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A10010	The saints qualification: or A treatise I. Of humiliation, in tenne sermons. II. Of sanctification, in nine sermons whereunto is added a treatise of communion with Christ in the sacrament, in three sermons. Preached, by the late faithfull and worthy minister of Iesus Christ, Iohn Preston, Doctor in Divinitie, chaplaine in ordinary to his Majestie, Master of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, and sometime preacher of Lincolnes Inne.	Preston, John, 1587-1628.; Sibbes, Richard, 1577-1635.; Davenport, John, 1597-1670.	1633 (1633)	STC 20262; ESTC S115180	353,805	720

is fallen into sinne continues in it the guilt and power of it remaines upon his soule and he excuses himselfe with the smalnesse of it This is a common fault and therefore I will presse it the more Consider that which Christ saith Heaven and earth shall passe but the least jot of this Law shall not passe What is the meaning of that It is as if he had said somethings in the Law of God you may thinke small which are but ïotas though other things be greater but take you heed that you keepe every particular for there is not a jot of it but the Lord will have all his servants regard it exactly they shall have respect to every Commandement and to every part of that Commandement the least particular in his Law shall not passe away For consider if it were not so it would bee a prejudice to the Lords wisdome for there would bee something that hee commands which wee might slight But the Lord that hath commanded all both great and small knowes that it is best that all shall bee kept and therefore though heaven and earth shall passe yet the least jot of that Law shall not passe that this is the meaning of the place you may see by Christs exposition of the Law The Pharisies said Adultery must not be committed but I say saith CHRIST He that lusts hath committed adultery in his heart They said You must not sweare by the Temple but I say Sweare ●ot at all they said An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth but I say You must forgive your brethren Thus we must labour to resist sin in every even the least particular and reforme our selves in the omission of the least particle of the Law And so much likewise for the second point Thirdly we come now to consider what it is that turnes away his wrath and that is Zeale Phineas hath turned away my wrath while hee was zealous for my sake so that Zeale turnes away the Lords wrath You shall see it exemplefied in Elijah's answer to the Lords demand 1 Kings 19.4 What dost thou here Elijah As if he had said what hast thou done abroad in the world Sayes hee I have beene zealous for the Lord of Hosts because the children of Israel have broke thy covenants throwne downe thine Altars and killed thy Prophets and I onely am escaped As if he had said I have done the most I could for the safety of the Church I have beene zealous for the Lord and therefore hee prevailed with God for his owne deliverance You may see it likewise in Iehu who being zealous not in word onely but in deed also turned away the wrath of the Lord. And you may know it by the contrary that it is zeale that turnes away the Lords wrath because it is coldnesse and luke-warmenesse that brings on his wrath Rev. 3.16 consider there what is the reason why the Lord will spue out the Church of Laodicea and cast it away Because it was luke-warme and therefore the meanes to continue or procure his favour is it not heate and zeale Againe Rev. 2.4 The Church of Ephesus fell from her first love what then Therefore I will come against thee shortly and remove thy Candlestick Then to abound in love so that our workes may be more at last than at first to bee zealous for the LORD is the way to stay the Lord among us and to continue his Gospell of peace Therefore by the way it is not only the great sinnes of the Land that are causes of Gods wrath but the coldnesse of them that are otherwise good that causeth the Lord to remove the Candlesticke The very coldnesse of the Church of Ephesus in falling from her first love the luke-warmenesse of the Laodiceans the LORD would not endure in them Let every man consider this is his zeale now as much as it hath beene if not let us know that it is reckoned coldnesse and luke-warmenesse the falling from our first love is the cause of bringing Gods judgements on a Nation But what is this zeale Zeale is nothing else but the intention of all holy affections and actions I will goe no further than this Text to shew the nature of it Phineas was zealous that is he not onely did the thing but his heart burned within him with zeale for GOD. So as First there must be a stirring up of affection Secondly it must be holy it must bee for the Lord and this is it that discovers true zeale to looke onely to the Lord to have no by-respects as there may be zeale that makes a great deale of hea●e and yet