Baxter's Practical Works, Volume 1: 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: A Christian Directory

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Lettermen Associates, 2007 - Family & Relationships - 1050 pages
"The editor's preface (1707), p. xiii stated that the works of Richard Baxter are 'perhaps the best body of practical divinity that is extent in our own or any other tongue.' Richard Baxter lived from 1615-1691. The DIRECTORY was completed in 1665. Its scope was intended to cover all of practical theology, a summa of casuistry . . ." Timothy Keller calls it "the greatest manual on Biblical counseling ever produced."

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Contents

Let not sufferings make you sin by pas
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How Satan keepeth off the forces of Christ and frus
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The mutual duties of husbands and wives towards
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When is retinue furniture and other pomp
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Is it lawful to sue another at law? i Cor vi 7
43
How to maintain due conjugal love
44
Special Directions to escape the guilt of persecution
50
Directions for the choice of 1 Servants
51
CHAPTER III
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What is a good work which God hath promised
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Grand Direct XV For glorifying God Ten Direc
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95
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Mortify the flesh and rule the senses
154
Christs contrary methods
160
PART I
166
PART II
171
Cases of conscience about lawsuits and pro
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Q How can a man lawfully resist or strive against
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In what order must we do good works
184
Directions against pride and for humility
192
Directions against covetousness love of riches
214
PART VII
222
Ten Temptations by which he would persuade men
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885
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Directions against sinful desires and discontents
277
Directions against sinful fear
287
Or if it make it injurious to a third person?
295
CHAPTER VIII
301
PART IV
309
The greatness of the
311
What if he cast the trust on me without
327
Against excess of drink and drunkenness
328
Directions against sinful excess of sleep
338
Directions against profane swearing
347
Directions against lying and dissembling
353
Is often lying a certain sign of a graceless state?
359
CHAPTER X
375
PART II
386
CHRISTIAN ECONOMICS
394
May lawsuits be used to vex and humble
403
The natural obligation on families to worship
411
Take heed lest grace degenerate into
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If my conscience be not satisfied may I come
541
ing of holy worship How far the Scriptures
553
CHAPTER III
559
Q Must I not forbear all good works which I can
568
Obj Is it not a duty to follow conscience as Gods
574
May a person plead not guilty?
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Directions about our communion with the holy angels
622
The ministerial office opened in fifteen particulars
631
Whether an uninterrupted succession either
635
Is ordination necessary to make a man
641
Directions for the holy spending of the Lords
646
What is meant by this speech that believers
653
Is the right of the baptized infants or adult
660
May one offer his child to be baptized with
663
Whether any part of the proper pastoral
673
On what objects?
691
May we continue in a church where some
692
Is it ever unlawful to use the known symbols
701
Is it unlawful to obey in all those cases
707
May we not look that God should yet give
722
CHAPTER XXV
737
CHAPTER II
741
Directions for fearful troubled christians who
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541
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Causes and cure
772
CHAPTER VIII
778
CHAPTER 1
782
Is the magistrate judge in controversies
791
Understand the case of Christs interest in the world
793
CHAPTER XII
800
CHAPTER XIX
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ment to
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Directions for declining backsliding chris
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The evil of false witness
856
May I not ease myself of a trust of orphans
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The cure
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Directions for works of charity
894
CHAPTER XXXIV
901
And for tempting others to sin and hurting
919
And for murder or manslaughter?
934
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Page 148 - And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
Page 284 - For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Page 137 - Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
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Page 128 - I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands ; thou hast put all things under his feet...
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Page 290 - For he that will love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile: Let him eschew evil, and do good ; Let him seek peace, and ensue it.
Page 44 - For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
Page 148 - And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

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