149 226. twofold Page 255. of Christ grounded on the grace of God Page 255. of Saints not imputed Page 1202 3. Ministers how they should preach Page 238. must woo for Christ Page 669. Ministery shall never fail Page 36 †Miracles Conversion of men the greatest Page 239. of Christ confirm'd his mission Page 301 2. alone cannot convert Page 168 239. Misery sense of it preparatory to Regeneration Page 234. always from our selves Page 822. Mission of Christ from the Father Page 303. 672. Morality not sufficient to Salvation Page 47. 't is not Regeneration a Page 106. ad 109. often a hindrance to it never a cause of it Page 148. 170. the gift of God Page 164. owing to Christ's interposition Page 175 6. may be without Faith Page 74. reliance on it a cause of unbelief Page 737. Mortification necessary Page 1314. must be present continued universal Page 1314 5. men must be an agent in it ibid. not the work of nature ibid. difficult ibid. no entrance into heaven without it Page 1315. 1320. the more perfect the clearer assurance Page 1315. a sign of grace ibid. what it is and what not a Page 1315. ad 1318 the trial of it Page 1318 19. pressed Page 1320. directions for it Page 760. 1321. Moses's faith in Christ Page 1164. Motions of our hearts in hearing to be observ'd Page 241. first sinful Page 3 †of the spirit Vid. Spirit Murmurers at Providence unbelievers Page 727 8. N. NAture of man corrupt Vid. Fall Habits Regeneration not an addition to it Page 74. new one communicated to the Regenerate Page 101. humane dignified in Christs exaltation Page 1101. necessarily assumed to satisfie for our sins Page 1200. Vid. Satisfaction Naturals right use of them doth not oblige God to give supernaturals Page 150 226. Necessity and Liberty consistent Page 177. of Christs death impeaches not its voluntariness Page 877. its necessity explained Page 878 a 916. ad 919. proved Page 250 859 555 a 920. ad 950. New Creation and old how they differ Page 151. New Creatures Vid. Regenerate Nourishment of the soul in the Supper Page 760. O. OBedience of Christ in his death Page 312. 903. can 't be without knowledge Page 403. a means of divine knowledge Page 471. Christs Death and Exaltation motives to it Page 65 1107. without it no interest in Christs intercession Page 1153. no compensation to Justice Page 934 5 6. what kind due to Christ a Page 1214. ad 1220. friendship of Christ a motive to it Page 1220. how to perform it Page 1220. deliverances on engagement to it Page 48 †Objects renewed men mind others than formerly Page 83. of the Gospel not above mans faculties Page 142. spiritual inferences to be drawn from occasional ones Page 13 †Occasions of sin enmity to them a mark of Regeneration Page 124. men may avoid them by common grace Page 181. Omission of known duties constant shews men are unbelievers Page 724. a renewed man can't be guilty of Page 89. of Prayer Vid. Prayer Omniscience of God known by the creatures Page 479. belief of it would prevent bad thoughts Page 15 †Opinions false spoil conviction Page 598. change of them not Regeneration Page 106. ungrounded ones contention about them dangerous Page 666. hardly laid aside Page 668. Original corruption sense of it a means of Regeneration Page 62 135 229. the World insensible of it Page 537. the spirit convinces of it Page 580. sense of it the constant duty of all Page 670. 84 †the cause of unbelief Page 730 1. Ordinances can't be improved without Regeneration Page 35. attendance on them a means of it Page 63. 136 229. of themselves can't convert Page 168 9. natural men have a power to attend on them Page 184 5. to be attended on by them and how Page 203 4. all shall continue Page 770 1. 36 †none should add to or detract from Page 774. resting in them sinful Page 818. the holiness of them will not excuse sin in them Page 1821. the glory of them obscured before judgments come Page 65 †where they have been the places of the greatest Judgments Page 66 †Vid. Means of Grace Word P. PArdon without satisfaction doth not shew the love of God so clear as 't is in Christ Page 360. not discoverable by the Creatures Page 501 2. fruit of Christ's Death Page 895. 911. of the ancient Saints when compleat Page 923. daily Christ intercedes for Page 1143. and punishment inconsistent Page 1196. its nature Page 102 3 †God only the Author of it Page 103 †his attributes seen in it Page 104 5 †the manner of it Page 105 6 †on the account of Christ what that implies Page 106 7 8 †its effects Page 110 11 †misery of those that want it Page 111 †comfort to those that have it Page 112 †false signs of it Page 113 †false grounds why pardon'd ones question it Page 115 †signs of it Page 115 †motives to seek it and directions Page 117 †the duties of those that have it Page 118 †Vid. Cleansing Parents should endeavour their Childrens conversion Page 45. Passeover Christ is ours Page 847. a fit type of Christ Page 848. ad 852. Christ eyed in it by ancient Believers ibid. Passion hinders divine knowledge Page 464. oft swayes in Professors Page 666. the cause of a renewed mans sin Page 98 †Patience not without knowledge of God Page 407. of God discovered in Christ Page 500. towards total and partial unbelief great Page 653. 699. a means of perseverance Page 1374. under afflictions reasonable Page 84 †Peace Believers have with all Creatures Page 364 5 6. of Conscience follows Reconciliation Page 369. 912. 110 †with God and Conscience the fruit of Christ's Death Page 896. 898. not perfect here Page 1195. given holy men in calamitous times Page 66 †Perfection to be aimed at Page 129. not attained here Page 167. 202. 671. 1114. 1148. 1284. in Heaven Page 114. 1103. from God only Page 224 5. Perjury Unbelief would make God guilty of it Page 614. Persecution Religion pretended for it Page 554 love to the Saints under it a duty Page 811 12. should not make us cast off obedience Page 1217. encreases and purifies the Church Page 26 7 †promise of the Churches stability a comfort in it Page 39 †when maliciously design'd the wicked destroy'd Page 45 †heinously resented by God Page 69 †Vid. Trouble Perseverance of the Saints asserted Page 94. 115. 223. 225. 1324. 36 †can 't be without knowledge and growth in it Page 415. 455. Christ intercedes for it Page 1145. objections against it answered Page 1333. 1340. the Doctrine of it stated Page 1348 9. absurdities of the contrary Page 1350. should not encourage sloth Page 1366. to be ascribed wholly to Grace Page 1367 8 9. urged and directed a Page 1370. ad 1376. Pleasures in the ways of God great Page 92. 134. 61 â€
