Believers happincss Page 353. Vid. Believers the Church preserved in the midst of them Page 26 †of the Church their folly Page 37 †44 †Gods promise to his Church a comfort against all their designs Page 39 †to the Church the fiercest who Page 43 †design her destruction Page 44 †the nearer her deliverance the fiercer God's judgements on them Page 44 †destroyed by the same means whereby the Church is preserved Page 44 †in what times God destroys them Page 44 45 46 †why in those times Page 47 8 9 †how then destroyed Page 49 50 51 †Enmity to God unworthy Page 354 Enoch's Faith in Christ Page 1164. Essence of God not communicated in Regeneration Page 101. Evidences should be cleared up why and how Page 52 3 4. Eve her Faith in Christ Page 1165 6. whose sin greatest Adam's or hers Page 78 †Exaltation of Christs divine Nature in what sense Page 329. 1090 1 2. of his humane Page 329 1092 1093 1094 1095. the act of the Father Page 330 386. the reward of his death a Page 331 ad 334 863. very fit and congruous Page 334. the ends of it a Page â—34 ad 337 386 1099 1118 1334. the manner and nature of it Page 337. an encouragement to Faith Page 338. Vid. Faith comfortable to Believers Page 340 1. a 1102. ad 1106. terrible to the wicked Page 341 2 1102. the greatness of it Page 386. 1096 1097 1098. whether merited by Christ Page 1074 1075 6. necessary Page 386. a 1077. ad 1098. to be meditated on and why Page 1106 7. Vid. Glory of Christ Self Examination pleasant to a renewed man Page 113 114. will quicken him to praise Page 126. in the power of a natural man Page 185. a necessary duty Page 825 6. diligence requisite in it Page 827 8 9. men backward to it and why Page 828. the neglect of it folly Page 830. urged ibid. directions for it Page 831 832 833. 1365 1366. a means to cast out evil thoughts Page 16 †Self Examination before the Supper universally necessary a Page 793. ad 796. the object of it Page 777. a 796. ad 813. Examples good discourage sin and promote holiness Page 132. Excommunicated persons not to be debarred from the word Page 792. Experience Vid. Mercies received of the new birth want of it makes it hard to be conceived Page 69. Extremities the time wherein God saves his people Page 27 †46 7 8 †of the Church often very great 44 †Exhortations Vid. Commands Eternity of Punishment Vid. Punishment Events ungrounded imaginations about them sinful 4 †F. FAith God gives sufficient grounds for it but forces none to it Page 1. implanted in Regeneration Page 78 9. man naturally an Enemy to it and all its attendants Page 144 714 715 716 718. how far it could be exercised by Adam in innocence Page 189. whether purchased by Christ Page 212. encouragements to it Page 298 315 323 339 655. necessary to Salvation Page 319 349 700. pleasing to God and Christ Page 319 350 624 629 673. its firm foundation Page 323 327. 338 339. 347 348. 672 673. 1088. its nature and adjuncts Page 349 671 2. a 798 ad 802. qualifies for reconciliation with God Page 372. a low and reasonable condition Page 374. can 't be without knowledge Page 405. its seat Page 428. accompanies a saving knowledge Page 428. and knowledge encrease one another Page 430. should be much exercised Page 596 7. 1373. the choicest Grace Page 604. 671 2. may be where there are interruptions of its acts and doubtings Page 605 6. why made the condition of the New Covenant Page 646. due to Gods revelations a dictate of Nature Page 647 8. the root of all other Graces Page 649. weak the patience of God towards it wonderful Page 653. means to engage us to seek it Page 662. to be prized and God blessed for it Page 664. that God only can work it no excuse for an Unbeliever Page 706. motives to seek it Page 708. 1108 1153. humane not true Faith Page 720. 1 2. purifies the heart Page 723 4. the Devil a great Enemy to it and why Page 740. we should examine whether we have it Page 741 2. should be prized and strengthned because 't is so rare Page 745. the design of all Gods actions to promote it Page 744. necessary in a communicant Page 781. to be enquired after before he receives Page 797 8. and acted by him when he receives Page 753. 802 3. direct acts of it when to be exercis'd Page 832. how establisht Page 844. 1107. to be exercis'd as oft as we sin Page 1114. what keeps Life in it Page 1177. not required of all in an equal degree Page 1179. to be exercis'd before and under Temporal evils Page 1291. 84 5 †without it no pardon Page 106 †tho' weak interests us in pardon Page 113 †Faith its object God in Christ Page 349 â—50 1159. God the principal Page 1160 1 2. Christ the immediate Page 373. 1163. Christ was of the ancient Believers tho' not so distinct as of ours Page 848. 1163. ad 1171. of old exprest by waiting and trusting Page 1169. is in his person Page 1171. as sent and commission'd by God Page 305. 1172. in all his Offices Page 342. 1173. 1182. as crucifyed the more immediate object of it Page 870. a. 1173. ad 1177. such a Faith urged Page 854. 872. 904. 913. 1210. only as eying that justifies Page 1210. as risen and exalted Page 67. 1177. to be examin'd by its object Page 1179. in Christ urg'd Page 1179 80. in him solely wholly always Page 1181 2. Faithfulness of Christ to his charge Page 1335. 1360. Fall made man unfit unwilling unable to good Page 10 11 175. sadly depraved him Page 44. 