A Christian Directory, Part 4: Christian Politics
Richard Baxter
Public DomainTheology
Chapters 70
- Reader ≈ 4 min
- CHAPTER I: General Directions for an Upright Life ≈ 29 min
- CHAPTER II: A few brief Memoranda to Rulers, for the interest of Christ, the church, and men's salv ≈ 23 min
- CHAPTER III: Directions to Subjects concerning their duty to Rulers ≈ 231 min
- CHAPTER IV: Directions to Lawyers about their duty to God ≈ 16 min
- CHAPTER V: The Duty of Physicians ≈ 16 min
- CHAPTER VI: Directions to Schoolmasters about their duties for children's souls ≈ 12 min
- CHAPTER VII: Directions for Soldiers about their duty in point of conscience. ≈ 32 min
- -- Tit. 1. Direc-tions against Murder-- ≈ 30 min
- -- Tit. 2. Advice against Self-murder ≈ 12 min
- CHAPTER IX: Directions for the Forgiving of Injuries and Enemies. Against Wrath, Malice, Revenge, a ≈ 37 min
- CHAPTER X: Cases resolved about forgiving Wrongs, and Debts, and about Self-defence, and seeking ou ≈ 44 min
- CHAPTER XI: Special Directions to escape the Guilt of Persecution: determining much of the case abo ≈ 107 min
- CHAPTER XII: Directions against Scandal as given ≈ 67 min
- CHAPTER XIII: Directions against Scandal taken, or an aptness to receive hurt by the words or deeds ≈ 30 min
- CHAPTER XIV: Directions against Soul-murder and partaking of other men's sins ≈ 29 min
- CHAPTER XV: General Directions for furthering the salvation of others ≈ 12 min
- -- Tit. 1. Motives to Holy Conference and Exhortation ≈ 21 min
- -- Tit. 2. Directions to Christian, edifying discourse ≈ 12 min
- -- Tit. 3. Special Directions for Exhortations and Reproofs ≈ 17 min
- CHAPTER XVII: Directions for keeping Peace with all men ≈ 34 min
- -- Tit. 1. Directions against all Theft, Fraud, or injurious getting, keeping, or desiring that whic ≈ 18 min
- -- Tit. 2. Cases of Conscience about Theft and such injuries ≈ 24 min
- -- Tit. 1. General Directions against injurious bargaining and contracts ≈ 8 min
- -- Tit. 2. Cases about justice in Contracts ≈ 52 min
- -- Tit. 3. Cases about justice in Buying and Selling ≈ 30 min
- -- Tit. 4. Cases about Lending and Borrowing ≈ 43 min
- -- Tit. 5. Cases about Lusory Contracts ≈ 6 min
- -- Tit. 6. Cases about Losing and Finding ≈ 9 min
- -- Tit. 7. Directions to Merchants, Factors, Travellers, Chaplains, that live among heathens, infide ≈ 48 min
- -- Tit. 1. Motives and Directions against Oppression ≈ 27 min
- -- Tit. 2. Cases about Oppression, especially of tenants ≈ 22 min
- CHAPTER XXI: Cases and Directions about Prodigality and sinful Waste ≈ 39 min
- CHAPTER XXII: Cases and Directions against injurious Lawsuits, Witnessing, and Judgment ≈ 3 min
- -- Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about Lawsuits and proceedings ≈ 11 min
- -- Tit. 2. Directions against these sins ≈ 15 min
- -- Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about Backbiting and Evil-speaking ≈ 17 min
- -- Tit. 2. Directions against Backbiting, Slandering, and Evil-speaking ≈ 9 min
- -- Tit. 3. The great evil of these sins ≈ 11 min
- -- Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about Judging others ≈ 13 min
- -- Tit. 2. Directions for the cure of sinful Censoriousness ≈ 12 min
- -- Tit. 3. The Evil of the sin of Censoriousness ≈ 12 min
- -- Tit. 4. Directions for those that are rashly censured by others ≈ 9 min
- -- Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about Trusts and Secrets ≈ 18 min
- -- Tit. 2. Directions about Trusts and Secrets ≈ 5 min
- CHAPTER XXVI: Directions against Selfishness, as it is contrary to the love of our neighbour. ≈ 11 min
- -- Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about Loving our Neighbour ≈ 20 min
- -- Tit. 2. Directions to love our Neighbours as ourselves ≈ 6 min
- -- Tit. 3. The Reasons and Motives of love to our Neighbour. ≈ 9 min
- -- Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about Love to the Godly ≈ 25 min
- -- Tit. 2. Directions for true Loving the children of God ≈ 6 min
- -- Tit. 3. Motives or meditative Helps to Love the godly ≈ 2 min
- -- Tit. 4. The Hindrances and Enemies of Christian Love ≈ 14 min
- -- Tit. 5. The Counterfeits of Christian Love ≈ 5 min
- -- Tit. 6. Cases and Directions for intimate, special Friends ≈ 48 min
- -- Tit. 1. Q. 1. Whom must I account and love as an enemy? ≈ 11 min
- -- Tit. 2. Motives to love and do good to enemies ≈ 3 min
- -- Tit. 3. Directions for the practice ≈ 8 min
- CHAPTER XXX: Cases and Directions about Works of Charity ≈ 2 min
- -- Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about Works of Charity ≈ 82 min
- -- Tit. 2. Directions for Works of Charity ≈ 12 min
- -- Tit. 1. Cases about Confessing Sins and Injuries to others ≈ 5 min
- -- Tit. 2. The Directions for just confessing Sin to others ≈ 5 min
- -- Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about Satisfaction and Restitution ≈ 20 min
- -- Tit. 2. The Directions for practice ≈ 5 min
- -- Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about obtaining pardon from God ≈ 17 min
- -- Tit. 2. Directions for obtaining pardon from God ≈ 3 min
- CHAPTER XXXIV: Cases and Directions about Self-judging ≈ 2 min
- -- Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about Self-judging ≈ 2 min
- -- Tit. 2. Directions for judging of our actions ≈ 27 min
| Author | Richard Baxter |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Era | 1600s |
| Categories | Theology · Puritans · Christian Classics |
| Length | 70 chapters · ≈ 27 h 6 min read |
| Formats | Web Book · PDF |
| Status | Public Domain |
Public Domain.