it comes from the earth although it makes as great a show as the best Againe there must bee intention not only of affections but also of action Therefore it is said while hee was zealous for my sake among them as if he had said this zeale of Phineas was not kept smothered in his owne brest but it brak● forth into action hee did something for the Lord. And indeed it is action that glorifies GOD and that benefits men onely actions stand on our reckoning for you know God judgeth every man according to his workes It is action that doth our selves good that makes us usefull and serviceable to men and the Church that makes us instruments of Gods glory Therefore adde action to affection and know that zeale stands in both for it is the intention of holy actions and affections I will adde no more in the explication but will briefly apply it And first if it bee zeale that turnes away the Lords wrath then why should wee discourage zeale by it I dare bee bold to say the Citie stands Why doe wicked men cry downe all religion and zeale under the name of precisenesse and overmuch strictnesse of life walking bouldly in the streets and reckoning it their glory to wound God through the sides of men So that they make those that beare the name of Christ ready to reckon that their shame which is their glory to hang downe the wing and to seeke corners to hide their heads in whence it is that the servants of Christ follow their Master a far off as if they were halfe ashamed of his service when as they should weare his Livery in open view as accounting that their greatest honour It were well if some meanes were used to prevent this If it be zeale that turnes away the wrath of God wee should doe well then to nourish and cherish them that are zealous Are not religion and zeale the two which hold all up Are they not the pillars that beare up the Church and Common-wealth Are not they the rescues that deliver the Citie Yet doe not wicked men with them as those that to lop the Tree are still hacking at the boughes But the Lord still holds them up and the world for their sakes For why is this heape

suddenly which is enough to awake a man out of his sleepe of security for let him thus reason If GOD meant to save mee hee would give mee no rest in sinne for whom he intends to save hee afflicts before-hand that they may not perish with the world but those that will goe with the world he suffers to goe That is a terrible saying in the first Booke of Samuel the third Chapter and eleventh verse speaking of Hophni and Phinees saith GOD When I begin I will make an end and this is the sentence of all the wicked It is small comfort that you are free it being with you as with them that be seldome sicke that when they be sicke for the most part die for it When all things goe well with the wicked then the wrath of GOD comes like an Earth-quake which by reason of the winds being inclosed in the bowels of the earth hath a calme preceding it and so there is a calme in mens spirits before the Earth-quake of Gods wrath comes and then it is as a theefe in the night who comes when they be in a dead sleepe and least looke for him After this manner comes the wrath of God on the wicked as it is threatned Prov. 1.27 There shall come on them sudden desolation and destruction shall over-take them as a whirlewind it shall surprize them on a sudden and this may make men to tremble when they consider that sinne is attended with destruction when they sinne either GOD punishes them presently and then there is small cause of joy for the bitternesse is more then the pleasure or else he lets them alone and there is nothing in the world worse than to thrive in sin for then destruction will come suddenly The use then you are to make of it is First to teach you to see what sinne is in that it hath the wrath of God for its Concomitant Wee are apt to make a mocke of sinne we are ready to slight sin and to lay it in the light ballance of Common opinion and not in the ballance of the Sanctuary and so we come to be deceived Therefore this word Revealed must bee marked it intimates that we are backward to take notice of it except the LORD reveales his wrath from heaven and take us in hand to convince us of sin to shew us our corruption in its owne colours for we look on these things by a false light Thinke with your selves therefore what that must be which God punishes with eternall punishment See what it is in the punishment of CHRIT our Surety thinke what that is that brought CHRIST from heaven what that is that cast those Angels into hell to bee bound in chaines of everlasting darknesse Againe see it as you use to see it in the day of Death for then men are commonly awake see how it is then presented if it be not then terrible Againe judge of sin as men enlightned doe look to holy men how they judge of sin And which is without exception see how the Scripture presents sinne with this Concomitant the wrath of God