143. the misery of man by it Page 197. 754. sense of the corruption by it a means of the new birth Page 62 3 135. and of Mortification Page 1321. insensibleness of it the cause of unbelief Page 731 2. an occasion of the greater discovery of God Vid. Attributes since it man not able to know God by the Creatures as he ought Page 483. Fall into sin upon it how 't is with a renewed man Page 98 99 †of others Vid. Sins of others Familiarity with God causes delight in Prayer Page 60 †God the Father the Author of Reconciliation Page 251 2. a. 258. ad 262. necessary he should be so a. Page 252. ad 262. his Agency in Redemption a. Page 262. ad 338. his special love to Christ as Mediator Page 673. Favour of God lost by sin regain'd by Regeneration Page 29 30. the fruit of Christ's Death Vid. Death of Christ follows upon pardon Page 110 †Fear of God can't be without knowledge Page 407. what caused by the Spirit in Conviction Page 570. 577. a preservative from Judgments Page 71 †of sin a sign of Pardon Page 116 †the duty of a pardon'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
of what kind a Page 75. ad 84. 126 235 6. a vital principle Page 84 5. a habit a Page 85. ad 96. a law in the heart a Page 96. ad 100. a likeness to God Page 100. its rarity and whence Page 105 237 242. its trial Page 53. 118. ad 124. 217 237 8. 't is excellent Page 125. 130 133 209 223 227 237. honourable and pleasant Page 133 4. attainable by all Page 135. man not the author of it proved in general a Page 140. ad 147. more particularly a Page 147. ad 175. what man by common grace can do towards it a Page 174. ad 187. why then God commands it c. a Page 187. 197. not by moral suasion only Page 200 1. God the efficient of it Page 205 6 7. necessary he should be a Page 207. ad 210. what attributes of God manifest in it a Page 211. ad 217. what kind of work and low wrought a Page 217. ad 222. 234 5. to be ascribed only to God Page 198 222. the circumstances of it to be considered Page 227. founded on Reconciliation by Christ Page 245. depends on Christs Resurrection Page 326. a means to divine knowledge Page 471. a means to raise good thoughts Page 11 †the Word the instrument of it Vid. Word Regenerate their duty a Page 125. ad 132. 20â— 2 3. a 225. ad 228. 238. to be esteemed Page 111. their sins great Page 111. cannot sin how understood Page 88 9. they only fit to come to the Sacrament a Page 780. ad 784. they may receive it unworthily Page 817. difference between their sins and other mens great a Page 89. ad 100 †Religion the Christian its excellency above all others a Page 343. ad 346 515 648 657 1116 1218. its wonderful propagation Page 209 507 517 614. not to own it to be from God very irrational Page 656 7 8. 699 734. not to act according to it a madness Page 743. Repentance whether Adam in innocence had a power of it Page 189. a very low condition Page 374. not without knowledge Page 407. kept in life how Page 843. can 't satisfie or expiate sin Page 932 951. not right without mourning for others sins Page 75 †Vid. Godly Sorrow Reproach the friendship of Christ a comfort under it Page 1219. Reproof a good man can't despise it Page 95 †Resistance of grace by men Page 146. of sin must be continued Page 17 †Resolutions not to be made in our own strength Page 202 3. not to be trusted in Page 222. necessary in approaches to the Supper Page 752 3. should be oft renewed Page 1375. to sin were it not for hindrances a good man can't have Page 93 †Restraints differ from Regeneration Page 109. and mortification how they differ Page 1318. Resurrection of Christ for us Page 67 326 7 promised him Page 282. necessary Page 324. the act of the Father Page 325 comfortable to Believers Page 327. how pardon depended on it Page 106 †of our Bodies certain Page 1105. Vid. Exaltation of Christ Revelation by the Gospel not insufficient Page 142. its clearness aggravates unbelief Page 614. of God belief due to it a dictate of nature Page 647 8. Vid. Reason Revenge the chief object of it within Page 1314. Riches a cause of unbelief Page 738. Righteousness our own not to be trusted in Page 599 907 951 1181 2 Vid. Justification exploded by the spirit in conviction Page 576. must vail to Christ Page 669. S. SAbbath a probable reason of its change Page 853. Sacraments efficacious by the word Page 233. always thought needful by God Page 316. Sacrifices how acceptable to God Page 316. instituted by God Page 232. 646 855. 948. typical of Christs death Page 856 948 9. 1174. answered by Christ Page 857. of themselves could not expiate sin Page 858 838 9. of what necessary for man Page 859 c. not from the light of nature Page 947. were not and could not be the object of the Israelites Faith Page 1167 1191. they apprehended some mystery in them Page 1167 8. Sacrifice Christ only fit to be one Page 861 940. 