A Christian Directory, Part 1: Christian Ethics
by Richard Baxter
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Contents
- This Edition of His Practical Works
- Advertisement
- The Introduction
- Directions to unconverted, graceless Sinners, for the attaining of true saving Grace
- The Temptations whereby the devil hindereth Men's Conversion; with the proper Remedies against them
- Directions to Young Christians or Beginners in Religion, for Their Establishment and Safe Proceeding
- The General Grand Directions for Walking with God, in a Life of Faith and Holiness: Containing the Essentials of Godliness and Christianity
- Directions for Learning of Christ, as our Teacher
- The Methods of Christ against the Tempter
- Temptations to particular Sins, with Directions for Preservation and Remedy
- The Tempter's Method in applying his prepared Baits
- Temptations to draw us off from Duty
- Temptations to frustrate holy Duties, and make them ineffectual
- Directions for faithful serving Christ, and doing good
- Directions for loving God as our Father and Felicity
- Directions for a quieting and comforting Trust in God
- Directions for Delighting ourselves in God
- Directions for Thankfulness to God, our Benefactor
- Directions for glorifying God with the Heart
- Directions for glorifying God with our Tongues in his Praises
- Directions for the glorifying God in our Lives
- Appendix
- Subordinate Directions Against Those Grand Heart Sins, Which Are Directly Contrary to the Life of Godliness and Christianity
- Directions against Unbelief
- Directions against Hardness of Heart
- Directions against Hypocrisy
- 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
- Directions against Pride, and for Humility
- Signs of the worst part of Pride against God
- Signs of the next Degrees of Pride as against God
- The Signs of Pride in and about Religious Duties
- Signs of Pride in common Converse
- Directions against Covetousness, or Love of Riches, and against Worldly Cares
- Directions against the Master Sin; Sensuality, Flesh-pleasing, or Voluptuousness
- Directions for redeeming or well improving Time
- Tit. 1. The Directions contemplative for redeeming Time
- Tit. 2. Directions contemplative for redeeming Opportunity
- Tit. 3. Directions practical for redeeming Time
- Tit. 4. The Thieves or Time-wasters to be watchfully avoided
- Tit. 5. On whom this Duty of Redeeming Time is principally incumbent
- Directions for the Government of the Thoughts
- Tit. 1. Directions against Evil and Idle Thoughts
- Tit. 2. Directions to furnish the Mind with Good Thoughts
- Tit. 3. Directions how to make good Thoughts effectual: or, General Directions for Meditation
- Directions about the work itself
- Tit. 4. The Difference between a contemplative Life, and an obedient, active Life, with Directions concerning them
- Tit. 5. Directions to the Melancholy about their Thoughts
- Tit. 6. Directions for young Students, for the most profitable ordering of their studying Thoughts
- Directions for the Government of the Passions
- Tit. 1. Directions against all sinful passions in general
- Tit. 2. Directions against sinful Love of Creatures
- Helps for discovering of sinful Love
- Helps to mortify sinful Love
- Tit. 3. Directions against sinful Desires and Discontent
- Tit. 4. Directions against Sinful Mirth and Pleasure
- Tit. 5. Directions against sinful Hopes
- Tit. 6. Directions against sinful Hatred, Aversation, or Backwardness towards God
- Tit. 7. Directions against sinful Wrath or Anger
- Directions Meditative against sinful Anger
- Directions practical against sinful Anger
- Tit. 8. Directions against sinful Fear
- Directions against sinful Fear of God
- Directions against sinful Fear of the Devil
- Directions against the sinful Fear of Men, and sufferings by them
- Tit. 9. Directions against sinful Grief and Trouble
- Tit. 10. Directions against sinful Despair (and Doubting)
- General Directions for the Government of the Senses (by a Life of Faith)
- Particular Directions far the Government of the Eyes
- Directions for the Government of the Ear
- Tit. 1. Directions against Gluttony
- III. The Greatness of the Sin of Gluttony
- IV. The Directions or Helps against it
- Tit. 2. Directions against Drunkenness, and all Excess of Drink
- Practical Directions against Tippling and Drunkenness
- Tit. 1. Directions against Fornication and all Uncleanness
- II. The Directions against Fornication
- Tit. 2. Directions against inward, filthy Lusts
- Directions against sinful Excess of Sleep
- Directions against sinful Dreams
- Tit. 1. The General Directions
- Tit. 2. Special Directions against profane Swearing, and using God's name unreverently and in vain
- Tit. 3. Special Directions against Lying and Dissembling
- Tit. 4. Special Directions against Idle Talk, and Babbling
- Tit. 5. Special Directions against Filthy, Ribald, Scurrilous Talk
- Tit. 6. Directions against profane Deriding, Scorning, or Opposing Godliness
- Tit. I. Directions for the Right Choice of our Calling and ordinary Labour
- Tit. 2. Directions against Idleness and Sloth
- Tit. 3. Directions against Sloth and Laziness in Things Spiritual: and for Zeal and Diligence
- Directions about Sports and Recreations, and against Excess and Sin therein
- Directions about Apparel, and against the Sin therein committed