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To the reader[737]
I.General rules for an upright conversation.[737]
II.Memorandums to civil rulers for the interest of Christ, the church, and men's salvation.[741]
III.Directions for subjects concerning their duty to their rulers.[744]
IV.Directions to lawyers about their duty to God.[769]
V.The duty of physicians.[771]
VI.Directions to schoolmasters about their duty for their children's souls.[773]
VII.Directions for soldiers, about their duty in point of conscience.[774]
VIII.Advice against murder.[778]
IX.Directions for the forgiving of enemies, and those that injure us; against wrath, and malice, and revenge, and persecution.[782]
X.Cases resolved about forgiving injuries and debts, and about self-defence, and seeking right by law or otherwise.[785]
XI.Special directions to escape the guilt of persecuting. Determining also the case about liberty in matters of religion.[790]
XII.Directions against scandal as given.[800]
XIII.Directions against scandal taken, or an aptness to receive hurt, by the words or deeds of others.[807]
XIVDirections against soul murder, and partaking of other men's sins.[810]
XV.General directions for the furthering of the salvation of others.[813]
XVI.Special directions for christian conference, exhortation, and reproof.[814]
XVII.Directions for keeping peace with all men.[819]
XVIII.Directions against all theft and fraud, or injurious getting and keeping that which is another's, or desiring it.[823]
XIX.General directions and particular cases of conscience, about contracts in general, and about buying and selling, borrowing and lending, usury, &c. in particular.[827]
XX.Directions against oppression.[846]
XXI.Cases about, and directions against, prodigality and sinful wastefulness.[851]
XXII.Cases and directions against injurious law-suits, witnessing, and judgment.[855]
XXIII.Cases of conscience, and directions against backbiting, slandering, and evil speaking.[858]
XXIV.Cases and directions against censoriousness and unwarrantable judging.[861]
XXV.Cases and directions about trusts and secrets.[861]
XXVI.Directions against selfishness as it is contrary to the love of our neighbour.[868]
XXVII.Cases and directions for loving our neighbour as ourselves.[870]
XXVIII.Special cases and directions for love to godly persons as such.[873]
XXIX.Cases and directions for loving and doing good to enemies.[883]
XXX.Cases and directions about works of charity.[885]
XXXI.Cases and directions about confessing sins and injuries to others.[895]
XXXII.Cases and directions about satisfaction and restitution.[896]
XXXIII.Cases and directions about our obtaining pardon from God.[899]
XXXIV.Cases and directions about self-judging.[901]

A moral prognostication.		[905]
To the reader.[905]
Of what must be expected in the churches of christendom, till the golden age returns, or till the time of true reformation and unity.[906]
Of the changes that will be in christendom in the golden age, and time of true reformation and unity.[914]
Consectary.[920]

The reformed liturgy.		[922]
The ordinary public worship on the Lord's day.[922]
The order of celebrating the sacrament of the body and blood of Christ.[930]
The celebration of the sacrament of baptism.[934]
Of catechising, and the approbation of those that are to be admitted to the Lord's supper.[936]
Of the celebration of matrimony.[937]
The visitation of the sick, and their communion.[938]
The order of solemnizing the burial of the dead.[938]
Of extraordinary days of humiliation and thanksgiving, and anniversary festivals.[939]
Of prayer and thanksgiving for particular members of the church.[939]
Of pastoral discipline, public confession, absolution, and exclusion from the holy communion of the church.[941]
Appendix: prayers to be used at discretion.[945]