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Sermons Volume 4

Thomas Manton (1620-1677) · 988,120 words · 4392 min

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A Fourth Volume, Containing One hundred and fifty SERMONS ON Several Texts of Scripture.

By the Late Reverend and Learned Thomas Manton, D. D.

In Two PARTS.

PART the First, Containing LXXIV. Sermons.

PART the Second, Containing LXXVI. Sermons.

WITH AN ALPHABETICAL TABLE To the Whole.

LONDON, Printed by I. D. and are to be sold by Jonathan Robinson at the Golden Lion in St. Paul 's Church-Yard. MDCXCIII.

AN ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF THE Principal Matters Contained in this VOLUME.

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ABraham 's Faith opened,

1. In his clear sight of Christ to come

474

The Grounds of this Faith: 475
The Strength of it: 476

2. In overlooking the Difficulties that lay in the way of the Promise

482

The Grounds of this Faith: 483
The Strength of it: ibid.
The Effects of it: 488

Acceptance with God for the pardon of Sin, the highest matter in the World.

945

Account. There are Books of Account kept between God and the Creature

261

At the Day of Judgment these Books of Account shall be opened: 262
All shall be called to an Account: ibid.
Judgment shall pass upon all Men according to the Account then given: 263
The Advantage of calling ourselves often to Account: ibid.
Men's Account shall be answerable to their Mercies: ibid.

Adherence. Resolute Adherence of Faith, how seen

471

The Grounds of this resolute Adherence: 472

Adoption. How the Spirit witnesses of our Adoption

1135

Afflictions should not make us question our Adoption: 1136, 1139

Afflictions come from God

1133

Afflictions and Miseries may befall God's' People: 1210
Bearing Afflictions becomes God's People: 1137
We must not faint under Afflictions: 765
Afflictions of the Righteous prove a Life to come: 1215

Angels look into the Mystery of Redemption by Christ

918

What of this Mystery Angels look into: ibid.
The manner how Angels look into it: 920
The Reasons why Angels look into it: ibid.

Angels fallen. Why God would not save fallen Angels, but fallen Men

658

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Anger of God. God may be angry with his own People

273

Anointing, what it signifies

712

Christ was anointed by God: 716
Why Christ was anointed: 717
Who were anointed ; first Christ, then Believers his Fellows: ibid.

Apparel, Sobriety to be used in it

How to judge of Excess in Apparel: 76
Helps and Motives to Sobriety in Apparel: ib.
We must not envy the Apparel of others: 75

Appearing of Christ. Vid. Coming.

Assurance to be labored after

114

What Application there must be, when Assurance is wanting: 115

BAckslider in Heart, what he is

B 1109

The Backslider in Heart shall be filled with his own Ways. Vid. Filled.

Balaam 's Plot to destroy Israel

802

Observations from hence: 804

Believing, what is necessary to it

723

Believing in God and Christ, how they differ: 235
Why believing in Christ is specially required, besides believing in God: 245
Believing in Hope against Hope opened, with the Reasons of it: 484

Better. We are not only to be good, but to grow better

429

Blessedness. True Blessedness not to be sought on this side Heaven

129

Blessedness eternal, wherein it consists Vid. Heaven.: 116
Duties of those that have an Interest in this Blessedness: 130

Blessings spiritual, we are to be much affected with them

426

We are to be in a capacity to praise God for spiritual Blessings: 425
In Thanksgiving spiritual Blessings to be owned: 424

Body. The Qualities of a glorified Body

119

Brazen Serpent, the History of it

747

The Typical Use of the brazen Serpent: 748
The Resemblance between Christ and the brazen Serpent: 749
The Excellency of Christ above the brazen Serpent: 751

Breasts. Naked Breasts condemned

Brethren. Christ having taken our Nature, is not ashamed to call us Brethren

1083

Comforts from being Christ's Brethren: 1088
Whether Believers may call Christ Brother ?: ibid.

Bruised. Christ bruised by the Serpent, and bow

538

Burden. What a Burden Sin is

1125

None can take off the Burden of Sin but Christ: 1126

CAlamities. In all Calamities we must look to God

C 1132

Vid. Afflictions.

Calling of Christ twofold, outward and inward

784

Canaan. The Woman of Canaan, that she was a Believer

467

The Greatness of her Faith: ibid.
Her Temptations and Trials: 468
Her Victory over them: 470

Captives. To whom we were Captives

164

The way of redeeming Captives: 165

Care of the World. What that Care is that is to be moderated

How sinful Care may be discovered: ib.
Whence it ariseth: 80
Arguments against distrustful Care: 1099
The Cure of sinful Care: 80

Carnal Things, Men are addicted to them more than to spiritual things

1111

Cause. When we do not honor God as the first Cause

Centurion 's Faith opened

460

The Greatness of his Faith: 459
How it discovered itself: 462
How this Faith was bred or begotten in him: 461

Certainty, conditional and actual, what

1104

Charitable. We must be charitable to others according to our Power

Reasons why we must be charitable: 336

Charity, or Love to the Brethren, the Properties of it

995

Children are a Blessing

833, 834

Much of the Providence of God exercised in and about Children: 834
How far Parents may procure a Blessing or a Curse to their Children: 836
How far godly Parents are blessed in their Posterity: 837
Motives to Parents to take care of their Children's Education: 839

Christ. That Christ was God, proved

152

Why Christ was called the Great God: 150
Why Christ must be God: ibid.
Christ to be honored and praised by Saints: 1175, 1183
Christ 's Growth stated and proved: 855, 856
How Christ grew in Wisdom and Knowledge: 855

Coming (second) of Christ, the Preparations of it

139

Second Coming of Christ will be glorious

138

Why Christ's second Coming will be glorious

144

Inferences from Christ's glorious Coming

146

The Personal Glory of Christ at his second Coming

140

His Attendants then

141

His Work then

142

The Consequents of Christ's second Coming

143

Bel • evers to look for Christ's second Coming

131

Objections answered: 135
Reasons of it: 132

The Advantage of looking for Christ's second Coming

135

How we are to prepare for Christ's second Coming

138

The Privilege of the Saints at Christ's second Coming

133

Coming to God. How we are said to come to God by Christ

965

Who they are that come to God by Christ: 964

Common Work, not to be rested in

291

Comparison, fourfold, between this Life and the next

1211

Conceit. Why Men are apt to conceit well of themselves

316

Arguments to press you against this Self-conceit: 320

Conditions of the Gospel, Man cannot perform them of himself

405

Confession with the Mouth, what it is

953

The Matter to be confessed: 954
The Way by which it is to be made: ibid.
The Necessity of it to Salvation: 957
The Respect that Believing with the Heart, and Confession with the Mouth, have to one another: 955

Conflict with Sin in the Regenerate and Unregenerate, the difference between them

365

Conflict spiritual, we are to arm ourselves for it

1101

The use of Faith, Hope and Love in the spiritual Conflict: 1105

Conscience, the Nature of it

730

Conscience is God's Vicegerent or Deputy: 731
Three Acts of Conscience, to be an Accuser, Witness, and Judge: 736
Conscience to be your Guide: 730
Why God hath given Man a Conscience: ibid.
The Properties of a good Conscience: 725
Conscience void of Offence, what it signifies: ibid.
Conscience easily offended, but not easily appeased: 732
Conscience the best Friend, or worst Enemy: ib.
Conscience the Beginning of Heaven or Hell: 733
When there is a Flaw in Conscience, all our Trading for Heaven is at a stand: ibid.
When Conscience speaks not, it writes: ibid.
The Stings of Conscience soon awakened: 734
If Conscience do not speak to you, you must speak to it: ibid.
No sound Conscience without sincere Obedience: ibid.
A man may do Good or Evil without Conscience, or according to Conscience, or against Conscience: 734

Consolation, Comfort. Peace, Joy and Consolation opened

211

Comfort allowed to the Saints: 217
God's People have not alike Comfort: 214
Who they are the Lord gives most Comfort to: 215
How Christians disparage their Comfort: 219
False Comfort of wicked Men, whence it ariseth: 217
Strong Consolation, why so called: 212
How it ariseth from Assurance: 213
How it is dispensed: 214
Motives to look after it: 220
The Advantages of it: 221
Directions to keep it: 226

Convincing Power of the Word, whence it ariseth

1034

Correction. Why God corrects his People for their Sins in this World

272

Covenant. Why God makes a Covenant with his People

826

No Covenant can be made with God without the Interposition of a Sacrifice: 828
What we should do to enter into Covenant with God: 831

Covenant of God, called the Foundation of God, and why

1025

The Sureness of God's Covenant

1026

The Seal of the Covenant on God's part

1027

on Man's part: 1029

Covenant of Grace, why called an everlasting Covenant

691

Covenant of Works, what it is

306

All Men by Nature are under this Covenant

ibid.

