Index of the principal points
A Betters, and Accessaries of faction, not guiltlesse, Page 437
Above: let us set our mindes on those things, Page 515, 516
Abstinence, praised, Page 130
Abundance, required in Spirituall things, Page 166
Abuse of Gods creatures, sinfull, Page 127 Of his graces, farre worse, Page 172, 173 Of lawfull things, turnes to sin, Page 557 Of any good thing, evill, Page 1033
Accusation of our brethren, savours of the Devils office, 830. It is safest to accuse our selves, Page 831
Account, to be given, Page 53
Adoption: by this wee are Gods children, 74, 75. Adopted onely through Christ, Page 320
Adultery, a condemning sinne, 893, 894, 895. The wickednesse of it aggravated, Page 900, 901
Affections, on what they are to bee placed, Page 1362, 1363
Affliction, a meanes of calling home, 56. It is of Gods sending, 136. Comforted with the light of his countenance, 353. It may trouble, shall not over-whelme us, 1216, 1217. How it may bee fained, 694. It prepares us for salvation, Page 1415, 1419
Age: old age, how a blessing, 269. The miseries and inconveniences of it, 270. The comforts and advantages of it, 271, 272. Neare to dissolution, 275. If found in iniquity, a worse estate than youth, 547. 551. In what respects best. Ibid.
Agreement of the Scriptures, the confirmation of our faith, Page 344, 345. 361
Agreement in 〈…〉 not tolerable, Page 909
Aire; many take it for 〈◊〉 place where the last Assises shall be kept, Page 1328
Ambition of wordly honour, vaine, 1324, 1325. The worlds ambition, what it is, Page 1344
Anabaptists, enemies to governement, Page 761
Anger, a traitor to love, Page 153
Angels, their creation, 488. When 489 Their nature, and office, 490, 491. Their fall, 492. The cause of it wholly in themselves, Ibid. Once lost never more restored, 523, 524. Good Angels accuse not evill Princes, 827. Our guardians, 828. What they did about the body of Moses, 829. They beare up our soules, and even watch over our graves, Ibid. They hinder malicious designes, 948. Preserve the faithfull. Page 949
Antiquity of the Scriptures, 361. Antiquity, without piety, no priviledge, Page 547, 548
Apparell; many riot in it, Page 857, 858
Application of Gods promises, comfortable, Page 64, 65.
Apologues, and morall Fables may be used, 292, 293. An apologue, Page 358, 359
Apostle: the Apostleship, a high office, 11. Their humility, 205. Their honour and priviledge, to bee the witnesses of Christ, 299, 300, &c. They and the Prophets testifie one & the same thing, 339. They had power to command, 1113. They could convey this power to others, 1114. Their number, in diverse resemblances, 1115. Their fidelity, 1439. Vnanimity, 1440. Why sent by couples, Page 144. 1441. to 1444
Apostacie, the brinke of hell, 40. How full of danger to the soule, 842. 932. A stubborne sinne, 933. How men runne into it, 1041. The fatality of it, 1055, 1056. Whether of faith or of manners, Page 1073, 1074
Arke of Noah, the mystery of it, 589. What it taught, 590. Figure of the Church, Page 591, 592, &c.
Arithmeticke; how Gods, and the worlds differ, Page 105, 106
Arrowes of God, his judgements, Page 1205, 1206
Arts; all good ones are Gods gifts, and to be imployed to his service & glory, Page 1184 1185
Ashes; a fearefull degree of punishment, to be brought so low, Page 610
Asse; her severall properties, Page 961, 962
Astrologie, a coozening vanity, Page 291, 962
Astrologers, false Prophets, Page 369
Assurance, how it differs from presumption, Page 803
Assurance of salvation, 209. The arguments against it, answered, 211, 212, 213 Manner of it, 215, 216. Our endeavour to get it, 217, 218. Character of the assured Christian, Page 220
Atheisme, the absurdity of it, 16. 345. It confounds the advancement of humane nature, 1064. Compared with superstition, 1159, 1160. The nature and measure of it, 1161. The kinds, 1162. The causes, 2163. The conviction of it, 1165. 1168, 1169, 1170, 1171. The quarrels of Atheists, and fearefull ends, Ibidem. It is the maine disease of the soule, 1177. Must be preached against, 1178. The punishment of Atheists, severe and exemplary, 1179. Their wilfull blindnesse, 1256. They fight against naturall reason, Page 1257
Authors of Schisme, in a fearefull estate, Page 437
Authors of any evill, most abominable, Page 939
BAptisme; the efficacie of it, 195. The duties it requireth, 196. The doore of the Arke, 594. The ends of it, Ibidem. The necessity of it, what, 595. The neglect of it, sinfull, 596, 597. The constrained want of it, damneth not, Page 597, 598
Backsliding, a bundle of sinnes, 1059, 1060. The fatality of it, 1073, 1074. Why it is beastiall, Page 1091, 1092, 1093
Barrennesse spirituall, a curse, 167, 168. Better barren than fruitfull of sins, 169, 170. The punishment of spirituall barrennesse, Page 173, 174
Beasts, and ungodly men compared, 835, 836. Good lesson may be learned from the beasts, 837. So the Asse taught Balaam, 961, 962. Mercy to bee shewed to them, 968, 969. Sinners like beasts, 1083, 1084, 1085. Wherein profitable or hurtfull, Page 1089
Beauty, a snare to the soule, Page 556, 742
Beggars in corrigible, whom we call vagabonds, presumptuous sinners, 804. Their wickednesse discovered, Page 805
Bels, their use, Page 1345
Beloved; Christ the beloved of GOD, Page 318
Benificence, praised, 51. 107. Encouraged, 158. Directed, 159, 160. The ease of the burden of riches, 925, 926, 927. A treasure laid up in heaven, Page 1327
Blame; how to live blamelesse, Page 1402, 1043
Blasphemie; the nature of it, 440. The kinds, 441, 442. A prodigious and selfewilled sin, 813, 814. A swelling against God, 994. Blasphemers, in a sort deny Christ, Page 395
Blessings, all to us onely through Christ, 27, 28, 29. They binde us to thankefulnesse, 45. The blessing of God makes fat, Page 130
Blindnesse, commended by the Papists, 121, 122. Dangerous to the soule, 185. The causes of spirituall blindnesse, 186. Affected by the Romists, Page 294
Blind obedience, one of their precious Iewels, Page 428
Bloud of Christ, the Bath of our soules, 876. The sole fountaine to cleanse us, Page 1323
Boasting of sinne, doubles the malice of it, Page 892, 893.
Bondage in many regards miserable, Page 1020 1021, 1022, 1023
Bookes of judgement, how many, 1243, 1244, 1245. Onely two can save us, 1247, 1248. Wee are to be tryed by the whole Booke of God, Page 1291
Bounty of God gives all freely, 49. Liberally, 53. Nobly, Page 65
Brimstone mingled with fire, makes it more terrible, Page 609
Brotherly kindnesse, a true marke of Christians, 151. Brethren in diverse respects, 152. The necessity of brotherly love, 152, 153. Brother-hood of the Saints, 205. Of the Apostles, Page 1432
But, in the Scriptures, a maine difference betweene the faithfull and ungodly, Page 184
CAlamity, a troublesome darknesse, Page 348
Calling into the Ministery; the way of it, 12, To grace, Page 55
Censurers, uncharitable sinners, 844. Vnjust Iudges, Page 1290, 1291
Change of all temporall things, Page 1299 1363
Charity: without it, we are wretched, 150. The excellency of it, 155. The necessty of it, 156. The pulse of faith, Ibid. The dignity, 157. The commodity, 158. None in hell, 511. Never did man lose by his charity, 635. Not to be left out in the censures of Christians 842. A good remedy against covetousnesse, 925, 926. The severall degrees of it, 1252, 1253. It is liberall, 1471. How we may know our owne charity. Page 1551, 1552
Charity praised, Page 749
Children have manifold benefits from their father, Page 74, 75
Christ, the Conduit of all blessings, 27, 28, 29. He seekes sinners, 54. He is our head, 78. The true Vine, 79. His patience, 140 Ours, in many relations, 174, 175, 176. Our King suffering for us, 241. The object of all our desires and delights, 304. The Sonne of God, without inferiority to the Father, 316, 317. All love of God to us through him, 320. In his humility he manifested his glory, 332. The fulfiller of the law, 343, 344. A light in many respests, 357, 358. Hee is our Lord, wee his servants, 399. How grieved with our sins, 682, 683. The fountaine of all true joy, 865, 866. The portion of Christians, 1038, 1039. Why called the Corner stone, 1116. The onely person in whom justice and mercy might be reconciled, 1168, 1169. How the price of him goes downe among sinners, 1242, 1243. How happy it is for us to make him our friend, 1251. What use we are to make of him, 1562, 1563. How hee is our Lord and Saviour, From 1574, To 1583. All glory due to him, Page 1584
Christians have a fellowshlp with God in Christ, 75, 76. Are espoused to him, 80. Their happinesse, 81. They ought to live according to the rule of that grace which saves them, 240. Through Christ we are Noble, 318. The priviledges of the Iewes devolved to them, 340. Which wee may lose by our sinfulnesse, 341. The Christian, a great wonder, 662, 663. They have higher delights, than worldlings, 863, 864. They should be constant in the truth Page 910, 911
Christianity a hard taske, Page 1003, 1004
Christians onely are free, 1027, 1028, 1029. They still need incitations to goodnesse, 1103. They must looke for contumelies and reproches, 1148, 1149. Wherein the poorest is rich, 1374. Three of their rarest Iewels, Page 1427
Christianity, how honourable, 57, 58. A warfare, 197. It makes us truly noble, Page 310. 318
Church, her espousals, 79. Shee shall never be left destitute of Preachers, 369. Nor free from impostors, 372. Her peace troubled, 374. She cannot scape Incendiaries, 376, 378. Her disturbers, many, 380, 381. A Field not without tares, Ibidem. Prefigured by Noahs Arke, 591, 592, &c. It is not built up with noise, 997. The Apostate Church, full of swelling words, Page 996
Church of God, is built up by degrees, 1102. A Pinnace of peace, Page 1152
Cleansing our soules, how, Page 1398, 1399
Cloudes; many representations of things in them, Page 481
Combate of a Christian, 1041, 1042. The continuance of it, Page 1103
Combination; none to prevaile against God, Page 411
Comfort of faith, 21. Comforts may be gathered from the power of God, Page 48
Commandement of God, how to be heeded, 1065, 1066. Our commanding of sinne is sin, Page 438
Comming of Christ, with power, 295. The comming of God, diverse, 1166, 1167, 1168. One manner of Christs comming, 327, 328. The necessity of his comming, laid to the conscience, 1168, 1169, 1170 His first, and last comming have a neare similitude, 1172, 1173. 1240. Commings of Christ, fourefold, 1235. Difference betwixt his first and second comming, 1302, 1303. His second comming, for the time uncertaine, 1305. Sudden, Page 1307, 1308
Company, evill, infectious, 84. Christs society, true felicity, 327. Malicious company, 350, 351. They corrupt others, 388 Many goe to hell for company, 428. Ill company is infectious, two wayes, 431, 432. To be abandoned, 432. All company with unbeleevers, or mis-beleevers, not condemned, 446. The best to be chosen, 656, 657, 658, 659. Bad provokes to lust, 741. Page 741
