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The Saints Qualification · John Preston

The Saints Qualification, Table of contents

THE TABLE.

A

Abilitie.

MEN excuse their sin from want of Ability:

Part 1, Page 223

Ability of Christ to sanctifie us:

2, 31

Accusing.

Conscience corrupt in the office of Accusing:

1, 56

Actions.

Corruption in our Actions:

1, 73

Actions of carnall men:

1, 153

Actions of naturall men defective in two things:

1, 159

Intention of Action in zeale:

1, 285

Activenesse.

Activenesse of conscience corrupted:

1, 56

Adam.

God just in requiring of us according to that he gave to Adam:

1, 38

Adams sinne charged on us:

ibid.

Two conditions of Adam:

2, 38

Our condition in Christ better than it was in Adam:

2, 154

See Borne.

Affections.

Affections corrupted:

1, 63

Affections must be wrought upon in the performance of duties:

1, 251

God esteemes us according to our Affections:

1, 67

What should draw our Affections to God:

1, 265

Zeale a stirring up of the Affections:

1, 285

Want of Affections to God argues want of zeale:

1, 289

Worke of the Spirit upon the Affections:

2, 12

Afflictions.

Forgivenesse of sinnes takes the sting out of Afflictions:

2, 188

Altered.

Nature cannot be Altered:

2, 97

Custome hardly Altered:

2, 123

Alike.

All sinnes not Alike:

1, 275

All.

Carnall men doe many duties, but not All:

1, 159

Anger.

Difference betweene hatred and Anger:

1, 290

Zeale for the Church acceptable to God, when hee is Angrie with it:

1, 293

Apparell.

Apparell, one benefit by Christ:

3, 93

What that Apparell is:

3, 94

How to make use of this Apparell:

3, 97

Apprehesion.

The Apprehension makes happie or miserable:

1, 241

Assurance.

Assurance encreased by humiliation:

1, 31

Authoritie.

To preach with Authoritie, what:

2, 163

B

Baptisme.

BAptisme tends to sanctification:

2, 21

Beleever, Beleeving.

Difference betweene temporarie and true Beleevers:

2, 47

Beleeving difficult:

3, 19

Blindnesse.

Blindnesse of mans understanding:

1, 44

Why mans understanding is Blinde:

ibid.

Boldnesse.

Excesse of Boldnesse, how prevedted:

1, 291

Forgivenesse of sin causeth Boldnesse:

2, 188

Bondage.

Spirit of Bondage, an help against sinfull excuses:

1, 108

Spirit of Bondage, how it works:

1, 109

Borne.

Those that are saved by the second Adam are Borne of him:

2, 18

Burthen.

Sinne, in what respect a Burthen:

2, 190

Businesse.

Too much Businesse a great impediment:

1, 207

C

Causes.

GOd workes by second Causes:

1, 263

Change.

How to know we are Changed:

2, 109

To give God the praise of our Change:

2, 144

Christ.

What keepes men from Christ:

1, 11.2, 23

What makes us prize Christ:

1, 81

End of our ingraffing into Christ:

2, 19

Sanctification by the bloud of Christ:

2, 21

How to take Christ:

2, 73

What should move us to love Christ:

2, 156

Before we are new Creatures, we are in Christ:

2, 169

To be in Christ, what:

2, 171

Priviledges of being in Christ:

2, 174

See Righteous.

Church.

Pillars of the Church:

1, 286

Want of zeale for the Church:

1, 292

Danger of wronging the Church:

1, 293

Directions what we must doe for the Church.

1, 294

Circumstance.

Consideration of Circumstances, helpe Humiliation:

1, 28

Circumstances aggravating sinne:

1, 89

Civill.

Difference betweene prophane and Civill men:

1, 127

Clearenesse.

Clearenesse of conscience corrupted:

1, 55

Cloud.

Sin like a stormie Cloud:

1, 174

Coldnesse.

Coldnesse provokes God as much as sinne:

1, 284

Combate.

Combate to be expected of Christians:

2, 137

Difference of the Combate in Christians and others:

2, 138

Comfort.

Comfort the end of the Scriptures:

1, 2

Sanctification for our Comfort:

2, 89

Comfort from the change of Nature:

2, 121

Comming.

The end of Christs Comming:

1.20.2, 20

Compell.

The Spirit Compels men to come in:

2, 7

Communion.

Communion of Saints sets the truth at liberty:

1, 174

Communication.

