The Breastplate of Faith and Love, Table of contents 1 – Note
THE TABLE.
A.
Part. Page.
Absolute.
COvenant absolute.
Part. 1. Pag. 38
Acquaintance.
How to draw neere in acquaintance with God.
Part. 3. Pag. 105.
Act, Active, Action.
Act of faith double.
Part 2. Pag. 64
Habit serveth for act.
p. 2. p. 140
Love active.
3.85.
Pleasure in action.
3.206.
See Faith.
ADAM.
A parallell betweene the two ADAMS.
1.5.
Adoption.
Spirit of Adoption, what.
2.104
Adulterer, Adulterous.
Hee that loves not God is an Adulterer.
1.20
Love to the creature when it is adulterous
3.107
Affections.
Affections follow the understanding.
2.98
Affections all hang upon love and hatred.
3.8
Affections, how our love is tried by them.
3.24
Affliction.
Afflictions, how made easie.
2.146
Christians happy in afflictions.
2.192
We neede afflictions.
2.206
Afflictions good to the godly.
2.207
Difference betweene Saints and others in afflictions.
2.208
All.
Christ offered to all in 4 respects.
1.10
All must be parted with for Christ.
1.23
Christ all in all.
1 78
Tryall of love by loving all Saints.
3.101
Love God with all the heart.
3.157
Why God is to be loved above all.
3.164 166
Love is that may be given by all.
3.175
Alexander.
Alexander an example of trust.
2.168
Almighty.
God is Almighty.
3.38.
Almighty what.
Ibid.
Alone.
Faith worketh best alone.
1.68
How God is to us alone.
3.158
Amisse.
God heares not when wee aske amisse.
2.194
Anger.
Tryall of our love by anger.
3.87
Anger what.
3.88
Many men are but angry with sinne.
3.97
See hate.
Application, see Offer.
Approbation.
There may be approbation of that which is good in an evillman.
3.192
Argument, see Spirit.
Ashamed.
Love is not ashamed.
3.76
Assaults.
We meet with new assaults daily.
1.135
True peace hath assaults.
2.110
Assent.
Assent of three sorts.
1.47
Assurance.
Wee should labour to grow in assurance.
1.129.2.72
Two wayes to increase assurance.
2.76
Assurance of Gods love begetteth love.
3.110, 143.
Meane… to get assurance.
3.144
B.
Baptise.
Baptising, what meant by it in Marke 16.
1.54
Baptisme what.
2.97
Beleeve.
It is not in mans power to beleeve.
2.48
If …e beleeve, God is ready to helpe, and why.
2.173
See Spirit.
Benefit.
Benefit in taking Christ.
1.33
Benefits by Christ may be looked to.
1.54 91, 97.2.14
Benefits by Christ draw the will.
1.106
Benefits by Christ must not onelyonly be looked to.
2.119
Benefit to crosse our selves in it a signe of love.
3.64
Benefit to us that we love Christ.
3.175
Best.
Best thing in man is love.
3.47
Blessing.
Blessing of God.
2.180
Blood.
Blood of Christ not shed in vaine.
1.111
Blood of Christ to be guilty of it.
2.103
Boast.
Salvation is of gift that none might boast.
1.8, 45
Boldnesse.
We should apply the promises with boldnesse.
1.86
Gods free promise should give us boldnes.
1.88
Boldnesse in prayer from the spirit of adoption.
2.104
Boldnesse the parent of love.
3.105
Bondage.
The spirit of bondage requi…ite.
2.49
Bounty.
Love is bountifull.
2.127, 3 60
Tryalls of the bounty of love.
3.64
Busie.
Being over busie in worldly things, a sign of too much love to them
3.124
Build, Built.
When a man is said to be well built.
2.34
How Ministers should build.
2.74
C.
Calling, see Diligent. Care.
Care required and forbidden, what.
2.115
Carnall.
Ioy of an hypocrite carnall.
2.134
Certainty.
Certainty of obtaining Christ if we seeke him.
1.33, 109
See Promise.
Change.
Change, the necessity of it.
1.58
Chearfull.
Chearfull service an argument of louelove.
3.66
Chearfullnesse, why God requires it.
Ibid.
Christ.
Christ, the reiecting of him.
1, 28
Christ, what we have with him.
1, 31
Christ, 3 considerations to move men to take him.
1, 33
Christ his willingnesse to receive sinners.
1, 110
Christ his riches and excellency.
2, 50
Christ, the end of his comming into the world.
2, 57
Christ, good workes evidence our right in him.
2, 70
Christ, hee that loves not is not in him.
3, 5
Christ, two things to make us love him.
3, 15
Cleare.
The righteousnesse of Christ manifested more cleerely in the Gospell than formerly.
1, 4
Coldnesse.
Coldnesse in Christian profession a cause of the plague.
3, 93
Command.
Love, an affection that commands the rest.
3.8, 87
Hee that neglects Gods commands loues him not.
3, 115
Keeping Gods commands a signe our louelove is diligent.
3, 173
Comfort.
We should set faith on worke to comfort us.
2, 142
Considerations to helpe faith in comforting.
2, 149
Company.
To company with the Saints a signe of louelove to Christ.
3, 102
Complacency.
LoueLove of complacency.
3, 9
LoueLove of complacency onelyonly to Saints.
3, 102
Compell.
