Social and Relative Duties, 180

The Family Relation,                                               180
Household Law,                                                     181

Rules, 183

1.  In Relation to the Family, 183 2.  To the Church, 184 3.  To Society in general, 186 4.  Visiting, 187 5.  Worldly Society, 188 6.  Conversation, 188 7.  Discussion of Absent Characters, 189 8.  Speaking of one’s self, 191 9.  A Suspicious Disposition, 191 10.  Intimate Friendships, 192 11.  Before going into Company, visit your Closet, 192

LETTER XVI.

Charity, 193

General Description of,                                            193
Long Suffering,                                                    194
Kindness,                                                          194
Envy,                                                              196
Self-Conceit,                                                      197
Description of a Self-conceited Person,                            197
Self-conceited Confidence not Independence of Mind,                198
Unseemliness,                                                      199
Forwardness,                                                       199
Impertinence,                                                      200
Taking the Lead in Conversation,                                   200
Fierce Contention for Rights,                                      201
Rudeness, Grossness,                                               201
Disinterestedness,                                                 201
Selfishness,                                                       201
Churlishness,                                                      203
Good Nature,                                                       203
Jealousy,                                                          204
Fault Finding,                                                     205
Telling others their Faults,                                       206
Christian Watch not Espionage,                                     206
Effects of Ruminating upon the Faults of Others,                   206
Sours the Temper and leads to Misanthropy,                         206
Charitable Joy,                                                    206