Communication of the body and bloud of Christ in the Sacrament:

3, 2

See Truth.

Condemnation.

Imprisoning Truth, brings great Condemnation:

1, 136

God just in the Condemnation of men:

1, 234

Conflict.

Conflict in carnall men:

1, 153

Conflict in wicked men failing in foure things:

1, 60

Content.

He that trusts in God, is Content with him only:

1, 258

Conscience.

Conscience corrupted by nature:

1, 45

Wherein Conscience is corrupted:

1, 55.56

Signe of a good Conscience:

1, 57

Conscience in naturall men may doe many things:

1, 152

Conscience good in two respects:

1, 156

Contrary, Contrariety.

Contrariety of the will to God:

1, 49

Nature workes out what is Contrary to it:

2, 111

Conversation.

Conversation, the change in it:

2, 66

Constant.

Hatred Constant.

1, 290

What is naturall, is Constant:

2, 110

Constant feast by Christ:

3, 91

Conviction.

Convictions of unbeliefe:

1, 255

Conviction wrought by the Spirit:

1, 10

Corrupt.

Wee must have lesse in us than nature Corrupt:

2, 87

See Nature.

Covenant.

Covenant sealed in the Sacrament:

2, 22

Covenant on Gods part:

3, 16

Covenant on our part:

3, 24

Creature.

Creature cannot doe good or evill:

1, 261

Creature ▪ how to be used:

2, 268

See God.

Custome.

Custome in sinne suppresseth the Truth:

1, 205

Custome, the advantages it hath against us:

2, 123

D

Damned.

HE that beleeveth not shall be Damned:

2, 197

Day

Sabbath Gods Day:

1, 256

Debt.

Our Debt paid by Christ:

3, 61

Defect.

Not to bee discouraged for Defects:

2, 169

Delay.

Delay, when God cals, dangerous:

1, 20

Comming to God not to be Delayed:

2, 98

Not to Delay when Christ calls:

2, 156

Delight.

Delight corrupted:

1, 66

Deniall.

Deniall of God in sinne:

1, 90

Deniall, one excuse of sin:

1, 229

Death.

Why God punisheth sinne with eternall Death:

1, 187

Christs Death shewed forth in the Sacrament:

3, 4

Death of Christ, how made void:

3, 20

Out of Christ wee are subject to Death:

3, 47

Death, how it is ours:

3, 84

Despised.

God Despised in the commission of sinne:

1, 92

Destruction.

Hatred seekes the Destruction of a thing:

1, 192

Iealousie of God brings Destruction:

1, 301

Desires.

Desires from corrupt nature, nothing:

2, 102

Disgrace.

Disgrace of good men from the world:

2, 125

Disease.

Sinne the Disease of the soule:

2, 190

Difference.

Difference betweene men, made by God:

2, 149

Difficultie.

Difficultie in duties should not discourage us:

1, 120

Discouragements.

Discouragements hinder from Religion:

2, 34

Disobedience.

Disobedience of mans will:

1, 51

Disobedience in small things, great:

ibid.

Disobedience against God in the least sinne:

1, 280

Disposition.

Disposition in man double:

1, 79

Divinitie.

See Perswade.

Dogges.

Dogges to be kept out of Christs flocke:

1, 299

Doubting.

Reasons against Doubting of forgivenesse:

3, 20

Dutie.

Performance of Dutie double:

1, 251

E

Earth.

THe mercy of Christ when he was on Earth:

3, 22

Effect.

To see sinne in the Effects of it:

1, 275

Election.

See Reprobation.

Enemie.

Enemies of the faith, what to learne of them:

1, 296

Enmitie.

Enmitie of the understanding:

1, 46

Envie.

Most men Envie the new Creatture.

2, 147

End.

End of God, by whom it is crossed:

1, 146

Evill.

See Good.

Ever.

Salvation and damnation continue for Ever:

2, 201

Spirituall food endureth for Ever:

3, 88

Experience.

Experience shewes God to be the Author of grace;

2, 151

Experience of Christ helpes to unite us to him:

2, 180

Excellencie.

Grace preferred before all other Excellencies:

2, 38

Grace the proper Excellencie of a man:

2, 40

Knowledge of Christs Excellencie unites us to him?

2, 178

Exigent.

Triall of trust in God, is in an Exigent,

1, 258

Expend.

Gods wrath in time is Expended:

1, 273

Excuse.

