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The principles of the Christian religion

by Philip Doddridge · 1702–1751

Published: 1799
Length: 2,000 words
Reading: 10 min
Divisions: 29

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The principles of the Christian religion: divided into lessons and adapted to the capacities of children.

Printed at Worcester [Mass.] By Isaiah Thomas, Jun. Sold wholesale and retail at his store. 1799.

Original spelling, as transcribed by the Text Creation Partnership.

Contents

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Lesson 1LESSON I. Of our Nature, and its Chief Happineſs.
Lesson 2LESSON II. The knowledge of God to be learnt from the Bible.
Lesson 3LESSON III. Of the Nature of the bleſſed God.
Lesson 4LESSON IV. Of God's Relation to us.
Lesson 5LESSON V. Of our Duty to God and Man.

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Lesson 6LESSON VI. How love to God is to be ſhewn.
Lesson 7LESSON VII. How love to our Neighbour is to be ſhewn.
Lesson 8LESSON VIII. All Sins to be avoided.
Lesson 9LESSON IX. The ſin of our nature confeſſed.
Lesson 10LESSON X. The miſery brought by ſin.
Lesson 11LESSON XI. Salvation by Chriſt.
Lesson 12LESSON XII. Who is Chriſt, and how he appeared in the world.
Lesson 13LESSON XIII. What Chriſt did in the World.
Lesson 14LESSON XIV. Chriſt's Sufferings and Death.
Lesson 15LESSON XV. Chriſt's reſurrection & aſcention.
Lesson 16LESSON XVI. Of Faith and Repentance.
Lesson 17LESSON XVII. The aſſiſtance of the bleſſed Spirit.
Lesson 18LESSON XVIII. Of the means of Grace.
Lesson 19LESSON XIX. The deſign of Baptiſm.
Lesson 20LESSON XX. Of the Lord's Supper.
Lesson 21LESSON XXI. Of the Holy Angels.
Lesson 22LESSON XXII. On Death.
Lesson 23LESSON XXIII. Reſurrection of the Dead.
Lesson 24LESSON XXIV. Of the Laſt Judgment.
Lesson 25LESSON XXV. Heaven and Hell.
Lesson 26LESSON XXVI. Reflections on the value of the ſoul.

29 divisions in the TEI outline

Subjects

ChristianityJuvenile literature · Poetry · 1799

Details

Author: Philip Doddridge (1702–1751)
Imprint: Printed at Worcester [Mass.] By Isaiah Thomas, Jun. Sold wholesale and retail at his store. 1799.
Extent: 30, [2] p. : ill. ; 11 cm. (16mo)
Language: English
Catalogue: Evans 35415 · Evans 36163
Source: TCP N26630
Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (Text Creation Partnership)

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