Table of Contents.
CHAPTER I. DIRECTIONS ABOUT MARRIAGE; FOR CHOICE AND CONTRACT.
CHAPTER II. DIRECTIONS FOR THE RIGHT CHOICE OF SERVANTS AND
CHAPTER III. A DISPUTATION, OR ARGUMENTS TO PROVE THE NECESSITY
CHAPTER IV. GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR THE HOLY GOVERNMENT OF FAMILIES.
CHAPTER V. SPECIAL MOTIVES TO PERSUADE MEN TO THE HOLY GOVERNING OF THEIR FAMILIES.
CHAPTER VI. MORE SPECIAL MOTIVES FOR A HOLY AND CAREFUL EDUCATION OF CHILDREN.
CHAPTER VII. THE MUTUAL DUTIES OF HUSBANDS AND WIVES TOWARDS EACH OTHER.
CHAPTER VIII. THE SPECIAL DUTIES OF HUSBANDS TO THEIR WIVES.
CHAPTER IX. THE SPECIAL DUTIES OF WIVES TO HUSBANDS.
CHAPTER X. THE DUTIES OF PARENTS FOR THEIR CHILDREN.
CHAPTER XI. THE SPECIAL DUTIES OF CHILDREN TOWARDS THEIR PARENTS.
CHAPTER XII. THE SPECIAL DUTIES OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH TOWARDS GOD.
CHAPTER XIII. THE DUTIES OF SERVANTS TO THEIR MASTERS.
CHAPTER XIV. THE DUTIES OF MASTERS TOWARDS THEIR SERVANTS.
CHAPTER XV. THE DUTIES OF CHILDREN AND FELLOW-SERVANTS TO ONE ANOTHER.
CHAPTER XVI. DIRECTIONS FOR HOLY CONFERENCE OF FELLOW-SERVANTS OR OTHERS.
CHAPTER XVII. DIRECTIONS FOR EACH PARTICULAR MEMBER OF THE
CHAPTER XVIII. DIRECTIONS FOR THE ORDER OF HOLY DUTIES. Tit. 1.
CHAPTER XIX. DIRECTIONS FOR PROFITABLE HEARING THE WORD PREACHED.
CHAPTER XX. DIRECTIONS FOR PROFITABLE READING THE HOLY SCRIPTURES.
CHAPTER XXI. DIRECTIONS FOR READING OTHER BOOKS.
CHAPTER XXII. DIRECTIONS FOR THE RIGHT TEACHING OF CHILDREN AND
CHAPTER XXIII. DIRECTIONS FOR PRAYER. Tit. 1. Directions for Prayer in General.
CHAPTER XXIV. BRIEF DIRECTIONS FOR FAMILIES, ABOUT THE SACRAMENT OF THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST.
CHAPTER XXV. DIRECTIONS FOR FEARFUL, TROUBLED CHRISTIANS, THAT
CHAPTER XXVI. DIRECTIONS FOR DECLINING OR BACKSLIDING CHRISTIANS: AND ABOUT PERSEVERANCE.
CHAPTER XXVII. DIRECTIONS FOR THE POOR.
CHAPTER XXVIII. DIRECTIONS FOR THE RICH.
CHAPTER XXIX. DIRECTIONS FOR THE AGED (AND WEAK).
CHAPTER XXX. DIRECTIONS FOR THE SICK.
CHAPTER XXXI. DIRECTIONS TO THE FRIENDS OF THE SICK, THAT ARE ABOUT THEM.
Transcriber's Note:
The text of Part II of A Christian Directory (or, a sum of Practical Theology and Cases of Conscience) has been transcribed from pages 394 to 547 of Volume I of Baxter's Practical Works, as lithographed from the 1846 edition. Part II addresses family duties. A table of contents has been inserted to assist the reader.
Inconsistencies in hyphenation, and apparent typographical errors (both English and Greek) have been corrected. The anchor for footnote 34, in chapter XIII, has been inserted after consulting another edition of the text.
The table in Chapter XXIII, that presents the structure of the Lord's Prayer, contains numerous braces that extend over several lines and cannot be reproduced here. Instead horizontal lines have been inserted to clarify its structure. The table may not display clearly in a hand-held device.
