The best acquaintance and highest honour of Christians, or, A discourse of acquaintance with God by Matthew Newcomen.

Title

The best acquaintance and highest honour of Christians, or, A discourse of acquaintance with God by Matthew Newcomen.

Author

Newcomen, Matthew, 1610?-1669.

Publication

London printed :: [s.n.],

1668.

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Subject terms

God -- Knowableness.

Christian life.

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Contents

• title page
• THE Best Acquaintance, AND Highest Honour, OF CHRISTIANS.
  • CHAP. I. The opening of the words, and of the nature of the great duty of acquain∣ting our selves with God.
  • CHAP. II. Of Converse with God, and wherein it consists.
  • CHAP. III. Shewing the Reasons, why it is the great concernment of every Man to acquaint him∣self with God.
  • CHAP. IV. Calling us to take notice of the wonderful condescension of God towards us, in vouch∣safing to admit us into his Acquaintance; and of the madness and folly of those that care not for this Ac∣quaintance.
  • CHAP. V. Exhorting all to labour to get ac∣quaintance with God, and pro∣pounding several Motives thereunto.
  • CHAP. VI. Particularly exhorting those that never yet had acquaintance with God, now to labour for it. With Directions for the at∣taining of it.
  • CHAP. VII. Exhorting those that have ac∣quaintance with God, to keep and maintain it.
  • CHAP. VIII. Exhorting those who have lost their acquaintance with God, to endeavour the recovery of it.