941 2. Christ one in his humane nature Page 862. of Christ his value whence Page 862 899. all his sacerdotal acts depend on this Page 863. Christ one for us not himself Page 855 865. this matter of comfort to believers Page 871. to be laid hold on Page 872. of Christ perfect Page 906 7. Saints their company a part of the happiness of heaven Page 42. admiration of their gifts and graces make men slight Christ Page 666. love to them Vid. Love Salvation of Believers certain Page 284 703. Vid. Believers ours and God's glory link'd together Page 285. the end of Christ's commission and Exaltation intercession Page 302 336 1147. all things necessary for it in Christs hands Page 673. to be sought of Christ Page 674. Christ hath done his part towards it Page 704 5. no want of evidence of the way of it Page 705. only by Christ Page 922. Sanctification and Regeneration how they differ Page 72. a sign of pardon Page 116 †Vid. Holiness Regeneration Satisfaction necessary for sin Page 868 a 9. 3 ad 883. 932. not possible to be by any creature a Page 932. ad 942. of Christ declared to be full by his Exaltation Page 1089. Vid. Death of Christ Sacrifice Justice Popish ones to be rejected Page 907. Scriptures studying them a means of divine knowledge Page 468 519. they that never look into them Unbelievers Page 726. men unwilling to be guided by them Page 1â—93 studying them a means to raise good thoughts Page 11 †to be read by Women Page 76 †Seal of the Covenant the Supper is Page 758. Seasons for duty the fittest to be chosen Page 62 63 †Secret sins discovered by the Law in the hand of the Spirit Page 573. Security of the Churches enemies the forerunner of their ruin Page 46 †Seed of Christ who Page 102 3. promised him a Page 278. ad 281. Christ to take care of them Page 281. spirit given him for their sakes Page 297 8. Vid. Believers Self the chief end of a natural man Page 66. Christ died to take men off from it ibid. necessary we should be and no Regeneration till we are Page 66 7. Self-love the principles of it contradicted by Unbelievers Page 648. Self-fulness a conceit of it a cause of unbelief Page 736 7. Sense of sin meditation on that Christ had a means of conviction Page 599. of original sin Vid. Fall should be great in a Communicant Page 752. the want of it reproved Page 72 3 †no argument of an unpardon'd state Page 115 †Vid. Corruptions Sensuality Vid. Pleasures Service of God evangelical not without a new nature a Page 21. ad 29. not accepted from an unregenerate man Page 33 4. Renewed men always disposed for it how Page 87 8. industry and affection must be in it Page 377. of a
believer accepted Page 702. Vid. Believer much expected after pardon Page 118 †Vid. Acceptation Obedience Signs of Grace true ones to be used in self-examination Page 831. Simplicity of the word powerful in changing men Page 236. minding it a means of the new-birth Page 240. necessary in preaching Page 834 5. Sin beloved most opposed by Grace Page 3. the new-Creatures hatred of it universal great Page 91. 96. difficult to such a one Page 95 6. enmity to the first motions of it a mark of Regeneration Page 123. so is enmity to spiritual sins occasions and temptations to them Page 123 4. brutes uncapable of it Page 179. many though not all may be avoided by common Grace Page 180. 1 2 3. its vast power over narural men Page 197 198. fully expiated by Christ Page 340. not to be spared or loved Page 315. 376. the fruit of Ignorance Page 445 6. all the fruit and sign of unbelief a Page 649. ad 652. 724. God brings good out of it Page 667. 1364. 44 †against the Holy-Ghost what Page 682. love to it the cause of mens refusal of Christ not known in its extâ—nt but by the Spirit Page 557. 572. men love not a sight of it Page 566. men have disguises and evasions for it Page 568. forgotten revived by the Spirit Page 575. what and what in it the Spirit convinces of Page 579. ad 583. weakned by frequent communicating of those that draw nearest God the blackest Page 821. how great an evil Page 822. 950. to be forsaken and why Page 855. 872. 883. though general not to be followed Page 1217. 72 †Vid. Commons of sin actual the sproutings of original Page 1314. alias in the unregenerate ib. to be checked immediately Page 16 †former ones how they may be improved Page 16 17 †small ones their danger Page 113 †Sins of others saving knowledge will make us mourn for them Page 425 6. mourning for them a duty Page 66 7 8 †1369. acceptable Page 68 9 †a preservative from publick judgments Page 69 70 1 †74 †those that mock rail only fret imtate or not mourn aright for them reproved Page 272 †comfort to those that bewail them Page 73 †mourning for them urged Page 74 5 †Sincerity can't be without a new nature Page 26 7 8. of God in his promises though he denies special Grace Page 190. a means of perseverance Page 1370 1. deliverance delayed to discover it Page 48 †mourning for others sins an evidence of it Page 69 †a preservative from common judgments ib. a sign of pardon Page 115 †Sorrow immoderate prevented by spiritual apprehensions Page 554. Christ tender of raising it in his distressed people Page 555. godly strangers to it are unbelievers Page 726. necessary at the Sacrament Page 752. 803. accompanies faith Page 800. how to try it Page 805. excessive in a Believer reflects on Christ Page 1149. godly prevents bad thoughts Page 14 †ungrounded and mistaken the best apt to be overwhelm'd with Page 555. 1156. godly a sign of pardon Page 116 †Soveraignty of God disparaged by the Patrons of free-will Page 152. seen in Regeneration Page 212. 