A Christian Directory remains one of Baxter’s most influential works, because it links the doctrine of justification with the outward evidence of forgiveness, manifested in ethical behavior and human experience. Volume Two of The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter contains the first of four parts of A Christian Directory.
This volume is devoted to Christian ethics. Baxter warns against acceptance of religion for its novelty or convenience. Christianity, he argues, entails significant responsibility for sin and suffering, a large dose of church controversy, and an ample amount of godly behavior. He encourages his readers to live with a keen awareness of the sustaining and sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit, and the manifestation of grace in the lives of believers through godly behavior.
Part two of A Christian Directory continues in Volume Four of The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter.
