The Works of John Flavel (Volume V)

• Husbandry Spiritualized
• Epistle Dedicatory
• To the Christian Reader
• The Proem
• Part I
  • Ch 1 - Upon the Industry of the Husbandman
  • Ch 2 - Upon the Thriftiness of the Husbandman
  • Ch 3 - Upon the cheerfulness of the Husbandman
  • Ch 4 - Upon the due quality of Arable land
  • Ch 5 - Upon the Improvement of bad ground
  • Ch 6 - Upon the incurableness of some bad ground
  • Ch 7 - Upon the plowing of corn-land
  • Ch 8 - Upon the seed-corn
  • Ch 9 - Upon springing-weather after seed-time
  • Ch 10 - Upon a Dearth through want of rain
  • Ch 11 - Upon the corruption of the seed before it springs
  • Ch 12 - Upon the resemblance of wheat and tares
  • Ch 13 - Upon the dangers incident to corn from seed-time to harvest
  • Ch 14 - Upon the patience of the husbandman for the harvest
  • Ch 15 - Upon the harvest-season
  • Ch 16 - Upon the care of husbandman to provide for winter
  • Ch 17 - Upon reaping the same we sow
  • Ch 18 - Upon the joy of harvest-men
  • Ch 19 - Upon the threshing out of corn
  • Ch 20 - Upon the winnowing of corn

• Part II
  • Ch 1 - Upon the ingraffing of fruit-trees
  • Ch 2 - Upon the union of the graff with the stock
  • Ch 3 - Upon the gathering in of fruits in autumn
  • Ch 4 - Upon the cutting down of dead trees

• Part III
  • Ch 1 - Upon the husbandman's care for his cattle
  • Ch 2 - Upon the hard labour and cruel usage of beasts
  • Ch 3 - Upon the seeking of lost cattle
  • Ch 4 - Upon the feeding of fat cattle
  • Ch 5 - Upon the husbandman's care for posterity
  • Ch 6 - Upon the husbandman's care to prove and preserve his deeds

• Meditations on Birds
• Upon the Singing of a nightingale
• Upon the sight of many small birds chirping about a dead hawk
• Meditations upon Beasts
• Meditations upon Trees
• Meditations upon a garden
• Navigation Spiritualized
• To Every Seaman sailing heavenward
  • To the Reader
  • Ch 1 - The launching of a ship plainly set forth
  • Ch 2 - The Boundless Ocean
  • Ch 3 - Fish of the Sea
  • Ch 5 - Seamen are watchful against dangers
  • Ch 6 - Ships are guided by the helm
  • Ch 7 - Seamen on reaching land forget deliverances
  • Ch 8 - Skill in improving all winds
  • Ch 9 - Taking the opportunity of wind and tide
  • Ch 10 - Trading among all nations
  • Ch 11 - The Contest between sea and rocks
  • Ch 12 - Seamen run dangers to gain earthly wealth
  • Ch 13 - Millions of sea creatures fed
  • Ch 14 - Salt sea water sweetened as it passes through the ground
  • Ch 15 - The Sea set within bounds
  • Ch 16 - The Necessity of the compass
  • Ch 17 - The Ebb and flow of the sea
  • Ch 18 - Waves may threaten to destroy
  • Ch 19 - The ship's Lading cast overboard in the storm
  • Ch 20 - Christ's "Peace be Still"
  • Ch 21 - Food out of the sea
  • Ch 22 - Skill in fishing
  • Ch 23 - The Cause of Unprofitable voyages
  • Ch 24 - Fishes of prey
  • Ch 25 - The Misuse of sails
  • Ch 26 - The Smallest leak can sink a ship
  • Ch 27 - Tradewinds
  • Ch 28 - The Pilot's skill revealed during storms
  • Ch 29 - The Ocean Depths are hidden
  • Ch 30 - The Sea devours men
  • Ch 31 - Greatest dangers near the coast
  • Ch 32 - Joy at reaching the haven
  • A Concluding Speech
• A Caution to Seamen - A Pathetic and Serious Dissuasive from the horrid and detestable sins of drunkedness, swearing, uncleaness...
• A Sober consideration of the sin of drunkenness
• The Art of preserving the fruits of the lips
• The Harlot's Face in the Scripture-Glass
• Mercies and Promises
• The Seaman's Catechism
• The Seaman's Companion - Six Sermons
• The Seaman's Farewell
• A Seaman in a Storm
• The Seaman's Preservative
• The Successful Seaman
• The Disappointed Seaman
• The Seaman's Return
• Saint Indeed
• What it is to keep the heart
• How to keep the heart from desponding in times of adversity
• The Application of the Foregoing
• The Touchstone on Sincerity
  • Ch 1 - Wherein the text is opened
  • Ch 2 - Many professors of religion are under very great and dangerous mistakes in their professions
  • Ch 3 - That the true grace is exceeding precious and greatly enricheth the soul that hath it: It is Christ's gold
  • Ch 4 - That only is to be accounted grace, which is able to endure all those trials appointed or permitted for the discovery of it
  • Ch 5 - Shewing what probation adversity makes of the sincerity or unsoundness of our hearts
  • Ch 6 - Shewing indwelling sin to be to grace, what fire is to gold, and how the soundness and unsoundness of our hearts are discovered by our carriage towards it
  • Ch 7 - Shewing what proof or trial is made of the soundness or unsoundness of our graces by the duties of religion which we perform
  • Ch 8 - Opening the trials of sincerity and hypocrisy, by sufferings upon the account of religion
  • Ch 9 - Opening the designs and ends of God, in bringing the professors of religion unto such various trials of their graces in this world
  • Ch 10 - Shewing that that grace only is to be reckoned sincere and real, which can endure those trials which God appoints, or permits, for the discovery of it
  • Ch 11 - Containing divers practical instructive inferences from this doctrine, with a serious exhortation to self-trial and thorough examination
  • Ch 12 - Containing divers helps for the clearing of sincerity and discovery of hypocrisy

