Third Golden Candlesticke, HOLDING The Third greatest Light of Christian RELIGION.
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    • CHAP. I. Of the excellency of the Knowledge of Iesus Christ.
    • CHAP. II. Of the Trinitie of Persons in the Vnitie of Diuine Essence.
    • CHAP. III. Of the Coeternity of the Word with his Father.
    • CHAP. IIII. Of the coessentiality of the word with the Father, and the obiections that are made against the same sufficiently answered.
    • CHAP. V. Of the co-equalitie of the Word with his Father, and the chiefest obiections made against the same, most cleerely and sufficiently answered.
    • CHAP. VI. Of the word , The word here shewed by the Euangelist, to expresse the person that was incarnate, and what it signi∣fieth, and why the Euangelist vseth it.
    • CHAP. VII. Of the chiefest Causes, why this Word was made Flesh.
  • BRANCH II.
    • CHAP. I. Of Christ his apparition before his incarnation, and of the con∣ception of Christ; the manner of it, and the reasons why hee was so conceiued.
    • CHAP. II. Of the matter whereof the Flesh of Christ was formed and that he had a true naturall Body.
    • CHAP. III. Of Christ his true and perfect humane Soule.
    • CHAP. IIII. Of Christ his being subiect to all the humane infirmities that are without sinne.
    • CHAP. V. Of the comfortable instructions that we may collect from this Doctrine of the incarnation of the Word.
  • BRANCH III.
    • CHAP. I. Of the distinction of the two Natures of Christ, how each of them remaineth entire, inconfused; and the obiections made against this truth sufficiently answered.
    • CHAP. II. Of the vnion of these two natures of Christ, in one and the selfe∣same person, and some obiections answered.
    • CHAP. III. Of the manner of the vnion of the two natures, and wherein this vnion chiefly consisteth.
    • CHAP. IIII. Of some of the chiefest effects and benefits of this vnion of these two Natures of Christ.
    • CHAP. V. Of certaine obiections and arguments, endeuouring to proue the inue∣sting of the humanity of Christ with diuine properties, answered; and the effects of this vnion in respect of all Christians, shewed.
    • CHAP. VI. Of certaine reasons why these deepe doctrinall points were so largely handled.
  • PART. II. The chiefest circumstances that are requisite to be knowne for the vnderstanding of this mystery, of the words Incarnation.
    • CHAP. I. Of the Ancestors and family from whence Christ descended. And what we may learne thereby.
    • CHAP. II. Of the time when our Saviour Christ was borne, and of the place and manner of his birth.
    • CHAP. III. Of the testimonies which proue that Christ the Messias is borne.
    • A Prayer.
• The Fourth Golden Candlesticke, HOLDING The Fourth greatest Light of Christian RELIGION. Of the Passion of the MESSIAS.
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    • CHAP. I. Of the manifold vse and commodities that we reape by the con∣tinuall meditation of the sufferings of Christ.
    • CHAP. II. Of the surpassing excellency of the Person suffering.
  • PART. II.
    • CHAP. I. Of the sufferings of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane.
    • CHAP. II. Of that fearefull Cup, what it was, which our Sauiour was to drinke of, and that he so much feared and prayed against it.
    • CHAP. III. Of diuers particular things that were in that Cup which our Sauiour dranke of.
    • CHAP. IIII. Of the treason of Iudas, of the flight of all his followers, and of the taking and binding of Iesus Christ.
    • CHAP. V. Of the sufferings of Christ before Annas, Caiphas, Herod, and Pilate.
    • CHAP. VI. What Christ suffered in Golgotha, the place where he was cru∣cified.
    • CHAP. VII. Of the gracious words that Christ vttered vpon the Crosse.
  • PART. III.
    • CHAP. I. Of the necessity of Christ his suffering.
    • CHAP. II. The instrumentall and efficient causes of the sufferings of Christ.
    • CHAP. III. Of the finall causes why Christ suffered, both in respect of Men, and in respect of God himselfe.
    • CHAP. IIII. Of the vsefull application of this Doctrine of the sufferings of Christ: what we ought principally to learne from the consideration thereof.
  • PART. IIII.
    • CHAP. Of the manner of Christs suffering, how he suffered all that I haue shewed, so as the Prophets fore-told, and as the A∣postles had seene the same with their eyes.
    • A Prayer.
• The Fift Golden Candlesticke, HOLDING The Fift greatest Light of Christian RELIGION. Of the Resurrection of CHRIST.
  • PART I.
    • CHAP. Of the malice of the Iewes against our Sauiour Christ.
  • PART II.
