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Index
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Table of Contents
The Confessions of St. Augustine
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Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
The First Book
The Second Book
The Third Book
The Fourth Book
The Fifth Book
The Sixth Book
The Seventh Book
The Eighth Book
The Ninth Book
The Tenth Book
Notes
To Think About
Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret
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Title Page
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Dedication
Contents
Foreword
Chapter 1 - An Open Secret
Chapter 2 - Soul-Growth in Early Years
Chapter 3 - First Steps of Faith
Chapter 4 - Further Steps of Faith
Chapter 5 - Faith Tried and Strengthened
Chapter 6 - Friendship and Something More
Chapter 7 - God’s Way—”Perfect”
Chapter 8 - Joy of Harvest
Chapter 9 - Hidden Years
Chapter 10 - A Man Shut Up to God
Chapter 11 - A Man Sent from God
Chapter 12 - Spiritual Urgency
Chapter 13 - Days of Darkness
Chapter 14 - The Exchanged Life
Chapter 15 - No More Thirst
Chapter 16 - Overflow
Chapter 17 - Wider Overflow
Chapter 18 - Streams Flowing Still
Appendix
Epilogue
Appeal for Prayer
Chronological Outline
The Apostolic Fathers
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Title Page
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Foreword
1 Clement
2 Clement
The Letters of Ignatius
The Letter of Polycarp
The Martyrdom of Polycarp
The Didache
The Pastor of Hermas
The Incomparable Christ
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Title Page
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Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Part 1 - The Person of Christ
Chapter 1 - The Moral Perfection of Christ
Chapter 2 - The Preexistence of Christ
Chapter 3 - The Incarnation of Christ
Chapter 4 - The Childhood of Christ
Chapter 5 - The Youth of Christ
Chapter 6 - The Earthly Occupation of Christ
Chapter 7 - The Baptism of Christ
Chapter 8 - The Temptation of Christ
Chapter 9 - The Deity of Christ
Chapter 10 - The Humanity of Christ
Chapter 11 - The Manliness of Christ
Chapter 12 - The Twofold Nature of Christ
Chapter 13 - The Sinlessness of Christ
Chapter 14 - The Transfiguration of Christ
Chapter 15 - The Prophetic Ministry of Christ
Chapter 16 - The Teaching of Christ
Chapter 17 - The Humility of Christ
Chapter 18 - The Serenity of Christ
Chapter 19 - The Prayer Life of Christ
Part 2 - The Work of Christ
Chapter 20 - The Soul-Anguish of Christ
Chapter 21 - The Trial of Christ
Chapter 22 - The Majestic Silence of Christ
Chapter 23 - The Atoning Work of Christ
Part 3 - The Seven Words
Chapter 24 - The Word of Forgiveness
Chapter 25 - The Word of Assurance
Chapter 26 - The Word of Devotion
Chapter 27 - The Word of Dereliction
Chapter 28 - The Word of Agony
Chapter 29 - The Word of Triumph
Chapter 30 - The Word of Confidence
Chapter 31 - The Calvary Miracles
Chapter 32 - The Resurrection of Christ
Chapter 33 - The Ministry of the Forty Days
Chapter 34 - The Ascension of Christ
Chapter 35 - The High Priestly Ministry of Christ
Chapter 36 - The Second Advent of Christ
Orthodoxy
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Title
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Dedication
Contents
Foreword
Preface
1. Introduction: In Defence of Everything Else
2. The Maniac
3. The Suicide of Thought
4. The Ethics of Elfland
5. The Flag of the World
6. The Paradoxes of Christianity
7. The Eternal Revolution
8. The Romance of Orthodoxy
9. Authority and the Adventurer
Answers to Prayer
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Contents
Preface
How to Ascertain the Will of God
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Beginning and Early Days of the Orphan Work
Chapter 2 - The New Orphan-Houses, Ashley Down
Chapter 3 - Precious Answers to Prayer
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
To Think About
The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life
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Title Page
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Contents
Foreword
Preface
Part I - The Life
Chapter 1 - Is it Scriptural?
