I.—The nature of apostasy from the gospel declared, in an exposition of Heb.
vi. 4-6,
II.-Partial apostasy from the gospel-Pretences of the church of Rome against
the charge of this evil examined and rejected,
III-Apostasy from the mystery, truth, or doctrine of the gospel-Proneness
of persons and churches thereunto-Proved by all sorts of instances,
IV. The reasons and causes of apostasy from the truth or doctrine of the gos-
pel, and the inclination of all sorts of persons thereunto in all ages, in-
quired into and declared-Uncured enmity in the minds of many against
spiritual things, and the effects of it in a wicked conversation, the first
cause of apostasy,
V.-Darkness and ignorance another cause of apostasy,
VI.-Pride and vanity of mind, sloth and negligence, love of the world, causes
of apostasy-The work of Satan and judgments of God in this matter,
VII.-Instance of a peculiar defection from the truth of the gospel; with the rea-
sons of it,
VIII.-Apostasy from the holiness of the gospel; the occasion and cause of it-Of
that which is gradual, on the pretence of somewhat else in its room,
IX.-Apostasy into profaneness and sensuality of life--The causes and occa-
sions of it-Defects in public teachers and guides in religion,
X.-Other causes and occasions of the decay of holiness,
XI.-Apostasy from evangelical worship,
XII.-Inferences from the foregoing discourses-The present danger of all sorts
of persons, in the prevalency of apostasy from the truth and decays in
the practice of evangelical holiness,
XIII.-Directions to avoid the power of a prevailing apostasy,
ostasy, .