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A Christian Directory, Part 1: Christian Ethics

by Richard Baxter

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Contents

  1. This Edition of His Practical Works
  2. Advertisement
  3. The Introduction
  4. Directions to unconverted, graceless Sinners, for the attaining of true saving Grace
  5. The Temptations whereby the devil hindereth Men's Conversion; with the proper Remedies against them
  6. Directions to Young Christians or Beginners in Religion, for Their Establishment and Safe Proceeding
  7. The General Grand Directions for Walking with God, in a Life of Faith and Holiness: Containing the Essentials of Godliness and Christianity
  8. Directions for Learning of Christ, as our Teacher
  9. The Methods of Christ against the Tempter
  10. Temptations to particular Sins, with Directions for Preservation and Remedy
  11. The Tempter's Method in applying his prepared Baits
  12. Temptations to draw us off from Duty
  13. Temptations to frustrate holy Duties, and make them ineffectual
  14. Directions for faithful serving Christ, and doing good
  15. Directions for loving God as our Father and Felicity
  16. Directions for a quieting and comforting Trust in God
  17. Directions for Delighting ourselves in God
  18. Directions for Thankfulness to God, our Benefactor
  19. Directions for glorifying God with the Heart
  20. Directions for glorifying God with our Tongues in his Praises
  21. Directions for the glorifying God in our Lives
  22. Appendix
  23. Subordinate Directions Against Those Grand Heart Sins, Which Are Directly Contrary to the Life of Godliness and Christianity
  24. Directions against Unbelief
  25. Directions against Hardness of Heart
  26. Directions against Hypocrisy
  27. Directions against inordinate Man-pleasing; or that overvaluing the Favour and Censure of Man, which is the fruit of Pride, and a great cause of Hypocrisy; or, Directions against Idolizing Man
  28. Directions against Pride, and for Humility
  29. Signs of the worst part of Pride against God
  30. Signs of the next Degrees of Pride as against God
  31. The Signs of Pride in and about Religious Duties
  32. Signs of Pride in common Converse
  33. Directions against Covetousness, or Love of Riches, and against Worldly Cares
  34. Directions against the Master Sin; Sensuality, Flesh-pleasing, or Voluptuousness
  35. Directions for redeeming or well improving Time
  36. Tit. 1. The Directions contemplative for redeeming Time
  37. Tit. 2. Directions contemplative for redeeming Opportunity
  38. Tit. 3. Directions practical for redeeming Time
  39. Tit. 4. The Thieves or Time-wasters to be watchfully avoided
  40. Tit. 5. On whom this Duty of Redeeming Time is principally incumbent
  41. Directions for the Government of the Thoughts
  42. Tit. 1. Directions against Evil and Idle Thoughts
  43. Tit. 2. Directions to furnish the Mind with Good Thoughts
  44. Tit. 3. Directions how to make good Thoughts effectual: or, General Directions for Meditation
  45. Directions about the work itself
  46. Tit. 4. The Difference between a contemplative Life, and an obedient, active Life, with Directions concerning them
  47. Tit. 5. Directions to the Melancholy about their Thoughts
  48. Tit. 6. Directions for young Students, for the most profitable ordering of their studying Thoughts
  49. Directions for the Government of the Passions
  50. Tit. 1. Directions against all sinful passions in general
  51. Tit. 2. Directions against sinful Love of Creatures
  52. Helps for discovering of sinful Love
  53. Helps to mortify sinful Love
  54. Tit. 3. Directions against sinful Desires and Discontent
  55. Tit. 4. Directions against Sinful Mirth and Pleasure
  56. Tit. 5. Directions against sinful Hopes
  57. Tit. 6. Directions against sinful Hatred, Aversation, or Backwardness towards God
  58. Tit. 7. Directions against sinful Wrath or Anger
  59. Directions Meditative against sinful Anger
  60. Directions practical against sinful Anger
  61. Tit. 8. Directions against sinful Fear
  62. Directions against sinful Fear of God
  63. Directions against sinful Fear of the Devil
  64. Directions against the sinful Fear of Men, and sufferings by them
  65. Tit. 9. Directions against sinful Grief and Trouble
  66. Tit. 10. Directions against sinful Despair (and Doubting)
  67. General Directions for the Government of the Senses (by a Life of Faith)
  68. Particular Directions far the Government of the Eyes
  69. Directions for the Government of the Ear
  70. Tit. 1. Directions against Gluttony
  71. III. The Greatness of the Sin of Gluttony
  72. IV. The Directions or Helps against it
  73. Tit. 2. Directions against Drunkenness, and all Excess of Drink
  74. Practical Directions against Tippling and Drunkenness
  75. Tit. 1. Directions against Fornication and all Uncleanness
  76. II. The Directions against Fornication
  77. Tit. 2. Directions against inward, filthy Lusts
  78. Directions against sinful Excess of Sleep
  79. Directions against sinful Dreams
  80. Tit. 1. The General Directions
  81. Tit. 2. Special Directions against profane Swearing, and using God's name unreverently and in vain
  82. Tit. 3. Special Directions against Lying and Dissembling
  83. Tit. 4. Special Directions against Idle Talk, and Babbling
  84. Tit. 5. Special Directions against Filthy, Ribald, Scurrilous Talk
  85. Tit. 6. Directions against profane Deriding, Scorning, or Opposing Godliness
  86. Tit. I. Directions for the Right Choice of our Calling and ordinary Labour
  87. Tit. 2. Directions against Idleness and Sloth
  88. Tit. 3. Directions against Sloth and Laziness in Things Spiritual: and for Zeal and Diligence
  89. Directions about Sports and Recreations, and against Excess and Sin therein
  90. Directions about Apparel, and against the Sin therein committed

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