This volume, originally titled "The Causes, Ways, and Means of Understanding the Mind of God as Revealed in His Word", by the greatest of the Puritan theologians, contains the following chapters:
Chapter 1. Usurpation of the Church of Rome With Reference Unto the Interpretation of the Scripture, or Right Understanding of the Mind of God Therein — Right and Ability of All Believers as to Their Own Duty Herein Asserted — Importance of the Truth Proposed — The Main Question Stated — The Principal Efficient Cause of the Understanding Which Believers Have in the Mind and Will of God as Revealed in the Scriptures, the Spirit of God Himself — General Assertions to Be Proved — Declared in Sundry Particulars — Inferences From Them
Chapter 2. The General Assertion Confirmed With Testimonies of the Scripture — Psalm 119:18 Opened at Large — Objections Answered — 2 Corinthians 3:13-18, Isaiah 25:7, Explained — Luke 24:44, 45, Opened — Ephesians 1:17-19 Explained and Pleaded in Confirmation of the Truth — Hosea 14:9
Chapter 3. Other Testimonies Pleaded in Confirmation of the Same Truth — John 16:13 Opened — How Far All True Believers Are Infallibly Led Into All Truth Declared, and the Manner How They Are So — 1 John 2:20, 27, Explained — What Assurance of the Truth They Have Who Are Taught of God — Ephesians 4:14; Job 36:22, John 6:45 — Practical Truths Inferred From the Assertion Proved
Chapter 4. The Especial Work of the Holy Spirit in the Illumination of Our Minds Unto the Understanding of the Scripture Declared and Vindicated — Objections Proposed and Answered — The Nature of the Work Asserted — Psalm 119:18; Ephesians 1:18; Luke 24:4511 Peter 2:9; Colossians 1:13; 1 John 5:20, Opened and Vindicated
Chapter 5. Causes of the Ignorance of the Mind of God Revealed in the Scripture, and of Errors About It — What They Are, and How They Are Removed
Chapter 6. The Work of the Holy Spirit in the Composing and Disposal of the Scripture as a Means of Sacred Illumination — The Perspicuity of the Scripture Unto the Understanding of the Mind of God Declared and Vindicated
Chapter 7. Means to Be Used for the Right Understanding of the Mind of God in the Scripture — Those Which Are Prescribed in a Way of Duty
Chapter 8. The Second Sort of Means for the Interpretation of the Scripture, Which Are Disciplinarian
Chapter 9. Helps Ecclesiastical in the Interpretation of the Scripture
Chapter 1. Usurpation of the Church of Rome With Reference Unto the Interpretation of the Scripture, or Right Understanding of the Mind of God Therein — Right and Ability of All Believers as to Their Own Duty Herein Asserted — Importance of the Truth Proposed — The Main Question Stated — The Principal Efficient Cause of the Understanding Which Believers Have in the Mind and Will of God as Revealed in the Scriptures, the Spirit of God Himself — General Assertions to Be Proved — Declared in Sundry Particulars — Inferences From Them
Chapter 2. The General Assertion Confirmed With Testimonies of the Scripture — Psalm 119:18 Opened at Large — Objections Answered — 2 Corinthians 3:13-18, Isaiah 25:7, Explained — Luke 24:44, 45, Opened — Ephesians 1:17-19 Explained and Pleaded in Confirmation of the Truth — Hosea 14:9
Chapter 3. Other Testimonies Pleaded in Confirmation of the Same Truth — John 16:13 Opened — How Far All True Believers Are Infallibly Led Into All Truth Declared, and the Manner How They Are So — 1 John 2:20, 27, Explained — What Assurance of the Truth They Have Who Are Taught of God — Ephesians 4:14; Job 36:22, John 6:45 — Practical Truths Inferred From the Assertion Proved
Chapter 4. The Especial Work of the Holy Spirit in the Illumination of Our Minds Unto the Understanding of the Scripture Declared and Vindicated — Objections Proposed and Answered — The Nature of the Work Asserted — Psalm 119:18; Ephesians 1:18; Luke 24:4511 Peter 2:9; Colossians 1:13; 1 John 5:20, Opened and Vindicated
Chapter 5. Causes of the Ignorance of the Mind of God Revealed in the Scripture, and of Errors About It — What They Are, and How They Are Removed
Chapter 6. The Work of the Holy Spirit in the Composing and Disposal of the Scripture as a Means of Sacred Illumination — The Perspicuity of the Scripture Unto the Understanding of the Mind of God Declared and Vindicated
Chapter 7. Means to Be Used for the Right Understanding of the Mind of God in the Scripture — Those Which Are Prescribed in a Way of Duty
Chapter 8. The Second Sort of Means for the Interpretation of the Scripture, Which Are Disciplinarian
Chapter 9. Helps Ecclesiastical in the Interpretation of the Scripture