Chapter 2 - God’s Side and Man’s Side
Chapter 3 - The Life Defined
Chapter 4 - How to Enter in
Part II - Difficulties
Chapter 5 - Difficulties Concerning Consecration
Chapter 6 - Difficulties Concerning Faith
Chapter 7 - Difficulties Concerning The Will
Chapter 8 - Difficulties Concerning Guidance
Chapter 9 - Difficulties Concerning Doubts
Chapter 10 - Difficulties Concerning Temptation
Chapter 11 - Difficulties Concerning Failures
Chapter 12 - Is God in Everything?
Part 3 - Results
Chapter 13 - The Joy of Obedience
Chapter 14 - The Joy of Union
Chapter 15 - Service
Chapter 16 - Growth
Chapter 17 - Its Practical Results in the Daily Walk and Conversation
Bondage and Liberty
Power Through Prayer
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Foreword
1. The Divine Channel of Power
2. Our Sufficiency Is of God
3. Man’s Noblest Exercise
4. Talking to God for Men
5. How to Get Results for God
6. Great Men of Prayer
7. “Early Will I Seek Thee”
8. The Secret of Power
9. Power through Prayers
10. Under the Dew of Heaven
11. The Example of the Apostles
12. What God Would Have
The Imitation of Christ
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Contents
Introduction
Part 1 - The First Book: Admonitions Useful for a Spiritual Life
Chapter 1 - Of the Imitation of Christ, and Contempt of All the Vanities of the World
Chapter 2 - Of Thinking Humbly of Ourselves
Chapter 3 - Of the Doctrine of Truth
Chapter 4 - Of Wisdom and Forethought in Our Actions
Chapter 5 - Of the Reading of Holy Scriptures
Chapter 6 - Of Inordinate Affections
Chapter 7 - Of Fleeing From Vain Hope and Pride
Chapter 8 - That Too Much Familiarity Is to Be Shunned
Chapter 9 - Of Obedience and Subjection
Chapter 10 - Of Avoiding Superfluity in Words
Chapter 11 - Of the Obtaining of Peace, and Zealous Desire for Progress in Grace
Chapter 12 - Of the Profit of Adversity
Chapter 13 - Of Resisting Temptation
Chapter 14 - Of Avoiding Rash Judgment
Chapter 15 - Of Works Done in Charity
Chapter 16 - Of Bearing With the Defects of Others
Chapter 17 - Of a Retired Life
Chapter 18 - Of the Examples of the Holy Fathers
Chapter 19 - Of the Exercises of a Good Religious Person
Chapter 20 - Of the Love of Solitude and Silence
Chapter 21 - Of Compunction of Heart
Chapter 22 - Of the Consideration of Human Misery
Chapter 23 - Of Meditation on Death
Chapter 24 - Of Judgment, and the Punishment of Sinners
Chapter 25 - Of the Zealous Amendment of Our Whole Life
Part 2 - The Second Book: Admonitions Tending to Things Internal
Chapter 1 - Of the Inward Life
Chapter 2 - Of Humble Submission
Chapter 3 - Of a Good Peaceable Man
Chapter 4 - Of a Pure Mind, and Simple Intention
Chapter 5 - Of the Consideration of One’s Self
Chapter 6 - Of the Joy of a Good Conscience
Chapter 7 - Of the Love of Jesus Above All Things
Chapter 8 - Of Familiar Converse With Jesus
Chapter 9 - Of the Want of All Comfort
Chapter 10 - Of Gratitude for the Grace of God
Chapter 11 - How Few Are the Lovers of the Cross of Jesus
Chapter 12 - Of the King’s Highway of the Holy Cross
Part 3 - The Third Book: Of Internal Consolations
Chapter 1 - Of Christ’s Speaking Inwardly to the Faithful Soul
Chapter 2 - That the Truth Speaketh Inwardly Without Noise of Words
Chapter 3 - That the Words of God Are to Be Heard With Humility, and That Many Weigh Them Not
Chapter 4 - That We Ought to Live in Truth and Humility Before God
Chapter 5 - Of the Wonderful Effect of Divine Love
Chapter 6 - Of the Proof of a True Lover of Christ
Chapter 7 - Of Concealing Grace Under the Guard of Humility
Chapter 8 - Of a Mean Conceit of Ourselves in the Sight of God
Chapter 9 - That All Things Are to Be Referred Unto God, as Their Last End
