A cordiall of comfort To preserue the heart, from fainting with griefe or feare: for our friends, or our owne visitation, by the plague. Also a thankes-giuing to almightie God, for staying the visitation in London, and the suburbs thereof. Both which may be of vse to Christians in other places, that are cleere, visited, or recouered. By William Chibald.

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A cordiall of comfort To preserue the heart, from fainting with griefe or feare: for our friends, or our owne visitation, by the plague. Also a thankes-giuing to almightie God, for staying the visitation in London, and the suburbs thereof. Both which may be of vse to Christians in other places, that are cleere, visited, or recouered. By William Chibald.
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Chibald, William, 1575-1641.
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Printed at London :: By W. I[ones] for Nic. Bourne and Edw. Brewster, and are to be sold at the Royall Exchange, and at the Bible in Pauls-Church-yard,
1625.
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Consolation -- Early works to 1800.
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"A cordiall of comfort To preserue the heart, from fainting with griefe or feare: for our friends, or our owne visitation, by the plague. Also a thankes-giuing to almightie God, for staying the visitation in London, and the suburbs thereof. Both which may be of vse to Christians in other places, that are cleere, visited, or recouered. By William Chibald." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A18603.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 17, 2024.

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A Table shewing the Contents of this Booke.

  • WHen teares for sin proue godly pag, 4.
  • How to comfort our selues against greife for the visitation of our fami∣lies. pag. 7.
  • How to comfort our selues against greife for our visita∣tion p. 12.
  • The nature of the affliction of Gods children. p. 12.
  • The causes of their afflicti∣ons, efficient and mouing. pa. 13. 14. 15.
  • The Companion of it. p. 17.

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  • The end of it, intent and e∣uent. p. 18. &c.
  • How to hearten our selues against the feare of the plague. pa. 24.
  • How you may lawfully feare the plague. pa. 32, &c.
  • How you may not feare the plague. pa, 35.
  • The plague is no signe of Gods eternall anger to the godly, p. 43.
  • Sixe meanes to preuent the infestiion of the plague. p. 48.
  • The 1. meanes, p. 48. the 2. in p. 50. the 3. p. 51. the 4. in p. 53. the 5 p. 55. the 6 p. 66.
  • Sixe meanes to keep us from dying of the plague. p. 57.
  • The 1 meanes p. 58. the 2 in pa. 59. the 3 in pa. 60. the 4 in pa. 64. the 5 in pag 65. the 6

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  • meanes in pa. 66.
  • Cautions touching the effi∣cacie of these meanes, to keepe vs frrm infection or death by the plague. pa. 68. &c.
  • Reasons to proue that the godly doe dy in Gods fauour though the dy of the plague pag. 74.
  • How that comes to passe page 81.
  • What makes death blessed or accurssed to men. pa. 84.
  • Rules to know how we shal dy in Gods fauour, though we dy of the plague. pa. 74. 86.
    • The first pa. 86.
    • The second pa. 92
    • The third pa. 96.
    • The fourth pag. 99.
    • The fift p. 101.
    • The sixt pa. 102.

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  • Seuen holy vertues or acti∣ns to be done by Christians, to assure them of Gods fauour and loue in life and death. pag. 107
  • A distinction of the sauing graces of the Spirit wrought in the Elect. pag.
  • What brings vs into the estate of grace, and what keeps vs therein. p. 108.
  • A farewell to them that haue not been visited. p. 118.
  • A farewel to them that haue been visited, and yet are esca∣ped. p. 118.
  • A farewell to both sorts. pag. 119.
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