To compell men to come in, what.
1, 114 2, 56
Communion.
Prayer bringeth to communion with God.
3, 50
Competition.
Tryall of louelove in case of competition.
3, 123
Comming.
The end of Christs comming.
2, 59
Desire of Christs second comming a tryall of louelove.
3.71
Comming of Christ how to know wee desire it.
3, 72
Preparation for Christs comming.
3, 172
Complaint.
Complaint double.
1, 74
Compleate.
Compleate will in taking Christ.
1, 22
Concupiscence.
LoueLove of concupiscence.
3, 9
Condition, Conditionall.
Conditionall covenant.
1, 38
Condition required by God easie.
3, 44
Confesse.
Confessing of Christ.
2, 158
Constant.
Constant cleaving to Christ.
2, 118
Constant good carriage a signe of love.
3, 130
Constant love to God must be love above all other things.
3, 165
Content.
The nature of holy men apt to take content in outward things
2, 161
Love content with nothing but love.
3, 66
Constraine.
How love constrai…eth.
3, 29
Cost.
God observes what cost wee are at in his service.
3, 63
Covenant.
Covenant ….
1, 38
Covenant not broken by infirmities.
1, 131 2, 152. 3, 147
Covenant ought to be renewed.
3, 215
Crosse.
Crosse ▪ may meete a man in Gods worke.
2, 201
Cruell.
Hatred more cruell than anger.
3, 98
Curse.
Curse upon him that loves not Christ.
3, 18
To be cursed what.
3, 176
Curse of God in foure things.
3, 177
D.
Damnation.
Damnation to be preached to men out of Christ.
3, 33
Danger.
Danger in not taking Christ.
1, 33
Danger, how faith guides in it.
2, 161
Danger in not loving the Lord.
3, 176
Deare.
We must part with that which is deare for Christ.
1.115, 117
Deceive.
Men apt to deceive themselves.
2, 4
See Taking.
Deferre.
We must not deferre to take Christ.
1, 31
Degree.
Faith admits degrees in …oure respects.
1, 117
We must grow in the degrees of …aith.
… 127
Our love to God not alwayes in the same degree.
3, 170
Delight.
Delight in worldly things a signe of love to them.
3, 122
Deliverance, Delivered.
Deliverance, Gods children put to waite for it.
2, 123
Deliverance, instances of Gods deferring it.
2, 172
Faith once delivered.
3, 210
Deliberate.
Deliberate will in taking Christ.
1, 22
Denie, Deniall.
By denying our selves wee enioy our selves.
1, 116
Faith will take no deniall.
2, 120
Dependance.
Love of dependance.
3, 9
Desire.
Desire after Christ.
1, 30
Desire, the strength of it how tryed.
Ibid.
Desire, tryall of love by it.
3, 27
Desire, when it is right, God takes the will for the deed.
3, 202
Death, Dead, Die.
Death of Christ the end of it.
1, 36
As great a worke to moue the heart to Christ, as to raise the dead.
2▪ 55
Faith ineffectuall is dead.
2, 58
Faith without workes dead.
2, 64, 69
Backwardnesse in the Saints to die.
3, 72
Difficulties.
Faith admits degrees in regard of difficulties.
1▪ 123
Difficulties, wee must labour to beleeue notwithstanding them.
1, 128
Difficulties, how faith guides in them.
2, 158
Difficulties God can helpe in them.
2, 174
Diligence.
Diligence a tryall of love.
3, 26
Diligence in our calling an argument of love.
3, 77
Diligence of love.
3, 172
Diligence of love wherein it is.
Ibid.
Direct.
Direct and reflect act of faith, the difference betweene them.
1, 63
Discourage.
Those that have weake faith should not be discouraged.
1.130
The Divell labours to discourage.
1, 133
See God.
Disease.
A mans carnall selfe is his disease ▪
1, 116
Discretion.
Discretion.
3, 209
Divell.
What faith the divell, hath.
2. 59, 63
Doe, Done.
What is to bee done by those that have Christs righteousnesse.
1, 15
Readinesse to doe for Christ.
1, 24
That the Lord hath done for us a motive to louelove him.
3, 47
Love, ready to doe for them it loves
3, 77
Evill men are not said to doe the good they doe.
3, 196
Exhortation to doing.
3, 203
Dominion, see Lust.
Double.
Double-minded man who.
2, 23
Doubting.
Doubting overcome by faith.
1, 120
Doubting may be mingled with true faith
2▪ 22, 25
Doubting, Papists tenent touching it.
2, 24
Doubting how tryed.
Ibid.
Draw.
Drawing vvhat it implieth.
2, 56
Hovv the holy Ghost draweth.
2, 57
Due-time.
God delivereth his in …u…-time.
2, 198
E
Easie.
Afflictions easie to the Saints.
2, 211
Effectuall, Efficacy.
Effectual faith onelyonly saveth.
2, 3
Efficacy of faith vvherein.
2, 20
Things effectual in 4. respects.
2, 21
Faith effectual in 4 things.
2, 29
Effectual faith hovv vvrought.
2, 47
Why God vvill accept no faith but that vvhichwhich is effectuall.
2, 58
To try our state by the effica…y of faith.
2, 64
Effectuall faith 5 signes of it.
2, 92
Elect.
Though Christ be offered to all, hee is onelyonly intended to the Elect.
