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X. Several objections against this course of enter-

ing into a covenant engagement with God,

briefly answered

XI. The duties required of those who have been

personally forming a covenant engagement

with God

XII. Address to persons of different descriptions

commencing with unconverted sinners

XIII. Counsel and instructions given to sinners

that they may enter into a personal engage-

ment to be the Lord's

A FAMILY ALTAR.

The Epistle to the Christian Reader

Recommendatory Epistle -

CHAP. I. Explanation of the text -

XIV. Admonition and consolation for those who

have formed a covenant engagement -

XV. Sources of consolation suggested, and a solu-

tion of doubts proposed

POSTSCRIPT. Introduction-acceptance of God-dedi-

cation to him of-soul-body-connections

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II. Statement of what is meant by family altars,

and what is required of householders -

III. Arguments to prove that governors of fami-

lies should set up altars for the worship of

God

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IV. Objections militating against family altars

proposed and answered

V. Neglect of family worship, an evil of a threaten-

ing description and greatly to be lamented

VI. Motives to influence masters of families to set

up altars to God for his solemn worship

VII. Directions for setting up an altar in families,

and for the management of family worship- 367

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VIII. Directions for carrying on the worship of

God in families, as to the matter of prayer - 376

IX. The manner of performing family worship

considered

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X. A solution of several cases of conscience con-

cerning the worship of God in families.

THE BEST ENTAIL.

Dedication

The Preface

CHAP. I. Introductory observations

II. The sins and sufferings of families often occasion

the grief of parents

III. Nature of the covenant of grace, and what there

is in it to support the Christian -

IV. Sources of hope which parents derive from the

covenant for their adult and surviving chil-

dren

V. Answer to an objection against the premises

VI. The subject calculated to produce conviction

and humiliation

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HEAVENLY CONVERSE.

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The Preface

Heavenly Converse, Introduction

VII. Instruction may be derived from the subject

under consideration -

Asserted and proved ·

Inferences-

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Letter to the Rev. T. Jollie, prefixed to this Volume as the

Fac-simile of an Autograph in the possession of the

Rev. T. Raffles, LL.D.

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BAPTISMAL BONDS

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