226. known by the Creatures Page 480. struck at by unbelief Page 621 2. thoughts of it would check pride and envy Page 667. seen in Christ's Death Page 836. Soul its substance or faculties not taken away in Regeneration Page 72 3. nor its essential acts Page 73. the substance of it the proper seat of Grace Page 77. the whole corrupt Page 152. its happiness and perfection wherein Page 391. 400. admirably represent God's perfections Page 480 81. God its Creator Page 1287. Soul of Christ fitted with gifts Page 251. its Glory in Heaven Page 1094. Spirit the end of his coming Page 17 18 556 7. his motions to be entertain'd and improved Page 63. 209. 224. 470. 596. 1376. 17 †18 †new Creatures like him Page 103. natural men can cherish his motions Page 186. wronged by the Patrons of free-will Page 199. fitted Christ to be Redeemer Page 290. given him by the Father and why a Page 290. ad 298. 672. his mission an evidence of Christ's acceptation Page 317. 897. his mission argues our ignorance Page 484 5. the fruit of Christ's Death Page 897. conferr'd after his Exaltation Page 335. 1097. 1099. his Death and Ascension necessary to the sending him Page 555 6. his presence better than Christ's bodily one Page 556. his motions how discern'd Page 595. oppos'd by unbelief Page 629 630. engaged to preserve a Believer Page 1346 1347. Spirituality of God known by the Creatures Page 480. States but two Saving and Damning Page 9. Suasion moral only can't convert Page 70. 200. 217. Lords Supper its end for shewing forth Christ's Death Page 748. 758. a necessary memorial of it Page 749. what in Christ's Death it sets forth Page 750 1. how Christ's Death to be shewn forth in it Page 752 3 4. of the frequent celebration of it Page 755 6. very requisite Page 756. ad 762. the neglect of it lamented Page 762. neglectors of it urg'd and their objections answer'd a Page 757. ad 768. a continuing ordinance to the end of the world and why a Page 769. ad 774. no longer than till Christ comes Page 775. Examination before it necessary Page 777. 793 4 5 6. object of examination before it Page 777. 796. unregenerate men must not come to a Page 777. ad 784. assurance not as necessary qualification Page 783 4. ignorant ones must not come to Page 784. ad 787. what knowledge requisite to qualifie ibid. nor men in a course of sin Page 787. what sins debar ibid. not a converting Ordinance Page 790. ad 792. Judas not at it Page 793. Faith to be examined before and acted in it Page 798. 802. and godly sorrow Page 803. and love to God Page 806. and love to the Saints Page 810 11. and holy desires Page 811. T. TEaching others a means of encreasing a mans own knowledge Page 473. Temptations Regeneration a comfort against them Page 115. enmity to them a mark of Regeneration Page 124. to unbelief not complyed with not unbelief Page 606. good brought by God out of them Page 667. Believers shall have assistance in and success over them Page 1104 5. 1144 5. 1152. remembrance of former mercies a motive to resist them Page 1311. former prevailing ones if not so now a sign of mortification Page 13â—8 Testament the old to be studied Page 853. Thankâ—ulness deliverance delayed to promote it Page 49 †Thoughts changed in Regeneration Page 82. a natural man hath some power over them Page 182. unbelieving if resisted not unbelief Page 606. of man naturally universally evil and highly provoking Page 2 †what are sinful Page 2 3 †sinful aggravated by delight contrivance and reacting Page 4 5 †are sins Page 5 6 7 †worse than evil actions Page 7 8 9 †reproof to those that
by the Creatures Page 479. disparaged by unbelief Page 616 17 18. hinders an unbelievers Salvation Page 680. required satisfaction for sin Page 925. engaged to secure weak Grace Page 1327 1352. in the destruction of the Churches enemies Page 51 †Word valuation and relish of it a mark of Regeneration Page 121. natural men have power to attend on it and consider it Page 184 5 6. Regeneration doth not depend meerly on it Page 222. the instrument of Regeneration Page 231. what kind of instrument Page 232 3 4. 239. but an instrument Page 234. how regeneration wrought by it Page 234. God to be blessed for it Page 238. to be prized ibid. its preservation and success to be prayed for ibid. to be attended on in order to Regeneration and how Page 239 40 1. encrease of knowledge to be drawn from it Page 457. powerful in the hand of the spirit Page 594 5. attending on it and pressing it on the Conscience a means of conviction Page 600. only appointed to work Faith Page 792. the only rule whereby to try our selves Page 831. Vid. Gospel Means of Grace Ordinances Scriptures World regenerate should live above it Page 129. can 't be the happiness of the Soul Page 391. saving knowledge weans from it Page 427. they that are in love with it Unbelievers Page 727. desires of it a cause of Unbelief Page 737 8 9. meditation on Christs Exaltation would lift up above it Page 1107. not entangling our selves with it a means to prevent bad thoughts Page 14 †Women should Read the Scriptures Page 76 †the first punishment continued on them and why Page 78 †81 2 3 †of what nature that punishment is Page 78 79 †their Salvation not hindred by it Page 79 †mercy of God to them in it Page 84 †Child-bearing their duty Page 84 5 6 †Worship to be performed through Christ Page 355. true can't be without knowledge Page 401 2 3. the light of nature shews