I can easily foresee much success, and that, you will not repent of the publication: the Lord bless your endeavours in the gospel of his dear Son.

I am,

SIR,

Your's in all Christian observance,

THO. MANTON.

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Self-denial and Submission

4. Humility and Meekness

5. Discovers unknown Corruption

6. Teaches how to pray

7. Acquaintance with the Word

8. Necessity of sound Evidence for Heaven

9. What a bitter thing to grieve his Spirit

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Draws the Soul into sweet Communion

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14. God makes himself known

15. The Duties of a suffering Condition

16. The Fruits and Advantages of a suffering

Condition

17. The one Thing needful

18. Time Redemption

19. To Estimate the Sufferings of Christ

20. To prize and long for Heaven

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III. How Affliction lieth in order to Instruction

1. By Correction God taketh down Pride

2. Affliction is the forge wherein he softens

the iron heart

3. By Chastisement Man is made more at-

tentive to God

4. By Affliction God openeth the eye of

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3. A teaching Chastisement the fruit of

distinguishing Love

4. A teaching Chastisement a branch of

the Covenant of Grace

5. A teaching Chastisement the purchase

of Christ's Death

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6. A teaching Chastisement the result of
the offices of Christ

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The improvement.

I. Information

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1. Affliction is not enough to evidence a

happy man

2. Affliction is not enough to conclude a

man miserable

3. Deliverance out of Trouble is not

enough to make a happy man

4. How to judge of Affliction

5. They may be blessed whom the world

counts miserable

6. Is Chastisement a blessing when ac-

companied with instruction

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7. A suffering condition is not so formidable

314 as flesh and blood represent it

8. The reason why God keeps his people

so long under the rod