Compassion, of others miseries, becomming Christians, Page 1213
Complaints, some frivolous, Page 33
Concupiscence, in al men, 1154. It neither raignes in the faithfull, nor shall condemne them, 1155. What it is, 87. A sin of it selfe, Page 732, 733
Condemnation, the extremity of judgement, Page 606
Confederacy in sin, Page 438
Confession of Christ, necessary for Christians, 397. Confession of sins, 875. An ease of the burdened soule, 1093. Christians must confesse Christ, Page 1553
Connivence at others sins, makes us guilty. 439. At any sin, evill, Page 671
Contempt of Gods word never scapes with impunity, 629, 630. Of the meanes of salvation, miserable, 979. Or of the Temple of God, 984. Contempt of Gods Ministers, severely punished, 873. Contempt of the world becommeth Christians, 945. Contempt of Preaching provokes God, Page 1121, 1122
Content, ever joyned with godlinesse, 148. Not to bee found but in Christ, 178, 179. Content with our condition, a happy resolution, Page 924
Contention, odious among Christians, 135 Betwixt Pastor and people, the divels Master-peece. Page 234
Continuance in sin a wofull estate, 660. And discontinuance of good duties, loseth men much vertue, 681. Continued acts make a habite, Page 751
ontrariety, of some sinnes, Page 1154
Conscience, cheared by the remembrance of our past good deeds, 200. The peace of it, how comfortable, 234. The liberty thereof, 1014. It will bee heard, 1035, 1036. In some, obstupified, 1039 It is the conviction of Atheists, 1165. It may be lulled asleepe, never extinguished, 1179, 1180. Our booke, out of which wee shall be judged, 1244, 1245. Be sure to have that found good and quiet, 1333. Reasons why every man hath one, 713, 714. Conscience good, the figure to the cyphers of all acts, Page 1538, 1539
Consent, the midwife of sin, 92. Consent to sin, is sin, Page 438
Consecration of our selves to God, but just, Page 66. 160
Constancy, in goodnesse, 69. Required of us, 680, 681. The incommunicable property of God, Page 1175
Conversion of a sinner, onely Gods worke, 24. How wrought by him, 1025, 1026. Not in mans power, 208, 209. 633, 634 Not to be protracted, 1102, 1103, 1267 1268. For feare of missing it, Page 1297, 1298
Conversation of Preachers, should bee answerable to their doctrine, 281. Of all Christians to their profession, 341. Ill conversation causeth the truth to be blasphemed, 442, 443. Good, doth adorne the Gospell, 1123. Ill, an occasion of Atheisme 1164. The Index of our estate, Page 1339, 1340
Corruption of our nature, universall, 82. The cause of dissolution, Page 1335
ovetousnesse, restlesse, 102. It conquers all, 284. Sinfull in all men, odious in Ministers, 454. A mighty sin, 456. It can get up none of Christs staires, 457, 458. A base and sordid vice, 672. The devils maine snare, 913. Defined, and described, 914. The signes of it, 915. Not found among the Saints of God, Ibid. The principall practises of it, 916. It breakes all the Commandements, 921, 922. How universally condemned, 959. A selfe-willed and head-strong madnesse, 967, 968. The furie of it, 1335. It is cured by the due consideration of our ends, 1141. Covetous men likened to hogs, 835. To the moule, 1043. To the dogge, 1086, 1087. How the covetous wretch is cursed, 927, 928, 929. His full character, 930. Hee is easily taken with riches, 945. The basenesse of a covetous heart, Page 953, 954
Countries, the richer, the more given to excesse and wantonnesse, Page 601, 602
Counsellors of State, fit to bee about Princes, 820. Bad counsell, how pernicious, 951. Counselling to sin, is sin, Page 438
Cowardly spirits faine dangers, Page 232
Creation of the world, and of a pure heart, compared, 1108, 1109, 1110. The world must needs have a creation, 1175. Proved against the Atheists by manifest reasons, Page 1176, 1177
Creatures, all at Gods command, 562, 563. Punished for mans sin, justly, 537, 538. All did not perish in the Floud, Ibid. They are made our teachers, 970, 975. The irrationall, not without some good properties, 1087. The obedience of them all to the will of God, 1196, 1197. Their expectation, 1331, 1332. Subject to vanity, 1335. They suffer for man, with man, 1336. Their servitude, 1337. Their naturall disposition, Page 1359
Creditors, some too unmercifull, Page 918
Criticall dayes, we have six, Page 1236, 1237
Crosse of Christ: the materiall one reserved by the Papists from the worlds conflagration, 1331. Crosses may prove blessings, 137. Shall be taken from the righteous, and layd on the wicked, Page 139
Cruelty, a canine property, Page 1087
Curiosity, of busie enquirers, 1133, 1134. 1305, 1306. A fault of wanton wits, 1262. It hath strange dreames, Page 1320
Cursing, a grievous sin, 33. Devilish, 831, 832. The mischiefe that cursers intend to others, shall fall on themselves, 941. God averts the causelesse curse, 942, 943. Cursing, a prodigious impiety, Page 964, 965.
Custome in sin, dangerous, 86. The nurse of iniquity, 92, 93. Hard to be cured, 191, 192. Exceedingly prevalent, 660. 858. A very Tyrant, 937. It hardens the heart, 1051. And obstupefies the conscience, Page 1179
DArknesse of soule, a heavy judgement, 186, 187. Six kinds of darknesse, 348. Darknesse, one of hels punishments, 505, 518. Darkenesse inward, 987. Leads to outer darkenesse Page 988
Darling-sin, hard to be forsaken, 634. Every man is apt to make much of it, 1153. Not parted from, without sorrow, Page 1156, 1157
Day of judgement; the necessity of it, 529. Arguments against it, answered, 530. Reasons to prove it, 531. The severity of it, 533. Not knowne, 1133, 1134. The signes forgoing it, 1136, 1137. A day or reckoning, 1167, 1168. Because sudden, therefore to bee prepared for, 1232, 1233. The certainty of it, 1235. The uncertainty, 1237. Every mans particular day, neare, 1239. The integrity of it, 1240. The fatality of it to the unrighteous, 1248, 1249. How called the Lords day, 1301, 1302. Comfortable to the faithfull, as terrible to reprobates, Page 1346
Dayes, how prolonged, or shortned by God, 1266, 1267. All dayes are his, 1300. We have our day, God will have his, 1301. Day of salvation to every one, Ibid.
Death of Christ, alwayes to be remembred, 202, 203. It is no patent of licentiousnesse, 204. Death our enemy, 230. Generally confessed, 288. Seldome remembred, Ibid. Vnavoydable, 260. 276. What it is to the righteous, what to others, 261, 262. Not to be hastned with selfe-violence, 263, 264, 265. Not rashly to be desired, Ibid. A dissolution, 272. The manner, time, place, unknowne, 273. The religion of darkenesse, 351. Terrible to the guilty, 854. The time of it uncertain, 1140, 1141. Continually to bee looked for, 1239. The worst it can doe, Page 1361
Deceit, none to be justified, 877. Some more wicked than other, 878. The ungodly make it a matter of sport, 879, 880. Vnder colour of Religion, most detestable, 881, 882. Severely punished, 883, 884 Deceiver a Fox, Page 835
Declination of things in this world, Page 1175
Defending of sin, whether our owne, or others, makes us guilty, Page 439
Delay of amendment, unexcusable, 968. 1102, 1103. Against the day of death and judgement, desperate, 1310. In spirituall businesse, dangerous, Page 1353, 1354
Deliverance, onely from God, 631, 632, 633. In the extremity of danger, he takes pleasure to deliver, 635. Examples of it, 636. Deliverances from sin and judgement, the great mercies of God, 1031, 1302. Deliverance why deferred, Page 685, 686
Deluge, how caused, 561, 562. How far it prevailed, 563, 564. How long it continued, 567. An universall destruction, 1203. Likened to an arrow, 1205. It ceased by degrees, Page 1215, 1216
Denyall of Christ twofold: in respect of faith, or of fact, 389, 390. Denyall of those that have any relation to us, is basely unnaturall, 398. The denyers of Christ, shall be denyed by him, Page 403
Desire of sinne, insatiate in the wicked, 907. Desire of spirituall things in the faithfull, 979. It is one halfe of the worke, Page 1123
Despaire how taken away, 177. It denyes Christ, 395. A selfe-willed sin, 812. Neuer to be admitted, though we have relapsed into our former disobedience, 1070. It crosseth the crosse of Christ, 1292. Desperatenesse in sin, prodigious, 486. Despaire a false interpreter of Gods actions, 1420. It lookes not up to Gods goodnesse, Page 1496
Despisers of goodnesse, what becomes of them, 541. Of the word of God, 812, 813. 979. Their profanesse, 1072. They that despise good men, 1147. And good things, Page 1148
Destruction comes from our selves, 406. Temporary destruction, many wayes, 409, 410. It sweepes away the wicked utterly, 601. It makes a strange alteration of things, 605, 606. The great difference betwixt the former and latter destruction of the world, Page 1232
Detractor, likened to a dogge, Page 1086
Devill, the Father of sinne, 90, 91. A strong adversarie of our salvation, 229, 230. He transformes himselfe, 349. Gods ape, 362, 363. 372. A false prophet, 369, 370. His power, limited, 379. His policie, 388. His incessant malice to the Church, 417. He hath many strings to his bow, 423, 424. His condition, and abode, 494, 495. He is bound in chaines, 519. His force, and malice, 520. Suffered to tempt man, 528. Hath no power over the bodies of the Saints, 829. The accuser of men, 830. Ever most busy against the righteous, 1005, 1006. He hath varietie of temptations, 1019, 1020. Many ties upon sinners, 1042, 1043. His mercilesse tyrannie, 1057, 1058. Sometimes roaring, sometimes flatering, 1145. The worst Pyrate, 1218. How he will plead at last against sinners, Page 1249
Difficulty of the Scriptures, wherein, Page 1452
Diligence, in working up of our salvation, 98, 99. No hope without it, 207, 208. 1355, 1356. Described, and urged, Page 1388, 1389
Discretion: it seasons all vertues, Page 123
Discontent, the fewell of faction, 384. And of rebellion, Page 762
Dispositions of men, sometimes contrary, Page 1145, 1146
Dissimulation of faith, unlawfull, 390. In promises, and oathes, intolerable, 458. Not stucke upon, in a worldly heart, 946. Simulation of holinesse not within us, detestable, Page 1342
Dissolution, inevitable, Page 1337
Divinitie must be allowed her handmaids, Page 1173
Doctrine good, distinguished from bad, by their severall intentions, and ends, 424, 425, 426. The doctrine of Rome, plausible to flesh and bloud, 1002, 1003. How the factious are conceited of doctrine, Page 1117
Dogges their good and bad properties, Page 1085, 1086
Doing well, a good signe of our state in grace, 221, 222. The ornament of Christians, 1122, 1123, 1124. The sister of knowledge, 1187, 1188, 1476. And the honour of it, Page 1537, 1538
Doubts cleared. That of Matth. 16.28, &c. pag. 328. That of Matth. 17.1. And Luk. 9.28. reconciled, 328. That of 2 Pet. 1.19. cleared, 337, 338, 339. Another, 886. Another, 1450. Another, 1451. Doubting, a way to learning, Page 1556, 1557.
