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Classic Christian work

A Divine Cordial

by Thomas Watson

A rich Puritan exposition of Romans 8:28 — "all things work together for good to them that love God." Watson systematically demonstrates how both blessings and adversities serve the believer's spiritual benefit, treating affliction, temptation, desertion, and even sin as instruments of divine grace. He explores the marks of genuine love for God, the nature of effectual calling, and God's eternal purpose behind salvation. Written with vivid imagery and pastoral warmth, this classic work offers profound comfort to discouraged Christians and remains one of the most beloved devotional treatises of the Puritan era.
Chapters
28
Word count
41,066
Type
Treatise
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Table of contents

  1. 01 Title Page 61 words
  2. 02 The Epistle to the Reader 492 words
  3. 03 Chapter 1. The Proaemium, or Introduction 643 words
  4. 04 Chapter 2. Containing the Grand Proposition 309 words
  5. 05 Chapter 3. Showing That the Best Things Work for Good to the Godly 4,125 words
  6. 06 Chapter 4. Showing That the Worst Things Work for Good to the Godly 147 words
  7. 07 Section 1. Showing That the Evil of Affliction Works for Good to the Godly 2,474 words
  8. 08 Section 2. Showing That the Evil of Temptation Works for Good to the Godly 2,318 words
  9. 09 Section 3. Showing That the Evil of Desertion Works for Good to the Godly 1,866 words
  10. 10 Section 4. Showing That the Evil of Sin Works for Good to the Godly 2,842 words
  11. 11 Chapter 5. Showing the Reason of the Proposition 1,333 words
  12. 12 Chapter 6. The Inferences Drawn from the Proposition. A Use of Information 3,374 words
  13. 13 The Breathings of Love 2,301 words
  14. 14 Chapter 8. Containing a Sharp Corrective to Those That Do Not Love God 359 words
  15. 15 Chapter 9. Discovering the Signs, or Fruits of Love to God 4,848 words
  16. 16 Chapter 10. An Exhortation to Love God 5,892 words
  17. 17 Effectual Calling 131 words
  18. 18 Section 1. A Distinction About Calling 166 words
  19. 19 Section 2. Our Deplorable Condition Before We Are Called 294 words
  20. 20 Section 3. The Means of Our Blessed Call 282 words
  21. 21 Section 4. God's Method in Calling Sinners 254 words
  22. 22 Section 5. The Properties of the Divine Call 1,649 words
  23. 23 Section 6. Showing the End of Effectual Calling 205 words
  24. 24 Chapter 12. Two Inferences Drawn from the Proposition 327 words
  25. 25 Chapter 13. Exhorting to the Heavenly Calling 1,875 words
  26. 26 Chapter 14. Three Exhortations to Them Who Are Called 1,529 words
  27. 27 God's Eternal Purpose 133 words
  28. 28 Chapter 16. Showing That All Must Be Resolved into God's Purpose 837 words

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