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A Christian Directory, Part 4: Christian Politics
Richard Baxter
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A Christian Directory, Part 4: Christian Politics — Richard Baxter.
Author: Richard Baxter
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pp. 8–9 · ≈ 4 min2CHAPTER I: General Directions for an Upright Life
pp. 10–19 · ≈ 29 min3CHAPTER II: A few brief Memoranda to Rulers, for the interest of Christ, the church, and men's salv
pp. 20–27 · ≈ 23 min4CHAPTER III: Directions to Subjects concerning their duty to Rulers
pp. 28–104 · ≈ 231 min5CHAPTER IV: Directions to Lawyers about their duty to God
pp. 105–110 · ≈ 16 min6CHAPTER V: The Duty of Physicians
pp. 111–116 · ≈ 16 min7CHAPTER VI: Directions to Schoolmasters about their duties for children's souls
pp. 117–120 · ≈ 12 min8CHAPTER VII: Directions for Soldiers about their duty in point of conscience.
pp. 121–130 · ≈ 32 min9-- Tit. 1. Direc-tions against Murder--
pp. 131–140 · ≈ 30 min10-- Tit. 2. Advice against Self-murder
pp. 141–144 · ≈ 12 min11CHAPTER IX: Directions for the Forgiving of Injuries and Enemies. Against Wrath, Malice, Revenge, a
pp. 145–156 · ≈ 37 min12CHAPTER X: Cases resolved about forgiving Wrongs, and Debts, and about Self-defence, and seeking ou
pp. 157–172 · ≈ 44 min13CHAPTER XI: Special Directions to escape the Guilt of Persecution: determining much of the case abo
pp. 173–207 · ≈ 107 min14CHAPTER XII: Directions against Scandal as given
pp. 208–229 · ≈ 67 min15CHAPTER XIII: Directions against Scandal taken, or an aptness to receive hurt by the words or deeds
pp. 230–239 · ≈ 30 min16CHAPTER XIV: Directions against Soul-murder and partaking of other men's sins
pp. 240–249 · ≈ 29 min17CHAPTER XV: General Directions for furthering the salvation of others
pp. 250–254 · ≈ 12 min18-- Tit. 1. Motives to Holy Conference and Exhortation
pp. 255–261 · ≈ 21 min19-- Tit. 2. Directions to Christian, edifying discourse
pp. 262–265 · ≈ 12 min20-- Tit. 3. Special Directions for Exhortations and Reproofs
pp. 266–271 · ≈ 17 min21CHAPTER XVII: Directions for keeping Peace with all men
pp. 272–282 · ≈ 34 min22-- Tit. 1. Directions against all Theft, Fraud, or injurious getting, keeping, or desiring that whic
pp. 283–288 · ≈ 18 min23-- Tit. 2. Cases of Conscience about Theft and such injuries
pp. 289–296 · ≈ 24 min24-- Tit. 1. General Directions against injurious bargaining and contracts
pp. 297–299 · ≈ 8 min25-- Tit. 2. Cases about justice in Contracts
pp. 300–317 · ≈ 52 min26-- Tit. 3. Cases about justice in Buying and Selling
pp. 318–327 · ≈ 30 min27-- Tit. 4. Cases about Lending and Borrowing
pp. 328–342 · ≈ 43 min28-- Tit. 5. Cases about Lusory Contracts
pp. 343–344 · ≈ 6 min29-- Tit. 6. Cases about Losing and Finding
pp. 345–347 · ≈ 9 min30-- Tit. 7. Directions to Merchants, Factors, Travellers, Chaplains, that live among heathens, infide
pp. 348–364 · ≈ 48 min31-- Tit. 1. Motives and Directions against Oppression
pp. 365–373 · ≈ 27 min32-- Tit. 2. Cases about Oppression, especially of tenants
pp. 374–381 · ≈ 22 min33CHAPTER XXI: Cases and Directions about Prodigality and sinful Waste
pp. 382–395 · ≈ 39 min34CHAPTER XXII: Cases and Directions against injurious Lawsuits, Witnessing, and Judgment
pp. 396–396 · ≈ 3 min35-- Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about Lawsuits and proceedings
pp. 397–400 · ≈ 11 min36-- Tit. 2. Directions against these sins
pp. 401–405 · ≈ 15 min37-- Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about Backbiting and Evil-speaking
pp. 406–411 · ≈ 17 min38-- Tit. 2. Directions against Backbiting, Slandering, and Evil-speaking
pp. 412–414 · ≈ 9 min39-- Tit. 3. The great evil of these sins
pp. 415–418 · ≈ 11 min40-- Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about Judging others
pp. 419–423 · ≈ 13 min41-- Tit. 2. Directions for the cure of sinful Censoriousness
pp. 424–427 · ≈ 12 min42-- Tit. 3. The Evil of the sin of Censoriousness
pp. 428–431 · ≈ 12 min43-- Tit. 4. Directions for those that are rashly censured by others
pp. 432–434 · ≈ 9 min44-- Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about Trusts and Secrets
pp. 435–441 · ≈ 18 min45-- Tit. 2. Directions about Trusts and Secrets
pp. 442–444 · ≈ 5 min46CHAPTER XXVI: Directions against Selfishness, as it is contrary to the love of our neighbour.