Chapter 10 - That to Despise the World and Serve God Is a Sweet Life
Chapter 11 - That the Longings and Desires of Our Hearts Are to Be Examined and Moderated
Chapter 12 - Of the Growth of Patience in the Soul, and of Striving Against Concupiscence
Chapter 13 - Of the Obedience of One in Humble Subjection, After the Example of Jesus Christ
Chapter 14 - Of the Duty of Considering the Secret Judgments of God, That So We Be Not Lifted Up for Anything Good in Us
Chapter 15 - In Everything Which We Desire, How We Ought to Stand Affected, and What We Ought to Say
Chapter 16 - That True Comfort Is to Be Sought in God Alone
Chapter 17 - That All Our Anxieties Are to Be Placed on God
Chapter 18 - That Temporal Miseries Must Be Borne Patiently, After the Example of Christ
Chapter 19 - Of the Endurance of Injuries, and of the Proof of True Patience
Chapter 20 - Of the Confession of Our Own Infirmities, and of the Miseries of This Life
Chapter 21 - That We Are to Rest in God Above All Things Which Are Good, and Above All His Own Gifts
Chapter 22 - Of the Remembrance of God’s Manifold Benefits
Chapter 23 - Of Four Things That Bring Much Inward Peace
Chapter 24 - Of Avoiding Curious Inquiry Into Other Men’s Lives
Chapter 25 - Wherein Firm Peace of Heart and True Spiritual Progress Consisteth
Chapter 26 - Of the Excellence of a Free Mind, Which Is Sooner Gained by Humble Prayer Than by Reading
Chapter 27 - That It Is Self-Love Which Most Hindereth from the Chiefest Good
Chapter 28 - Against the Tongues of Slanderers
Chapter 29 - How We Ought to Call Upon God, and to Bless Him, When Tribulation Is Upon Us
Chapter 30 - Of Craving the Divine Aid, and Confidence of Recovering Grace
Chapter 31 - Of the Contempt of All Creatures, to Find Out the Creator
Chapter 32 - Of Self-Denial, and Renouncing Every Evil Appetite
Chapter 33 - Of Inconstancy of Heart, and of Having Our Final Intentions Directed Unto God
Chapter 34 - That God Is Sweet Above All Things, and in All Things to Him That Loveth Him
Chapter 35 - That There Is No Security From Temptation in This Life
Chapter 36 - Against the Vain Judgments of Men
Chapter 37 - Of Pure and Entire Resignation of Ourselves, for the Obtaining Freedom of Heart
Chapter 38 - Of Good Government in Things External, and of Having Recourse to God in Dangers
Chapter 39 - That a Man Should Not Be Fretful in Matters of Business
Chapter 40 - That Man Hath No Good of Himself, Nor Anything in Which He Can Glory
Chapter 41 - Of the Contempt of All Temporal Honor
Chapter 42 - That Our Peace Is Not to Be Placed in Men
Chapter 43 - Against Vain and Secular Knowledge
Chapter 44 - Of Not Fetching Trouble to Ourselves From Outward Things
Chapter 45 - That Credit Is Not to Be Given to All, and That Man Is Prone to Offend in Words
Chapter 46 - Of Putting Our Trust in God When Evil Words Arise
Chapter 47 - That All Grievous Things Are to Be Endured for the Sake of Eternal Life
Chapter 48 - Of the Day of Eternity and This Life’s Straitnesses
Chapter 49 - Of the Desire of Everlasting Life, and How Great Rewards Are Promised to Those That Strive Resolutely
Chapter 50 - How a Desolate Person Ought to Offer Himself Into the Hands of God
Chapter 51 - That a Man Ought to Employ Himself in Works of Humility, When Strength Is Wanting for Higher Employments
Chapter 52 - That a Man Ought Not to Account Himself as Worthy of Comfort, But Rather As Deserving of Chastisement
Chapter 53 - That the Grace of God Doth Not Join Itself with Those Who Cherish Earthly Things
Chapter 54 - Of the Different Motions of Nature and Grace
Chapter 55 - Of the Corruption of Nature, and of the Efficacy of Divine Grace