Conscience corrupt in the office of Excusing:

1, 56

Excuses of sinne:

1, 101.221

Meanes to arme us against these Excuses:

1, 108

Eye.

The New Creature lookes on things with a new Eye:

2, 54

Eye double and single:

2, 133

F

Faculties.

FAculties in man corrupted:

1, 43

Faith.

Faith to be contended for:

1, 296

Faith sanctified.

2, 21

Faith workes on the promises:

2, 26

Faith encreased by the Sacrament:

3, 5

Transubstantiation against faith:

3, 12

Fast.

Fast, no arbitrary dutie:

1, 248

Fast defined:

ibid.

Falling away.

Falling away, why, not to be feared:

2, 117

Fault.

Men excuse sinne by slighting the Fault:

1, 230

Feare.

Feare corrupted:

1, 66

Feare to be placed on God onelyonly:

1, 258

Gods jealousie should make us Feare:

1, 302

Feare double:

1, 303

The Word to bee heard with Feare:

2, 159

Gods children freed from Feare:

2, 194

Feare put for the worshippe of God:

3, 21

Feare of a flitting nature:

3, 28

Out of Christ wee are subject to the Feare of death:

3, 48

Feast.

Spirituall things resembled to a Feast, why:

2, 217

Feast, promised by Christ:

3, 86

Feeding.

Necessitie of daily Feeding on Christ:

2, 181

Fit.

What Fits us for mercy:

3, 22

First-fruits.

Two things in First-fruits:

2, 136

Spirituall things wee have in the First-fruits:

2, 217

Fire.

Fire from heaven to bee cherished:

2, 160

Flesh.

To eat Christs Flesh, what:

2, 181

Food.

Properties of spirituall Food:

3, 87

Forget.

Memory corrupt in that we ought to Forget:

1, 53

Men choke the Truth when they labour to Forget it:

1, 204

Forgivenesse.

Forgivenesse of sins, how it makes blessed:

2, 187

Confirmation in the assurance of Forgivenesse:

3, 19

Formality.

Formalitie argues want of zeale:

1, 288

Free.

The worke of the Spirit Free:

2, 100

Fruit.

Hipocrites bring not forth Fruit:

2, 126

Wearinesse in the Fruit of sinne:

3, 69

Fulnesse.

Fulnesse reserved for heaven:

2, 218

Future.

Helpes to minde Future things:

2, 219

G

Gifts.

COmmon Gifts in naturall men:

1, 152

Giving.

Giving, what:

2, 172

Glory.

Transubstantiation against Gods Glory:

3, 9

Glory appeared in Christs humiliation:

ibid.

Glory, one benefit by Christ:

3, 76

God.

The law of mans judgement mamanifested by God:

1, 180.183

None can doe good and evill but God:

1, 261

If the Creature could doe it, it were God:

1, 262

In all things to looke to God:

1, 269

Every sinne sets up another God:

1, 281

Conversion of the heart proper to God:

2, 9

New Creature the worke of God:

2, 149

The praise of all good to be given to God:

2, 161

God, how hee is made ours:

2, 189

Sinne drives the Saints nearer to God:

2, 206

See Portion.

Good.

Men excuse the ill in them by the Good:

1, 105

Good things in ill men doe them no Good:

1, 144

God onelyonly doth evill and Good:

1, 253

Those that are Christs, all workes for their Good:

2, 205

Gospell.

Gospell shewes mans nature to be corrupted:

1, 76

Sinnes against the Gospell, the greatnesse of them:

1, 77

Sinne excused by living under the Gospell:

1, 104

Gospell tends to sanctification,

2, 21

Iudgement of the Gospell:

2, 45

Gospell, what,

3, 16

Gospell, two parts of it:

3, 18

Grace.

Grace desired by carnall men:

2, 30

Christians rich in Grace:

3, 78

Greatnesse.

Wee should labour to see God in his Greatnesse:

1, 265

Guilt.

Sinne a burthen as it brings under Guilt:

2, 190

Wearinesse in the Guilt of sinne:

3, 69

H

Habite.

WEarinesse in the Habite of sinne:

3, 71

Happinesse.

Happinesse, a motive to come to Christ:

2, 193

Mans Happinesse by Christ:

2, 196

Happinesse, what:

2, 224

Hardnesse.

Hardnesse of heart in sinning:

1, 28

Hatred.

Hatred the properties of it:

1, 65

Hatred of God:

1, 89

Hatred of the Truth:

1, 133

Hatred and anger differenced:

1, 290

Healeth.