Sobriety Where the Apostle seems to oppose those to the first causes or ingredients of the defection 1. Faith opposed to Vnbelief of the precept of God and the threatning annext 2. Charity opposed to Disaffection to God As though God were an Enemy to their happiness and commanded a thing which did prejudice their happiness whereupon must arise ill surmises of God and an aversion from him 3. Sanctification In opposition to this Filthiness and Pollution brought upon the Soul by that first defection there must therefore be in them an aim and endeavour to attain that primitive integrity and purity they then lost 4. Sobriety 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Temperance Because the giving the reins to sense and obeying the longings thereof was the cause of the fall Gen. 3.6 She saw that it was pleasant to the eye Original sin is called concupiscence and lusting and to this is opposed Sobriety 1. Faith This is put first because it is the Fundamental grace It is the employer of Charity for it works by it the root of Sanctification for by faith the heart is purified By Faith is chiefly meant the grace of Faith 1 Faith in the habit 2 Faith in the exercise 2. Charity The first sin was an enmity against God therefore there is now necessary a Love to God The first sin was virtually an enmity to all the posterity of man which were to come out of his loins therefore love to mankind is necessary And Faith alwaies infers Love to God and man 3. Sanctification is here added because by that both the truth of Faith and love appears to our selves and others And justification by Faith is thereby ratified James 2.24 By Sanctification is not here meant a particular holiness or chastity due to the marriage bed as some of the Papists assert but an universal sanctity of heart and life 4. Sobriety This is a natural means for Preservation Intemperance makes bodily distempers more dangerous in their assaults True Faith is accompanied with Temperance and Sobriety in the use of lawful comforts The Papists though without any good ground frame an argument from hence to prove marriage to be a Sacrament asserting that those graces of Faith and Charity c. are conferred upon the Woman by vertue of Marriage and ex vi institutionis How severe a Doctrine is it then to engage any in vows of a single life when they might have a readier way to attain grace with the Satisfaction of nature Are not the virtues mentioned here as necessary to the single as the married Christians Who ever heard that marriage was appointed to confer those Christian graces which are necessary for men and women in all Conditions Besides is it probable that that was instituted to confer Christian graces which was instituted in Paradise before Christianity was in being and had been valid if man had stood in innocency where there had been no need of a justifying Faith Observe 1. The Punishment of the woman In Child-bearing 2. The Comfort of the woman She shall be saved 3. The Condition of the Salvation If they continue Wherein is implyed an exhortation to continue in Faith c. Doct. Many Observations might be raised 1. The pain in child-bearing is a punishment inflicted upon the Woman for the first sin 2. The continuance of this punishment after Redemption by Christ doth not hinder the salvation of the Woman if there be the Gospel-conditions requisite 3. The exercise of Faith with other Christian graces is a peculiar means for the preservation of Believers under God's afflicting hand I shall sum them up into this one Doct. The continuance of the punishment inflicted upon the Woman for the first sin doth not prejudice her eternal salvation nor her preservation in child-bearing where there are the conditions of Faith and other graces Here I shall speak 1. Concerning the Punishment and the Cause of it 2. The Nature of it 3. It s not prejudicing Eternal Salvation 1. Concerning the Punishment Child-bearing it self is not the punishment but the pain in it For the blessing Increase and multiply was given in Innocency This punishment is peculiar to the Woman and superadded to that inflicted upon the Man wherein the Woman also hath her share though it lay heaviest upon Adam's shoulders And because this punishment is the greater it is disputed in the Schools whether Adam's or Eve's sin were the greater Various Opinions there are We may I think safely make these Conclusions 1. In regard of the kind of sin it was equal in both They both had an equal pride an equal aspiring to be like God For in all probability Eve gave not her Husband the fruit to eat without acquainting him with the reasons which mov'd her to eat it as also the advantage she expected from it And God chargeth this aspiring humour upon the man Gen. 3.22 The Man 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is become like one of us Both of them therefore embrac'd the temptation as it was directed and swallowed the fruit