Table of Contents
Reader,
CHAPTER I. GENERAL RULES FOR AN UPRIGHT CONVERSATION.
CHAPTER II. MEMORANDUMS TO CIVIL RULERS FOR THE INTEREST OF CHRIST, THE CHURCH, AND MEN'S SALVATION.
CHAPTER III. DIRECTIONS FOR SUBJECTS CONCERNING THEIR DUTY TO THEIR RULERS.
CHAPTER IV. DIRECTIONS TO LAWYERS ABOUT THEIR DUTY TO GOD.
CHAPTER V. THE DUTY OF PHYSICIANS.
CHAPTER VI. DIRECTIONS TO SCHOOLMASTERS ABOUT THEIR DUTY FOR THEIR CHILDREN'S SOULS.
CHAPTER VII. DIRECTIONS FOR SOLDIERS, ABOUT THEIR DUTY IN POINT OF CONSCIENCE.
CHAPTER VIII. DIRECTONS AGAINST MURDER. Tit. 1. Advice against Murder.
CHAPTER IX. DIRECTIONS FOR THE FORGIVING OF ENEMIES, AND THOSE
CHAPTER X. CASES RESOLVED ABOUT FORGIVING INJURIES AND DEBTS,
CHAPTER XI. SPECIAL DIRECTIONS TO ESCAPE THE GUILT OF
CHAPTER XII. DIRECTIONS AGAINST SCANDAL AS GIVEN.
CHAPTER XIII. DIRECTIONS AGAINST SCANDAL TAKEN, OR AN APTNESS
CHAPTER XIV. DIRECTIONS AGAINST SOUL MURDER, AND PARTAKING OF OTHER MEN'S SINS.
CHAPTER XV. GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR THE FURTHERING OF THE SALVATION OF OTHERS.
CHAPTER XVI. SPECIAL DIRECTIONS FOR CHRISTIAN CONFERENCE,
CHAPTER XVII. DIRECTIONS FOR KEEPING PEACE WITH ALL MEN.
CHAPTER XVIII. DIRECTIONS AGAINST ALL THEFT AND FRAUD, OR
CHAPTER XIX. GENERAL DIRECTIONS AND PARTICULAR CASES OF
CHAPTER XX. DIRECTIONS AGAINST OPPRESSION. Tit. 1. Motives and Directions against Oppression.
CHAPTER XXI. CASES ABOUT, AND DIRECTIONS AGAINST, PRODIGALITY AND SINFUL WASTEFULNESS.
CHAPTER XXII. CASES AND DIRECTIONS AGAINST INJURIOUS LAW-SUITS,
CHAPTER XXIII. CASES OF CONSCIENCE, AND DIRECTIONS AGAINST
CHAPTER XXIV. CASES AND DIRECTIONS AGAINST CENSORIOUSNESS AND
CHAPTER XXV. CASES AND DIRECTIONS ABOUT TRUSTS AND SECRETS.
CHAPTER XXVI. DIRECTIONS AGAINST SELFISHNESS AS IT IS CONTRARY TO THE LOVE OF OUR NEIGHBOUR.
CHAPTER XXVII. CASES AND DIRECTIONS FOR LOVING OUR NEIGHBOUR AS
CHAPTER XXVIII. SPECIAL CASES AND DIRECTIONS FOR LOVE TO GODLY
CHAPTER XXIX. CASES AND DIRECTIONS FOR LOVING AND DOING GOOD TO ENEMIES.
CHAPTER XXX. CASES AND DIRECTIONS ABOUT WORKS OF CHARITY. Tit.
CHAPTER XXXI. CASES AND DIRECTIONS ABOUT CONFESSING SINS AND
CHAPTER XXXII. CASES AND DIRECTIONS ABOUT SATISFACTION AND
CHAPTER XXXIII. CASES AND DIRECTIONS ABOUT OUR OBTAINING PARDON
CHAPTER XXXIV. CASES AND DIRECTIONS ABOUT SELF-JUDGING. Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about Self-judging.
A MORAL PROGNOSTICATION.
THE REFORMED LITURGY.
Transcriber's Note:
The text of Part IV of A Christian Directory has been transcribed from pages 737 to 948 of Volume I of Richard Baxter's Practical Works, as lithographed from the 1846 edition.
The greater part comprises 34 chapters that mostly address duties to rulers and to neighbours. These are followed by a "Moral Prognostication" on the future of the churches, and by a "Reformed Liturgy" that Baxter proposed. A table of contents has been inserted to assist the reader.
In the Liturgy all sub-headings, commentary and instructions to the Minister have been italicised and indented. The Liturgy includes a large number of sidenotes citing relevant biblical passages. In the interests of legibility these have been consolidated into footnotes at the end of each paragraph.
Inconsistencies in hyphenation, and apparent typographical errors, have been corrected. The anchors for footnotes 5 and 8, in chapter I, have been inserted after consulting another edition of the text.
