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knowledge, 324 ; cautions respecting, ib. ; differences between his
sinning against knowledge, and an unregenerate man s, 326.
Regeneration, the most eminent mercy that God bestows on his people, vi. 74 ; all the persons of the Godhead concur in, ib. ; compared to the manumission of a slave, 78 ; to the dissolution of a marriage by the death of one of the parties, 79 ; is not a mere refinement of corrupt nature, 80 ; is not confined to those of riper years, 85 ; angels, both
in heaven and hell, moved at, 101. Called a being born again, to shew that it conveys an image or likeness
of the begetter, vi. 152 ; is the imparting of a new nature, 153 ;
necessity of, to salvation, 155 ; without it God is not our Father,
ib. ; Christ is not our Lord and husband, we can have no title to, no hope of enjoyment of, the inheritance, 156; an unpopular doc
trine, 157.
Its analogy with the resurrection of the body, vi. 194. Must be as extensive as mortification, vi. 201 ; since it is a restoration of the image of God, must be a change of nature, 202 ; infants are
capable of, 203 ; compared to the natural powers of seeing and
understanding, 204 ; and to the instincts of animals, ib. ; necessary that a new nature should be imparted in the new creation, ib. : whether God could make a sinful creature holy in action without
giving it anew nature, 206; never wrought upon temporary believers, 215 ; is nothing else than the forming and fashioning the image of
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Christ in us, 220 ; its counterfeit is the work of the law written in the heart by nature, or the effects of a natural enlightened conscience,
231 ; differences from natural conscience, 252 ; takes effect in the whole man, 260 ; enlightens the conscience, 270 ; sets up God in the heart as the supreme end, 273.
Regeneration, eminency of mercy in the work of, vi. 405 ; is the introduc
tion to all mercies, 406 ; it is the first and the greatest sum of par doning mercy expended on us, ib. ; makes an entire change of a man s
state before God, and that for ever, 407 ; takes place but once, 408 ; the state into which it brings us is an eternal state, never to be
changed, 409 ; it alone makes a specifical change, others that follow
are but gradual, ib. ; no motions from us invite God to work in us, 410; is exclusively God s work, 411; its essentials children are
capable of, and therefore of baptism, 412 ; is the womb, the founda
tion, of all good works, ib. ; circumstances heightening the mercy of, 413 ; the three persons distinctly concur and appear in, 416 ; com
pared with the incarnation and conception of Christ, 420 ; the Father s
part in, 421 ; the Son s, 422 ; the Spirit s, 423 ; almighty power manifested in, 425 ; the same power that raised Christ from the dead, 427 ; hence mere abstinence from gross sins not regeneration, 429 ;
nor mere interest in the things of religion, 431 ; paralleled with the
power shewn in creation, 436 ; in raising Christ from death to glory,
ib. ; is not only the putting a new principle of life and godliness into
the soul, but a dissolving of the works of the devil, 441 ; power shewn by consideration of the powerful opposition, 443; pulling down strongholds, ib.; breaking off the heart from the pleasures of
sin and inordinate lusts, 444 : loosening it from the world, 445 ;
producing faith, 446 ; virtual cause of, is the resurrection of Christ,
455. In the work of, all the persons of the Godhead concur, vin. 1
Grace shewn in, exceeds all works which God after doth for us, even
glory itself, ix. 309. And perseverance, the sum of all blessings spiritual, ix. 414.
Greatness and wonderfulness of, shewn by consideration of the total
depravation of our nature, x. 177.
Rejoicing continually associated with praise, iv. 392.
Relapsing, after peace spoken, a great aggravation of sin, iii. 413.
After peace spoken, great folly, iii. 414 ; because, before a man had
that peace, he felt the bitterness of sin, ib. ; because it cost so much
to obtain peace, ib.; because there is a danger of losing so much,
415; because the pleasures of sin will be much less after peace
spoken, ib.
Relation, Christ s, to his people, iv. 123.
Religion, practical, its whole bulk and sum resolved into God s revealm
Christ, and Christ s revealing himself within us, iv. d42.
Religious duties and performances, unconverted men depend upon, x. 6
Remembrance of God s former mercies a ground of comfort to the 1
in darkness, iii. 336.
-, , t w * i Remonstrants, an opinion of theirs refuted, i. 341 ; their doctrine of moral
persuasions, 351 ; their notion of spiritual death, n. 202.
Renewing of the inward man day by day, real, though not always perceived,
ix. 304.
REPENTANCE, vii. 543.
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Repentance, sometimes imperfect, iii. 426 ; times of imperfect repentance the most critical in a believer s life, 428.
Deferring of, argues a low and light esteem of the work of grace, vi.
452; may be wrought in the most hardened by the power of God, 454.
Subjects of; national sins, vii. 545; corruptions in religion and wor
ship, ib. ; personal sins, 549. Romanists generally deny that original sin is a subject of, x. 326 ; re
futation of their opinions, 328.
Reprobation consists of two parts, ix. 154 ; preterition, ib.; rejection, 157 ; not an act of pure dominion, but of justice, 160. The stress of it generally put upon the negative act of non-election,
ix. 227. Reservation of places in heaven for the elect, ix. 180.
Resolution, Christ s stedfast, in prospect of his last sufferings, v. 168.
Rest of God, i. 321.
RESTORATION, MAN S, BY GRACE, vii. 519. Resurrection of believers in Christ, ii. 251. Of Christ, an evidence to our faith that God is fully satisfied with his
death, iv. 25 ; is the ground of justification, regarded as the formal
act of pronouncing us righteous, 26 ; its real influence towards our
justification, 35, et seq. Of Christ, as of a representative of his people, iv. 34 ; in what sense
believers are risen with him, ib. ; influence of, to our justification, 35 ; was the justification of Christ himself from the sins wherewith he had been charged, 36 ; therefore called his begetting, 37, 49. Of Christ twofold, of his soul from the prison of hell, as well as of his
body from the grave, v. 273 ; corresponding to the first and second
resurrection of his people, 274. Of Christ, a more signal display of God s power than that of Lazarus
or any one else, vi. 440 ; is the virtual cause of regeneration, 455.
First, literal before the millennium, xii. 96.
Revelation, knowing God by, i. 291. Book of, a special fruit of Christ s death, iii. 15. Book of, relates to the nations of the Gentiles, which have to do with
the church of Christ, iii. 23. Book of, written about A.D. 94, iii. 120. Of God s Son in Paul, misunderstood by interpreters, iv. 344. Of God is by piece-meal (ToXuasg&s), v. 528 ; because men are incapable of all at once, 529 ; after several ways (ffoXureovuc,), 530 ; to
kshew
his manifold wisdom, 531 ; because there are varieties of appre hension, ib.
Revelations, all previous ones were preparations for the gospel, as that is for
heaven, iv. 261. Rich man and Lazarus, parable of, vi. 461. Rich glory and glorious riches, equivalent terms, iv. 244.
Riches of grace, need eternity to shew them in, ii. 307. Of the glory of the gospel, iv. 306 ; consist in its preciousness, 807 ; abundance, 309 ; profitableness, 310. Of the Christian consist in promises, as in bonds, iv. 312 ; rich in
faith, ib. ; in assurance, 313; the Spirit poured richly on him, ib ; the riches of glory, ib.
Righteous scarcely saved, but surely saved, ix. 245.
Righteousness, the Lord our, the afflicted believer s trust, iii. 325.
Natural, fire of a man s own kindling, iii. 345.
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Righteousness, Christ s, in its fulness and perfection, answers to all the par ticulars and aggravations of men s sinfulness, iv. 24.