with an expectation to be like not the Angels as some think from Gen. 3.5 You shall be as Gods Elohim but like God himself as appears by v. 22. in that Ironical speech where the Lord God Jehovah saith The Man is become like one of us They both believed the Serpent both broke the command in eating the fruit both were guilty of this aspiring Ambition Some indeed think Eve ate twice of the fruit once before the Serpent and the other time when she gave her Husband Gen. 3.6 She did eat and gave to her Husband with her and he did eat * Mariana in loc But that is not so clear in the Text. 2. In regard of the first motion to this sin Eves sin was the greater She was the seducer of Adam which the Apostle expresseth in the verse before the Text. The Woman being deceived was in the transgression Where the Apostle intimates the Womans sin in that respect to be greater than the mans Adam was in it too but the Woman deeper 3. In regard of the Womans condition the sin was greater on Adam 's part * Estius in senten 1. Because he being the Man had more power to resist more strength to argue the case 2. Eve had a stronger and craftier Adversary to deal with the subtillest of all the beasts of the field Gen. 3.1 animated and inspired by a craftier Devil The stronger the Tempter the more excusable the sin Adam was tempted by Eve but Eve by the Serpent 3. Eve had the command of not eating immediately from her Husband which laid not altogether so strong a tye upon her as it did upon him who had it immediately from the mouth of God and therefore was more certain of the verity of the Precept 2. Of what nature is this Punishment 1. 'T is not a Punishment in a rigid sense nor continued as such 1. Because 't is not commensurate to the nature of the sin neither is it that penalty which
punishment Psal 22.1 But thou art holy when he expostulates with God why he had forsaken him justifies Gods holiness Howsoever thou dealest with me thou art holy in all thy waies Thou dost me no wrong why should I complain when holiness and hatred of sin guides thee in all those actings with me 4. How earnest should we be to get rid of sin By pardon by Sanctification Guilt is the sting of punishment Sin only embitters trouble The Remission and Mortification of sin is the health of the Soul If the arrows head be out of a wound the cure will be more easy Look upon my affliction and my pain and forgive all my sin saith the Psalmist Psal 25.8 forgiveness of sin would mitigate the sharpness of his pain 5. How should we act faith on God in Christ before and under such a condition of punishment As we can never love God too much because he is the highest good so we can never trust God too much because he is one of immutable truth when we are in straits it is not for want of faithfulness in God but for want of Faith in us that we are many times not preserved We distrust God and this is the cause we fall into many distresses which otherwise would not come upon us or be quickly removed from us Did we grasp the promises closely and plead them earnestly we should often find the deliverance we desire We pray but we pray not in Faith we cry for deliverance but not with confidence we plead Gods power but forget his promise Many temporal promises are not perform'd to us not for want of truth in God but for want of faith in us Particular fiduciary acts will draw out the riches of a promise for want of which we remain poor in the midst of abundance Some think that the promise made to Josiah of his dying in peace which phrase is usually meant in Scripture of a peacable death upon the bed was not performed because Josiah was out of the way against the precept of God and therefore could not act faith requisite to the fulfilling of that promise for faith is much dampt in its actings under present contracted guilt †Tho. Goodwin This Faith in promises for outward preservation is not an absolute infallible assurance that God will bestow such outward things because the promises themselves are not absolute but it is rather an indefinite act of recumbency and submission referring it to his good pleasure towards us But it is certain we are very much defective in acting Faith upon promises for temporal mercies because it is an Epidemical distemper in us to trust God with our Souls rather than with our bodies and outward concerns 1. Exercise Faith before such a time Furnish your selves with the comforts of the Covenant and the efficacy of the death of Christ In bodily distempers our minds are discomposed and we cannot have that Freedom of thoughts and spiritual reflections This is the way to engage God who is the best assistant a very present help in time of trouble 2. Exercise it in the use of spiritual means God never Commanded us to trust him but in his own methods That is not trust in God which is attended with any wilful Omissions If we be careful in doing our duty God will be careful in doing what belongs to him Prayer is the best means for Faith to exercise it self in A spirit of Prayer before-hand is a sign of good success When the heart is drawn out to cry it is a sign God stands ready with the mercy in his hand Times of distress are times of calling upon God Psal 18.6 In my distress I called upon the Lord and he heard my cry God is to be acknowledged in all our ways Prov. 3.6 In the beginning by prayer for his direction in the end by praises for the success We are usually more earnest in trouble We have not at all times an equal fervency Christ himself some say had not for when he was in his agony he prayed more earnestly than before Luke 22.44 3. Act Faith upon the Relation God bears to you He is our Father We trust earthly Fathers and are confident they will not abuse us How much more ought we to