THE

PRACTICAL WORKS

OF THE

REV. RICHARD BAXTER.

VOLUME XIX.

CONTAINING

THE CATECHISING OF FAMILIES; THE POOR MAN'S FAMILY BOOK.

VOL. XIX.

CONTENTS

OF

THE NINETEENTH VOLUME.

and Providence

THE CATECHISING OF FAMILIES.

The reasons and use of this book

CHA P. I. Introduction

II. How to know ourselves by nature

III. Of the natural knowledge of God and heaven

IV. Of God's kingdom, and the government of man,

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V. Of God's law of nature, and natural officers....

VI. Of supernatural revelation of God's will to man,

and of the Holy Scriptures, or Bible ....

VII. Of the Christian Religion, what it is, and of the

Creed

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VIII. Of believing, what it signifieth in the Creed ..

IX. Of the first Article-I believe in God, the Father

Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth

X. Of God's almightiness and creation.....

XI. Of the person of Jesus Christ, the only son of God

XII. How Christ was conceived by the Holy Ghost,

and born of the Virgin Mary

XIII. Suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified,

dead, and buried; he descended into hell

XIV. The third day he rose again from the dead....

XV. He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right

hand of God, the Father Almighty

XVI. From thence he shall come again to judge the

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XXIII. What is the true use of the Lord's Prayer

XXIV. Our Father which art in heaven, expounded..

XXV. Hallowed be thy name

XXVI. Thy kingdom come

XXVII. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven

XXVIII. Give us this day our daily bread .......

XXIX. And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive

them that trespass against us. (Or, as we forgive

our debtors.)

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XXX. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us

from evil .....

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XXXI. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the

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XXXIV. Of the first commandment....

XXXV. Of the second commandment.

XXXVI. Of the third commandment

XXXVII. Of the fourth commandment.

XXXVIII. Of the fifth commandment

XXXIX. Of the sixth commandment

XL. Of the seventh commandment

XLI. Of the eighth commandment.

XLII. Of the ninth commandment..

XLIII. Of the tenth commandment..

XLIV. Of the sacred ministry, church, and worship..

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XLVI. Of the sacrament of Christ's sacrificed body

and blood

XLVII. Of preparation for death and judgment

THE POOR MAN'S FAMILY BOOK.

The First Day's Conference.-The conviction of a sinner: of

knowing certainly what state his soul is in, and the

necessity of looking after it; what are the true eviden-

ces, true faith, true repentance, helps, to a true judgment

of ourselves

The Second Day's Conference.-Of conversion: what it is, in

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