somewhat of its manner Page 480. distractions in it sinful Page 819. few distractions in it a sign of Mortification Page 1319. Vid. Service Wrath of God appeas'd by Christs death Page 838 852. the spirit discovers it by the Law Page 573. Z. ZEal ignorant a great enemy to Christianity Page 554. FINIS ERRATA PAge 10. Line 5. add Sin But. p. 58. l. 44. to fruits add first p. 80. l. 3. for i as r. is p. 127. l. 9. r. rooted p. 137. l. pen. after and add the other p. 151. l. 41. dele is p. 187. l. pen. dele in p. 202. l. 2. r. shrewd p. 225. l. 50. r. united p. 255. l. 45. for put p. 260. l. 8. r. unlikely p. 270. l. 25. r. them p. 271. l. 18. r. builds his p. 276. l. 3. dele then p. 292. l. 52. r. Christ being p. 375. l. 6. for was r. is p. 378. l. 35. r. Conduit p. 405. l. 4. r. composition p. 448. l. 4. dele of p. 588. l. 44. before to add able p. 678. l. 38. r. scourge p. 711. l. 14. dele been p. 736. l. 49. r. that they p. 798. l. 9. r. soul indeed p. 827. l. 36. r. bemist p. 843. l. 42. r. needs p. 878. l. 35. dele first p. 924. l. 23. dele him p. 932. l. 23. r. capable p. 1131. l. 19. r. incense p. 1136. l. 7. for yet r. that l. 39. add not p. 1138. l. 39. r. them p. 1328. l. 40. r. hand of p. 1365. l. 37. r. delight In the SVPPLEMENT Page 53. l. 46. for 1620. r. 1260. p. 66. l. 35. before be add hearts p. 80. r. fell
voluptuousness fancy the pleasures in the ways of wisdom here and at God's right hand hereafter This is to deal with our hearts as Paul with his hearers The heads of the Catechism might be taken in order which would both encrease and actuate our knowledge Psal 40.5 to catch them with guile Stake your soul down to some serious and profitable mystery of Religion as the Majesty of God some particular Attribute his condescension in Christ the love of our Redeemer the value of his sufferings the vertue of his blood the end of his ascension the work of the Spirit the excellency of the soul beauty of holiness certainty of death terror of judgment torments of Hell and joys of Heaven Why may not that which was the subject of God's innumerable thoughts be the subject of ours God's thoughts and counsels were concerning Christ the end of his coming his death his precepts of holiness and promises of life and that not only speculatively but with an infinite pleasure in his own glory the creatures good to be accomplished by him Would it not be work enough for our thoughts all the day to travel over the length breadth height and depth of the love of Christ Would the greatness of the journey give us leisure to make any starts out of the way Having settled the Theme for all the day we shall find occasional assistances even from worldly businesses as Scholars who have some Exercise to make find helps in their own course of reading though the Book hath no design'd respect to their proper Theme Thus by imploying our minds about one thing chiefly we shall not only hinder them from vain excursions but make even common objects to be oyl to our good thoughts which otherwise would have been fuel for our bad Such generous liquor would scent our minds and conversations all the day that whatsoever motion came into our hearts would be tinctured with this spirit and savour of our morning thoughts as vessels having been filled with a rich wine communicate a relish of it to the liquors afterward put into them We might also more steadily go about our worldly business if we carry God in our minds as oâ—e foot of the Compass will more regularly move about the Circumference when the other remains firm in the Center 2. Look to the manner of it 1. Let it be intent Transitory thoughts are like the glances of the eye soon on and soon off they make no clear discovery and consequently raise no spritely affections Let it be one principal subject and without flitting from it for if our thoughts be unsteady we shall find but little warmth a burning glass often shifted fires nothing We must look at the things that are not seen as wistly as men do at a mark they shoot at 2 Cor. 4.18 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 Cor. 3.18 Such an intent meditation would change us into the image and cast us into the mould of those truths we think of it would make our minds more busie about them all the day as a glaring upon the Sun fills our eyes for some time after with the image of it To this purpose look upon your selves as deeply concern'd in the things you think of Our minds dwell upon that whereof we apprehend an absolute necessity A condemned person would scarce think of any thing but procuring a reprieve and his earnestness for this would bar the door against other intruders 2. Let it be affectionate and practical Meditation should excite a spiritual delight in God as it did in the Psalmist †Psa 104.34 My meditation of him shall be sweet I will be glad in the Lord. and a divine delight would keep up good thoughts and keep out impertinencies A bare speculation will tire the Soul and without application and pressing upon the will and affections will rather chill than warm devotion 'T is only by this means that we shall have the efficacy of truth in our wills and the sweetness in our affections as well as the notion of it in our understandings The more operative any truth is in this manner upon us the less power