The Christians daily walke in holy securitie and peace Being an answer to these questions, 1. How a man may doe each present dayes worke, with Christian chearefulnesse? 2. How to beare each present dayes crosse with Christian patience? Containing familiar directions; shewing 1. How to walke with God in the whole course of a mans life. 2. How to be upright in the said walking. 3. How to liue without taking care or thought any thing. 4. How to get and keepe true peace with God; wherein are manifold helpes to prevent and remove damnable presumption: also to quiet and to ease distressed consciences. First intended for private use; now (through importunity) published for the common good. By Henry Scudder, preacher of the word.

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The Christians daily walke in holy securitie and peace Being an answer to these questions, 1. How a man may doe each present dayes worke, with Christian chearefulnesse? 2. How to beare each present dayes crosse with Christian patience? Containing familiar directions; shewing 1. How to walke with God in the whole course of a mans life. 2. How to be upright in the said walking. 3. How to liue without taking care or thought any thing. 4. How to get and keepe true peace with God; wherein are manifold helpes to prevent and remove damnable presumption: also to quiet and to ease distressed consciences. First intended for private use; now (through importunity) published for the common good. By Henry Scudder, preacher of the word.

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Scudder, Henry, d. 1659?

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London :: Printed by I. B[eale] for Henry Overton, and are to be sold at his shop, at the entring in of Popes-head Alley, out of Lumbard-street,

1631.

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Christian life -- Early works to 1800.

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Contents

• title page
• The Epistle to the READER.
• THE CHRISTIANS DAILY WALKE.
  • CHAP. I. Of walking with GOD in generall.
  • CHAP. II. How to walke with God in all things, at all times.
  • CHAP. III. Of beginning the day well, walking with God.
    • SECTION I.
    • SECTION 2. Cautions and advertisements about Prayer.
  • CHAP. IV. How to walke with God, the whole day, after it is well begunne.
    • SECTION 1.
    • SECTION 2. Concerning Superiours and Inferiours.
    • SECTION 3. Touching Repasts and Recreations.
  • CHAP. V. Of Religious Fasting.
    • SECTION 1.
    • SECTION 2.
      • The first Commandement concer∣neth the setting up of the onely true God to your selfe, to bee your God.
      • The second Commandement con∣cerneth all such lawfull worships of God, which he onely hath ap∣pointed, whereby he communi∣cateth himselfe to man, and man againe maketh profession of him; forbidding (under one kinde) all such as are not by him ordai∣ned.
      • The third Commandement con∣cerneth the glory of Gods holy Name, shining forth in his Ti∣tles, Attributes, Religion, Word, Ordinances, People, or any thing that hath in it any print of his holinesse or excellency, forbidding the taking of it in vaine, and that in all actions religious or common.
      • The fourth Commandement con∣cerneth the ordinary solemne time of the service and worship of God, requiring that the se∣venth day (now our Lords day) be kept with an holy rest.
      • commandments - 5-10
      • commandment - 5
      • God having set an order in hu∣mane societie, doth next provide for the life, and safetie of the per∣son of man, who must keepe this order, and make this societie, by forbidding in the sixt Comman∣dement whatsoever may take it away, or impaire it.
      • The seventh Commandement con∣cerneth Chastitie, whereby God provideth for a pure propaga∣tion and conservation of man∣kinde, forbidding all bodily pol∣lution under the name of A∣dultery.
      • The eight Commandement con∣cerneth the preseruation of mans Goods, the meanes of his com∣fortable maintenance in this life, forbidding all wrong thereabout, under the name of stealing.
      • The ninth Commandement con∣cerneth Truth of speech, the meanes of entercourse betweene man and man, and of preserving mens rights, and of redressing of all disorder in humane societie, forbidding all falshood of speech under the name of bearing false witnesse.
      • The tenth Commandement con∣cerneth Contentation with a mans owne condition, the foun∣dation of all order and iustice a∣mongst men, forbidding the con∣trary, namely, Coveting that which is not his.
  • CHAP. VI. Of the Sabbath.
  • CHAP. VII. Shewing how to end the day with God.
  • CHAP. VIII. How to walke with God alone.
    • SECTION 1.
    • SECTION 2. Of Reading.
    • SECTION 3. Of meditation.
  • CHAP. IX. Of keeping Company, as in the sight of God.
    • SECTION 1.
    • SECTION 2. Of ordering a mans selfe well in ill Company.
    • SECTION 3. How a man should carry him∣selfe towards good company.
  • CHAP. X: How a man should carry him∣selfe as in Gods sight, when things goe well with him.
    • SECTIONI.
    • SECTION 2. Touching proofes of Thanks.
  • CHAP. XI. How to walke as in Gods sight, under crosses in all adversity.
    • SECTION 1.
    • SECTION 2. Of bearing all crosses patiently.
    • SECTION 3. Of bearing afflictions thanke∣fully and fruitfully.
  • CHAP. XII. Of uprightnesse.
    • SECTION 1.
    • SECTION 2. Of the markes of uprightnesse.
    • SECTION 3. ouching disswasives from Hy∣pocrisie, and motives to Vprightnesse.
    • SECTION 4. Touching meanes to subdue Hypocrisie, and to nou∣rish uprightnesse.
  • CHAP. XIII. Of lawfull care, and of freedome from taking thought.
    • SECTION 1.
    • SECTION 2. Of Carefulnesse and taking thought.
  • CHAP. XIIII. Of Peace of GOD.
    • SECTION I. Of Peace in generall, and of the kindes of it.
    • SECTION 2. Concerning the excellencie of the Peace of God.
  • CHAP. XV. Touching the removing of pre∣sumption, an impediment to Peace.
  • CHAP. XVI. Touching false feares.
    • SECTION 1.
    • SECTION 2. Removing false feare, rising from thoughts of the greatnesse of punishment and sinne.
    • SECTION 3. Removing the feare that ri∣seth from doubts that God will not pardon.
    • SECTION 4. A removall of feares rising from doubts of Gods love.
    • SECTION 5. A removall of false feares, rising from doubtings whether they have faith and are Iustified.
    • SECTION 6. A removall of feares, rising from doubting of San∣ctification.
    • SECTION 7. Removall of feares rising from doubts about falling from Grace.
    • SECTION 8. A removall of sundry doubts in particular, about falling from Grace.
  • CHAP. XVII. Touching furtherances and meanes of peace of God.
• A Table of the chiefe things observable in this BOOKE.