. Of Christ, of breadth enough to cover the sins of millions of worlds, iv. 2ioO. Of all creatures collected into one sum, could not free a sinner from the guilt of one sin, iv. 270 ; of Christ is of efficacy to serve for millions of sinners, of breadth to cover millions of worlds of sin, of length to reach to eternity, ib. Of Christ a glorious righteousness, iv. 828. Christ s being ours, depends more upon his being Jehovah, than on his
being the Son of David, iv. 445. Of Christ, not only enough to pacify vengeance, but to bring us into favour with God, v. 135 ; its merit so great that it will not be rewarded to the full by all the blessedness of all the saints to eter
nity, 136. Of Christ the Mediator, not the righteousness of the mediatorial office,
communicated to believers, v. 338. Of Christ, made up of his active and passive obedience, v. 339 ; both these imputed for justification, ib. ; this proved in eight conclusions, ib. et seq. ; compared to the two natures of Christ, 349. All personal, evangelical as well as legal, excluded from justification, v. 352 ; proved at length from Philip, ii. 9, ib. et seq. ; instance of Abraham, 364. Of Christ manifested by his admission to his Father s presence, v. 415. Of a creature, cannot justify another, v. 506. Maxims according to which the Gentiles sought, vi. 314. Fruits of, what ? vii. 162 ; all sorts of holy actions, both towards God and man, springing from a heart made righteous, and conformable
to, and brought forth according to, the righteous law of God, 163 ; what to be filled with ? 164 ; when all the members and faculties
are filled with all righteousness proper to them, ib. ; when he abounds in good works of all sorts, 165 ; and at all times, 166 ; how
they are by Jesus Christ, 170 ; they are from a workmanship created
in him, ib. ; they are such as arise from his Spirit dwelling in the
heart, ib. ; they flow from receiving his righteousness as our right eousness, ib. ; they are by motives drawn from him, 171 ; they flow from our union with his person, ib. ; they are done after his example,
ib. ; we look for their acceptance though him, ib. ; in order that
actions may be fruits of righteousness, they must be directed by the
heart to the glory and praise of God, 172 ; shall all appear with a man in the day of judgment, 173. Of Christ, bestowed wholly and at once on calling, ix. 309 ; an ever
lasting righteousness, 314.
iii. 54.
Elvers, represent cities, and their magistrates^
Rome, judgments upon, both temporal and spiritual, iii. 100. Roman empire, and the state of the church within its bounds, the main sub
ject of the Book of Revelation, iii. 23.
Empire, destruction of, subject of Rev. viii. and ix., iii. 208.
Romans, Epistle to the, is a system of divinity methodically laid down, iv.
272. Romancers place their characters in straits and difficulties, knowing how they
are to bring them out, ix. 245.
Romanists, called Gentiles, believers, idolaters, iii. 124.
Deny that Christ suffered in his soul, v. 287.
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Romanists deny the possibility of assurance except by special revelation, ix. 280. Root of David, Christ why called, iii. 9, 212, 215
* Royal Society, fellowship of, what, ix. 148.
Sacraments, are seals added to the word of faith, iv. 14.
SACRIFICE, THE ONE, v. 479.
Sacrifices, what meant by eating of them, ii. 383.
Daily, taking away, in Julian s time, iii. 199.
Shedding of the blood of, represented Christ s making his soul an offer
ing for sin, iv. 411. Unknown in a state of innocence, v. 174. Of Christ was himself, both body and soul, v. 177 ; its preciousness, ib. Under the law, why not available for obtaining the pardon of certain
sins, v. 425. Two things necessary to make acceptable, the altar and fire, vi. 36. SAINTS IN GLORY, BLESSED STATE OF, vii. 337. Saints nearer to Christ than angels, i. 169 ; love to, 274.
Departed, presently enter into bliss, iii. 42. Intercession of, not taught in Scripture, iii. 216. Understand the mystery of the gospel as none else do, iv. 293. How they know the gospel otherwise than carnal men know it, iv. 295.
See Carnal Men. Unable to satisfy for the sins of men, v. 80.
Corruptions in all, more or less, answering to the sins of the wicked, vi. 480.
All have, from the first, some knowledge of, and hold and maintain some fellowship with, God the Father and Christ, vii. 484. Their nearness and dearness to God, xii. 36.
Dealing well or ill with, the great interest of kings and kingdoms, on which their welfare or ruin depends, xii. 37 ; instances in the kings of Sodom, ib. : of Egypt, 38 ; of Assyria, 39 ; of the Amorites, Moabites, and Edomites, 40 ; Tyre, 41 ; again Egypt, ib. ; Edom, 42 ; the Persian and Grecian monarchies, 43 ; the Jews, 46 ; the Roman empire, 50 ; reasons, 52 ; their nearness and dearness to God, ib. ; their great interest in God, the governor of the world, 53 ; the interest of Jesus Christ himself, ib. Worship and truth, God s, are the three things in the world that are dear to him, xii. 116.
Salutation, apostolical, i. 14.
SALVATION, WORK OF THE HOLY GHOST IN, vi. 3.
Salvation, its height and depth, ii. 201 ; God s utmost end in, 285 ; by grace, the great point of the gospel, 312 ; twofold meaning of, 314. Made sure by ransom, by power, by intercession, iv. 63. More than justification, iv. 68. Loved by the saints because it is God s, iv. 392. Of sinners, a work not of God s nature, but of his will, v. 485. Accomplished by three sorts of works, immanent in God towards us, transient in Christ for us, applicatory by the Spirit in us, vi. 405 ; the last, in some respects, the most abounding mercy, ib. The whole of, including glory, estated upon us at calling, ix. 321. Samaritans, accounted by the Jews as Gentiles, v. 466 ; yet not held by the
apostles in the same position, 470.
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Samson, an example of relapsing again and again into sin iii 419 A type of Christ, v. 152.
Sanctification, prudence put for it, i. 135. Compared to the casting of metal into a mould, vi. 392; to engrafting 397 ; to writing the law in the heart, 403. Consists of two parts, mortification of sin, and the new creature, ix.
Is co-extensive with sin, x. 126. Must have two parts, corresponding to the privative and the positive evils of sin, x. 282. Sanhedrim, exceeded their legitimate power in the examination of Christ,
Its constitution, xi. 201.
Saracens, the fifth trumpet, iii. 27. Satan, has power to darken the spirit of a believer, iii. 246 ; by leading him to draw false conclusions from the testimony of the Spirit 247 his favourite temptation to unbelief, 256. May have power given him of God to vex the believers spirits, iii. 258 ; deliverance to, in excommunication, what ? ib. ; has power to tempt a holy being only by outward suggestions, but an unholy also by in ward, 260. His great power to invent and suggest false reasonings, iii. 262 ; his power to adapt these reasonings to persons and seasons, 263 ; to dif ferent spiritual experiences, ib. ; to different degrees of knowledge, 264 ; his false reasonings he can not only suggest, but insinuate with power, 265 ; yet he cannot enforce assent to them, 266 ; acts on the passions and the fancy, rather than on the understanding di
rectly, ib. ; knows the answers that faith makes to his temptations, 267 ; what power he may exercise over the conscience, 268, 282 Cannot make us think sin worse than it is, but may make us think
it unpardonable, and our own sins incompatible with a state of grace, 270 ; why called xariryogoc,, and ia(3o\og, ib. ; how far he knows the secrets of the heart, 274 ; his darts why called fiery, 279 ; by false revelations confirms enthusiasts in their conceits, 286 ; God only can deliver from his temptations, 287. His power, v. 297 ; is over his own angels as his proper subjects, and men as his captives, 298 ; holds it by God s commission, and that by way of curse upon men, ib. ; Christ s quarrel with him, partly on his account, partly on ours, 300 ; his power over men not a natural, but an accidental, judicial power, limited by commission, 303 ; ex ceeded his commission when he assailed Christ, ib. Put to more shame when overcome by a Christian than when he was
conquered by Christ, v. 315. Has still power allowed him over the saints to tempt them to sin, v. 317 ; to accuse them to God, 826 ; and to bring affliction on them, 328 ; does not know who are true believers and who not, ib. ; per mitted to assail believers only according to conditions, 321 ; cannot
bring afflictions on them immediately, 328. Does not accuse as a mere slanderer, v. 326.
Sin is the great work and interest of, vii. 254 ; a general engagement of all Christians against him as their common enemy, 257 ; onr
sinnings, through his temptations, are the greatest, if not the only,
delight and pleasure he hath, 260 ; story of the war against, 264 ;
proclaimed by God in paradise, ib. ; carried on by the Old Testament
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saints, 265 ; Christ came to secure the victory over him, 266 ; . the church universal engaged to fight under Christ s standard, ib. ; there can be no neutrality in this warfare, 267 ; this engagement a motive
to holiness, ib. ; duty of resistance to, 271 ; cannot hurt any but those who yield to him, 272. Satan cannot devour by persecutions, but by temptations, ix. 402. Christ so triumphs over, that he makes his children set their feet on
his neck, xii. 90.
Satisfaction for sin, cannot be made by a creature, iii. 8. Christ s, the strength of all gospel promises, iv. 18. God might have pardoned sin without, but would not, v. 15 ; could not be made by men, 17 ; God himself provided, 18. Way of could not have been devised by all the wisdom of all intelligent
creatures, v. 19.
Christ s for sin, is the foundation of all blessings, v. 70 ; sufficiency of,
ib. ; distinction between and restitution, 74 ; inability of all creatures
to satisfy for sin, 75. Must be made to God and the law, v. 84 ; cannot be made by a creature, 85 ; either by active obedience, 86 ; or by suffering punishment, 88 ; no creature can both obey and suffer at once, ib. ; every possible admission being made, one creature can but satisfy for one, 90 ; is
either for goods or for honour, 91. To God for the injury done to his glory by sin, cannot be made by a
creature, v. 93 ; a true satisfaction is a reductio ad aqualia, 99. To God s honour, required the abasement of the nature assumed by Christ, v. Ill ; matter of, lies principally in that the glory of Christ was not only lessened, but wholly taken away, 112 ; that the sub
ject of the debasement was himself, his person, 114 ; that it was
voluntary, 116. Made by Christ, superabundant, v. 125. Must be voluntary on the part of the satisfier, v. 493 ; must be con sented to by the party to be satisfied, 494.
Saul, king, thought by some to have sinned the sin against the Holy Ghost,
iv. 176 ; all his religion in his latter days was the exterminating of
witches, yet went to one himself, 185.
Sin for which he was rejected not greater than that of David, who yet was not rejected, ix. 193.
Saviour, God has been, as Satan a murderer, from the beginning, iv. 222.
Scape-goat, a type of Christ, v. 183.
Its signification, v. 418.
Scattering of all things by sin, i. 186.
Schoolmen, their errors on the subject of regeneration, vi. 208.
Scourging, of Christ was not by the Jews, who would not have exceeded forty
stripes, but by the Romans, who were under no such restriction, v. 270.
Scripture, misunderstanding of, often a great temptation, iii. 268.
Misunderstanding and misinterpreting of, a frequent cause of distress
to believers, iii. 318. Their main object to set forth the full interest and purpose of God and Christ to pardon and receive sinners, iv. 207. In what sense said to be not of private interpretation, iv. 295. The knowledge of, makes a perfect divine, iv. 247, 301.
Its right context, half the interpretation, v. 349.
Contains enough to make a man a perfect divine, v. 537.
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Scriptures of truth (Dan. x. 21), are the book of God s decrees, ix. 28. Perverted by unregenerate men to defend their state, x. 389.
Sea, of glass, typified Christ s blood, iii. 5.
Represents the extent of the jurisdiction of a kingdom, iii. 54, 102.
Seal, the fifth, the persecution under Diocletian, iii. 40. The sixth, expresses the destruction of heathenism in the Roman em
pire, iii. 42 ; not the day of judgment, 43. Of God set upon Christ as the Saviour, and upon all those who were to
be saved, iv. 212.
SealProphecy, refers to the Roman empire, the book-prophecy to the church,
iii. 25.
Seals, of the book, to loose, what it denotes, iii. 8.
Visions of, from 6th to 9th chapters of Revelation, iii. 17.
Represent successive times, iii. 19.
Seating of believers, i. 228, 231 ; when it takes place, 238 ; is the work of
the Spirit, 245 ; sealing of Christ, 244 ; uses of, 252.
Seed of the woman, who ? v. 310 ; both Christ personally, and the whole
body of believers, 811. Of the serpent, who ? v. 312.
Self, the most disingenuous, abominable principle that ever was, ix. 203.
Self-confidence leads to trust in inherent evangelical righteousness for justifi
cation, v. 361.
Self-denial more acceptable to God than greater services without it, iii. 450.
Self-examination, in discretion, recommended, iii. 316.
Self-love, i. 188, 363 ; prompts to duties, 408 ; the bottom of original sin,
411, ii. 90.
Is essential to being, and cannot be destroyed, vi. 173 ; but must be
sanctified, ib. A Proteus-monster, that assumes infinite varieties of forms, ix. 255 ;
its effects in all wickedness, ib. The ground of all lusts, x. 61. Made by carnal men their judge, x. 390.
1 Sense of the regenerate man relisheth the truths of the gospel, iv. 306.
SERMONS, THREE, ON HEB. I. 1, 2, v. 523.
Serpent s seed, i. 172.
Said to die if a woman s naked foot tread on or touch its head, v. dlb.
Servant, Christ made, not born, v. 132.
Servants of righteousness equivalent to servants of God in righteousness,
Service of *God is the end and fruit of our redemption by Christ, vii. 224 ;
mistakes concerning, 226 ; in order to, we must know his will, and
what will please him, ib. ; be careful of his business, 227 ; stand for
his credit, 228 ; be subject to his will, set ourselves apart from all
other business, 229 ; make a necessity of doing his will, 230 ; expect
warrant from him for what we do, 231 ; do his will effectually, ib.
Of Christ, much better, in its season, than enjoying communion
Sexes, both share in the honour of redemption, in that the Rsdeeiner was a
male, but born of a woman, v. 61.
Shaking of the earth and heavens, what it signifies v. 442 ; not mere y
putting an end to the Jewish polity and worship, 445 ; principally
second coming of Christ, 448.
Sheep may fall into the mire, swine lie down in it and wallow with Wight,
ix. 314. VOL. XII.
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Shepherd, Christ s being called, implies both his natures, v. 372 ; all his
offices, 373 ; the good shepherd, and the great shepherd, 375.
All the great patriarchs that were, were types of Christ, v. 872.
Sight, spiritual, i. 377. Simon Magus, said to have taught antinomianism, ix. 202 ; represented him
self to be the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, ib.
SIN, AGGRAVATION OF, iv. 151. SINNING AGAINST KNOWLEDGE, AGGRAVATIONS OF, iv. 163. SINNING AGAINST MERCY, AGGRAVATIONS OF, iv. 188.
SIN AND PUNISHMENT, AN UNREGENERATE MAN S GUILTINESS BEFORE GOD
IN RESPECT OF, X. 1.
Sin, no death but by it, ii. 14, 19 ; death in, threefold, 17 ; life of sin, 21 ; walking in sin, ib. Committed against light, or unrepented of, or scandalous, or long for
gotten, followed by darkness, iii. 294 ; though forgiven, must not be
forgotten, 297.
Aggravation of, answered in Christ s death, iv. 22. Hath debased the soul of man, the noblest creature under heaven, iv. 153 ; denies it also, instantaneously, totally, eternally, 154 ; it hath
robbed the soul of the image of God, ib. ; yea, of God himself, ib. ; hath hurled confusion over all the world, 155 ; laid the first corner
stone of hell, ib. ; contains all evils else in it, ib. ; has transcendent
peculiar mischief in it, that is not to be found in all other evils, 156 ;
is contrary to God s essence, ib. ; to all his attributes, 157 ; his
laws and ordinances, ib. ; his people, ib. ; his image, ib. ; aggra vated by the glory and dignity of God, against whom it is committed,
ib. ; the least, virtually, more or less, contains all sin in the nature
of it, ib. ; is its own worst punishment, 158.
Unpardonable, requires two elements, light in the mind and malice in
the heart, iv. 166.
Is Deicidium, a destroying of God, as much as in us lies, iv. 160 ; is
too powerful for all creatures to contend with, 161. A single, is stronger than any creature s holiness, iv. 269.
Could it have been pardoned simply without satisfaction ? v. 72 ; punish ment of, is an act of God s will, not of his nature, ib. A wrong done to God, in various particulars, v. 92 ; even the least is
a denial of his sovereignty, 94 ; is a virtual denial of his being, 95 ;
its scope and tendency is to make God no god, 99. The taking away of, the greatest and most difficult business ever set on
foot, v. 101.
Its greatest evil is the injury it does to the honour, glory, and power of God, v. 103. Of men, paralleled with the satisfaction rendered by Christ, v. 127. A single one spoils and makes void all the good that is, or can be, in
any creature, v. 130. In what sense Christ was made, for us, v. 185 ; not sin in the general, but particular sins imputed to him, ib. ; imputation is most abhor
rent to his holiness, 186.
