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thee, give me that due fenfe of all thy mercies, that my heart may be unfeignedly thankful, and that I may fhew forth thy praife, not only with my lips, but in my life, by giving up myself to thy fervice, and by walking before thee in holiness and righteoufnefs all my days, thro' Jefus Chrift our Lord; to whom with thee and the holy ghoft, be all honour and glory world without end. Amen.

The EN D.

REASONS.

For preferring the NEW Whole Duty of Man, which treats of the FAITH as well as PRACTICE of a Chriflian, to the OLD Whole Duty of Man, which treats of the moral DUTIES only.

By the following Specimen of 150 Defects in the OLD Whole Duty of Man, and which are fupplied in the New Whole Duty of Man; It may be obferved, That thofe with a [*] before them, the Church of England has declared, and maintains to be effentially neceffary to falvation; and of these Defects, there are no less than feverteen in the following specimen only.

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For farther fatisfaction, see the PREFACE to the NEW Whole Duty of Man; and at the end of it the TESTIMONIES from Scripture, the Liturgy, Articles, Homilies, and Writings of feveral of the most learned and pi ous BISHOPS, and eminent DIVINES of the CHURCH of, ENGLAND. PROVING, That the OLD Whole Duty of Man was very improperly fo called, and dangerously received under that title; because the ARTICLES of the chriftian faith are entirely omitted in that Book; and without faith in thofe Articles, the moft diligent practice of the DUTIES there treat❤: d of, is not fufficient to fecure to a chriftian his eternal salvation.

No.

The SPECIMEN of DEFECTS.

150

Heads WANTING in the OLD Whole Duty of Man.

In our duty to GOD.

Of a divine revelation.

F the reasonableness, cer

neceffity of believing a divine reve lation.

2. Of the truth and excellency of christianity. How it may be pro ved from history, prophecy, mi

racles,

3.

racles, and by internal and exter-125. Of its infallibility and members, 26. Of the communion of faints,

nal evidences.

of faith, &c.

*Of the chriftian faith in one God and three perfons, the father, fon, and holy ghoft.

The neceffity of this belief, in order to obtain salvation.

5. Of the creation of the world, and God's providence.

6. Why God is called father and almighty.

7. Why Jefus Chrift is called our Lord.

8. Of the reasonableness of the belief in the trinity.

9. *Of faith in Jefus Chrift, as God and man.

10. * Of his incarnation and birth. * Of his fufferings and crucifixion.

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27.

28.

29.

* Of fin; and when its forgivenefs is effectual thro' Chrift,

Of the refurrection of our bodies, proved by reason and facin the Old and New Testament.

Of its certainty, universality, of the reward to the good, and punishment to the wicked.

30. Of the folly of atheism; and the cafe of atheists.

31.

Of the life everlasting. 32. Of the felf-condemnation of the wicked; and of their eternal punishment.

33. God's juftice vindicated in pu

nishing the wicked eternally. 34. There can be no excufe for fin. 35. Of the truth and excellency of the doctrines of chriftianity. 36. The truth of the chriftian religion not affected by religious difputes.

37. Religion, originally, neither the effect of fear, education, or state policy

38. Why the Lord's fupper was ordained by Christ.

39. Of the fatisfaction that is neceffary to find acceptance of our repentance before God. 40. The obligation of an oath. 41. Of curfing,

Of his being our advocate and interceffor. 18. Of his coming again, and ap-42. pointment by the father to be the judge of both men and angels. 19. Of a particular and general judgment.

ao. Of the reasonableness of a last judgment.

21. Of the degrees of rewards and punishments.

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22. Of faith in the holy ghoft. 23. Of his peculiar office, and manner of working in us. 24. *Of the holy catholic, or univerfal church, and its being a state of falvation,

43.

Of making vows.

Of the object of our prayers; and of their power and efficacy. 44. The common objections against prayer answered.

45. Of repentance, and when it is effectual.

46. The danger of delaying repen

-tance.

47. Of purgatory.

48. Of works of fupererogation, 49. Of the faft of lent.'. 50. Of a facrament. 51. The cafe of unbaptized perfons

e,

In our duty to our Neighbour. 74. The duty of a friend; and of
HE duty of princes.

52.

53. T

ftrates.

The duty to civil magi-

54. The duty of civil magiftrates
both to king and people.
55. In what manner the civil magi-
ftrate is to be punished.

56. Of the chriftian priesthood, and

partaking of other men's fins.
75. Of the qualifications requifite in
friendship.