Downewards, is the way to hell, Page 515
Dreames of sinners, Page 1348
Drunkennesse condemned, 131. The causes of it, 132. The effects, 133, 134. Considerations to avoid it, 135. A monstrous sinne, 564, 565. No pretext to be devised for it, 649. A riotous skinne, 857. The fewell of all manner of wickednesse, 890, 891. 1035. An inward deluge, Page 1202, 1203
Duelists, presumptuous sinners, Page 806, 807
Dwelling among the wicked, uncomfortable, Page 665, 666, 667
Eare, a more necessary organ to salvation, than the eye, 325. Campared together, 326. A doore to let in our pleasure or vexation, Page 669
Earth; the matter, forme, situation, Vse of it, 1192. Her three priviledges, 1193. How God is to be glorified for it. 1194. Founded in the waters, 1200. Earth and sea, two loving companions. Ibid. It shall be burnt up, 1330. What folly to bee taken with it, Page 1332. Whether it shall continue after the worlds dissolution, Page 1366, 1367
Easter; how solemne a time, Page 871, 872. 884, 885, 887, 888
Election, made known to us by our calling, 209, 210, 211. Elect, a small number, 588, 589. Election may be made sure to us, 840. How to be done, Page 842, 843
Elements what they are, 1327. To be dissolved, 1328. Mans body consists of the elements, Page 1329
Eloquence, how usefull, Page 279
Empty vessells, who, Page 1559, 1560
End; our particular neare, and therefore calls for repentance, 550, 551. The end of the righteous, ever comfortable, 1058, 1059. Christ, the end of the Law, 1061, 1062. The end of the wicked, uncomfortable, 1082. End of every man unknown to himselfe, 1140, 1141. End, diversely taken, Page 1292
Enemies of our faith, 26, 30. Enemies we are to our selves, 406. The deadlyest enemie Satan, Page 529
England, how often conquered, 284. Her sinfull ingratitude, Page 289
Envie at the good of others, unchristian, 235. The coale of heresie, Page 383, 384
Epistle; St Peters justified for canonicall: 2. Why to their Epistles the Apostles prefixed their names, 5. How it is called Generall, Page 13
Equity, a kind of righteousnesse, Page 645
Equivocation, a Popish principle, Page 458
Error, once in, hard to get out, 935. It hath alwayes most words, 992. And makes more noise than truth, 993. Full of deformitie, 1478, 1479. One begets another, Page 1494
Eternitie, the perfection of punishment, 612. It makes hell to bee hell, 989, 990. Eternity of the world, a vaine dreame, 1228. Eternitie, beyond the comprehension of mortall hearts, Page 1252
Evills, whether better foreknowne, or not, Page 464, 465
Examples, how to be proposed, 5. All sins, old in example, 192. Examples, if they do not instruct us, will leave us without excuse, 393. Bad ones, how pernicious, 420. Let us follow the best, 421, 422. Exemplary sins, very hainous, 439. Too prevalent, 599, 600. Examples of Gods Iudgements should terrifie us, 614, 615, 616, Examples of the best, not the most men, to be followed, 680. Examples prevaile mightily, 937, 938. Exemplary sinners deserve sore punishments, 986, 987, Example, a cruell tyrant, Page 1128
Excesse in meats, how noxious, 127, 128. In any carnall delights, sinfull, Page 625
Expectation of Christs comming, the solace of true Christians, 1321. Expectation of the creature, what it meaneth, 1331, 1332. Expectation of Iudgement breakes off dissolutenes, 1352. What it is, Page 1385, 1386
Experiences of former mercies, gives confidence of future, Page 43
Eye, quickest of apprehension, of all the senses, 896. The in-let of temptation, 897. God hath provided meanes by the eye, to save the soule, 325. It is a window to let in our vexation, 669. Satans first project is to take the eye, 898. Beautie the eyes attractive, 899, 900. Eye-witnesses, infallible, 303. A roving eye, Page 740
Faction, begotten by confidence of numbers, 384, 385. It cannot be without a head, Page 418
Faith, how a hand of the soule, 14, 15. The object of it Ib. the subject, 16. The act of saving faith, 17. 30, 31. The victorie of it, 18. The comfortable use of it, 19. The preciousnesse, 20. How it is beleaguerd, 26. How it is well grounded, 29, 30. It rests upon the promises of God, 63, 64. The necessitie of it to salvation, 109. The object of it, 110. The act, 111. How it is distracted, 112. The necessary use of it, 113, 114. To be joyned with good workes, 114. It is not idle, 115. It justifies alone, and yet is not alone, 116. Ignorant faith, no faith, 121. The pulse of faith is Charitie, 156. It appropriates Christ, 176. Built upon the knowledge of Christ, 179. A starved faith saves not, 182. The invincible power of it, 563. It overcomes the world, 924. We are commanded to have it, 1066. A merchandise for heaven, 1144, 1145. It makes all our service acceptable to God, 1216, 1217. Relies upon the Divine promises, 1281. 1371. Not to be discouraged with delayes, 1282. The best way to know Christ by, Page 1548, 1549
Faithfull, the world preserved for their sakes. Page 639
Falling, how it differs, 225. Who so standeth, that he cannot fall? 498. The just doe not scape it, 651. Therefore let others beware, 652. No time priviledged from it, 933. Nor persons on earth, 1074, 1075. Falls of the Saints, grievous, 1125, 1126. Men may fall from their owne stedfastnesse, 1488. A pronesse in our nature to fall, Page 1489
Falshood, condemned, 69. False prophets, 369, 370. It is of two sorts, 371. It could never prevaile, but in the counterfeit of truth, 375. It ill becommeth Christians, 892. Expresseth it selfe in verbositie, 992, 993. Prepensed, a damnable sinne, 1010. And shall finde a wofull punishment, Page 1011
Fame, the swiftnesse of it, Page 415
Familie, to bee instructed and ordered, Page 587
Feare, how it may be an adversary to faith, 17. Godly feare doth not destroy faith, 563. Yea doth advance it, 564. Servile feare, a marke of wicked persons, 679. Good feare, the corrective of sin, 832. It may be compounded with hope, 1352. A preservative from falling, Page 1522
Feasting in danger of excesse, 128, 129. A spirituall feast, 131. Feasts of three sorts, 884. How the Iewish and Christian feasts accord, 885, 886. Civill feasts how farre allowable, 888. Profane, wherein sinfull, Page 889, 890
Fellowship; diverse kinds of it, Page 75, 76, 77
Fervencie in good, commendable, Page 676, 677
Fidelitie, requisite in a Christian, 69. To a mans selfe, 370, 371. To Christ, above all, 404, 405. Due to God and man, Page 1282, 1283
Fire, the torment of hell, 505. Corporall. Ibid. Exceptions against it, 506, 507. It differs from elementary fire wherein, 507, 508. The fire of sinne, fewell of the fire of hell, 508. An instrument of sore destruction, 607. At peace with us, very usefull; in the fury raging, 608. Eternall fire, most intolerable, 612, 613. The mighty force of it, 1230, 1231. In fire, the Law given, and required, 1234. Gods word, a holy fire,
Flatterie, verball Simonie, 345. Guilty of sinne, 438. A selling of soules, 449. A coozening vice, 878. The flatterer is a fawning curre, 1086. Man will flatter himselfe, Page 1477
Flesh, an hindrance of our entrance into heaven, 229. A false prophet, 370. A trecherous counsellor, 1090, 1091. Hard to be subdued, Page 730
Followers, of the good, let us be in good, 421, 422. Evill hath followers in abundance, 427. They are easily drawne to it, 428, 429. We are charged not to follow a multitude in evill, 433. Christ onely may bee followed without exception, 434, 435. No man so desparately wicked, but he hath had some followers, 938, 939. The people are more apt to follow their teachers examples, than their doctrines, Page 966, 967
Folly wilfull condemned by a beast, Page 961
Forbearance of punishment, no security, Page 848, 849
Forgetfulnesse, a sinfull defect, 190. A good forgetfulnesse, 198, 199. What, evill, Page 1475
Forsake; God never does us, till we forsake him, Page 1042
Forward, wee are all by nature to forbidden courses, Page 947
Fraud, the manifold reaches of it, 912. Condemne by every mans conscience Page 1001
Friends, unsure, yet too much trusted on, 342. Friendship made a maske for villany, is horrible impiety, Page 891, 892
Fruites evill, 169, 170. Good fruites, required of Christians, 171. Our fruites not answerable to our knowledge, 180, 181. Fruitfulnesse, the proofe of true Christians, Page 1122
Fulfilling of the Scriptures, remarkable, Page 343 344
Fulnesse of grace, to bee sought for, 39. True fulnesse in Christ, 306. Fulnesse of bread called a sinne of Sodome, 625. Fulnesse of sin, the wicked mans ambition, Page 902
GAine of soules, the best, Page 447, 448
Gaming; man was not made for it, Page 857, 858
Gifts of God free, 49. 65. How to bee esteemed, 51. Of what latitude, Page 53
Glory of heaven, figured by the twelve stars 242, 243, 244. How unspeakeable, 59. The clarity, verity, eternity of it, 315. The light of glory, Page 355
Glorifying of God: we are bound to it for our creation, 536. How it must be performed by us. From Page 1584 To 1624
Glory vaine, how pernicious, 25, 26. Gratious, how comfortable, 57. Vaine-glory, what, 67. How it 〈◊〉 transported men, 314. The vain-glory of humane authors, 363. In sin, most odious, 892, 893. In vanity, a swelling sin, 939, 940. Three corrosives to eate it out, Page 1568, 1569, 1570
Gnashing of teeth, an effect of hell-torments Page 512
GOD, the author of all goodnesse, 25. 49. He workes all grace in us, 208, 209. No cause of sinne, nor author of destruction, 407, 408. The certainty of his being, 519. Satan can do nothing but by his permission, 520. His favour, or anger, changeth the use of the creatures, 565. He inflicts just judgements upon sinners, 602, 603. Hee is in no respect the author of sin, 838, 839. Hee grants some requests in anger, 946, 947. Wherefore hee suffers evill, 949. 1131. He can overcome all at his pleasure, 1024, &c. Immutable in his mercy, 1126, 1127. Disposeth all most wisely, 1132. How said to laugh, 1149, 1150. How to be conceived of by us, 1254, 1255. He cannot bee charged with over-hastinesse, 1273, 1274. Nor with slacknesse, 1275, 1276. His long suffering, 1283, 1284. Hee hates nothing that he hath made, 1286, 1287. Hee is slow to wrath, till the last day comes; and then sudden, 1308. His patience, though he be strangely provoked, Page 1412, 1413
Godlinesse, from above, 53. What it is, 141, 1338. What it doth, 143. It consists in the imitation of God, 148. The tryall of it, 1339. Approved, Page 686, 687
Goodnesse, the best companion of knowledge, 1474, 1475. No meane must content us in it, Page 1556
Gospell, the message of peace, 34. Glorious among us, but our fruites are not answerable, 181. It gently leads us, 227. Now manifestly knowne, 293, 264. Of mighty power, 295, 296, 297. Gospell and Law, met together on the Mount, 331, 332. Both speake the same truth, 339, 340. Gospell, a fulfilling of the Prophecies, 343, 344. A light, 356. It directs us plainly, & cōfortably, 358. It intends the mortification of sin, 425. Perfect and excellent Truth, 436, 437. No cause of contention, but of peace: nor of sorrow, but of joy, 548. Wee are commanded to beleeve it, 1065, 1066. The perfection of it, 1067. The honour, 1068. Yet contemned by the world, 1072. God would have it written, 1100, 1101. Our wonderfull happinesse by it, Ibid. Law and Gospell, not to bee parted, 1117. 1120. Given in peace, Page 1167
Governors, not to bee despised, 821. 823, 824. They are dignities and therefore should be worthy; both of admittance, 824. And in their performance, 825. Government, ordained of God, Page 754, 755, &c.
