A

CHRISTIAN DIRECTORY:

OR, A BODY OF

PRACTICAL DIVINITY,

AND

CASES OF CONSCIENCE.

BY THE

REV. RICHARD BAXTER.

IN FIVE VOLUMES.
VOL. III.

The priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should

seek the law at his But ye are departed

MAL. ii. 7, 8.

mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts. out of the way: ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi Every SCRIBE which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven, is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old. MATT. xiii. 52.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR RICHARD EDWARDS;

AND SOLD BY JAMES DUNCAN, PATERNOSTER ROW, AND BY ALL OTHER BOOKSELLERS.

1825.

THE

PRACTICAL WORKS

OF THE

REV. RICHARD BAXTER.

VOLUME IV.

CONTAINING

THE CHRISTIAN DIRECTORY.

A

CHRISTIAN DIRECTORY:

OR, A SUM OF

PRACTICAL THEOLOGY,

AND

CASES OF CONSCIENCE.

DIRECTING CHRISTIANS, HOW TO USE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND FAITH; HOW TO IMPROVE ALL HELPS AND MEANS, AND TO PERFORM ALL DUTIES; HOW TO OVERCOME TEMPTATIONS, AND TO ESCAPE OR MORTIFY EVERY SIN.

IN FOUR PARTS.

I. CHRISTIAN ETHICS, (OR PRIVATE DUTIES.)

II. CHRISTIAN ECONOMICS, (OR FAMILY DUTIES.)

III. CHRISTIAN ECCLESIASTICS, (OR CHURCH DUTIES.)

IV. CHRISTIAN POLITICS, (OR DUTIES TO OUR RULERS AND NEIGHBOURS.)

PART II.

CHRISTIAN ECONOMICS, (OR FAMILY DUTIES.)