The Shield of Righteousness, Table of contents
A Table of all the doctrines handled in this Commentarie.
Out of Verſe 1.
Doct. 1. IN all troubles, wee muſt cleane to God chiefely, or onelyonly for helpe; and to meanes but as vnderlings to his Prouidence. p. 2
Doct. 2. Gods children ſhould not come to his dwelling place, as gueſts to an Inne; but as Inhabitants to their owne dwellings. p. 5
Doct. 3. No affliction ſhall be able to preuaile againſt thoſe, who make the Almightie their hiding place. p. 10
Doct. 4. Gods defence neuer faileth his children. p. 13
Out of Verſe 2.
Doct. 1. The beſt way for Miniſters to turne ſoules to God, is to teach them by their owne experience. p. 15
Doct. 2. Chriſtians muſt runne to God in all extremities, when multitudes turne from him. p. 18
Doct. 3. We must apply the generall promiſes, or threatnings of the word, to our owne particular eſtate, for our conſolation or humbling. p. 20
Out of Verſe 3.
Doct. 1. When God is minded to puniſh with the Peſtilence, no flying will ſerue. p. 24
Doct. 2. As Chriſtians ought in all their life to prepare for death; ſo eſpecially then, when God ſendeth ſo ſhort warning to prepare for it as in the time of Peſtilence, and ſuch like Ʋiſitations. p. 27
Doct. 3. The Peſtilence is not lightly to be regarded. p. 30
Doct. 4. The Lords deliuerance is onelyonly or chiefly to be truſted vntounto, in moſt grieuous afflictions. p. 32
Out of Verſe 4.
Doct. 1. God ſtill watcheth his Church, to hide her in his Prouidence againſt all troubles and harmes. p. 36
Doct. 2. The Truth of God cannot faile, and what he hath promiſed ſhal be done. p. 39
Out of Verſe 5.
Doct. 1. The worke of this grieuous ſickneſſe is dreadfull. p. 44
Doct. 2. The night conſidered in it ſelfe is dreadfull. p. 44
Doct. 3. Gods Meſſengers and ſeruants ſent in this deadly ſickneſſe, or any of his viſitations for ſinne, are ſwift and vnreſiſtable. p. 47
Out of Verſe 6.
Doct. 1. No policy of man ſhall be able to doe any thing, where Gods wiſedome worketh otherwiſe, and contrarily. p. 50
Doct. 2. God will diſcloſe to his people, what his peoples enemies ſhall deuiſe priuily as in the darke againſt them. p. 50
Doct. 3. As men offend early or late night or day; God hath plagues ready to ſend vponupon them at all houres. p. 54
Out of Verſe 7.
Doct. When the wicked are plagued, Gods children ſhall hauehave deliuerance or comfort as good as it. p. 58
Out of Verſe 8.
Doct. 1. Gods children muſt not paſſe ouer his iudgements vponupon others with a careleſſe eye. p. 61
Doct. 2. God doth diſpence with his owne right, to beare with our infirmities. p. 62
Doct. 3. We muſt ſhew pitie to thoſe that God hath any way humbled in his Church. p. 68
Out of Verſe 9.
Doct. Hee that maketh the Lord his Deliuerer, by putting truſt in him, and by beleeuing his Word, ſhall be deliuered. p. 70
Out of Verſe 10.
Doct. 1. To auoid plagues, the way is to auoid thoſe offences, with the occaſions that bring them. p. 75
Doct. 2. A good mans Family ſhall bee ſafe for that good mans ſake; yea, the wicked fare better for the godly that liue among them. page. 79.
Out of Verſe 11. and 12.
Doct. 1. We muſt not preſume to ſerue in the weighty callings of the Church without a warrant from God. p. 83
Doct. 2. The godly cannot but be ſurely watched and ſtrongly kept, hauing the Angels about them for their ſafetie. p. 85
Doct. 3. Good Angels are our keepers. p. 90
Doct. 4. No affliction in body ſoule or name can hurt the righteous. p. 93
Out of Verſe the 13.
Doct. 1. All hurtfull things and creatures are by God in the hand of his Angels, made ſubiect to the faithfull, and put vnderunder their feete; be they men, wilde beaſts, or diuels. p. 99
Out of Verſe the 14.
Doct. 1. Miniſters muſt in their teaching, agree with the truth of of the word of the Lord that ſends them. p. 104
Doct. 2. EueryEvery louelove pleaſeth not God but that which is vehement and ſound from a hearty louer. p. 106
Doct. 3. The louers of God neede not doubt of his protection in any trouble. p. 110
Doct. 4. We can looſe nothing that wee doe to God or for him in his ſeruice. p. 112
Doct. 5. God is not loued where he is not knowne. p. 116
Out of Verſe 15.
Doct. 1. They that will pray aright and with good aſſurance muſt know God and louelove him. p. 121
Doct. 2. God onelyonly is to be prayed vntounto. p. 125
Doct. 3. If we be not heard in our prayers, the fault is in our ſelues. p. 128
Doct. 4. The godly hauehave the Lord (alwaies) a preſent deliuerer in great troubles. p. 132
Doct. 5. Outward honour is the gift and bleſſing of God. p. 136
Out of Verſe 16.
Doct. 1. Long life is a bleſſing where it is garniſhed with grace. p. 140
Doct. 2. That eternall life is the gift of God. p. 145
End of the text · Robert Horne, The Shield of Righteousness (1625)