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Book III

THE MODE OF OBTAINING THE GRACE OF CHRIST. THE BENEFITS IT CONFERS, AND THE EFFECTS RESULTING FROM IT.

ArgumentRead →I. THE BENEFITS OF CHRIST MADE AVAILABLE TO US BY THE SECRET OPERATION OF THE SPIRIT.Read →II. OF FAITH. THE DEFINITION OF IT. ITS PECULIAR PROPERTIES.Read →III. REGENERATION BY FAITH. OF REPENTANCE.Read →IV. PENITENCE, AS EXPLAINED IN THE SOPHISTICAL JARGON OF THE SCHOOLMEN, WIDELY DIFFERENT FROM THE PURITY REQUIRED BY THE GOSPEL. OF CONFESSION AND SATISFACTION.Read →V. OF THE MODES OF SUPPLEMENTING SATISFACTION--VIZ. INDULGENCES AND PURGATORY.Read →VI. THE LIFE OF A CHRISTIAN MAN. SCRIPTURAL ARGUMENTS EXHORTING TO IT.Read →VII. A SUMMARY OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. OF SELF-DENIAL.Read →VIII. OF BEARING THE CROSS--ONE BRANCH OF SELF-DENIAL.Read →IX. OF MEDITATING ON THE FUTURE LIFE.Read →X. HOW TO USE THE PRESENT LIFE, AND THE COMFORTS OF IT.Read →XI. OF JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH. BOTH THE NAME AND THE REALITY DEFINED.Read →XII. NECESSITY OF CONTEMPLATING THE JUDGMENT-SEAT OF GOD, IN ORDER TO BE SERIOUSLY CONVINCED OF THE DOCTRINE OF GRATUITOUS JUSTIFICATION.Read →XIII. TWO THINGS TO BE OBSERVED IN GRATUITOUS JUSTIFICATION.Read →XIV. THE BEGINNING OF JUSTIFICATION. IN WHAT SENSE PROGRESSIVE.Read →XV. THE BOASTED MERIT OF WORKS SUBVERSIVE BOTH OF THE GLORY OF GOD, IN BESTOWING RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND OF THE CERTAINTY OF SALVATION.Read →XVI. REFUTATION OF THE CALUMNIES BY WHICH IT IS ATTEMPTED TO THROW ODIUM ON THIS DOCTRINE.Read →XVII. THE PROMISES OF THE LAW AND THE GOSPEL RECONCILED.Read →XVIII. THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF WORKS IMPROPERLY INFERRED FROM REWARDS.Read →XIX. OF CHRISTIAN LIBERTY.Read →XX. OF PRAYER--A PERPETUAL EXERCISE OF FAITH. THE DAILY BENEFITS DERIVED FROM IT.Read →XXI. OF THE ETERNAL ELECTION, BY WHICH GOD HAS PREDESTINATED SOME TO SALVATION, AND OTHERS TO DESTRUCTION.Read →XXII. THIS DOCTRINE CONFIRMED BY PROOFS FROM SCRIPTURE.Read →XXIII. REFUTATION OF THE CALUMNIES BY WHICH THIS DOCTRINE IS ALWAYS UNJUSTLY ASSAILED.Read →XXIV. ELECTION CONFIRMED BY THE CALLING OF GOD. THE REPROBATE BRING UPON THEMSELVES THE RIGHTEOUS DESTRUCTION TO WHICH THEY ARE DOOMED.Read →XXV. OF THE LAST RESURRECTION.Read →