The consoler
Subtitle: Or, Pious Readings Addressed To The Sick And To All Who Are Afflicted
Publisher: London : R. Washbourne
Published: 1873
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: PART THE FIRST.; title: OF SUBMISSION TO THE PBOVIDENCE OF GOD IN THE AFFLICTIONS OF THIS LIFE.; title: I. Afflictions come from God 1; title: II. The afflictions of this life are an effect of the wisdom and of the love of God 21; title: III. Afflictions are sent to us by God for our great good 22; title: IV. Afflictions lose their bitterness, and become sweet, when we see the love with which God sends them 36; title: PART THE SECOND.; title: OF THE HAPPINESS OF AFFLICTIONS.; title: I. The afflictions of this life are of an inestimable value 50; title: II. The afflictions of this life are a pledge of predestination 65; title: III. Afflictions lead us back to God 75; title: IV. Afflictions raise us to a high degree of perfection 88; title: V. The necessity and advantages of afflictions 101; title: PART THE THIRD.; title: OF PATIENCE IN AFFLICTIONS; title: I. Of the excellence of the virtue of patience 118; title: II. The consideration of our sins inspires us with patience 130; title: III. The thought of hell ought to inspire us with patience 146; title: IV. The thought of heaven renders our afflictions light 159; title: V. Of the patience of Jesus 177; title: PART THE FOURTH.; title: OF CONFIDENCE IN GOD IN AFFLICTIONS.; title: I. Excellence of this virtue 195; title: II. The amiable qualities of the Saviour inspire us with confidence 215; title: III. The infallibility of the Divine promises a second motive for confidence 234; title: IV. The benefits of God should inspire us with the greatest confidence 254; title: V. Text of Scripture, which may serve as points of meditation or as ejaculatory prayers - 266; title: PART THE FIFTH.; title: OF THE PEACE OF THE SOUL IN AFFLICTIONS.; title: I. Precious advantages of the peace of the soul 278; title: II. Means of preserving the peace of the soul in afflictions 298; title: III. The peace of the soul consists in being perfectly content with the state in which we actually are 314; title: IV. The peace of the afflicted should be founded on a filial abandonment into the hands of Divine Providence 325; title: V. Texts from Holy Scripture, which may serve as subjects of meditation, and ejaculatory prayer for those who are in affliction 340; title: PART THE SIXTH.; title: OF THE LOVE OF GOD IN AFFLICTIONS.; title: I. Excellence of the love of God in sufferings 351; title: II. Resignation in suffering is a continual exercise of the love of God 362; title: III. It is only by always Buffering that we can always love God 381; title: IV. We never give more joy to God than when we live without joy 400; title: V. Thoughts and texts taken from the Holy Scripture for meditation and ejaculatory prayer for the use of the afflicted 416