Natural Conscience sticketh to this Covenant

307

This Covenant rightly understood, prepares Men's for Christ

ibid.

Vid. Preparatory Works.

How you may avoid the Curse of this Covenant

310

How the two Covenants agree, and are subservient one to another

309

Covet. What the Sin is that is forbidden in the tenth Commandment, Thou shalt not covet

305

Covetousness, how incident we are to it

How it discovers itself: ibid.
The Evil of this Sin: 364
Arguments against it: 60

Counsel. How God gives Counsel to his People

1112

Creation, the Power of God seen in it

412

Cross. Why God foretells his People of a Cross

354

Taking up the Cross, what it is: 350, 351
What it is to take up the Cross daily: 352
Why those that follow Christ, should take up the Cross: ibid.
Motives to take up the Cross: 355
Necessity of being prepared for the Cross: ibid.
Who are prepared for the Cross, and who not: 356

Cup. A threefold Cup in Scripture

1131

DAY of Grace to be prized and improved

D 14

Darkness. What it is to walk in Darkness, and see no Light

809

Why the People of God may walk in Darkness, and see no Light: 810
Comfort to support the Children of God in a dark State: 812
In dark times we should trust in God. Vid. Trust.

Dead. Arguments against one coming from the Dead

675

Death of Christ. The Love of Christ in his Dying

1154

Reasons why Christ died willingly

ibid.

Sacraments relate to Christ's Death

1009

How we are to remember Christ's Death

1011

Vid. Showing forth.

Death of Christ, to be remembered not as a Tragical Story, but as a Mystery of Godliness

1010

Death of Christ, a powerful Argument to press Repentance, and make us hate Sin

681, 714

Delay in answering Prayer. Vid. Prayer.

Delay of Repentance reproved: 101
Motives against these Delays: 102, 532

Destroy. What God hath and will destroy

794

Why we should not build what God will destroy: 798

Devil. How many ways he may vex and trouble God's People

706

Our Trials are the more sore, because the Devil hath a Hand in them

707

Why God permits the Devil to vex and trouble his People

708

God doth restrain and bridle the Devil's Fury

709

How far the Devil's Power is destroyed

790

Vid. Power of the Devil.

Difficulty of Salvation, great

397

Wherein the Difficulty lies

ibid.

Vid. Impotency.

This Difficulty must be understood and thought of, how and why

401

Motives to fortify you against the Difficulty of Salvation

40 •

Difficulty of rich Men's Salvation, why the Apostles wondered at it

394

Vid. Rich Men.

Difficulties. How we are, or are not to consider them

485

The Inconvenience of sinful considering Difficulties: ibid.

Disciple of Christ. What it is to enter ourselves a Disciple of Christ

341

The Necessity of this beyond Alms, and all other amiable Qualifications

343

They that profess themselves Disciples of Christ, must imitate his Example

344

Vid. Example.

Discourse, good and bad. Vid. Tongue.

Due. What is a Man's Due

Dwelling in God, what it is, and in what manner to be done

906

Motives to press it: 904

END. Man was made for an End

E 637

How our End is to be accomplished: 638
Man's chief End is to glorify and enjoy God: 637
Why other things should not be our chief End: 639
How we should urge our Souls concerning our chief End: 639
How we should honor God as our last End: 39

Enemy. The Devil is an Enemy

(788)

The Nature of this Enmity: 789
The Victory of this Enmity, and how attained: (789)
How far the Enemy is overcome: 790
That the overcoming this Enmity is Matter of Praise: 792
There is an Enmity between Christ and Satan: 536
There is an Enmity between God's People and wicked Men: 537

Envy at the Prosperity of the Wicked, what it is

1045

The Evil of this Sin: 1050
No Reason why God's People should envy the Wicked: 1046
Remedies against this Envy: 1051

Error. God's own People may err in some Points of Religion

1066

Yet when convinced, they confess their Error: ibid.

Esteem of Christ, what it is

452

How this Esteem of Christ will show itself: 454
Esteem of Christ a Property of Faith: 451
Faith only gives Christ this Esteem: 453
Christ deserves this Esteem: ibid.

Esteem of Ordinances. Vid. Ordinances

Eternity. An eternal State proved

980

Good or Evil are valuable by their Respect to Eternity: 975

Evil. Grace teacheth us to depart from Evil, and do Good

We must first begin with renouncing Evil: ib.

Example. Why Christ would propound himself for our Example

345

They that profess themselves Disciples of Christ, should imitate his Example

344

The Power of Christ's Example

864

The Advantage we have by the Example of Christ

345

Vid. Following Christ.

What Christ's Example in his Humiliation teacheth us

865

Excel. Duties of those would excel

430

Expectation, what it is not

105

What it is, and wherein it showeth itself: 106
How it is wrought: 112
How much we expect in Heaven: 124

FAinting. We must not faint in Afflictions

F 765

Faith. Several Notions of Faith

754

What it is, and the Nature of it

432, 752, 952, 1102

The Objects of it,

432, 435, 721, 753, 952, 1102

The Acts of the Soul about Faith

953

The Acts of Faith

433, 435, 436, 1103

The Adjuncts and Qualifications of the Assent of Faith

433

Faith is a Consent, and what kind of Consent

435

Implicite Faith what

432

Historical Faith what

434

Temporary Faith what

435

The Properties of Faith

437

Faith apprehends all things present it wants in the Creature

895

The Sight of Faith opened

438, 476

Vid. Sight.

How the Sight of Faith influences the Acts and Effects of Faith

439

What a kind of looking Faith is

754

Light of Faith. Vid. Light.

Instances of a strong Faith

459

Vid. Abraham, Canaan, Centurion.

How to judge of the Growth of Faith,

432, 436

The Relation of the Word to Faith. Vid. Word.

Faith and Love inseparable Companions

430

The Respect Faith, Hope, and Love, have one to another

1104

The Necessity of Faith

752

The Encouragement of Faith

ibid.

Fallen. The Disorder and Danger of a fallen State

1159

Christ hath to do with fallen Sinners: 783
He recovers them out of their fallen State by calling: 784

Far. Many may go far, and yet come short of true Grace

284

Men may go far, and yet fall away, and the Reasons of it: 359

Father. God is a Father by Creation or Adoption

1134

It is an Advantage to Patience in Afflictions, to eye God as a Father: 1134, 1137

Fear vanquished by Faith

241, 458

Arguments to remove Fear of Danger: 1099

Fear of God, the kinds of it

1070

Why it is required as the Principle of our Actions: ibid.

Feasts, whether lawful

Filled. Both the Backslider and the good Man seek to be filled

1110

They both take different ways to be filled: 1111
Rightly understood every Man is filled from himself: 1115

Finished. Christ's Words, It is finished, opened

1149

In what Respect all was finished on the Cross: 1150
Why Christ would not give over till all was finished: 1153

Following Christ. What it is to follow Christ

388

Wherein we should follow Christ

346

Vid. Example.

Motives to follow Christ

ibid.

Fool. Every carnal Man a Fool

910

Forgiving Enemies a Duty

1143

Vid. Revenge.

Forsake. Why God may sometimes forsake his People

1096

God never totally forsakes his People, and why: 1095
Objections answered: ibid.
Three kinds of forsaking: 1096

Forsaking all when God calls us so to do

333

Reasons why we must so do: 334
Directions to this Duty: 335

Future State proved

1216

Light of Nature concerning a future State not to be rejected: 1221
Thoughts of a future State, Support in Afflictions and Death: 1220

GIfts, the kinds of them,

G 250, 251, 252, 258

The Freeness of God's Gifts

250

Everyone hath some Gift or other

257

Gifts are not given to all in a like measure

259

Reasons of it

260

Gifts are entrusted as well as given

253

Vid. Trust.