will other thoughts have to interrupt and the more disdainfully will the heart look upon them if they dare be impudent Never therefore leave thinking of a spiritual subject till your heart be affected with it If you think of the evil of sin leave not till your heart loath it if of God cease not till it mount up in admirations of him If you think of his Mercy melt for abusing it if of his Soveraignty awe your heart into obedient resolutions if of his Presence double your watch over your self If you meditate on Christ make no end till your hearts love him if of his Death plead the value of it for the justification of your persons and apply the vertue of it for the sanctification of your natures Without this practical stamp upon our affections we shall have light spirits while we have opportunity to converse with the most serious objects We often hear foolish thoughts breathing out themselves in a house of mourning in the midst of Coffins and trophies of death as if men were confident they should never die whereas none are so ridiculous as to assert they shall live for ever By this instance in a Truth so certainly assented to we may judg of the necessity of this direction in truths more doubtfully believed 7. Draw spiritual Inferences from occasional Objects David did but wistly consider the Heavens Psal 8.3 4. and he breaks out in self-abasement and humble admirations of God Glean matter of instruction to your selves and praise to your Maker from every thing you see It will be a degree of restoration to a state of innocency since this was Adam's task in Paradise Dwell not upon any created object only as a Virtuoso to gratifie your rational curiosity but as a Christian call Religion to the feast and make a spiritual improvement No creature can meet our eyes but affords us lessons worthy our thoughts besides the general notices of the power and wisdom of the Creator Thus may the Sheep read us a Lecture of patience the Dove of innocence the Ant and Bee raise blushes in us for our sluggishness and the stupid Oxe Isa 1.3 and dull Ass correct and shame our ungrateful ignorance And since our Saviour did set forth his own excellency in a sensible dress the consideration of those Metaphors by an acute fancy would garnish out divine truths more deliciously and conduct us into a more inward knowledge of the Mysteries of the Gospel He whose eyes are open cannot want an instructer unless he wants a heart Thus may a Tradesman spiritualize the matter he works upon and make his commodities serve in wholsom meditations to his mind and at once enrich both his Soul and his Coffers yea and in part restore the creatures to the happiness of answering a great end of their Creation which Man depriv'd
erected his stately head to seise upon the prey then God wounded him put an end to Aegypts pride and the Israelites fear He loves to beat down the pride of the one and raise up the lowliness of the other When Herod will assume the title of a God given him by the acclamations of the People an Angel shall immediately make him a Banquet for Worms Acts 11.22 23. When Sennacherib had prospered in his Conquest of Judea had taken many strong Towns closely be leaguered Jerusalem thundred out blasphemies against God and threatnings against his People then comes an Angel makes an horrible slaughter in a night sends him back to his own Country where after the loss of his Army he lost his life by the hands of his own children A greater pride cannot be exprest than what the Apostle predicts of the Man of Sin and that hath been extant for some time in the world * 2 Thes 2.4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God in additions to the word clipping the Institutions of God and adding new and canonizing new Mediators of Intercession who sits in the Temple of God in a profession of Christianity shewing himself that he is God assuming the name of God and the title of God in being called most holy And perhaps it will yet amount to a higher step than it hath yet done before he be consumed by the brightness of the Lord 's coming since all that yet lets and hinders is not taken out of the way The higher the pride the nearer the fall When Goliah shall defie the God of Israel a stone from a sling thrown by the hand of David our great David the Antitype shall lay him vomiting out his soul and blasphemies on the Earth We are many times more beholding to the Enemies insolence than our own innocence Deut. 32.17 Were it not that God feared the wrath of the Enemy i. e in their pride lest their Adversaries should behave themselves strangely and say Our hand is high a sinful Israel should not have so many preservations * Trap on Exod. p. 9. When they will ascend into Heaven and exalt their Throne above the Stars of God when they will ascend above the heights of the Clouds and be like the most High then shall they be brought down to Hell to the sides of the Pit Isa 7.13 14 15. The highest Towers are the fairest marks for Thunder and the readiest Tinder for the lightning of Heaven When Tyrus had set her heart as the heart of God then would God defile her brightness and make her die the death of them that are slain in the midst of the Sea Ezek. 28.6 7 8. 