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    The Life of God in the Soul of Man
    The Life of God in the Soul of Man
    The Life of God in the Soul of Man
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    The Life of God in the Soul of Man

    By Henry Scougal

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    The Life of God in the Soul of Man was written as a letter of spiritual counsel to a friend, and it succeeded far beyond the author's expectations. It passed from hand to hand until it was brought to Gilbert Burnet, the future bishop of Salisbury, with the suggestion that it be made available to the world. It is considered a classic book of

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGLH Publishing
    Release dateFeb 1, 2018
    ISBN9781948648073
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      The Life of God in the Soul of Man - Henry Scougal

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      The Life of

      God in the

      Soul of Man

      Henry Scougal

      Vintage Puritan Series

      GLH Publishing

      Louisville, Kentucky

      Sourced from The Life of God in the Soul of Man.

      Nicoles & Noyes: Boston, 1868.

      GLH Publishing, LLC

      ISBN:

           Paperback 978-1-941129-10-4

           Epub 978-1-948648-07-3

      Contents

      1. The Occasion Of This Discourse.

      2. Mistakes About Religion.

      3. What Religion Is.

      4. The Permanency And Stability Of Religion.

      5. The Freedom And Unconstrainedness Of Religion.

      6. Religion A Divine Principle.

      7. What The Natural Life Is.

      8. The Different Tendencies Of The Natural Life.

      9. Wherein The Divine Life Doth Consist.

      10. Religion Better Understood By Action Than By Words.

      11. Divine Love Exemplified In Our Savior: His Diligence In Doing God’s Will, And His Patience In Bearing It.

      12. Our Savior’s Constant Devotion.

      13. Our Savior’s Charity To Men.

      14. Our Savior’s Purity.

      15. Our Savior’s Humility.

      16. A Prayer.

      17. On The Excellency And Advantage Of Religion.

      18. The Excellency Of Divine Love.

      19. The Advantages Of Divine Love.

      20. The Worth Of The Object.

      21. The Certainty To Be Beloved Again.

      22. The Presence Of The Beloved Person.

      23. The Divine Love Makes Us Partake Of An Infinite Happiness.

      24. He That Loveth God Finds Sweetness In Every Dispensation.

      25. The Duties Of Religion Are Delightful To Him.

      26. The Excellency Of Charity.

      27. The Pleasure That Attends Charity.

      28. The Excellency Of Purity.

      29. The Delight Afforded By Purity.

      30. The Excellency Of Humility.

      31. The Pleasure And Sweetness Of An Humble Temper.

      32. A Prayer.

      33. The Despondent Thoughts Of Some Newly Awakened To A Right Sense Of Things.

      34. The Unreasonableness Of These Fears.

      35. We Must Do What We Can, And Depend On The Divine Assistance.

      36. We Must Shun All Manner Of Sin.

      37. We Must Know What Things Are Sinful.

      38. We Must Resist The Temptations Of Sin, By Considering The Evils They Will Draw On Us.

      39. We Must Keep A Constant Watch Over Ourselves.

      40. We Must Often Examine Our Actions.

      41. It Is Fit To Restrain Ourselves In Many Lawful Things.

      42. We Must Strive To Put Ourselves Out Of Love With The World.

      43. We Must Do Those Outward Actions That Are Commanded.

      44. We Must Endeavor To Form Internal Acts Of Devotion, Charity, &c.

      45. Consideration A Great Instrument Of Religion.

      46. To Beget Divine Love, We Must Consider The Excellency Of The Divine Nature.

      47. We Should Meditate On God’s Goodness And Love.

      48. To Beget Charity We Must Remember That All Men Are Nearly Related Unto God.

      49. That They Carry God’s Image Upon Them.

      50. To Beget Purity, We Should Consider The Dignity Of Our Nature.

      51. We Should Meditate Often On The Joys Of Heaven.

      52. Humility Arises From The Consideration Of Our Failings.

      53. Thoughts Of God Give Us The Lowest Thoughts Of Ourselves.

      54. Prayer, Another Instrument Of Religion, And The Advantages Of Mental Prayer.

      55. Religion Is To Be Advanced By The Same Means By Which It Is Begun; And The Use Of The Holy Sacrament Toward It.

      56. A Prayer.

      1. The Occasion Of This Discourse.

      My dear friend, this designation doth give you a title to all endeavors whereby I can serve your interests; and your pious inclinations to do so, happily conspire with my duty, that I shall not need to step out of my road to gratify you—but I may at once perform an office of friendship, and discharge an exercise of my function, since the advancing of virtue and holiness, (which I hope you make your greatest study,) is the peculiar business of my employment. This, therefore, is the most popular instance wherein I can vent my affection, and express my gratitude towards you, and I shall not any longer delay the performance of the promise I made you to this purpose; for though I know you are provided with better helps of this nature than any I can offer you, nor are you like to meet with anything here which you knew not before, yet I am hopeful, that what cometh from one whom you are pleased to honor with your friendship, and which is more particularly designed for your use, will be kindly accepted by you; and God’s providence perhaps may so direct my thoughts, that something or other may prove useful to you. Nor shall I doubt your pardon, if, for moulding my discourse into the better frame, I lay a low foundation, beginning with the nature and properties of religion, and all along give such way to my thoughts, in the prosecution of the subject, as may bring me to say many things which were not necessary, did I only consider to whom I am writing.

      2. Mistakes About Religion.

      I cannot speak of religion, but I must lament, that among so many pretenders to it, so few understand what it means: some placing it in the understanding, in orthodox notions and opinions; and all the account they can give of their religion is, that they are of this and the other persuasion, and have joined themselves to one of those many sects whereinto Christendom is most unhappily divided. Others place it in the outward man, in a constant course of external duties, and a model of performances. If they live peaceably with their neighbors, keep a temperate diet, observe the returns of worship, frequenting the church, or their closet, and sometimes extend their hands to the relief of the poor, they think they have sufficiently acquitted themselves. Others again put all religion in the affections, in rapturous hearts, and ecstatic devotion; and all they aim at is, to pray with passion, and think of heaven with pleasure, and to be affected with those kind and melting expressions wherewith they court their Savior, till they persuade themselves they are mightily in love with him, and from thence assume a great confidence of their salvation, which they esteem the chief of Christian graces. Thus are these things which have any resemblance of piety, and at the best are but means of obtaining it, or particular exercises of it, frequently mistaken for the whole of religion: nay, sometimes wickedness and vice pretend to that name. I speak not now of those gross impieties wherewith the Heathens were wont to worship their gods. There are but too many Christians who would consecrate their vices, and follow their corrupt affections, whose ragged humor and sullen pride must pass for Christian severity; whose fierce wrath, and bitter rage against their enemies, must be called holy zeal; whose petulancy towards their superiors, or rebellion against their governors, must have the name of Christian courage and resolution.

      3. What Religion Is.

      But certainly religion is quite another thing, and they who are acquainted with it will entertain far different thoughts, and disdain all those shadows and false imitations of it. They know by experience that true

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