Its heinousness most manifested in the sufferings of Christ, v. 287.
Its nature and tendency, v. 491 ; to destroy God s law, ib. ; to darken
and obscure his glory, ib. ; to destroy his very being, ib.
Against the Holy Ghost, wherein it differs from other sins against
knowledge, vii. 334 ; it is more than despising any part of the law, 335 ; it is not every kind of despising the truths of the gospel, ib. ;
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it is a hatred to God and Christ, and the light and work of the
Spirit and his saints, a revengeful hatred, 336.
Sin, the strength of, is the predominance of self-love, ix. 9. Man of, is antichrist, the pope and his deceiving clergy, ix. 171. Cannot provoke God to destroy his people, but it moves him to destroy
it in them, ix. 348 ; not so hated by God as his Son is loved, ib. The greatest miseries that God s children have, ix. 405. And wrath, the condition of all by nature, and while in a state of nature,
x. 3.
Universality of, proved by the universality of death, x. 5, Derivation of ; can pass from one to another only by example or impu
tation, x. 9. Adam s, derived by natural generation, x. 10; its guilt imputed, and the
corruption of nature conveyed, 11.
Every act of, denies the soul, x. 49 ; one act of, expels all grace, ib. ; and this both personally and causally, 50 ; separates between God and man, ib. ; is contrary to holiness, ib. ; one act of sin is stronger than all created grace and holiness in itself, ib. ; derives its power from the law, 51.
Called a body, because it consists of many parts, x. 63.
Every man is prone to all, and hath all in him, x. 59 ; acknowledged even by the heathen, 60 ; objections answered, 64,
Its manifestation modified by various circumstances, x. 65.
Against the Holy Ghost can only be committed by those who are en
lightened, x. 67 ; the heathens not capable of it, 84.
Original, more to be mourned over than all actual, x. 81 ; is the mother
of all actual sins, ib. ; is able to produce millions more than it has
ever produced, 82 ; consists of a privation of righteousness and holi
ness, and a proneness to all evil, 85.
Is a disorder and confusion of all the powers of the soul, x. 125.
Pervades the whole being of man, x. 128 ; proved at length, 129.
In general has two distinct evils in it, a privative and a positive, x. 281 ;
Is either in our actions or inclinations, 282. Two glasses in which its deformity may be seen ; Adam s fact in para
dise, Christ s sufiering on the cross, x. 358.
Sins, old, should be remembered, ii. 201.
After prayers hinder their answers, iii. 402.
^ Greatness and numbers of, a discouragement to the exercise ot iaitn,
iv. 10. ., Of believers forgiven in virtue of Christ s intercession through the merit
of his sacrifice, iv. 66.
Their multitude, iv. 158 ; to be yet in, what, 159.
^ _ Against knowledge, may be either of omission or commission, iv. Ibd.
Against knowledge, or presumptuous sins, are the next step to
unpardonable sin, iv. 166. Some committed at once, others continuously, iv. 175.
Distinction of, under the law, v. 424 ; committed after believing, how
Takml^wayof, the great business of the gospel, v. 483 ; could have
been" easily dine, by taking away the sinners,^ ; "**"^ have been taken away by a covenant of pardon, not determined,
Committed before conversion, how to be turned to good account after,
vTlOl ; as a help and furtherance to faith, 102; for intensifying
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love to God, 109 ; for leading to more fruitfulness, 112 ; for making and keeping us humble, 114
Sins, whether before or after regeneration, should not prejudice one in the
ministry who truly returns to God, vi. 521. When finally forgiven, shall be for ever forgiven, ix. 99.
After conversion pardoned, ix. 313.
Innumerable, x. 442 ; the account of every man s, who is grown up to
years, infinite and numberless, 466 ; God sets the main account of, on their number, 471 ; reasons of this, 482.
Sincerity implies a right intention, aiming at God, vii. 145 ; a bent of will
to all the commandments that we know to be such, ib.
Sin/illness, abounding, of men by nature, x. 40.
Sinlessness, absolute, unattainable by saints in this life, v. 427.
Sinners, encouraged to seek pardon from the example of Adam and Eve, x. 37.
Sitting, in heavenly places in Christ, ii. 55.
Christ s, at God s right hand, a support of faith, iv. 49 ; proves that he
has done all his work for satisfaction, and that God is satisfied with
it, ib. ; implies sovereignty of power, 52 ; and of authority and
judgment, 53 ; his sitting is not merely as a Son, but as a head, ib. ; what is meant by our sitting with him, 54.
Socinus, his denial that Christ raised himself from the dead, i. 460. *
Socinians deny satisfaction, as inconsistent with free grace, iv. 277.
Make reason the supreme judge of the mysteries of the gospel, iv. 304 ; would be right if God intended that these mysteries should be known
to all men, and not to the saints only, ib. Their impudence in denying the pre-existence of Christ, iv. 407. Their view of the forgiveness of sins derogatory to God s grace and
Christ s satisfaction, v. 424 ; their estimate of Christ s sacrifice, ib. Hold man s nature at his first creation not to have been holy, but only
indifferent, vii. 30.
Altogether deny original sin, x. 324.
Socrates, put to death by the Athenians for reproving them, iv. 172 ; would
not accept life on condition of concealing his knowledge of God, 173.
Solomon, a controversy in the church whether he were saved or not, vii. 156. His prayer at the dedication of the temple, ix. 119 ; his temple and the ark in it a type of Christ, 120. His sins greater for kind than those even of Saul or David, ix. 193. Never forsook the worship of God altogether, nor grew into an utter
profaneness of spirit, ix. 390.
Marrying Pharaoh s daughter, a type of Christ s callingthe Gentiles, xii. 35.
* Son of God, this title given to Christ by way of singularity, iv. 425 ; called
Grod his own Father in a sense in which he is not the Father of any other, ib. ; called the only-begotten Son, 427. Or second person, before his incarnation acted as God and man de jure,
as God-man contracted, iv. 515.
Song, new, ii. 14, 216.
Sonship, object of, is a person, not a nature, v. 543. Of God, the greatest benefit and honour that can be bestowed on us,
vi. 179; its original is the good pleasure of his will, ib. ; is bestowed
by Jesus Christ, and is possessed by virtue of a relation to him, 180. Of believers, is through communication with him who is the Son, v. 43. Sorrow should be for sin more than for misery, v. 188.
After a godly sort, is mainly for offending God, and piercing Christ,
vi. 438.
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Sorrow, godly, for sin, its effects illustrated in the Corinthians, x. 357 ; care and fear, ib. ; indignation and revenge, ib. ; desire and zeal, 359 ;
cleansing ourselves, ib.
Soul, death of, ii. 210. In heaven, prosecute their interests on earth, iii. 42.
Dispositions of, when wound up to give glory to God for what is in him
self, iv. 399 ; it sees so much of the glory of God, that it is at a loss what praise to give him, ib. ; it extendeth itself to praise God in all
times, 400 ; it rejoices that God hath been celebrated by others, in
all ages, 401 ; it would extend itself to call persons, and things, and works of God, to praise him, ib. ; it will still praise God, though it
be in the lowest frame, the worst condition that can be, 402.
Living, distinction between, and quickening spirit, vii. 78.
Is the immediate subject of grace, vii. 417 ; is the immediate and pri mitive subject of holiness, 418 ; is as capable of glory when separate as when it shall again be united to the body, ib. ; salvation of, in
what sense the end of faith, 422. Of a believer, has always a guard about it, even the whole power of
God, ix. 359. Sometimes taken for the person, ix. 417. Of man hath lost its right way to happiness, x. 63 ; its lusts are become
boundless, 64. Without the body, is capable of glory, xii. 9. By its creation a spirit, and more nearly allied to God than any other
creature, except angels, xii. 17 ; condition of, at death, would be
miserable, if there were not an immediate state of glory, 18.
Of saints, instantly after death, received into a state of glory, vii. 411 ;
rise through several states of glory, 440.
Soul-suffering of Christ, came on him by degrees, v. 274 ; occasioned by the
sins of the world imputed to him, and the curse or wrath of God upon him for those sins, 275 ; consisted in the loss of all comfort (pcena
damni), and the curse and wrath of God (pcena sensus), 278.
Sovereignty of God hath fundamental laws, as all well-regulated kingdoms
have, ix. 239.
Sparks, of men s kindling, what, iii. 336.
Speeches, good and holy, value of, vi. 518.
tipira, the guilt of his apostasy, iv 178.
Spirit, The Holy, called the Spirit of promise, i. 246, 249; the great pro-
mise of the New Testament, 246 ; waiting for, 248 ; an earnest, 25 b,
259 ; witnessing of, 306 ; his assistance to unrenewed men, d
natural principles improved by, 405.
Spirit, in the ; phrase explained, iii. 2. ... Not the direct author of a believer s doubts of his state, 111. Steb ; yet
may concur in the believer s darkness by suspending his testimony
^ol his adoption, 244 ; by representing God as angry with his child for
former sins, ib. ; or by holding out to him, as a warning, the t
enings of God s word, 245. ...
Teaches to pray, not according to GodY secret, but his reveale
Intercedes on earth, because Christ intercedes in heaven, iv. 107.
The only infallible interpreter of the mysteries of the gospel,J^o. In Christ, frequently taken for the Godhead, or divine nature
in him, iv. 444. . . ., As opposed to flesh, is a new disposition or temper c
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280 INDEX.
comprehending gracious and heavenly dispositions wrought in the whole soul, elevating and raising it, and fitting it unto things spiritual, as spiritual, ib.
Spirit, restraining and elevating power of, not saving grace, vi. 432.
Doth not pray immediately himself, but forms our prayers in us, ix. 126. That quickeneth, and flesh that profiteth nothing, what, viii. 174. As a comforter, and all his comforts, received for us by Christ, as soon
as he set his foot in heaven, ix. 353.
Spirits, seven, are the Holy Ghost, in respect of his various effects both in Christ and in us, iv. 121. Both in heaven and in hell, remember occurrences here below, iv. 142. Seven, before the throne ; that is, Jehovah, as he is everlasting and hath fulness of being in himself, iv. 375.
Spiritual body, is not spirit in respect of substance, but like a spirit in re
spect of power, iv. 144.
Things, what they are, vi. 164; God himself and Christ, 165; all
blessings, ib. ; all graces of the Spirit, ib. ; all the immediate duties of God s worship, ib. ; all moral duties, as they are directed to God, ?5. ; how natural men may be exercised about, 169. Or resurrection body, its excellences above Adam s, vii. 99, 110. Body, shall be the same body that we have now, vii. 112 ; shall have
all its parts and members that now it hath, 114 ; all these parts shall have use in heaven, in a spiritual way, and shall have objects suited to them, ib. ; why called a spiritual body, 115 ; compared with Adam s in respect of suitableness to the objects of heaven, 116; of beauty, 121 ; of healthful constitution, 123 ; of immortality, 125 ; through the indwelling of the Spirit, shall be the temple of God in the highest sense, 127.
Spiritualising, excessive, danger of, vi. 161. STATE, BLESSED, OF THE SAINTS IN GLORY, vii. 837. AND KINGDOMS, GREAT INTEREST OF, xii. 31.
State-policy, often leads men into mischief and sin, v. 238.
Stephen, his vision, i. 467. His prayer answered in the conversion of Paul, iii. 365.
Strangers to God, are yet enemies to him, x. 118 ; signs of strangeness, ib.
Strength, spiritual, twofold, that of habitual graces, the other assistant thereto
from the Spirit, vii. 508. Suarez, his character, as a writer, ii. 37.
Suffering may be avoided by all lawful means, v. 202.
Necessary before perfecting, ix. 398 ; appointed of God out of grace, 400. Of Christ, to be the object of faith, must be viewed with reference to their intent, iv. 18. Of Christ, set forth at length in an exposition of John xviii., v. 196. Sun, moon, and stars, mean emperors and governors, iii. 45, 54. SUPEREMINENCE OF CHRIST ABOVE MOSES, V. 437. j Supralapsarians and Sublapsarians, their opinions, ix. 86.
And Sublapsarian views of election, ix. 344 ; a middle view, ib. Supper, The Lord s, ends of, ii. 382.
Supplication, spirit of, in prayer, rests upon a man afterwards as the spirit of obedience, iii. 881.
Surety, and common person (or attorney) differences between, iv. 27; Christ
; is more than a mediator or intercessor, 29 ; the surety ship of Christ such as is not to be found among men, ib.
is both, ib.
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, Sword of the Spirit, iii. 273, 280. Sympathy in Christ, not a weakness, but a power, iv 113 Synagogues of the Jews had no ceremonial worship in them v 255 Analogies between Jewish, and Christian congregation s, xi. 69. Synods, elective occasional, allowed, xi. 237; but have no ^ower to rescind a sentence, 238 ; or to compel a church to receive again a brother 7hnTh Ln
aV6 xc mmu icated
> * ; or to excommunicate other lurches, MO ; standing and subordinates disallowed, 248.
Taste of the word of God, &c., how unregenerate men may have x 188 aTir 8
f her intercession for Absalom
> illustrative of Christ s for
TEMPLE, ZERUBBABEL S ENCOURAGEMENT TO FINISH, xii. 101. Temple, Solomon s, alluded to in John s vision, iii. 2. Its dedication a type of Christ s consecration to the work of redemption, And ark in it, a type of Christ, ix. 120. Finishing it, so important that two prophets were employed to put them on it, xii. 104 ; state of things when Zerubbabel was building,
Temporal things, promises respecting them not universal or absolute, but indefinite, iii. 370. Temporary believers, their highest attainments fall short of a work of grace, vi. 319 ; distinctions between, and those truly called, clearly laid down in Peter s epistles, 324 ; importance of distinguishing, 326 reasons why God allows, 329. Believers do not see spiritual things in their spiritual nature, though they may see an accidental goodness in them, viii. 268 ; their know ledge not real, ib.
Temporaries, God s dispensations towards, serve to glorify electing grace, ix. 185.
Temptations may prevail for an act or many acts, but not uninterruptedly, formally, or wholly, ix. 316. Befall all Christians, vii. 273. Christ s in the wilderness were the heads of all sorts of temptations, iv.
148. Of Christ, mere and pure sufferings to him, ix. 352 ; therefore merito rious to purchase ability to succour them that are tempted, ib. Of Christ, was according to God s appointment, ix. 399. Are accounted sufferings as well as persecutions, ix. 402 ; work together for good to them who love God, 406. Tenderness of Christ s heart, ix. 354.
Testimony of experience to the truth of God s promises, vii. 136.
Thankfulness, how to stir up our hearts to it, i. 269. Thanks, duty of, i. 280.
Thanksgiving, a higher exercise than prayer, praise than thanksgiving, iv. 384.
Theology, system of, consists of three main parts, vi. 360. Thessalonians appear to have kept their first conversion work purer than any
other of the churches to whom the apostle wrote, ix. 380.
Thieves, penitent and impenitent, instances of the difference between the
election and the rest, ix. 184.
* Thorn in the flesh, rather a desertion than a lust, iii. 290.
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Thorns, crown of, remained on Christ s head on the cross, v. 269.
Thorny ground in the parable and in the Hebrews, expounded, vi. 335.
Thought* , evil, not coming to the heart, nor passing through it, but lodging in it, distinguish the wicked, iii. 509 ; how sinful, 512. Goodness of, depends on their seasonableness, iii. 516.
Evil, the oldest sons of original sin, iii. 524 ; remedies against, 526. The best indication of the state of the heart, vi. 476 ; how far a godly man s may be taken up with his worldly business, 479. Thousands, 144, that were sealed, who ? iii. 58.
144, sealed, Rev. vii., eastern Christians, iii. 208 ; those in chap, xiv., western Christians, ib.
Threatening*) have no place or influence in the life of glory, vii. 32. THEEE SEVERAL AGES OF CHRISTIANS IN FAITH AND OBEDIENCE, vii. 473.
Throne, Christ s, both founded and upheld by grace, iv. 131. Thundering and lightnings, what, iii. 4.
Time, of Christ s coming, fitness of, i. 202. Not only precious in itself, but because of its opportunities, iv. 193.
Times, fulness of, i. 201 ; dispensation of, 204.
Timothy, though a towardly child and well educated, was not converted till
his manhood, vi. 87.
Titles of the God-man, Jesus, Christ, and Lord, comprehend a respect unto all God s purposes, of what sort soever, iv. 532 ; in what sense
called the everlasting Father, 536.
Transfiguration of Christ intended to exhibit the glory of the gospel, iv. 316. Was a manifestation of Christ s personal glory, iv. 499. Christ s, shews the glory of the resurrection body, vii. 104. Was a glimpse of the glory of his kingdom, viii. 388. Treasures on earth and in heaven, what they are, vi. 462. Treaties of war and peace are the prerogatives of kings, and so of God,
iii. 407.
Trees of life and of the knowledge of good and evil, sacraments, x. 8.
Of life and knowledge were two sacraments, xi. 41.
Trials, spiritual, of believers, a warning to unbelievers, iii. 308 ; a lesson to those believers who have not experienced them, 309 ; to lead them selves to thankfulness to Christ, who bore so much more, and to pity others in like condition, and to warn others, 311 ; and to avoid sin, 312. On occasion of special, God seems to seal up something to a man s soul of special grace to him, vii. 158. And probations, in themselves, endanger the spiritual life, ix. 416.
Trinity, concurrence of the three persons in all the works of, i. 461. Mystery of, unfolded in the gospel, iv. 231 ; election by the Father, redemption by the Son, sanctification by the Spirit, ib.
Scarcely traceable in creation or in the law, iv. 263. Arguments for the doctrine of, from the writings of Moses, iv. 352. Doctrine of, to be received by faith, yet not contradictory to reason, iv. 361.
All the three persons of, concur in every divine act, vi. 417. Doctrine of; its great importance, ix. 145. Triumph of Christ over Satan, v. 305.
Trouble, not itself the ground of peace, but the means to lead us to seek
peace in Christ, iv. 13.
Trumpet, seventh, and seventh vial, contemporaneous, iii. 21.
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Trumpets, the first four, are the wars of the Goths and Vandals, iii. 53 ; the fifth, the Saracens ; and the sixth, the Turks, ib. Trust is an essential part of faith, and an eminent act of it, viii. 120.
Is the essential form of justifying faith, viii. 308.
Truth, God takes not away from any man or any nation, unless they will
ingly part with it, iv. 248. Three several degrees of the revelation of; in the light of nature, the
law, and the gospel, vi. 357.
Truths, of great importance what a man holds most eminent in his religion,
iv. 298. Of the gospel, all suited to the regenerate part of man, iv. 305. Of the gospel, are all precious, iv. 307 ; in respect of their antiquity,
ib. ; their being far-fetched, ib. ; their being dearly bought, 308 ;
their being charily and warily laid up, ib. ; their being incorruptible,
ib. Of the gospel have all been tried and suffered for in conflicts with
heathens and heretics, iv. 313.
Turks, the sixth trumpet, iii, 27.
Types of the old law were in force until Christ s ascension, iv. 58. Of Christ, what is attributed to them as the shadows, must needs be in
a more divine and super-eminent manner ascribed to him as the sub
stance, v. 148. Of a thing to come is a prophetical resemblance, wherein something more imperfect going before is intended by God to signify something more noble and perfect to follow after, vii. 71 ; not all resemblances
are types, 72 ; general rule for explaining, 92. Have the nature of prophecies to be fulfilled, vii. 309.
Are never complete representations of all that belongs to the thing typi
fied, ix. 49 ; rule for interpreting, 50, 78.
Tyre, people of, were the most civil and ingenuous of all the heathens,
ix. 175.
Unbelief, sin of, i. 225 ; a prison, ii. 343, The sin which troubles Christ most in his disciples, iv. 106.
The great sin under the gospel, viii. 329.
In the hearts of all men by nature, x. 226 ; proved from experience,
ib. ; when strong convictions come into the mind that there is a God
and a day of judgment, they are felt to be new and strange, ib. ;
when any man is converted to God, he learns these common prin
ciples anew, ib. ; when any man is left to the doubtmgs of his own
heart, he calls these principles in question, 227 ; the stronger any man grows in faith, the more he is conscious of his tendency to un
belief, ib. ; men s lives and actions, in times of trial and temptation,
shew it, 228 ; their hearts failing them in times of distress, 22J ;
reasons of, 230 ; man will naturally believe nothing but what he sees,
ib transcendency of spiritual things above our conceptions, ib ;
contrariety of spiritual truths to men s hearts and ways, ib.- was the
.there
chief of man s first sin, 231 ; men naturally believe no
jtha
is a God, ib. ; or, at least, believes not his attributes, 232 ;
neither the promises nor the threatemngs of his word, 23o , b
not that there is a world to come, 236.
Unblameableness, i. 80. , . * i
Vnchangeablene** of God s will, founded on the unchangeableness
nature, ix. 302.
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Understanding, opposition of, to conversion, i. 362 ; consents to every act of sin, ii. 94 ; corruption of, 109. As made spiritual, is the palate of the soul, vii. 143. So corrupted and darkened that it would, if left to itself, deny the ex istence of God, x. 91. The supreme and most spiritual faculty of man s mind, is corrupted, and needs renewing, x. 132 ; this a paradox to the heathen philo sopher, and to many of the schoolmen, ib.; proved from Scripture, 133 ; by reasons, 134 ; is the chief subject, both of sin and grace, 135 ; Christ s prophetical office hath mainly reference to, 137 ; its defect and pravity the original and root of all sin in the other powers of the soul, 138 ; both negatively and positively, ib. ; is itself the chief transactor of many sins, 139 ; difference between its natural defects and its spiritual defilement, 140.
Ungodliness, an element in man s natural corruption, x. 89 ; in the specu lative judgment or understanding, leading us to deny God s existence, 91 ; in the practical judgment, leading us to disown him, 92 ; alien ation of the will and affections from him, 93 ; objections answered, 94.
Union, with himself, God s ultimate design towards his elect, i. 181. With Christ, not always clearly discerned by the believer, iii. 446. With Christ, one of the greatest mysteries of the gospel, iv. 340 ; set out and paralleled by the union of Christ with his Father, ib. ; whether
it is with the human nature of Christ first, and by it with the God
head, or with the Godhead immediately, 341.
Personal, of the man Jesus with the Son of God, demonstrates the dis
tinction of persons in the Godhead, iv. 361 ; stands apart from the union of believers in the Father and the Son, 363. Of Christ with his Father has its parallel, though with infinite dispro portion, in that of his people with him, iv. 870. Of the divine and human nature in Christ stands in the middle between
two other unions, that of the three persons in the Godhead, and that of us with God, iv. 439 ; proves the distinction between the persons in the Godhead, 442. Of the saints with the Son of God, different from that of the man Jesus,
iv. 512 ; the one is derived from the other as its original, and is but by a beholding of the other, ib. Of the elect with Christ, the foundation of all promises, blessings, life,
justification, grace, v. 30. With Christ the fundamental thing of justification, and sanctification, and all, v. 350. With God the design of election, ix. 105, 111 ; the foundation of com
munication, ib. The grand subject of Christ s prayers, ix. 107; improperly limited to the union of believers to one another, ib. ; immediately intended of our union with God and Christ, ib. ; this interpretation vindicated, 109; the highest the creature was capable of, 113; is the sub-
limest, highest, purest, that can be conceived for creatures, 115;
is indispensable, ib. ; reasons by which Christ pleads for it, 126 ; the greatest truth concerning our salvation, 136.
Unity of God, iv. 349. UNREGENERATE MAN S GUILTINESS BEFORE GOD, IN RESPECT OF SIN AND PUNISHMENT, x. 1.
Unregenerate men, their misery, ii. 53.
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llnregenerate men, who live under the gospel, set up conscience for religion,
vi. 251; notwithstanding the light of conscience, are in darkness, 256.