Grace, defined, described, 34, 35. The time of grace, 36. The mother of peace, 37. Freely given, 49. 65. Not to bee abused, 58. It unites us to God, 72. Can never be idle, 176. It will be felt, 169. What keepes it from being lost, 194, 195. A blessed light, 357. It purifies the whole man, 1107. A fire to purge out our drosse, 1348. The diverse acceptions of it, 1511 1512. How excellent, when it is compared with temporall things, 1513, 1514. The tryall of all our graces, by their growing in us, 1515, 1516, 1517. The meanes to improve it, 1518, 1519, 1520. Rules to be observed, 1521, 1522. The comfort by it, 1525. The reward of it, 1526. Preserved to knowledge, Page 1531
Great men corrupt, the patternes & wring-leaders of desperate mischiefe, 939, 940. Greatnesse does much mischiefe by exemplary evils, 420, 421. Great offenders meet with great punishments, Page 526
Greedinesse of our nature to sin, Page 428, 429
Gunpowder-treason; how violent and how sudden the destruction should have beene, 416, 417. A figure of the last day, 552. Our wonderfull deliverance from it, 703, 704. Their malice in it, Page 764
HAppinesse of this life, what it is to eternall blessednesse, Page 1264
Hatred, contrary to Christianity, 153. A worke of darkenesse, Page 358
Hearers, how to be disposed, 165, 166. They should regard the Preacher, 206. Their defects, 1119, 1120. Some have large swallowes, ill digestions, 1131. Hearing, necessary to salvation, 325, 326. The way to get and encrease grace, Page 1518, 1519
Heart, corrupted by nature, 82. First to be cleansed, 86, 87. A noble part, 162. The closset of all our graces, 164. Heart of man, very deceitfull, 884. It commands the Senses, 896. Puts a difference into all our actions, 948. How to bee manured, 981. The best or worst ground, 985. Full of fraudulency, 1012. The character of a pure heart, 1107, 1108. It is called a worke of creation, the pure heart, 1109, 1110. Principally to be guarded, Page 1401
Heathens, how without excuse, 1182. They played upon their gods, Page 1166
Heaven, a glorious place, not seene with mortall eyes, 189. Opened to us by Christ, 228. 230, 231. The entrance through him, easie, 236, 237. The great glory of it, 242, 243, 324. We shall know one another there, 334. The priviledges of it, 499, 500. Let us set our hearts on that, 519. Being throughly meditated on, it will cure us of covetousnesse, 925. The workmanship of God, 1188. The heavens distinguished, 1189, 1190. Described, 1191. Every thing in heaven, a beame of some attribute in God, 1195. The heavens reserved to the last fire, 1224. How we may helpe to purge them, 1225. Our best resting place, 1228. Compared with earth, how excellent, 1231, 1232. What heavens shall passe away, 1321, 1322. The manner how, Ibid. Heaven, the best repository of true treasure, 1326, 1327. The incorruptibility of the heavens 1360 Their duration after the danger, Page 1365
Hebrew tongue excels all other, Page 362
Hell, a fearefull place, 189. Full of horror, 324, 325. The region of outer darkenesse, 351, 352. That there is a hell, diverse proofes, 501, 502. What it is, 503. The torments of it, 504, 505, &c. The description of it, 509. The dire effects of those paines, 510. Where it is, 513, 514. The eternall punishments there, 613. The horror of it, 855, 856. A place of uncomfortable darkenesse, 987, 988. The everlasting torments of it, 989, 990. What improvidence it is, not to prevent comming thither, 1227. Meditated rightly on, a prevention of sinne, 1334. The extreame paines of it, Page 724
Helpes to salvation, manifold, 1440. To understand the Scriptures, Page 1453
Heresie what it is, Page 376 The differences of it, from Error and Schisme, Page 380 The damnability of it, Page 382 The causes, Page 383 Every Heresie makes not a religion, Page 392. It ends in abominable sin, 426. A selling of soules, Page 460
Heretickes, their strange sophistry, 290, 291. All come in the name of Christ, 374. They should make Gods faithfull Ministers more laborious, 377. They abuse the Scriptures, Page 1480
Hogges, their bad properties, Page 1087, 1088
Holy Ghost is God, Page 361
Holinesse, the best seed, 162. An argument of election, 217. The best qualification of a Preacher, 365. The holinesse of all heavenly doctrines, 1066, 1067. What holinesse is, 1340. Too much neglected, Ib. The true tryall of Doctrine, 1341. The kindes and parts of holinesse, Page 1342
Honour is principally Christs; yet some is communicated to us, 308. It comes from God onely, 309. Worldly honour, a vaine shadow, 309, 310. Most uncertaine, yet eagerly followed, 342. A strong temptation to worldly hearts, 645. The honour of this world, a vanity, 1344. None sticks to us, but that which comes by adoption and grace, 1324. How much it is stood upon, Page 1412
Honesty cannot well bee spared in a Minister, Page 376
Hope in Christ comfortable, 179. No hope in hell, 513. How it is a medium betwixt presumption, and despaire, 817. Characterized, Ibid. Never to bee rejected of Christians, 1281, 1282. Their continuall solace, 1351. It sticks longest by a man, 1357. It upholds us, Page 1373
Humility of the Apostles, 7.21.205. The hardest of all vertues, 494. Opposed to selfe-willednesse, 817. In what regard with God himself, 841. A heavenly merchandize, 1144. The way to improve grace. Page 1524
Hunger spirituall, a traficke for heaven, Page 1144
Husbandry, spirituall what, 981. Not to be neglected, Page 1124
Hypocrisie, pieties counterfeit, 144. It is false within, 165. Found out by a mans actions, 224. It is the usher of heresie, 386, 387. The full description of it, 459, 460. Hypocrites among the faithfull, 588. They can make shew of zeale, 677. Hypocrisie, a sin provoking vengeance, 880, 881, 882. A swelling sin, 994. It hath a faire outside, 1004. Prevents all wayes of remedy, 1051, 1052. Hypocrites, no better than sleepers, Page 1349, 1350
IDlenesse, in the working up of our salvation, frustrates all, 207, 208 No way to heaven, 222. A sinne of Sodome, 626. How it corrupts, 742. An enemie to knowledge, Page 1566, 1567
Idolatry, a pleasing sinne, 145. An impudent sin, 146. Brought in by unlawfull marriages, 554, 555. It is ever pompous, and spares for no cost, Page 950
Iesus, how our Ioshua, 23. Derogation from his All-sufficiency, blasphemous, 27. No knowing of God aright, but by him, 42. To be devoutly worshiped, 147. Our Iesus, Page 175 The subject of all our tongues, but not the object of all our hearts, Page 1260
Iesuites, their mischiefe, 376. Their manifest contradictions to the Prophets and Apostles, Page 1119
Iewes, their great priviledges, 340. Which they lost by contemning Christ, Ibid. Their conviction, 344, 345. They deny Christ, 391. Their manifold disobedience, 936. The Church of the Iewes was not rejected, 1097. But the unbeleeving Iewes accursed, Page 1098
Ignorance, not so dangerous as sinfull knowledge, 61. Yet dangerous enough of it self, 118. Ignorant we are all by nature, 120. The cause of sin, 121. Ignorance of God’s word, the gap to all sin, 183. Spirituall blindnesse, 186. A fearefull darkenesse, 349, 350. It takes away the difference betweene man and beast, 843. Apt to talke, 844, 845. Too much applauded by the Romists, 982. All ignorance is a curse; but that which knowes not Christ, the curse of curses, 1065. The state of ignorance, bad enough, 1076, 1077. Some are content with it, because they would not be troubled with the workes of obedience, 1130. The way to Atheisme, not to religion, 1162, 1163. Ignorance how manifold, 1181, 1182 None can excuse, Ibid. Intolerable in the Ministers of God, 1183, 1184. Affected ignorance the nurse af all sins, 1185. The cause of many Iudgements, 1186. As the effect so the cause of sin, Page 1258, 1259
Illumination, the beginning of piety, 168. our illumination farre beyond our sanctification, 180, 181. A beame of Christs knowledge, 378. It is easier than obedience, Page 1187
Imitation of God is true piety, 148. A good assurance of grace, 223. For imitation, chuse the best patternes, 421, 422. Christs, a perfect coppy to bee imitated, 434. Wherein, 435. How the Saints are to be imitated, 653. Wherein God, 687. If we know Christ, let us live like him, Page 1554
Impenitency cuts off all hope, Page 841
Importunity must be free from impatience, Page 1420, 1421
Impostors, Simon Magus, 302. The grand impostor, Satan, 362, 363. Impostors, compared to Foxes, 998. They wrest the Scriptures, Page 1461, 1462
Impropriators, how not to be excused, Page 455
Impudence of sinne, 658, 659. Of sinners, Page 859
Impunity, no warrant of safety, Page 848, 849
Incitations to goodnesse, many afforded us, Page 1103
Inconstancy, a wofull condition of the soule 908, 909, The character of the unconstant man, 909, 910. Many Christians not free from it, 911, 912. Inconstant men are cloudes carried with the winde, 981, 982. They pervert the Scriptures, 1457, 1458. The basenesse of it, Page 1481. 1483, 1484
Indifferency in goodnesse, in danger of perishing, Page 40. 670
Infants, dying without baptisme, where they are, Page 1364
Informers, how to be allowed, Page 830, 831
Infidelity, how damnable, Page 641
Injustice, in how many respects, Page 707, 708
Innocency, how comfortable, Page 1012, 1013
Instruments, what they are, when their service is done, Page 973
Integrity required in Pastors, Page 248, 249
Intemperance, described, 125, 126, 127 The ill effests of it, 129. It ill becomes men, 862. Worse, Christians, Page 863
Interpretation of Scriptures aright, the gift of the Holy Ghost, 360. Not to bee attempted without him, Page 366
Invitations of God, most gracious, Page 1290
Iohn, how a witnesse of Christ, Page 303
Iob, how blessed most at last, Page 1563, 1564
Iordan, a famous River, Page 601
Ioy in the Holy Ghost, digests all troubles, 234. Compared to light, 348. None true and solid, but in Christ, Page 865, 866
Iudge, Christ the most absolute; wherein, 1240, 1241, 1242. His justice shall make to the aggravation of ungodly mens sins, 1249. Good to make him our friend, 1251. Rash judges of others, bold sinners, 1291. Christ no judge dormant, 1346. Most righteous, Page 716, 717
Iudgement should be according to Iustice, 470. The necessity of the generall judgement, Page 471
Iudgements of God, unavoydable, and often strike home, 411. When they come by degrees, more tolerable, 412. When they are certaine, and when conditionall, 461. Onely to bee prevented by timely repentance, 606, 607. The sight of Gods judgements on others, ought to humble us, 615. They are so many reall Sermons to us, 616. They are called Gods arrowes, 1205, 1206. Generall judgements proceed from generall sins, 1212. Vniversall, call for universall repentance, 1213. The last and great judgement, 1235, 1236, &c. How terrible & fatall it will prove, 1311, 1312. To be prepare for, Page 719
Iustice of God, blasphemed under the name of destinie, 408. It stands with the justice of God, to punish finite sin with infinite penalty, 471. Twelve reasons for it, 472 to 479. His justice cleared, 544, 545. Though the children be involved in the sufferings of their parents, 611, 612. From other imputations, cleared, 838. 1288, 1289. Objections against it, answered, 839. It must be satisfied, 851. Iustice & mercy, their vicissitudes, 1214, 1215. No nation can stand without justice, Page 718
KEyes of God are six, 164. The key of heaven God keepes in his owne hand, Page 228
King, the best forme of Governement, 819, 820. Kings are gods, yet cannot scape maligners, 823. Kings, how above other men, 239. Subordinate to Christ, 240. Obedience due to them, Page 757, 758 760
Kingdome of Christ, absolute and everlasting, 238. Kingdome of heaven, variously taken, 241. Gotten five wayes, Page 1317, 1318
Knowledge, of Christ, 41. To be improved, 42. The sweetnesse of it, 60. How dangerous to be abused, 41. The guide of vertue, 118. A meanes to prevent sinne, 119. The knowing mans character, 122. Without the love of Christ, ineffectuall, 171. We shall know one another in heaven, 334. Knowledge a light, 353. It is ready with us, but will is untoward, 378. The guide of obedience, 845, 846. Knowledge of sin, necessary to repentance, 874, 875. Nothing more, or lesse esteemed, 1037. No knowledge can save us, but that of Christ, 1037, 1038. Knowledge without practise, will not availe us, 1039, 1040. Without obedience, a wofull condition, 177, 1078. It is still to be improved, 1129, 1130. Knowledge of God, how farre attained to by the ancient philosophers, 1180, 1181. What knowledge is required in Preachers, 1183, 1184. If a people reject knowledge, they are neare to ruine, 1186. They that have it, must use it, 1187. Knowledge of God, how confused in the wicked, 1255. The faithfull know him in Christ, 1256. Wee cannot rightly know the father, but by the Son, 1259, 1260. Knowledge will not tarry long behind goodnesse, 1474, 1475. What marres it, 1476. It is pleasing to mans nature, 1526, 1527. The strange properties of knowledge, 1528, 1529. Grace preferred to knowledge, 1531. Yet not to be disjoyned, 1532, 1533. The various kinds of knowledge, 1534. The manifold differences of it, 1535, to 1544. The knowledge of Christ swallowes up all, 1546. How we best know him, 1547, 1548. Wherein knowledge differs from other vertues, 1572. Commended to us by an Apologue, Page 1573
LAbour in goodnesse, acceptable wares in heaven, 1144. The wicked labour, 1390. Why not we more for salvation? Page 1391
Lacke of worldly things trouble us, not of spirituall, Page 184, 185
Ladders two, to heaven, Page 486
Last dayes, what they are, Page 1132
Laughter, how in God, Page 1149, 1150
Law it hath her office still, 116. Law and Gospell mette on the Mount, 331, 332. Both testifie one truth, 339, 340. A perfect truth, 436. The whole Decalogue broken by covetousnesse, 921, 922. Law of God, the right way, 931, 932. The rule of all rules, 1112, 1113. Never to be separated from the Gospell, 1117. 1120. Given in terrour, 1166. Given in fire, and in fire required, Page 1234
Lawfull things may be abused, Page 557
Lawyers, corrupt and covetous ones, Page 918
Learning secular, how usefull, 206. What required in a Minister, 278, 280. The use, or abuse of it, 290. Not to bee quite abandoned, 293. Some good to be done with it, 376. Learne we may from the very beasts, 837. Learning humane compared to Balaams Asse, 973, 974. Yet requisite in Divines, for the confutation of Atheists, 1174. It cannot well be spared, 1184, 1185. A mans ornament, Page 1454, 1455, 1456
Libellers against Statesmen, malicious sinners, Page 820
Libertie, the pretence of conspiracie, 1007 1008. It is fourefold. Corporall, 1013. Conscientiall, 1014. Spirituall, 1015. Sensuall, 1016. Christians only have true libertie, 1027, 1028. Libertines, their brotherhood, Page 155
Life, from whom, 53. The foundation of life eternall, to be laid here below, 245, 246. Temporall life, a Tabernacle, 253. The Saints willingly part with it, 262. Not to be forsaken till God calls for it, 263, 264. Transitory, yet doated on, 342. Life of man much shortned, 540, In respect of God, as nothing, Page 1263, 1264
Light, it expelleth darkenesse of all sorts, 352, 353. The nature of light, and differences, 355. Metaphoricall lights, 356, 357. Light of truth, our happy guide, Page 358, 359
Long-suffering of God, how gratious, 1283, 1284. Taught us by his owne example. Ibid. It invites us to repentance, 1296, 1297. How it is abused Page 1412. 1414
Lord; Christ is ours, 175. His Lordship manifested, Page 695, 696, 697, &c.