Where God forgiveth he Healeth:

2, 88

Health.

Grace the Health of the soule:

2, 39

Helpe.

Supervenient Helpe needfull in two things:

2, 160

Heart.

The Heart must be new framed:

2, 62

Our Hearts should melt at Christs love:

3, 41

See God.

Hell.

Out of Christ wee are subject to Hel…:

3, 49

Aggravations of the misery of Hell:

3, 50

Hid.

The state of Gods children Hid:

2, 41

Honour.

Sanctification stands with Gods Honour:

2, 89

House.

What kinde of House God is:

2, 195

Humbled. Humiliation.

Humiliation must goe before Iustification:

1, 6

Israelites, how God Humbled them:

1, 7

Humiliation, two things in it:

1, 8

Humiliation to bee laboured for:

1, 18

Triall of true Humiliation:

1, 22

Helpes to Humiliation:

1, 26

Good men shoud desire Humiliation:

1, 30

Humiliation a remedie against Gods wrath:

1, 278

Hundred-fold.

Hundred-fold with persecution:

2, 223

Hunger.

Hunger out of Christ:

2, 215

I

Iealousie.

IEalousie of God provoked by want of zeale:

1, 299

Idolatrie.

Idolatrie to attribute that to the Creature, that belongs to God:

1, 265

Idolatrie, a sinne of Israel,

1, 295

Impediment.

Impediments not removed, suppresse the Truth:

1, 206

Impediments of two sorts:

2, 152

Impossible.

That which GOD requires of Christians not Impossible:

2, 255

Transubstantiation a doctrine Impossible:

3, 8

Imprison.

See Truth.

Inclination.

Inclination wrought by the Spirit:

2, 16

Inclination changed:

2, 63

Inclination changed, how to bee Knowne:

2, 64

Independent.

Independent riches make men independent:

2, 212

Inconsideration.

Inconsideration keeps men in their old state:

1, 240

Infirmitie.

Men excuse sinne from their Infirmitie:

1, 232

Incredulity.

Incredulity of mans understanding:

1, 45

Instigate.

Conscience corrupted cannot Instigate to good:

1, 55

Inlightned.

Carnall men may be Inlightned:

1, 152

Inconstancie.

Inconstancie of mans will:

1, 50

Instrument.

Ministers and ordinances Instruments:

2, 158

Insensible.

Ill signe to be Insensible of Gods wrath:

1, 272

Inexcusable.

So much revealed as makes man Inexcusable:

1, 219

Ioy.

Ioy mortifieth Lusts:

1, 18

Israelites.

See Humbled.

Iubile.

Iubile, a resemblance of libertie in the Gospell:

1, 19

Iustifie. Iustification.

Why we are Iustified by anothers righteousnesse:

1, 3

Iustification and sanctification inseparable:

2, 4

Iustification, how it admits degrees:

2, 177

The clothing of the soule in Iustification:

3, 95

See Humiliation and Sanctification.

Iudge.

How to Iudge of things:

1, 270

Iudgement.

Sinne in time brings forth Iudgement:

1, 272

Execution of Iudgement commended:

1, 295

Iustice.

What makes men acknowledge Gods Iustice:

1, 13

Iustice of God, on whom it appeares most:

1, 147

Want of Iustice, a cause of Iudgement:

1, 295

K

Kinde.

NAture common to the whole Kinde:

2, 96

Kingdome.

Kingdome we have by Christ:

3, 72

Knowledge.

Knowledge an aggravation of sin:

1, 92

Knowledge in naturall men without rellish:

1, 155

Knowledge sinned against, imprisoneth Truth:

1, 195

A sin of Knowledge, what:

1, 197

Sinne excused for want of Knowledge:

1, 221

It is a sinne not to encrease Knowledge:

1, 198

Men might have more Knowledge:

1, 222

Knowledge of our estate at the first conversion:

2, 51

What kinde of Knowledge makes new Creatures:

2, 76

L

Law.

THe Law shewes mans nature to be corrupted:

1, 34

Law, how to be understood:

1, 35

Law, the least breach of it punished:

1, 36

Law compared to Aegyptian Tasks-masters:

1, 37

Law against which men sin is exact:

1, 282

Law of God approved by natural men:

2, 104

See Schoole-master.

Leaven.

Sinne likened to Leaven:

2, 128

Liberty.

Benefits of setting the Truth at Libertie:

1, 171

Meanes to set Truth at Libertie:

1, 172

Libertie by Christ:

3, 73

Libertie, what:

ibid.