1, 11
Elias.
Spirit of Elias vvhat.
2, 16
Eloquent.
Love maketh eloquent.
3, 77
Emptie.
Faith empties a man of himselfe,
…, 70
Things effectuall opposed to empty.
…, 27
Essence, see Faith.
Eternall.
Eternal separation from God.
3, 181
Even.
An even carriage a signe of love.
3, 130
Evill.
Christ delivereth from the least evil.
1, 46
Evil, freedome from it to the Saints, vvhence it is.
Ibid.
Evil vve feare not so bad as vvee thinke.
2, …87
Good in the evil vvee suffer.
2, 189
See humil…ation.
Example.
Example of others should incourage us.
1, 112
Exclude.
No sinne can exclude from the offer of Christ.
1, 13.3, 146
Excell, Excellency.
All excellency in God.
3, 34▪
The excellency of God set forth.
3, 36
If love be right, it is to them that excell in grace.
3, 102
God must bee loved for his excellencies.
3, 109
Executed.
Though the curse be not executed, it may be on a man:
3, 182
Exercise.
Prayer exerciseth our love.
3, 50
Extent.
Faith admits degrees in regard of extent.
1, 125
Extremity.
Why God doth not deliver till extremity.
2, 170
F.
Faith.
Faith vvhat.
1, 16, 48
Faith, vvhy God vvill hauehave men saved by it onelyonly.
1, 42
Faith in generall vvhat.
1, 47
Faith iustifying vuhat.
1, 48
Faith iustifying how it differeth from generall faith.
Ibid.
Faith iustifying a definition of it.
1, 49
Faith, how it taketh Christ.
Ibid.
Faith the essence of it.
1, 52
Faith, the obiect of it.
Ibid.
Faith, the subiect of it.
1, 55
Faith, a twofold consideration of it.
1, 59
Faith, the acts of it three.
1, 62
Faith, a double q…ality in it:
1, 69
Faith, to be laboured for above all,
1, 81
Faith, the least degree what:
1, 121
Faith, an exhortation to grow in it.
1, 134
Faith, 6 motiues to grow in it.
1, 135
Faith of many false.
2, 4
Faith, the proper worke of it what.
2, 21
Faith, we should try it.
2, 60, 84
Faith, many say they hauehave it, and hauehave not.
2, 65
Faith, to doe a thing by it what.
2, 82
Faith, how God workes it.
2, 86, 90
Faith, how to know if it bee wrought.
2, 91
Faith, a false definition of it.
2, 100
Faith makes a man neglect other things.
2, 144
Faith that puts a man into Christ what.
3, 2
Faith, to be rooted in it.
3, 171
Faith, to contend for it.
3, 209
Faithfull.
The Lord is faithfull.
3, 148
Failing.
Failings of holy men.
3, 195
Fancie.
Fancy, the ground of unsound peace.
2, 110
Father, see Offer.
Favour.
Favour of God how to grow in it.
1, 136
Favour of God onelyonly desired by a man sensible of sinne:
3, 140
Feare.
Feare; the ground why many men take Christ:
2, 10
Faith that comes from feare holdes not out:
2, 119
Feares, how faith guides in them:
2, 164
Feare, a tryall of our love.
3, 92
Feeling.
Feeling may be wanting where faith is:
2, 61
Fit.
When we are not fit for mercies God denieth us:
2, 196
Vnwillingnesse to die in the Saints is that they may be more fit.
3, 73
We should not be discouraged from comming to God because wee are not fit:
3, 145
Fire.
Love compared to fire in foure things:
3, 84
Flesh.
Flesh in the Saints makes them loath to die:
3, 73
Flesh transports holy men to sinne:
3, 195
Follow.
What Christ lookes for of those that follow him.
Forgive.
A man may bee perswaded of forgivenes without faith:
3, 16
None so ready to forgive as God:
3, 39
Forme.
Forme must be observed in taking Christ:
1, 19
Fornication.
Fornication a cause of the pestilence:
3, 92
Foundation.
Foundation of Prophets and Apostles:
2, 36
Fortitude.
Fortitude false, the cause of it:
2, 8
Free.
The will must be free in taking Christ:
1, 22
One property of love to be free:
…, 95
Friend, Friendship.
Love of friendship:
3, 9
God a constant friend:
3, 37
Friendship with great men what:
3, 149
G.
Garment.
Wedding garment what:
2, 5
Gift.
Righteousnesse by gift for three reasons:
1, 8
Gift accepted for the give….
2, 82
Glasse, see Name.
Glory, Glorifie.
Growing in faith brings glory to God:
1, 137
Glory of God why Moses desired to see it.
3, 55
Glorifying of God is the end why wee live.
3, 207
God.
God boweth the will:
1, 57, 102
God, wee must not be discouraged from comming to him.
1, 67
God, by what way wee come againe to him.
3, 3
God, why we love him:
3, 10…
God must be loved above all, else wee love him not as God:
3, 165
Godlinesse.
Godlinesse what:
2, 83
Good.
Without humiliation Christ is not accounted the chiefe good:
2, 16
Afflictions good for us:
2, 192
A man may doe good, and not be good:
3, 196
To doe good to men is one end why wee live:
3, 207
In every calling we have occasion to doe good:
3, 208
Gospell.