    • CHAP. I. Of the number, and the names, of these Women that came to seeke our Sauiour Christ in his Sepulcher.
    • CHAP. II. Of the action of these Women, which was a right seeking of our Sauiour Christ.
  • PART. III.
    • CHAP. I. Of the Angels seruice vnto Christ, and how terrible they be to the wicked.
    • CHAP. II. How the Angell comforteth these women diuers wayes.
    • CHAP. III. How the Angell informeth the Women of the Resurrection of Christ many wayes, and how the vbiquity of Christ his Body is here confuted by this Angell.
    • CHAP. IIII. That the Messias was to rise againe, and why: Certaine obiections answered: and why he was to rise againe the third day.
    • CHAP. V. Of the Iewes reasons why they beleeue not Iesus the Sonne of Mary to be the Messiah, and why they thinke he raysed not himselfe from the graue.
    • CHAP. VI. Of the testimony of the Angell, and the manifold appa∣ritions of Christ after his Resurrection, to proue the truth and certainety of his Resurrection.
    • CHAP. VII. Of many other circumstances that doe infallibly prooue the Re∣surrection of Christ, and so consequently this Iesus Christ to be the true Messias and Sauiour of the world.
    • CHAP. VIII. Of the place from whence our Sauiour rose, both in respect of his body and soule.
    • CHAP. IX. Of the manner how Christ rose, and of the particular appli∣cation thereof vnto our selues.
    • CHAP. X. What the women are commanded to doe, and why: and what speciall lessons we may learne for our instruction.
    • A Prayer.
• The Sixt Golden Candlesticke, HOLDING The Sixt greatest Light of Christian RELIGION. Of the Ascention of our SAVIOVR, and of the Donation of the HOLY GHOST.
  • BRANCH. I.
    • CHAP. I. Of foure sorts of ascenders, and how each one of them ascendeth.
    • CHAP. II. That Iesus Christ the Sonne of God, is hee that is meant by the Prophet Dauid and Saint Paul, to haue ascended vpon high.
    • CHAP. II. A fuller declaration of the person ascending, and of the time, place, and manner of his ascention.
    • CHAP. IIII. The place into which Christ ascended.
  • BRANCH. II.
    • CHAP. V. Of the application of this Doctrine of the Ascention of Christ vnto our selues, both in respect of con∣solation and imitation.
  • PART. II.
    • CHAP. Of the victory and triumph of Christ ouer our enemies, of our deliuerance from them, and of our restoring into the seruice of God againe.
  • PART. III.
    • CHAP. I. Of the speciall ends why Christ ascended into heauen, and of the gifts which he giueth to edifie the Church.
    • CHAP. II. Of those speciall gifts which God giueth vnto his children, for the sanctifying of their soules, and principally of Faith, Hope, and Charitie
    • CHAP. III. Of the formes wherein the holy Ghost appeared: and why; and how the Apostles are said to be filled with the holy Ghost.
    • CHAP. IIII. Of the filling of the Apostles with those gifts of the Holy Ghost, and the signes of their fulnesse.
    • CHAP. V. Of the effects and fruits of their filling with the Holy Ghost, and how this Spirit sealeth them, and sheweth them to be the true seruants of Iesus Chist.
    • CHAP. VI. How the gifts and graces of Gods Spirit are now giuen vnto vs, and how wee may know whether wee haue the same or not.
    • CHAP. VII. How the gifts and graces that are giuen for the sanctifying of our soules are conferred and bestowed vpon men.
    • CHAP. VIII. On whom God bestoweth these gifts and graces of his spirit.
    • A Prayer.
• The Seuenth Golden Candlesticke, HOLDING The Seuenth greatest Light of Christian REIGION. Of the duty of CHRISTIANS.
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    • CHAP. I. Of the diuers sorts of Brethren, and how this teacheth vnitie.
  • PART. II.
    • CHAP. II. Of the Apostles wisdome and godly pollicy in seeking for to winne the Thessalonians to performe this duty: and of three sorts of Preachers, whereof two sorts are de∣fectiue in this point.
  • PART. III.
    • CHAP. I. Of the diuers kindes of Prayers, both in respect of the matter and forme.
    • CHAP. II. Of the party to whom we should pray, and of the place where we ought to pray.
    • CHAP. III. Of the time when we must pray, and of the manner how wee ought to pray.
    • CHAP. IIII. Of the motiues that should perswade and moue euery man to pray.
  • PART. IIII.
    • CHAP. I. For whom we ought to pray, generally for all men, more espe∣cially for the Magistrates, and most especially for the Ministers of Gods word.
    • A Prayer.
    • A Soliloquie of the Author.
• THE TABLE,