The Saint's Everlasting Rest

About this eBook

Author

Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691

Title

The Saint's Everlasting Rest A Treatise of the Blessed State of the Saints in Their Enjoyment of God in Heaven

Credits

Produced by Cindy Horton, Chris Pinfield and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

BV: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: Practical theology, Worship

Subject

Devotional literature

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 58135

Release Date

October 19, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE SAINT'S EVERLASTING REST;
2. 2.DEDICATION
3. 3.THE PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.CHAP. I. The Introduction to the Work, with some account of the nature of the Saint's Rest.
6. 6.CHAP. II. The great preparatives to the Saint's Rest.
7. 7.CHAP. III. The Excellencies of the Saint's Rest.
8. 8.CHAP. IV. The Character of the Persons for whom this rest is designed.
9. 9.CHAP. V. The Misery of those who lose the Saint's Rest.
10. 10.CHAP. VI. The misery of those, who, besides losing the Saint's Rest, lose the enjoyments of time, and suffer the torments of hell.
11. 11.CHAP. VII. The necessity of diligently seeking the Saint's Rest.
12. 12.CHAP. VIII. How to discern our Title to the Saint's Rest.
13. 13.CHAP. IX. The Duty of the people of God to excite others to seek this Rest.
14. 14.CHAP. X. The Saint's Rest is not to be expected on Earth.
15. 15.CHAP. XI. The Importance of leading a heavenly Life upon Earth.
16. 16.CHAP. XII. Directions how to lead a heavenly Life upon Earth.
17. 17.CHAP. XIII. The Nature of heavenly Contemplation; with the Time, Place, and Temper fittest for it.
18. 18.CHAP. XIV. What use heavenly contemplation makes of consideration, affections, soliloquy, and prayer.
19. 19.CHAP. XV. Heavenly contemplation assisted by sensible objects, and guarded against a treacherous heart.
20. 20.CHAP. XVI. Heavenly contemplation exemplified, and the whole Work concluded.
21. 21.NOTE BY THE TRUSTEES OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY

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