by Richard Alleine
in ePub, .mobi & .pdf formats
This text has been initially updated from EEBO-TCP by Project Puritas (Logan West, David Jonescue, Alex Sarrouf) www.puritansearch.org. Further revision and editing done by Monergism. Copyright Monergism via universal text usage permission from the above.
Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life.- Proverbs 4:23
"Instructions About Heart-Work" by Richard Alleine is a comprehensive and deeply spiritual treatise on the Christian's duty to diligently guard and nurture the heart towards godliness. The book emphasizes the heart as the spiritual center of human life, from which all thoughts, actions, and desires spring. Alleine systematically explores the various aspects of heart-work, including the importance of keeping the heart from sin, the necessity of self-examination, and the constant reliance on God for the strength to maintain spiritual vigilance. Through scriptural exegesis and practical advice, the book aims to guide believers in the exercise and growth of grace, leading to a life that reflects true Christian faith and assures comfort of glory to eternity.
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Table of Contents
TO THE READER
CHAP. I - Prov. 4:23-27
CHAP. II - Doctr. from V. 26.
CHAP. III - Keeping the Heart
CHAP. IV - The Greatest Care
CHAP. V - How to Know if We are Recovered
CHAP. VI - But why should we mourn over lost souls?
CHAP. VII - What Sinners Need to Do
CHAP. VIII - Let the Word of God Do its Work Upon You
CHAP. IX - Questions to Provoke You to Repentance
CHAP. X - Keep a Good Conscience
CHAP. XI - Recovering the Heart
CHAP. XII - Self-Conceit, Self-Will & Self-Love
CHAP. XIII - Sinful Self-Love
CHAP. XIV - Tokens of Christ's Love
CHAP. XV - Where the Governement of the Heart Stands
CHAP. XVI - A Well-Ordered Love
CHAP. XVII - The Object of our desires
CHAP. XVIII - The Object of Joy
CHAP. XIX - Regulating our Fears
CHAP. XX - The Object of our Sorrow
CHAP. XXI - Ruling our Spirits
CHAP. XXII - Do You Love God More than you Did?
CHAP. XXIII - Keep the Heart under Guard
CHAP. XXIV - How the heart is to be kept under Guard.
CHAP. XXV - A Licentious heart
CHAP. XVI - How to Guard the Heart