Chapter 1 of 48

-- 1. Servants

-- 1. Servants

A Christian Directory II. Christian Economics, (Or Family Duties.) by Richard Baxter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER I: Directions about Marriage for Choice and Contract CHAPTER II: Directions for the choice of -- 1. Servants -- 2. Masters CHAPTER III:

DISPUTATION,

WHETHER THE SOLEMN

WORSHIP OF GOD IN AND BY FAMILIES AS SUCH, BE OF

DIVINE APPOINTMENT

-- Of the frequency and seasons of Family Worship.

CHAPTER IV: General Directions for the Holy Government of Families CHAPTER V: Special Motives to persuade men to the Holy

Government of their Families

CHAPTER VI: 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 Duty of Wives to their Husbands CHAPTER X: The Duties of Parents for their Children. Where are twenty special Directions for their education

CHAPTER XI: The 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 Duty of Masters towards their Servants

-- Tit. 1. The Duty of Masters towards their Servants -- Tit. 2. The Duty of Masters to Slaves in the Plantations

CHAPTER XV: The Duties of Children and Fellow Servants to one another?

CHAPTER XVI: Directions for Holy Conference of Fellow Servants and others CHAPTER XVII: Directions for every Member of the Family, how to spend every ordinary day of the Week

CHAPTER XVIII: Directions for the Holy Spending of the Lord's day in Families -- Tit. 1. Directions for the Holy Spending of the Lord's day in Families -- Tit. 2. More particular Directions for the order of holy duties on that day CHAPTER XIX: Directions for profitable Hearing God's Word preached -- Tit. 1. Directions for Understanding the Word which you hear

-- Tit. 2. Directions for Remembering what you hear -- Tit. 3. Directions for Holy Resolutions and Affections in hearing

-- Tit. 4. Directions to bring what we hear into practice CHAPTER XX: Directions for profitable Reading the Holy Scriptures

CHAPTER XXI: Directions for Reading other Books CHAPTER XXII: Directions for right Teaching Children and Servants, so as is most likely to have success. The sum of Christian

Religion CHAPTER XXIII: Directions for Prayer -- Tit. 1. Directions for Prayer in general

-- Tit. 2. Cases about Prayer

-- Tit. 3. Special Directions for Family Prayer -- Tit. 4. Special Directions for Secret Prayer

CHAPTER XXIV: Directions for Families about the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper CHAPTER XXV: Directions for fearful, troubled Christians who are perplexed with doubts of their sincerity and justification

CHAPTER XXVI: Directions for declining, backsliding Christians -- Tit. 1. Directions for declining, backsliding Christians: and about Perseverance -- Tit. 2. Directions for perseverance, or to prevent backsliding

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 -- Tit. 1. Directions for a safe death, to secure salvation

-- Tit. 2. How to profit by our sickness -- Tit. 3. Directions for a comfortable or peaceable death

-- Tit. 4. Directions for doing good to others in our sickness.

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