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Instructions About Heartwork

by Richard Alleine

Publishing history

Other editions of this work catalogued here.

Publication

Publisher
Soli Deo Gloria
Print status
In print

The Physical Book

Binding
Paperback
Total pages
424 pages
ISBN-13
9798886861211

Reference

Notes
First published London, 1681 — Alleine's last work, expositing Proverbs 4:23. SDG's original hardcover printing (2003, edited by founder Don Kistler) is catalogued separately below.
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Contents

  • Introductory Epistle to the Reader
  • 1. Every Man Is Appointed to Be His Own Keeper
  • 2. There Are Two Paths
  • 3. The Great Care of Every Man Is to Keep His Heart
  • 4. The Great Concern of Every Sinner Is to Be Recovered Out of His Lost Soul
  • 5. How We May Know If We Are Recovered or Not
  • 6. Why Should We Mourn over Lost Souls
  • 7. What Sinners Must Do for Their Own Recovery
  • 8. An Exhortation
  • 9. Some Questions Proposed
  • 10. Keeping a Good Conscience
  • 11. Keeping the Heart
  • 12. Self-Conceit, Self-Will, and Self-Love
  • 13. Sinful Self-Love
  • 14. Divine Love versus Sinful Self-Love
  • 15. The Government of the Heart Stands in Five Things
  • 16. Ordering Our Love
  • 17. Ordering Our Desires
  • 18. Ordering Our Joys
  • 19. Ordering Our Fear
  • 20. Ordering Our Grief
  • 21. Ordering Our Anger
  • 22. The Final Points in Governing Our Hearts
  • 23. Guarding the Heart
  • 24. How to Guard the Heart
  • 25. A Loose and Listless Heart
  • 26. How Must the Heart Be Guarded