God to be thanked for all his Gifts

251

Give. Why it was necessary that Christ should give himself

157

Duties inferred from Christ giving himself: 160
We are to be thankful that Christ gave himself: 159

Glory, what it is

1225

Godliness, what it is

What Graces are necessary to Godliness: ib.
What are the Ordinances about which it is conversant: 91
Godliness to be exercised in Worship, in Conversation: 93, 94, 95
Godliness, and Holiness, and Righteousness, how they differ: 39, 89
Our Abode in the present World is the time to exercise Godliness: 98
Reasons of it: 100
Trial whether we are godly: 96
Motives to Godliness: ib.

Good. Then none is good, how not to be understood

295

How it is to be understood: ibid.

Goodness of God's Nature opened, and the Properties of it

298, 300

The Goodness of his Bounty opened: 300
When God is not honored as the chief Good: 36

Good Man, what he is

1110

Good Things. Who have their good Things in this Life

988

The Misery of those that have their good Things in this Life: 990
How shall we know that Men count temporal things their good Things: 988

Good Works, the Beginning, Increase and Accomplishment of them from God

686

Gospel, a means of Salvation, and how

No better way to save Sinners than that revealed in the Gospel: 659
The Wisdom of God in the Gospel: 658
The excellent Contrivance of the Gospel to be meditated on: 656
Preparative Considerations to such Meditation: 657
How we are to meditate on this Contrivance of the Gospel: 658
Motives to regard the Gospel: 17
No Reason to doubt of the Gospel: 948

Government. God governs the World by the Hopes and Fears of another Life

1171

Grace. Whether they that improve common Grace, shall have special Grace

1082

Increase of Grace must be acknowledged as well as the Beginning of it: 427

Grace of God, how many ways taken

Grace and Mercy in God, how they agree, and how they differ: ib.
Grace the Original of all Blessings: 3
Why Grace is the Original of all Blessings: 5
Grace doth not exclude Christ, and the means of Salvation: 4
What and how much of Grace is discovered in the Gospel: 11
Grace but darkly discovered before the Gospel: 10
What Reason Believers have to praise the Grace of God above other Men or Angels: 9
How the Grace of God is wronged: 6
Grace teacheth us Holiness: 25
Trial whether we are Partakers of the Grace of God: 26

HAbitation. God is the Habitation of his People

H 897

God's People may have no Habitation on this side God

895

God's being our Habitation is of use to us, when we want, and when we have a Dwelling-place

900, 901

How God is our Habitation when we have a House

902

Vid. Dwelling in God.

Hardness of Heart (sinful). The terms of it opened; what is meant by Heart, what by Hardness

498

The Nature and Properties of it: ibid.
The Kinds of it: 501
The Causes of it: 503
The Hainousness of the Sin: 505
Some Observations about it: 507
Trial of a hard Heart: 511
Motives to beware of Hardness of Heart: 514
Motives to come out of this State: ibid.
Directions for the Cure of a hard Heart: 515
Tendencies of it to be avoided: 532

Hardness of Heart (judicial). How God may be said to harden

501, 523

God's Justice and Righteousness herein vindicated: 524
Causes of God's hardening Sinners: 527
Sometimes God may harden finally: ibid.
The Causes of this: 528
God may harden his own People for a time: 530
The Causes of it: ibid.
Means to cure it: 531
Observations from the History of Pharaoh 's Hardness of Heart: 520

Hearing the Word, an Ordinance of God

Objections against Hearing answered: ib.
Diligent attending to the Word, wherein it consists: 1078
Why we should take heed what we hear: 1077
How they that hear, shall have more given them: 1080

Heart of the Wicked, what it signifies

1059

The Pravity of it

1060

How the Heart of the Wicked is little worth

ibid.

Reasons of it: 1062

Means to get another Heart, or a Heart sanctified

1065

What Men may do towards getting their Heart sanctified

1064

Motives to get the Heart sanctified

ibid.

Heaven. In Heaven the removal of all Evil of Sin and Affliction,

116, 117

And the confluence of all Good: 118
The Happiness of the Body in Heaven: 119
The Happiness of the Soul in Heaven: 120
The Company of Heaven: 122
Whether the Knowledge or Love of God in Heaven is to be preferred: 120
Inferences from the Happiness of Heaven: 123

His. In what sense God's People are his

1028

Holiness, with respect to our Relation to God, what it is

740

Positive Holiness of our Persons and Actions, what: 741
Gospel- Holiness, how prophesied of in the Old Testament: 738
Why we should be more eminent in Holiness in Gospel-Times than in Times of the Law: 742
Exhortation to Holiness: 718
Directions to Holiness: 744

Holiness of Christ, as to his Person and Office

712

Honor, what it is

1226

Hope (Act), what it implies

972

Vid. Expectation, Looking.

The Object of it: 1104
The Properties of it: ibid.
The Necessity of it: 1222
The Encouragements of it: 1223
Hope the Fruit of Regeneration, and of Experience: 723

Hope (Object). Hope set before us, what it is, and why so called

231

What it is to run to take hold of the Hope set before us

ibid.

The Hope of a Christian a blessed Hope

116

Vid. Blessedness.

Human Nature of Christ. Why Christ must be Man

1084

Vid. Incarnation.

Christ partaking of the human Nature, a Foundation for Faith: 1086

Humiliation of Christ, three Steps of it

862

How far Christ was lessened or humbled: 861
Christ's Humiliation was voluntary: 863
Christ's Humiliation was for our sakes: ibid.
The Ends and Reasons of Christ's Humiliation: 864, 1091

IGnorance, several Distinctions about it

I 1147, 1148

All Ignorance not sinful: 857
How far it excuseth from Sin: 1147
The Evil and Danger of Ignorance: 33

Immortality, what it is

1226

A threefold Immortality: 1163
The Immortality of the Soul. Vid. Soul ▪
Motives to look after immortal Blessedness: 1174

Immutable Things. God's Word and Oath are two immutable things

205

How we should improve these two immutable things: 207
How we should meditate on these two immutable things: ibid.
When we should meditate on them: 210

Impotency. It is impossible for Man of his own Strength to get to Heaven

404

Whence this Impotency ariseth: 405
The Reasons of this Impotency: 407
Encouragements against our Impotency: ibid.

Incarnation of Christ, the Reasons of it

535

Vid. Human Nature.

Injuries to be done to no Man

Injuries of others to be born with Patience: 85

Intercession of Christ, what it is

1147

Inventions. How Man sought out many Inventions

(1154)

What are these Inventions: 1155
Why they are said to be many Inventions: 1158
The Folly and Mischief of Man's Inventions: (1154)

Inward Man. It is a comfortable thing when the inward Man is in good state

428

Joy in God. Vid. Rejoicing

Judgment-Day, why called a Day

277

Why it is to be preached: 1035, 1036
The Judgment-Day an Argument to press Repentance: 279
Why Christ as Judge of the World, is called Man, and the Son of Man: 278

Justice, to do as we would be done by, how to be understood

Why we are to be just and righteous

Rules of Justice

Vid. Righteousness.

Just Man. What is meant by the just Man

1053

Just Men will discourse to Edification

ibid.

Vid. Tongue.

