THE

PRACTICAL WORKS

OF THE

REV. RICHARD BAXTER,

THE

PRACTICAL WORKS

OF

THE REV. RICHARD BAXTER:

WITH

A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,

AND

A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF HIS WRITINGS,

BY THE

REV. WILLIAM ORME,

AUTHOR OF "THE LIFE OF JOHN OWEN, D.D.;" BIBLIOTHECA BIBLICA," ETC.

IN TWENTY-THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. X.

LONDON:

JAMES DUNCAN, 37, PATERNOSTER ROW.

MDCCCXXX.

The contempt of Godliness rebuked

Godliness described: what it containeth; and what I mean

by Godliness throughout this treatise

Signs of true Godliness

Directions for such as will be soundly and sincerely godly

The design of the treatise

The text explained . . .

1. Obs. Nearest natural relations are not always of one mind

in the matters of salvation ...

2. Obs. When Christ cometh into the house, he is presently at
work for the hearers' souls . . .

3. Obs. When the word is preached we must hear

4. Obs. The humility of disciples in those times

The sense of the text in seven doctrines .

12.

19

22

26

28

.. 33

ibid.

34

35

ibid.

36

ibid.

38

40

43

Doct. 1. One thing is needful: it is one thing that is absolute-
ly necessary; but they busy themselves about many, that
neglect this one . .

In what respect it is one, and but one

How the troubling matters of the world are many

How far the one thing is necessary

Quest. Are not other things needful in their places?

The application, 1. By way of inquiry, how you have sought

the one thing necessary.

How a true Christian differeth from all hypocrites