Sinnes against the Gospell aggravated:
1, 27
Love of GOD wrought by the Gospell:
3, 13
Curse of the Gospell:
3, 20
Grace, Gracious.
Righteousnesse of Christ is of grace:
1, 8, 43
Grace, GOD tryeth it:
2, 46
Grace, when it is weake what to doe
2, 73
GOD is gracious:
3, 40
Grace sought by Christians as well as mercy.
3, 68
Grace, to be seperate from it a curse.
3, 177
Great.
True ioy is great:
2, 132
Greatnesse of GOD.
3, 44
Grieve.
If we grieve GOD we love him not:
3, 113
Grounded.
Faith not well grounded proves false:
2, 17
Faith ill grounded holds not out:
2, 119
Our love must be rooted and grounded:
3, 169
H.
Habits.
Habits.
1, 41
God rewards not according to our habits.
2, 140
See act.
Happy.
Riches make not happy.
2, 181
Hardly.
God deales not hardly with us, why.
3, 175
Harlot, see Love.
Hate, Hating.
Hating of sinne a signe of love.
2, 126
Naturally we hate God.
3, 11
Hatred of sinne a property of love.
3, 97
Three differences betweene hatred and anger.
3, 98
To returne againe to sinne a signe wee hate it not.
3, 99
Hating that which God hates is a signe of love.
3, 120
Foure signes of hating GOD.
3, 131
Heare.
GOD heares some sooner, some later.
1, 90
Why God heareth not sometimes.
2, 194
Hearers, Hearing.
Hearers of two sorts.
1, 28
What hearing of the word God requireth.
3, 81
Heart.
Doubting a signe of a good heart.
2, 26
Christ dwells in the heart, how.
2, 95
How to know whether Christ dwell in the heart.
2, 96
To take Christ with the whole heart
2, 97
Vncircumcision of heart.
3, 106
A heart after Gods heart is a signe of love.
3, 119
When wee give our hearts to God, hee gives us them againe.
3, 155
Heaven.
Heaven, how desired by wicked men
3, 74
Helpe.
God can helpe in desperate cases.
2, 189
Hypocrites, Hypocrisie.
Hypocrisy what.
3, 19
The Saints hated under the name of hypocrites.
3, 103
Christ persecuted under the person of an hypocrite.
3, 121
Holy Ghost.
How the holy Ghost worketh faith.
2, 49
Love, a peculiar gift of the holy Ghost.
3, 50
Holinesse.
Holines wrought by God.
1, 40
Holines easier loved in the Saints, than in God.
2, 127
Holines required in comming to God.
2, 199
Hope.
Hope ill grounded faileth.
2, 19
Hope distinguisheth the faith of Christians from others.
2, 127
Hope mingled with feare.
2, 128
Hope, the property of it.
2, 129
Hold out.
To hold out what it implyeth.
2, 118
Howling.
The prayers of wicked men are howlings.
2, 107
Humbled, Humiliation, Humility.
Humiliation, how it is required before we come to Christ.
1, 14
None can take Christ till they be humbled ▪
1, 24
Want of humiliation causeth faith to bee vaine▪
2, 15
Without sound humiliation sinne is not accounted the greatest evill.
2, 16
Sound humiliation fits men for Christ.
2, 30
Without sound humiliation men holde not out
2, 32
Humility a concomitant of faith.
2, 136
Humility required in comming to God.
2, 199
I.
Idolatrie.
Idolatry a cause of the pestilence.
3, 91
Iehovah.
Iehovah.
3, 36
Ignorance.
Ignorance, what breedeth it.
3, 105
Imployment.
How faith guides a man in his imployment.
2, 166
Imperfection.
Imperfection in every creature.
3, 35
Impediment.
Two impediments of love to Christ.
3, 104
When the impediment cannot be removed, God accepteth the will for the deed.
3, 201
Implacable.
Hatred is implacable.
3, 101
Infinite.
Gods mercy is infinite.
2, 150
Infirmitie.
Love to God makes him beare with many infirmities.
3, 152
See Covenant.
Ingage.
We are ingaged to love the Lord.
3, 45
Interest.
Faith gives us interest in all Gods riches.
2, 141
Intention.
A man may pray amisse though his intention be right.
2, …95
Ioy.
Ioy, increase of faith increaseth it.
1, 135
Ioy may be in hypocrites.
2, 93
Ioy, a concomitant of …aith.
2, 130
Ioy, tryalls of it.
2, 132
Iudge, Iudgements.
What God looks for when he sends Iudgements.
3, 94
To looke on God as a Iudge a signe of hatred.
3, 132
The sinnes of Gods children helpe forward Iudgements.
3 216
Iustifie, Iustification.
Faith how it iustifieth.
1, 59
Pharise not iustifyed why.
1, 72
Iustification, difference betweene Papists and us in the doctrine of it.
2, 67
Iustification double.
2, 68
Good workes iustify not.
2, 71
Waiting in iustification.
2, 122
Workes and faith exclude each other in iustification.
3, 3
K
Kindnesse.
God abundant in kindnesse.
3, 41
Kindnesse, wherein it consists.
Ibid.
Killing.
The great sinne of killing Christ.
2, 103
Know, Knowledge.
Particular knowledge.
2, 36
Knowledge of God a meanes to love him.
2, 108
Afflictions teach a man to know himselfe.
