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A Christian Directory
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.
London: printed by Robert White for Nevill Simmons, 1673
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CHAP. III. The General Grand Directions for walking with God, in a life of faith and Holiness; Containing the Essentials of Godliness and Christianity. p. 69 Gr. Dir. 1. Understand well the Nature, Grounds, Reason and Order of Faith and Godliness: Propositions opening somewhat of them. The Reader must note, that here I blotted out the Method and Helps of Faith, having fuller opened them in a Treatise called The Reasons of the Christian Religion, and another of the Unreasonableness of Infidelity. Gr. Dir. 2. How to live by Faith on Christ. How to make Use of Christ, in twenty necessities. p. 72 Gr. Dir. 3. How to Believe in the Holy Ghost, and live by his Grace. His Witness, Seal, Earnest, &c. Q. When good effects are from Means, from our Endeavour, and when from the Spirit? p. 77, 78 Gr. Dir. 4. For a True, Orderly and Practical Knowledge of God: A Scheme of his Attributes. p. 81, 82 Gr. Dir. 5. Of self resignation to God as our Owner: Motives, Marks, Means. p. 83 Gr. Dir. 6. Of subjection to God as our Sovereign King. What it is? How to bring the soul into subjection to God: How to keep up a Ready and Constant Obedience to him. p. 85 Gr. Dir. 7. To Learn of Christ as our Teacher: How? The Imitation of Christ. p. 90 Gr. Dr. 8. To obey Christ our Physician or Saviour in his Repairing, healing work. p. 95 How each faculty is diseased or depraved? The Intellect: its acts and maladies: The Wi••: Q. Whether the Locomotive and sense can move us to sin without the Consent of the Will (•r Reason) upon its bare Omission? The sin of the Memory, Imagination, affections, sensitive appetite, exterior parts, which need a Cure. Forty intrinsical evils in sin which make up its Malignity. The common Aggravations of sin: Special aggravations of the sins of the Regenerate. Directions to get a hatred of sin: How to cure it. p. 95 Gr. Dir. 9. Of the Christian Warfare under Christ: Who are our Enemies: Of the Devil: The state of the Armies, and of the War between Christ and Satan. The ends, grounds, advantages, auxiliaries, instruments and methods of the Tempter. p. 104 How Satan keepeth off the forces of Christ, and frustrateth all means. Christs contrary Methods. p. 109 Tit. 2. Temptations to particular sins, with Directions for preservation and Remedy. 1. How Satan prepareth his baits of Temptation. p. 111 2. How he applieth them. p. 114 Tit. 3.