A Christian Directory

Name: A Christian Directory
Author: Richard Baxter

A 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 ... / by Richard Baxter.A Christian directory, or, A summ of practical theologie 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 mortifie every sin : in four parts ... / by Richard Baxter.

Richard Baxter 1615–1691London: printed by Robert White for Nevill Simmons, 1673

[35], 929, [5], 214 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. · 1.2M words · Wing B1219 · ESTC R21847

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Contents › Part 4: TOME IV. Christian Politics.Contents › Part 4: TOME IV. Christian Politicks.

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CHAP. XXVII. Cases and Directions for Loving our Neighbours as our selves. p. 168 Tit. 1. The Cases. Q 1. How must I Love another as my self, in degree, or kind, or only reality? Q. 2. What is the true nature of Love to my self and others? Q. 3. If none must be Loved above their worth, how doth God love sinners? Q. 4. Must I love all in degree as much as my self? Q. 5. Must I love any more than my self? Q. 6. Must I love other mens Wife, Children, &c. better than my own, when they are better? Q. 7. Who is that Neighbour whom I must love as my self? Q. 8. Must we Love and pray for Antichrist, and those that sin against the Holy Ghost? Q. 9. Must we not hate Gods enemies? Q. 10. May I not wish hurt to another more than to my self? p. 168 Tit. 2. Directions to Love our Neighbours as our selves. p. 171 Tit. 3. The Reasons and Motives of Love to our Neighbour. ibid.

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CHAP. XXVIII. Cases of and Directions for the Love of Godly persons as such. p. 173 Tit. The Cases. Q. 1. How can we love the Godly, when none can know another to be sincere? Q. 2. Must we Love them as Godly that give no account of the time, manner, or means of their Conversion? Q. 3. What if they are so ignorant that they know not what faith, repentance, conversion, &c. are? Q. 4. Must I take the Visible members of the Church for truly Godly? Q. 5. Must we take all visible members equally to be Godly and Lovely? Q. 6. Must we love all equally, strong and weak, that seem sincere? Q. 7. Must we love those better that have much grace and little useful gifts, or those that have less grace and more profitable gifts for the Church? Q. 8. Must we love him as Godly who liveth in any heinous sin? Q. 9. Must an Excommunicate person be Loved as Godly, or not? Q. 10. Can an unsanctified man truly Love a Godly man? Q. 11. Can he love him because he is Godly? Q. 12. May he love a Godly man because he would make him Godly? Q. 13. Doth any such love the Godly more than others? Q. 14. Do all true Christians love all the Godly that wrong them, or differ from them? Q. 15. What is that love of the Godly which proveth our sincerity, and which no Hypocrite can reach to?

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A Christian Directory

READER, Thou art desired to mend the following Errata with thy Pen; especially those marked with a Star. Some more false Spellings, false Pointings, &c. there are, but too slight to give thee any trouble.

READER, Thou art desired to mend the following Errata with thy Pen; especially those markt with a Star. Some more false Spellings, false Pointings, &c. there are, but too slight to give thee any trouble.

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

READER, Thou art desired to mend the following Errata with thy Pen; especially those marked with a Star. Some more false Spellings, false Pointings, &c. there are, but too slight to give thee any trouble.

READER, Thou art desired to mend the following Errata with thy Pen; especially those markt with a Star. Some more false Spellings, false Pointings, &c. there are, but too slight to give thee any trouble.

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