KIngs. Believers are Kings, and how,

K 1182

Kingdom. That Christ hath a spiritual Kingdom

847

The Administration of Christ's Kingdom twofold, internal and external: 715
This Kingdom of Christ should be submitted to, and why: 849
What makes Men dislike Christ's Reign and Government: 851
The Gospel-Kingdom is a Kingdom of Light, Life and Love: 794
What is opposite to the Gospel-Kingdom: 795

Knowledge. How Christ grew in Knowledge and Wisdom

• 55

Known. What it is to be known of God: 873
Why they that know God so as to love him, are known of God: 874
How God knows his People: 1182

LAid. How Sin was laid on Christ

L 1126

Sin being laid on Christ, is taken off from the Creature: 1127

Lamb. Christ and a Lamb compared

1116

Christ and the Sacrifice Lamb compared: 1117
Christ and the Paschal Lamb compared: ibid.
What of Christ is represented to us in the Paschal Lamb: 1118
How we are to behold Christ as the Lamb of God: 1122

Law. How the Law shuts Men up under Sin

308

Laws of Christ, the Nature of them

851

Directions for Obedience to Christ's Laws: 854

Lenity of the Gospel opened

265

Life eternal, who they are that shall enjoy it

1230

Light of Faith compared with the Light of Sense, Reason, Prophecy, and Glory

971

Light of Faith and Prophecy, how they agree, and how they differ: 477

Long-suffering of God a great Mercy

940

Looking. Looking to the blessed Hope, what it is

105

What Influence th • s looking to the blessed Hope hath to work us to a spiritual Life: 108
Inferences from hence: 110
Directions how to look for the blessed Hope: 115
How we are to look to Christ: 755
Looking for Christ's Coming, what is implied in it: 137
The Advantage of it: 135
Trial, whether we look for Christ's Coming: 138
Looking to eternal things, what it implies: 970
Those that look to eternal things, can do and suffer great things for God: 973
Directions to look to eternal things: 977

Lord. When God is honored as the supreme Lord

Lost. In what sense we are said to be lost

884

Sense of our lost Condition necessary: ibid.
How Christ seeks and saves that that was lost.
Vid. Seeking, Saving.

Love, what it is

1102

The Objects of it: ibid.
The Acts of it: 1103
Love must be abounding, and wherein: 431

Love of Christ in our Redemption

515, 1178

The Properties of the Love of Christ: 1179
Christ loves those that have amiable Qualities, and the Reasons of it: 325
What Use we should not make of this Love of Christ: 326
What Use we should make of it: ibid.
What Love Christ hath to moral Virtues now in Heaven: 329

Love to God. What sincere Love to God is

869

The Object of it: ibid.
The Acts of it: 870
Wherein the Sincerity of Love to God is seen: 872
Marks of sincere Love to God: 876
Love to God should be joined with our Knowledge of God: 875
Why Love to God should be exercised at the Sacrament: 876
How it should be exercised at the Sacrament: ib.

Love of the World. They that love the World, will renounce Christ

362

How the Love of the World makes us uncapable of serving God: 363

Lusts, what they are

Lusts to be checked, and why: 53

Lusts worldly, what they are, and why so called

Some Distinctions about worldly Lusts: ib.
Lusts of the Flesh, Lusts of the Eye, and Pride of Life, what is meant by them: 44, 45, 46
Worldly Lusts unsuitable to the New Nature: 50
Those that are under the Power of worldly Lusts, have no Interest in Christ: 51
What it is to deny worldly Lusts: 46
The difficulty of denying worldly Lusts: 48
How Grace teacheth us to deny worldly Lusts: 49
Motives to deny worldly Lusts: 53, 56

Lie. What Lying is

841

When we may be said to give God the Lie: 205

MEans of Grace to be used

M 1079

They prosper best in Grace, that most diligently use the Means: 1080

Meat and Drink. Sobriety in Meats and Drinks, why necessary to be spoken to

Who are most especially to be sober in the use of Meat and Drink: ib.
When we sin in the use of Meat and Drink: ib.
Whether is worse, Excess in Meat, or in Drink: 72

Mediator. The Necessity of a Mediator

960

The Fitness of Christ for this Office: Ibid.
Christ's Work as Mediator: 961
The Comfort and Duty resulting from Christ's being a Mediator: 962
Who are interested in this Comfort, and concerned in these Duties: 964

Meditation, what it is

607

The difference between Meditation, Consideration, and Contemplation: 625
How Meditation differs from Study: 606, 630
The Kinds of Meditation: 605
The Rank and Place Meditation hath among other Duties: 608
The Place of Meditation: 602
The Time of Meditation: 6 • 3, 629
Some special Seasons of Meditation: 629, 632
What Time is to be spent in Meditation: 630
Whether the Time should be set and constant: ib.
Are all bound to meditate: ib.
The Necessity of Meditation: 607
Objections against the Necessity of it answered: 608
The Objects of Meditation: 636, 637
Objects of Meditation preparative to the Sacrament: 622
Directions for the choice of Objects of Meditation: 631
Whether we should bind ourselves to one Subject in Meditation: 624
The manner of working on the Object in Meditation: 633
Rules for Meditation: 612
How should we do because of Variety of Matter in Meditation: 624
Whether we are to prescribe to ourselves a Method in Meditation: 631
What Method we are to use in Meditation: 633
Whether the Soul in Meditation is to be fixed in a steady View and Contemplation of God, in Quietness and Silence, without Variety of Discourse: 625
Vid. Raptures.
Directions against Barrenness of Thoughts in Meditation: 620
Especially at the Sacrament: 621
Directions against loose wandering Thoughts in Meditation: 620, 622
Directions against Deadness and Stupidness in Meditation: 623
Directions against Formality in Meditation: ibid.
Lets and Hindrances of Meditation, with Helps against them: 616, 621
The Profit and Advantage of Meditation: 610

Mercy and Power meet in Christ, and why

147

Mercies. Men are apt to forget God's Mercies

806

God's Mercies to be remembered, and why: 807
Vid. Remembered.

Merit. Popish Merit confuted

297

Miserable. In what Sense Christians are of all Men most miserable, if there be no Life to come

1212

How this consisteth with the Righteousness of God's Government: 1215

Morality. No true Morality without the Faith of the Gospel

728

Morality adopted into Christianity: 840
Reasons why Morality is adopted into Christianity: 844
In what manner Christianity enforceth Morality: 843

Mortification of Sin proper for Grace

Directions to Mortification: 29

Moses, what his Sin was at the Waters of Strife

268, 270

The Aggravation of the Sin from the Person sinning: 269
The Kind of his Punishment: 271

Murmuring at God's Dispensations prevented by Faith

243

Mystery. Why we should look into the Mystery of Redemption. Vid. Redemption.

NUllifidians condemned: 727

OATH. Why God gives his Oath above his Word.

O 196

The Advantage we have by God's Oath: 203

Obedience, how far it belongs to Faith

726

The Defect of it without true Faith: 728
Obedience to be universal: 314

Ordinances. God's Ordinances to be valued more than worldly things, and the Reasons of it

880

Why God's People value and esteem the Ordinances: 8 ••
Trial of our Esteem and Value of the Ordinances: 892

PArdon of Sin the Gift of God

P 1141

Pardon of Sin a special Benefit

ibid.

All Sins pardoned but the Sin against the Holy Ghost: ibid.

Passover. Vid. Lamb Paschal.

Patience. The several Kinds of Christian Patience

1129

Peace. The Matter of true Peace

946

The Ground and Foundation of this Peace: 690
The way how it is obtained, or how we come to be interested in it: 691, 947
True Peace only in Wisdom's way: 1039
Objections answered: 1042
The Evidences that God is pacified: 690
In what Sense God is th • God of Peace: ibid.
Why God gives Increase of Grace as the God of Peace: 692

Peculiar People, what it signifies

174

God owns his Peculiar People, and how: 177
God values his Peculiar People, and how: 175, 178
Inferences from hence: 176
Duties of God's Peculiar People: 179

Perfect. In what Sense Christ is made perfect

1185

Perfection. What Perfection is required of us

687

Please. How it is possible to please God and Men too

858

How far it is lawful to mind the Approbation of Men: ibid.
What Wisdom is requisite that we may increase in Favor with God and Men: 859

Pleasures. The Baseness and Danger of Pleasures

Which is worse, not to bridle Anger, or not to restrain Pleasures?: 65
Whether is harder, to endure Grief, or to renounce Pleasure?: 65
Whether Immoderateness in the use of Pleasures, or worldly Cares, be worst: 72
Directions to wean the Soul from Pleasures: 618

Poor. Three Sorts of Poor; the Devil's Poor, the World's Poor, and Christ's Poor

336

Vid. Charity.

They that give to the Poor, have Treasure in Heaven: 340

Power of Christ opened

464

Power of God, Distinctions about it

414

The Power of God proved

412

Instances of the Power of God

ibid.

Vid. Creation, Providence.

Power of God in bringing into, and preserving in a State of Grace

409

Those that have a Sense of their Impotency, should reflect on the Power of God.

