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Arndt Johann. True Christianity
True Christianity
Table of Contents
Book I
Wherein True Christianity, Sincere Sorrow For Sin, Repentance, Faith, And The Holy Life Of The True Christian, Are Considered
The Author's Preface To The First Book
Chapter I
Showing What The Image Of God In Man Is
Chapter II
Of The Fall Of Adam
Chapter III
Showing How Man Is Renewed In Christ Unto Eternal Life
Chapter IV
Of True Repentance, And The True Yoke And Cross Of Christ
Chapter V
Wherein Does True Faith Consist?
Chapter VI
Showing How The Vital Power Of The Word Of God Should Be Manifested In Man Through Faith
Chapter VII
The Law Of God, Written In The Hearts Of All Men, Convinces Them That On The Day Of Judgment They Will Be Without Excuse
Chapter VIII
No One Can Find Comfort In Christ And His Merits, Who Does Not Truly Repent
Chapter IX
The Unchristian Walk Of Many Persons In Our Day, Is A Cause Of The Rejection Of Christ And Of The True Faith
Chapter X
The Children Of The World Are Against Christ, And, Consequently, Their Life And Their Christianity Are Both Alike False
Chapter XI
Showing That He Does Not Truly Repent, Is Not A Christian, And Not A Child Of God, Who Does Not, In His Life And Conduct, Follow Christ; Also, Wherein The New Birth And The Yoke Of Christ Consist
Chapter XII
The True Christian Dies Unto Himself And The World, And Lives In Christ
Chapter XIII
The Christian Ought Willingly To Die Unto Himself And The World, For The Sake Of The Love Of Christ, And For The Sake Of That Future And Eternal Glory, For Which We Were Created And Redeemed
Chapter XIV
The True Christian, Who Imitates Christ, Hates His Own Life In This World, And Forsakes The World
Chapter XV
Showing How The “Old Man” Daily Dies, And The “New Man” Is Daily Renewed, In A True Christian; Also, Wherein Self-Denial Consists, And What Is Meant By The Christian's Cross
Chapter XVI
A Conflict Is Constantly Maintained In The Christian Between The Spirit And The Flesh
Chapter XVII
The Inheritance And Possessions Of Christians Are Not Of This World; They Should, Therefore, Regard Themselves As Strangers In It, While They Make Use Of Earthly Things
Chapter XVIII
Showing How Greatly God Is Offended, When Man Prefers Things That Are Temporal To Those That Are Eternal; And How Great The Evil Is, When Our Affections Cleave To The Creature And Not To The Creator
Chapter XIX
He Who Is Most Of All Conscious Of His Misery, Is Most Of All Acceptable To God; And His Christian Knowledge Of His Misery, Urges Him To Seek The Grace Of God
Chapter XX
A Truly Christian Sorrow For Sin Promotes The Daily Amendment Of The Life Of Man, Makes Him Meet For The Kingdom Of God, And Fits Him, In An Increasing Degree, For Eternal Life
Chapter XXI
Of The True Worship Of God
Chapter XXII
A True Christian Is Known Primarily By Love, And By A Daily Amendment Of Life
Chapter XXIII
He Who, In Christ, Desires To Grow In Grace, Is Often Compelled To Withdraw From Worldly Society
Chapter XXIV
Of The Love Of God And Our Neighbor
Chapter XXV
The Love Of Our Neighbor, More Particularly Considered
Chapter XXVI
Wherefore Our Neighbor Is To Be Loved
Chapter XXVII
Wherefore Our Enemies Are To Be Loved
Chapter XXVIII
Showing How The Love Of The Creator Should Be Preferred To That Of All Creatures; And How Our Neighbor Is To Be Loved In God
Chapter XXIX
Of That Reconciliation To Our Neighbor, Without Which God Withdraws His Grace
Chapter XXX
Of The Fruits Of Love
Chapter XXXI
Pride And Self-Love Corrupt And Destroy Even The Best And Noblest Gifts
Chapter XXXII
Great Gifts Do Not Demonstrate A Man To Be A Christian, But Faith That Works By Love
Chapter XXXIII
God Has No Respect To The Works Of Any One; But Judges Of Works According To The Heart
Chapter XXXIV