Lot, a righteous man, 640. Notwithstanding some faults noted in him, 647, 648. His wife become a monument, Page 1485, 1486
[Lots] of the Saints, Page 22
Love of God to us, only through Christ, 320. Love of Christ to us beyond measure, 321, 322. Gods love to us, infinite, 401. Without any cause in us, Page 402
Love, the life of labour, 100. The love of God is ever coupled with the love of our brother, 150. Most due to Christ, 180. It assures us of our calling, 219. They that know Christ, cannot but love him, 396, 397. The deficiencie of our love to him, 402. Love will not endure the dishonour of those they love, 664. It is the ciment of Christianitie, 1099. Store of love in the world, but much of it is naught, 1384. What good love will doe, 1385. It should be most fervent in Ministers, 1432, 1433. The sweetning of all doctrines, 1470. If wee know Christ, wee will love him, Page 1547, 1548
Lust, what it is, and how taken, 87. Of what latitude, 89. The progenie shee brings forth, 90, 91, &c. The abundance of lusts in men, 1152, 1153. Cruell masters, 1155, 1156. They lead to a wofull end, 1158. The fatalitie of it, Page 734, 735
Lying against conscience, a hainous and wilfull sinne, Page 814
MAgicke, too often diabolicall, Page 941
Magistrates must doe Iustice impartially, 463. How to be qualefied, 825, 826. Some given to covetousnesse, Page 917, 918
Majestie of Christ, 303. 311. Many demonstrations of it, 312. Seene, even in his humility, Page 332
Malice, the cause of heresies, 383, 384. It is ever most watchfull, 385, 386. A spitefull and selfe-willed sinne, 811, 812. A rancorous vice, 822, 823. 845. Wickedly foolish, 942. A swelling sin, Page 993
Man, reasons why Christ did redeeme mankinde lost, and not the lost Angels, 523, 524. If God spared not the revolting Angels, sinfull man hath cause to tremble, 527, 528. He hath made all creatures miserable, by making himselfe so, 539, 540. Though his Soveraigntie be abridged, yet still he hath a Lordship over the creatures, 582, 583. All men are defiled, 868. Man, a Barke, or a Charriot, 1158. All creatures made for man, yet hee short of them all in thankefulnesse to God, 1197. Yea, rebellious against his will, 1199. Man, how he is a little world, Page 1329, 1330.
Marriage spirituall, 79, 80. Proved, 176. Vnlawfull marriages, 553. The causes of many inconveniencies, 554, 556. In a fitte marriage, there is Societie, 583. Proprietie, 584. Equality, 585. The end of marriage, 586. It is the remedie for lust, 748. Our marriage to CHRIST, indissoluble, Page 1496, 1497
Mariners, not alwayes tamed by the dangers of the sea, 1193, 1194. Their antiquity, and honour, 581. Carelesse Mariners, and secure Christians, Page 1237
Masse, whether lawfull to be present at it, Page 390, 391
Meanes must bee used, or no hope of the end, 209, 210, 211. Otherwise to looke for it, a foolish presumption, 802, 803. Weakenesse of meanes, no hindrance to the Divine operation, 973. Wee must use those that be ordained of God, 1038 The more meanes granted, the greater measure of goodnesse required, 1186, 1187. All subordinate to the Divine Providence, 1221, 1222. If wee doe not use them, in vaine we complaine of Gods slacknesse, 1278. God hath ordained meanes, 751. And abundance of them to salvation, Page 1444
Mediator, but one, Page 333
Meekenesse, opposed to selfe-willednesse, Page 817
Merchants, a calling of great antiquity, and profitable use, 446. Yet not without danger of sin, 447. Merchants of spirituall traficke, how they are fraughted, 1143, 1144, &c. How wise they should be, Page 1238
Mercie becomes Christians, 235. The mercie of God never sleepes to us, 487. None to be looked for, except in this life, 524, 525. God the Father of mercies, yet most just, 684. Mercie to be shewed to the dumbe creatures, 968, 969. The mercie and justice of God, have their vicissitudes, 1214, 1245. Want of it, is damnable, Page 1424
Merits, none in us, whether in our faith, or good workes, 115. Why none can be in us, 164. Not in our best actions, Page 225
Metaphors, the use of them, Page 1304, 1305
Midst, usually the place or position of Christ, Page 1329
Mindfulnesse of good duties, urged, Page 1120, 1121
Ministerie, how to be discharged, 12. Of great labour, 146. 281, 282. The instrumentall means of salvation, 254. Ministers of Gods word, why men, 364. Yet men of God, 365. Holinesse, a profitable, but no inseparable annection to them, 365. Their enforced povertie, 451, 452, 453. Not to be contemned, 873. Corrupt ones, compared to clouds, in diverse respects, 982, 983. Their office is still to bee calling upon us, Page 1102
Miracles wrought by Christ, testified his Deitie, 311. Popish miracles, how frivolous, Page 821
Miseries incident to Christians, 136. Deserved by us all, 137, Miserie, how a darkenesse, 348. Compared to waters, for abundance of them, 1209. Great waters, yet shall not drowne the faithfull, 1217, 1218. The misery of covetous Churles, 962. Of this world, Page 1376
Moderation, required in all our actions, 123 To 133. Moderate estate best, Page 1555
Modestie, still to bee observed, Page 660, 661
Mortification, how effected, Page 425, 426, 752
Mortalitie of our bodies, 1207. In regard of eternity, as nothing, 1263. A figure of our mortality, presented to us, 1329, 1330. The necessitie of it, Page 1337, 1338
Mount, why so often chosen by Christ, Page 329
Multitude, commonly prone to innovation, 384, 385. A multitude of sinners, 427. They carry away many, 428. No warrant for us, 433. Multitude of small sinnes, pernicious, Page 1156
Murmurers against our just government, seditious sinners, 821. Compared to frogs, Page 836
Mutiners, no lesse than rebells Page 821
NAmes, why imposed, 3. Why changed, 4. Why prefixed to Apostolicall writings, Page 5
Natures insufficiencie, 21. Our naturall estate, 57. It fights against grace, 85. It is full of ignorance, 120. The naturall man sees not spirituall things, 187, 188. Natures light, 356. Our nature is greedy of sin, 428, 429. The disabilitie of it to any good, 633. Nature affects a licentious religion, 1016, 1017. The miserie of our estate by nature, 1036, 1037. Mans nature, apt to runne out, 1070. The strong force of it in us, 1089, 1090. Natures light, how farre it shined to the old philosophers, 1180. Our naturall estate, to be deplored, Page 1490, 1491
Necessitie, none to sinne, except a Posteriore, 648. Necessitie of our perishing, none, Page 1289, 1299
Neutralitie, a kind of denying Christ, Page 393
Newnesse of life, required, Page 1368
Night workes, to be suspected, 351. The vicissitude of night and day, established by God, 352. Night, the witnesse of many darke deeds, 859, 860. The opportunity for theeves, 1318, 1319. Their conjectures refuted, who appoint the last Iudgement to be in the night, Page 1320
Noah, a Preacher of righteousnesse, 558. Hee did faithfully execute his office, 559. His faith, illustrious, Page 578, 579
Nobilitie of Christ, Page 317, 318
Noise: the dissolution of the world shall be with a great noise, Page 1322, 1323
Numbers must not carry us from the truth, 433, 434. Number of soules preserved in the Arke, Page 585
Obedience, the proofe of Grace, 169. To Christ, most due, 179. A signe of election, if it be integrall, 219, 220, 221. It must be right-handed, 222, 223. The effect of faith, 579. The foundation of it, to be laid in knowledge, 845, 846. The true improvement of knowledge, 1039, 1040. 1077, 1078. The way of righteousnesse, 1062, 1063. The obedience of all creatures to the word of God, 1196, 1197. The proofe of godlinesse, Page 1339
Obduratnesse in sinne, how fearefull an estate, Page 1078, 1079
Occasion giving of sin, not blamelesse, 1403. Occasion of sinne, to be avoided, Page 1523
Offenders, open and notorious, to be denyed holy things, Page 870, 871
Old things may be good or evill, 192, 193 Old, in what sense taken, 546. Old age and the world in its decay, compared, 1137, 1138, 1139, 1140. It is not safe to deferre repentance untill old age, Page 1269
Omniscience of God, the universall booke wherein all our sins are written, Page 1245, 1246, 1247
Opportunity, how highly to be valued, 252, 253. Not to be slipped, 266. Ever to be laid hold upon, 1265. By no meanes to be neglected, Page 1269, 1270
Oppression, a grievous sinne, 130, 131. Against charitie, 153. 346. Against the faith, 395. Oppressors are hellish merchants, 457. Wolves, 835. The fearefull end of oppression, 957, 958 Order; the world could not consist without it, Page 828
Ordinances of GOD to bee observed, Page 1038
Originall sinne, Page 497
PApisme, in many points a doctrine of wantonnesse, 3006, 1007. What shifts are made to save it, 119. Papists, their brotherhood, 154. They lock up the Scriptures, 183. What the Hierarchie of Rome gets by that, and keeping men in darkenesse, 349, 350. They pretend the Name of Christ, 374, 375. All their labour is to corrupt our faith, 387, 388. They are Denyers of Christ, in many respects, 392, 393. Their vaine boasts against the Gospell, 548, 549. they misconstrue Gods Iudgements, 618 Popish Priests, what kinde of merchants, 448, 449. All their projects aime at their owne profites, 458. They have forsaken the right way, 933. They frustrate the whole Decalogue, 934. Their injurie to the Gospell, and our reason of forsaking them. Ibid. Their head, and Balaam, compared, 937, 938. Their miracles 971, 972. They swell in great words, 996. Eight of their cunning pretences, 999, 1000. Their doctrines plausible to flesh and bloud, 1002, 1003. The falshood of their promises, 1010. What manner of persons are commonly perverted by them, 1016. How they renounce the world, 1045. Wherefore they so magnifie St Peter, 1110, 1111. Their strange rules and orders, 1118. How they justle out the sacred Canons, 1119. They are enemies to Princes, Page 761
Paradise, how reserved by the Romists from the universall conflagration of the world Page 1331
Partaking of the Divine nature, how, 70, 71, 72, Partaking of others sins, nine wayes, Page 437, 438, 439
Paritie of sinnes, an idle dreame, Page 1049
Patience, 135. Motives to it, 136, 137. Christian, farre beyond the naturian patience, 139. Taught by Christ, 140. Heartned and directed by godlinesse, 141, 142. No patience in hell, 512. God doth exercise our patience, 577, 578. His patience, admirable, 604. It is a celestiall merchandise, 1144. The patience of GOD leads to repentance, 1272. Patience should have her perfect worke in us, 1285. All vertues are lost without it, 1286. We cannot misse it, without sinne; 1344, 1351, 1352. Gods patience invites us to amendment, 1296. Ours must be fortified, 693, 694. How Gods is provoked, 1412, 1413. Required of us, 1414. The want of it, bemoaned, 1424. The victory of patience, Page 1428, 1429
Patrons, who be the corrupt ones, Page 450. 456 917
Paul much praised by Peter, 1430, &c. his honour, Page 1435, 1436
Peace inward, the effect of faith, 18. The fruit of the Gospell 34. The different acceptions of peace, 36. It signifies all temporall blessings, 37. The daughter of grace, Ibid. The image of blesse, 233. What peace is to bee expected here, 374. Peace to be kept at home, 419. Peace in what things to bee laboured for, in what not, 909. How to bee kept, Page 1406, 1407, &c.