as an evill and bitter thing See the Prophet Ieremie the second Chapter and it is certaine that the judgement of the Scripture is right And let all this humble you Secondly make this use of it learne to adde this to your humiliation As you must labour to see your state to have that corruption of nature which is in you discovered So you must labour for a sense of the wrath of God which if you get not you will never be humbled Labour to see God himselfe in his wrath looke not nakedly on an affliction but see God in it If a man hath a sight of him the Creator it will wholly amaze and humble the Creature Eliah was not moved with the wind that tare the rockes nor with the Earthquake though terrible but when God came though in a soft voice yet the presence of GOD humbled him that made him cover his face with his Mantle There be two kindes of Affliction one is that which the Creature is able to beare the other sort is when GODS hand is in it when they are mingled with his wrath These bee like Arrowes dipped in venome that make a deeper wound and such an one as is incurable when you feele the wrath God in any affliction let it be but a light apprehension in it selfe yet when the LORD shall set it on and mingle it with his wrath it will grow insupportable Iudas before his Treason thought thirtie peeces of silver to be a great matter and that he had got much by it but when God did manifest himselfe and revealed his wrath a little so that he saw God and had a feeling of him as every man shall have sooner or later you see what a condition he was in So it was with Belshazzer It was his feare of GOD when hee saw the Hand it was not the hand but the apprehension of GODS wrath that raised his thoughts and loosed his loynes and made his knees knocke one against the other So Paul when he heard the Word of GOD by false Samuel it cast him on his face he cared not for any thing that men did to him you know how David described his valour but when GOD comes to him that humbles him Consider what it is to have the mighty GOD of Heaven and Earth to be thine Enemie who hath all things at his Command and if hee bee thine Enemie all things shall worke together for thine hurt as every thing shall be for thy good if thou be in favour and covenant with him If thou say But I feele nothing for the present Remember though thou feelest it not for the present yet there is wrath laid up for thee God hath it in store Remember Gods dealing with them that sinned against him Shimei had committed a sinne that in Gods sight deserved Death so did Adonijah so did Saul and his seven sonnes that were hanged for breaking their oath with the Gibeonites You see how long these lay as if God had forgotten them but at length he brings them all to death Hee doth not powre out his wrath on the sudden perhaps thou shalt feele nothing of a long time but thou art condemned and when the Gaole-delivery comes thou shalt be executed for God remembers thy sins Cains sin lay at his doore though he saw it not it was not taken away but continued and it not onely continued and kept awake but it cried day and night unto him untill the crie entered into the eares of the Lord. The crie of sinne is like the crie of an Hireling to whom the just Master when the day is finished payes such wages as hee deserves So a sinner when his time comes is remembred before God though wrath hath beene restrained for a time yet now it shall seize on him Wee should learne by this to humble our selves And lastly if wee finde the wrath of God

them hurtfull but grasse is good and usefull But corne and flowers of the chiefest sort the earth cannot bring forth without plowing and sowing so it is with mans nature Take it as secluded from Grace it is able to doe two things to bring forth Sinne and Lust which comes from the corruption of it and likewise many excellent vertues which proceed from common nature which is in a man unregenerate as well as sinfull nature These things be good and very commendable but this is their fault they goe no further there is no more than nature in them they are very like true Grace as false Iewels are like true ones and as your wilde corne is like true corne there is a great similitude betweene them but yet there is a great deale of difference if you looke on them with a curious eye and judge of them with a righteous judgement Fourthly for matter of Actions it is true they doe many things but they fall short in these two respects First they doe not all they are alway wanthing in something It is not said Herod did all but many things He heard Iohn gladly and did much this rule will not faile they are not general in their obedience there is not a generall change Now the effect cannot goe beyond the cause but it is true of the regenerate They are New Creatures every way and therefore there is a generall observation of the Law of God I speake of an Evangelicall observation competent to the Saints I say