See Iubile.

Life.

Life promised to the taking of Christ:

3, 55

Life spirituall, the excellencie of it:

3, 56

Exhortation to partake of this Life ▪

3, 57

Life, how it is a Christians:

3, 83

Light.

Light imprisoned foure wayes:

1, 134

Aggravations of sinnes against Light:

1, 146

Naturall men defective in Light:

1, 154

The burden of Christ in bearing growes Light:

2, 141

Long-suffering.

Wee should give God the glory of his Long-suffering:

1, 237

Lord.

Zeale for the Lord

1, 285

Sacrifice offred to the Lord:

2, 86

Love.

Love mortifieth Lusts:

1, 13

Men sinne out of Love to evill:

1, 163

Love of Christ, the greatnesse of it:

2, 39

Love cannot be counterfeit:

2, 92.3, 29

Perwasion of Christs Love unites to him:

2, 179

To serve Christ in Love, a part of the Covenant:

3, 26

Love constant:

3, 28

Lusts.

Lusts detained, keep men in their old state:

1, 241

Lusts, why God suffers them in his children:

2, 35

Excellencie of the new Creature above Lusts:

2, 37

Old Lusts must be mortified:

2, 84

M

Mannah.

MAnnah, how it is Angels food:

2, 215

Manifest.

The Law of Mans judgement Manifest foure wayes:

1, 181

Marke.

Marke of Christ, what:

3, 53

Meanes.

Meanes enjoyed aggravate sin:

1, 99

Sin excused from want of Means:

1, 228

Difference of feare in respect of Meanes:

1, 303

Meanes of Grace tend to Sanctification:

2, 21

Meaning.

Sin excused from good meaning:

1, 101

Mediator.

Why God hath appointed us such a Mediator as Christ:

1, 187

Memory.

Memory, the corruption of it in two things:

1, 53

Mercy.

Mercy of God, the greatnesse of it:

3, 22

Mercy, to whom it is shewed:

3, 52

Metaphor.

Metaphors used in the Sacraments of the old Law:

3, 7

Ministery.

Ministery to be advanced:

1, 298

Misery.

Our Misery out of Christ:

2, 178

Forgivenesse of sinnes takes away the cause of Misery:

2, 18

See Apprehension.

Morall vertues.

Morall vertues nothing without change of nature:

2, 102

N

Naked.

OVt of Christ we are Naked:

2, 209

To be Naked, what:

2, 213

Nature.

Mans Nature full of ungodlinesse:

1, 4▪ 33

All in mans Nature corrupt:

1, 41

Badnesse of Nature aggravates sinne:

1, 101

Men by Nature, how far they may goe:

1, 151

How farre men by Nature fall short:

1, 153

God made manifest by the light of Nature:

1, 181

Sinne excused from corruption of Nature:

1, 226

What keepes men in the state of Nature:

1, 240

Conversion of men are turning the course of Nature:

2, 8

More than Nature required in the New Creature:

2, 91

Those that are in Christ have another Nature:

2, 95

Not to be content without a new Nature:

2, 101

Two things in a new Nature:

2, 112

Naturall.

When a thing is said to be Naturall:

2, 95

Good duties must bee Naturall to us:

2, 107

Necessitie.

No Necessitie of Transubstantiation:

3, 3

Need.

Riches helpe in time of Need:

2, 211

Neglect.

Neglect keepes men from Christ:

1, 12

Neglect in serving of God:

1, 257

Net.

Gospell a Net:

1, 23

New Creature.

New Creature, the excellencie of it:

2, 37

New Creature, signes of it:

2, 49

New Creature, what:

2, 61

New Creature, the parts of it:

2, 84

New Creature required:

2, 122

Noblenesse.

The Spirit workes Noblenesse of spirit:

2, 15

Number.

Consideration of the Number of former sins helps humiliation:

1, 27

O

Oath.

THE Covenant confirmed with an Oath:

2, 24

Object.

Faculties knowne by their Object:

2, 56

Objection.

Objection of Papists out of Iohn 6. concerning eating Christs flesh answered:

3, 33

Offices.

Offices of Christ goe together:

2, 20

Offices of Christ to be improved:

2, 183

Old.

Old man, what:

2, 73

Old man must be mortified:

2, 83

Old nature to be abhorred:

2, 114

Old custome wee are redeemed from:

2, 122

All that is Old must bee pulled downe:

2, 127

Grace takes not away Nature, but the Oldnesse of it.

