Art of Suffering and the Impact of Seventeenth-century Anti-Providential Thought

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• Contents: Preface; Introduction; The godly life art of suffering; The content of the godly life art of suffering; The art of suffering in the context of the life of faith; The form of the art of suffering in the second part of the 17th century; The doctrine of contentment; The art of contentment: Joseph Hall's The remedy of discontentment (1645), Jeremiah Burroughes' The rare jewel of Christian contentment (1648), Jeremy Taylor's Of contentednesse in all estates and accidents (1650), Thomas Watson's The art of divine contentment (1653), Simon Patrick's The hearts ease (1659), and Richard Allestree's The art of contentment (1675); The defence of God in Jeremiah Burroughes' The rare jewel of Christian contentment (1648), Thomas' Brooks' The silent soul (1659) and William Bates' The great duty of resignation to the divine will in affliction (1684); The response to the problem of accusations of imperfection against God in Richard Allestree's The art of contentment (1675) and James Bardwood's Heart-ease in heart-trouble (1690); The defence of God's government of the world in Richard Baxter's Obedient patience (1683) and Nathaniel Spinckes' Of trust in God (1696); Epilogue; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.