The Christian Religion, as Profess'd by a Daughter of the Church of England [i.e. Mary Astell].

S. H., 1705 - 418 Seiten

Our natural Notion of	7

And both Reason and this thirst	12

The Infirmities and Paſſions of Good	16

Reason can judge only of its own Ideas	18

Therefore they must have certain marks	24

For the Holy Scripture is better	35

Supposing the Evidence not so full	41

The common Objections and the Per	42

Effects of Envy and its way of acting	185

Sin the only just cause of Sorrow	193

SECT II	195

Whence the Obligation to this Duty	199

Thirdly	205

The Rule of Justice	206

Of forgiving Injuries and the reason	213

How far Negative and how far Affir	219

Singularity how far commendable	48

Every Sincere Chriſtian desirous	54

Christianity Mysterious only as it	60

The Philosophy of these Mysteries	66

Who are the most dangerous Seducers	72

What it is that a late Book concerning	75

Provd from St Pauls Practise	81

Why the Author of the Reasonableness	87

Goodness	98

He who has his Choice is not hardly	104

Religion not an Arbitrary Institu	106

Courage abfolutely necessary in order	112

Even the Jewiſh Oeconomy ſhews	117

Indifferency in this cafe not excusable	123

What we are to acknowledge concerning	126

Of our Duty to GOD more immediately	130

That GOD is the fole Object of	137

Our deplorable defection from genuine	144

That	150

The consequences of	151

How we may try our Love to	152

By fixing our Thoughts on GOD our true Good we beſt avoid Sin and can only be reconciled to Society	154

We may Contemplate GOD in the midst of Crowds and Buſineſs	155

Whence our Duties are derivd	157

Of the Worship of GOD and the Honour due to every thing that relates to	159

Of Devotion and Prayer	160

Of the Sacrament of the Lords Sup	161

Of the Fear of GOD and what it is to Honour	162

The heinousness of doing evil under pre tence of Serving GOD 164 Of Hope and Trast Submiſſion and Resignation	163

Of Hope in particular and what is Despair	165

Of Trust in	166

How little of it appears among	167

The folly of Solicitude	168

What is not Pride	169

Pride a Sin chiefly against GOD	170

wherein Humility consists 171 What	171

NonResistance a Doctrine plainly	179

Instance in Conversation between Per	226

And from Impertinent Inquisitive	232

What is not Friendship but a falſe	239

Of Quarrels and going to	242

Our Neighbours Vertue being the most	248

Of our Duty to our Selves	254

Mind and Body are intirely distinct	259

That it is impoſſible for Matter	267

Whence our Danger proceeds	273

Revenge is below	279

The Sins and Follies of Vertuous Per	285

Of Prepoffeffion and Prejudice	288

Of the Improvement of our Understan	294

The great design of Christianity being	301

noblest Objects of	302

Chriftianity at least as much our Bufi	304

Wherein Self Preservation consists	312

And how to behave himself in the loss	318

The folly of Mankind in prefering	321

Of Honour and the use that is to	332

Justice and Integrity Temperance	334

Suffering for Righteousness fake	337

Of the regard due to our Bodies	343

The best Rule is not to fudge others	349

Of Power and Authority	353

To expose our Vertue unnecessarily	362

How we deceive our ſelves	369

Of unreasonable Indulgence	374

St Pauls Sentiments and Practice	381

Suffering	383

How this is to be done	387

Submiffion of this Diſcourſe to Lawful	388

What is said to be the Deſign of that	394

Why this present Letter is so long	400

of the Gospel Diſpenſation compard with	407

What

Titel	The Christian Religion, as Profess'd by a Daughter of the Church of England [i.e. Mary Astell].
Autor/in	Mary Astell
Verlag	S. H., 1705
Original von	Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (Augsburg, Staats- und Stadtbibliothek -- Th Ges 176)
Digitalisiert	2. Dez. 2016
Länge	418 Seiten

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