they have a respect to all the Commandements the other have not because their hearts are not fully not generally changed they have light but it is shut up within the compasse of one faculty it turnes not the soule into light and therefore they know many things and doe many things yet because the worke is not generall they have still some exception something there is wherein they favour themselves some duty there is that they omit and that constantly from time to time Againe as they doe not doe all so what they doe they doe not in sincerity they doe it not to the Lord but for other respects for themselves for credit or applause to winne love and good will among men or to avoid shame or they doe it to escape judgement and to attaine that safety which Nature it selfe may desire or else to satisfie naturall Conscience many other respects there be but they doe it not in sincerity to the Lord. But it may be objected when they do things in secret doe they not doe them to the Lord It is true they doe it to him as to a naturall good as a Iudge that punishes and rewards as a Dispencer of good and evill so they doe it to the Lord but not to him as a Father as holy and pure as abstracted from all punishment and reward they doe not fix their eye on the Person of God to love him to desire favour and Communion with him after this manner they desire him not and so they faile in the good actions they doe Fifthly and lastly there are two men in Civill men before Regeneration that is an instigation to that which is good and a reluctancie to it a renitencie against it something contrary thereto as well as in the Regenerate but you shall finde them to fall short of the Saints in these foure regards First this Combate in them differs from that in the Saints in respects of the subject it being betweene the Conscience and all the rest of the Soule The Conscience sayes such things must be done but the rest of the faculties rise in rebellion against it because as I told you the light is shut up there and all the Soule is not enlightned but in the Saints the Controversie is between every faculty and it selfe between the understanding and it selfe betweene the whole Soule as it is compared with it selfe there is something good in every part of it and something ill and these two con●end Secondly as it differs in the subject so likewise in the object the contention is about different things A civill man that is one that hath many excellent and good things in him but yet is unregenerate for that I meane by a civill man may have a controversie with himselfe about many things belonging to honesty vertue sins of the greatest extent such as he is able to see as in a darke night we see the Starres of a greater magnitude but the other are hid from us but there is something spirituall things that belong to the Image of God to the life of Grace which he makes not Conscience of cannot contend about for he understands them not He may be troubled about many evils and if he fall into grosse sins there may be a Contention in him after he hath committed them as well as before but the spirituall perfomance of duties which belong to godlinesse and true holinesse is not controverted and so they differ in the object Thirdly it differs in regard of the effect and issue of the Combate In a naturall man where there is a strife you shall finde this the issue the better is the loser and the worse is the gainer as it was the speech of Medea Deteriora sequor but it is not so with the Saints for in their Combate ordinarily they have the better as Paul when this combate and strife was within him he was still so sustained by the Grace of God that he had the victory and that I take to be the meaning of that in 2 Cor. 12.9 when there was that strife in him about the thorne in the flesh that is some strong lust that Satan had sharpned against him The Grace of God was sufficient for him and in the issue thereof he did Meliora sequi but the other goes away with the worst Fourthly and lastly there is a difference in regard of the Continuance and durance of this Combate in carnall men it continues not to the end but they give over and this you shall also finde they stand not at a stay but grow worse and worse for that is a generall Truth Evill men shal wax worse and worse there may be a contention for a time the two men may for a Time be in an Aequilibrio the ballance may hang equall for a while but at last they give the raine to their lust they are weary of contending but the Spirit in the Saints growes stronger and stronger as it was said of the house of Saul it waxed weaker and weaker but the house of David grew stronger and stronger And as it was said of Peter When he should be old he should be carried whither he would not shewing by what death he should glorifie God that is this strife should continue til he was old till the latter end of his dayes yea and about that which is hardest of all that is to resist the desire of life to be content to die for CHRIST So you see how farre they

