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The Works of William Perkins, Volume 9
About this book
This ninth volume brings together nine of Perkins's lesser known practical treatises and, by so doing, introduces the reader to important facets of his religion of the heart.
It opens with two works on what it means to look to Christ: A Declaration of the True Manner of Knowing Christ Crucified and The True Gain .
This is followed by A Faithful and Plain Exposition upon Zephaniah 2:1–2, which gives an earnest call to repentance, and The Nature and Practice of Repentance as well as The Combat of the Flesh and Spirit , which give systematic explanations of the doctrine of repentance.
A Treatise of Man's Imaginations discusses man's desperate need for renewal of mind.
A Direction for the Government of the Tongue According to God's Word argues that one's speech is the most significant change related to a renewed heart.
The volume finishes with A Discourse of the Damned Art of Witchcraft and A Resolution to the Country Man on Prognostication , which rebuke those who dally with occult practices.
Each treatise in this volume occupies an important place in Perkins's experiential piety—what he himself described as "the more sincere profession of religion."
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Table of contents
- Endorsements
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- General Preface
- Preface to vol 9
- A Declaration of the True Manner of Knowing Christ Crucified title page
- 1.1 To the Reader
- 1.2 The Right Knowledge of Christ Crucified
- True Gain title page
- 2.1 The Epistle Dedicatory
- 2.2 Phil 3.7
- 2.3 Phil 3.7-8
- 2.4 Part 2 - The Apodosis
- Zephaniah 2.1-2 Title Page
- 3.1 The Epistle Dedicatory
- 3.2 To the Reader
- 3.3 An Exhortation to Repentance
- 4.0 Two Treatises Title Page
- 4.1 To the Reader
- 4.1.1 What Repentance Is
- 4.1.2 The Cause of Repentance
- 4.1.3 How Repentance is Wrought
- 4.1.4 The Parts of Repentance
- 4.1.5 The Degrees of Repentance
- 4.1.6 The Persons Who Must Repent
- 4.1.7 The Practice of Repentance
- 4.1.8 Legal Motives to Repentance
- 4.1.9 Evangelical Motives to Repentance
- 4.1.10 The Time of Repentance
- 4.1.11 Certain Cases in Repentance
- 4.1.12 The Contraries to Repentance
- 4.1.13 Corruptions in the Doctrine of Repentance
- 4.2 The Combat of the Flesh and Spirit
- 5.0 A Treatise of Man's Imaginations Title Page
- 5.1 The Epistle Dedicatory
- 5.2 To the Reader
- 5.3 The Contents
- 5.4.1 The Unfolding of the Text
- 5.4.2 The Idleness of Man's Natural Thoughts
- 5.4.3 Man's Natural Thoughts Concerning God
- 5.4.4 Man's Natural Thoughts Concerning His Neighbor
- 5.4.5 Man's Natural Thoughts Concerning Himself
- 5.4.6 The Want of Good Thoughts
- 5.4.7 The Use of the Doctrine
- 5.4.8 Rules for the Reformation of Our Evil Thoughts
- 5.4.9 Spiritual Considerations Concerning God
- 5.4.10 Of Spiritual Considerations Which Concern Ourselves
- 6.0 A Direction for the Government of the Tongue Title Page
- 6.1 To the Reader
- 6.2.1 The General Means of Ruling the Tongue
- 6.2.2 The Matter of Our Speech
- 6.2.3 The Manner of Our Speech
- 6.2.4 The Manner of Our Speech - While We Speak
- 6.2.5 Truth and Reverence
- 6.2.6 Modesty and Meekness
- 6.2.7 Sobriety, Urbanity, Fidelity, and Care of our Neighbor's Good Name
- 6.2.8 The Bonds of Truth
- 6.2.9 The Manner of Our Speech - After We Speak
- 6.2.10 Writing
- 6.2.11 Silence
- 6.2.12 An Exhortation to Keep the Tongue
- 7.0 A Discourse of the Damned Art of Witchcraft Title Page
- 7.1 The Epistle Dedicatory
- 7.2 Table of Contents
- 7.4 A Discourse of Witchcraft
- 7.5.1 The Nature of Witchcraft
- 7.5.2 The Ground of All the Practices of Witchcraft
- 7.5.3 The Kinds of Witchcraft - Divination
- 7.5.4 The Kinds of Witchcraft - Operation
- 7.5.5 Witches
- 7.5.6 The Punishment of Witches
- 7.5.7 The Application
- 8.0 A Resolution to the Country Man Title Page
- 8.1 Not convenient to have prognostications
- 8.2 A Resolution to the Country Man
- Scripture Index
- Subject Index