The Spiritual life /

Main Author:	Vitringa, Campegius.
Other Authors:	Tefler, Charles K.
Published:	Grand Rapids, Michigan : Reformation Heritage Books, 2019
Subjects:	CHRISTIAN LIFE - EARLY WORKS TO 1800. SPIRITUAL FORMATION - EARLY WORKS TO 1800. SPIRITUAL LIFE - EARLY WORKS TO 1800. CHRISTIAN ETHICS.
Online Access:	Full text - Book opens in ProQuest Ebook Central
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Table of Contents:

Foreword / Richard A. Muller
Vitringa's preface
The nature of the spiritual life: The spiritual life and its characteristics
The origins of the spiritual life
The causes of the spiritual life
The way spiritual life is produced in man
The parts of the spiritual life: Self-denial
Cross-bearing and Christian endurance
Following Christ Jesus
The challenges of the spiritual life: Different states and degrees of growth
Illnesses and pitfalls
Remedies that should be applied to spiritual sicknesses
The development of the spiritual life: Promoting sanctification and guarding against temptations
Prayer and the word of God
Holy singing, public worship, the fellowship of the saints, self-examination, solitude, and fasting
Celibacy, voluntary poverty, and obedience to superiors?
The chastening rod of God
The goals of the spiritual life: Spiritual death
Distinguishing spiritual life from spiritual death
Eternal life.