Written by Thomas Grantham (London, 1678)
BOOK 2 PART 1 - The Internal part of the Christian Religion.
Chapter 1
- Section 1 - Of the Definition of the Christian Religion.
- Section 2
- Section 1 - Of the Knowledge of God, and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent.
- Section 2
- Section 3 - The Unity of the Godhead proved, from the Unity of the Nature and Essence of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
- Section 4 - Of the Essence of the Holy Ghost.
- Section 5 - Of the Nature and Essence of God.
- Section 6
- Section 7 - Of the Omnipotency of God
- Section 8 - God is Omniscient, nothing can be hid from him.
- Section 9 - God is Just, there is no Unrighteousness in him.
- Section 10 - God is very gracious, full of Mercy, no Cruelty in him.
- Section 11 - God only is Perfect, so as no Imperfection is in him.
- Section 12 - His place of Residence is in Heaven, yet not confin'd to Place.
- Section 13 - Nothing can be done without God's Providence, though contrary to his Will.
- Section 14 - It is unlawful to form any shape or image of God, so much as in our minds.
- Section 1 - Of the Knowledge of Jesus Christ, whom God hath sent to be the Saviour of the World.
- Section 2 - Sheweth that God hath made known his Grace in Christ from the Beginning.
- Section 3 - Of the Method wherein we intend to treat of the Knowledge of Christ; chiefly concerning his Humanity, and what he died for Mankind in that capacity.
- Section 4 - That the Christ, the Saviour of the World, did really take a Body of Flesh, and was Man by Nature.
- Section 5 - According to the Will of God, and his Eternal Wisdom, Christ did, in the place and stead of Mankind, fulfill that Law, by which the whole world stood guilty before God.
- Section 6 - That Christ did really (not phantastically) suffer Death in his own Body, for the Sins of the World, &c.
- Section 7 - That the Righteousness of Christ, is imputed to Men, and made theirs through Faith which worketh by Love, and this Faith is accounted unto Men for Righteousness.
- Section 8 - By the Power of his Godhead he rose again from the Dead bodily, and became Victor over all the Power of Death, &c.
- Section 9 - This Lord Jesus Christ is invested with all Power in Heaven and in Earth, and only Head to his Church in all things.
- Section 10 - That Christ shall descend from the Created Heavens, whither he is ascended, in the same Body which was raised from the Dead, to judg and determine the final estate of all Men and Angels to Eternity, at his Appearing and Kingdom.
- Section 11 - That in the interim, Christ dwells in his Church by the Holy Spirit, whose Office is to lead into all Truth, not to abbrogate what Christ taught his Church to observe, nor to introduce a Ministration distinct from that which was established by the Lord Jesus.
- Section 1 - Concerning the denial of our selves in point of fleshly Vanities; or the Nature of Christian Humility for Sin.
- Section 2 - Of the Powerful conviction of Sin, and a sense of the wretchedness of Sinners upon the account of Sin.
- Section 3 - Awful consideration of the Majesty, Justice, and Goodness of God.
- Section 4 - Of the great patience of God in waiting to be gracious to Sinners.
- Section 5 - Of true sence and sorrow for Sin, as commited against a Gracious God.
- Section 6 - Of hatred against Sin, in the very thought, or first motions to it.
- Section 7 - Of humble confession to God, and application to him for Mercy.
- Section 8 - Of the Resolves of duly-humbled Souls.
- Section 1 - Treateth of a Christian Man's Conformity to Christ, in the Spirit of his Mind.
- Section 2 - What great esteem Christ had of Heavenly things, and how his People are to follow him therein.
- Section 3 - Of the Patience of Christ in all manner of Sufferings, and how therein we ought to conform our Minds to him.
- Section 1 - Wherein is considered the Hope, or thing hoped for, at the glorious appearing of Jesus Christ: Together with the comfortable parts of the Inheritance they here partake of by the way.
- Section 2 - The Children of God inherit their Fathers Name.
- Section 3 - The Children of God inherit the Spirit of God.
- Section 4 - The Children of God inherit all the Priviledges of the House of God.
- Section 5 - God's People are Heirs of this World.
- Section 6 - The Children of God shall inherit Eternal Glory in the World to come.
- Section 1 - Treateth of Angels both Good and Bad; and of the Service of the first, and Disservice of the Last to Mankind.
- Section 2 - Of the Dignity and great number of Angels.
- Section 3 - Of the dreadful Apostacy of some of the Angels.
- Section 4 - Of the Envy of the Apostate Angels against Mankind.
- Section 5 - Of the Office and Care of Good Angels toward such as fear God.
- Section 6 - Of the final Estate of Angels both Good and Bad.
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