pp. 445–448 · ≈ 11 min47-- Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about Loving our Neighbour
pp. 449–455 · ≈ 20 min48-- Tit. 2. Directions to love our Neighbours as ourselves
pp. 456–457 · ≈ 6 min49-- Tit. 3. The Reasons and Motives of love to our Neighbour.
pp. 458–460 · ≈ 9 min50-- Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about Love to the Godly
pp. 461–469 · ≈ 25 min51-- Tit. 2. Directions for true Loving the children of God
pp. 470–471 · ≈ 6 min52-- Tit. 3. Motives or meditative Helps to Love the godly
pp. 472–472 · ≈ 2 min53-- Tit. 4. The Hindrances and Enemies of Christian Love
pp. 473–477 · ≈ 14 min54-- Tit. 5. The Counterfeits of Christian Love
pp. 478–479 · ≈ 5 min55-- Tit. 6. Cases and Directions for intimate, special Friends
pp. 480–496 · ≈ 48 min56-- Tit. 1. Q. 1. Whom must I account and love as an enemy?
pp. 497–500 · ≈ 11 min57-- Tit. 2. Motives to love and do good to enemies
pp. 501–501 · ≈ 3 min58-- Tit. 3. Directions for the practice
pp. 502–504 · ≈ 8 min59CHAPTER XXX: Cases and Directions about Works of Charity
pp. 505–505 · ≈ 2 min60-- Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about Works of Charity
pp. 506–533 · ≈ 82 min61-- Tit. 2. Directions for Works of Charity
pp. 534–537 · ≈ 12 min62-- Tit. 1. Cases about Confessing Sins and Injuries to others
pp. 538–539 · ≈ 5 min63-- Tit. 2. The Directions for just confessing Sin to others
pp. 540–541 · ≈ 5 min64-- Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about Satisfaction and Restitution
pp. 542–548 · ≈ 20 min65-- Tit. 2. The Directions for practice
pp. 549–550 · ≈ 5 min66-- Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about obtaining pardon from God
pp. 551–556 · ≈ 17 min67-- Tit. 2. Directions for obtaining pardon from God
pp. 557–557 · ≈ 3 min68CHAPTER XXXIV: Cases and Directions about Self-judging
pp. 558–558 · ≈ 2 min69-- Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about Self-judging
pp. 559–559 · ≈ 2 min70-- Tit. 2. Directions for judging of our actions
pp. 560–570 · ≈ 27 min
pp. 8–9 · ≈ 4 min2CHAPTER I: General Directions for an Upright Life
pp. 10–19 · ≈ 29 min3CHAPTER II: A few brief Memoranda to Rulers, for the interest of Christ, the church, and men's salv
pp. 20–27 · ≈ 23 min4CHAPTER III: Directions to Subjects concerning their duty to Rulers
pp. 28–104 · ≈ 231 min5CHAPTER IV: Directions to Lawyers about their duty to God
pp. 105–110 · ≈ 16 min6CHAPTER V: The Duty of Physicians
pp. 111–116 · ≈ 16 min7CHAPTER VI: Directions to Schoolmasters about their duties for children's souls
pp. 117–120 · ≈ 12 min8CHAPTER VII: Directions for Soldiers about their duty in point of conscience.
pp. 121–130 · ≈ 32 min9-- Tit. 1. Direc-tions against Murder--
pp. 131–140 · ≈ 30 min10-- Tit. 2. Advice against Self-murder
pp. 141–144 · ≈ 12 min11CHAPTER IX: Directions for the Forgiving of Injuries and Enemies. Against Wrath, Malice, Revenge, a
pp. 145–156 · ≈ 37 min12CHAPTER X: Cases resolved about forgiving Wrongs, and Debts, and about Self-defence, and seeking ou
pp. 157–172 · ≈ 44 min13CHAPTER XI: Special Directions to escape the Guilt of Persecution: determining much of the case abo
pp. 173–207 · ≈ 107 min14CHAPTER XII: Directions against Scandal as given
pp. 208–229 · ≈ 67 min15CHAPTER XIII: Directions against Scandal taken, or an aptness to receive hurt by the words or deeds
pp. 230–239 · ≈ 30 min16CHAPTER XIV: Directions against Soul-murder and partaking of other men's sins
pp. 240–249 · ≈ 29 min17CHAPTER XV: General Directions for furthering the salvation of others
pp. 250–254 · ≈ 12 min18-- Tit. 1. Motives to Holy Conference and Exhortation
pp. 255–261 · ≈ 21 min19-- Tit. 2. Directions to Christian, edifying discourse
pp. 262–265 · ≈ 12 min20-- Tit. 3. Special Directions for Exhortations and Reproofs
pp. 266–271 · ≈ 17 min21CHAPTER XVII: Directions for keeping Peace with all men
pp. 272–282 · ≈ 34 min22-- Tit. 1. Directions against all Theft, Fraud, or injurious getting, keeping, or desiring that whic
pp. 283–288 · ≈ 18 min23-- Tit. 2. Cases of Conscience about Theft and such injuries