3. Eager malice Nothing would Satisfie the Aegyptians here but the bloud of the Israelites My hand shall destroy them they were under a cruel bondage attended with anguish of Spirit before God began their rescue The serpents seed have the same principles of craft and malice sown in their nature that are resident in his ever since the beginning he endeavoured to shape men into the same form and temper with himself Their rage would raze out the very foundation of Israel and not suffer the name to be had any more in remembrance Psa 83.4 They love to be drunk with the blood of the saints and are no more satisfied with blood than the grave with carcases they repair their arrows and watch for an opportunity to discharge them and never want poison but opportunity this is Gods time to deliver When Pharaoh would pollute the land with the blood of the Hebrew males and ordain them to be drag'd from the womb to the slaughter then God raises up himself to attempt the rescue of Israel yet he bears with his insolence punisheth him but not destroys him But when he would be still stiff against a sense of the multitude of plagues and a greater mercy of patience in them when he would arm for the field against that God the smart of whose force he had felt and resolves to destroy or bring back the Israelites upon the point of his Sword God would then bear no longer but make the water his sepulchre When Haman designs the ruine of the Jews procures the Kings commission sends dispatches to all the governours of the Provinces sets up a gibbet for Mordecai and wants nothing but an opportunity to request the Execution he tumbles down to exchange his princes favours for an exaltation on the Gallows Est 6.4 Est 7.10 When the Serpent encreased his malitious cruelty and cast out a flood against the Church God makes the earth the carnal world to give her assistance and repel the force that Satan used against her * Rev. 12.15 16. The earâ—h helped the woman When multitudes shall gather together in the valley of decision then shall the Lord roar out of Sion and be the hope of his People and the strength of the Children of Israel Joel 3.14.16 And when Spiritual Aegypt shall make a war against Christ who sits upon the white horse and combine all their force for the destruction of his people then shall the Beast and the false Prophet be taken and brought to their final ruine and their force be broken in a lake of fire as that of Aegypt was in a Sea of water Rev. 19.19 20. The time of their greatest fierceness shall be the time of Christs fury he will strike them sorest when he finds them cruellest their rage shall rouze up his revenge when the men of Sodom to which the Antichristian state is likened shall be resolutely bent to wickedness they shall be struck with blindness and that blindness suceeded by destruction then will God set bounds to the outragious waves and snatch the prey out of the teeth of the Lyons 4. Confident security I will divide the Spoil my lust shall be satisfied upon them God lets the enemy come in like a floud and torrent with a confidence to carry all before him before he lifts up a standard against him Isa 59.19 Then shall the Spirit of the Lord stir up himself gloriously in the principles and actions of his people and the redeemer shall come to Sion God will set his force against their confidence break their impetuousness by his own power When the Enemies of the Church think they have intangled it in such a snare reduc'd it to so low a condition as to be secure of her ruine with a blast and puff then God will arise and set her in safety from them that puff at her Psa 12.5 This will be the case of Babylon when she shall say I sit as a Queen and am no Widdow and shall see no sorrow then shall her plagues come in one day death and mourning and famine for then God will stir up his strength to Judge her Rev. 18.7 'T is in the time of the Antichristian Polity and mutual congratulations with the highest security for their happy success triumphing over the dead bodies of the
life centred in him 2. Christ never intended in the payment of the price of our Redemption the present removal of them He interposed himself before this sentence was pronounced for the promise preceded the threatning and therefore shew'd himself content that those marks should be set upon that sin though he prevented by his Mediation the dreadful sentence of eternal death Christ never expected it for the Compact between the Father and the Son did not run in this strain Christ's Enemies were not presently upon his ascension to be made his footstool whereof death is not the least but he was to sit at the right hand of God expecting it neither can we expect to be rid of our burdens till Christ's Victory over his Enemies be fully compleat He sent after his Ascension the Spirit to be our Comforter which supposeth a state wherein we should need comfort and when are we under a greater necessity of comfort than when the punishment of sin is actually inflicted on us The Spirit was to comfort us in the absence of our Saviour and consequently in the absence and want of those fruits of Redemption which are not yet compleated 3. Christ intended and did actually take away the Curse of those Punishments from every Believer As Christ came to take away the guilt of sin so by consequence he took away the curse of punishment for as he was not a