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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; how 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

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

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

2. The explained profession of the Christian religion, instead

of a catechism....

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

ing ten questions, with a large exposition

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

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

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

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

THE CATECHISING OF FAMILIES.

A TEACHER OF HOUSEHOLDERS

HOW TO

TEACH THEIR HOUSEHOLDS:

USEFUL ALSO TO

SCHOOLMASTERS, AND TUTORS OF YOUTH.

FOR THOSE THAT ARE PAST THE COMMON SMALL CATECHISMS, AND WOULD GROW TO A MORE ROOTED FAITH, AND TO THE FULLER UNDERSTANDING OF ALL THAT IS COMMONLY NEEDFUL TO A SAFE, HOLY, COMFORTABLE AND PROFITABLE LIFE.

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