ILLUSTRATION

OF THE

Doctrines of the CHRISTIAN RELIGION,

WITH RESPECT TO

FAITH AND PRACTICE,

UPON THE PLAN OF The ASSEMBLY'S SHORTER CATECHISM,

COMPREHENDING

A Complete Body of Divinity.

Now first published from the Manuscripts of

The late Reverend and Learned
MR THOMAS BOSTON,

Minister of the Gospel at ET TRICK,
Author of the Fourfold State, A View of the Covenants, c.

Held fast the form of sound words. 2 Tim. i. 13.

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F the fifth commandment, continued

The duties of husbands and wives

The duties of children to parents

The duty of parents to children

The duty of fervants to masters

I be duty of master's to servants

The duty of people to ministers

The duty of ministers to people

The duty of ruling elders and people

The duty of magistrates and subjects

The duties of other relations

The fins forbidden

of the reason annexed ta this command

of the fixth commandment

The duties required

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Of the Seventh commandment

The duties required

The fins forbidden

of the eighth commandment

The duties required

The fins forbidden

of the ninth commandment

The duties required

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of the tenth commandment

The duties required

The fins forbidden

of man's inability to keep the law perfectly

An explanation of Gen. vi. 9. in the notes

Of fin in its aggravations

of the desert of fin

of the means of salvation in general

Of faith in Jesus Chrif

An explanation of Gen. xv. 6. in the notes

of repentance unto life

of Christ's ordinances in general

How the word is made effe&tual to salvation

How the word is to be read and heard

The duty of attending on ordinances

A caveat against receiving the gospel in vain

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