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On the art of contentment

Text from Christian Classics Ethereal Library; in the public domain.

Contents

  1. Forward
  2. Original Table of Contents
  3. Chapter I. The Introduction to the Text.
  4. Chapter II. The First Branch of the Text, the Scholar, with the First Proposition.
  5. Chapter III. Concerning the Second Proposition.
  6. Chapter IV. The Second Branch of the Text, the Lesson itself, with the Proposition.
  7. Chapter V. The resolving of some Questions.
  8. Chapter VIII. Use I. Shewing how a Christian may make his Life comfortable.
  9. Chapter IX. Use II. A Check to the discontented Christian.
  10. Chapter X. Use III. A Suasive to Contentment.
  11. Chapter XI. Divine Motives to Contentment. · SECT. 1. The first argument to contentation.
  12. Chapter XI. Divine Motives to Contentment. · Sect. II. The second argument to contentment.
  13. Chapter XI. Divine Motives to Contentment. · Sect III. The third argument is,
  14. Chapter XI. Divine Motives to Contentment. · Sect IV. The fourth argument to contentment is,
  15. Chapter XI. Divine Motives to Contentment. · Sect. V. The fifth argument is,
  16. Chapter XI. Divine Motives to Contentment. · Sect. VI. The sixth great argument to work the heart to contentment is,
  17. Chapter XI. Divine Motives to Contentment. · Sect. VII. The seventh argument to contentation is,
  18. Chapter XI. Divine Motives to Contentment. · Sect. VIII. the eighth argument to contentation is this:
  19. Chapter XI. Divine Motives to Contentment. · Sect.IX. The nineth argument to contentation is,
  20. Chapter XI. Divine Motives to Contentment. · Sect. X. The tenth argument to contentation is,
  21. Chapter XI. Divine Motives to Contentment. · Sect. XI. The eleventh argument to contentation is,
  22. Chapter XI. Divine Motives to Contentment. · Sect. XII. The twelfth argument to contentation is,
  23. Chapter XI. Divine Motives to Contentment. · Sect. XIII. The thirteenth argument to contentation is this;
  24. Chapter XII. Three things inserted by way of Caution.
  25. Chapter XIII. Use IV. Showing how a Christian may know whether he hath learned this Divine Art.
  26. Chapter XIV. Use V. Containing a Christian Directory, or Rules about Contentment.
  27. Chapter XV. Use VI. Of Consolation to the Contented Christian.

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