Showing That God Alone, Without Any Human Aid, Is The Author Of Our Salvation, And That We Are To Submit Unreservedly To His Grace; Also, That Christ's Merit Is Not Imputed To The Impenitent
Chapter XXXV
All Wisdom, Arts, And Sciences, Yea, Even The Knowledge Of The Whole Scripture, Are Vain, Without A Holy And Christian Life
Chapter XXXVI
He Who Does Not Live In Christ, But Gives His Heart To The World, Has Only The Outward Letter Of The Scriptures, But He Does Not Experience Their Power, Or Eat Of The Hidden Manna
Chapter XXXVII
He Who Does Not Follow Christ In Faith, Holiness, And Continued Repentance, Cannot Be Delivered From The Blindness Of His Heart, But Must Abide In Eternal Darkness; And He Cannot Have A True Knowledge Of Christ, Or Fellowship With Him
Chapter XXXVIII
Showing That An Unchristian Life Leads To False Doctrine, Hardness Of Heart, And Blindness; Also, Treating Of The Eternal Election Of Grace
Chapter XXXIX
Showing That The Purity Of The Doctrine Of The Divine Word Is Maintained Not Only By Discussions And Publications, But Also By True Repentance And Holiness Of Life
Chapter XL
Sundry Rules For Leading A Holy Life
Chapter XLI
The Whole Of Christianity Consists In The Restoration Of The Image Of God In Man, And The Destruction Of The Image Of Satan
Chapter XLII
In This Concluding Chapter The Reasons For Adopting The Method Observed In Book I. Are Explained; The Duty Of Guarding Against Spiritual Pride Is Described, And The Truth Is Set Forth That True Spiritual Gifts Cannot Be Obtained Without Prayer
Book II
Preface To The Second Book
Chapter I
Jesus Christ, The Son Of God, Is Given To Us By Our Heavenly Father As Our Help Against The Damnable And Deadly Poison Of Original Sin, And The Pernicious Fruits Thereof, As Well As A Protector Against All The Calamities And Evils Both Of The Body And The Soul
Chapter II
The Manner In Which The Christian Should Apply And Appropriate To Himself The Consolation Noticed In Chapter I
Chapter III
Our Righteousness Before God, Consists Solely In The Perfect Obedience And Merit Of Christ Jesus, And In The Remission Of Sin Apprehended By Faith
Chapter IV
Showing That Saving Faith In The True Christian Produces Manifold Fruits Of Righteousness, And That These Must Proceed From The Depth Of The Heart; Also, That The Character Of Our Outward Works, Depends, In The Judgment Of God, Upon The State Of The Heart
Chapter V
Showing That The Evidence Of True Christianity Does Not Consist In The Knowledge And The Hearing Of God's Word, But That He Is A Christian, In Whose Life God's Word Is Manifested, And Who Beseeches God In Sincerity That This Word, As A Divine Seed, May Be Quickened In Him, And Bear Fruit
Chapter VI
The Perfection And Salvation Of Men Depend On Union With Christ By Faith; But To This They Can Contribute Nothing, Whereas They Rather Interfere With The Grace Of God By Their Perverse Will; But Christ, And He Alone, Accomplishes The Work In Us
Chapter VII
Showing That In Order To Understand The True Nature Of Repentance, We Must Necessarily Know The Distinction Between The Old And The New Man; Or, How In Us Adam Must Die, And Christ Live; Or, How In Us The Old Man Must Die, And The New Man Live
Chapter VIII
Showing How Graciously God Invites Us To Repentance, And How Necessary It Is That It Should Not Be Delayed
Chapter IX
Showing What Repentance Is, And The Manner In Which The Sinner Truly Repents; Also, How The Goodness Of God Leads Us To Repentance
Chapter X
The Four Properties Of True Repentance
Chapter XI
Showing That The Fruit Of Conversion Is The New Creature; Also, That The Christian Is, By Faith, A Lord Over All, And, By Love, A Servant Of All; And, That The Life Of Christ Is A Mirror For Us
Chapter XII
Showing That Christ Is The Only Way And End Of True Godliness; And That Man Goes Astray, When God Does Not Guide And Direct Him
Chapter XIII
