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AN

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.

BY THE LATÉ REV. AND LEARNED

Mr THOMAS BOSTON,
MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL AT ETTRICK,
AUTHOR OF THE FOURFOLD STATE, A VIEW OF THE

COVENANTS, &C.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOLUME III.

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HOLD FAST THE FORM OF SOUND WORDS.--2 TIM. i. 13.

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Berwick :

PRINTED BY AND FOR W. GRACIE, AND J. RENNISON,

BOOKSELLER, BERWICK.

CONTENTS

OF THE

THIRD VOLUME.

Of 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 Servants to masters

The duty of masters 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 to this command

of the fixth commandment

The duties required

The fins forbidden

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

The fins forbidden

Of the tenth commandment

The duties required

The pins forbidden

Of man's inability to keep the law perfectly

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

Of hn in its aggravations

Of the desert of fin

Of the means of salvation in general

Of faith in Jesus Chrift

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

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