76. Of the choice of company, and
its importance to youth.
77. The duty of fervants, fhewing
that fervitude is of God's ap
pointment for the public good.
78. The advantages of fervitude.

the clergy's great fervice to man-79. There is no fuch distinction in
kind.
heaven.

57. Why it was ordained.
58. Is of God's appointment; ho-
nourable, and must not be con-
temned.

59. What is required of those that
enter into holy orders.

60. Of the fuperior education of the
clergy.

61. Of the behaviour due to thofe
that fet a bad example.

62. The reasons of the contempt of
the clergy.

63. The advantage of doing our du-
ty to the minifters of God's word
and facraments.

64. Of the king's fupremacy in ec-
clefiaftical affairs, and power to
punish evil minifters.

65. The king cannot invade the
prieft's office,

66, The duty of children in regard
to quarrels or contention between
their parents,

67. When they may go to law with

a parent; and in what manner.
68. The duty of parents in regard to
the portioning their children.
69. Whether they may difinherit
their children; and in what cafes.
70. The duty of a wife in regard to
drefs.

71. How fhe may fecure her huf-
band's affections.

72, How to behave to an adulter-
ous husband; and how to reclaim
him,

73. The advantage of her meeknefs
to herself,

80. Of duelling.

81. Of murder that may be com-
mitted in word and thought.
82. The cafe of Abraham offering his
fon Ifaac, not to be imitated.
83. In what cafe killing is not mur-
der.

84. Of felf-murder by melancholy
perfons, and by condemned pri-
foners.

85. Self-murder is infamous, and të
be abhorred.

86. Its causes, danger, and means to
prevent it.

87. The deceit and fin of borrowing
on bad fecurities; of putting off
bad money; of engroffing, and of
trading in evil-gotten goods.
88. O vexatious law-fuits, and of
defrauding creditors by protecti
ons and frauds.

89. Of the advantages of fair dealing.
90. The method to prevent cenfo.
riousness.

91. The folly of promifing what is
not in our power to perform.
92. Of avoiding flattery.
93. Of equivocation.
94. Of repeating a lye,
95. Of jocofe jests.

96. Of admonition and reproof, how
to be given to an obstinate finner,
in the cafe of intemperance, in
time of fickness, and imprisonment
and perfecution,

97. How to prosecute an offender,
and a debtor.
98. Whe

98. Who is an unmerciful creditor.
99. We are not to be charitable by
unjust gain, nor to the prejudice
of our creditors.

In our duty to Ourselves.

100.

F the government of our
thoughts.

101. In what their liberty and mo-
rality confift.

102. The various methods of go-
verning them.

124. Of innocent appetites, and their
great advantage.
125. Of good and bad zeal.
126. Of chriftian zeal, how to be
practised, and when it is abused.
127. Of the certainty and uncertain-
ty of death.

128. It is advantageous to man,
and a token of God's wifdom and
goodness,

129. What influence a meditation
on death fhould have upon us.
130. How to number our days.

103. Of felf-conceit, its bad confe-131. Of repentance before death.
and how it may be 132. Of habitual preparation for
death.

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quences,
curbed,

104. Of paffionate people.

105. Of idleness.

106. It is the fountain of poverty.
107. It is the root of all evil.
108. It is dangerous to fervants, and
to tradesmen in particular.
109. It is the parent of enthusiasm.
110. It is the bane of religion and
fociety.

111. Of the bleffings of industry.
112. How far the devil has a power
to tempt man.

133. Of the best preparation får it.
134. How this preparation is hine
dered.

135. Ofa juft disposal of our world-
ly affairs.

136. Of a difregard of the world; of

patience in fickness; and of sub-
miffion to the will of God.

137. Of the advice and assistance of
a minifter.

138. In what the death of the righ
teous confifts.

113. How to guard against tempta-139. Of the fhortnefs of human life.

tion.

114. Of drinking fpirituous liquors.
115. How they are deftructive to our

nature.

116. Of spending our time.
117. Of refreshments and recreati-

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140. In what the life of man con-
fifts.

141. Of the advantage of piety.
142. Of the difadvantages of a long
life.

143. Of a middle ftate.
144. Of the danger and folly of a
mif-fpent life.,

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145. Directions for a holy life.
146. Why death is fo dreadful to hu

man nature.

147. How the fear of death may be
removed.

148. Why men defire to live long.
149. Of the height of chriftian per-
fection.

150. Its comfort to the foul of a dy
ing perfon.

TANTUM,

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