Showing That Jesus Christ Is The True Book Of Life, And That His Poverty Teaches Us To Despise The Glory Of The World
Chapter XIV
Showing How Christ, By The Shame And Contempt Which He Endured, And By His Self-Denial, Teaches Us To Despise The Honor And Glory Of The World
Chapter XV
Showing How We Should, Through Christ, Bear And Overcome The Trials And Contempt Of The World
Chapter XVI
Showing How Christians Are To Seek And Obtain Favor And Glory Through Christ, In Heaven
Chapter XVII
Showing How We May Through Christ, And After The Example Of All The Saints, Overcome The Calumnies Of Men
Chapter XVIII
Showing How The Sorrows And Pains Of Christ Should Teach Us To Subdue The Lusts Of The Flesh
Chapter XIX
Showing How We Should Behold In The Crucified Christ, As In The Book Of Life, Both Our Sins, And Also The Displeasure, The Love, Justice, And Wisdom Of God
Chapter XX
Of The Power And Necessity Of Prayer, In These Holy Contemplations
Chapter XXI
Of The Power Of The Noble Virtue Of Humility
Chapter XXII
All The Works Of A True Christian Must Be Done In Humility, Or They Will, Otherwise, Become An Abomination And Idolatry
Chapter XXIII
A Man Who Does Not Perceive His Own Emptiness, And Does Not Give All The Honor To God, Commits The Greatest Of Sins, And Falls Like Satan
Chapter XXIV
Of The Noble Virtue Of Love, And Of Its Power, Soundness, And Purity
Chapter XXV
Sundry Signs By Which We May Ascertain Whether We Truly Love Christ
Chapter XXVI
Five Kinds Of Works Of Love, In Which The Grace And Goodness Of God Are Especially Revealed
Chapter XXVII
Showing How The Lord Jesus Manifests Himself To The Loving Soul As The Highest Love And The Highest Good
Chapter XXVIII
Showing How The Highest Good Is Perceived And Tasted In The Soul
Chapter XXIX
Showing How The Loving Soul Considers God In His Benefits As The Most Liberal Bountifulness
Chapter XXX
Showing How God Manifests Himself To The Loving Soul, As The Supreme Beauty
Chapter XXXI
Showing How God Manifests Himself To The Loving Soul As The Infinite Omnipotence
Chapter XXXII
Showing How The Loving Soul Knows God As The Highest Righteousness And Holiness
Chapter XXXIII
Showing How The Loving Soul Considers God As The Eternal Wisdom
Chapter XXXIV
Showing How A Man Should Seek The Wisdom Of God By Prayer; Containing Also A Useful Treatise On Prayer, Wherein The Reader Is Taught How The Heart Is To Be Moved Unto Prayer, And Brought Into A Quiet Sabbath, So That Prayer May Be Wrought In Us By The Lord; The Whole Being Set Forth In Twelve Sections
Section I
All That We Have Lost In Adam We Recover Fully And Completely In Christ
Section II
The Evils That Follow The Neglect Of Prayer
Section III
The Benefits Of Continual Prayer
Section IV
The True Christian Chooses The Narrow Way In Christ, Rather Than The Broad Way In Adam
Section V
Considerations Which Should Move The Heart To Commune With God In Prayer
Section VI
The Omniscient God Knows What We Stand In Need Of, Before We Ask Him
Section VII
That God Invites And Engages All Men To The Exercise Of Prayer, And Promises To Hear Their Petitions
Section VIII
God Is No Respecter Of Persons, But Has An Impartial Love For All His Creatures
Section IX
Showing That It Is Equally Sinful To Pray To God Upon The Presumption Of Our Own Merit, And To Forbear On Account Of Our Unworthiness
Section X
The True Worshipper Ought Not To Seek After God In Any Particular Place; For He Finds Him Everywhere In Spirit And In Truth
Section XI
The Worshipper Is Not Restricted To Certain Times Of Prayer, But May At Any Hour Address God In Prayer, Provided That He Does Not Hinder Himself
Section XII
The Considerations Stated Above, Not Only Dispose The Heart To True Prayer, But Also Furnish Various Useful Lessons
Chapter XXXV
Prayer Is The Sign Of A True Christian, That Is, Of One Who Is Anointed Of The Lord
