Christian Retirement
Reade's spiritual guide to the practice of solitude and withdrawal for prayer and self-examination, encouraging believers to regularly retreat from worldly distractions to cultivate their relationship with God and address the danger of confusing religious formality with genuine spiritual life.
80 Chapters
Table of Contents
1
00 SPIRITUAL EXERCISES OF THE HEART
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00p Preface
3
01. CHRISTIAN RETIREMENT
4
02. ON INSENSIBILITY TO ETERNAL THINGS
5
03. ON THE FALL
6
04. ON THE PROHIBITION IN PARADISE
7
05. ON UNBELIEF
8
06. ON THE TOTAL DEPRAVITY OF THE HEART
9
07. ON THE DECEITFULNESS OF THE HEART
10
08. ON KEEPING THE HEART
11
09. ON THE BLESSEDNESS OF A NEW HEART
12
10. ON THE IMMENSITY OF GOD
13
11. ON THE DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY
14
12. ON THE TWO COVENANTS
15
13. ON THE LOVE OF GOD
16
14. ON THE GIFT OF A SAVIOR
17
15. On the Design of the Gospel
18
16. ON PERVERTED VIEWS OF THE GOSPEL
19
17. On the Nature of Christianity
20
18. ON NEGLECTING THE GOSPEL
21
19. ON INADEQUATE VIEWS OF HUMAN NATURE
22
20. ON TWO COMMON ERRORS
23
21. ON THE CAUSE OF SKEPTICISM
24
22. THE ALMOST CHRISTIAN
25
23. ON CONVERSION
26
24. ON THE NEW CREATURE
27
25. ON CHRISTIAN UNITY
28
26. ON FOLLOWING THE LORD FULLY
29
27. ON THE TWO GREAT INSTRUMENTS
30
28. THE TWO SOURCES
31
29. THE TWO PILLARS
32
30. ON THE TWO WAYS
33
31. MERCY REJOICING AGAINST JUDGMENT
34
32. ON INTELLECTUAL AND SPIRITUAL LIGHT
35
33. ON KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM
36
34. ON PASSIVE IMPRESSIONS AND ACTIVE HABITS
37
35. ON UNION TO CHRIST
38
36. ON THE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER
39
37. ON CHRISTIAN MOTIVES
40
38. ON CHRISTIAN CONVERSATION
41
39. ON CHRISTIAN PRIVILEGE
42
40. AGREEMENT NECESSARY TO COMMUNION
43
41. ON SEPARATION FROM THE WORLD
44
42. On the Importance of Self-knowledge
45
43. ON THE SPIRIT OF PRAYER
46
44. ON THE CAUTIONS AND WARNINGS OF SCRIPTURE
47
45. ON SELF-DECEPTION
48
46. ON LUKEWARMNESS
49
47. On Forgetfulness of God
50
48. ON WATCHFULNESS
51
49. ON THE DANGER OF RICHES
52
50. ON THE THORNS IN THE PARABLE
53
51. ON THE PARABLE OF THE RICH MAN
54
52. On the Three Enemies
55
53. ON INDWELLING SIN
56
54. On Trials
57
55. ON AFFLICTION
58
56. ON THE CHARACTER OF MARTHA AND MARY
59
57. ON THE CHARACTER OF THE BEREANS
60
58. ON THE LIVING WATER
61
59. ON THE BURNING BUSH
62
60. ON ADOPTION
63
61. ON FAITH
64
62. ON HOPE
65
63. ON LOVE
66
64. ON JOY
67
65. ON PEACE
68
66. ON HUMILITY
69
67. ON MEEKNESS
70
68. ON PURITY
71
69. ON GODLY FEAR
72
70. ON THE BELIEVER'S AIM AND HOPE
73
71. ON TRUE HAPPINESS
74
72. ON TRUE RELIGION
75
73. ON ELECTION
76
74. ON SPIRITUAL VISION
77
75. ON HEAVEN
78
76. ON THE BLESSEDNESS OF THE SAINTS
79
77. ON CHRISTIAN OBEDIENCE
80
78. ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT
