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Book 3: The mode of obtaining the grace of Christ. The benefits it confers, and the effects resulting from it.Chapter 1. The Benefits of Christ made available to us by the Secret Operation of the Spirit. Chapter 2. Of Faith. The Definition of it. Its peculiar properties. Chapter 3. Regeneration by Faith. Of Repentance. Chapter 4. Penitence, as explained in the sophistical jargon of the Schoolmen, widely different from the purity required by the Gospel. Of Confession and Satisfactions. Chapter 5. Of the modes of Supplementing Satisfactions, viz., Indulgences and Purgatory. Chapter 6. The Life of a Christian Man. Scriptural Arguments exhorting to it. Chapter 7. A Summary of the Christian Life. Of Self-Denial. Chapter 8. Of Bearing the Cross - one branch of Self-Denial. Chapter 9. Of Meditating on the Future Life. Chapter 10. How to use the Present Life, and the comforts of it. Chapter 11. Of Justification by Faith. Both the name and the reality defined. Chapter 12. Necessity of contemplating the Judgement-seat of God, in order to be seriously convinced of the Doctrine of Gratuitous Justification. Chapter 13. Two things to be observed in Gratuitous Justification. Chapter 14. The beginning of Justification. In what sense progressive. Chapter 15. The boasted merit of Works subversive both of the Glory of God, in bestowing Righteousness, and of the certainty of Salvation. Chapter 16. Refutation of the Calumnies by which it is attempted to throw odium on this doctrine. Chapter 17. The Promises of the Law and the Gospel reconciled. Chapter 18. The Righteousness of Works improperly inferred from Rewards. Chapter 19. Of Christian Liberty. Chapter 20. Of Prayer - a perpetual exercise of Faith. The daily benefits derived from it. Chapter 21. Of the Eternal Election, by which God has predestinated some to Salvation and others to Destruction. Chapter 22. This Doctrine confirmed by Proofs from Scripture. Chapter 23. Refutation of the Calumnies by which this Doctrine is always unjustly assailed. Chapter 24. Election confirmed by the Calling of God. The Reprobate bring upon themselves the righteous destruction to which they are doomed. Chapter 25. Of the Last Resurrection. |