in the world what outward imployment soever wee exercise our selves in yet our maine businesse is in heaven we be ready on all occasions to look to the face of the Ruler of the Physition of men and creatures but we forget that the swaying of the ballance this way or that way is from the Lord When Iacob had prayed earnestly to be delivered from Esau God answers him thou hast prevailed with God and thou shalt prevaile with men so whatsoever businesse you have on earth if you will bring your enterprize to passe prevaile with God and you shall be sure to prevaile with men turne him and all is turned with him for all depends upon him Whatsoever is done on earth is first done in heaven and concluded there and then we feele and taste the fruit of it here From this generall we may descend to particulars and from hence you may learne That it is not our Army by Land nor our Navy at Sea that shall secure us at home or prevaile abroad though it bee well that these things bee done and therefore you doe well in contributing cheerefully to his Majesty for the maintenance thereof for the common good yet still remember that all your businesse is in heaven and that you must trust more to your faithfull prayers then to your preparations for successe in all enterprises It is not our woodden wals that will guard us it is not the Sea wherewith you are invironed nor our policy counsell and strength that will secure us and defend us but it is turning to the Lord and cleansing the Land from the sinnes wherewith he is provoked that will doe the deed Turne to him and then he will turne to you that shall bee a blessing on us and all our enterprises This is to see God in all things this is to sanctifie and exalt him for God in our hearts and without this all is nothing I will end this point with this briefe direction you know there is in every man I speake now of every man that is holy and not of others who are strangers from God the flesh and the spirit there is faith and sense and one of these two every man sets on worke to take a view of the things that are before them If you set faith and the spirit on worke to looke on things they will tell you it matters not what outward things are what the Creature is for it is God that doth all set the flesh on worke set sense and carnall reason on worke and they will bring quite contrary newes like the wicked Spies that were sent into the Land of Canaan who when they did but cast their eye on the state of things there they were first discouraged themselves and then discouraged the hearts of the people Oh there bee Gyants and wals reaching up to heaven Whereas the good Spies that looked on things with another eye brought another kinde of message Iust thus it is with us in sending out our Spies to looke upon the state of things before us if we send forth the Flesh Sense and Reason they bring report of terrible Wals and cruel Giants their power is so great their forces so strong that there is no medling with them but send Faith and the Spirit and the Will like good Spies looke on things with a right Iudgement and indeed that is all the difference betweene an holy man and another the one lookes on things with another eye hee sees a vanity in the Creature which the other doth not he sees an All-sufficiencie in God which the other cannot And therefore he hath onely an eye to the Lord all his care is to serve him and please him in all things So he hath no ill newes from heaven he cares for nothing on earth The other cares not how matters stand betwixt God and him so all things bee well below so his Mountaine stands strong and therefore that we may judge of things with a righteous judgement we must be carefull to see them in their true nature which onely Faith and the Spirit will present And so much shall serve for that point You see then that it is the wrath of God that doth all hurt and the favour of the Lord that doth all the good We come now to the second point which will come in well upon the former That it is sinne that causes wrath sin and wrath are knit together they are inseparable So that as Elisha said when Iehoram sent a messenger unto him to take away his life when he was sitting in the house with the rest of the Elders Shut the doore upon him and hold him fast for is not the sound of his Masters feet behind him So I say to every man If sinne and wrath come together then first shut the doore of sin which is the Messenger suffer it not to come in give it no entertainment for is not the sound of his Masters feet behinde him Doth not the wrath of God follow And shall not that wrath take away our head as Elisha said Therefore if you will keepe out GODS anger keepe out sinne But you will say I feele no such thing I have committed sinne and yet have no experience of his wrath following so close upon it I answer you must know this that as diseases