• A Token for Mourners
• Christians must avoid immoderate sorrow
• Twelve Dissausives Against Immoderate sorrow
• The Removal of Twelve Pleas and Excuses for Immoderate sorrow
• The Means of Curing and preventing sinful excuses of sorrow

The Works of John Flavel (Vol VI)

• Preparations for Sufferings
  • Ch 1 - Wherein the text is opened, and the doctrine propounded
  • Ch 2 - Shews that although God takes no delight in afflicting his people, yet he sometimes exposeth them to great and grievous sufferings, with a brief account why, and how he calls them thereunto
  • Ch 3 - Shews that it is usual with God to premonish his people of approaching trials and sufferings
  • Ch 4 - Demonstrating the excellency of a prepared heart for the worst of sufferings, and what a blessed thing it is to be ready to be bound or to die for Christ, as Paul here was
  • Ch 5 - Evincing the necessity of a sound and real work of grace upon the heart, to fit a man for suffering for Christ
  • Ch 6 - Wherein the nature of this work of grace in which our habitual fitness for suffering lies is briefly opened
  • Ch 7 - In which the necessity of getting clear evidences of this work of grace in us, in order to our readiness for sufferings
  • Ch 8 - Discovering the necessity of an improved faith for the right management of sufferings
  • Ch 9 - Wherein the necessity and usefulness of Christian fortitude in order to sufferings is evinced
  • Ch 10 - Discovering the necessity of an heart mortified to all earthly and temporal enjoyments, in order to the right managing of a suffering condition
  • Ch 11 - Wherein is opened the singular advantages saints have by their skill and insights into the methods and mysteries of Satan's temptations
  • Ch 12 - Sheweth that a choice part of our preparation and readiness for sufferings consists in the improvement of our praying abilities, and keeping close with God in that heavenly and excellent duty in days of suffering
  • Ch 13 - Wherein is shewed the necessity of going out of ourselves even when our habitual and actual preparations are at the greatest height
  • Ch 14 - Containing the first use of the point by way of conviction, discovering the unreadiness of multitudes of professors for suffering work
  • Ch 15 - Containing another use of the point, by way of exhortation, persuading all the people of God, whilst the Lord respites, and graciously delays their trials, to answer the end of God therein
  • Ch 16 - Containing the last use of the point, by way of support and comfort to poor trembling souls, who do take pains to make themselves ready for sufferings

• The Balm of the Covenant applied to the bleeding wounds
  • The Blessings of the Covenant
  • The Nature of the Covenant
  • The Comforts of the Covenant
  • A Sermon preached for the funeral of John Upton
  • An Exposition of the Assembly' Shorter Catechism
  • A Reply to Mr. Cary's Solemn Call
  • Prolegomena
  • A Reply to Mr.Cary's arguments

• Sacramental Meditations
  • Ps 89:7
  • Jer 12:2
  • Rom 7:21
  • Eph 1:13
  • John 1:29
  • Rom 8:32
  • Mark 9:24
  • Ps 40:8
  • Zech 12:10
  • John 6:55
  • Cant. 8:6
  • Eph 3:19

• A Familiar Conference between a minister and a doubting Christian concerning the sacrament of the Lord's Supper

• The Reasonableness of Personal Reformation

• Part I - Personal Reformation
  • Ch 1 - The Introduction and state of the case
  • Ch 2 - The Rule of Reason respecting morality allowed by mankind
  • Ch 3. The Censure by reason and conscience of profane swearing and blasphemy
  • Ch 4. The Censure by reason and conscience of the sin of drunkenness
  • Ch 5. The Censure by reason and conscience of the sin of uncleanness
  • Ch 6 - The Censure by reason and conscience of the enmity of thousands against all serious piety
• Part II - The Possibility, Necessity and Excellency of Conversion to God

• A Coronation Sermon preached at Dartmouth

• The Character of a Complete Evangelical Pastor

• A Double Scheme or Table of the sins and duties attaching to church membership