A wakening call, or, An alarm from heaven to the wise and foolish virgins wherein the vices of this age is laid open and bewail'd, the sublety of Satan discover'd in his temptations in several particulars ... : likewise there is discovered the nature of regeneration or the new birth, in several particulars ... / from a minister in the country to a minister in the city for the publication.

Title

A wakening call, or, An alarm from heaven to the wise and foolish virgins wherein the vices of this age is laid open and bewail'd, the sublety of Satan discover'd in his temptations in several particulars ... : likewise there is discovered the nature of regeneration or the new birth, in several particulars ... / from a minister in the country to a minister in the city for the publication.

Author

Sikes, George.

Publication

London :: Printed for the author and sold by Will. Marshall,

1698.

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Subject terms

Theology, Doctrinal.

Devil.

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"A wakening call, or, An alarm from heaven to the wise and foolish virgins wherein the vices of this age is laid open and bewail'd, the sublety of Satan discover'd in his temptations in several particulars ... : likewise there is discovered the nature of regeneration or the new birth, in several particulars ... / from a minister in the country to a minister in the city for the publication." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A66477.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2025. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• CHAP. I. Concerning the purely Divine Nature, and Things thereof.
• CHAP. II. The twofold Purposes or Counsels of God within himself from Eternity, with reference to the twofold Creation of Angels and Men.
• CHAP. III. The preparatory Condescensions of God, towards accomplishing the said two-fold Purposes or Counsels, with refe∣rence to the twofold Creation of Angels and Men.
• CHAP. IV. The infallible Consequents of the said preparatory Condescensions of God within himself, in pursuance and for the accomplishing of his abovesaid twofold Purposes in the twofold Crea∣tion of Angels and Men.
• CHAP. V. A short Review of the four preceding Chapters, by way of Recapitulation.
• CHAP. VI. Concerning the Trinity.
• CHAP. VII. The Mystery of God in general (of all that is truly called God, and to be worship'd) and, in particular, of God the Father, or Divine Essence; and, of Christ, the Divine and Creature-Son, (Col. 2. 2.) both and all, one incomprehensible God, John 10. 30.
• CHAP. VIII. The Mystery of Godliness, and My∣stery of Iniquity.
• CHAP. IX. The first Sin, Fall, and Punishment of many evil Angels, and of all Man∣kind, in Adam.
• CHAP. X. The second Sacrifice of Christ, in our whole human Nature, Spirit, Soul, and Body.
• CHAP. XI The Difference of Christ's Death, in our Nature, as to the intent and Ex∣tent thereof, from Saints Confor∣mity to him, by the Death of Nature, in them.
• CHAP. XII. Regeneration.
• CHAP. XIII. The Difference of the spiritualiz'd Natural, from the spiritual Under∣standing.
• CHAP. XIV. Concerning the two Covenants, first and second.
• CHAP. XV. The Mystery of Cain and Abel, Ish∣mael and Isaac, Esau and Jacob.
• CHAP. XVI. Concerning meer Creaturality in Angels and Men in their first, and also, in their highest spiritual, second, New-Creation Capacities; with some account of all, possible to be done by any in their first, and the differing Ends of all, at last.
• CHAP. XVII. The ruling Power of Satan, over Man∣kind, all along this World, as per∣mitted God thereof, under God's infinite over-ruling Wisdom and Power.
• CHAP. XVIII. Concerning Heresies and Hereticks.
• CHAP. XIX. Concerning true Charity or Love.
• CHAP. XX. The Conclusion of this whole Treatise, shewing the Security of true Saints, all along this troublesom confounded World; wherein God never suffers the Rulers of this dark World, De∣vils or Men, to do any thing to them, in their implacable Malice, but what his infinite Wisdom and Power over∣rules into a constant Conducibleness to their greatest Good. This, with many other things, are the Matters of this Concluding Chapter.
• Books, publish'd by the Author.