3, 141
Knowledge of God and our selves must goe together
3, 142
Knowledge in wicked me….
3, 192
L.
Law.
Law, how it drives men to Christ.
1, 105
Law, an efficacy put into it to work faith.
2, 49
Law breaketh the heart.
3, 12
Law of the Gospell who breake it.
3, 19
Liberty.
Liberty in giving our hearts to God.
3, 156
Life.
How to use faith in guiding our life.
2, 154
Life the end of it.
3, 207
Limit.
Love doth not limit it selfe in duty.
3, 95
Limiting in Gods service shewes want of love.
3, 96
Longing.
Longing after Christ whence it is.
2, 90
Long-suffering.
Long-suffering in God.
3, 40
Lose.
We lose not by ourlove to God.
3, 1…3
God loseth when wee employ not our talents.
3, 162
Lord.
Christ must be taken as a Lord.
1, 50
Love.
Love to Christ when wee have taken him.
1, 23
Men in extremity would have Christ, but not out of love.
2, 11
Love of harlots.
2, 14
Love of virgins.
Ibid.
Love must make us come to Christ.
2, 44
Vneffectuall faith workes no love.
2, 59
Love cannot be counterfeited by hypocrites.
2, 72, 151
Love, a concomitant of faith.
2, 124
Love, tryalls of it.
2, 125
Love to Saints.
2, 126
Love to God weakeneth sinne.
2, 214
Love, what.
3, 6
Definition of love in generall.
Ibid.
Love, two effects of it.
3, 7
Love ▪ five kindes of it.
3, 8
Love to God threefold.
3, 10
Love of three sorts.
Ibid.
Love to God wrought by two things.
3, 12
Love to Christ what.
3, 14
Motives to love Christ.
3, 34
Why we love the Lord no more.
3, 36
Love why it is planted in us.
3, 45
Love of God to us a motive to love him.
3, 48.
Love to God, meanes to beget it.
3, 49
Love, the properties of it.
3, 60, 157
Love, the tryalls of it.
3, 113
Love, an exhortation to it.
3, 150
Love, motives to it.
3, 152
Lust.
Thraldome to lusts shewes a desire not to part with them.
1, 93
Faith conflicts with lust.
2, 75
Satisfying of lusts cannot stand with faith
2, 99
Lusts, the best way to mortifie them.
2, 213
Lusts, the mortifying of them a good worke.
3, 207
See Liberty.
M.
Manna.
Manna hidden.
2, 85
Meanes.
Meanes, of the use of them.
2, 176
Meanes that we use must be Gods.
2, 178
Meanes particular not to bee pitched on much.
Ibid.
Meanes, caution in using them.
2▪ 186
Meanes, how to know we trust God in using them.
Ibid.
Meaning.
We must not content our selves only with good meanings.
3, 191
Melancthon.
2, 163
Measure.
Punishment the measure of sinne.
3, 22
Mercy.
Mercy of God infinite, and therefore should incourage us.
1, 114
Mercy sought of many and not grace
2, 13
Mercy, God delights in it.
2, 150
Mercy of God.
3, 39
Mercy remembred in the Lords Supper great.
3, 58
Might.
Wee must love God with all our might.
3, 160
Misinformation.
Misinformation, the ground why many take Christ.
2, 6
Fait… that comes from misinformation lasts not.
2, 119
Moderation.
3, 210
Mortifie.
Vneffectuall faith doth not mortifie sinne.
2, 59
Motions.
The affections are the severall motions of the will.
3, 6
Misery.
We must see our misery before wee apply the promises.
1, 59
The consideration of our misery draweth the will.
1, 104
Misery at the last befalls evill men.
2, 208
N.
Name.
Good name like a glasse.
2, 190
Nature, Naturall.
Righteousnesse of the Gospell not in men by nature.
1, 4
Na…urall love why it is planted in us.
3, 11
Naturalnesse of our love to God.
3, 130
Good workes come from a new nature.
3, 190
Neglect.
Men ought not to neglect the Sacrament.
3, 59
Not.
If wee desire God were not, wee hate him
3, 131
O.
Oathes.
Wherein lesser oathes exceed greater.
3, 114
Obedience.
2, 94
Object.
Iustifying faith differeth from generall faith in the obiect.
1, 48
Obiect of faith.
1, 52
Faith and opinion differ in the obiect.
1, 120
Offer.
Errours touching the generall offer of Christ.
1, 11
Who sleight Gods offer.
3, 21
God offers his love to us.
3, 144
Office.
Things are effectuall when they doe their proper office.
2, 21
OnelyOnly.
Christ must be taken only.
1, 19
Opinion.
Opinion.
1, 47
Opinion variable.
1, 98
Opinion, wherein it differeth from faith.
1, 120
Errours in opinion the worst errours.
3, 210
Opportunities.
Opportunities neglected shew want of love
3, 62
Opportunities not to be slipped.
3, 211
Outward.
Outward things whence it is that wee overvalue them.
2, 161
In outward things God dealeth promiscuously.
2, 204
Not to iudge by Gods outward dealing.
2, 205
Gods curse in outward estate.
3, 180
P.
Pacifie.
To pacify the heart an act of faith.
1, 62
Pardon.
Wee should labour for assurance of pardon.
2, 73
Pardon propounded generally.
2, 150
Passeover.
