Contents 1Title Page 2Introduction 7Part I. Concerning the nature of the affections and their importance in religion. 32Part II. Showing what are no certain signs that religious affections are gracious, or that they are Not. 33I. It is no sign one way or the other, that religious affections are very great, or raised very high. 37II. It is no sign that affections have the nature of true religion, or that they have not, that they have great effects on the body. 40III. It is no sign that affections are truly gracious affections, or that they are not, that they cause those who have them to be fluent, fervent, and abundant, in talking of the things of religion. 42IV. It is no sign that affections are gracious, or that they are otherwise, that persons did not make them themselves, or excite them of their own contrivance and by their own strength. 46V. It is no sign that religious affections are truly holy and spiritual, or that they are not, that they come with texts of Scripture, remarkably brought to the mind. 49VI. It is no evidence that religious affections are saving, or that they are otherwise, that there is an appearance of love in them. 51VII. Persons having religious affections of many kinds, accompanying one another, is not sufficient to determine whether they have any gracious affections or no. 55VIII. Nothing can certainly be determined concerning the nature of the affections, by this, that comforts and joys seem to follow awakenings and convictions of conscience, in a certain order. 65IX. It is no certain sign that the religious affections which persons have are such as have in them the nature of true religion, or that they have not, that they dispose persons to spend much time in religion, and to be zealously engaged in the external duties of worship. 67X. Nothing can be certainly known of the nature of religious affections by this, that they much dispose persons with their mouths to praise and glorify God. ii