The divine life, in three treatises : the first, Of the knowledge of God ; the second, Of walking with God ; the third, Of coversing with God in solitude . nverfe, as htndcrth our converfe withhimf Ids ^livingthere (be it in prifonor at liberty)wherewcmzy live befl to God. Come home, O fufforing Chriftian,to thy God / take up thy Content and Re ft in him ^ be fatif-fiedwith him as thy Portion \ and remember Where it is thathe is to be fully and -perpetually enjoyed \ and then it is goodfor thee that thou waft afflicted j tor all thy fufferings havetheir end. This laft Confideration will be fur
The divine life, in three treatises : the first, Of the knowledge of God ; the second, Of walking with God ; the third, Of coversing with God in solitude . nverfe, as htndcrth our converfe withhimf Ids ^livingthere (be it in prifonor at liberty)wherewcmzy live befl to God. Come home, O fufforing Chriftian,to thy God / take up thy Content and Re ft in him ^ be fatif-fiedwith him as thy Portion \ and remember Where it is thathe is to be fully and -perpetually enjoyed \ and then it is goodfor thee that thou waft afflicted j tor all thy fufferings havetheir end. This laft Confideration will be further profecuted in thefollowing Part: And the Directions for Walking -with God%which I (hould here give you, I have referved for a peculiarJreatife, intided AChrifti*»Direttorj. Pp* THE I THE CHRISTIANS Converfc with God: O R, The Insufficiency and Uncertainty OF HUMANE FRIENDSHIP- AND THE Improvement of Solitude IN Converfe with God. With fome of the Authors brea-things after him. By Richard Baxter LONDON, Printed for Francis Tj ton at the three Daggers in Tlttt-firtn,and Ntvil Simmons Bookfeller in Kederminfter. 1664. u. ? . wii ,HHHU)IHHi. THE CONTENTS- THe Context opened. P- 2^8 Why ChrifiwM forfakenby his Bifclples. p. 300life 1. Expecl bj the forfeiting of your friends to beconformed unto Cbrift : Reafons for jour Expedi- tion. P. 3i3 *p. 322 p. 324 the Aggravations of their for faking you. Some quieting Con ft derations. The order offorms in the School of Chriff. The Vifciples fcattered even man to bis own. Selfijhnefs contrary to friendly fidelity. Confederations to quiet us in the death of faithful friends. Whether m (ball know them in Heaven. p. 3 JI Whether creatures be any matter of our Comfort in Hea-ven. P-33* Queft, The Contents. Do$.B. when attMakes, and have us (as JJe% Ufc i Instate cbrifl , Live upon God alone, &J Jn what cafes Solitude is lawful and rood J* 34 Zeafons again/l unneceflary Solitude. P* 34* Dtreiliensfer converting with Godi
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