The Christians daily sacrifice containing a daily direction for a setled course of sanctification. Expressing the scope of the seuen treatises of Master Rogers, as also the summe of Master Greenham his spirituall obseruations, with some further increase tending to perfection. By Tho. Cooper.

THE CON∣TENTS OF the booke.

CHAP. I.

Of Man and his,

• 1 Creation.
• 2 Fall.
• 3 Redemption: how,
  • 1 performed.
  • 2 The benefit thereof.
  • 3 How applied.

CHAP. II.

Of the word.

• 1 How it leads to Christ.
• 2 And so in him to a constant course of holines, that so we may be happie.

CHAP. III.

Of the daily direction to serue God.

CHAP. IIII.

What this daily direction is. And,

• ...

• 1 Though it be impossible to be kept yet it is to be knowne.
• 2 It is not impossible in some mea∣sure.
• 3 Nay it is necessary to be kept.
• 4 Yea most conuenient.
• 5 And profitable.
• 6 And also exceeding pleasant.

CHAP. V.

The Parts of this daily Sacrifice.

CHAP. VI.

1 To bee Humbled before the Lord, in the sense of sinne, here,

• 1 The practise of repentance.
• 2 Helpes to this practise.
• 3 Markes of repentance.
• 4 Effects of repentance.

CHAP. VII.

2 Of the raising vp of a sinner by a true and liuely faith, here,

• First, How faith is reuiued in vs.
• Secondly, The degrees of this worke.
• Thirdly, The markes of particular assurance.
• Fourthly, The degrees thereof,
  • 1 Weakenes of faith.
    • ...

• ...
  • ...
    • 1 How knowne.
    • 2 How caused.
  • Secondly, Strength of faith,
    • 1 How knowne.
    • 2 How obtained.

CHAP. VIII.

Of the preparing and furnishing of the heart to the seruice of God, and

• 1 That the heart is asleepe, and by what meanes.
• 2 The heart to be awakened, and how.
• 3 The heart awakned, must be exa∣mined, and how.
  • 1 By a true rule.
  • 2 In an holy manner.
  • 3 To a right end.
  • 4 The heart examined, must be e∣stablished in the worship of God. And how.

CHAP. IX.

Of the Spirituall Armour, and ar∣ming of the heart.

The parts of the Spirituall armour, and first,

Of the girdle of truth, and it parts, which are:

• 1 A rectified iudgement.
  • How discerned.
  • ...

• ...
  • How put on.
  • It benefit.
• 2 The Sanctified conscience.
  • How discerned.
  • How obtained
  • The benefit thereof.
• 3 The Sincerity of the will.
  • How knowne.
  • It measure.
  • The benefit thereof.
• 4 The well ordering of the affe∣ctions.
  • How discerned.
  • How furthered.
  • The benefit thereof.
• 5 The Sincerity of the tongu••
  • Whoerein it consists.
  • Of speech, and
    • 1 Preparation to it.
    • 2 Matter of speech.
  • Of persons
  • How to speake of God.
  • How of our neighbour.
  • What to be auoyded, and obserued.
  • How to speake of our selues and that
  • In Praise,
  • In dispraise.
  • Of things to be spoken.
  • Manner of Speech.
    • 1 It must be gratious.
    • ...

• ...
  • ...
    • 2 True. here of the euidences and bonds of truth.
  • Promise.
  • Oath: here of the
  • Lawfulnes.
  • Matter.
  • Manner.
  • Lawfull swearer.
  • End of an oath.
  • Before whom we may sweare,
  • When.
  • How an oath binds.
  • The abuses of an oath.
  • Of Lying,
  • Flattery.
  • Concealing of 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
  • A third grace of speech,
  • Reuerence, and that in respect of,
    • 1 God.
    • 2 Man.
  • To giue holy names to our children.
  • Reuerence to superiours.
  • And what to be auoyded.
  • Blasphemy.
  • Abuse of scripture.
  • Abuse of our selues.
  • A fourth grace of speech, Sobriety.
  • This seene,
  • In salutation.
  • ...

• ...
  • Popish blessing to be heeded.
  • Soft answering.
  • Reproofe for sinne.
  • A fift grace of speech, cheerefulnes.
  • It bonds, how to be vsed at,
    • 1 Board,
    • 2 Bed.
  • Here to be auoyded or rectified:
    • Iesting.
    • Laughter.
  • A sixt grace of speech, Care of our neighbours good name.
  • How performed.
  • What to be auoyded.
  • A last grace of speech, Breuity.
  • The rules thereof.
  • Of silence and the vse thereof.
  • Things,
  • Persons, to be concealed, and:
  • Before whom.
  • A sixt part of the Girdle, the Conformity of our outward actions.
  • The ground of them.
  • The manner how to be done.
  • The ends to which they must ayme,
  • How to edification.
  • How this girdle put on.
  • The benefit there of.