The, practical light that works on, falls short of the knowledge of God
as God, vi. 269 ; how their virtues fall short of holiness, 278. May be enlightened and awakened by the Spirit, vi. 433. How they may taste ol the powers of the world to come, vi. 468. Are unable to discern spiritual things spiritually, x. 146 ; not only said in Scripture to sit in darkness, but to be darkness itself, 148 ; have veils, scales, and films before their eyes, 149 ; want the very
faculty of seeing, ib. ; reasons, 151 ; the vast distance and difference between the object and the faculty, ib. ; the power of understanding
spiritual things is part of that image of God which was lost in Adam, 152; this inability consistent with responsibility, 154, Men, make more conscience of duties of the second table than of the
first, x. 404 ; want the chief virtues and graces of the gospel, 405 ; their virtues grow up in them spontaneously, ib. ; grow not up to an increase, ib. ; their abstinence from sin and vicious practices is
only such as they can practise with ease, ib. ; are guided in their
ways by considerations of fleshly wisdom, ib. ; that which is in them
they have by education, industry, &c., 406 ; their religious exercises do not quicken or build up their hearts in grace, ib. ; their self-de
ception in regard to their state, 407 ; their morality lies most in
negatives, 408 ; their actions have no true goodness in them, ib. ;
especially as regards the manner of doing them, 409.
Unthankfulness, a cause of desertion, iii. 299.
Utmost, salvation to the, what it implies, iv. 90.
Vanity, what ? iii. 512 ; lightness, folly, inconstancy, wickedness, ib.
Variableness and shadow of turning, explanation of the terms, ix. 302 ; have
reference to the two motions of the sun, daily and yearly, ib. ; com
mentators differ as to which corresponds to which, 303.
Variety of God s dealings, v. 531 .
Vials, five upon the pope, the sixth upon the Turks, and the seventh upon
both, iii. 28.
Begin with the first separation from Home, iii, 98 ; expressed in allu
sion to the plagues of Egypt, 99.
First five on the pope, sixth on the Turk, seventh upon both, iii. 209.
Fourth and fifth, what they are supposed to be, v. 209.
Vines require more care than any other plants, iii. 438.
Vintage, Eev. xiii. 17, what ? iii. 89.
Virgins, parable of the wise and foolish, an argument for abiding principles
of grace, vi. 200. Both wise and foolish, kept themselves undefiled from some corruptions
and adulterous practices which others are given to, x. 71.
Virtues, all that are in the creatures are more properly in God, viii. 104.
Vivification, growth in, iii. 457.
Voices out of the throne, what? iii. 5.
1 Volume of the book, Heb. x. 7, its meaning, vii. 70.
Waldus, Peter, his conversion, iii. 87 ; he and his followers began preach
ing, ib. ; excommunicated, and went into Picardy, then into the low
countries, Germany and Bohemia, ib.
Walking in sin, ii. 21 ; according to the prince of the power of the air, 5U.
INDEX.
Walking with God, a main part of, consists in prayers and their answers,
iii. 362.
Washing the disciples feet, when his thoughts were of his approaching
glory, designed to shew what would be Christ s care of his people when he should come to that glory, iv. 98 ; not only an example of
love and humility, but also signifies the washing away of sin, ib. Of the disciples feet, its mystery, ix. 414.
Watchfulness, need of, x. 83.
Wavering, what it is, viii. 439.
Weakness, the more conscious we are of our own, the more we are strong,
vii. 517. Westminster Assembly did not assert the jus divinum of presbytery, xi. 208.
Wickedness, in the genius and disposition of it, equalled by grace in the
saints, iv. 382.
Wickliff, Huss, and Jerome, represented by the second angel, Rev. xiii. 8,
iii. 88. Will of God, the good pleasure of, i. 104, 145; mystery of, 138; counsel
of, 217. Of men, God s rule over, i. 213. Human, of Christ, freedom of, i. 353. God s power in renewing it, i. 380 ; the chief seat of corruption, ii. 94. God s approving and decreeing, distinguished, iii. 378. Of man, the proper seat of sin, ix. 9. And affections, corruptions of, x. 278.
Willingness in sinning, the standard and measure of sin, iv. 169. Of God to pardon sinners, shewn by his transactions with Christ from
everlasting, iv. 211. Wine in the Lord s Supper represents the pouring forth of his soul, v. 287. Wisdom, distinguished from prudence, i. 132; patience called so, ii. 461. In Job and the Proverbs, means that wisdom which will save men,
iv. 285. Of Christ, the image of the divine omniscience, iv. 464, Of God, more fully communicated to man through the revelation of
Christ than otherwise it could have been to any creature, iv. 483. In Proverbs the same with the Word in John, iv. 419. Near akin, or all one with Word, iv. 551. God s, the mediator between his justice and mercy, v. 16.
Worldly, not a help, but the greatest hindrance, to grace, ix. 179.
Expressly consists in choosing the best end, and the fittest means of
attaining it, x. 199. Directions for the attaining of, x. 214 ; apprehend and acknowledge our folly, ib. ; go to God to give us wisdom to turn our hearts, 215 ; go to God in Christ, and for Christ, who is made to us wisdom, ib. ; turn to the wisdom of the just, ib.
Wise, the godly man alone is so, i. 137.
Withering of the unfruitful branches, what ? iii. 455.
Witnesses, the two, iii. 142 ; why called olive-trees, 144 ; their destroying their enemies with fire in the fourth vial, ib. Their withholding rain, what ? iii. 145 ; their destroying with fire, what ? 146 ; their being olive-trees, 149. Their killing, iii. 153 ; opinions as to the time of it, 155 ; in the man ner there is an allusion to Christ s death and resurrection, 159. To lie dead for three years and a half, iii. 162 ; their killing to be a
civil killing, as they are witnesses, 164 ; yet may be attended with
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bloodshed and martyrdom, 165 ; nations seeing their dead bodies what ? 171 ; not suffering them to be buried, probably to be taken in malam partem, 172, 176.
Witnesses, killing of, probably not a general massacre, iii. 175 ; some one kingdom or state may be more eminently the scene of it, 176 ; perhaps Britain, 177 ; their resurrection and its circumstances like that of Christ, 180 ; denotes their full restoration to their former state, 181 ; their ascension to heaven denotes their elevation to a more honour able condition than they ever had before, 182 ; the first step towards the New Jerusalem, 193, The three earthly agree in one, the three heavenly are one, iv. 218. Witches, their relation to the devil by covenant, x. 51. Woman, who washed Christ s feet with her tears, &c., was neither Mary Magdalene nor Mary of Bethany, x. 473 ; her conduct, an example of repentance, 474. Word, Christ the, both as second person and as God-man, iv. 549. Near akin, or identical with, the other title of Wisdom, 551. ; Engrafted, changes the stock into its own nature, vi. 197; is the law of God written in the heart, ib.
Mightiness of its operation, vii. 304 ; prepares for the great assize of the last day, 305 ; then will be the discoverer of all sins, known and unknown, ib. ; will be men s judge, 306. Of God, an armoury of weapons that God hath in readiness to avenge all disobedience, x. 124. Of God, perfect in whatever it meddles with, xi. 21. WORK OF THE HOLY GHOST IN OUR SALVATION, vi. 3.
Works, dead, the works of unregenerate men, v. 404.
And grace, the only two ways that can possibly be supposed of attain
ing salvation, vi. 232.
Judgment shall be according to, as evidences of a man s state, vii. 182. WORLD TO COME, xii. 81, 92.
World, the course of it, what ? ii. 25 ; deliverance from, 30 ; its charac
ter the same amid all changes, 31.
Worlds, made by Christ, v. 545.
World, a large shop of vanity, vi. 462.
. Inward affection to, a note of enmity to God, x. 119 ; its spiritual
adultery, ib. ; to be used, God to be enjoyed, ib. To come, an intermediate state between the world as it now is, and what shall be after the resurrection, xii. 86 ; that world prepared for, and subject to, Christ, 87 ; shall not be subject to angels, but to
Christ and his babes and sucklings, 89 ; is not after the day of judg ment, 93 ; Foundation of, laid by Christ in bringing in the gospel, xii. 94 ; all the
dross and defilement that antichrist and popery hath brought into the
world shall be destroyed, 95 ; the generality of men in the world
shall be subject to Christ, ib. ; both Jews and Gentiles shall be called
home, 96. Wormwood, represents Augustulus, the last of the western emperors, iii. 55.
Worth, personal, of Christ, fitted him for his office, iii. 211. Wounds of conscience, in God s people, God alone can cure, iii. 407.
Wrath, children of, ii. 117 ; all are by nature, 138.
Difference between a child under, and a child of, iii. 314.
Of God, how Christ could endure, v. 280 ; he bore as a surety, what
was inflicted by the Judge, 282.
238 INDEX.
Wrath of God, set forth under the image of fire, and fiery indignation, x. 501. ; instances of men who have felt it in this life, 507 ; fulness of, be-
falleth men in hell, 510.
Writings and conferences of godly men to be used as helps for attaining a
knowledge of the Scriptures, iv. 301.
* Young men, who so called in 1 John ii., vii. 500 ; they are most liable
to be assaulted with lusts, 501 ; in what sense they are said to have overcome Satan, 504.
Zaccheus, a Gentile, admitted on his conversion to the privileges of the Abrahamic covenant, ix. 430.
Zechariah, his vision, xii. 106. ZERUBBABEL S ENCOURAGEMENT TO FINISH THE TEMPLE, xii. 101. ZION S GLORY, A GLIMPSE OF, xii. 61.
INDEX OF TEXTS,
INDEX OF TEXTS.
Gen. xxxiv.
14,
xxxiv. xxxvii.
80,
10, .
xxxvii.
26, 17, .
xxxviii.
xxxix.
xxxix.
21, 13-22, .
xl.
xii.
38,
xliii.
9, 23, 1-9, .
xliii.
xlv.
xlv.
xlv.
26, .
xlv.
26, 27, .
xlvi.
27, .
xlvi.
30, .
xlviii.
15, 22,
xlviii.
xlix.
xlix.
6, .
xlix.
9, 10,
xlix. Exod. ii.
2, 2-5, .
iii.
iii.
2,6, .
iii.
6, . 7,8, ,
iii.
iii.
7-11, ,
iii.
31, (
iv.
iv.
31,
1-7,
vi.
vi.
15,
vii.
vii.
1, 25-27,
viii.
ix.
20,
xi.
xi.
xi.
xi.
xi.
29,
xii.
. 31-35,
xii.
35,
xii.
35, 36,
xii.
38,
xii.
xiv.
17, 18,
xiv.
28,
xv.
xv.
244 INDEX OF TEXTS.
Lev.
Num.
INDEX OF TEXTS.
246 INDEX OF TEXTS.
ISam.
INDEX OF TEXTS. 247
248 INDEX OF TEXTS.
INDEX OF TEXTS. 249
250 INDEX OF TEXTS.
INDEX OP TEXTS. 251
Ps. xxxni.
15,
xxxiii.
15,M,
xxxiv. xxxiv. xxxiv. xxxiv.
xxxiv. xxxiv. xxxiv. xxxiv.
11,
18,
xxxv. xxxv. xxxvi. xxxvi. xxxvi. xxxvi. xxxvi. xxxvi. xxxvi. xxxvi. xxxvi. xxxvi. xxxvi. xxxvii. xxxvii. xxxvii.
12, 13,
19,
5, 5-7, 5,10,
9, 9,10,
10,
3, 3,7,
xxxvii. xxxvii. xxxvii. xxxvii.
12,
xxxvii. xxxvii.
23, 24,
34, 34-36,
xxxvii. xxxvii.
37, 1-4,
xxxviii.
xxxviii.
16, 18,
xxxviii.
18,
xxxix. xxxix. xxxix. xxxix. xxxix.
6, 7,9, 8,9, .
10-13,
xl.
ad.
xl.
xl.
5, 5-7
xl.
xl.
6, 6-8
xl.
xl.
6-11,
xl.
xl.
xl.
xl.
Ps.
iv. 391
iv. 387
x. 387 m. 250
ix. 411 m. 310 vm. 495
vn. 136 vn. 567
vi. 463 vn. 462 vm. 306
vn. 427
i. 196 m. 309
iv. 160
iv. 252
v. 402
x. 421
x. 399
iv. 254 m. 318
in. 336
iv. 391 vm. 26 vm. 126
x. 245 vm. 329
vi. 132
x. 122
i. 408
x. 417
x. 92 n. 164
ix. 39
ix. 192
n. 156 n. 81
v. 432 m. 437
i. 17
iv. 253
n. 177
ix. 105
iv. 567
x. 311
iv. 435
vii. 15
iv. 204
ii. 24
vi. 488
ix. 322
n. 40
ix. 379
iv. 392
iv. 391
in. 458
ix. 249
iv. 398 vm. 113
vn. 561
x. 309
i. 321 m. 14
iv. 389
iv. 375
iv. 399 vn. 14
iv. 564 vn. 15
i. 531 m. 453
ix. 499 vm. 40
in. 386
iv. 407 vn. 7
vii. 249
i. 29 vn. 540
ix. 507
x. 131
x. 566
iv. 384
iv. 97
iv. 384
iv. 401
iv. 386
n. 43
iv. 196
n. 182
iv. 188
iv. 190 m. 313
iv. 353
iv. 391 vn. 202
vii. 283 xn. 34
iv. 400
in. 513
iv. 380 m. 365
x. 509 vm. 119
iv. 52
i. 36
i. 466
Ps.
i. 17 vm. 344
iv. 21 m. 326 vm. 290 vm. 3 n. 193 vm. 270
x. 312
iv. 258
i. 53
iv. 392
i. 92 n. 190
iv. 386
iv. 356
iv. 195 vm. 449 vm. 95
ix. 127 vm. 53
n. 167
vii. 193
m. 527
vi. 65
vii. 212
ix. 507
iv. 195
vii. 435
xii. 26
i. 91
iv. 196
vii. 196
m. 512
n. 24
x. 281 m. 13
vii. 207
m. 381
vi. 33
n. 207
iv. 252
iv. 376
iv. 386 vm. 20
i. 28
iv. 389
vi. 498
iv. 399
i. 456 vm. 385 vm. 99
iv. 331
ix. 187
256 INDEX OF TEXTS.
Prov.
INDEX OF TEXTS. 257
258 INDEX OF TEXTS.
INDEX OF TEXTS, 259
Cant.
Isa.
x. 202 vm. 343
Isa. XXV.
1,2,
XXV.
vn. 567
xxvi.
m. 519
xxvi.
n. 289 vm. 94 vn. 564
xxvi.
xxvi.
xxvi.
8, 8,9,
x. 556
xxvi.
x. 553
xxvi.
x. 504 m. 526 m. 517 m. 300
xxvi.
10,
xxvi.
11,
xxvi.
12,
xxvi.
12, 12-18,
vii. 469
xxvi.
m. 43
xxvi.
iv. 303
xxvi.
vii. 510
xxvi.
19, 20, 2,3,
i. 157
xxvi.
i. 172
xxvii.
x. 215
xxvii.
vii. 469
xxvii.
iv. 123
xxvii.
iv. 240
xxvii.
x. 70
xxvii.
vi. 317 m. 279 m. 400 m. 521
xxvii.
xxvii.
xxvii.
xxvii.
iv. 193 vm. 518
xxvii.
xxvii.
7, 7,8, 7-9,
ix. 150
xxvii.
iv. 316
xxvii.
vii. 16
xxvii.
11,
iv. 434
xxvii.
11,
iv. 318
xxvii.
17,
iv. 250 vm. 186
xxviii.
xxviii.
iv. 160
xxviii.
iv. 355
xxviii.
17,
vii. 4
xxviii.
21, 24-26,
x. 529
xxviii.
vii. 6
xxviii.
26, 28, 27,
i. 334 m. 236
xxviii.
xxviii.
29,
i. 432 vm. 38
xxix.
xxix.
8, 11,12,
ix. 13
xxix.
v. 69
xxix.
13, 13-16,
vi. 361
xxix.
vi. 55 vn. 248
xxix.
23, 24,
xxx.
ix. 98
xxx.
18,
ix. 339
xxx.
18,
n. 378
xxx.
20,
INDEX OF TEXTS. 261
Isa. ix. 54
ix. 492
vi. 131 vn. 215
vi. 494
x. 300
x. 294
x. 315
x. 211 m. 249 vn. 352
i. 19
n. 105 m. 405
in. 348 vn. 10
ix. 116
x. 350
vii. 428 vm. 382
in. 313 m. 342
vii. 207
ix. 257 vm. 566
ix. 311
ix. 244
x. 311
n. 29i m. 311 m. 335
ix. 386 m. 302 m. 407
vi. 454
n. 23
x. 64
x. 367
x. 81
x. 263
x. 192
x. 209
vii. 556
iv. 254
vii. 571
vi. 494