2, 129

Omission.

Sinnes of Omission:

1, 73

Omission of acts:

ibid.

Omission of graces:

1, 75

Omission of occasions:

ibid.

Opinion.

Opinion advanceth the Creature in our thoughts:

1, 266

Originall sinne.

Originall sinne:

1, 40

Originall sinne, how it is one sinne and many: 1, 42. How it is privative and positive:

ibid.

Actuall sinne leads us to Originall:

1, 103

Others.

Sinne excused from the badnesse of Others:

1, 106

Successe of Others with God, should encourage us:

2, 29.3, 21

Outward.

Men fare not the worse in Outward things for holinesse:

2, 43

Overcome.

To Overcome, what:

3, 76

P

Parents.

NAture received from Parents:

2, 96

Passeover.

Passeover, why eaten with sowre herbes:

1, 25

Peace.

Peace one benefit by Christ:

3, 75

Pearle.

Zealous men Pearles:

1, 287

Personall.

Men condemned for their Personall sinnes:

1, 39

Perswade.

Hard to Perswade men in Divinitie:

1, 45

Perfect.

Of Perfect walking with God:

1, 260

Pleasant.

That which is natural, is pleasant:

2, 110

Plentie.

Plentie one priviledge by Christ:

3, 74

Portion.

God is a Christians Portion:

3, 85

Poore.

Out of Christ we are Poore:

2, 209

To be Poore, What:

2, 210

Power.

Power of Gods wrath:

1, 115

Practise.

Practise sets the Truth at liberty:

1, 173

Want of Practise of known truths a great sinne:

1, 200

Prayer.

prayer sets the Truth at libertie:

1, 172

Prayer stops Gods wrath:

1, 301

Prayer unites us more to Christ:

2, 180

Preaching.

The Ministers businesse in preaching.

2, 156

To see how the Word workes in the Preaching of it

2, 164

Pride.

Pride of the will of man

1, 50

Prize.

New Creature how to be Prized:

2, 79

See Christ.

Priviledges.

Priviledges of a Christian, reall:

2, 219

Prophane.

Difference betweene civill men and Prophane:

1, 127

Professe.

Truth not Professed, is unrighteously detained:

1, 211

Pronenesse.

Pronenesse to sinne, no excuse of it:

1, 29

Promise.

Promise of God should incourage us to pray:

2, 22

Punishment.

Punishment of with-holding the Truth in unrighteousnesse:

1, 138

Purpose.

Good Purposes in extremitie seldome true:

2, 99

Good Purposes nothing without change of nature:

2, 102

Q

Qualitie.

NEw Qualitie infused in sanctification:

2, 71

New Qualitie, what:

ibid.

R

Reason.

TRansubstantiation against Reason:

3, 11

Record.

Sins committed remaine on Record:

1, 277

Recreation.

Recreation too much used, is an impediment:

1, 208

Reformation.

Reformation must be joyned with fasting:

1, 250

Reformation a remedie against Gods wrath:

1, 280

Relapse.

Relapse into sinne:

1, 28

Relish.

See Knowledge.

Religion.

Religion impaired by the neglect of the Sabbath:

1, 256

Reluctancie.

Reluctancie in the Saints when they sinne:

2, 134

Remaine.

Sinnes Remaine in Gods people:

2, 90

Remember. Remembrance.

Memory corrupt in that wee ought to Remember:

1, 53

Conscience corrupt as it is a Remembrancer:

1, 55

End of the Sacrament to bring Christ to Remembrance:

3, 4

Renewed.

How to get our natures Renewed:

2, 116

Reprobation.

Election and Reprobation, how frustrate:

2, 150

Rest.

Men prone to Rest in duties:

1, 249

Rest, a motive to take Christ:

2.186.3, 68

Restraine.

Conscience corrupted in its Restraining power:

1, 56

Riches.

Riches, for what end they serve:

2, 210

Riches of a Christian is Christ:

3, 77

Riches by Christ, what:

3, 78

Riches, the property of them:

3, 80

Righteousnesse.

Righteousnesse of Christ imputed:

1, 39

See Iustifie.

S

Sabbath.

SAbbath ought to be sanctified:

1, 255

Antiquitie of keeping the Sabbath:

1, 256

Vsefulnesse of keeping the Sabbath:

ibid.

Sacrament.