Penmen of the holy Scriptures spare not themselves, Page 363
Perfection, how much in this life, 38. We must grow to it by degrees, 103, 104, 105. The perfection of a Christian, wherein it consists, 565. Page 1105, 1106
Perjury, an execrable sin, & wilfull, Page 814, 815
Persecutors of Christians deny Christ, 394. Persecution, the Lot of the Saints, Page 1146
Perseverance, the crowne of all graces, 932, 933. Sure of comfort, 1405. Ten motives to it, 1501 to 1006. Rules to keepe it, foure, 1507, 1508. Ever to bee pursued, Page 1560, 1561
Persons, not respected with God, Page 13, 20
Perswasion, what it is in Christians, Page 1419, 1420
Peters revelation concerning his death, 267 Why Peter is so extolled by the Papists, 1110, 1111. He commends Paul, 1430. And refers to us to him, Page 1446
Pestilence, a heavy judgement, Page 1212
Philosophicall dreames, 289. What knowledge the Philosophers had of God, Page 1180, 1181
Piety, wherein it consists, 143. 145. Ever joyned with brotherly kindnesse, Page 149
Pleased, God is with none but in Christ, Page 319
Pleasure temporall uncertaine, yet too much sought for, 342. Pleasures dangerous, without their limits, 557. It is fickle, 858 Vaine pleasure, a Sorceresse, 861. Whether lawfully to be used, Ibid. How it may be taken without sinne, 862. Sensuall pleasure, to be avoided, Page 1035
Poeticall fictions vaine, Page 289, 290
Polititians, their abilities, Page 1534, 1535
Poore, the object of our charity, 159. Not spared by God, if they be impenitent, 527. Not to be despised of us, without haynous sinne, 626, 627. Poorenesse in spirit, a heavenly grace, Page 1144
Power of God and man, 46, 47. The knowledge of Gods power humbleth us, Ibid. Our power to be regulated by reason, 819. The power of God infinite, 971. It made and can dissolve the world, Page 2175, 1176
Practise, the visible proofe of righteousnesse, 646. 682. The life of hearing, 1124. To be joyned with contemplation, Page 1334
Praises of God, done many wayes, 45. The praise of vertue, necessary, Page 249. 345
Prayer, it must be made in faith, and faith grounded upon promise, 44, 45. Whose prayers are not heard, 404. Prayer not to be slacked, because the desire is not presently granted, 944. Fervent prayer is good, but for allowed benefits, 946. It should be frequent, 972. A meanes to improve grace, Page 1521
Preachers, their necessary use, 119. Preaching breakes up the fallow ground, and sowes the seed of grace, 163. It is commonly opposed, 206, 207. Preachers are remembrancers, 254, 255. They are taken away for three reasons, 259, 260. Their life should bee answerable to their doctrine, 281. They must deliver their message, 294. An honourable calling, 558. God lookes to the measure of their paines, not to the successe, 560. They may save others, not themselves, 588. They have a kinde of governement over their flockes, 824. They are not to be favourable to enormous sinners in their reprehensions, 833. They are compared to wels, 975, 976, 977. They may speake the truth of God, though they be ill men, 960, 961. How the world requites them for their kindnesse, 966. Sinfull ones convinced, Ibid. Compared to cloudes, 980, 981. In what respects, profitable cloudes, 984. Contemned by the world, 1072. They may command but shall goe without, 1114, 1115. They must be men of excellent knowledge, 1183, 1184. Their love to the people, 1098, 1099. It ought to bee in a great measure, 1253, 1254. It is so manifested, Page 1471. 1473
Precipitation, or over-hastinesse puts businesse out of order, 1273. God cannot be charged with it, Page 1274
Preordination of plagues for impenitent sinners Page 485
Preparation for death, continually necessary, 275, 276. Preparation of our selves for heaven, what, 500, 501. Preparation for the day of judgement, 533, 534. 1232, 1233. By reason of the suddennesse of it, 1237. Of the uncertainty, 1306. Of the perill, 1310. Before death, most necessary, Page 1140. 1142. 1392, 1393
Presumption of mercy dangerous, 24. Of salvation no lesse, 221. Presumption defined, 801. Described by examples, and instances, 802. How it differs from assurance, 803. A great number of presumptuous sinners, 807. A pleasing sin, 808. A rebellious and foolish sinne, 809. The Character of it 810. It takes slight encouragements, 974. What it dares do, 1017, To sin by precedent, presumptuous, 1094 Presumption of mercy, disheartned, Page 1127
Price of our Redemption, Page 402
Pride, foolish, 67. Intemperate, 126. Remedies against it, 127. It contemneth others, 154. It is overcome, 177. It loves to bee painted, 346. The cause of heresie, 382, 383. Likely to be the first sin, 493. It is still the worst sin, 494. One of Sodomes sins, 624, 625. The impudence of it, 850 The sottishnesse, 857. In great request, 858. A swelling sin, 993. A mighty inchantresse, 1034, 1035. The way to Atheisme, 1163. An itch of it, on all, Page 1431
Profanesse, how it despiseth the word of God 1070, 1071. Reprocheth all goodnesse, 1150, 1151. It is adverse to piety, Page 144
Profession, without an honest heart, vaine, 1004, 1005. A wanton professor, exceedingly culpable, 1007. Profession should proceed from a sincere heart, 1104, 1105 To be joyned with practise, 1124. It requires a holy minde, Page 1342
Progression in goodnesse, required of Christians, 39. 41. 162. 166. Encouraged, Page 249, 250
Promises belong to the Gospell, Page 61, 62 How precious Gods promises are, Page 63 How ratified, Page 67, 68 They are infallible, Page 1171, 1172 Our promises are to be kept, Page 68, 69 Promises are cheape things, Page 1009 Yet strong enchantments, Page 1010 The issue of deceitfull promises, Page 1011. 1029, 1030 God makes good his promises, Page 1280 Let us make good ours, 1281. Gods promise, the foundation of our faith, Page 1371
Prophets, of how many sorts, 335, 336. The word of prophecie, wherein a sure testimony, 337, 338, 339. Prophets and Apostles testifie one and the same thing, 339. Prophecies, most punctually fulfilled, 343, 344. How long they are usefull, 354. The doctrine of the Prophets is the law of God, 1112. The honour done to them by the very heathens, convinceth us, 959, 960. False Prophets, 369, 370. They may speake true things, 959. Their knowledge, how great, Page 1536, 1537
Proverbes, their use, 1079. Commended by their antiquity, brevity, significancy, 1080. For experience, and for their truth, Page 1081, 1082
Providence of God by whom velicated, 617 618. Hee provides for the safety of his children, when they least dreame of eminent danger, 943. He ordereth all things to the best, 1131, 1132. His providence preserves the world, 1177. 1221. It keepes us whether on Land or Sea, 1201. If the heavens, much more his faithfull ones, 1222. If it seeme slacke to helpe us, the fault is in our selves, Page 1276, 1277
Provocation of others to sin, is sin, Page 438
Provocation of God, continuall, Page 1412
Punishment, of losse the greatest, 498, 499 The punishments of hell, eternall, and why, 524, 525. Punishment followes sin, 848. If slow, yet sure, 849. Agreeable to the quality of the sin, 874. It is ever sorest when it is put off to the last, 949. The infallible wages of sinne, 956, 957. The punishment of Atheists, severe & exemplary, 1179. God hath many punishments in store, 1205. One most fearefull, 723, 724. Temporall, not alwayes forborne to the wicked, Page 725
Purchase, Christs and ours, Page 447, 448
Purenesse, wherein it consists, 1104, 1105. Two fountaines to purifie us, Page 1323, 1324
Purging away of sinnes, how •y Baptisme, and other wayes, 193. 196. Purgatory, a fable, 1364. A spirituall purge, Page 1369
Purpose of God, unchangeable, Page 840
QVestion; whether S. Peter were ever at Rome, 268. Whether all that were drowned in the floud, did everlastingly perish, Page 542, 543
RAiling, the language of hell, 831. At equals, bad; at Princes and Magistrates, worse, Page 832
Rainbow, a pledge of our safety, 1210. Many signes of mercy in it, Page 1211
Receiving, Christ became a receiver, to give us, 306. So he received honour, Page 308
Recidivation, most dangerous, 40, 41. 208 A deadly sinne, 1040, 1041. In how many respects, it makes the state of a sinner worse, 1049, 1050, &c. It is odious to God, 1060. The best ought to be fearefull of it, Page 1075, 1076
Reconciliation, some things never to be reconciled, Page 909
Redemption, by Christ, 97. A greater worke than Creation, 178. Those he hath redeemed, he will never lose, 399, 400. Reprobate Christians may seeme to be redeemed in foure respects, 400, 401. Foure kindes of redemption, Ibid. The end of Redemption is to serve God with new obedience, 405. The grace of Redemption, greater than the grace of Creation, Page 495, 496
Regenerate, they are not sinnes voluntaries, Page 1107
Religion, the bond of union, 151. Not to be made a cloak for naughtinesse, 800, 802. Some religion, universally embraced, 961. It hath two extreames, 1159. Christian religiō why it hath prevailed, Page 1177
Reliques, how much valued by the Papists, Page 283. 829, 830
Remembring of Gods benefits, necessary, 197. Of our sinnes, profitable. 198. Though the remembrance of thē be grievous unto us, 199. The Office of Gods Ministers is to call us to remembrance, 247. 1103, 1104. All our Sermons are in effect, but remembrancings; or repetition. Sermons, 285, 286. Good lessons, to be remembred, 1119, 1120. Remember, how many wayes taken, 1261. The remembrance of former sins with remorse, a helpe against further falling, 1094. Of Gods promises, upholds us, 1372. Of good lessons, Page 1475, 1476
Renegates, who they be, Page 393
Repentance killeth sin, 86. Her character, 97, 98. An argument of election, 216. No repentance in hell, 510. If we repent not of our sinning, God will repent of our making, 537 The season of it, 541, 543. A riddle of repentance, 643. If not learned before, hardly at our death, 674. Presumed upon, and deferred, a desperate misconfidence, 807, 808. In all threatnings there is a reservation to repentance, 840. To be joyned with teares, 878, 879 Called for, even of Christians, 937 Ever necessary, 1062. How it purifies the heart 1106 A merchandize for heaven, 1144 Repentance and obedience necessary, notwithstanding Christ suffered for us, 1169 Repentance the remedy of judgements, 1026. Vniversall judgements call for universall repentance, 1213. Great plagues, for deepe sorrowes, 1214. It is not to be protracted, 1267, 1268. The necessary way to salvation, 1293, 1294. Gods good will to us, & to all men, 1295. Wee must labour for repentance, 1296. Not to be deferred, 1298. A fountaine to purifie us, 1324. A reparation of us to goodnesse, 1334. A laver to wash us from uncleannesse, 748. How it cleanseth us, 1398, 1399. It must take the due time, Page 1423
Reprehension, like salt, 84. The part of a brother, 154. It is generally hated, 519 Yet very necessary, 673. By an inferiour 963, 964. A slop in the wayes of sin, Ib.