A Second part of the armour. The Brest-plate of Righteousnes.

• The markes thereof.
• How put on.
• How kept on.

A Third part of the armour. That our feete be shod with the preparation of the Gospel.

• The vse thereof.
• How attained.

A Fourth part of the armour. The shield of faith.

• It vse.

A fift part, The Helmet of Hope.

• The vse of it.
• How to be put on.

The last part of the Armour, the sword of the Spirit.

• It seuerall vses.
• How obtained.
• How kept on.

The generall benefit of the whole Armour.

CHAP. X.

Of the pursuit of good, and the a∣••oyding of euill, here

• Difference of euill.
• What the euill of sinne is.
• The vse of this knowledge.
• ...

• How farre sinne hath taken hold on vs.
• The benefit of this knowledge.
• Gods ordering sinne.
• And the vse.
• Sinne how to be auoyded, and
• How preuented generally.
• Now particularly, when tentations assault vs.
• How to recouer out of sinne.
  • 1 By viewing sinne in the Law▪
  • 2 In the Gospel:
  • 2 By iudging sinne.

CHAP. XI.

Of Thankesgiuing.

• It vse.
• How to be practised.
• What to be auoyded.
• Helpes to thankefulnes.
• The benefit thereof.

CHAP. XII.

Of Constancy and perseuerance.

• The necessity thereof.
• Helpes hereto.
• Remouing of the hinderances hereof▪
• The fall of Gods children.
• How farre.
• The difference betweene the wicked

• and godly in their falles.
• The vse thereof.

CHAP XIII.

Of Watchfulnes.

• The vse thereof.
• How performed.
• Helpes thereto.

CHAP. XIIII.

Of Prayer in generall, and

• It conditions.
• The benefit thereof.

CHAP. XV.

Of Peace with God, and lying downe therewith.

• It necessity.
• How obtained.
• How performed.

CHAP. XVI.

How to profit in this direction.

CHAP. XVII.

Of right imploying the occasions of the day.

CHAP. XVIII.

Of arising with God and awaking in his peace.

• The necessity thereof.
• How performed.
• How furthered.

CHAP. XIX.

Of Family and Priuate prayer.

• It necessity.
• How performed, and by whom.
• What to be auoyded herein.
• Directions for the same.
• The benefit hereof.

CHAP. XX.

Of Callings, & following thereof.

• That it is Gods ordinance.
• To be expected by ordinary meanes▪
• The right vse specially to be aymed a••
• How to vse them aright.
• How to leaue them.
• How to intermit them.
• The benefit thereof.

CHAP. XXI.

Of the right vse of the creatures

The benefit thereof.

CHAP. XXII.

Of the vse of Company.

• How to discerne good and bad com∣pany.
• What company to be chosen.
• How to be refused.
• How to carry our selues in good com∣pany.
• The benefit of them.
• The difference of good company.
• ...

• Of Sabbath society and rules for it.
• Of priuate exercises.
• Of Publick thankesgiuings and their rules.
• Of publicke fasts.
• The authority of them.
• The occasion.
• Manner of performance.
• Time.
• Ends.
• Of Spirituall priuate society.
• Betweene Minister and people.
• Inferiour and superiour.
• Betweene equals.
• Rules generall to all.
• Triall of the right vse.
• Of Accessory meetings for religi∣on, as
• Councels.
• Synods and their appertenances.
• Of ciuill society.
• Rules for the same.
• Of occasionall meetings.
• How to sort with the wicked.
• Vse of euill company.

CHAP. XXIII.

Of solitarines

• How to behaue our selues therein.
• The benefit thereof.
• ...

• Cautions to be obserued.

CHAP. XXIIII.

Of Prosperity.

• The necessitie of this knowledge.
• How to be vsed well.
• Considerations to this end.
• Triall of the right vse,
• Helpes hereunto.

CHAP. XXV.

Of aduersity and the right vse thereof.

• The necessity of this knowledge.
• How to be vsed well.
• Helpes hereunto:

CHAP. XXVI.

Of family exercises.

CHAP. XXVII:

Of the daily account.

• Why to be performed, with motiue•• hereunto.
• And how.
• The benefit thereof.