minister of sin so he was not a minister of the curse Gal. 2.17 for he himself by taking the curse upon himself took it off from us so that though the curse remains materially yet it doth not formally As when man felt his understanding and will were not destroyed but the purity and healthfulness of those faculties which made up his well-being were lost So in Redemption the temporal punishment is not remov'd but the Curse which is the sting in that punishment and is indeed the essential part of it is remov'd since the anger of God is pacified by the death of Christ Death was a Curse upon Man for sin yet the death of a Believer falls not under that title because Christ hath taken away the sting 1 Cor. 15.55 56. Oh death where is thy sting c. And the Victory over it he saith is given us through our Lord Jesus Christ Whence the Apostle puts even death it self and things present into the Catalogue of Priviledges upon the account of Christ 1 Cor. 3.22 Life or death or things present or things to come all are yours and you are Christs and Christ is Gods Not that death simply in it self is a Priviledge but death as conquered and as attended with consequent blessings is so to a Believer Now the same reason is for all the other parts of the Curse which were either Prologues to or Attendants upon death And as Christ destroyed death by raising his own body from the grave thereby taking from death the power of perpetually retaining man So in the same manner he hath took away those punishments that they shall not perpetually remain though they do for a time But when death is swallowed up in victory all the Attendants on it shall undergo the same fate Though the Curse was not immediately the work of the Devil yet that which procur'd it was and Christ's intention being to take away sin it was also to take away the Curse which was intentionally the Devils work his chief aim being to bring men under the Curse by enticing them to sin The end of his manifestation was to destroy the works of the Devil 1 John 3.8 Christ therefore bore our infirmities our natural penal infirmities though not our natural sinful ones unless morally i. e. by suffering for them he bore the infirmity of our Nature though not our personal infirmities He endur'd pain and grief and death and greater than we can endure but he did not bear every particular pain and disease which ariseth from sin and a particular cause yet by satisfying the Justice of God which required death he satisfied for all other pains which were parts of the Curse though he did not formally feel them so that no longer they remain as a Curse no more than death it self is a Curse to a Believer Now as Christ by his death upon the Cross did remove the sting of death from every Believer and sanctifie it though he did not die every kind of death which a man may die so by enduring pain and grief and being a man of sorrows he took away the sting of all those pains which are fruits of the Curse though they were of a different kind from those he hath himself endured This I have added to prevent an Objection that may be made that Christ endured not this particular pain and therefore the Curse is not taken away 4. Hence it will follow that to a Believer the very nature of these Punishments is alter'd Whence ariseth a mighty difference between the same punishments when suffered by a Believer and by an unregenerate man Though they are materially the same yet not formally nor eventually In the one the sting remains in the other it is pull'd out The one is an earnest of eternal torture and a sprinkling of Hell the other is in order to salvation and sanctified by the Blood of Christ Christ by his Cross hath made our Judgments to become Physick and turn'd a Believers punishments into purges The intention of the Agent makes a vast difference There is a great difference between a punishment edg'd with a a Princes wrath and those which are sweetened with a Fathers affection much difference between a Chirurgians Launce and a Tyrants Wound The Cord that binds a Malefactor and a Patient may be made of the same Hemp and a Knife only go between but it binds the Malefactor to Execution the other to a Cure In a Believer they bring forth the peaceable fruits of righteousness Heb. 12.11 such fruits of righteousness which engender peace and joy in the Soul That which brings such excellent effects is rather an argument of love in the Inflicter and so cannot come under the full notion of a punishment God comforts the Israelites that were to go into Captivity by a Gospel promise Hos 14.4 I will heal their back slidings I will love them freely for mine anger is turned away from them The punishment was continued for they never returned into their Countrey in the form of a common wealth but the anger was removed so that the Captivity of the Believers among them was not the effect of God's wrath as a Judge since they were under his magnificent love as a Father The change of our relation to God makes a change in the nature of the punishment though the punishment threatned may be inflicted and continued yet the anger in that punishment may be turned away 5. Therefore all temporal punishments of Original sin though they remain do not prejudice a Believers present interest 1. They cut not off his relation to