trust our heavenly Father and not doubt of his sincerity towards us The greater the trouble the more we should plead Gods relation to us Our Saviour in the garden Mat. 26.39 42. at his entrance into his passion for us prays to God by the title of my Father whereas at other times he calls God Father without that appropriation But now he would excite his confidence and trust in God and those promises he had made him to assist him in that hour 4. Act Faith upon the attributes of God There is nothing in God can affright a believer There is not an attribute but seems fixed in God to encourage our dependance on him in any strait wisdom mercy truth omniscience power justice too for what comfort could we have to trust in an unjust God All which attributes are promised to be assistant to a believer in any case of need in the Covenant of grace where God makes himself over to us as our God and therefore all that God hath and is is promised there for our good Upon the Power of God Gods Omnipotence was the ground of our Saviours prayer to him in his distress and that which the Apostle seems to intimate his eyeing of Heb. 5.7 He offered up prayers unto him that was able to save him from death And Psal 16.1 The Psalmist or rather Christ pleads the power of God Preserve me O Lord for in thee do I put my trust 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Aquila renders it strong Plead the truth of God in his promise The promise that preceded the threatning viz. The bruising the Serpents head the defeating all his plots and designs whereof this was one to bring man into a state of punishment There is a promise which hath been especially tryed and made good though all in the book of God have been found true Psal 18.30 The Word of the Lord is tryed Not one word but the truth of it hath been tryed but especially this word That God is a buckler to them that trust in him i. e. That he will preserve and defend depending believers 5. Act Faith upon Christ Hath God delivered Christ to death It must be for some glorious end not for destruction of the Creature that might have been done without the death of his Son but for remission if so there is sufficient ground to trust him for every thing else We have a merciful high Priest which encourageth us to make our addresses to him He cannot but be touched with the feeling of our infirmities our penal infirmities which he suffered our sinful infirmities for which he suffered Where can he shew his mercy but in our misery Are we under Gods strokes Christ himself felt them that he might the better pity us
330 943.  9. 66  12. 1076. 8. 3. 1146. 10. 1. 336.  5 6. 60. 11 8. 630.  9. 1300. 12. 5. 23 † 6. 36 † 11. 1144. 13. 3. 737.  8. 910 911 1192. 14. 6. 40 † 19 20. 50 †15. 2. 488 40 † 8. 36. †19. 1 4 6. 23 † 13. 329 1091.  15. 694. 20. 9. 51 †21. 1. 40 † 3. 769 770.  5. 114.  16. 23 † 23. 489 497 770. 22. 1. 34 †THE INDEX A. ABel's Faith Page 601 1164. Abraham's Page 1164. Abstinence from sin may be without Mortification and the grounds of it Page 1317 8. Abuse of Mercy Dangerous Page 696. Acceptableness of Christs Death Page 883. How it was so Page 885 6. Demonstrated from Page 316. to 322 337 8 from 886 to 898 1087 1148. What made it so Page 882. a 899. ad 906. A Comfort to a Believer Page 323. 871 909. The fruits of it Page 317. ad 322. Acceptation of us and our services founded on that of Christ Page 322 897. Of Believers certain and perpetual Page 323 910. The matter of Christs Intercession Page 1146 7. Access to God Beleivers have with confidence delight and joy Page 366 7. In it God as Reconciled to be eyed Page 378. Studying the Death of Christ would animate us in it Page 844. Follows upon Pardon Page 110 †Vid. Prayer Accusations of Beleivers shall be answer'd Page 340. Of Sin and Satan the Death of Christ to be pleaded against them Page 753 4. 1103 1152. Activity of the New-Creature for God and of what kind a Page 88. ad 94. Essential Acts of the Soul not changed in Regeneration Page 73 4. Adam in Innocence how lie had a power to Believe and Repent Page 189. His first Sin what and how he fell Page 645 6. 730. Why not mentioned in 11. Heb. Page 646. His Faith in Christ Page 1165. What he knew of Christs sufferings Page 1170. Whose Sin greater his or Eves Page 78 †Adoption not without Regeneration Page 32. How they differ Page 72. How it differs from Reconciliation and Justification Page 244. How great a Mercy Page 1287. Thoughts of it a ground of confidence in Prayer Page 384. Advocate what Page 1111. Vide Intercessor Affections of the New-Creature for God unbounded Page 91. Of a Regenerate Man to the Law of God Page 99 100. Some sort of them may be raised in unrenewed Men. Page 109 110. Placed on God a mark of Regeneration Page 120. Follow sense Page 749. Inconstant ibid. Accompany a saving Knowledge Page 417. Corrupt a hindrance of Divine Knowledge Page 464. Sutable should accompany the Knowledge of God in Christ Page 519. Should accompany our Thoughts of God Page 3 †Afflictions the lot of all God's dearest Children Page 553 1286. We must not slight them nor be dejected under them Page 1282. All from God ibid. We should not be impatient under them Page 1282 1284 1289 1291. Their removal to be sought of God Page 1282. Sent on good Men by God as a Father Page 1282 1285. Effects of divine Love Page 1283 1289. Our carriage under them should be pleasing to God Page 1284. Should make us turn our Anger against sin ibid. The Wisdom of God in them to his Children above that of earthly Parents Page 1288. God to be loved for them Page 1289. The intention of God in them to be answered ibid. Grievous but profitable Page 1290. We should judge aright of them ibid. Faith necessary under them Page 1291. Vid. Faith Believers have assistance in them Page 1104. Sweetned by Pardon Page 111 †Great no sign of an unpardoned state Vid. Troubles Punishment Ambition a great hindrance of Conversion Page 2. A cause of unbelief Page 738. Angels could not have contrived mans Redemption Page 252. Nor effected it Page 860 937. Vid. Sacrifice Subjected to Christ Page 333 4. 