Sacrament a seale of the Covenant:

2, 22.3, 15

Sacrament, the end of it:

2, 25.3, 4

Sacrifice.

Two things in Sacrifice:

2, 86

Salvation.

Being in Christ the ground of all Salvation:

2, 171

He that beleeveth hath Salvation:

2, 197

Damnation and Salvation of great moment:

2, 199

God desires mans Salvation:

3, 20

Sanctification.

Iustification and Sanctification inseparable:

2, 4.17

Sanctification, how it riseth from Iustification:

2, 5

Sanctification, what:

2, 13

Incouragements to pray for Sanctification:

2, 22

Sanctification, the necessity of it:

2, 33

Sanctification, how to prise it:

2, 36

Not to challenge Iustification without Sanctification:

2, 44

Cloathing of the soule in Sanctification:

3, 95

Satisfie.

Spirituall food Satisfieth:

3, 89

Seales.

Two Seales:

3, 19.54

Schoole-master.

The Law a Schoole-master, how:

1, 11

Scripture.

Gods truth manifested in the Scripture:

1, 182

Transubstantiation against Scripture:

3, 13

Secrets.

Secrets of God not knowne by carnall men:

1, 154

Selfe-love.

Sel…e-love sanctified:

2, 13

Sense.

The new life hath new Senses:

2, 40

Present Sense a signe of the New Creature:

2, 49

Transubstantiation against Sense:

3, 10

Sensible.

Sensiblenesse of conscience lost:

1, 56

Spirituall things Sensible:

2, 220

Sensitive appetite.

Sensitive appetite corrupted:

1, 58

Selves.

Men must be humbled to know them-Selves:

1, 14

Serve.

One part of the covenant to Serve Christ:

3, 25

Wearinesse in Serving sin:

3, 69

Short.

See Naturall.

Sinne.

Sinnes thought to bee lesse than they be:

1, 27

Sinne aggravated by circumstances:

1, 89

Difference in Sinnes:

1, 96

Sinne, wee should labour to see what it is:

1, 118

Frequencie of Sinne, argues want of faith:

1, 255

Difference of men in regard of Sinnes:

1, 281

Zeale against Sinne:

1, 290

Striving against Sinne:

2, 53

Turning from Sinne, a part of the Covenant:

3, 25

See Personall and Wrath.

Sincerity.

Sincerity wanting in carnall mens actions:

1, 159

Sincerity, little at the first:

2, 113

Sicknesse.

Sin the Sicknesse of the soule:

3, 71

Sleepe.

Sinne seemes dead when it is aSleepe:

2, 85

Small.

Men excuse sinnes by thinking Them Small:

1, 230

No sinne Small, and why:

1, 282

Species.

Hatred sets against the whole Species:

1, 290

Spirit.

Good things in evill men wrought by the Spirit:

1, 144

Morall vertues, the gifts of the Spirit:

1, 158

Worke of the Spirit in sanctification:

2, 5

Spirit workes holinesse:

2, 21

Sorrow.

Sorrow corrupted:

1, 67

Sinne excused by pretended Sorrow:

1, 233

Soule.

Matters of the Soule of great moment:

2, 199

Soule to bee regarded especially:

2, 200

T

Taking.

TAking of Christ, what:

2, 185.3, 24

No losse by Taking of Christ:

2, 222

Two things should invite us to Take Christ:

3, 45

Taught.

Nature cannot be Taught:

2, 97

Temptation.

The lesse Temptation, the greater the sinne:

1, 95

Sinne excused from Temptation:

1, 227

Evill men doe good for want of Temptation:

2, 135

Thanke.

See Truth.

Thoughts.

Thoughts corrupted:

1, 68

Thoughts, the importance of them:

1, 69

Thoughts of two sorts:

1, 91

Thirst.

Thirst satisfied in Christ,

2, 202

What Thirst heal'd in the Saints:

2, 204

Transubstantiation.

Arguments against Transubstantiation:

3, 3

Fathers not distinct against Transubstantiation:

3, 66

Transubstantiation set abroach by Damascene:

3, 67

Transubstantiation brought into England:

3, 68

Treasure.

Gods wrath a Treasure:

1, 273

Trust.

Trust in God, the nature of it:

1, 258

Truth.

Truth with-held in unrighteousnesse:

1, 126.179

Truth, what:

1, 127.180

Truth, the subject of it:

1, 128

Truth, the Author of it:

1, 130

Truth, the extent of it:

ibid.

