THE

WHOLE WORKS

OF THE

REV. OLIVER HEYWOOD, B. A.

NOW FIRST COLLECTED, REVISED, AND ARRANGED,

Including some Tracts extremely scarce, and others from

unpublished Manuscripts :

FOR THE EDITOR; F. WESTLEY, STATIONERS' COURT; B. J. HOLDSWORTH,
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD ; R. BAYNES, PATERNOSTER-ROW,
LONDON ; AND D. BROWN, ST. ANDREW's

STREET, EDINBURGH.

CONTENTS

OF

THE THIRD VOLUME.

CLOSET PRAYER.

Page.

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Epistle to the Reader

CHAP. I. Introductory Observations

Sect. I. The Context Considered

Sect. II. The Words Explained

Sect. III. Doctrines Suggested

Sect. IV. Several Instances in Scripture of Closet

Prayer

CHAP. II. Reasons to prove that Closet Prayer is a Chris-

tian Duty-

Sect. I. Privacy convenient for Prayer

Sect. II. Relation between God and a genuine Chris-

tian -

SECT. III. God's Omniscience and Omnipresence

Sect. IV. The Liberality of God

CHAP. III. Comprising Information

Sect. I. Concerning Places of Prayer

Sect. II. On the Nature of Prayer

Sect. III. On the Efficacy of Prayer

Sect. IV. A Love of Retirement characteristic of a

true Christian

CHAP. IV. Cases which merit Reprehension

Sect. I. Wicked Men Reproved

SECT. II. Professors of Religion Reproved

CHAP. V. Instructions relative to the Devotions of the

Closet

VOL. III.

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