410

A steady Perswasion of the Power of God argues a strong Faith

488

Power of God to be believed and improved

415

How we should improve the Power of God

416

Considerations to quicken us to believe and improve the Power of God

417

Power of Satan over fallen Man, what it is

537, 541

How Christ destroys the Power of Satan

537, 541

Vid. Devil, Victory.

Practice. The Pleasure of Practice greater than of Contemplation

1041

Praise, Blessing and Thanksgiving, how they differ

697

Rendring Praise, Vid. Render.

Prayer, what it is

772

Every thing that looks like Prayer, is not Prayer: 823
The Kinds of Prayer: 773
What it is to pray without ceasing: ibid.
Constant and frequent Prayer proved a Duty: 776
Whence is it that Men are so seldom in Prayer: 779
Motives to pray without ceasing: 781
What it is to find a Prayer in our Hearts: 818
Prayer must be found in our Hearts before it be uttered with our Mouths: ibid.
Reasons of it: 821
A Praying Frame, what it is: 780
God's Delay of answering Prayer, is a sore Trial: 468
Yet this should not weaken our Faith: ibid.
How to keep up Prayer in the midst of Discouragements: 471
What it is that encourages to Prayer: 819
What it is that inclines us to Prayer: 818
There is need of Preparation and Recollection before Prayer: 822
How our Prayers are to be limited: 820

Prayer of Christ [Father forgive them] opened

1140

Priests. Believers are a holy Priesthood

1183

The Priesthood we have by Christ, concerns our Ministration in the Heavenly Temple: 1185
The Excellency of our Service as Priests in Heaven: 1190
Directions to prepare us for this Service: 1193

Preparatory Works. What we must do if we would be prepared for Christ

311

Presence of God, who they are that shall have it

1098

Present things, Addictedness to them natural to us

397

It is increased by Custom: 399
The evil Effects of it: ib.

Pride, twofold, in Mind and Desire

Arguments against Pride in Mind: ibid.
Arguments against Pride in Desire: 62
How Hezekiah 's Heart was lifted up with Pride: 695
How shall we know when the Heart is lifted up with Pride: 701
A proud Heart cannot be rightly conversant about Mercies: 700
Directions against lifting up the Heart with Pride in remembrance of Mercies: 702

Profession. Why we are to make a Profession of Christ

1014

Promises more than Purposes, Doctrinal Declarations, and Predictions

445

The Promises of God are certain and firm: 446
Promises made to some of God's People, concern others also: 1094
The Work of Faith about the Promises: 446
Why we are apt to suspect God's Affection in making Promises: 197
Why we are apt to suspect God's Faithfulness in fulfilling Promises: 201

Property. Whether there be any Property, or all things are in common

Whether wicked Men have any Right to what they possess: ibid.

Prosperity. Wicked Men in their Prosperity are under God's Displeasure

1047

Protection and Defense of God's People is from God

897

Providence. That there is a Providence, proved

667

The Acts of Providence: 665
The Grounds of Providence: 664
The Power of God seen in Providence: 413, 665
The Use and Comfort of Providence: 669
Observations concerning the Providence of God: 667

Public Good to be preferred before private

Purification, the Necessity of it

171

The Manner of it: 172
How Faith purifies: ibid.
Directions to attain Purification: 173

QUalities good, there may be such in unregenerate Men

Q 322

Whence they proceed: ibid.
Amiable Qualities not to be rested in: 325
Those to be reproved that are without amiable Qualities: • 24

Questions about Salvation of greatest Importance

285

RAptures, whether now to be expected

R 625

Reap. Everyone shall reap the Fruit of their own Doings

1108, 1113

Receiving Christ, Objections against it answered

486

Recompences. Future Recompences at the Resurrection

1212

Recreations and Sports, how Sobriety is to be exercised about them

When we offend in Sports and Recreations: 67
What time is to be spent in Recreations: 68
Helps to Sobriety in Recreations: 69

Redemption, the Nature of it opened

163

Vid. Captives.

How we are redeemed from Iniquity: 166
What of the Mystery of Redemption we should look into: 924
How we should look into it: 926
Why we should look into it: ibid.
Trial, whether we are redeemed: 169

Refuge. Christ a Believer's City of Refuge

227

Flying for Refuge, what it is: 229
The Term from which we fly for Refuge: 228
The Term to which we fly for Refuge: 229
Who are to fly for Refuge to Christ: 233
It is the Property of Believers to fly to Christ for Refuge: 228

Rejoicing in Christ, the Nature of it opened

481

The Reasons of it: 479
The Effects of it: 481

Rejoicing in God, what it is

757

Carnal Rejoicing and spiritual Rejoicing, • ow distinguished: ibid.
Our rejoicing in God must be constant and perpetual: 759, 770
Outward Afflictions, and the Sense of them, and rejoicing in God, consistent: 759, 764
Mourning for Sin, and rejoicing in God, not inconsistent: 765
Reasons why we should rejoice in God always: 762, 767
The Necessity of rejoicing evermore: 767
The Profit of it: 768
Directions to perform this Duty: 769
What God hath done to raise this Joy in us: 762
All the Graces of a Christian have an Influence on this Rejoicing: 763
All Duties and Ordinances influence this Rejoicing: ibid.

Religion. That is the best Religion that doth best provide for the Peace and Rest of our Souls

946

The Christian Religion doth abundantly provide for these: ibid.

Remember. Remembrance of Mercies habitual and actual

807

Directions to remember God's Mercies: 808
Whether we are bound to recollect all the Mercies of God: 807

Render. What it is to render Praise to God

697

What it is to render according to God's Mercies: 699

Renounce. Not one Sin, but all Sins must be renounced

Trial whether all Sin be renounced: 30

Repentance, what it is

281, 677, 785, 936

The Kinds of Repentance

785

Repentance the way of our Recovery

ibid.

The Necessity of it in order to our Recovery to God

282

Arguments and Motives to quicken us to Repentance

681, 786

God wills the Repentance of all Men

937

Repentance is God's End in continuing the World

936

What Encouragement from the Long-suffering of God to Repentance

938

Death of Christ an Argument to press Repentance

681, 714

The great Design of the Gospel is to invite Men to Repentance

280

What the Gospel doth to promote Repentance

281

What the Scriptures offer to persuade us to Repentance

680

How to improve Scripture to Repentance

684

The Sutableness of Repentance to the Grace of the New Covenant

786

Directions for Repentance: 283, 786

Reproof. What Reproof is

1204

Several Kinds of Reproof: 1199
Who are to reprove: 1202
Whether Inferiors should reprove Superiors: ibid.
Whom we are to reprove: 1197
Whether we are to reprove an Infidel, or one of a false Religion: ibid.
When we are to reprove, or not to reprove: 1204
How we are to reprove: 1198
Reasons for Reproof: 1199, 1200
Not to reprove Sin, a Sign of Hatred: 1195

Resisting the Spirit. How far the Spirit may be resisted

500

Respect of Persons, what it is

1067

How God is no Respecter of Persons: 1069

Restitution to be made, if Wrongs be done

Revenge. We are not to revenge Injuries done us

Arguments against it

1143

Whether it be lawful to pray for Revenge

1145

Reward. We may look for the Reward

110, 234

Riches are God's Blessings

986

Whether the bare having Riches be hurtful

368

The Use of Riches

914

More required of rich Men than others

391

Not the Use of Riches, but the Abuse of them is condemned

986

The Danger of Riches

900, 986

Vid. Temporal good things.

The Sins to which rich Men are exposed

371, 375

Rich Men have need of much Grace

375

The Difficulty of rich Men's Salvation

368, 386

Wherein the Difficulty of it lies

371

That this Difficulty is to be pressed and seriously thought of

391

Directions to them from the Difficulty of their Salvation

393

What it is to have a Will to be rich

908

The Danger of this

909

Arguments against the inordinate Desire of Riches

914

Directions against this inordinate Desire of Riches

ibid.

Trial of this immoderate Desire of Riches

918

Whether we may pray for and desire Riches

911

Trusting in Riches. Vid. Trusting.

Right. Whether we are always to demand our own Right

Vid. Due, Property.

Righteousness or Justice, what it is

Vid. Justice.