must have a time of ripening so must sinne You know the poison of a disease enters not into the heart at first Sin hath certaine Vestigia which are set downe Iames 1.14 When Lust is conceived it brings forth sinne and when sinne is ripened and perfected it brings forth death The reason why it brings not death presently is because it is not perfect because it is not ripe The sinnes of the Amorites saith God are not yet full Ahab had committed a sinne he had got the Vineyard and slaine Naboth and yet heard nothing of it but when he had killed and taken possession too then came the Messenger of wrath and execution followed God let Iudas goe on till he had made the match taken recompence and betrayed his Master but than wrath came in upon him God stayed a great while till the sinne of Pharaoh was perfected till his hardnesse of heart was come to a ripenesse and then he was drown'd in the Red-sea Therefore in the second to the Romans it is said There is a Treasure of wrath Now in a Treasure there are three things First when a man is once able to treasure up any thing he is still adding to it and by degrees it growes and in that sense the Lord hath a Treasure of wrath as we adde sinnes he addes drops to the viall of his wrath till it be full Secondly it is a Treasure for a Time it lies still a while for else it were not Treasure And thirdly when the time of expence comes then it is opened And so it is with the wrath of the Lord it is gathered by

2 62 Our Hearts should melt at Christs love 3 41 See God Hell Out of Christ wee are subject to Hel● 3 49 Aggravations of the misery of Hell 3 50 Hid. The state of Gods children Hid 2 41 Honour Sanctification stands with Gods Honour 2 89 House What kinde of House God is 2 195 Humbled Humiliation Humiliation must goe before Iustification 1 6 Israelites how God Humbled them 1 7 Humiliation two things in it 1 8 Humiliation to bee laboured for 1 18 Triall of true Humiliation 1 22 Helpes to Humiliation 1 26 Good men shoud desire Humiliation 1 30 Humiliation a remedie against Gods wrath 1 278 Hundred-fold Hundred-fold with persecution 2 223 Hunger Hunger out of Christ 2 215 I Iealousie IEalousie of God provoked by want of zeale 1 299 Idolatrie Idolatrie to attribute that to the Creature that belongs to God 1 265 Idolatrie a sinne of Israel 1 295 Impediment Impediments not removed suppresse the Truth 1 206 Impediments of two sorts 2 152 Impossible That which GOD requires of Christians not Impossible 2 255 Transubstantiation a doctrine Impossible 3 8 Imprison See Truth Inclination Inclination wrought by the Spirit 2 16 Inclination changed 2 63 Inclination changed how to bee Knowne 2 64 Independent Independent riches make men independent 2 212 Inconsideration Inconsideration keeps men in their old state 1 240 Infirmitie Men excuse sinne from their Infirmitie 1 232 Incredulity Incredulity of mans understanding 1 45 Instigate Conscience corrupted cannot Instigate to good 1 55 Inlightned Carnall men may be Inlightned 1 152 Inconstancie Inconstancie of mans will 1 50 Instrument Ministers and ordinances Instruments 2 158 Insensible Ill signe to be Insensible of Gods wrath 1 272 Inexcusable So much revealed as makes man Inexcusable 1 219 Ioy. Ioy mortifieth Lusts 1 18 Israelites See Humbled Iubile Iubile a resemblance of libertie in the Gospell 1 19 Iustifie Iustification Why we are Iustified by anothers righteousnesse 1 3 Iustification and sanctification inseparable 2 4 Iustification how it admits degrees 2 177 The clothing of the soule in Iustification 3 95 See Humiliation and Sanctification Iudge How to Iudge of things 1 270 Iudgement Sinne in time brings forth Iudgement 1 272 Execution of Iudgement commended 1 295 Iustice. What makes men acknowledge Gods Iustice 1 13 Iustice of God on whom it appeares most 1 147 Want of Iustice a cause of Iudgement 1 295 K Kinde NAture common to the whole Kinde 2 96 Kingdome Kingdome we have by Christ 3 72 Knowledge Knowledge an aggravation of sin 1 92 Knowledge in naturall men without rellish 1 155 Knowledge sinned against imprisoneth Truth 1 195 A sin of Knowledge what 1 197 Sinne excused for want of Knowledge 1 221 It is a sinne not to encrease Knowledge 1 198 Men might have more Knowledge 1 222 Knowledge of our estate at the first conversion 2 51 What kinde of Knowledge makes new Creatures 2 76 L Law THe Law shewes mans nature to be corrupted 1 34 Law how to be understood 1 35 Law the least breach of it punished 1 36 Law compared to Aegyptian Tasks-masters 1 37 Law against which men sin is exact 1 282 Law of God approved by natural men 2 104 See Schoole-master Leaven Sinne likened to Leaven 2 128 Liberty Benefits of setting the Truth at Libertie 1 171 Meanes to set Truth at Libertie 1 172 Libertie by Christ 3 73 Libertie what ibid. See Iubile Life Life promised to the taking of Christ 3 55 Life spirituall the excellencie of it 3 56 Exhortation to partake of this Life 3 57 