Of happiness wherein it is fully and particularly manifested that the great happiness of this life consisteth in the fear of God and keeping his commandments in opposition to the pleasures of sin or the pretended conveniency of disobdience / by Richard Stafford.
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- Of happiness wherein it is fully and particularly manifested that the great happiness of this life consisteth in the fear of God and keeping his commandments in opposition to the pleasures of sin or the pretended conveniency of disobdience / by Richard Stafford.
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- Stafford, Richard, 1663-1703.
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- London :: Printed and sold by Andrew Sowle ... and by Abel Roper ...,
- 1689.
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- Christian life -- Early works to 1800.
- Conduct of life.
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"Of happiness wherein it is fully and particularly manifested that the great happiness of this life consisteth in the fear of God and keeping his commandments in opposition to the pleasures of sin or the pretended conveniency of disobdience / by Richard Stafford." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A61221.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.
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THE CONTENTS.
- Chap. I. OF Happiness in General, p. 1
- Chap. II. Of Man considered in his threefold Condition, Original, Corrupted and Restored: Of his Thoughts, Words and Actions, Infancy, Youth, Man∣hood, therein of Company and Marriage; Of Old Age, Bo∣dy, Senses and Sensual Pleasure; Of the Soul, Ʋnder∣standing, Will, Affections, as Love, Fear, Joy, Sorrow, Anger, Hope: Of Temptations; The Close, p. 17
- Chap. III. Of Kings. The necessity of Government in order to Preservation and outward Peace. Of the Person of Kings, wherein it is particularly shewed, that all their Enjoyments cannot make them Happy, but their Happiness is to be had in God only, with an Exhortation and Direction thereto, p. 136
- Chap. IV. Of the Nobility and Gentry. An Exhortation for them to serve God: A Caution against mistakes in mat∣ters of Religion: The unreasonableness of some particu∣lar Reproaches: Of Humility, and the way to Greatness. The Description of a Good Man, p. ••68
- Chap. V. Of the Common People. It is the Duty of all to be in some Calling: An Exhortation to serve God: Against Ignorance, and Ʋnbelief: Some Considerations of living in the World, and further drawn from the four last things. Of different Communions; Of Deceits. A Description▪ of the Wicked and Godly in this World, p. 216
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- Chap. VI▪ A Survey in General of those Sins which hin∣der the Happiness of Mankind, as contrary to Scripture, and from the Nature of Things, p. 265
- Chap. VII. Of Gluttony and Drunkenness, p. 277
- Chap. VIII. Of Adultery, Fornication, Ʋncleanness, La∣sciviousness, p. 301
- Chap. IX. Of Covetousness, p. 322
- Chap. X. Of Anger, Wrath, Hatred, Malice, Envy, p. 340
- Chap. XI. Of Fear, p. 361
- Chap. XII. Of Religion, Faith, Repentance, Obedience, a∣gainst Ʋngodliness. Of Preaching, Prayer, Praise, the Sa∣crament. That Religion doth not consist only in the outward Ordinances, but a Divine inward Frame and Disposition, which if universally complyed withal, will give Peace and Rest to the Soul, p. 409
- Chap. XIII. Of Wisdom and Prudence, p. 545
- Chap. XIV. Of Righteousness and Justice, p. 567
- Chap. XV. Of Temperance in Meat, Drink, Apparel, Re∣creation: Of the passing away of Time, p. 582
- Chap. XVI. Of Courage, p. 602
- Chap. XVII. Of Humility and Pride, p. 617
- Chap. XVIII. Of Afflictions in General. A Digression concerning Words. Of Sorrow, Melancholy, Sickness, Pain, Poverty, and other Adversities. p. 635
- Chap. XIX. An Exhortation to Obedience and the Fear of God; The Conclusion of the whole, p. 690