Why we are to be just and righteous: 87
Working Righteousness, what it is: 1071
Why this is required of us as the Principle of our Actions: ibid.

Righteousness of Faith, what it is

928, 956

What is the Hope built on this Righteousness of Faith: 930
What is the Work of the Spirit in this Business: ibid.

SAcraments relate to Christ's Death

S 1009

Preparation to the Sacrament necessary

621

What Thoughts are preparative to it

ibid.

Vid. Meditation.

Sacrifice. What Sacrifices did import

830

Christ's Death had the true Notion and Virtue of a Sacrifice: 829
The New Covenant is confirmed by virtue of this Sacrifice: 830

Salvation, what it is

That it is free to all that will accept of it: 23
Who are they that contemn Salvation: 20
That it is a difficult thing to be saved: 397
Vid. Difficult.
In Christ there is not only Refuge, but Salvation: 231
What we should do to attain Salvation: 21
Vid. Savior

Sanctification, meritorious, applicative, and practical, what

1090

How Christ sanctifies: 1092
Who are the Sanctified: 1089
Why the Relation of Children is reckoned only to the Sanctified: 1090
Sanctification hath Influence on our Comfort and Peace: 1072

Sanctifying God, what it is

267

Satisfaction. What Satisfaction a good Man hath

1114

Why he shall have it: ibid.

Satisfaction of Christ, the Compleatness of it proved

1151

The Comfort of this to poor Sinners: 1152

Savior. Christ is a Savior

153

How many ways Christ is a Savior: 887
Why Christ is a Savior, both by Merit, and by Power: ibid.
Christ's great End and Business is to be a Savior: 888
How we shall do to have Christ our Savior: 154
Directions to receive Christ as our Savior: 892
Motives to accept Christ as a Savior: 891
Thankfulness to Christ as a Savior, a Christian Duty: 893

Scriptures proved to be the Word of God

721

Sensible Confirmations of the Divine Authority of Scriptures

674

Secret of the Lord with the Righteous, what it signifies

1049

Seed. Christ the Seed of the Woman

534

Vid. Incarnation.

Seeking. What Christ's seeking those that are lost, implies

885

The Necessity of this seeking: 886
Seeking Glory and Honor and Immortality, what it is: 1226

Sell all thou hast, explained, vindicated and applied

332, 333

Vid. Forsake all.

Self-denial included in the Nature of Faith

441

Sensuality, what it is

Arguments against it: 58
The Evil and Danger of it: 373

Showing forth the Lord's Death, what it signifies

1013

The Properties of showing forth Christ's Death

1014

Why we should show forth Christ's Death

1015

Motives to show forth Christ's Death

1016

Sight of Christ, past, present, and to come, opened

477

Sight of Faith. The objects the Sight of Faith are exercised about

478

Sin, the Nature of it

646

Sin a Wrong to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost: 163
The Deceitfulness of Sin: 505
The Effects of Sin: 650
The Aggravations of Sin: 652
The Sins of God's People most provoking to him, and the Reasons of it: 271
The Sinfulness of Sin opened: 646, 682
General Observations about the Sinfulness of Sin: 643
The Sinfulness of Sin to be meditated on: ibid.
Sins against Conscience, the Mischief that comes by them: 530
The Power of Sin, how Christ takes it away: 541
The Guilt of Sin, how Christ takes it away: 542
The Being of Sin, how and when Christ takes it away: ibid.
Sin to be avoided, and why: 168
Not one Sin, but all must be renounced. Vid. Renouncing.
Why God corrects his People for their Sins in this World: 272

Sleep, Sobriety to be used in it

Sloth spiritual, Directions how to shake it off

616

Sobriety, what it is

The particular Branches of it. Vid. Sleep, Recreations, Meat and Drink, Apparel, Care of the World.
The Necessity of Sobriety: 63
Objections against preaching Sobriety, answered: 64

Solisidians condemned

729

Sorrow vanquished by Faith

242

Soul. The Nature of the Soul

1166

The Soul immediately created by God: 1163
The Immortality of the Soul proved: 1162, 1164, 1173
The Evil of not believing the Immortality of the Soul: 1172

Sparing. God's sparing his People, what it signifies

1017

This is a choice Privilege: ibid.
The Reasons why God spares his Children: 1019
Who they are whom God spares: 1021
How God's sparing is consistent with afflicting his People: 1022, 1023

Staggering at the Promise opened

487

Strength. It is the Privilege and Duty of God's Servants to go from Strength to Strength

1003

Why God's Servants should go from Strength to Strength: ibid.
Motives to go from Strength to Strength: 1006
They that go from Strength to Strength, shall at last appear before God in Zion: 1008

Sufferings of Christ. Prophecies and Types of Christ were fulfilled in his Sufferings

1149, 1150

Sufferings of Christ a Copy and Pattern to us: 1150

TAking away Sin. How Christ takes away the Sin of the World

T 1126, 1127

Taking away Sin, the great End of Christ's coming into the World, and why

1128

What we should do to have Sin taken away

Vid. Sin.: 1129

Temporal good things, why God gives them to carnal Men

987

Vid. Good Things.

Temptations, how to be prepared against them

Vid. Devil.: 710

Thanksgiving for Benefits, a Debt we owe to God

421

Graces acted and promoted in Thanksgiving: 422
Sins prevented by Thanksgiving: ibid.
Reasons for Thanksgiving: 423
In Thanksgiving spiritual Blessings are especially to be owned: 424
We are to give Thanks for spiritual Blessings, not only for ourselves, but others: 426
We are not thankful for Mercies when the Heart is lifted up: 700

Time, the Preciousness of it

Tongue of the Just, what is meant by it

1053, 1058

In what Sense the Tongue of the Just is as choice Silver: 1055
Sins of the Tongue: 1053
Our Tongues to be used for edifying, and why: 1056
Directions hereunto: 1058

Trembling at God's Word, what it is

1033

Difference between it and holy Fear: ibid.
How it doth or may come to nothing: 1036

Trinity. How much Believers are engaged to all the Persons of the Trinity

125

How all the Persons in the Trinity concur to the Salvation of Believers: 1233
Love ascribed to the Father, Grace to the Son, and Communion to the Holy Ghost: 1233, 1234
How Love, Grace and Communion, concur to our Salvation: 1235

Trouble of Heart, what it is, and wherein it consists

235, 237

The Causes of this Trouble of Heart: 236
Why Christians should not let their Hearts be troubled: 238
Directions to prevent this Trouble of Heart: 239
Faith a Means of easing our Hearts from Trouble: 241

Trust. Considerations to quicken us to improve our Trust

255

Encouragements to be faithful to our Trust: 256

Trust in God, a Duty in dark Times

814

The Profit of trusting in God then: 815
There is much in the Name of God to encourage Trust: ibid.
They that fear God and obey him, are most encouraged to trust in him: 816

Trusting in Riches, that there is such a Sin proved

377

The Evil of it: 378
The Signs and Discoveries of it: 383
The Evil Effects of it: 379
The Remedy of it: 383

Truth of Speech and Action, what

841

Trials. Various Sorts of Trials

361

Trials do manifest what Men are: ibid.
Why God will manifest Men by Trials: 361

Types, the several Kinds of them

746

Types of the Law, why to be considered: ibid.

UNgodliness, what it is

V 31

The Negative Part of Ungodliness: 33
The Positive Part of it: 40
What it is to deny Ungodliness: 32
Means to deny Ungodliness: 40
Motives to deny Ungodliness: ib.
Ungodliness and worldly Lusts coupled: 42

Victory of Christ over the Devil, the Effects of it

540

How far Satan was destroyed hereby: 543
Vid. Devil, Power of Satan.
The Nature of Christ's Victory for Believers: 546

WAiting on God an Effect of Faith

W 457

War against Satan, Motives to engage in it

547

Washing us from our Sins, the Fruit and Evidence of Christ's Love

1129

The Value and Worth of this Benefit: 1180

Well-doing, what it is

1227

Continuance in Well-doing, what it is: 1228
Patient Continuance in Well-doing, what: 1229

Wicked Men, who are so

1059

When they shall have enough of Sin: 1113
Why wicked Men shall have their Fill of Sin: 1114

Will of God. How God wills that none shall perish, but all come to Repentance

937

Willingness of Christ to suffer, how demonstrated

155

Objections answered

158

The Grounds and Reasons of this Willingness

Vid. Giving.: 157

Winking. How God winked at the times of Heathen Ignorance

276

Word of God, threefold, of Promise, Blessing, and Power

463

The Power and Certainty of God's Word: 196
On what Grounds the Word of God is more conducible to Repentance, than if one came from the Dead: 672, 949
The Relation of the Word to Faith: 444
The Acts of Faith about the Word: 446
The Effects of Faith thus exercised: 447
How we may discern the Strength of Faith from hence: 449

Work of the Devil, what it is

538

How Christ destroys the Work of the Devil

Vid. Victory.: ibid.

