PR3327

A13

1881

c. 2

719652

First Edition, 1881. Reprinted, 1886, 1889, 1892, 1898.

I. CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF DATES CON-

NECTED WITH SIR THOMAS BROWNE. p. xxvi.

II. DISCOVERY of the RemaINS OF SIR T. B. p. xxviii.

§1. Our Physician a Christian,-§ 2. and of the Reformed Reli-

gion.-83. Differences of opinion need not separate Christians.

§4. Of Reformations.-§ 5. Of the Church of England.-

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§6. Disputes in Religion wisely avoided. Fantasies in Di-

vinity dangerous, as giving entrance to errors; whereof our

Physician confesseth to have had two or three :-§7. 1st, that

the Soul might, in some sort, perish, and rise again with the

body; 2d, that all men should finally be saved; 3d, that we

might pray for the Dead :-but these he suffered not to grow

into Heresies.-§8. Of the manifold nature of schism, ever

multiplying itself.-§9. Mysteries in Divinity only to be ap-

proached in Faith.-§ 10. The armour of a Christian.

SII. I. The Eternity of GOD.-§ 12. Of the Holy Trinity.

The visible World a picture of the invisible.-§ 13. 2. The

Wisdom of GOD. No danger in attempting to trace the hand

of GOD in His works.-§14. Every essence hath its final Cause.

-§ 15. Nature doeth nothing in vain.—§ 16. Nature a Bible

open to all.-§17. Providence often falsely called Fortune.—

§18. The term Fortune used in a relative sense.-§ 19. Danger

of confounding the First with second causes. Passion, Reason,

Faith.-§ 20. Atheism can hardly exist.-§ 21. Inconsistency

of unbelief. Many questions may be raised not worthy of

solution ;-§ 22. others, which are often raised, may be easily

solved; others may admit a free dispute; and others are in-

consequent. § 23. The Bible the best of books.-§ 24. "Of

making many books there is no end."-§25. Obstinacy of the

Jews, and want of constancy among Christians. The blood of

Martyrs the seed of the Church.-§ 26. Not all are Martyrs

who suffer in matters of Religion.-§ 27. Of Miracles. All

Miracles equally easy to GOD.-§ 28. All relations of Miracles

not to be received alike.-§ 29. Oracles.-§ 30. Witchcraft.-

§31. Philosophy distinguished from Magic. The suggestions

of Angels.-832. The Spirit of GOD diffused throughout the

World.-$33. Of guardian and attendant Spirits.-§34. Man

a Microcosm, partaking of the nature of all created essences.

-835. Of Creation.-836. Man the masterpiece of Creation.

-837. Of the perishable body.-§ 38. Death hath no terrors

for a Christian.-§ 39. Man hath three separate States of

existence: I. in the womb; 2. in this world; 3. in the next.—

§ 40. Death to be ashamed of rather than feared.-§41. Post-

humous fame not to be desired.-§ 42. Length of days not to

be prayed for, as age doth but increase our vices.-§ 43. A

special Providence preserves our lives.-§44. Though death is

to be desired, yet suicide is unlawful.-§45. Death the gate

through which we pass to immortality.-§ 46. The end of the

world.-847. The Day of Judgement.-848. The Resurrection

of the dead. Types of the Resurrection. -§ 49. Heaven, or

Hell, not to be defined.-§ 50. Of fire as an agent in destruc-

tion.-851. The heart of man is his own torment.-§ 52. Con-

templation of Heaven.-853. Crosses to be regarded as proofs

of GOD's affection.-§ 54. Salvation through CHRIST alone.-

$55. Our practice inconsistent with our theory.-§ 56. The

Church of GOD not circumscribed. A sectarian spirit hostile

to charity.-857. "Judge not that ye be not judged."-

§ 58. But few are Saved.-§ 59. Our confidence can only be in

GOD's mercy.-§ 60. Faith.

SECOND PART.

§1. Charity.-§ 2. Charity must spring from a proper motive.

The nature of created beings signified in their outward forms.

Of chiromancy. Variety of outward forms in nature.

83. The souls of our fellow creatures as much the object

of charity as their bodies. The duty of imparting knowledge.

Difference of opinion need not divide affection.-84. National

want of Charity. Man most ignorant in the knowledge of

himself. § 5. Of sympathy.-§ 6. The mystery of true affec-

tion.-87. To forgive is the sweetest revenge.-§8. Of pride

and conceit.-§9. Of marriage and harmony. Our Physician

hath the general cause of humanity at heart.-§ 10. Our Phy-

sician thinketh no man so bad but that there is good in him,

and feareth his own corruption more than contagion from

others.-11. Man's life a constant miracle. Of dreams.-

§ 12. Of sleep.-§ 13. Justice. Avarice a ridiculous vice.

Poor men may be liberal, and even munificent.-§ 14. GOD to

be loved for His own sake, and our neighbour for GOD's.—

§15. Our Physician concludeth that there is no happiness but

in God.

A LETTER TO A FRIEND, &c.

Pp. 125-155

CHRISTIAN MORALS

FIRST PART,

Pp. 157-231

§1. Pursue virtue virtuously.-§ 2. A triumph (not ovation) over
thy passions.—§ 3. Adjourn not thy chastity.-§4. Be tempe-
rate, to serve GOD better.-§ 5. Charity. Diffuse thy beneficence
early;-§6. give largely, widely.-87. The covetous merciless
to themselves;-§ 8. live but unto one world.-§9. Be grained
in virtue, not lightly dipt.-§ 10. Plain virtue. Have no by-
ends.-§ 11. Law of thy country, not the non ultra of thy
honesty.-12. Morality not ambulatory. No new ethicks.-
§ 13. Envy, an absurd depravity.-§14. Humility, owe not to
humiliation. § 15. Forgiveness to be total.-§ 16. Charity the
crowning grace.-§ 17. Fasten the rudder of thy will; steer
strait unto good.-§ 18. Bid early defiance to thy rooted vices.
-§19. Be substantially great; thine own monarch.-§ 20. Be
deaf to calumniators; they relieve the devils.-§ 21. Annihilate
not God's mercies by ingratitude.-§ 22. Conscience will
shorten the great assize.-§23. Flattery is a juggler; fall not
into self-adulation,-§ 24. Study the dominion of thyself.-
§25. Fortune hath no name in Scripture. The hand of Pro-
vidence.-§ 26. Money and honours not to be rejected.—
$27. Content may dwell in all stations.-§ 28. Nothing totally
bad; though aross in all human tempers.-§ 29. Overlook not
the mercies often bound up in adversities.-§ 30. Pass not
the Rubicon of sin; merciful interventions may recall us.—
$31. Confound not the distinctions of men and women.-
§ 32. Rest not under the merits of thy ancestors; shine by thy
own.-833. Dull not away thy days in sloth. Tediousness of
doing nothing.-834. Busy not thy tongue in the encomium of
thyself.-835. Be thankful for honest parents. Modesty pre-
venteth a multitude of sins.-§36. Heroism of the soldiery;
the English gentleman.

SECOND PART.

§1. Glut not thyself with pleasure; the strength of delight is in
its seldomness. § 2. Human lapses not to be too strictly