Chapter XXXVI
On The Benefits And Power Of Prayer, And On Its True Ground Or Foundation
Chapter XXXVII
Reasons Why God Certainly Hears Our Prayers
Chapter XXXVIII
Seven Helps Or Aids For Our Infirmities In Prayer
Chapter XXXIX
The Conversation Of A Believing Soul With God
Chapter XL
A Conversation Between Faith And The Mercy Of God
Chapter XLI
The Great Benefits, And The Great Efficacy Of Praise Offered To God
Chapter XLII
The Reasons For Which We Ought Daily To Offer Praises To God
Chapter XLIII
To Praise God Is The Highest And Most Honorable Employment Of Men
Chapter XLIV
Of Patience, Which Triumphantly Endures The Cross, And Waits For The Promised Glory
Chapter XLV
Divine Consolation Produces Patience Under Afflictions
Chapter XLVI
Motives To Patience; And, The Benefits Of The Cross
Chapter XLVII
Sentences, And Examples Of Patience And Consolation
I. Some Sentences And Testimonies Of Scripture
II. Examples Of Patience
III. Consolations
Chapter XLVIII
There Is No Affliction For Which God Has Not Provided Appropriate Consolation. The Consolation Which He Affords Is Always Greater Than Our Misery; This Consideration Should Sustain And Confirm Our Patience
Chapter XLIX
The Truth Of God And The Certainty Of His Promises, Ought To Dispose Us To Patience
Chapter L
Showing How Hope Is Tested In Seasons Of Adversity; It Maketh Not Ashamed
Chapter LI
Comfort For Those That Are Weak In Faith
Chapter LII
Comforting Instructions For Those That Are Laboring Under Great Temptations In Spirit
Chapter LIII
Consolations For Those Who Labor Under Great Spiritual Temptations
Chapter LIV
Comforts Under Secret And Spiritual Temptations Of The Devil
Chapter LV
The Reasons For Which God Sometimes Delays His Comfort And Assistance
Chapter LVI
Showing That In Seasons Of Trial The Consideration Of The Exalted Patience Of Christ, And Of The Future And Eternal Glory, Will Alleviate The Burden Of The Cross
Chapter LVII
Consolations Against The Fears Of Death
Conclusion Of The Second Book
Book III
Preface To The Third Book
Chapter I
Of The Great Internal Treasure Of An Enlightened Believer
Chapter II
True Faith, And Converse With The Soul, The Only Means Of Attaining To This Inward Treasure
Chapter III
The Whole Treasure Of The Inner Man Depends On Faith, Namely, God, Christ, The Holy Spirit, And The Kingdom Of God
Chapter IV
The Believing Soul Seeks God Internally, In Itself; Its Beauty And Blessedness When It Is United With God
Chapter V
Showing How A Man May Be Drawn To God; Also, Wherein Spiritual Poverty Consists; And, What The Degrees Of Humility Are
Chapter VI
The Seat Of God In The Soul
Chapter VII
Of The Dignity Of The Soul; Of True Repentance; And, Of Divine Mercy
Chapter VIII
The Calling Of God Is Earnest And Sincere, And Directs Us To Come To Him
Chapter IX
The Purifying Influence Of True Faith
Chapter X
Showing How The Natural Light In Us Must Disappear, And The Light Of Grace Shine Forth
Chapter XI
God, The Light Of The Soul, Directing Us Not To Judge Our Neighbors
Chapter XII
The Christian Ought Daily, Once At Least, Wholly To Abstract Himself From All External Objects, And Retire Into His Own Soul; The Advantages Of This Course
Chapter XIII
Showing How The Love Of God Enters Into The Soul, When It Is Empty Of The Love Of The Creatures
Chapter XIV
Of The Exercise Of Patience And Love
Chapter XV
Showing How Christ, The Eternal Word Of The Father, Perfects His Work In The Hearts Of The Faithful, By Love And Humility
Chapter XVI
Showing How The Holy Spirit Operates In Our Souls
Chapter XVII
Signs Of The Presence Of The Holy Spirit In Us
Chapter XVIII
Showing How Worldly Pleasures Drive Away The Holy Spirit
Chapter XIX
Of Inward Prayer, And Of The True Use Of The Lord's Prayer
Chapter XX
Showing That Humility Must First Be Laid As A Foundation In The Heart, And All Our Works Must Rest On It; Its Blessed Influences
