Answers 31 questions and deals with 30 cases of conscience.

Written to "remove the doubts of the timorous Christian, quicken him on his way to Zion, to guard against presumptuous hopes, and promote the life of religion in the soul... to destroy the vain confidence of a sinner, without disturbing the peace, and discouraging the minds of those who are the real followers of Jesus."

Questions dealt with include:

• "How shall we distinguish between the workings of natural affection and real exercise of grace in religious duties?";
• "What is faith? How does it differ from hope, love, repentance, etc.?";
• "How may times of family and closet duty be best regulated to the glory of God, our own comfort, and the advantage of those about us?"; and
• "How may a Christian know that he grows in grace?".

More controversial questions are also dealt with, such as:

• "How may we distinguish betwixt that which is moral, and that which is typical, or merely ceremonial, in the books of Moses? And consequently, which of these precepts are still in force, and which are those long since abrogated?" and
• "A serious person who scruples to comply with the usual practice of playing at cards, desires to know whether these scruples arise from a needless tenderness of conscience, or from the faithful monitions of the Spirit of God?"

A real feast of practical and doctrinal Calvinistic counsel. Makes a great gift for introducing friends and relatives to some easily digestible, nicely portioned pieces of theological meat.