Life how it is a Christians 3 83 Light Light imprisoned foure wayes 1 134 Aggravations of sinnes against Light 1 146 Naturall men defective in Light 1 154 The burden of Christ in bearing growes Light 2 141 Long-suffering Wee should give God the glory of his Long-suffering 1 237 Lord. Zeale for the Lord 1 285 Sacrifice offred to the Lord 2 86 Love Love mortifieth Lusts 1 13 Men sinne out of Love to evill 1 163 Love of Christ the greatnesse of it 2 39 Love cannot be counterfeit 2 92.3 29 Perwasion of Christs Love unites to him 2 179 To serve Christ in Love a part of the Covenant 3 26 Love constant 3 28 Lusts. Lusts detained keep men in their old state 1 241 Lusts why God suffers them in his children 2 35 Excellencie of the new Creature above Lusts 2 37 Old Lusts must be mortified 2 84 M Mannah MAnnah how it is Angels food 2 215 Manifest The Law of Mans judgement Manifest foure wayes 1 181 Marke Marke of Christ what 3 53 Meanes Meanes enjoyed aggravate sin 1 99 Sin excused from want of Means 1 228 Difference of feare in respect of Meanes 1 303 Meanes of Grace tend to Sanctification 2 21 Meaning Sin excused from good meaning 1 101 Mediator Why God hath appointed us such a Mediator as Christ 1 187 Memory Memory the corruption of it in two things 1 53 Mercy Mercy of God the greatnesse of it 3 22 Mercy to whom it is shewed 3 52 Metaphor Metaphors used in the Sacraments of the old Law 3 7 Ministery Ministery to be advanced 1 298 Misery Our Misery out of Christ 2 178 Forgivenesse of sinnes takes away the cause of Misery 2 18 See Apprehension Morall vertues Morall vertues nothing without change of nature 2 102 N Naked OVt of Christ we are Naked 2 209 To be Naked what 2 213 Nature Mans Nature full of ungodlinesse 1 4 33 All in mans Nature corrupt 1 41 Badnesse of Nature aggravates sinne 1 101 Men by Nature how far they may goe 1 151 How farre men by Nature fall short 1 153 God made manifest by the light of Nature 1 181 Sinne excused from corruption of Nature 1 226 What keepes men in the state of Nature 1 240 Conversion of men are turning the course of Nature 2 8 More than Nature required in the New Creature 2 91 Those that are in Christ have another Nature 2 95 Not to be content without a new Nature 2 101 Two things in a new Nature 2 112 Naturall When a thing is said to be Naturall 2 95 Good duties must bee Naturall to us 2 107 Necessitie No Necessitie of Transubstantiation 3 3 Need. Riches helpe in time of Need 2 211 Neglect Neglect keepes men from Christ 1 12 Neglect in serving of God 1 257 Net Gospell a Net 1 23 New Creature New Creature the excellencie of it 2 37 New Creature signes of it 2 49 New Creature what 2 61 New Creature the parts of it 2 84 New Creature required 2 122 Noblenesse The Spirit workes Noblenesse of spirit 2 15 Number Consideration of the Number of former sins helps humiliation 1 27 O Oath THE Covenant confirmed with an Oath 2 24 Object Faculties knowne by their Object 2 56 Objection Objection of Papists out of Iohn 6. concerning eating Christs flesh answered 3 33 Offices Offices of Christ goe together 2 20 Offices of Christ to be improved 2 183 Old Old

man what 2 73 Old man must be mortified 2 83 Old nature to be abhorred 2 114 Old custome wee are redeemed from 2 122 All that is Old must bee pulled downe 2 127 Grace takes not away Nature but the Oldnesse of it 2 129 Omission Sinnes of Omission 1 73 Omission of acts ibid. Omission of graces 1 75 Omission of occasions ibid. Opinion Opinion advanceth the Creature in our thoughts 1 266 Originall sinne Originall sinne 1 40 Originall sinne how it is one sinne and many 1 42. How it is privative and positive ibid. Actuall sinne leads us to Originall 1 103 Others Sinne excused from the badnesse of Others 1 106 Successe of Others with God should encourage us 2 29.3 21 Outward Men fare not the worse in Outward things for holinesse 2 43 Overcome To Overcome what 3 76 P Parents NAture received from Parents 2 96 Passeover Passeover why eaten with sowre herbes 1 25 Peace Peace one benefit by Christ 3 75 Pearle Zealous men Pearles 1 287 Personall Men condemned for their Personall sinnes 1 39 Perswade Hard to Perswade men in Divinitie 1 45 Perfect Of Perfect walking with God 1 260 Pleasant That which is natural is pleasant 2 110 Plentie Plentie one priviledge by Christ 3 74 Portion God is a Christians Portion 3 85 Poore Out of Christ we are Poore 2 209 To be Poore What 2 210 Power Power of Gods wrath 1 115 Practise Practise sets the Truth at liberty 1 173 Want of Practise of known truths a great sinne 1 200 Prayer prayer sets the Truth at libertie 1 172 Prayer stops Gods wrath 1 301 Prayer unites us more to Christ 2 180 Preaching The Ministers businesse in preaching 2 156 To see how the Word workes in the Preaching of it 2 164 Pride Pride of the will of man 1 50 Prize New Creature how to be Prized 2 79 See Christ. Priviledges Priviledges of a Christian reall 2 219 Prophane Difference betweene