A Christian Directory, Part 2: Christian EconomicsBaxter, Richard
Religion
A Christian Directory, Part 2: Christian Economics
Baxter, Richard
Casuistry; Christian sociology
Transcriber's Note:
The text of Part II of A Christian Directory (or, a sum of Practical
Theology and Cases of Conscience) has been transcribed from pages 394
to 547 of Volume I of Baxter's Practical Works, as lithographed from
the 1846 edition. Part II addresses family duties. A table of contents
has been inserted to assist the reader.
Small capitals have been rendered in full capitals. Italics are
indicated by _underscores_. Sidenotes refer to the following
paragraph.
Inconsistencies in hyphenation, and apparent typographical errors
(both English and Greek), have been corrected. The anchor for
footnote 34, in chapter XIII, has been inserted after consulting another
edition of the text.
The table in Chapter XXIII, that presents the structure of the
Lord's Prayer, contains numerous braces that extend over several lines
and cannot be reproduced here. Instead horizontal lines have been
inserted to clarify its structure.
PART II.
CHRISTIAN ECONOMICS:
OR,
THE FAMILY DIRECTORY, CONTAINING DIRECTIONS FOR THE TRUE PRACTICE OF
ALL DUTIES BELONGING TO FAMILY RELATIONS, WITH THE APPURTENANCES.
Table of Contents
Page
I. Directions about marriage; for choice and contract. 394
II. Directions for the right choice of servants and masters. 407
III. A disputation, or arguments to prove the necessity of
family worship and holiness, or directions against the
cavils of the profane, and some sectaries, who deny it
to be a thing required by God. 409
IV. General directions for the holy government of families. 422
V. Special motives to persuade men to the holy governing of
their families. 424
VI. More special motives for a holy and careful education of
children. 427
VII. The mutual duties of husbands and wives towards each other. 431
VIII. The special duties of husbands to their wives. 438
IX. The special duties of wives to husbands. 440
X. The duties of parents for their children. 449
XI. The special duties of children towards their parents. 454
XII. The special duties of children and youth towards God. 457
XIII. The duties of servants to their masters. 458
XIV. The duties of masters towards their servants. 460
XV. The duties of children and fellow-servants to one another. 463
XVI. Directions for holy conference of fellow-servants or
others. 464
XVII. Directions for each particular member of the family how to
spend every ordinary day of the week. 466
XVIII. Directions for the order of holy duties.
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