Works good, the Requisites to them

184

The Kinds of them: 181
Zeal for good Works. Vid. Zeal.

World. The whole World lies under Sin and Wrath

1125

What is meant by Christ taking away the Sin of the World

1124

Vid. Taking away Sin.

What there is in the World that is to be overcome

445

The Necessity of overcoming the World

ibid.

Faith overcomes the World, and how

456

Worldly Desires, Arguments to moderate them

1099

Worldly Lusts. Vid. Lusts.

Worldly Men are sorry when they cannot go to Heaven in their own way

365

Worldliness incident to great Persons

ibid.

YOung Man in the Gospel. What was commendable in him. The Question he puts

Y 285

The Quality of his Person: 286
The Manner how he puts it: 289
Wherein he was defective: ibid.
Christ's Answer to the young Man opened: 293
Why Christ refers him to the Commandments: 303
Why the Commandments of the second Table are only mentioned: 305
His Plea, that he had kept all the Commandments, how far true, and how far false: 315
What is meant by Christ's loving him: 321
Why Christ tells him that he only lacked one thing: 330

Young Men, why they should apply themselves to Religion

287, 313

WHAT it is to be zealous of good Works: 184
Zeal in good Works a Note of God's People: 185
Zeal in good Works the Fruit of Christ's Death: 187
Motives to Zeal: 188

A TABLE of Scriptures (besides the Texts of the several Sermons) explained in this Fourth Volume.

GEN.	2.	15.	Pag. 1080
	3.	4.	90
		15.	789
	9.	26, 27.	835
	10.	21.	ib.
	15.	2, 3.	483
	20.	16.	329, 1197
	22.	18.	475
	33.	5.	833
Exodus	5.	2.	520
	24.	4 to 11.	828
	34.	6.	1019
Numbers	33.	4.	1121
2 Samuel	7.	3.	817
	13.	22.	1195
	16.	4.	905
2 Kings	3.	22.	661
Job	10.	13.	1022
	31.	24, 25.	377
Psalms	4.	6, 7.	1047
	14.	1.	647
	16.	8.	242
	17.	14, 15.	128
	19.	7.	17
	31.	20.	898
	37.	28.	1095
	40.	7, 8.	156
	45.	1.	606
	49.	11.	378
		13.	1112
		14.	142
	62.	9.	378
	84.	11.	483, 967
	90.	11.	611
	91.	9.	901
	103.	5.	1003
	111.	4, 5.	1118
	116.	11.	201
	138.	2.	445
	140.	3.	747
	141.	5.	1197
	145.	10.	869
Proverbs	8.	31.	P. 156
	11.	4.	218, 383
		31.	269
	14.	13.	71, 642
	16.	7.	805
	18.	10, 11.	377
	20.	9.	297
		12.	662
	25.	12.	1198
	27.	5, 6.	1196
	31.	4, 5.	73
Ecclesiast.	2.	2.	71
	3.	11.	614
		21.	1169
	12.	1.	870
Canticles	7.	8.	627
	8.	14.	131
Isaiah	7.	14, 15, 16.	856
	10.	6, 7.	667
	27.	5.	149
		13.	891
	41.	2.	488
	43.	3, 4.	178
		25.	142
	53.	3.	862
		9.	1116
	54.	11, 12.	260
	55.	5.	174
		7.	28
		8, 9.	199
Jeremiah	2.	9, 10, 11, 12.	798
	34.	18.	825
	50.	5.	94
Ezekiel	20.	37.	826
	21.	21.	669
	23.	19.	614
Daniel	6.	11.	182
Jonah	2.	8.	1159
Micah	7.	20.	1026
Habakkuk	3.	9.	201
Zephaniah	3.	10.	772
Zechariah	2.	5.	897
Malachi	1.	10.	1217
Matthew	5.	24.	P. 85
	6.	13.	416, 1184
	7.	14.	397
	10.	41, 42.	258
	11.	5.	215, 397
		11.	11
		12.	188
		17.	233
		28, 29.	224
	12.	31.	1141
	16.	23.	157
		24.	386
	20.	23.	1137
	24.	30, 31.	139
	25.	31.	141
	26.	41.	708
	28.	10.	1088
Luke	2.	52.	349
	8.	15.	1229
	12.	50.	156
	13.	7.	70, 1005
	14.	20.	67
	16.	8.	606, 639
		23, 24.	1114
	21.	28.	134
	22.	15.	156
		24.	395
John	1.	17.	11
	4.	34.	156
	5.	17.	666
	10.	16.	885
	13.	27.	157
	14.	6.	968
	16.	8, 9, 10, 11.	543
	19.	36.	1117
Acts	3.	19.	134
	4.	32.	84, 333
	5.	32.	930
	6.	10.	500
	7.	51.	ib.
	10.	10.	625
	13.	46.	7
	16.	20.	281
	17.	30.31.	P. 174 452
	18.	10.	886
	19.	33.	comp. with 1 Tim. 1.19.654
	24.	22.	1031
		23, 24.	1032
	26.	9.	735
Romans	1.	18.	31
	2.	22.	96
	5.	6.	31
	6.	19.	189
		20.	8
	7.	9.	17
	8.	2.	ib.
		3.	308
		16.	1135
		23.	134
	9.	16.	come. with 1 Cor. 9.24 1069
		30, 31, 32.	943
	10.	14, 15.	444
	11.	36.	637
	14.	22.	954
1 Corinth.	1.	30.	968
	2.	6.	632
		9.	659
	5.	8.	761
	7.	14.	835
	10.	24.	87
	11.	10.	78
		14, 16.	77
	13.	3.	343
	15.	24.	144
2 Corinth.	12.	7.	P. 708
Galatians	3.	19.	309
		22.	308
	5.	2, 3.	310
	6.	1.	1198
Ephesians	2.	2, 3.	342
		4.	7
	3.	10.	921
		17.	1122
		18.	923
	4.	27.	709
	6.	12.	406
Philippians	2.	10, 11.	142
	4.	6, 7.	778
Colossians	1.	24.	353
	2.	9.	1151
	3.	11.	23
1 Thessal.	1.	3.	105, 1105
1 Timothy	1.	13.	83
		15.	208
	2.	2.	80
	4.	4, 5, 6.	74, 742
	6.	11.	89
		17.	288
		19.	1025
2 Timothy	1.	7.	1105
		10.	198
	2.	16, 17.	672
	4.	2.	1199
Titus	2.	12.	1228
	3.	4.	326
Hebrews	1.	3.	413
	2.	14, 15	537, 1186
	2.	18.	P. 709
	5.	9.	1185
	6.	19.	110
	10.	25.	954
		2 • .	648, 1089
	11.	7.	929
	12.	11.	236
		16.	18
		24.	1146
	13.	20.	830, 1152
James	2.	23.	226
	4.	6.	531
1 Peter	1.	2.	1233
		9.	1164
		12.	614, 657
	2.	10.	174
	3.	6.	comp. with Gen. 18.17. 328
		15.	955
		19.	100
		21.	22
2 Peter	1.	5, 6.	63
	2.	4.	547
	3.	10, 11, 12	89, 144
1 John	2.	16.	44, 406
	3.	20, 21, 22.	1073
	5.	14.	820
Jude		6.	709
		20, 21.	1106
Revelat.	1.	10.	625
	2.	17.	215
	6.	2.	543
	22.	20.	131

ERRATA in the Second Part.

