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CONTENTS

OF

THE FOURTH VOLUME.

TALES FOR THE COMMON PEOPLE.

Page

The History of Tom White the Postboy: in Two

Parts.........

1

The History of Hester Wilmot in Two Parts;

being the Sequel to the Sunday School......... 42

The Grand Assizes; or, General Gaol Delivery:

an Allegory...........................

74

85

99

The Servant Man turned Soldier: an Allegory

The History of Betty Brown the St. Giles's

Orange Girl with some Account of Mrs.

Sponge the Money-Lender.........

Black Giles the Poacher: in Two Parts. Con-

taining some Account of a Family who had

rather live by their Wits than their Work....... 115

Tawney Rachel; or, the Fortune-teller: with some

Account of Dreams, Omens, and Conjurers.... 148

MORAL SKETCHES OF PREVAILING OPINIONS

AND MANNERS, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.

Preface to the Sixth Edition...........................

Preface to the First Edition.......

FOREIGN SKETCHES.

Foreign Association.........

French Opinion of English Society.....

English Opinion of French Society....

England's best Hope...........

DOMESTIC SKETCHES.

On the Corruption of Human Nature................ 358

False Notions of the Dignity of Man, shown from

his Helplessness and Dependence................... 370

The Obligation of Prayer universal. Regular

Seasons to be observed.— The Sceptic and the

Sensualist reject Prayer....

Errors in Prayer, which may hinder its being

answered. The Proud Man's Prayer.

377

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The patient Christian. False Excuses under

the Pretence of Inability...........

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....... 387

God our Father. Our Unwillingness to please

- Forms of Prayer. — Great and Little

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All Sin an Offence against God.

- Be-

...... 403

nefit of habitual Prayer.....

The Doctrine of imputed Sanctification, newly

adopted. — The old one of progressive Sancti-

fication newly rejected. The Adoption of the

one and the Rejection of the other hostile to

Prayer. St. Paul's Character.......

Character of those who expect Salvation for

their good Works. Of those who depend on

a careless nominal Faith. Both these Cha-

racters unfavourable to Prayer. — Christianity

a Religion of Love which disposes to Prayer,

exhibited in a third Character.........

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412

..... 422

Prayer. The Condition of its attendant Bless-

ings. Useless Contention about Terms....... 433

Vain Excuses for the Neglect of Prayer.

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The

Prayer against the Fear of Death. - Cha-

racters to whom this Prayer is recommended... 440

The Consolations of Prayer. Its perpetual

Obligation.........

On intercessory Prayer.................

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The Praying Christian in the World. The

Promise of Rest to the Christian................... 469

The Lord's Prayer, a Model both for our De-

votion and our Practice. - It teaches the Duty

of promoting Schemes to advance the Glory of

God...........

Conclusion.................

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