The Works Of George Swinnock Volume 1
Volume 1: The Christian Man's Calling
| Weight | 0.758 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 22.22 × 14.12 × 3.33 cm |
| ISBN | 9780851516370 |
| Page Count | 528 |
| Format | Book |
| Original Pub Date | 1672 (actually 1868) |
| Banner Pub Date | Oct 30, 1992 |
| Topic | Prayer, Spiritual Growth |
| Binding | Cloth-bound |
Endorsement
His work comes ‘from one both of a good head and heart’. , THOMAS MANTON
‘George Swinnock had the gift of illustration largely developed, as his works prove…they served his purpose, and made his teaching attractive…there remains “a rare amount of sanctified wit and wisdom”.’– C.H. SPURGEON
Book Description
George Swinnock is one of the easiest of the Puritan authors to read. Long out of print, this republication of his works will be welcomed by all who have an interest in and love for Puritan literature.
Table of Contents Expand ↓
| THE CHRISTIAN MAN’S CALLING – Part I, | 1 | |
| THE EPISTLE DEDICATORY, | 3 | |
| To THE READER, especially to the Parish of Great- Kimbal in the County of Bucks, | 11 | |
| I | The preface and coherence of the text, | 23 |
| II | The opening of the text and the doctrine, | 27 |
| III | What godliness is, | 30 |
| IV | What it is for a man to make religion his business, or to exercise himself to godliness, | 36 |
| V | Religion is the great end of man’s creation, | 46 |
| VI | Religion is a work of the greatest weight It is soul-work, it is God-work, it is eternity-work, | 50 |
| VII | The necessity of making religion our business, both in regard of the opposition a Christian meets with, and the multiplicity of business which lieth upon him, | 59 |
| VIII | A complaint that this trade is so dead, and the world’s trade so quick, | 66 |
| IX | The complaint continued, that this calling is so much neglected, when superstition and sin are embraced and diligently followed, | 72 |
| X | An exhortation to make God our business in the whole course of our lives, | 79 |
| XI | How a Christian may make religion his business in spiritual performances and religious actions, | 87 |
| A good wish about religious duties in general, wherein the former heads are epitomised, | 104 | |
| XII | How a Christian may exercise himself to godliness in prayer And first, of prayer in general, and of the antecedents to it, | 105 |
| XIII | Of the concomitants of prayer, | 120 |
| XIV | The subsequent duties after prayer, | 133 |
| A good wish about prayer, VI herein all the forementioned particulars are epitomised, | 137 | |
| XV | How a Christian may exercise himself to godliness in hearing and reading the word, and of preparation for hearing, | 140 |
| XVI | Of the Christian’s duty in hearing, | 156 |
| XVII | Of the Christian’s duty after hearing, | 162 |
| A good wish about the word, wherein the former heads are epitomised, | 170 | |
| XVIII | How a Christian may exercise himself to godliness in receiving the Lord’s supper; and 1 Of the nature of that ordinance, and preparation for it, | 172 |
| XIX | How a Christian may exercise himself to godliness at the table, | 192 |
| XX | ‘What a Christian ought to do after’ a sacrament, | 212 |
| A good wish about the Lord’s supper, wherein the former heads’ are epitomised, | 218 | |
| XXI | How to exercise ourselves to godliness on a Lord’s-day, | 222 |
| XXII | Brief directions for the sanctification of the Lord’s day from morning to night, | 249 |
| A good wish about the Lord’s day, wherein the former heads are epitomised, | 255 | |
| A good wish to the Lord’s-day, | 258 | |
| XXIII | How a Christian may exercise himself to godliness in natural actions And first, in eating and drinking, | 260 |
| XXIV | How a Christian may exercise himself to godliness in his apparel and sleep, | 277 |
| A good wish about natural actions, wherein the former heads are epitomised, | 285 | |
| XXV | How a Christian may exercise himself to godliness, in his recreations and pleasures, | 288 |
| XXVI | How to exercise ourselves to godliness in our particular callings, | 300 |
| A good wish about particular callings, wherein the former heads are epitomised, | 316 | |
| A good wish about the calling of a minister, wherein the several properties and duties of a conscientious minister are epitomised, | 319 | |
| XXVII | How a Christian may exercise himself to godliness in his family as the governor thereof, | 329 |
| A good wish about the government of a family, wherein the former heads are epitomised, | 356 | |
| THE CHRISTIAN MAN’S CALLING-Part II | 363 | |
| THE EPISTLE, DEDICATORY, | 365 | |
| THE PREFACE AND EPISTLE TO THE READER, wherein the right Christian is characterised, out of the general heads in the three parts of the Christian man’s calling, | 373 | |
| Exercise thyself unto godliness, | 391 | |
| I | How Christians may exercise themselves to godliness in the relations of parents, | 394 |
| Motives, | 397 | |
| A good wish about the duty of a parent, wherein the former heads are epitomised, | 428 | |
| II | How Christians may make religion their business, and exercise themselves to godliness in the relation of children, | 437 |
| A good wish to the duties of a son or daughter in relation to their father and mother, | 458 | |
| III | How Christians may exercise themselves to godliness in the relation of husbands and wives; and, first, Of the duties which concern them both in common And a good wish from a pious pair, | 464 |
| A good wish of a Christian couple, wherein are epitomised the mutual duties of husband and wife, | 481 | |
| IV | How Christians may exercise themselves to godliness in the relation of husbands, with a good wish about the husband’s duty, | 487 |
| A good wish about a husband’s duty, wherein the former particulars are epitomised, | 497 | |
| V | How a Christian may exercise herself to godliness in the relation of a wife, with a good wish about the duty of a wife, | 503 |
| A good wish about the duties of a wife, wherein the former particulars are epitomised, | 522 |
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