Chapter 56 - That We Ought to Deny Ourselves and Imitate Christ by the Cross
Chapter 57 - That a Man Should Not Be Too Much Dejected, Even When He Falleth Into Some Defects
Chapter 58 - That High Matters, and God’s Secret Judgments, Are Not to Be Narrowly Inquired Into
Chapter 59 - That All Our Hope and Trust Is to Be Fixed in God Alone
Part 4 - The Fourth Book: Concerning the Sacrament A Devout Exhortation to the Holy Communion
Chapter 1 - With How Great Reverence Christ Ought to Be Received
Chapter 2 - That the Great Goodness and Love of God Is Exhibited to Man in This Sacrament
Chapter 3 - That It Is Profitable to Communicate Often
Chapter 4 - That Many Benefits Are Bestowed Upon Them That Communicate Devoutly
Chapter 5 - Of the Dignity of the Sacrament, and of the Ministerial Function
Chapter 6 - An Inquiry Concerning Spiritual Exercise Before Communion
Chapter 7 - Of Thoroughly Examining Our Own Conscience, and of Holy Purposes of Amendment
Chapter 8 - Of the Offering of Christ on the Cross, and of Resignation of Ourselves
Chapter 9 - That We Ought to Offer Up Ourselves, and All That Is Ours, Unto God, and to Pray for All
Chapter 10 - That the Holy Communion Is Not Lightly to Be Forborne
Chapter 11 - That the Body of Christ and the Holy Scriptures Are Most Necessary Unto a Faithful Soul
Chapter 12 - That He Who Is About to Communicate with Christ Ought to Prepare Himself With Great Diligence
Chapter 13 - That the Devout Soul Ought with the Whole Heart to Seek Union With Christ in the Sacrament
Chapter 14 - Of the Fervent Desire of Some Devout Persons to Receive the Body of Christ
Chapter 15 - That the Grace of Devotion Is Obtained By Humility and Denial of Ourselves
Chapter 16 - That We Ought to Lay Open Our Necessities to Christ and Crave His Grace
Chapter 17 - Of Fervent Love, and Vehement Desire to Receive Christ
Chapter 18 - That a Man Should Not Be a Curious Searcher Into the Holy Sacrament, but an Humble Follower of Christ, Submitting His Sense to Divine Faith
To Think About
The True Vine
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Preface
Introduction
1. The Vine
2. The Husbandman
3. The Branch
4. The Fruit
5. More Fruit
6. The Cleansing
7. The Pruning Knife
8. Abide
9. Except Ye Abide
10. I the Vine
11. Ye the Branches
12. Much Fruit
13. Ye Can Do Nothing
14. Withered Branches
15. What Ye Will
16. If Ye Abide
17. The Father Glorified
18. True Disciples
19. The Wonderful Love
20. Abide in My Love
21. Obey and Abide
22. Ye, Even As I
23. Joy
24. Love One Another
25. As I Have Loved You
26. Christ's Friendship:Its Origin
27. Christ's Friendship: Its Evidence
28. Christ's Friendship: Its Intimacy
29. Election
30. Abiding Fruit
31. Prevailing Prayer
To Think About
The Pilgrim’s Progress
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Introduction
The Pilgrim’s Progress
To Think About
How to Pray
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Introduction
1. The Importance of Prayer
2. Praying to God
3. Obeying and Praying
4. Praying in the Name of Christ and According to the Will of God
5. Praying in the Spirit
6. Always Praying and Not Fainting
7. Abiding in Christ
8. Praying with Thanksgiving
9. Hindrances to Prayer
10. When to Pray
11. The Need of a General Revival
12. The Place of Prayer Before and During Revivals
To Think About
All of Grace
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Foreword
Biographical Introduction
Chapter 1 - To You
Chapter 2 - What are We At?
Chapter 3 - God Justifieth the Ungodly
Chapter 4 - “It is God That Justifieth”
Chapter 5 - Just and the Justifier
Chapter 6 - Deliverance from Sinning
Chapter 7 - By Grace Through Faith
Chapter 8 - What is Faith?