Truth, how it is with-held:

1, 131

Truth, why men imprison it:

1, 133

Truth imprisoned, a great sinne:

1, 136

Truth, how with-held:

1, 165

Truth should rule:

1, 169

Truth, the danger of restraining it:

1, 170

Truth, the benefit of giving it libertie:

1, 171

Truth manifested foure wayes:

1, 181

Truth, the hainousnesse of sinnes against it:

1, 184

Truth, to be thankfull for it:

1, 192

Truth, to doe nothing against it:

1, 193

Seven cases of detaining the Truth:

1, 195

Truth should bee communicated to other:

1, 209

Happinesse and misery attend neglect or observing the Truth:

1, 215

Want of courage for the Truth, shewes want of zeale:

1, 291

V

Vaine.

GOds Name taken in Vaine, how:

1, 186

Vanity.

Vanity of mans understanding:

1, 43

Violence.

Humbled men take Heaven by Violence:

1, 16

To take heaven by Violence, what:

1, 17

Vnevennesse.

Vnevennesse in the best men:

2, 131

Vnevennesse in Saints, and others, different:

2, 132

Vnbeleefe.

Vnbeleefe keepes from Christ:

1, 11

Vngodlinesse.

See Nature.

Vniversality.

Vniversality of the new Creature:

2, 51

Vnion.

Vnion with Christ, the nearenesse of it:

2, 172

Vnion with Christ, of what moment:

2, 173

Vnion with Christ to be encreased:

2, 176

Vnion with Christ, how encreased:

2, 177

Vnion with Christ to be sought after:

2, 185

Vnion with Christ, the end of the Sacrament:

3, 5

Vnwearied.

That which is naturall is Vnwearied:

2, 111

Vnderstanding.

Vnderstanding in man corrupted:

1▪ 43

Vnderstanding, the vanity of it:

ibid.

Vnderstanding blinde:

1, 44

Vnderstanding unteachable:

1, 45

Vnderstanding, the incredulitie of it:

ibid.

Vnderstanding the enmitie of it:

1, 46

Vnderstanding wrought on by the Spirit:

2, 11

V…teachable.

Vnderstanding of man Vnteachable:

1, 45

Vnrighteousnesse.

Wrath revealed against mens Vnrighteousnesse:

1, 111

See Truth.

Vowes.

Vowes broken aggravate sin:

1, 98

W

Want.

RIches supply what we Want:

2, 210

Wearinesse.

Wearinesse in sinne, what:

3, 69

Whoredome.

Whoredome to be punished:

1, 295

Will.

Will, the depravednesse of it:

1, 48

Will, the contrarietie of it, to God:

1, 49

Will, the pride of it:

1, 50

Will, the inconstancie of it:

ibid.

Will, the disobedience of it:

1, 51

Will of God our sanctification:

2, 19

Will free in men regenerate:

2, 154

Will of regenerate men, how free:

2, 167

Willing.

Willingnesse to bee humbled for sinne:

1, 26

Christ willing to sanctifie us:

2, 31

Wisdome.

Wisdome of words not to be expected from Ministers:

2, 162

Transubstantiation against Gods Wisdome:

3, 10

Wonder.

The world Wonders at the Saints:

2, 124

Word.

Words corrupted:

1, 70

Importance of Words:

1, 71

Word of God a helpe against excuses of sinne:

1, 108

Workes.

Gods truth manifests his Workes:

1, 182

New workes discover a new Creature:

2, 57

Motives to good Workes:

2, 170

A Christian rich in good Workes:

3, 79

World.

World is a Christians, how:

3, 83

See Disgrace.

Wrath.

Wrath of God, how revealed:

1, 5

Wrath revealed against unrighteousnesse:

1, 111

Two things in Gods Wrath:

1, 112

Wrath of God, what:

1, 114

Wrath of God, the certaintie of it:

1, 112

Wrath of God, the power of it:

1, 115

Wrath, the suddennesse of it:

1, 116

Wrath, wee should be sensible of it:

1, 119

Wrath provoked by imprisoning the Truth:

1, 137

Wrath caused by sinne:

1, 271

Wrath encreased by our sinnes:

1, 273

Wrath, why it is not felt:

1, 277

Wrath, remedies against it:

1, 278.283.300

Z

Zeale.

ZEale turnes away wrath:

1, 283

Zeale, what:

1, 285

Zealous men not to be discouraged:

1, 286

Convictions of want of Zeale:

1, 288.

FINIS.