The Lords Supper beyond the Passeover in two respects.
2, 58
Paines.
Measure of grace not gotten without paines.
3, 203
Peace.
Peace a signe of faith.
2, 108
Peace, wicked men may live and die in it, and why.
2, 209
Peace twofold.
2, 112
Peace unsound a great iudgement.
2, 114
Person.
We must take heede of errour concerning Christs Person
1, 18
True love lookes to the Person.
1, 53
Many take Christ, but love not his Person.
2.12
Love must be pitched on Christs Person.
3, 171
Perfect.
Faith made perfect by workes what.
2, 69
Perswasion.
Perswasion of forgivenesse on what ground to build it.
1, 99
Perswasion, degrees in it.
1, 118
Perswasion, to grow in it.
1, 127
Perswasion false what.
2, 17
Perswasion secret of the Spirit.
2, 84
Perswasion may be in men that beleeve not▪
3, 16
Perswasion may be weake in a true beleever.
3, 17
Persecute.
They that persecute Christians persecute Christ.
3, 121
Pitty.
A love of pitty.
3, 8
Plague.
Plague, causes of it.
3, 91
Plague, how to remove it.
3, 94
Pleasures.
Pleasures, how faith guides in them.
2, 164
Pleasures of sinne fors…ken of good men, why.
2, 165
Pleasures, to love them more than God, is to hate him.
3.133
Pleasures, not to love them more than God what.
3, 107
Plenty.
Plenty, a man may be cursed in it.
3.181
Poore.
We cannot love Christ till we be spiritually poore.
3, 52
Posterity.
How faith guides a mans care for posterity.
2, 165
Power.
Power to receive Christ is of God.
1, 11
Power given by God when wee resolve to take Christ.
1, 26
Power against sinne where Christ dwelleth:
2, 102
Powers of the world to come what meant by tasting them:
2, 134
Love powerfull as fire:
3, 87
Prayse.
Praysing God, the ground of it:
1, 80
Prayse with men:
2, 159
Practise.
Practise of Christ when hee was on earth:
1, 111
Prayer.
Prayer, how to prevaile in it:
1, 13…
Spirit of prayer a signe of faith:
2, 103
Prayer, what maketh earnest and bolde in it:
2, 104
Prayer what:
2, 105
Prayer double:
Ibid:
Prayer a meanes to love God:
3, …9
Prayer workes love 4 wayes:
Ibid.
What kinde of prayer comes from love:
3, 81
Prayer needfull in times of iudgement.
3, 212
Preaching.
Preaching of Christ and his Apostles, the summe of it:
1, 84
Presence.
Presence of Christ desired according to the measure of faith:
3, 74
Presence of God, separation from it a curse:
3, 179
Preparation.
Good preparation makes faith effectuall:
2, 29
Pride.
Pride, a cause of the pestilence:
3, 92
Priviledges.
Priviledges spirituall why they affect us not:
1, 108
Prize.
That we may prize blessings GOD defers the giving them:
2, 199
Love sets a price on all we doe:
3, 151
Private.
Private duties performed without love:
3, 8…
Profit.
How faith guides in case of profit:
2, 160
Promise.
Promises, the certainty of them:
1, 34
Promises, two things in laying holde of them:
1, 94
Promises made in sickness… seldome performed:
2, 11
Promises, the beleeving of them in particular.
2, 34
Promises made promiscuously:
2, 4…
Promises, the application of them wrought by the Spirit:
2, 53
Promises cleared:
2, 88
Promises, not seen without the Spirit.
2, 89
Promises, how to know they are cleared.
2, 91
Promises, how to try our faith in them,
2, 114
Prosperitie.
Prosperity of wicked men.
2, 200
Prosperity hurts wicked men.
2, 205
Prosperity in sinne a miserable condition,
2, 206
Providence.
Providence of God crossed by our prayers,
2▪ 200
Purposes.
Purposes of good why they come to nothing in many,
2, 74
Purposes good whence they arise.
3, 192
Purifie.
To purify the heart an act of faith,
1, 165
True faith purifieth the heart,
2, 93
Q.
Qualification.
VponUpon what qualification Christs righteousnesse is given,
1, 12
See Exclude.
Qualitie, see Faith.
Quicke.
Love of a quick nature,
2, 125
Love quick, like fire,
3, 85
R.
Reason.
Faith a new addition to the light of reason.
…, 55
Received, Receiving.
Righteou…nesse of Christ must be received as well as offered.
1, 15
In receiving of Christ 3 things must concurre.
1, 28
Wee must not onelyonly belee…e in, but receive Christ.
1, 51
None have benefit by Christ but th…se that receive him.
Ibid.
Reconcile.
To reconcile us to God an act of faith.
1, 62
Reciprocall.
Reciprocall match betweene Christ and us.
2, 92
Reflect.
Reflect act of faith admits degrees.
1, 126
A beast cannot reflect on his actions.
2, 91
Rejoyce.
Reioyce we should in GOD.
1, 76
Reioyce in our selves wee are prone to it.
1, 77
Religion.
Religion hated under other notions.
3, 104
Religion what.
3, 199
Remedie.
The curse of the Gospell without remedy.
3, 23
Repentance.
Repentance required when wee have taken Christ.
1, 23
Repentance ioyned with faith.
2, 94
Repentance not to be deferred.