Chapter XXI
Showing That A Man Ought To Rest In God Alone, And Not In His Gifts; And That He Must Deny Himself
Chapter XXII
Showing How Our Works May Be Rendered Acceptable To God
Chapter XXIII
Of The Mystery Of The Cross, By Which We Are Drawn To God
Book IV
Preface To The Fourth Book
All Creatures Are Messengers Of God, Intended To Lead Us To God
Part I
Treating Of The Works Of The Six Days Of Creation, In General
Chapter I
Of Light, The Work Of The First Day
Chapter II
Of Heaven, The Work Of The Second Day
Chapter III
Of The Separation Of The Waters From The Dry Land, The Work Of The Third Day
Chapter IV
Of The Sun, Moon, And Stars, The Work Of The Fourth Day
Chapter V
Of The Waters, And Their Productions, The Work Of The Fifth Day
Chapter VI
Of The Living Creatures, The Work Of The Sixth Day
Part II
Treating Specially Of Man
Chapter I
God, An Infinite And Eternal Being
Chapter II
God, The Supreme Good
Chapter III
Man, The Most Noble Of All Creatures, And Made For The Service Of God
Chapter IV
God Made Man In His Own Image, In Order That He Might Delight In Him
Chapter V
That God By His Love Bestows Himself Upon Us
Chapter VI
Showing How Much Man Is Indebted To God For His Everlasting Love
Chapter VII
Of The Things That Instruct And Comfort The Soul
Chapter VIII
Of The Obligations Under Which Men Lie To God
Chapter IX
Man Even More Indebted To God For Inward, Than For Outward Blessings
Chapter X
Of The Wisdom Which God Has Shown In The Formation Of Man
Chapter XI
Of The Obligations Man Lies Under Towards God
Chapter XII
Of Answering The Obligations Which Man Lies Under To God
Chapter XIII
Showing That God's Love Appears In All His Works, Even In His Chastisements
Chapter XIV
Showing How, And On What Account, Man Is Obliged To Love God
Chapter XV
Showing That All The Creatures Continually Remind Us Of The Love Which We Owe To God
Chapter XVI
A General Rule, Teaching Us How To Answer Our Obligations To God
Chapter XVII
Showing That The Christian Who Loves Not God Is Without Excuse
Chapter XVIII
Showing That Our Duty To God Tends To Promote Our Own Happiness
Chapter XIX
The Service Which The Creatures Render To Man, Compared With That Which Man Renders To God
Chapter XX
All Things Are Preserved By The Hand Of God
Chapter XXI
Showing That From The Service Of Man And The Creatures, A Union Takes Place Between The Visible World, Man, And God
Chapter XXII
From The Love Which We Owe To God, Proceeds That Which We Owe To Our Neighbor
Chapter XXIII
Man Is Made In The Image Of God
Chapter XXIV
That Man Is Obliged To Love His Neighbor As Himself
Chapter XXV
All Mankind Are To Be Considered As One Man, Or As Being Many Members Of One Great Body
Chapter XXVI
Charity, The Foundation Of The Greatest Strength
Chapter XXVII
Of The Nature, Properties, And Fruits Of Love
Chapter XXVIII
Love Unites Him Who Loves With The Person Loved, And Transforms Into The Same Nature
Chapter XXIX
Nothing Is Worthy Of Our Love, But That Which Can Make Us More Noble And Pure
Chapter XXX
Our Chief Love Is Due To God, As The First And Last, The Beginning And The End Of All Things
Chapter XXXI
He Who Principally Loves Himself, Actually Sets Up Himself In God's Stead
Chapter XXXII
Love To God, The Source Of All That Is Good; Self-Love, The Source Of All Evil
Chapter XXXIII
Of The Love Of God, And The Love Of Self
Chapter XXXIV
Love To God, The Only Source Of Peace And Unity
Chapter XXXV
Showing How We Ought To Love God
Chapter XXXVI
Divine Joy, The Fruit Of Divine Love
Chapter XXXVII
Of The Evil Fruits Of Self-Love
Chapter XXXVIII
Everlasting Sorrow And Death, The End Of Self-Love And Carnal Joy
Chapter XXXIX
All That We Have Must Be Offered And Consecrated To God
Chapter XL
He Can Never Praise And Glorify God, Who Seeks His Own Glory
Conclusion
Index
