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CONTENTS OF VOLUME XI.

THE DOCTRINE OF THE SAINTS' PERSEVERANCE

EXPLAINED AND CONFIRMED.

The various thoughts of men concerning the doctrine proposed to consideration-The

great concernment of it, however stated, on all hands confessed-Some special causes

pressing to the present handling of it-The fearful backsliding of many in these days

-The great offence given and taken thereby, with the provision made for its removal

-The nature of that offence and temptation thence arising considered-Answer to

some arguings of Mr G., chap. ix., from thence against the truth proposed-The use

of trials and shakings-Grounds of believers' assurance that they are so-The same

farther argued and debated-Of the testimony of a man's own conscience concerning

his uprightness, and what is required thereunto-1 John iii. 7 considered-Of the

rule of self-judging, with principles of settlement for true believers, notwithstand-

ing the apostasies of eminent professors-Corrupt teachings rendering the handling

of this doctrine necessary-Its enemies of old and of late-The particular undertak-

ing of Mr G. proposed to consideration-An entrance into the stating of the question

The terms of the question explained-Of holiness in its several acceptations-

Created holiness, original or adventitious, complete or inchoate-Typical by dedica-

tion, real by purification-Holiness evangelical, either so indeed or by estimation-

Real holiness partial or universal-The partakers of the first, or temporary believers,

not true believers, maintained against Mr G.-Ground of judging professors to be

true believers-Matt. vii. 20 considered-What is the rule of judging men therein

given-What knowledge of the faith of others is to be obtained-What is meant by

perseverance: how in Scripture it is expressed-The grounds of it pointed at---What

is intended by falling away-Whether it be possible the Spirit of grace may be lost,

or the habit of it, and how-The state of the controversy as laid down by Mr G.-

The vanity thereof discovered-His judgment about believers' falling away examined

-What principles and means of perseverance he grants to them-The enemies of

our perseverance-Indwelling sin in particular considered-No possibility of pre-

servation upon Mr G.'s grounds demonstrated-The means and ways of the saints'

preservation in faith, as asserted by Mr G., at large examined, weighed, and found

light-The doctrine of the saints' perseverance, and way of teaching it, cleared from

Isa. iv. That chapter opened-The 5th verse particularly insisted on and discussed

-The whole state and method of the controversy thence educed,
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CHAPTER II.

THE PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS ARGUED FROM THE IMMUTABILITY OF

THE DIVINE NATURE.

The thesis proposed for confirmation-The fivefold foundation of the truth thereof - Of

the unchangeableness of the nature of God, and the influence thereof into the con-

firmation of the truth in hand-Mal. iii. 6 considered and explained--James i. 16-18

opened-Rom. xi. 29 explained and vindicated-The conditions on which grace is

asserted to be bestowed and continued, discussed-The vanity of them evinced in

sundry instances-Of vocation, justification, and sanctification-Isa xl. 27-31 opened

and improved to the end aimed at; also Isa. xliv. 1-8-The sum of the first argu-