An explicite declaration of the testimony of Christ: according to the plain sayings of the Gospel: and therein, of the purposes, promises, and covenants of God, as by Gospel declared. With, a consideration of a question stated about faith. By Thomas Moore, Senior.

The Contents of the Treatise in seven Parts.

PART I. An Introduction to the Testimony of Christ.

• Chap. 1. A Direction to discern Truth from Error. pag. 1.
• Chap. 2. Evidences of the Truth, and plainness of the Testimony. pag. 4.
• Chap. 3. Of the enmity of Flesh and Satan, and their way of opposing. pag. 9.
• Chap. 4. An Assay to remove the Objections of those that pretend Spirit and Inspiration: Where, what meant by Christ, what by Scri∣pture, what by Letter, and what by Spirit. pag. 11.
• Chap. 5. An Answer to such as seek to trouble by words. pag. 20.
• Chap. 6. Answer to such as pretend Scripture to trouble with. pag. 26.
• Chap. 7. A Conclusion, with the consent of a learned man. pag. 32.
• Chap. 8. An Assay to direct the weak to finde the Testimony of Christ in the plain sayings thereof. pag. 34.
• Chap. 9. Of the Creation of Mankinde in the first Adam. pag. 41.
• Chap. 10. Of the fall and misery of him and Mankinde. pag. 44.
• Chap. 11. Of the immutability of God notwithstanding. pag. 49.
• Chap. 12. Of the remedilesness in Mankinde fallen to help himself, and the wonderfulness of help in another. pag. 55.
• Chap. 13. Of the similitudes and dissimilitudes between the first, now old, and the new Creation. pag. 60.

PART II. A declaration of the testimony of Christ in the branches of it.

• Chap. 1. Of the Testimony of Christ, who, what a one, and whence. pag. 67.

• The first Branch.
  • Chap. 2. Of the Oblation of Christ. pag. 73.
  • Chap. 3. What that was, which was offered up in Sacrifice. pag. 75.
  • Chap. 4. Who it was that offered up this Sacrifice. pag. 76.
  • Chap. 5. To whom be offered this Sacrifice. pag. 83.
  • Chap. 6. For whom and in whose behalf he offered it. pag. 86.
  • Chap. 7. For what Christ offered this Sacrifice for men, viz. To make purga∣tion of sins past, To provide that he might have power and autho∣rity, ana wherewith to provide for following sins, that he might in his season raise and judge all men, and have an inheritance for his, &c. pag. 94.
  • Chap. 8. To and for what end he therefore offered this sacrifice. pag. 110.
  • Chap. 9. An Antidote against some unsound Expressions. pag. 116.
  • Chap. 10. Some Instructions from the Gospel-Tespimony concerning the Obla∣tion of Christ. pag. 124.
  • Chap. 11. The use Ministers of the Gospel are to make of this Doctrine in mi∣nistring. pag. 130.
• The second Branch.
  • Chap. 12. Of the Mediation and Intercession of Christ in general. pag. 136.
  • Chap. 13. Of his Mediation and Intercession more special. pag. 143.
  • Chap. 14. Of the excellency and prevalency of Christ his mediation, &c. pag. 149.
  • Chap. 15. Answer to some aspersions cast on professors of this Truth. pag. 154.
• The third Branch.
  • Chap. 16. Of the coming again of Christ, and the manner thereof. pag. 157.
  • Chap. 17. Of the ends of the coming again of Christ, viz. To raise the just, To

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  • overthrow all worldly powers, To restore all things, and To take to him his great power and raign. pag. 160.
  • Chap. 18. Of the things considerable about the Kingdom of Christ, viz. The place of his Kingdom, The place of his Throne, The extent of the Dominion, The manner of the Kingdom, The prosperity and beauty of it, and The duration. pag. 165.
  • Chap. 19. Of the Time of his coming again. pag. 174.
  • Chap. 20. Application of this Branch of the Testimony, in cautions against sedu∣cers, and Admonition to some Brethren, and Exhortation to all Believers. pag. 187.
  • Chap. 21. The Conclusion, in summing up the whole Testimony, with the efficacy of it. pag. 196.

PART III. A Declaration of the several Revelations of Christ.

• Chap. 1. The first Revelation of Christ in Paradise, with the evidences Teachers and their Furniture. pag. 201.
• Chap. 2. The second Revelation of Christ was to Abraham, &c. pag. 210.
• Chap. 3. The third Revelation of Christ was in Moses time, and the chosen Ministers for it, and their Furniture. pag. 215.
• Chap. 4. The fourth Revelation of Christ and his Kingdom in David's time. pag. 223.
• Chap. 5. The fifth Revelation of Christ, and the things of Christ to and by the following Prophets. pag. 227.
• Chap. 6. The sixth Revelation of Christ, of his person and personal coming in the flesh, in John Baptist's time. pag. 231.
• Chap. 7. The seventh, and fullest, and last Revelation of Christ that shall be till his coming personally again, which is by his own acting. pag. 236.
• Chap. 8. And by his personal and vocal teaching, &c. pag. 238.

• Chap. 9. And by pouring forth the Holy Ghost on the first Witnesses. pag. 251.
• Chap. 10. Of the prime way of making Christ known, according to this fullest Revelation of him. pag. 255.
• Chap. 11. Of the chosen Witnesses & Ministers to declare this revelation. pag. 260.
• Chap. 12. Of their Furniture of spiritual Blessings. pag. 263.
• Chap. 13. Of the Furniture of spiritual gifts the first Witnesses had. pag. 274.
• Chap. 14. Of their peculiar confirming Furniture. pag. 280.
• Chap. 15. Of the Furniture of the following Witnesses till Chr. come again. pag. 287.
• Chap. 16. Of the helps given these in respect of occasions for Church-Govern∣ment, while they may, till Christ come again. pag. 299.
• Chap. 17. A Corollary from the Testimony of Christ, thus revealed in the three Branches of it, and therein of the oneness & degrees of faith. pag. 307.