1098. Not Redeemed Page 361 Good at peace with a Believer Page 364 5. Can 't know God perfectly Page 413. Their clearest knowledge of God is by Christ Page 495. How affected with mens sins Page 67 †Antiquity an unsafe rule Page 834. Apostacy unavoidable without growth in Knowledge Page 455. A folly Page 40 †Vid. Weak Grace and Perseverance Apostates are Unbelievers Page 729 730. Assurance how to be obtained Page 52 3. Of obtaining must not chill Prayer Page 384 Want of it not unbeleif Page 605 Often given at the Supper Page 762. Not necessary in a Communicant Page 783 4 And Faith how they differ Page 799. The more perfect our Mortification the clearer it is Page 1315. Possible Vid. Knowledge of a mans state Attendance on God our work in Heaven Page 39. Attributes of God some of them could not have been known without the fall Page 481 2. Others not so clearly Page 483. All manifested and glorified in Christ a Page 498. ad 512. 888 9. 906 941. A sense of them fix'd on the Soul in Conviction Page 575. All the object of Faith Page 1161. Faith to be acted on them Page 85 †B. BAptism shews the necessity of Regeneration Page 20. T is not Regeneration Page 75. No Converting Ordinance Page 792 Believers their Salvation certain Page 284 5. 911 1105 6. 1196. Their state better than Adams in innocency Page 371 2. 1356. Their Salvation the end of Christs Commission and Intercession Page 302 3. 1147 But few in all ages Page 671 714. Their happiness Page 701 2 3. a 909. ad 912. Christs possession Page 1328 9. His charge Page 1330 1 2 1359. Power given him for their good Page 1332 3 4. Vid. Exaltation His affections to them Page 1335 6 7. Blessings spiritual flow from the Father through Christ Page 258. Gods giving and accepting Christ an assurance none shall be denyed us Page 352 3. 369. 912. Christs acceptation the Foundation of them all Page 321. Blood of Christ cleansed from sins commited before it was shed Page 892. a 1187 ad 1192. Of perpetual vertue Page 893. Cleanseth morally Page 1186. From guilt and filth Page 1186 7. perfectly Page 1195 6 7. How a Page 1198. ad 1201. Comfort to those that are cleansed by it Page 1208 9. Vid. Death of Christ and Sacrifice Body prepared for Christ Page 275 6. Necessary for him Page 289. What kind of one Page 289 290. It s glory in Heaven Page 1093 4. Bodies of men shall be raised Page 1105. Boasting dangerous to a Renewed man Page 202. C. CALL of Christ to be our Redeemer by the Father a Page 266. ad 269. Cause of it self or any thing nobler than it self nothing can be Page 167 Ceremonies humane especially if abused not to be urged Page 747. Change a great one by Regeneration a Page 75. ad 84. 128. Goes with a saving knowledge Page 415 416. Christ may be esteemed by those that want saving Faith Page 2. Should be our end Page 66 The exemplar of the New Creature Page
102. 1338. Our need of him discovered by the Word as preparatory to the New-birth Page 235. All good conveyed by him Page 138 175 245 258. The end of the Creation and sum of the Law and Prophets Page 260 1. The naked declarations of him pleasing to God Page 319. Eternally beloved by him Page 321. His Mediation greatly valued by him Page 322. not carried into Heaven before his Death Page 300. to be glorifyed and praised Page 343. 754. a sufficient Mediator Page 351. the only one a Page 355. ad 358. 375. Vide Justification Blood of Christ and Intercession His Deity proved Page 206. 389. 668. 670. 711 2. 1147. 1178. Objections against it answered Page 388 9. 1158. the Medium of the Creation Page 493. his abundant fulness for his people Page 672. 1333. man an Enemy to him Page 749 750. highly esteemed by a Believer Page 801. his unspotted holiness Page 850. the only fit person in the Trinity to satisfie for man Page 941. necessary to own him as Messiah Page 1158. Vide Death of Christ and Sacrifice Christian Religion Vid. Religion Christians None are without Regeneration Page 19. 783. nor without knowledg Page 445. Church The forming one the end of Christ's coming Page 668. the greatest mercies to her attended with the greatest plagues on her Enemies Page 847. shall continue to the end of the World Page 744. 748. 1149. 21 †secur'd before her Enemies destroyed Page 847 65 †a particular one may be destroyed Page 1295 6 7. 23 †Vid. Gospel removed holiness necessary in it Page 21 †its stability Page 21 †when one is destroyed God will have another Page 24 †shall have a numerous progeny Page 25 †29 †hath been establisht against all opposition a Page 25 †ad 28 †shall be for the future and why Page 386. a 28. ad 36 †38 39 40 †a Gospel one hath greater grounds of confidence than the Jewish Page 38 †her establishment by God a comfort and wherein Page 38 9 †her Future Glory certain Page 40 †to be prayed for and loved Page 37 †40 †her establishment to be prayed for and endeavoured Page 41 †sometimes in desperate straits Page 44 †opposing her most fatal Page 44 †what times God takes to deliver her Page 45 6 †why he delivers her in those times Page 47 8 9 †and how Page 49 50 51 †very dear to God Page 51 †Vide Enemies of the Church Churches corruptions quickly creep into the best 747. 