Chapter 9 - How May Faith Be Illustrated?
Chapter 10 - Why are We Saved by Faith?
Chapter 11 - I can Do Nothing!
Chapter 12 - The Increase of Faith
Chapter 13 - Regeneration and the Holy Spirit
Chapter 14 - “My Redeemer Liveth”
Chapter 15 - Repentance Must Go with Forgiveness
Chapter 16 - How Repentance is Given
Chapter 17 - The Fear of Final Falling
Chapter 18 - Confirmation
Chapter 19 - Why Saints Persevere
Chapter 20 - Conclusion
Born Crucified
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Foreword
Author’s Preface
Biographical Introduction
Chapter 1 - The Believer’S Identification
Chapter 2 - The Secret of Victory Over Sin
Chapter 3 - The Cross and Death to Sin
Chapter 4 - The Cross and the World
Chapter 5 - The Cross, Conflict, and Final Victory
Chapter 6 - The Cross and Consecration
Chapter 7 - The Cross and the Crucified One
Chapter 8 - The Cross and Self
Chapter 9 - The Cross: Contrary to Nature
Chapter 10 - The Cross and the Two Natures
Chapter 11 - The Cross and Dying to the Old Nature
Chapter 12 - The Cross and the Flesh
Chapter 13 - The Cross and Relationships
Chapter 14 - The Cross, Suffering, and the will of God
Chapter 15 - The Cross and the will of God
Chapter 16 - The Cross and Discipline
Chapter 17 - The Cross and Daily Discipline
Chapter 18 - The Cross and Fruitfulness
Chapter 19 - The Cross Day by Day
Chapter 20 - The Cross and Attainment
Chapter 21 - The Cross, Contentment, and Complacency
Chapter 22 - The Cross and Satan
Chapter 23 - The Cross and Kingship
Chapter 24 - The Cross and the Crown
Chapter 25 - The Cross and Methods
Acknowledgments
Holiness (Abridged)
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Title Page
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Foreword
Biographical Introduction
Chapter 1 - Sin
Chapter 2 - Sanctification
Chapter 3 - Holiness
Chapter 4 - The Fight
Chapter 5 - The Cost
Chapter 6 - Growth
Chapter 7 - The Ruler of the Waves
Chapter 8 - “Lovest Thou Me?”
Chapter 9 - “Christ Is All”
The Overcoming Life
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Foreword
Biographical Introduction
Chapter 1 - The Overcoming Life
Part I: The Christian’s Warfare
Part II: Internal Foes
Part III: External Foes
Chapter 2 - Results of True Repentance
Chapter 3 - True Wisdom
Chapter 4 - “Come Thou and All Thy House into the Ark”
Chapter 5 - Humility
Chapter 6 - Rest
Chapter 7 - Seven “I Wills” of Christ
The Secret of Guidance
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Foreword
Biographical Introduction
Chapter 1 - The Secret of Guidance
Chapter 2 - Where Am I Wrong?
Chapter 3 - The Secret of Christ’s Indwelling
Chapter 4 - Fact! Faith! Feeling!
Chapter 5 - Burdens, and What to Do with Them
Chapter 6 - How to Bear Sorrow
Chapter 7 - In the Secret of His Presence
Chapter 8 - The Fullness of the Spirit
Names of God
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Foreword
Pronunciation Key
Biographical Introduction
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Elohim
Chapter 2 - Jehovah
Chapter 3 - El-Shaddai
Chapter 4 - Adonai
Chapter 5 - Jehovah-jireh
Chapter 6 - Jehovah-rophe
Chapter 7 - Jehovah-nissi
Chapter 8 - Jehovah-M’Kaddesh
Chapter 9 - Jehovah-shalom
Chapter 10 - Jehovah-tsidkenu
Chapter 11 - Jehovah-rohi
Chapter 12 - Jehovah-shammah
Prevailing Prayer
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Foreword
Prefatory Note
1. The Prayers of the Bible
2. Adoration
3. Confession
4. Restitution
5. Thanksgiving
6. Forgiveness
7. Unity
8. Faith
9. Petition
10. Submission
11. Answered Prayers
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