The Epitome of a new man, or, A Leaf from the tree of life to heal the bleeding wounds of the nations in an epistle from the unknown servant of God, friend of nature, disciple of Jesus : directed unto all that love our Lord in sincerity, tending to the uniting their hearts to him, then one to another, be they of what sect or opinion soever they will : very profitable for every particular mans meditation, teaching the way how to know and govern our selves ...

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The Epitome of a new man, or, A Leaf from the tree of life to heal the bleeding wounds of the nations in an epistle from the unknown servant of God, friend of nature, disciple of Jesus : directed unto all that love our Lord in sincerity, tending to the uniting their hearts to him, then one to another, be they of what sect or opinion soever they will : very profitable for every particular mans meditation, teaching the way how to know and govern our selves ...

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London :: Printed for the author,

1649.

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Contents

• The Authors Letter, or an Apology to all Ministers, Pastors and Tea∣chers of the universal Church, be they of what sect soever.
• THE EPISTLE TO THE READER.
• table of contents
• Of the Authour.
• To the Pastors and Teachers.
• Of Man.
• Of Reason.
• The Epitome of a New Man; or a Leaf from the Tree of Life, to heal the bleeding Wounds of the Nations.
  • CHAP. I. Of Man in general, with a chief respect to his soul.
  • CHAP. II. Of the two common notions of the mind known to all those under different names, about which names it is vain to dispute, or to go out of our self; that is, to forsake our own Notions to judge of others; for if we know not the meaning of our own notions, how can we know the meaning of others, till we have made them our own.
  • CHAP. III. Of the most admirable free power that God hath given man to dis∣pose of himself within himselfe, in what manner the man doth please, and what distresses the man shall indure from himselfe, that will have God for his portion.
  • CHAP. IV Shwing the courses this man took to make himselfe a God, low he met with reason who ministred to his necessity: a discourse be∣tween Reason and the man, and what Rules Reason propounded, by which he should learn his God, to know also himselfe, his friend from foe.
  • CHAP. VI. The man being wrought to peace, and finding the sweetness of it in himselfe, intreated Reason to direct how his Christian friends and Country men should come into the same condition.
  • CHAP. VII. How Reason answered, and shewed cause why this could not easily be, unless they would first do those things which in their conceits was impossible to be done. 2. To leave doing those things which in their conceit was damnable to be left undone.
  • CHAP. VIII An ther Discourse between Reason, and the man of the grosseness of the particular errors, which is the cause of all Christian dif∣ference, and how they should be remedied with ease if men will themselves, in which is inserted seven divine exhilarating Elo∣giums.
  • songs
    • SONG I. This Song gives the direction, with reason, how thou shouldest steer thy Affection to all men living,
    • Song II.
    • SONG III.
    • SONG IV.
    • SONG V. Reasons Invitation.
    • SONG VI.
    • SONG VII.
  • A word to the Righteous