Reproches hurt them that give, more than them that suffer, Page 1149
Residence, required of Ministers, Page 247, 248
Restitution, necessary to repentance, Page 50
Resurrection assured, 888. A day of amazednesse to those that are out of Christ, Page 1248
Retaliation of sins or good workes, 160. Of sin most just, 467. Copiously instanced, 851, 852, &c. By this matter of sin is read in the punishment, 611, 873, 874. Further exemplified, Page 988, 989
Revenge in many respects, how injurious, Page 138, 139
Reverence in the Temple, how requisite, Page 147
Reward, every man shall have according to his workes, 851. The reward of piety, infinite, Page 1029
Riches; uncertaine, yet too much trusted in, 342. 954. Gotten by deceit, poyson the getters, 883, 884. They inflame a covetous heart, 919, 920. How to be rightly valued, 925. A dangerous baite to a worldly minde, 945. The inveighers against them, 951. They are not utterly denied to the righteous, 952. How they become the wages of unrighteousnesse, 953. The mischiefe of them, 955. They are dangerous snares, 1033, 1034. False to their adherents, 1406, 1407. Rich men ought to be benificent, 158. They have no dispensation to sin, Page 526
Righteous, some are onely in opinion, Page 195 The righteous are sure of persecution; Page 1146 They shall bee kept safe in the day of fire, Page 1234 They cannot escape tentation, Page 688
Righteousnesse, what is the way of it, Page 1061 It is the way of salvation, Page 233 The righteousnesse of God, vindicated, Page 542 Righteousnesse of three sorts, Page 640 One onely saves us, Page 641, 642 Morall righteousnesse, Page 643 Comparative, Page 644 Righteousnesse well proved, Page 665 Evangelicall righteousnesse, Page 706, 707 Where righteousnesse dwels, Page 1378
Ringleaders of wickednesse, very damnable, Page 1008
Righteousnesse, how sinfull, Page 394 Ioyned with infidelity, Page 426 Riot in how many things discovered, Page 857 858 How expensive a vice it is, Page 862, 863
Romish religion hath a glorious out-side, Page 393
Ruffian, a wild horse, Page 835
Rule infallible, Gods word, Page 183. 346 The most perfect, 1113. 1118. Ever to be intended, Page 347
SAcrifice: great judgements have gone off with sacrifice, Page 1216
Sacriledge, the wickednesse of it, 451, 452, 453. 456. A desperate and wilfull sin, 815, 816. It attempts to deceive God himselfe, 883. A high degree of injustice, 918. No love in it, Page 1433
Safety in sinne, a fond presumption, Page 802
Saints, to be followed, but wherein, Page 653
Salt, spirituall, Page 84
Salvation, sure in the Lord, Page 37 To worke it up, much diligence is required, Page 103 How it may be made sure to us, Page 209, 210 213, 214 How God intends it to us in all his actions, Page 1417, 1418
Salutations, their use, 32. Exceptions against them, Page 33
Sanctification ought to bee throughout, 1342, 1343. The meanes of it, Ibid.
Satiety in holy things, should not be, Page 286
Saved is every Christian by his owne faith, Page 113, 114
Scandalizers of great Persons, seditious sinners, 820, 821. Compared to Aspes, 836. Their bitternesse, Page 844
Schismatickes, their brotherhood, 154, 155 They come in the name of Christ, 374. Why God suffers Schismes, 377. They love to trouble the Churches peace, 387. The way to suppresse a Schisme, is to cut off the head of it, 419. Schismatickes, and hypocrites conjoyned, 458. Their Impostures, Page 1482
Scorning of goodnesse, the profundity of sin, Page 1147, 1148
Scriptures holy, the rule of truth, and object of faith, 110. Earnestly to be consulted, malgrè all Popish exceptions against them, 183. To be read continually, 287. They are the infallible Canon of truth, 339, 340. Our life should bee answerable to that rule, 341. How perfectly the Scriptures are fulfilled, 343, 344. To be interpreted by the holy Spirit that indicted them, 360, 361. Reasons that the Scriptures were by the inspiration of God, 361, 362, 363. Why God would have his will written, 1069, 1070. The Scriptures a spiritual banquet, 1097 God reveales his wil to us by his writings, 1100, 1101. It is a Booke out of which wee shall bee judged, 1243. Why given us in writing: 1438, 1439. No dumbe rule, 1446. No repugnancy in them, 1447. Difficulties in them, 1448. How they are wrested, Page 1459, 1460 to 1468
Sea, an element of wonders, 1193. God is to be glorified by the use of it, 1194. Sea and earth, two loving companions, 1200. It hath no power to hurt, where God will preserve, Page 1202
Secrets, some not to be enquired into, Page 325
Security of sin, 481, 483. The sinne of the old world, 558, 559. It will take no warning, 619. It shall bee a sinne of the last dayes, 1135. It can finde no place of safety, 1201. A vaine selfe flattery, 1309. A dead sleepe, Page 1350
Seducers, pestilent sinners Page 1012
Selfe-murder, detestable, 263, 264, 265 Selfe will, defined, 810. Distinguished, 811. Described, 812, &c. The character of the selfe-willed sinner, 817, 818. Self-homicide damnable, 722. All our ruine is from our selves, Page 1492, 1493
Seminaries Popish, desperate sinners, 805. Wherin their presumption appeares, 806, Their frauds discovered, 882, 883. Errant seducers, Page 1012
Sending, whom God sends, hee furnisheth with abilities, Page 375, 376
Senses, corrupted by nature, 82. How God accommodates them, 325. They are all at the hearts command, Page 896
Sensuality, a vice provoking Gods wrath, 556, 557. A brutish sin, 837. A sensuall life, below reasonable men, Page 1157
Sentence of Christ intolerable to reprobates, Page 1249, 1250
Separatists, in some sort deny Christ, 393, 394. Separation from holy publike duties, not to bee admitted •ecause of some sinners, Page 872, 373
Servant of Christ, why our Apostle so stiles himselfe, 6. The liberty of this service, 8. The properties of Gods servants, 8, 9. The dignity of that service, 10. The priviledges of those servants, 72, 73 The benefits they have by it, 399. The servants of the Saints have no priviledge, vnlesse they serve God, 587. None serve God for nothing, Page 654, 655
Servitude of sinne, most intolerable, 1017, 1018. In how many respects, 1020, 1021 1022. A miserable bondage, 1045. The kindes of serv ce, Page 750
Shame once gone, sinne is desperate, Page 659. 859
Sight of sinne, the first step to repentance, Page 874, 875
Silence, intolerable in a Preacher, Page 251, 252. A selling of soules, Page 450
Similitudes, their use, Page 1304
Simonie, spirituall, 450, 451. The haynousnesse of Simonie, Page 916, 917
Singularity of opinion, meerely fantasticall, Page 435
Sinne, the sight of it, exceedingly necessary, Page 85. 874
Sinne to bee mortified betimes, Page 86 A prodigious birth, Page 170 Circumstance aggravate it, Page 172 The most sordid corruption, Page 191 All sins old in example, Page 192 It still crucifies Christ, Page 164 To be remembred of us, Page 198 All sinnes are the workes of darknesse, 350, 351. Sin is a crafty serpent, 385. It must take no liberty from our redemption, 405 It is seene in the effects, 410. Of a raging power, 430, 431. It naturally drawes on punishment, 463, 464. It is punished in the one kind, Page 468, 469
Sinne, though finite, deserves punishment infinite, 472, to 479. It is clamorous, and importunes judgement, 485, 486. It makes men their owne tormentors, 517. The impudence of it, 519. It must have punishment either in the sinner, or the Saviour, and therefore to bee hated, 526. Such is the contagion of sin, that it infects the very creatures made for man, 539. We may read our sins in the misery of the creatures, 540. Sinnes universall bring universall judgments, 545, 546. The sins of our times, 559, 560. Strange sinnes bring strange punishments, 564. It can diminish a people, 588. It destroyes the strongest Cities, 600. The stench of it, odious, 609. Sinne not to be prevented with sin, 648. The object of a good mans vexation, 667, 668. Others sinnes should grieve us, 682. Much more, our owne, 683. How many wayes it findes to hell, 846, 847. It naturally begets punishment, 848. It makes the owne rod, 849, 850. Growes impudent by custome, 859. It defiles the committers, 866. 870 And so is odious to God, Angels and men, Ibid. The matter of it may bee read in the punishment, Page 873 How damnable to be plaid withall, Page 878 It knowes no mediocrity, Page 902 The race of sinne, in some things like the course of the Sun, Page 904, 906 It may have security, never safety, Page 970 How it is matched with the penaly, Page 988, 989 All sin is a Labyrinth, Page 1005 A grievous servitude, Page 1017, 1018, 1020, &c. Vile, irkesome, damnable, Page 1048 It likens men to beasts, Page 1083. 1085 The foulenesse of it, Page 1095, 1096 How loathsome it appeares to a penitent eye, Page 1126 Sinnes, a very deluge, Page 1208, 1209 The proper cause of all judgements, Page 1211 When it is generall, it brings on a generall plague, Page 1212 The vast extent of it, Page 1224, 1225 Our sinnes are so infinite, that none can number them but God, Page 1246, 1247 Sinne, the most perilous theefe, Page 1314, 1315 A spirituall death, Page 711, 712 The epidemicall disease, Page 1377 Not the least, contemptible, Page 1524
Sinner, he is a sleepe, 254. 481. 483. The wretchednesse of his estate, 1048. How he becomes worse, 1409. Sinners seeke one thing and find another, 1152. Their varietie of wayes, 1153. Their wofull appearance at last, 1345. Wrapd up in spirituall slambers, 1349, 1350. Difference of sinnes and sinners, 729. How sinners abuse Gods mercie, 1426, 1427. How they are sold, Page 1490
Slacknesse, how imputed to God, 1273. In men it may be a fault, 1274. In God, it is never but a mercy, 2275, 1276. Hee is slow to wrath, till the last day, Page 1308
Sleepe: God never sleepeth, 467. Naturall sleepe, and spirituall, compared in seven respects, 481, 482, 483. Spirituall sleepe sometimes possesseth the children of God, 486. It dwels upon the wicked, 254. The signes of it, 1319. How it is to bee wakned, 150. Who sleepe, Page 2390
Sonne of God, Christ is by nature, Page 316 Yet not inferior to the Father, Page 317 For our sakes, grievously afflicted by him, Page 319
Soule, how endangered, Page 358 How delivered Page 359 It is corrupted before the body be prostituted, Page 907, 908 It dies not with the body, Page 1170, 1171 It is knowne to Atheists, by the sting of conscience, Page 1258 Let us be sure, in that last fire, to save the Iewell, our soule, Page 1332, 1333 The immortality of it proved by reasons, Page 721, 722
Speculation and Action, the two wings of the soule, Page 1334
Speech evill, how noxious, Page 844 Good, how necessary, Page 846
Spirituall blessings, the only true cōforts, Page 38 They are freely given us, Page 65 Spirituall things, not seene with carnall eyes, Page 187, 188 Spirituall riches, chiefly to bee desired, 1047. Spiritual men, discerned from carnall Page 1090 Spirituall husbandry, Page 1124
Spots in us all, Page 1394 How we must get them off, Page 1395, 1397
Strife against sinne, an argument of election, Page 217
Studiousnesse in good things, Page 101 Study required in Preachers, Page 366
Stupidity of avarice, Page 962 The slavery of the covetous, Page 963. 1045
Successe in wickednesse, the greatest unhappinesse, Page 994, 995
Subjects have many benefits by their Prince and so have we by Christ, Page 73, 74
Sudden destruction to the impenitent, 413, 414. Sudden death may be prayed against 466, 467. Suddennesse aggravates any Iudgement, Page 609, 610
Suffering without warrant, shall have no thankes, Page 141, 142 The sufferings of Christ remembred, an Antidote against sinne, 193, 194. His infinite sufferings, proceeding from an infinite love to us, Page 321, 322
Sunne to us, is Christ, Page 354
Superstition worships reliques, 282, 283. It hath the divell for its author, 829. It is full of mischiefe, 1001. In how many respects, worse than Atheisme, Page 1159, 1160
Swearing vaine, a presumptuous and willfull sinne, Page 813, 814
Swiftnesse of judgement, Page 415 There are many swift things, but that out-runnes all, Page 416
Tabernacles, St Peter wished for three, Page 433
Takers, how many fearefull ones, Page 848
Teares, the true signe of repentance, Page 878, 879 A soveraigne water for the soule, Page 899
Teachers of others, should be good themselves, 972, 973. And full of abilities to performe that office, 978. Vnlearned teachers mis-led soules, Page 1163, 1164
Temperance, the moderator of vertues, Page 123 The balance of the soule, 124. Commended, 129. The sister of patience, Page 156
Temporall things are but lent us, be uncertaine, yet too much sought after, 341, 342. No trust to be put in them, 565, 566. How they are to be valued, 1046 1047. Neither to be coveted, nor utterly contemned, 1141, 1142. They shall have their change, Page 1299
Temporizers, Page 39
Temple, the hearing place, 326. Some flie to other auditories, 327. It ought to be frequented, 984. What hinders us from it, Page 1518
Temptations, manifold, 1019, 1020, 689, 690. God delivers us out of them, 691, 692. Hee knowes how, Page 702, 703
Testament, bookes of the new Testament distinguished, 1. The two Testaments have both one and the same Author, and testifie one truth, 339, 340. How sweetly they both accord, Page 885, 886, 1261
Thankfulnesse, the debt of beneficence, 45, 66. The rent of blessings, 985, 986. To bee payed for all our deliverances, Page 1032
Theevery, no way to bee tolerated, Page 1304 Metaphoricall theeves, manifold, Page 1313, 1315, 1316 The day of the Lord, like a fatall theefe, Page 1314 It is no warrant for theft, because the day of Iudgement shall come as a theefe, 1316, 1317. There is a holy theft, Page 1317, 1318
Threatnings intend to prevent Iudgements 174. Hell is threatned, that we might escape it, Page 503
Time, very precious, 252, 253. The time of our death, unknowne to us, Page 273, 274. 466 What is the nature of time, 1262. God is the only giver, and disposer of time, 1263. We ought to be covetous of no worldly thing, but time, and that to good purposes, 1265, 1266. The benefit of it taken, shewed by an Apologue, Page 1270, 1271
Tongue; it is bound to praise God, 46. It is naturally corrupt, 83. The instrument of blasphemie, in the wicked, 442. It is a pestilent engine, 822. Full of mischiefe, 844, 845. The instrument of fraud, 912. Of cursing, 964, 965. Of all manner of sin, 965. It dissembles, Page 1009
Trades-men, their covetous practises, Page 919
Tradition, how farre it was necessary, Page 1100
Traitor, a viper, Page 835, 836
Transfiguration of CHRIST, Page 328, To 334
Travellers, what is required of them Page 1063, 1064
Treasure, how to lay up the best, Page 1222, 1223 Sinnes and punishments are also called a Treasure, 1230. Where all precious treasure is reposited, Page 1326, 1327
Tryalls, the Church militant never without, Page 373, 374. 692
Tribes, the twelve of Israel described with their counterpanes, Page 911, 912
Trinitie; the inscrutable mysterie of it, Page 307, 378,
Truth, to be kept, 69. It can never want enemies, 373. To be preserved in peace, 419. Truth is but one, 435. That only to be followed, 436. The sincerity of it. Ibid. Not the lesse glorious in it selfe for mens disgraces, 444. Yet it may appeare so to others, 445. It ever makes the least noise, 992, 993. It is wofully troden downe in these latter dayes, 1011. The rule of truth, is the word of GOD, Page 1118
Trust ought to bee in God, not in wealth, Page 956 And firme in Gods promises, 1281. Not in our selves, Page 1521
Turning from the word of God, the way to Hell, Page 1070
VAnity of all earthly things, Page 95, 96.