PAge 671. line 23. for are, read is. P. 689. l. 51. f. therefore, r. there for. P. 690. l. 44. dele (1.) P. 703. l. 22. after his, add Name, l. 30. for Wills, r. Wiles. P. 708. l. 19. f. strange, r. strong. P. 715. l. 4. r. Sacrifice. P. 717. l. 28. r. Houses. P. 718. l. 21. f. Followers, r. Fellows. P. 729. l. 7. r. In the manner. P. 730. l. 42. f. who, r. what. P. 732. l. 7. f. He, r. W • . P. 734. l. 25. f. Quod, r. Quid. P. 741. l. 32. f. Te, r. We. P. 742. l. 9. f. melteth, r. meeteth. P. 743. l. 24. f. Likewise, r. Likeness, l. 48. for this, r. bis. P. 749. l. 5. r. thou shalt die. P. 755. l. 49. r. Exi • anition, P. 757. l. 26. dele in before Delight. P. 760. l. 4, 5. dele and some act of Joy our first Entrance into Christianity, l. 7. dele (1), l. 26. f. his, r. its. P. 762. l. 48. f. Notions, r. Motions. P. 763. l. 22. f. taste, r. foretaste. P. 766. l. 13. f. care, r. case. P. 767. l. 21. r. it be. P. 771. l. 7. r. for Words discover, dele by and which. P. 777. l. 3. f. Treasure r. Leisure. P. 780. l. 53. f. talk r. task, l. 58. f. our r. 〈◊〉 . P. 781. l. 19. dele not. P. 784. l. 13. r. Sun, l. 15. dele more. P. 785. l. 23. r. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 . P. 786. l. 46. f. of, r. or, l. 54. f. heartily, r hardly. P. (786) l. 1. f. o • t, r. o • , l. 29. dele that. P. (787) l. 31. r. notable. P. (788) l. 36. r. and Enemies, one chief, & dele out of choice. P. 789. l. 27. f. therefore, r. these two. P, 792. l. 33. f. in r. on, and r. set at naught, l. 40. r. There was 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 , a Love to Man in our Redemption. P. (792) l. 47. r. Tenderness of Conscience, when Conscience. P. 809. l. 30. f. will r. with. P. 821. l. 5. f. hire r. lure. P. 826. l. 40. r. yet that God, l. 41. f. withal, r. that all. P. 844. l. 15, 16. dele it may be. P. 847. l. 13. f. (1) r. (5). P. 852. l. 15. r. to Christianity. P. 856. l. 4. f. (1) r▪ (4). P. 864. l. 59. r. (1) His Example. P. 880. l. 5. f. wast r. roast. P. 882. l. 35. f. God r. they. P. 89 • . l. 2. r. Psal. XC. 1. P. 899. l. 20. r. ad te pacatum▪ P. 912. l. 14. r. quoad. P. 913. l. 43. dele then. P. 915. l. 6. dele an. P▪ 917. l. 14. r. this is the Sphere. P. 919. l. 6. r. upon us as holy. P. 924. l. 18. f. Savior r. Savour. P. 940. l. 47. r. There is suffering. P. 949. l. 51. • . State r. Stale. P. 953. l. 34. f. in also r. into. P. 954. l. 13. f. or r. and. P. 956. l. 8. f. never r. ever. P. 957. l. 50. f. love r. we. P. 959. l. 22. r in deed. P. 960. l. 16. r. we are unworthy, l. 18. r. we cannot. P. 961. l. 15. dele strictly. P. 969. l. 44. dele not, l. 45. r. are not seen. P▪ 970. l. 17. f. other r. either. P. 972. l. 5. f. Holiness r. Holy ones, l. 9. r. all things that shall be. P. 975. l. 11. f. Mind r. Means, l. 40. dele that. P. 976. l. 51. dele and Uniformity. P. 978. l. 10. r. (1) Use frequent. P. 981. l. 58. f. saw r. such. P. 999. l. 7. f. Si • r. Misery, l. 51. f. sense r. proof. P. 1001. l. 28. f. III. r. (3). P. 1002. l. 22. dele of them. P. 1005. l. 6. f. on r. of. P. 1008. l. 42. f. Choice r. Choire. P. 1012. l. 24. f. and r. an. P. 1027. l. 44. r. tokens. P. 1028. l. 57. f. Law r. Care. P. 1033. l. 25. r. a Pang of Conscience. P. 1035. l. 12. f. Dignity r. Equity, l. 60. r. in my own. P. 1036 l. 17. r. wounded. P. 1037. l. 9. r. and upon what. P. 1041. l. 46. r. applicatio conveni • ti • convenienti. P. 1042. l. 30. f. Guest r. Gift. P. 1043. l. r. f. as r. us. P. 1046. l. 60. r. of Abomination and Abhorrence. P. 1047. l. 55. r. more, that is, more pure. P. 1047. l. 56. dele that is. P. 1048. l. 51. f.(2) r.(4). P. 1049. l. 7. r. or are carried, l. 59. f. engaged r. Eagle-eyed. P. 1050. l. 34. f. (1) r. (2). P. 1058. l. 14. r. feelingly. P. 1067. l. 37. r. the Believers. P. 1071. l. 8. f. law r. lay. P. 1072. l. 41. r. (1) It is. P. 1074. l. 3. f. s • e r. serve, l. 23. r. we labor, and r. (1) with respect. P. 1075. l. 28. dele is before accepted, & add is after God, l. 31. f. V. r. 4. P. 1976. l. 5. r. respecter, l. 22. r. so Eli, his Sons. P. 1077. l. 21. r. the more. P. 1078. l. 6. f. their r. our, l. 18. r. (1) How. P. 1079. l. 51. f. Thraldom r. Negligence, P. 1081. l. 8. • . (3) r. (2), l. 29. r. they are more strong, & dele that, and the last are. P. 1082. l. 10. dele (1). P. 1084. l. 39. dele; yet he. P. 1085. l. 39. f. Mint r. Weeds, l. 40. r. Firstlings and Beasts, l 41. f. matter r. mass. P. 1086. l. 18. dele of, l. 26. f. when r. then, l. 31. r. so many begets, l. 42. r. Nature. P. 1090. l. 40. r. omnis impuritas est ex mixturà vitioris. P. 1091. l. 59. r. is your Love more fixed? are you more. P. 1092. l. 45. r. sendeth. P. 1093. l. 33. f. the r. their. P. 1097. l. 4. r. he hath such, & f. agreeable r. unchangeable, l. 33. r. to satisfy sober and moderate Desires, & dele our. P. 1098. l. 20. r. Mourners in Zion, l. 39. r. The man is become. P. 1111. l. 11. r. affect. P. 1126. l. 28. r. miscarry in it. P. 1127. l. 39. f. an r. and. P. 1128. l. 18. r. bare. P. 1133. l. 59. r. Saturn. P. 1136. l. 27. dele not & only, l. 34. r. so it is if God. P. 1141. l. 16. f. to r. they. P. 1143. l. 16. f. means r. meats. P. 1148. l. 18. f. gross r. great. P. 1153. l. 33. f. his r. this. P. 1155. l. 37. r. have been needed, & at needed put (,) & at do dele (,) P. 1156. l. 43. f. gnaweth r. gnasheth. P. 1158. l. 28. f. Laws r. Cares. P. 1162. l. 38. r. to bring. P. 1173. l. 52. f. Fruitlesness r. Brutishness. P. 1185. l. 35. r. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 . P. 1186. l. 11. f. presented r. prescribed. P. 1189. l. 50. f. to seed, r. to their God. P. 1193. l. 28. r. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 & 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 . P. 1196. l. 15. r. gentle. P. 1205. l. 4. r. but those to whom. P. 1210. l. 60. r. in his Nature. P. 1231. l. 38. f. Gifts r. Gyves. There are other literal Mistakes and false Pointings, which the Reader may correct.

To the Right Honorable PHILIP Lord Wharton, Baron of Wharton, in the County of Westmorland.

MY LORD,

I T is not from the common Custom and Reasons of Dedications of Books to Persons eminent for Greatness and Piety, viz. to recommend an obscure Author, or to set off a mean Work, that your Lordship's Name is inscribed to these Sermons. The Author of them, the late Reverend Dr.