The saints everlasting rest, or, A treatise of the blessed state of the saints in their enjoyment of God in glory wherein is shewed its excellency and certainty, the misery of those that lose it, the way to attain it, and assurance of it, and how to live in the continual delightful forecasts of it and now published by Richard Baxter ...

The Contents of the Third Part.

• CHAP. I. THE first Vse. Shewing the unconceivable misery of the wicked in their loss of this Rest. p. 265
  • The greatness of their loss. 1. They lose all the personall perfection of Soul and Body, which the Saints have. p. 268
  • 2. They lose God himself. p. 270
  • 3. They lose all those spirituall, delightfull affections by which the blessed do feed on God. p. 272
  • 4. They lose the society of Angels and Saints. p. 273
• Chap. 2. The aggravations of the wickeds loss of Heaven. p. 276
  • 1. Their understandings will be cleared, to know its worth. p. 277
  • 2. And also enlarged, to have deeper apprehensions of it. p. 279
  • 3. Conscience will fully apply it to themselves. ibid.
  • 4. Their effections will be more lively, and enlarged. p 281
  • 5. Their memories strong, to feed their torment. p. 283
  • Ten things concerning their loss of this Rest, which it will for ever torment them to remember. p. 285 to 298
• Chap. 3. Aggravations from the losses which accompany the loss of Rest. p. 299
  • 1. They shall lose their present presumptuous conceit of Gods favour to them, and of their part in Christ. p. 300
  • 2. They shall lose all their Hopes. p. 303
  • 3. They shall lose their present ease and peace. p. 311
  • 4. They shall lose all their carnall mirth. p. 315
  • 5. And all their sensuall contentments and delights. p. 316
• Chap. 4. The greatness of the damneds torments opened. p. 319
  • By eight aggravations of them. to p. 328
  • The certain truth of these torments. ibid.
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  • The intollerableness of this loss and torment discovered, by ten que∣stions. p. 332
• Chap. 5. The second Vse. Reproving the generall neglect of this Rest, and exciting to the utmost diligence in seeking it. p. 339
  • 1. To the worldly minded, that cannot spare time. p. 340
  • 2. To the prophane, ungodly, presumptuous multitude. p. 343
  • 3. To lazy, formall, self-deceiving Professors. p. 344
  • And of these, 1. To the opinionative hypocrite. 2. And the worldly hypocrite. ibid. p. 345
  • 4. To the godly themselves, for their great negligence, Magistrates, Ministers, and People. p. 35••
• Chap. 6. An exhortation to the greatest seriousness in seeking Rest. p. 349
  • Twenty lively rationall considerations to quicken us up to the great∣est diligence that is possible. to p. 350
  • Ten more very quickening considerations. p. 365
  • Ten more very quickening, by way of question. p. 369
  • Ten more peculiar to the godly, to quicken them. p. 374
• Chap. 7. The third Vse. Perswading all men to try their title to this Rest, and directing them in this tryall. p▪ 380
  • Self-examination defined, and explained. p. 386
  • The nature of Assurance, or certainty of Salvation opened: How much, and what the Spirit doth to the producing it: And what Scripture, what Knowledg, what Faith, what Holiness and Evi∣dences, what Conscience or internall sense, and what Reason or dis∣course do in this work. p. 388
  • What the seal of the Spirit is? What the testimony of the Spirit? and what the testimony of Conscience? p. 391
  • Against the common distinction of certainty of Evidence, and of ad¦herence. p. 392
  • That we are justified and beloved of God, is not properly to be be∣lieved; much less immediatly, and by all men. ibid.
  • That Assurance may be here attained, though not perfect Assu∣rance. p. 393
  • Hinderances that keep from examination; 1. Satan. p 39••
    • 2. Wicked men. p 397
    • 3. Hinderances in our own hearts. p. 398
  • Hinderances of Assurance in those that do examine. p. 400
  • Further causes of want of Assurance among the most of the godly themselves. p. 402
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    • 1. Weakness and small measure of Grace. p. 403
    • 2. Looking more what they are, then what they should do to be bet∣ter. ibid.
    • 3. Mistaking or confounding Assurance, and the joy of Assurance. p. 405
    • 4. Ignorant of Gods way of conveying Assurance. p. 406
    • 5. Expecting a greater measure then God usually giveth here. p. 407
    • 6. Taking up comfort in the beginning on unsound, or uncertain grounds, when yet perhaps they have better grounds, and do not see them; and then when the weakness of their grounds appear, they cast away their comforts too, as if all were nought. p. 408
    • 7. Imperfection of Reason, and naturall parts. p. 409
    • 8. The secret maintaining some known sin. p. 410
    • 9. Growing lazy in the spirituall part of duty, and not keeping graces in constant action. p. 411
    • 10. Prevalency of Melancholy in the body. p. 414
• Chap. 8. An Exhortation to examine our title to Rest. p. 415
  • Severall Motives. to p. 428
• Chap. 9. A direction how to manage the work of Self-examination throughly, that it may succeed. p. 428
  • Two marks whereby you may infallibly Judg. p. 434
• Chap. 10. The fourth Vse. The Reasons of the Saints afflictions in this life. p. 439
  • Some Considerations to help us to bear them joyfully, drawn from their reference to this Rest. p. 441
  • Some objections of the afflicted answered. p. 452
• Chap. 11. An Exhortation to those that have got Assurance of this Rest, or title to it, to do all that possibly they can to help others to the like. p. 458
  • Here is shewed, 1. wherein the duty doth consist. p. 459
  • Directions are added for right performance. p. 464
  • Besides the great duty of private exhortation, we must help them to enjoy, use and improve the publique Ordinances. p. 475
  • 2. The common Hinderances of faithfull endeavours to save mens souls. p. 482
  • Some objections against this duty, answered. p. 488
  • Motives to perswade all Christians to this duty. p. 491
• Chap. 12. An advice to some, more especially to help others to this Rest: Prest largely on Ministers and Parents. p. 501
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  • And 1. To men of ability. 2. Or interest. 3. Physitians. 4. Rich men, and men of Command. p. 504
  • 5. To Ministers: Five means which they must use. p. 506
  • 6. To Parents, and masters of Families. Severall Considerations to urge them to the performance. p. 527
  • Some of their objections answered. p. 537
  • Directions to Parents for teaching their Children. p. 546
  • The summe, or Fundamentals of Divinity, which Children and o∣thers must first be taught. p. 548
  • Some further Directions, only named. p. 550