THE

CONTENTS.

C H A P. I.

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OUR
UR Duty towards God

SECT. I.

of the internal Duties we owe to God; and first, of

Love

ib.

Of Delight in God

Of Fearing God

23

Of Trusting in God

30

Submission to God

40

Of inward Purity

45

Of Heavenly-Mindedness

52

SECT. II.

Of external Duties to God; and first, of Prayer 61

Of publick and private Prayer

78

Of Praise and Thanksgiving

85

CHAP. II.

Our Duty towards our Neighbour ; and first, of uni-

versal Love and Charity

95

Of loving Enemies

109

SECT. I,

Of Justice in general

121

SECT. II.

Of relative Justice

139

Between Prince and SubjeEt

131

Between Pastor and People

137

Between Husband and Wife

Between Master and Servant

Page 151

Between Friend and Friend

157

Between Superiors in Rank, Fortune, Abilities, &c.

and their respetive Inferiors

165

SECT. III.

Of Mercy in general

174

SECT. IV.

Of Mercy to Mens Souls

182

SECT. V.

Of Mercy to Mens Bodies

193

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217

CH A P. III.

Our Duty towards Ourselves ; and first, of the Go-

vernment of our Thoughts

207

Of religious Meditation

of Humility

226

SECT. I.

Of the Government of our Paffions and Affetions 235

Of Meekness

245

Of Contentment

252

SECT. II,

Of the Government of the Tongue

268

SECT. III.

of the Government of the whole Man

288

Of Mortification

293

Of Self-Denial

300

Of Regeneration

307

of abstaining from evil Appearance

314

of the Desire of Righteousness

324

A SYS,

N treating of the Ten Command.

ments, the Author explained, in the I former Part of his Work, the feve

ral Duties relating to God and our

Neighbour, as far as the Purport of the negative Precepts would permit ; and, in considering the various Attributes of God, took Notice of the several Duties that do properly result from thence, as far as was consistent with the Nature of the Subject, and the Brevity usually prefcribed to Inferences.

The Business of this Treatise is to collect, what was before curforily mentioned, into some tolerable Compass, to explain the great Precepts of Moral and Evangelical Righteousness, and to enforce the whole Duty of Man, as it respects God, his Neighbour, and himself.

But before he enters upon the Subject (as there are some People, who, for the Quiet of their own Minds, would cancel all Obligation to Duty, by decrying the Differences of Good and Evil, as cho' they were nothing but the arbitrary Fancies of Men, according to the different Influences of Curtom or Education, as tho' doing well were nothing but a moral Falhion of appearing suitably to the B

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