New Essays; or, Observations Divine and Moral, Collected out of the Holy Scriptures, ancient and modern writers, both divine and human; as also out of the great volume of men's manners: tending to the furtherance of knowledge and virtue By John Robinson "Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser : teach a just man, and he will increase in learning." Prov.ix.9. Experientia docet, aut nocet. Printed in the year 1628.

I Of man's knowledge of God II Of God's love III Of God's promises IV Of the works of God, and his power, wisdom, will, goodness, etc., shining in them V Of created goodness VI Of equability, and perseverance in well-doing   VII Of religion, and the differences and disputations thereabout VIII Of the Holy Scriptures IX Of authority and reason X Of faith, hope, and love : reason and sense XI Of atheism and idolatry XII Of heresy and schism XIII Of truth and falsehood XIV Of knowledge and ignorance XV Of simplicity and craftiness XVI Of wisdom and folly XVII Of discretion XVIII Of experience XIX Of examples XX Of counsel XXI Of thoughts XXII Of speech and silence XXIII Of books and writings XXIV Of good intentions XXV Of means XXVI Of labor and idleness XXVII Of callings XXVIII Of the use and abuse of things XXIX Of riches and poverty XXX Of sobriety XXXI Of liberality and its contraries XXXII Of health and physic XXXIII Of afflictions XXXIV Of injuries XXXV Of patience XXXVI Of peace XXXVII Of society and friendship XXXVIII Of credit and good name XXXIX Of contempt and contumely XL Of envy XLI Of slander XLII Of flattery XLIII Of suspicion XLIV Of appearances XLV Of offences XLVI Of temptations XLVII Of conscience XLVIII Of prayer XLIX Of oaths and lots L Of zeal LI Of hypocrisy LII Of sin, and punishment from God LIII Of rewards, and punishments by men LIV Of the affections of the mind LV Of fear LVI Of anger LVII Of humility and meekness LVIII Of modesty LIX Of marriage LX Of children and their education LXI Of youth and old age LXII Of death

Updated 14 July, 1998