By Thomas Goodwin, D.D.
The Works of Thomas Goodwin, D.D.
Volume 7: containing:
1. Of the Creatures, and the Condition of Their State by Creation.
2. Of Gospel Holiness in the Heart and Life.
3. Of the Blessed State of Glory Which the Saints Possess After Death.
4. Three Several Ages of Christians in Faith and Obedience.
5. Man’s Restoration by Grace.
6. On Repentance. Two sermons on Zephaniah 2:1-3.
By Thomas Goodwin, D.D.
CONTENTS
OF THE CREATURES, AND THE CONDITION OF THEIR STATE BY CREATION
Book I.—That the creatures are not God, but the works of his power.—They were not co-eternal with God.—The infinite distance between him and them
Book II.—Of the first estate of men and angels by their creation.—What were the laws and rights of creation; and what was equitably due between the Creator and his creature.—Of the state of the first man Adam in innocence, and what were his circumstances in that his primitive condition
OF GOSPEL HOLINESS IN THE HEART AND LIFE
Book I.—That graces and holy dispositions wrought in the soul are the springs and principles of evangelical obedience.—The first streams which flow from hence are inward actions of our souls in holy thoughts, and a lively sense and perception of spiritual things, and a due approbation and judgment of them as most excellent.— That our holiness ought to be sincere and blameless.—That our obedience ought to abound in all fruits of righteousness, and to continue until the day of Christ
Book II.—The demeanour of a Christian, as it is expressed under the notion of friendship with God.—The example of Abraham’s being the friend of God.—How, in the sense of the apostle James, he was justified by works.—How great, excellent, and kind a friend God is to us.—How this consideration should engage us in a sincere friendship to him.—What are the duties and offices to be performed by us, as proper and owing to such a friendship.—Of the behaviour of a Christian, as it is named service to God
Book III.—Evangelical motives to obedience, drawn from the obligation which God hath laid upon us, by his appointing us unto good words, in his election of us, and by the greatness of his love manifested in the several instances of it.—Other motives urged from the consideration, that Christ having by his death conquered the devil, and destroyed his kingdom, we are by our Christian profession engaged to hate him, and fight against him as a public enemy to Christ and us, and by all our actions to endeavour the ruin of his dark kingdom of sin.—Other motives deduced from the divine presence and majesty apparent in our holy services and performances; and also from God’s design in the revelation of his word, that we should not only read and know it, but practise it too
Book IV.—The danger of a loose, careless, and unfruitful profession; or the danger of men’s living under the dispensation and enjoyment of the ordinances of the gospel; viz., the preaching of the word, the sacrament of the Lord’s supper, and church communion, if they live in sin, indulge their lusts, or be unfruitful. —Two cases resolved: 1. How far a regenerate man is capable of sinning against knowledge; 2. Wherein the sin against the Holy Ghost differs from other sins against knowledge
OF THE BLESSED STATE OF GLORY WHICH THE SAINTS
POSSESS AFTER DEATH
THREE SEVERAL AGES OF CHRISTIANS IN FAITH AND
OBEDIENCE
MAN’S RESTORATION BY GRACE
ON REPENTANCE
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