PART IV. A Declaration of the Purposes of God.

• Chap. 1. Of the Purpose of God in general. pag. 315.
• Chap. 2. Of Cautions to be heeded to prevent mistakes. pag. 318.
• Chap. 3. The Purposes of God concerning the publick spiritual man. pag. 328.
• Chap. 4. The Purposes of God concerning Mankinde through Christ. pag. 337.
• Chap. 5. Of the Purposes of God concerning Believers. pag. 348.
• Chap. 6. Who they are that are the called according to Purpose. pag. 354.
• Chap. 7. The foreknown, predestinated, called, justified, and glorified. pag. 361.
• Chap. 8. A consideration of the Purpose of God, as exprest by some. pag. 372.

• Chap. 9. An Answer to those that assert the eternal Purpose of, &c. pag. 381.
• Chap. 10. What the Foundation is. pag. 389.
• Chap. 11. Of a devised Purpose, by some called, The Purpose of God. pag. 399.
• Chap. 12. The Conclusion about the Purposes. pag. 410.

PART. V. Of the Promises of God that are the declarers of his Purposes.

• Chap. 1. Of the Promises of God, of Christ to Mankinde, and to Christ, and through Christ to Mankinde; and to them as yet in ignorance, and to them as their eyes are opened, and when they believe. pag. 412.
• Chap. 2. Promises to such as are indeed Believers in spiritual frames, &c. and to them abiding in the Faith. pag. 420.
• Chap. 3. Promises to Believers that they may abide in the Faith. pag. 425.
• Chap. 4. Helps to mix faith with the Promises, & so the assurance of perseve∣rance, by cautions, instructions, assurance, inward helpfulness. pag. 430.
• Chap. 5. Of Promises to be fulfilled to Believers after this life. pag. 438.
• Chap. 6. How the knowledge of the Promises is instructive to the right un∣derstanding some sayings of Scripture. pag. 443.
• Chap. 7. Direction to know to whom the Promises belong. pag. 457.

PART VI. Of the Covenants of God, sutable to his Purposes & Promises.

• Chap. 1. Of the Covenants of God with the first publick man, and with the second publick man. pag. 461.
• Chap. 2. Of the Covenant of God made through Christ with mankinde, the Covenant with Noah. pag. 468.
• Chap. 3. Of the Covenant of God, as made with Abraham. pag. 474.

• Chap. 4. Of the Covenant made with Israel in Moses time. pag. 481.
• Chap. 5. Of the Covenant made with David, concerning the kingdom. pag. 486.
• Chap. 6. Of Christ given for a Covenant, and what it implies: and something about the New Testament. pag. 490.
• Chap. 7. The New Testament, what it is. pag. 498.
• Chap. 8. The eternal Covenant compleatly to be made in performance. pag. 509.
• Chap. 9. The things to be done in making this Covenant. pag. 518.
• Chap. 10. Some usefulness of the discovery of the Covenants. pag. 524.
• Chap. 11. An Answer to a seeming cross expression to this. pag. 528.

PART VII. Of the Question stated by some concerning two kinds of faith.

• Chap. 1. Of the Question as stated for the first kinde of Faith. pag. 534.
• Chap. 2. A removing of misconceits, and of those things mentioned, which are no parts of Faith. pag. 536.
• Chap. 3. A Confession of those things that are right and good in the Question stated. pag. 544.
• Chap. 4. Of the Faith as set forth in Heb. 6. where what meant by the word of the beginning of Christ, What by then leaving that word, For what cause then so to leave it, What to go on to perfection. pag. 547.
• Chap. 5. What the Foundation, and what the Principles built on it, Of Repen∣tance from dead works, Of Faith towards God. pag. 554.
• Chap. 6. Of the Doctrine of Baptisms. pag. 559.
• Chap. 7. Of the Doctrine of laying on of hands. pag. 563.
• Chap. 8. Of the Resurrection of the dead. pag. 568.

• Chap. 9. Of Eternal Judgement. pag. 572.
• Chap. 10. Of the Operations of the Spirit, begetting and suiting to those Prin∣ciples, as inlightened, tast, &c. pag. 585.
• Chap. 11. Of falling away, who they are, with the danger; and the Reason of the danger, to be set before Believers for warning. pag. 592.
• Chap. 12. A Vindication of the Truth of the Faith in Heb. 6. and as men∣tioned in the operations of the Spirit. pag. 600.
• Chap. 13. An Answer of some Reasons and Arguments against it. pag. 606.
• Chap. 14. The stating of the Question for the second kinde of Faith, set forth in four concernments; for which is only answer to some unjustifiable, and to his expressions, with confession of all that is true therein. pag. 619.
• Chap. 15. The first Concernment. pag. 621.
• Chap. 16. The second Concernment. pag. 629.
• Chap. 17. The second saying in the same. pag. 638.
• Chap. 18. The third saying in the same. pag. 648.
• Chap. 19. The third concernment. pag. 652.
• Chap. 20. The second part of the same. pag. 661.
• Chap. 21. The fourth and last concernment. pag. 668.
• Chap. 22. Of some terms used. pag. 678.
• Chap. 23. The Conclusion, shewing but one faith that is faith indeed. pag. 686