THE

WHOLE WORKS

OF

THE RIGHT REV. JEREMY TAYLOR, D.D.

LORD BISHOP OF DOWN, CONNOR, AND DROMORE:

WITH

A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,

AND

A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF HIS WRITINGS,

BY

REGINALD HEBER, A.M.

CANON OF ST. ASAPH, RECTOR OF HODNET, AND LATE FELLOW

OF ALL SOULS' COLLEGE, OXFORD.

IN FIFTEEN VOLUMES.

VOL. IX.

LONDON:

OGLE, DUNCAN, AND CO. 37, PATERNOSTER ROW, AND 295, HOLBORN;

AND RICHARD PRIESTLEY, 143, HIGH HOLBORN;

J. PARKER, OXFORD; AND DEIGHTON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.

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CONTENTS

OF

THE NINTH VOLUME.

THE DOCTRINE AND PRACTICE OF REPENTANCE.

CHAP. VI.

OF CONCUPISCENCE, AND ORIGINAL SIN; AND WHETHER OR NO,

OR HOW FAR, WE ARE BOUND TO REPENT OF IT.

PAGE

1

SECTION I.

Romans, v. 12. explained

SECTION II.

Consideration of the Objections against the former Doctrine...

26

SECTION III.

How God punishes the Father's Sin upon the Children

34

SECTION IV.

Of the Causes of the universal Wickedness of Mankind.

40

SECTION V.

Of Liberty of Election remaining after Adam's Fall.

45

SECTION VI.

The Practical. Question

50

SECTION VII.

Advices relating to the Matter of Original Sin.

52

SECTION VIII.

Rules and Measures of Deportment when a Curse doth descend upon

Children for their Parents? Fault, or when it is feared. 44••••••••

61

CHAP. VII.

A FURTHER EXPLICATION OF THE DOCTRINE OF ORIGINAL SIN.

PAGE

SECTION 1.

Of the Fall of Adam, and the Effects of it upon him and us........

73

81

SECTION II.

Adam's Sin is in us no more than an imputed Sin, and how it is so ..

SECTION III.

The Doctrine of the Ancient Fathers was, that Free-will remained in

us after the Fall

85

SECTION IV.

Adam's Sin is not imputed to us to our Damnation

89

SECTION V.

The Doctrine of Antiquity in this whole Matter

93

SECTION VI.

An Exposition of the Ninth Article of the Church of England con-

cerning Original Sin ; according to Scripture and Reason

107

SECTION V.

How far an unregenerate Man may go in the Ways of Piety and

Religion..

139

PAGE

SECTION VI.

The Character of the Regenerate Estate, or Person

155

SECTION VII.

What are properly and truly Sins of Infirmity, and how far they can

consist with the Regenerate Estate

158

SECTION VIII.

Practical Advices to be added to the foregoing Considerations

171

CHAP. IX.

OF THE EFFECT OF REPENTANCE, VIZ. REMISSION OF SINS.

180

SECTION 1.

Possibility of Repentance

SECTION II.

Of Pardon of Sins committed after Baptism ...

184

SECTION III.

Of the Difficulty of obtaining Pardon : the Doctrine and Practice of

the Primitive Church in this Article.

187

SECTION IV.

Of the Sin against the Holy Ghost; and in what Sense it is or may be

unpardonable....

199

OF ECCLESIASTICAL PENANCE ; OR, THE FRUITS OF REPENTANCE.

SECTION I.

Parts of Repentance

221

SECTION II.

Of Contrition, or godly Sorrow...,

223