834. their actions observ'd by God Page 1293. the 7 of Asia their present sad condition Page 1296 7. Chearfulness in God's service a duty Page 57 †Vid. Delight Circumcision shadow'd the necessity of Regeneration Page 20. Cleansing to be desir'd as well as comfort Page 598. from sin 2 fold Page 1186 7. what it imports Page 1209. Vide Blood of Christ Commands of God to men to turn to him not unreasonable notwithstanding their impotence a Page 187. ad 196. Comfort none real without Regeneration Page 35. and the knowledge of it Page 52 3. a change of them upon Regeneration Page 82 3. ascribing Grace to our selves the way to lose it Page 202. Christ careful to give his people in distress Page 383. 553. 1157. 76 †none without Divine Knowledge Page 410 411. 504 5. encreased as we grow in it Page 456. studying Divine Mysteries the way to it Page 555. 844. not the measure of worthy or unworthy receiving the Supper Page 817. only by Faith in God and Christ in troubles Page 1159. all from above ibid. of Gracē may be eclipsed Page 1349. Coming of Christ two fold Page 768. Commission Christ had to redeem Page 299. ad 303. of Christ to be studied Page 304. Commonness of sin no argument of its pardon Page 114 †Communications of Christ can't be relisht or improved by the Unregenerate Page 35. Communion with God impossible without Regeneration Page 34 5. chiefly in the Supper Page 759. restored by the Death of Christ Page 896. founded on Union Page 1341. Company of good men keeping it a means of Divine Knowledge Page 473. Compassions to men Christ filled with Page 291. 296. manifested and improved in his Death Page 312. should be shewn to convinced sinners Page 596. of Christ to weak Saints great Page 1335. should be shewn to fallen Saints Page 1369. Conceptions of God carnal a hindrance of Divine Knowledge Page 465. the wisest Heathens had unworthy ones Page 485. debasing ones a sin Page 3 †Vide Imaginations Conditions of the Covenant very low and reasonable Page 374. 692. Conscience men oppose it Page 182. checks upon sin Page 183. its motions may be cherisht by a natural man Page 186. natural weak and false Page 567 8. excited and actuated by the Spirit in conviction Page 571. 574. terrors of it no argument of an unpardoned state Page 115 †Vid. Peace Consent not full in a Renewed Man when he sins Page 96 7 8 †Consideration natural men have power to exercise it Page 185. 6 7. intent caused by conviction Page 576 7. a necessary duty Page 1376. want of it one cause of a renewed mans sin Page 99 †Contemplation of God our work in Heaven Page 39. Content the duty of a renewed man Page 228. of a reconciled one Page 379. of every man Page 667. of a pardon'd man Page 118 †Contrivance of sin how hainous Page 5 †Conversation of a renewed man holy Page 84. and of him that hath saving knowledge a. Page 421. ad 424. Conversion hindred by Ambition Page 2. the critical Minute of it not necessary to be known Page 51. and Regeneration how they differ Page 70 71. of others to be endeavoured Page 130. further'd by Holy examples Page 132. the frame of our minds in it at first to be often reflected on Page 1375. 11 12 †Vid. Regeneration Convictions may be a long time before Conversion Page 2. alone not sufficient to Salvation Page 48. under them men find themselves unable to turn to God Page 166. the Spirit the Author of them all Page 560. 1 2. Spiritual he only can work a. Page 563. ad 570. 602 3. how wrought by him a. Page 218. ad 220. a. 570. ad 579 what is sinful in them the Spirit is not the Author of Page 570. by the Spirit of what sins and of what in sin a. Page 579. ad 583. of Nature and the Spirit their difference Page 583. 4 5. Legal and Evangelical their difference a. Page 585. ad 591. those of the Spirit and those by Satan their difference Page 591 2 3 4. the Devil the great stifler of them Page 595. comfort to those that have had them Page 595 6. and their duty Page 596. when under them what men should do Page 596 7. directions to prevent suppressing them Page 598. directions to obtain them Page 599. Pride often seen in men under them Page 735. should be oft review'd
sensual hinder knowledge stiffle conviction Page 464. 599. Philosophy never wrought such changes as the Gospel Page 235. Power remaining in natural men what a Page 175. ad 180. to be used by them Page 203 4. Vid. Impotence Power of God seen in Regeneration Page 215. manifested in Christ Page 344. 512. known by the Creatures Page 479. disparaged by unbelief Page 620. engaged to preserve Saints from Apostacy Page 1326. 1352. given Christ for Believers Page 1332. Vid. Fulness of Christ seen in the ruine of the Churches Enemies Page 47 †in pardon Page 105 †Praise a duty in heaven Page 40. discouraged by the Patrons of free-will Page 160 199. for grace received the way to have more Page 1322. Prayer a means of the new-birth Page 62. 136. 204. a renewed man can't neglect Page 121. discouraged by the Patrons of free-will Page 160. 199 natural men can perform Page 184 5. what pleas to be used in it Page 229. 270. 304 5. 385. always should attend the Word Page 239. omissions of it unworthy Page 354. 1149. adoption a ground of confidence in it Page 384. must not be chilld by assurance of having what we want Page 384. the glory of God must be chiefly minded in it Page 384. a means of Divine knowledge Page 466 7 8. neglecters or formal performers of it are unbelievers Page 726. thoughts of Christ's exaltation would encourage in it Page 1107. of Christ in the Garden and on the Cross Page 879. 1131 2. Christ's Intercession a comfort in it Page 1152. a means of perseverance Page 1373. a means to suppress bad thoughts Page 17 †for the Church hath excellent grounds Page 37 †excited by delays of deliverance Page 48 †should be frequent in a time of trouble Page 55 †delight in it Vid. Delight Preaching Eloquent not most successful Page 200. Christ's why not more successful Page 210. 232. 718. how it ought to be Page 238. 