Essays designed to afford Christian encouragement and consolation

Essays designed to afford Christian encouragement and consolation

Author: Sheppard, John, 1785-1879

Year: 1833

CONTENTS. I. On the Value and Credibility of "the Gospel;" andits adaptedness to our Sorrows, Fears, and Moral Necessities. 1 II. On Strained Interpretations of the Doctrine of Faith or Conversion, which may induce a Despondent Impression that we are and shall be destitute of it. 38 III. On Suspicions that Faith may not be Genuine, induced by the Frequent Observation and Partial Experience of Self-Delusions. 61 IV. On Fears that Faith or Conversion is not Genuine, arising from a nice Analysis or Scrutiny of Motives. 86 V. On the Painful Doubts excited by the Prevalence of Evil and Suffering in the World. 99 VI. On the Difficulties occurring in Revealed Truth, and in the Study of Scripture. 120 VII. On the Despondency arising from a Sense of Great and Multiplied Sinfulness, especially as aggravated by a Professed Reception of the Gospel. 143 VIII. On the Pain endured in the Want or Loss of Social Blessings which would be peculiarly dear to us. 175 IX. On Adversities in Pecuniary Circumstances. 195 X. On the Fears of a Widowed Mother. 216 XI. On the Christian Interpretation of Mysterious Chastisements. 229 XII. On Mental Illness or Debility. 245 XIII. On Distrustful Anxiety for the C