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. 1. 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 1.-Continued. CHRISTIAN ETHICS, (OR PRIVATE DUTIES.) CONTENTS DIRECTIONS against Pride, and for Humility What they are. The inward Seemings of Pride, that are not ibid. What Love of Riches is lawful: and what unlawful: and' what is Covetousness. The malignity of it. The signs of it. Counterfeits or false signs of one not covetous, which deceive many. False signs or appearances of Covetousness, that cause many to be falsely accused. Means to destroy it ibid. Directions against the Master Sin: Sensuality, Flesh-pleasing, The nature of Flesh-pleasing. What meant by Flesh and ibid. And first, Directions for Redeeming as well as Improving Time. What is Time here, and what are Opportunities. What Redeeming it is. To what Uses, and from what, and by what Time must be redeemed...... Tit. 1. Directions Contemplative for improving Time..... Tit. 2. Directions Contemplative for taking the due season Tit. 3. Directions Practical for improving Time.... Rules to know what Time must be spent in Tit. 4. Thieves or Time-wasters to be watched against. 1. Sloth. 2. Excess of sleep. 3. Inordinate adorning of the |