834 5. Predictions of Christ's Death a Page 944. ad 947. Preparation want of it makes a Man an unworthy receiver Page 818. Preparations to Grace a Page 148. ad 156. from the Spirit Page 569. Pride natural to fallen man Page 198. the Devils sin Vid. Devil a hindrance of conversion and knowledge Page 216. 466. oft in professors Page 666. the spring of the Churches calamity ibid. thoughts of God's soveraignty will check it Page 667. of reason the cause of unbelief Page 733. 4 5. appears in humbled ones Page 735 6. of the Churches Enemies the time of their ruine Page 45 †Priesthood of Christ required his Death Page 861 2 3. 942. and Exaltation Page 1084 5 6. intercession a part of it Page 1117. perpetual Page 1134. secures the Church and every Believer Page 34 †1354. Principles actions are according to them Page 21 2. a change of them in Regeneration Page 78 9. a vital one infused in it Page 84 5. Priviledges only don 't intitle to Gods favour or Heaven Page 30. 48. relyance on them a cause of unbelief Page 736 7. Profane ones far enough from Regeneration Page 105. are unbelievers Page 723. Profession not sufficient to salvation Page 47. is not Faith Page 798. Professors little evidence of Regeneration among them Page 105 6. oft overborn with Pride and Passion Page 798. many of them unbelievers Page 7â—2 disobedient are inexcusable Page 1218. Promises God vindicated in making them notwithstanding man's impotence Page 190. ad 194. made by God to Christ a Page 277. ad 281. 1077 8. to be pleaded by Christ Page 277. unbelief would frustrate them Page 615. pride hinders humbled ones from taking hold of them Page 735 6. can 't be delivered without Faith in Christ Page 118â— frustrated if the Saints Apostacy be possible Page 1351. of God to his Church to be studyed Page 54 †meditation on them causes delight in Prayer Page 63 †Prophesie its great end Page 261. fulfilling them prove Christ sent from God Page 656 7. Vid. Predictions Prophetical Office of Christ to be submitted to gain divine knowledge Page 519. Christ fitted for Page 671. required his Death and Exaltation Page 943. 1082 3. 4. secures Believers and the Church Page 1354. 23 †Prosperity no argument of God's love or pardon Page 1283. 114 †of the Churches Enemies before their ruine Page 45 †Punishments why Eternal Page 313. afflictions of Believers whether they are so Page 1196. 78 9. †God and Christ intended not in this Life to remove them Page 79 80 †the curse of them taken away from a Believer Page 80 †103 †their nature alter'd as to them Page 80 †prejudice not their Salvation Page 81. why continued Page 81 2 3 †103 †forbearance of it no argument of pardon Page 114 †Purgatory groundless Page 1202 3. Purity of heart a means of divine knowledge Page 471 2. Q. QVickning the regenerate need Page 174. to be sought of God Page 224. R. REacting sin how hainous Page 5 †8 †Reason would perswade to seek Regeneration Page 134. insufficient without Revelation Page 513 4. to submit to it Page 515. can 't convince of Unbelief Page 602 3 pride of it an enemy to Faith and cause of unbelief Page 715 734. Reconciliation twofold Page 241 2. of men to God how to be understood Page 243 4. the foundation of Regeneration Page 245. the Father the authour of it Page 245. 258. ad 262. what it implies Page 246 7. actual not before Faith nor from Eternity Page 249 250. by Christ necessary Page 250 1. none but the Father could be the author of it a Page 251 ad 258. the agency of the Father in Christ in it a Page 262 ad 338. by Christ only Page 355. with God comfortable a Page 363 ad 372. motives to accept it a Page 372 ad 376 the duties consequent on it Page 377. ad 380. daily to be sought of God in Christ Page 379. more difficult than Creation Page 646. to be valued Page 952. Redemption Vid. Reconciliation Reformation outward alone not sufficient Page 46 662. whence it springs Page 46 1317. Vid. Morality Reformations the word the only rule of them Page 747 1294. Regeneration its necessity explained a Page 9. ad 19. proved a Page 19 ad 44. a 45 ad 49. 134. ignorance of it to be lamented Page 44 5. misery of those that want it Page 49 50 51. comfort to those that have it Page 51 2. a 112 ad 118. 1356 7. 225. evidences of it to be cleared up why and how Page 52 3 4. to be sought of God Page 54 5. 228 132 3 4. 218. to be sought presently and why a Page 57. ad 62. how obtained Page 62 3 4. 229 135 6. 203 4. 238 9 40. difficult to describe it Page 69. 217. its difference from conversion justification adoption and sanctification Page 70. 1 2. described Page 70. what it is not Page 68. a 72. ad 75. a 106. ad 110. 't is a change and
orders that a Woman should not teach But I suffer not a Woman to teach i. e. publickly Two Reasons are rendred 1. * Hierom. She was last in Creation Adam was first formed then Eve 2. First in defection v. 14. And Adam was not deceived but the woman being deceived was in the transgression The fall of man was the fruit of the Womans first Doctrine and therefore she is not suffered to teach any more the Woman was deceived by the Serpent and so drew her Husband and whole Posterity into ruine Some of the Papists bring this place as an Argument against Womens reading the Scripture but no reason can conclude it from this place How can the Spirit of God prohibit their reading the Scripture in private and the instruction of their Families since Women are among those who are commended for reading the Scripture Acts 17.11 12. where the honourable Women are mention'd And Lois and Eunice are applauded for their instruction of Timothy Are not Women bound by that command of Peter to give a reason of their Faith to any that shall ask them unless they would have Women Christians without reason What was the Office of those Ecclesiastical