On Keeping The Heart
Flavel's classic Puritan treatise on the constant care required to preserve the soul in the holy frame established by grace, defining six essential practices of heart-keeping including self-observation, humiliation, supplication, holy vows, jealousy, and consciousness of God's presence.
17 Chapters
Table of Contents
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Introduction
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First, I am to consider what the keeping of the heart supposes and imports.
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Secondly, To assign some reasons why Christians must make this the great business of their lives.
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Thirdly, To point out those special seasons in the life of a Christian which require our utmost diligence in keeping the heart.
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I. The first season
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II. The second season
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III. The third season
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IV. The fourth season,
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V. The fifth season,
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VI. The sixth season
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VII. The seventh season,
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VIII. The next season
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IX. The ninth season
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X. The time of doubting and of spiritual darkness constitutes
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XI. Another season,
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XII. The last season
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John Flavel