ON THE NATURE OF PRAYER IN GENERAL; WITH THE

IMPORT OF PRAYING WITHOUT CEASING.

1 THESS. V. 17.-Pray without ceasing,

OF THE SPIRIT'S HELP IN PRAYER.

ROMANS Viii. 26.-Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities; for we know

not what we should pray for as we ought; but the Spirit itself maketh inter-

cession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered,

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OF PRAYING IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.

JOHN xvi. 23.-Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it

you,

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OF GOD'S HEARING OF PRAYER.

PSALM lxv. 2.-0 thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come,

ON ACCEPTANCE WITH GOD:-THE DOCTRINE OF THE ACCEPT-

ANCE OF MEN'S WORKS EXPLAINED, AND A PRACTICAL

REGARD THERETO IN ALL THE DUTIES OF LIFE INCUL-

CATED.

2 COR. viii. 12.-For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to

that a man bath, and not according to that he hath not,

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JESUS CHRIST THE BEloved one, AND SINNERS ACCEPTED

OF GOD FREELY IN HIM.

EPH i. 6. His grace wherein he hath made us accepted in the Beloved,

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A VIEW OF THE COVENANT OF WORKS FROM THE

SACRED RECORDS.

PART I.-OF THE TRUTH AND NATURE OF THE COVENANT OF

Gen. ii. 17 explained,

WORKS.

The Covenant of Works, betwixt God and Adam, a Proper Covenant,

Confirmed from five Considerations,

God the First Party in the Covenant,

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The Difference between Adam's and the Saints' Heaven,

The Penalty of the Covenant of Works,

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PART II.-OF THE BREACH OF THE COVENANT OF WORKS.

Hosea vi. 7 explained,

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The Fatal Step by which the Covenant of Works was Broken,

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a Demonstration of the Necessity of being United to

the second Adam,

PART III.-OF THE IMPUTATION OF ADAM'S FIRST SIN TO HIS

ib.

Of the Extent of the First Sin, which is ours,

Proof of the Imputation of Adam's First Sin to his Posterity,

The Ground and Reason of this Imputation,

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PART IV. SECT. I. THE STATE OF MAN UNDER THE BROKEN

COVENANT OF WORKS.

That many Persons still continue under the broken Covenant of Works, proved, 253

A Description of these Persons,

The Effect of this broken Covenant of Works upon those who are under it,

Why so many Persons still remain under this broken Covenant,

The Vanity of some Pleas offered by such to prove that they Trust not to their

own Works for Salvation, but to Christ, discovered,

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PART IV. SECT. II.-THE MISERY OF THOSE WHO ARE UNDER

THE BROKEN COVENANT OF WORKS.

What the Curse is which Natural Men are under,

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What it is to be under the Curse,

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Proof, that Man, being under the broken Covenant of Works, is under the Curse, 284

The Condition of the Natural Man under the Curse, in this Life,

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1. His Soul is under the Curse,

2. His Body is under the Curse,

3. The Whole Man is under the Curse,

The Condition of the Natural Man under the Curse, after this Life,

1. He Dies under the Curse,

2. He is dragged before God's Tribunal,

3. His Soul is shut up in Hell,

4. His Body goes to the Dust,

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5 He shall Rise again under the Curse,

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6. He shall appear before Christ's Tribunal under the Curse,
7. The World shall be Burnt with. Fire in virtue of the Curse,
8. The Sinner shall Lie for ever, under the Weight of the Curse, in Hell,

The Doctrine Improved, 1, for Conviction to the Saints,

A MEMORIAL CONCERNING PERSONAL AND FA-

MILY FASTING AND HUMILIATION.

Chapter I. Of Personal and Family Fasting and Humiliation in the general,

Chapter II. Of Personal Fasting and Humiliation in particular,

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Sect. 1. Of the Divine Warrant for Personal Fasting and Humiliation,

Sect. 2. Of a Providential Call to Personal Fasting and Humiliation,

Sect. 3. Directions anent Personal Fasting and Humiliation,

Chapter III. Of Family Fasting and Humiliation in particular,

The Conclusion,