pp. 289–296 · ≈ 24 min24-- Tit. 1. General Directions against injurious bargaining and contracts
pp. 297–299 · ≈ 8 min25-- Tit. 2. Cases about justice in Contracts
pp. 300–317 · ≈ 52 min26-- Tit. 3. Cases about justice in Buying and Selling
pp. 318–327 · ≈ 30 min27-- Tit. 4. Cases about Lending and Borrowing
pp. 328–342 · ≈ 43 min28-- Tit. 5. Cases about Lusory Contracts
pp. 343–344 · ≈ 6 min29-- Tit. 6. Cases about Losing and Finding
pp. 345–347 · ≈ 9 min30-- Tit. 7. Directions to Merchants, Factors, Travellers, Chaplains, that live among heathens, infide
pp. 348–364 · ≈ 48 min31-- Tit. 1. Motives and Directions against Oppression
pp. 365–373 · ≈ 27 min32-- Tit. 2. Cases about Oppression, especially of tenants
pp. 374–381 · ≈ 22 min33CHAPTER XXI: Cases and Directions about Prodigality and sinful Waste
pp. 382–395 · ≈ 39 min34CHAPTER XXII: Cases and Directions against injurious Lawsuits, Witnessing, and Judgment
pp. 396–396 · ≈ 3 min35-- Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about Lawsuits and proceedings
pp. 397–400 · ≈ 11 min36-- Tit. 2. Directions against these sins
pp. 401–405 · ≈ 15 min37-- Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about Backbiting and Evil-speaking
pp. 406–411 · ≈ 17 min38-- Tit. 2. Directions against Backbiting, Slandering, and Evil-speaking
pp. 412–414 · ≈ 9 min39-- Tit. 3. The great evil of these sins
pp. 415–418 · ≈ 11 min40-- Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about Judging others
pp. 419–423 · ≈ 13 min41-- Tit. 2. Directions for the cure of sinful Censoriousness
pp. 424–427 · ≈ 12 min42-- Tit. 3. The Evil of the sin of Censoriousness
pp. 428–431 · ≈ 12 min43-- Tit. 4. Directions for those that are rashly censured by others
pp. 432–434 · ≈ 9 min44-- Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about Trusts and Secrets
pp. 435–441 · ≈ 18 min45-- Tit. 2. Directions about Trusts and Secrets
pp. 442–444 · ≈ 5 min46CHAPTER XXVI: Directions against Selfishness, as it is contrary to the love of our neighbour.
pp. 445–448 · ≈ 11 min47-- Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about Loving our Neighbour
pp. 449–455 · ≈ 20 min48-- Tit. 2. Directions to love our Neighbours as ourselves
pp. 456–457 · ≈ 6 min49-- Tit. 3. The Reasons and Motives of love to our Neighbour.
pp. 458–460 · ≈ 9 min50-- Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about Love to the Godly
pp. 461–469 · ≈ 25 min51-- Tit. 2. Directions for true Loving the children of God
pp. 470–471 · ≈ 6 min52-- Tit. 3. Motives or meditative Helps to Love the godly
pp. 472–472 · ≈ 2 min53-- Tit. 4. The Hindrances and Enemies of Christian Love
pp. 473–477 · ≈ 14 min54-- Tit. 5. The Counterfeits of Christian Love
pp. 478–479 · ≈ 5 min55-- Tit. 6. Cases and Directions for intimate, special Friends
pp. 480–496 · ≈ 48 min56-- Tit. 1. Q. 1. Whom must I account and love as an enemy?
pp. 497–500 · ≈ 11 min57-- Tit. 2. Motives to love and do good to enemies
pp. 501–501 · ≈ 3 min58-- Tit. 3. Directions for the practice
pp. 502–504 · ≈ 8 min59CHAPTER XXX: Cases and Directions about Works of Charity
pp. 505–505 · ≈ 2 min60-- Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about Works of Charity
pp. 506–533 · ≈ 82 min61-- Tit. 2. Directions for Works of Charity
pp. 534–537 · ≈ 12 min62-- Tit. 1. Cases about Confessing Sins and Injuries to others
pp. 538–539 · ≈ 5 min63-- Tit. 2. The Directions for just confessing Sin to others
pp. 540–541 · ≈ 5 min64-- Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about Satisfaction and Restitution
pp. 542–548 · ≈ 20 min65-- Tit. 2. The Directions for practice
pp. 549–550 · ≈ 5 min66-- Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about obtaining pardon from God
pp. 551–556 · ≈ 17 min67-- Tit. 2. Directions for obtaining pardon from God
pp. 557–557 · ≈ 3 min68CHAPTER XXXIV: Cases and Directions about Self-judging
pp. 558–558 · ≈ 2 min69-- Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about Self-judging
pp. 559–559 · ≈ 2 min70-- Tit. 2. Directions for judging of our actions
pp. 560–570 · ≈ 27 min
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