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III. Of the natural knowledge of God and heaven

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

and Providence

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

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

quick and the dead.....

XVII. I believe in the Holy Ghost

XVIII. The holy catholic church

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CHAP. XIX. The communion of saints

XX. The forgiveness of sins..

XXI. The resurrection of the body..

XXII. Of the life everlasting....

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

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

XXV. Hallowed be thy name

XXVI. Thy kingdom come

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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

glory, for ever.-Amen.

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XXXII. Of the ten commandments in general.

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XXXIII. Of the preface to the Decalogue.....

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XXXIV. Of the first commandment....

XXXV. Of the second commandment..

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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...

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XLIII. Of the tenth commandment..

244

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

253

XLV. Of baptism

261

XLVI. Of the sacrament of Christ's sacrificed body

and blood

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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belief, and will, and practice; of love to God, ourselves,

and others; of baptism, and infants' right to it; of

covenanting with God.......

The Third Day's Conference.-The confutation of malignant

contradicters and cavillers: proving, fully, the necessity

of a holy and heavenly heart and life against the foolish

wranglings of the ungodly, and their scorns and re-

proaches of serious Christians....

The Fourth Day's Conference.-The resolving and actual con-

version of a sinner; against delay; what to trust to for

pardon of sin; what sins are pardonable; how after-

sins are pardoned; what to do for grace to keep the

covenant; how to obey the Spirit, and how to know its

motions; what rule to live by; what church to be of;

what means to use; about our callings; whether an

uncertain or unsound person may covenant with God;

the goodness of a holy life; of public confession of sin

The Fifth Day's Conference.-Directions to the converted,

against temptations. 1. Against puzzling difficulties in

religion. 2. Against melancholy and perplexing fears.

3. Doubting your own sincerity. 4. Against carnal se-

curity. 5. Against sensuality, pride, and covetousness.

6. From sects, divisions, and controversies. 7. Why

God will damn so many in hell: what to do in cases

of church divisions, and disputes, and heresies. 8,

Against mistaking the nature of religion, and maiming

it. 9. Against customariness, and coldness, and decay

of zeal. 10. Against temptations to doubtings of the

truth of Christ, the Scripture, or the life to come....

The Sixth Day's Conference.-Instructions for a holy life. 1.

The necessity, reason, and means of holiness. 2. The

parts and practice of a holy life, for instructing others.

The Seventh Day's Conference.-Of a holy family, how ne-

cessary, especially the education of children: how to

do it. The duties of husbands, wives, masters, servants,

children, to each other; of subjects. How to spend

every day; how oft, when, and how to pray, &c....

The Eighth Day's Conference.-How to spend the Lord's day

in christian families, and in the church, and in secret

duties. The order of the duties of the day. What

books to read; what ministers to hear. How to under-

stand; how to remember; bow to help affliction; how to

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practise; how to read the Scripture. Of public prayer

and praise how to receive the Lord's Supper; as to

preparation. What you must understand, what you

must be, and what you must do: 1. Understand what

are the ends of the sacrament, and what are the parts:

1. The parties; 2. The signs, for matter and manner;

3. The things signified, means and ends. In action:

1. What is the consecration; 2. What is the comme-

moration; 3. What is the communication and partici-

pation. How the bread is Christ's body. 2. What to

be. What Christians must come; whether doubters

or the hypocrites. Who to join with. 3. What to do

in particular preparation; what to do at the time of

communion; what is there to move us to it. The or

der and rite of sacramental duties. What to be done

after communion. Of meditation: matter, time, and

manner. Of secret prayer; of conference; of humili-

ation, or fasts and thanksgiving....

The Ninth Day's Conference.--Directions for a safe and com-

fortable death. Awakening thoughts of death: the.

needs of them; the great benefits of them. Prepara-

tions in health: how to keep up faith; repentance.

Committing our souls to Christ: whether to trust to

any thing in ourselves. Of obeying the Spirit: of love

to God. More directions to prepare for death, in

health and in sickness. The last prayer of a dying

believer

....

Short instructions that are to be read to, or by, the sick that

are unprepared to die, or in a doubtful state .......

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Forms of prayer, praise, and catechism, for the use of ignorant
families that need them :-

1. The shortest catechism, in three questions

572

2. The explained profession of the Christian religion, instead

of a catechism..

574

3. A short catechism for those that have learned the first, be-

ing ten questions, with a large exposition

575

4. Morning prayer for a family. . . . . . . .

602

5. A shorter prayer for the morning, in the method of the Lord's

Prayer, being but an exposition of it.......

605

6. A prayer for morning or evening, in families...

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