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Hope

by Jeremiah Burroughs

Publication

Publisher
Soli Deo Gloria
Print status
Out of stock

The Physical Book

Binding
Paperback
Total pages
150 pages
ISBN-13
9798886861938

Reference

Notes
First published London, 1655, posthumously, as one of "the ninth, tenth, and eleventh books" of Burroughs's collected treatises (with Of Precious Faith and The Saints' Walk by Faith on Earth, by Sight in Heaven), edited by Thomas Goodwin, William Greenhill, William Bridge, Sydrach Simpson, Philip Nye, John Yates, and William Adderly. Appended with an exposition of Psalm 17:14 on the misery of those whose portion is only in this life.
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Contents

  • The Coherence, the Scope, and the Meaning of the Words
  • Three Doctrines Raised and a Description of Hope
  • Hope Is Wrought by the Holy Spirit
  • The Object of Hope
  • The Act of Hope
  • The Ground of Hope
  • The Saints Are Men of Hope
  • The Use of the First Doctrine
  • The Second Doctrine
  • The Saints of God Have Remaining Sin in Them
  • Answer to Those Who Live in a Course of Sin
  • The Saints Purge Themselves from Sin
  • What the Saints Do When They Purify Themselves
  • The Saints' Hope Makes Them Purify Themselves
  • The Saints Purify Themselves Because Their Hope Usually Cost Them Dearly
  • The Saints Purify Themselves Because Their Hope Is a Scripture Hope
  • Four Additional Grounds of the Saints' Hope
  • The Application
  • An Exhortation to Put Away Sin
  • Appendix: The Misery of Those Who Have Their Portion in This Life