The Sincere Convert and the Sound Believer

These two Puritan classics contain the following chapters:

The Sincere ConvertThe Sincere Convert

Chapter I. That there is a God, and this God is most glorious.

Chapter II. That this God made all mankind at first in a most glorious and happy estate, like unto himself.

Chapter III. That all mankind is fallen by sin from that glorious estate he was made in, into a most woeful and miserable condition.

Chapter IV. That the Lord Jesus Christ is the only means of redemption and deliverance out of this estate

Chapter V. That those that are saved are very few; and that those that are saved are saved with very much difficulty.

Chapter VI. That the grand cause of man’s eternal ruin, why so many are damned, and so few saved by Christ, is from themselves.

The Sound BelieverThe Sound Believer

To His Dear Friend, Mr. W. Greenhill.

Chapter I. As the Great Cause of the Eternal Perdition of Men is of themselves, so the only Cause of the Actual Deliverance and Salvation of Man is Jesus Christ.

Chapter II. That every sinner, thus believing in Christ, is at that instant translated into a most blessed and happy estate.
Section I.—Justification.
Section II.—Reconciliation.
Section III.—Adoption.
Section IV.—Sanctification.
Section V.—Audience of all Prayers.
Section VI.— Glorification.

Chapter III. All those that are translated into this blessed estate are bound to live the life of love, in fruitful and thankful obedience unto him that hath called them, according to the rule of the moral law.