civill men and Prophane 1 127 Professe Truth not Professed is unrighteously detained 1 211 Pronenesse Pronenesse to sinne no excuse of it 1 29 Promise Promise of God should incourage us to pray 2 22 Punishment Punishment of with-holding the Truth in unrighteousnesse 1 138 Purpose Good Purposes in extremitie seldome true 2 99 Good Purposes nothing without change of nature 2 102 Q Qualitie NEw Qualitie infused in sanctification 2 71 New Qualitie what ibid. R Reason TRansubstantiation against Reason 3 11 Record Sins committed remaine on Record 1 277 Recreation Recreation too much used is an impediment 1 208 Reformation Reformation must be joyned with fasting 1 250 Reformation a remedie against Gods wrath 1 280 Relapse Relapse into sinne 1 28 Relish See Knowledge Religion Religion impaired by the neglect of the Sabbath 1 256 Reluctancie Reluctancie in the Saints when they sinne 2 134 Remaine Sinnes Remaine in Gods people 2 90 Remember Remembrance Memory corrupt in that wee ought to Remember 1 53 Conscience corrupt as it is a Remembrancer 1 55 End of the Sacrament to bring Christ to Remembrance 3 4 Renewed How to get our natures Renewed 2 116 Reprobation Election and Reprobation how frustrate 2 150 Rest. Men prone to Rest in duties 1 249 Rest a motive to take Christ 2.186.3 68 Restraine Conscience corrupted in its Restraining power 1 56 Riches Riches for what end they serve 2 210 Riches of a Christian is Christ 3 77 Riches by Christ what 3 78 Riches the property of them 3 80 Righteousnesse Righteousnesse of Christ imputed 1 39 See Iustifie S Sabbath SAbbath ought to be sanctified 1 255 Antiquitie of keeping the Sabbath 1 256 Vsefulnesse of keeping the Sabbath ibid. Sacrament Sacrament a seale of the Covenant 2 22.3 15 Sacrament the end of it 2 25.3 4 Sacrifice Two things in Sacrifice 2 86 Salvation Being in Christ the ground of all Salvation 2 171 He that beleeveth hath Salvation 2 197 Damnation and Salvation of great moment 2 199 God desires mans Salvation 3 20 Sanctification Iustification and Sanctification inseparable 2 4.17 Sanctification how it riseth from Iustification 2 5 Sanctification what 2 13 Incouragements to pray for Sanctification 2 22 Sanctification the necessity of it 2 33 Sanctification how to prise it 2 36 Not to challenge Iustification without Sanctification 2 44 Cloathing of the soule in Sanctification 3 95 Satisfie Spirituall food Satisfieth 3 89 Seales Two Seales 3 19.54 Schoole-master The Law a Schoole-master how 1 11 Scripture Gods truth manifested in the Scripture 1 182 Transubstantiation against Scripture 3 13 Secrets Secrets of God not knowne by carnall men 1 154 Selfe-love Sel●e-love sanctified 2 13 Sense The new life hath new Senses 2 40 Present Sense a signe of the New Creature 2 49 Transubstantiation against Sense 3 10 Sensible Sensiblenesse of conscience lost 1 56 Spirituall things Sensible 2 220 Sensitive appetite Sensitive appetite corrupted 1 58 Selves Men must be humbled to know them Selves 1 14 Serve One part of the covenant to Serve Christ 3 25 Wearinesse in Serving sin 3 69 Short See Naturall Sinne. Sinnes thought to bee lesse than they be 1 27 Sinne aggravated by circumstances 1 89 Difference in Sinnes 1 96 Sinne wee should labour to see what it is 1 118 Frequencie of Sinne argues want of faith 1 255 Difference of men in regard of Sinnes 1 281 Zeale against Sinne 1 290 Striving against Sinne 2 53 Turning from Sinne a part of the Covenant 3 25 See Personall and Wrath. Sincerity Sincerity wanting in carnall mens actions 1 159 Sincerity little at the first 2 113 Sicknesse Sin the Sicknesse of the soule 3 71 Sleepe Sinne seemes dead when it is a Sleepe 2 85 Small Men excuse sinnes by thinking Them Small 1 230 No sinne Small and why 1 282 Species Hatred sets against the whole Species 1 290 Spirit Good things in evill men wrought by the Spirit 1 144 Morall vertues the gifts of the Spirit 1 158 Worke of the Spirit in sanctification 2 5 Spirit workes holinesse 2 21 Sorrow Sorrow corrupted 1 67 Sinne excused by pretended Sorrow 1 233 Soule Matters of the Soule of great moment 2 199 Soule to bee regarded especially 2 200 T Taking TAking of Christ what 2 185.3 24 No losse by Taking of Christ 2 222 Two things should invite us to Take Christ 3 45 Taught Nature cannot be Taught 2 97 Temptation The lesse Temptation the greater the sinne 1 95 Sinne excused from Temptation 1 227 Evill men doe good for want of Temptation 2 135 Thanke See Truth Thoughts Thoughts corrupted 1 68 Thoughts the importance of them 1 69 Thoughts of two sorts 1 91 Thirst. Thirst satisfied in Christ 2 202 What Thirst heal'd in the Saints 2 204 Transubstantiation Arguments against Transubstantiation 3 3 Fathers not distinct against Transubstantiation 3 66 Transubstantiation set abroach by Damascene 3 67 Transubstantiation brought into England 3 68 Treasure Gods wrath a Treasure 1 273 Trust. Trust in God the nature of it 1 258 Truth Truth with-held in