Widdows in the Primitive times but to instruct the younger Women But this is not to be charged upon all the Papists Becanus only is the man that Rivet mentions * Isagog ad Script c. 13. p. 990 991. And because upon this declaration of the Apostle some might be dejected by the consideration of the deep hand the Woman had in the first fall in the punishment inflicted upon them for it the Apostle in the Text brings in a Notwithstanding for their comfort Notwithstanding her guilt in defection her punishment in child-bearing she hath as good a right to salvation as the Man So that the Apostle here answers by way of anticipation an Objection which might be made whether the guilt contracted by the Woman and the punishment inflicted might not hinder her eternal salvation The Apostle answers No. Though she was first in the transgression and the pain of child-bearing was the punishment of that first sin yet the Woman may arrive to everlasting salvation notwithstanding that pain if she be adorn'd with those graces which are necessary for all Christians Though the punishment remain yet the believing Woman is in the Covenant of Grace under the wings of the Mediator of that Covenant if she have Faith the condition of the Covenant which works by Love and Charity and is attended with holiness and renewal of the heart Observe God hath gracious Cordials to cheer up the hearts of Believers in their distress and in the midst of those cases which are sufficient of themselves to cast them down The Apostle here alludes to that curse upon the Woman Gen. 3.16 Vnto the Woman he said I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception In sorrow thou shalt bring forth Children The punishment is peculiar to the married woman besides that punishment which was common to her with the man Thy sorrow and thy conception Hendiadys say some The sorrow of thy conception The word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifies the whole time of the Womans bearing in the Womb and so includes not only those pains in the very time of Labour but also all those precursory indispositions as the weakness of the stomach heaviness of the head irregular longings and those other symptoms which accompany conceptions Though this pain seems to be natural from the constitution of the Body yet since some other Creatures do bring forth with little or no pain * Aristot Hist Animal l. 7. c. 9. It would not have been so with the Woman in innocency because all pain which is a punishment of sin had not been incident to a sinless and immortal body We will consider the words apart Saved It may either note the Salvation of the Soul or the preservation of the Woman in Child-bearing The first I suppose is principally intended for the Apostle here would signify some special comfort to Women under that curse But the preservation of Women in Child-bearing was a common thing testified by dayly experience in the worst as well as in the best Women and Christianity did not bring the professors of it into a worse estate in those things which immediately depended upon God or make the Children Vipers not to come into the world without the death of their Mothers Yet a temporal preservation may be included for when an eternal salvation is promis'd temporal salvation is also promis'd according to the methods of Gods wisdom and goodness in the course of his providence there being in all such promises a tacit reserve viz. if God sees it good for us and the manner of their preservation also wherein the preservation of a believer differs from that of an unregenerate Person Others are preserved by God as a merciful Creator and Governour in a way of common Providence for the keeping up of the world But believers are preserv'd in the way of promise and covenant in the exercise of faith and by the special love of God as a tender Father and their God in covenant with them through Christ In Child-bearing 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 through Child-bearing The Praeposition 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is often taken for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as Rom. 4.11 That he might be the Father of all that believe though they be not circumcis'd 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 believing in uncircumcision where it notes the state wherein they shall be saved So it notes here not the cause of the salvation of the Woman but the state wherein she shall be saved and amounts to thus much The punishment inflicted upon the Woman for her first sin shall not be remov'd in this life yet notwithstanding this there is a certain way of salvation by faith though she pass through this punishment For by 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is not meant a simple Child-bearing but a Child-bearing in such a manner as God hath threatned with sorrow and grief If they continue By They is not meant the Children as some imagine because of the change of the singular to the plural the sense then should run thus she shall be saved if the Children remain in faith c. That would be absurd to think that the Salvation of the Mother should depend upon the faith and grace of the Children When it is sometimes seen that the Children of a godly Mother may prove as wicked as Hell itself But by they is meant the Woman The name Woman is taken collectively for all Women and therefore the plural number is added The Apostle passes from the singular number to the plural as he had done from the plural to the singular v. 9. In like manner let the women adorn themselves in modesty where he uses the plural but v. 11. reassumes the other number again in his discourse The graces which are here put as the conditions are Faith Charity Sanctification