Vanity is full of words, Page 995, 996
Vengeance, not satisfied but with utter ruine, Page 413, 414
Vertue, a Divine grace, 58. What it is in it selfe, 114. The proofe of faith, 115. The necessitie of it, 116. Her definition, 117. Her character, 118. Never without knowledge, 121, 122. Seasoned by discretion, 123. Encouraged by praise, 249. Deserveth it, 345. To be married with knowledge, 1528. The right end of it, 1544, 1545. The manifold enemies of it, Page 1564
Vexation; sundry causes of it, Page 677
Vigilancie, required of us, 99. It guards all our vertues, 1344. It keepes off all spirituall dangers, Page 1348
Vnbeleefe, how malicious, 396. How it shall speed, Page 1250
Vncertaintie of the day of Iudgement, when it shall come, Page 1305, 1306
Vncleannesse, hatefull, 87. How it may be cured, 88. Remedies against it, 125, 126. That is a wicked doctrine, which teacheth it, 426. The sin of Sodome, 627. Arguments against it, 628, 629. To be lamented. 662. The cursed effects of it, 894, 895, 896. Of all sins, Satan hath most power over it, 1095. The manifold kinds of it, 738, 739. The causes, and cure, 740, 741. The effects of it, 744. 746. A character of the uncleane person, Page 749
Vnfruitfulnesse in good workes, ill becomming Christians, Page 984
Vngodlinesse; the course of it, 620, 621. The strange effects it produceth, 622. The ungodly mans character or description, Page 623, 624
Vnion with Christ, facilitates our entrance into heaven, Page 230, 231
Vnitie of faith, 111, 112. Vnitie and harmonie becomes the Church, Page 996, 997
Vnthankefulnesse to God for his blessings, odious, 197. It is ever forgetfull, 201, 202. Vniversally condemned, 986. It aggravates all other sinnes, 1049, 1050. Our wretched unthankefulnesse to Christ, 1235. Vnthankefulnesse for former deliverances, takes away the hope of future, Page 1279, 1280
Vntill, the various acceptions of it in the Scriptures, Page 354, 355
Vocation, what, when, where, how, 55. To be readily embraced, 56. Effectuall, and glorious, 57. The especiall way to know our election, 209. 211, 212. How our owne is knowen to us, Page 219, 220
Voice of God, how powerfull, 313. The excellencie of mans voice, yet how farre short of Christs, 314. How many voices there are to teach us, Page 970 The voice of GOD, above all, Page 1220
Voluptuousnesse, how justly condemned, Page 856
Vowes, not to be broken, 68. To God, they must be payed, Page 1032
Vsurers, their trade, 346. Their covetous practises, Page 918, 919
WAlking after our owne lusts, pernicious, 1155, 1156. The slavery of it, Page 750
Wantonnesse, a dangerous snare for the soule, Page 1006, 1007
Warnings, how profitable, if taken, 372. In prepared hearts, they give some ease to future Iudgements, 465, 466. They are arguments of Gods mercie to us, 561. Warning was given even to sinfull Sodome, 603, 604. Let us take the hint of them to repent, 605. Woe to the contemners of warning, 629, 630 God plies us with them, 1237. Hee ever warnes, before hee strikes, Page 1303, 1304
Washing off our spottes, necessary, 868. 875, 876. Vngodly sinners grow fowler after their washing, Page 1095
Water, an embleme of Inconstancie, 982 At first, it overwhelmed the face of the earth, 1199. It is a severe master 1204. Some would have it a kind of Principium, Page 1223
Way to heaven must bee kept, or the end missed, 227. It is not so difficult as some would make it, 236, 237. The waies to hell, innumerable, 422. 435. The way of truth, but one, 436. Way is twofold, good or evill, 930. Gods law is the right way, 931, 932. The wayes of the wicked are manifold, 935, 936. The way of righteousnesse, what it is, 1061. The wayes of wickednesse, without number, Page 1095. 1153. 751
Wicked, they disturbe our peace, 133. wickednesse is ever watchful, Page 385, 386. They shall bee denyed of Christ, Page 403 They are the causes of their owne condemnation, Page 407 They worke up their owne destruction, Page 409, 412 A multitude of them, Page 427, 428 They are greedy of sinne, Page 429, 430 How to be loved of the righteous, or conversed with, Page 433 They are compared to diverse homely things in the Scriptures, Page 833 Called beasts, for sensuality, improvidence, shamelesnesse, Page 834 Their mis-conceite, Page 864, 865 How they are turned into sinnes, Page 868, 869 They are overcome of the world, Page 1044, 1045 They bring plagues upon the world, Page 878, 879 They wilfully destroy themselves, Page 1052 1053 They will sinne by precedent, Page 1094 Their end, Page 711 They profane the Scriptures, Page 1480
Will of God, most just, 839. The cause of causes. Ibid. He would have none to perish, 1286, 1287, 1288. But all come to repentance, Page 1293. 1244, 1295
Will of man, what freedome it hath, 105. 496. It cannot turne it selfe, 208. It is naturally prone to sinne, 428, 429. Hard to tame, 810. Diverse consideration about mans will, 816, 817. A morall upon the will of man, 818, 819. No necessitie imposed on it, 839. It is the first that takes the fire of holinesse, Page 1400
Wisedome divine, the best, 120. How great was given to the Apostles, 1436, 1437. Gained by degrees, Page 1557, 1558
Wittes, we have some so called that despise the word of God ordinarily preached, 803. Wit may be without sound knowledge, 1129, 1130. Great wits should be imployed in confuting Atheisme, Page 1173, 1174
Witnesses of Christ, who they are, 299, 300, 301, 302. How they are qualefied, 301. Witnesses of Christs transfiguration, three, 330. Why three, those three, and no more, 331. God gives us many, Page 1429
Whore, her innumerable mischiefes, 661 Whore-haunters, compared to goates, 835. Whores, to Beares. Ibid. A whore is the devills choisest instrument, Page 901 Whoredome, an epidemicall disease, Page 903 The cunning of strumpets, Page 904
Wonders, to be made use of, Page 904
Word of God, the true guide, 183. The wonderfull effects of it, 287. Of mighty power, 297. Of unspeakable operation, 313, 314. God governes his Church by it, 339. The infallible rule, 346. Evermore to be heeded, 347. The majestie, modestie and sweetnesse of it, 362. The profit wee have by it, being written, 364. It is our warrant, 562. The most perfect guide for us, 936. Like raine, it will bring forth either herbes, or weedes, 985 The only ordinary meanes of salvation, 1117. The world was made by it, 1195, 1196. How diversely it is taken, 1198. What a Divinity there is in it, 1220. The creating & preserving word, 1221. It is operative as fire, Page 1347
Words of dying men, memorable, 266, 278. So the words of Ministers living, preach after they are dead, Page 283
Workes of God, of two sorts, 462. Good workes praise God, 46. Evill works come from a corrupt heart, 83. Good workes to be joyned with faith, 114. They are proofes of our faith, 115. They are the fruites of grace, knowne by their odour and tast, 171. Our good workes, how to be remembred, or forgotten by us, 200, 201. They are true signes of grace, 244. They cannot merite of God, 225. Our best workes are imperfect, 652, 653. They are the Christians way, 1062, 1063. The necessity of them, to be pressed, 1122, 1123. They are a commoditie for heaven, 1144. They make our faith knowne, Page 1550, 1551
World the diverse acceptions of it, 93, 94 The misery, inconstancie, insufficiencie of it, 95, 96. Worldly things blind us, 186. They are a hindrance of our getting into heaven, 229. The miserable vanity of this world, 324. It is growne an old man, 531. Fitly so compared, 532. How called old, 546. Manifestly decaying, 549. How to be esteemed of us, 865. It is a glasse representing to us our owne sinnes, 867. A dangerous walke, 1030. The occasion of sin, 1033. How worldly things entangle the soule, 1042. 1044, 1045. The dotage of it, expressed by a similitude, 1137, 1138, 1139, 1140. How it is presented to the Saints, 1142. Wherein, a man of war, 1151. As created, so dissolvable by the power of God, 1175, 1176. It was made by his word, 1195, 1196. How it was made ready for the floud, 1204. If it must perish, why doe men doate upon it? 1226, 1227. It goes round, 1229, 1230 The languishing diseases of it, Page 1379, 1380, 1382
Worldlings compared to swine, 1087, 1088, 1089. The vanity of their choise Page 1229
Worme of conscience, one of hell-torments Page 504
Worship of God, what, Page 145, 146
Wrath of God, for sin, Page 535, 536
YOuth, apt to vanity and sin, 192, It may be both vertuous and reverend, 269. It hath death at the backe of it, 274. It is prone to error, Page 933
ZEale, without temperance, indiscreet, 123, 124. It is qualified with patience 142. and moderated with brotherly kindnesse, 149, 150. Beautified with meekenesse, 322. It denyes all for Christ, 404 405. It is grieved at sin, 668. It is rarely found, 669. The definition of it, 674. The discription, 675. The constancie of it, Page 680, 681
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