THE

WORKS,

mporal and Religious,

OF .

Sir MATTHEW HALE, Knt.

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

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

EDITOR OF THE LATIN AND ENGLISH DIATESSARONS,

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY R. WILKS, 89, CHANCERY-LANE,

AND SOLD BY J. WHITE, FLEET-STREET;

RIVINGTONS, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD; RICHARDSONS, ROYAL-EXCHANGE,

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CONTENTS.

VOL. II.

CONTEMPLATIONS, MORAL AND DIVINE,

of the Consideration of our latter End, and

the Benefits of it . . - -

Of Wisdom and the Fear of God, that that is

true Wisdom . . . - , -

Of the Knowledge of Christ crucified .

The Victory of Faith over the World .

Of Humility : Its opposite Vices, Benefits,

and Means to acquire it -

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Jacob's Vow: or the Modesty and Reasonable-

ness of Jacob's Desire

. .

Of Contentation, and the Motives to it, both

moral and divine - -

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 - -

Changes and Troubles, a Poem . .

The Redemption of Time : How and why

it is to be redeemed -

The great Audit; with the Account of the

good Steward - .

An Enquiry touching Happiness

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