THE

WORKS,

Poral and Religious,

OF

Sir MATTHEW HALE, Knt.

LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE COURT OF KING'S BENCH:

THE WHOLE NOW FIRST COLLECTED AND REVISED.

TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED

HIS LIFE AND DEATH,

BY BISHOP BURNET, D. D.

AND

AN APPENDIX TO THE LIFE,

Including the ADDITIONAL NOTES of RICHARD BAXTER.

BY THE REV. T. THIRLWALL, M. A.

EDITOR OF THE LATIN AND ENGLISH DIATESSARONS,

IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.

LONDON:.

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VOL. II.

CONTEMPLATIONS, MORAL AND DIVINE,

Viz.

Of the Consideration of our latter End, and

the Benefits of it

Of Wisdom and the Fear of God, that that is

true Wisdom

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Of the Knowledge of Christ crucified

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The Victory of Faith over the World

Of Humility: Its opposite Vices, Benefits,

and Means to acquire it

Jacob's Vow: or the Modesty and Reasonable-

ness of Jacob's Desire

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Of Contentation, and the Motives to it, both

moral and divine

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Of Afflictions; the best Preparation for them,

and Improvement of them, and of our De-

livery out of them

A good Method to entertain unstable and trou-

blesome Times

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The great Audit; with the Account of the

good Steward

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An Enquiry touching Happiness

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Of