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Thomas Reade

Christian Retirement

Thomas Reade

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 2 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

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