2, 106
Repentance removes a plague.
3, 94
Revealed.
Why Christs righteousnesse is said to be revealed.
1, 4
Wee should labour to have more truthes revealed.
1, 129
Respect.
GODS respect to Christians in affliction.
2, 209
Reward.
Reward according to our workes
2, 71, 182
Reward, we may use motives from it
3, 80
Reward, love bargaines not for it.
3, 96
Riches, see Happie.
Righteousnesse.
Righteousnesse, why revealed in the Gospell.
1, 2
Righteousnesse in the Gospell commended.
1, 3
Righteousnesse, 6 questions about it
1, 5
Righteousnesse of Christ how wee come by it.
1, 7
Righteousnesse, to whom it is given.
1, 9
Righteousnesse, what required of us when we have it.
1, 23
Christ our righteousnesse.
2, 150
Rob.
If we love not GOD we rob him.
3, 46
Rooted.
How to be rooted in love.
3, 171
S.
Sacrament.
Sacraments preach faith.
1, 87
Sacrament, rules of examination touching it.
2, 202
Sacrament not to be omitted, why.
3, 58
Sacrament unworthily received, a cause of the plague.
3, 92
Saints.
Saints, love to them a signe we love God.
3, 100, 120
Saints, foure tryalls of our love to them.
3, 101
Sanctification.
Sanctification, God puts his children to waite in it.
2, 122
Sanctification, we must set faith on worke to increase it.
2, 212
How faith sanctifyeth the heart.
2, 213
Saved.
If Christ should not receive sinners, none should be saved
1, 113
Scriptures.
Scriptures beleeved in generall.
2, 34
Science.
Science.
1, 47
Sciences of two sorts
3, 200
Seale.
Seale double.
2, 153
Security.
Security a cause of the pestilence.
3, 92
Security double.
Ibid.
Seed.
How salvation is sure to all the seed.
1, 44
Season.
Season, our workes must sute with it.
3, 209
Season, what duties befit us in it.
Ibid.
Selfe.
Self-crossing a signe of love to God
3, 64
Why we must love God above our selves.
3, 166
Service.
Service to God and men different.
3, 154
Shew.
Difference betweene faith and a shew of holinesse.
1, 85
In prayer God sheweth himselfe to us.
3, 50
Gods shewing himselfe begets love.
3, 54
Shepheard.
Magistrates shepheards.
3, 78
Signe.
Signe, in what cases God will give it.
1, 124
Sin, Sinfull.
Sin, the greatnesse of it.
1, 26
Sin, the nature of it not altered by faith.
1, 59
Sin, the efficacy of it taken away by faith.
1, 60
Sins most hainous Christ came to pardon.
2, 151
Sinfull love.
3, 10
Sin, the consideration of it makes us love God.
3, 52
Sin, delight in it, and love of GOD cannot stand together.
3, 159
See Exelude.
Slippery.
Slippery places wicked men stand in.
2, 210
Sonne.
Sonne of GOD offereth his love to us.
3 144
Soule.
Soule turned to GOD by faith.
2 44
Soule needeth refreshing.
3, 114.
Soule, the adorning of it.
3, 173
Sound.
Sound heart hath good workes.
3, 193
Sorrow.
Sorrow for offending God a signe of love
3, 116
Sorrow, the want of it worse than the sin it selfe.
3, 117
Speake.
Love delights to speake of the party loved
3, 75
Spirit, Spirituall.
Spirit given more largely now than before.
1, 4
Spirit makes us love Christ.
2, 50
Spirits testimony wrought two wayes.
2, 53
Spirit, all arguments without it prevaile not.
2, 54
Spirits of men not alike troubled in conversion.
2, 86
Spirits immediate testimonie.
2, 89
Spirits testimony how to know it.
2, 90
Spirituall ioy.
2, 133
Spirit sound will beare affliction.
2, 191
Spirit, the more we beleeve, the more wee have of it.
2, 215
Spirituall love.
3, 11
Spirit is strong.
3, 187
Stranger, Strangenesse.
Wicked men come to God as a stranger
2, 106
Strangenes dissolveth love.
3, 105
Strength.
Faith takes away opinion of our owne strength.
1, 72
We daily want new strength.
1, 135
Strengthening of faith usefull.
2, 73.
Study.
Study of a Christian.
3, 142
Stone.
White stone what it signifieth.
2, 85
Successe.
Successe promised to good causes.
2, 163
Sudden.
Miseries come suddenly on the wicked.
2, 210
How things are said to be suddaine.
Ibid.
Holy men may be suddainely transported to sinne.
3, 195
Sure.
How righteousnesse becomes sure.
1, 8, 43
Sutable.
Looking on GOD as sutable to us breedes love.
3, 139
Suffering.
Suffering for Christ.
1, 24
Suffering, a fruite of love.
3, 77
Suffering a kinde of doing.
3, 77
Suffering a good worke.
3, 209
T.
Taking.
Taking of Christ what.
1, 16
When we come to take Christ.
1, 96
The efficacy of faith in taking Christ
2, 41
What taking of Christ is effectuall.
2, 43
Taking Christ deceitfully.
2, 97
Taking Christ the way to salvation.
3, 5
Taught.
A Christian better taught than learned men wanting grace.
3, 197
Teaching.
Teaching of GOD what.
2, 12
Temptation.
Some cleave to Christ …or want of temptations.
2, 25
Every man hath some particular temptation.
2, 65
Testimonie, see Spirit.
Time.
Our time in GODS hands.
2, 182
GOD meetes with evill men in the worst time.
2, 211
Time a precious talent.
3, 113
Triall.
GOD puts men to tryall that they may holde out.
1, 9…
GOD gives no grace, but hee hath tryalls for it.
2, 121
Trouble.
True ioy holds out in trouble.
2, 132
Trust.
Trusting GOD.
2, 116
Trusting GOD instances of it.
2, 117
Trusting in GOD what.
2, 168
When we are said to trust in GOD:
2, 171
Trusting GOD ingageth him to helpe us:
2, 17…
See Meanes.
Truth.
GOD abundant in truth:
3, 42
Turne, Turning.
To turne to GOD what▪
2, 99
How to use faith in the turnings of our life:
2, 156
V.
Vaine.
Faith without workes is vaine:
2, 63
Vehement.
Love vehement as fire:
3, 89
Vertues.
Morall vertues GOD regards not without faith:
1, 82
Difference betweene faith and morall vertues:
1, 83
Virgins, see Love.
Vnderstanding.
Faith wrought in the understanding:
1, 16
Vnderstanding, what required in it touching faith:
1, 55
Vnderstanding, 4 things in it touching the promise:
1, 95
Vnderstanding cleare makes faith effectuall:
2, …3
Vnderstanding, what in it hinders love:
3, 108
Vneffectuall.
5. Causes why faith is uneffectuall.
2, 6.
Vngodly.
God iustifieth the ungod…y.
2, 149
Vnworthily.
To receive the Sacrament unworthily what.
1, 87
Two sorts receive the Sacrament unworthily.
3, 59
Voice.
Voice immediate.
2, 53
Voice soft what.
2, 88
Voice of the Spirit in us.
2, 105
Voice of Gods Spirit how to know it.
2, 106
Vprightnes.
Gods blessing according to our uprightnes.
2, 181
Vse.
Those that have faith are able to use it.
2, 139
How to use faith.
2, 142
Vse of grace increaseth it.
3, 204
Vile.
When a man is vile in his owne eyes.
2, 136
W.
Wages.
Love desireth no wages.
3, 27
Walke.
To walke with GOD what.
3, 25
Warre.
True peace comes after warre.
2, 109
Way.
When wee looke on Gods wayes as contrary to us, we hate him.
3, 132
See Good workes, see Taking.
Waite.
True faith is content to waite.
2, 121
Instances of waiting.
2, 122
Weake.
Faith is weake for want of using.
2, 140
Love to God weakeneth sinne.
2, 214
Weake grace is grace.
3, 148
Will, Willing.
Will, faith wrought in it.
1, 16
Will must take Christ.
1, 21
Will, three things in it in taking Christ.
1, 22
Those that are willing to take Christ, how they are affected.
1, 32
Iustifying faith differeth from generall faith in the act of the will.
1, 49
Will, what required in it touching faith.
1, 56
We must be willing to kill our lusts.
1, 92
Will, the drawing of it to take the promises.
1, 101
Will how drawne.
1, 103
Will drawne by three meanes.
1, 104
Will, what in it hinders love.
3, 108
Will taken for the deed when.
3, 201
Wee must be willing to suffer for Christ.
3, 99
Wisedome.
Wisedome in three things.
2, 199
Property of wisedome.
3, 206
Wonders.
Wonders wrought now though no miracles.
2, 177
Worth, Worthy.
To be worthy of Christ, what.
1.29, 75
Faith take from a man all opinion of worth.
1, 71
Christ worthy of our love.
3, 34
Worship.
If Christ were not ready to pardon, hee should not be worshipped.
1, 113
Worke, Working.
Faith and opinion differ in their working.
1, 120
Working shewes a thing to bee effectuall.
2, 27
Working in doing and suffering.
2, 45
Good works the way to salvation.
2, 60
Worke-lesse faith five arguments against it.
2, 62
True faith is working.
2, 63
Workes, without them none iustified Ibid.
Doctrine of good workes iustified.
2, 67
Works why required.
2, 70
Good workes their different rise in Papists and us.
2, 72
Workes, to iudge aright of them.
2, 79
Workes how accepted.
2, 80
Workes of our calling good workes.
2, 84
Faith must be set on worke.
2, 138
Motives to set faith on worke.
2, 139
Faith inableth us to worke.
2, 141
We shall be iudged by our workes.
3, 186
A good heart and good workes goe together.
3, 189
Motives to working.
3, 203
A beauty in good workes.
3, 205
World.
World overcome by faith.
2, 215
World, the love of God and it cannot be together.
3, 121
World, tryalls of love to it.
3, 122
World, how minded by Saints.
3, 126
Word.
As great a sinne to neglect the Lords Supper as to neglect the Word.
3, 59
Wrastling.
Wrastling with God.
1, 89
Y.
Yoake.
Yoake of Satan easie to many that weare it.
2, 31
Z.
Zeale is where there is love.
3, 95
FINIS.
CHristian Reader,
the Booke being divided into three parts, being upon three severall Texts, and each part beginning with Fol. 1. know that alway the first figure in the Table sheweth the part, the other the page, as will easilie appeare by the beginning of the Table.