The Saints Qualification, Table of contents
A BRIEFE COLLECTION OF THE principall Heads in the ensuing Treatises.
Part 1.
Doct. 1.
HVmiliation must goe before Iustification:
Page 6
Two things in Humiliation:
8
Reas. 1.
In reference to Iustification:
13
Reas. 2.
In reference to Sanctification:
14
Vse 1.
To labour for Humiliation:
18
Five helpes to Humiliation:
26
Vse 2.
The best men should labour to be Humbled:
30
Doct. 2.
The nature of man is full of all Vnrighteousnesse, and Vngodlinesse:
33
Mans nature evidenced to bee so by the Law:
34
Originall Sinne:
40
The corruption of the Vnderstanding, in five things:
43
The corruption of the Will in foure things:
48
The corruption of the Memory, in two things:
53
The corruption of the Conscience, in three acts of it:
54
The corruption of the Sensitive appetite:
58
The corruption of the Affections:
63
Actuall Sinnes:
68
Mans Nature shewed to be corrupt by the rule of the Gospell:
76
Vse 1.
The ignorance of those that know not the corruption of Nature:
78
Vse 2.
To Labour to prize CHRIST the more;
81
Vse 3.
Our Sinfulnesse should drive us to Christ:
82
Circumstances agravating Sinne:
89
Excuses of Sin:
101
Helpes against those Excuses:
108
Doct. 3.
There is a revelation of wrath against all Vnrighteousnesse of men:
111
Vse 1.
To teach us what Sin is:
118
Vse 2.
To labour for a Sense of GODS wrath:
119
Vse 3.
To make us goe to Christ:
121
Doct. 4.
All men before regeneration with hold the Truth in unrighteousnesse:
126
The greatnesse of this Sin in three things:
136
Vse 1.
To Humble us:
931
Vse 2.
The miserie of men that are neare and not in the Kingdome of God, in three things:
143
How farre men Vnconverted may goe, shewed in five things:
151
How far they come short in five things:
153
Vse 3.
Most sin out of love to Sin:
163
Vse 4.
The danger of disobeying the Truth:
167
Vse 5.
To give the Truth leave to rule.
169
Doct. 5.
The Truth or Law of every mans judgement is made manifest by God:
180
Vse 1.
The greatnesse of mens sinne against this Truth:
184
Vse 2.
To be thankefull for the Truth:
192
Vse 3.
To doe nothing contrary to the Truth:
193
Vse 4.
To expect happinesse or miserie as wee observe or neglect this Truth:
215
Doct. 6.
God hath revealed so much to every man as makes him Inexcusable:
219
Excuses that men frame to themselves:
221
Vse 1.
To justifie God, and to blame our selves:
234
Vse 2.
To give God the glory of his long suffering:
237
The Contents of the Sermon before the Commons house of Parliament.
FAsting necessarie:
248
Fast defined:
248
Defects in Fasting:
249
Doct. 1.
God onelyonly doth Good and Evill:
253
Foure Connections to demonstrate it:
255
Reas. 1.
Else God were not God:
261
Reas. 2.
Else the Creature should be God:
262
Vse 1
To labour to see God in his greatnesse:
265
Vse 2.
To looke to God in all our businesse:
269
Vse 3.
To set Faith on worke to judge of these things:
270
Doct. 2.
Sinne causeth Wrath:
271
Gods Wrath a treasure, in three respects:
273
Vse
To see Sinne in the effects of it:
275
How to prevent Gods Wrath:
278
Doct. 3.
Zeale turnes away Wrath:
283
Vse 1.
Not to discourage those that bee Zealous:
286
Vse 2.
Foure convictions of our want of Zeale:
288
Doct. 4.
Want of Zeale makes GODS Ielousie grow hotter:
299
Doct. 5.
Iealousie for the most part shal proceed to utter destruction:
301
Vse
To learne to Feare:
302
Part 2.
Doct.
Iustification and Sanctification are inseperable:
4
How Sanctification ariseth from Iustification:
5
Reas. 1.
None saved by the second Adam that are not borne of him:
18
Reas. 2.
It is the Will of God:
19
Reas. 3.
It is the end of our Ingraffing into Christ:
ibid
Reas. 4.
It is the end of Christs comming:
20
Reas. 5.
Christ is Prophet and King where he is a Priest
ibid
Reas. 6.
All the meanes of Grace tend this way:
21
Vse 1.
To pray for Sanctification:
22
Sixe incouragements to Pray for it:
ibid
Vse 2.
To esteeme Sanctification as highly as Iustification:
36
The excellencie of Grace:
37
Vse 2.
To take heed of ch…llenging Iustification without Sanctification:
44
Foure signes of a New creature:
49
New Creature what:
61
The Heart new framed:
62
The Conversation changed:
66
A new qualitie of Holinesse infused:
71
Old man what:
73
Mortification of the Old man:
83
Where God pardoneth he healeth Sinne:
88
First, it stands with Gods Honour:
89
Secondly, with our Comfort:
ibid
Thirdly, with Gods Service:
ibid
Doct.
Those that are in Christ have another Nature:
95
Vse 1.
Not to Defer comming to God:
98
Vse 2.
Not to content our selves without a new Nature:
101
Vse 3.
To see that good Performances be naturall to us.
107
Vse 4.
To abhorre our Old Nature and labour for a change:
114
Vse 5.
Not to feare Falling away:
117
Vse 6.
Not to bee discouraged with the difficultie of any Dutie:
120
Vse 7.
Change of Nature a ground of comfort:
121
Doct.
We must be New Creatures:
122
Consect. 1.
We are redeemed from old customes.
Ibid.
Consect. 2.
Not to wonder that the World wonders at us.
124
Consect. 3.
To pull downe all that is old.
127
Consect. 4.
Not to wonder at unevennesse in mens lives.
131
Consect. 5.
To expect a combate.
137
Consect. 6.
Not to wonder at Aukednesse that wee finde in the waies of God.
140
Consect. 7.
To give God the praise of the changing of natures.
144
Doct.
The New Creature is Gods work:
149
Foure arguments to prove it:
ibid
Vse 1.
To shew our condition in Christ is better than in Adam:
154
Vse 2.
God setteth us not about an impossible worke.
155
Vse 3.
To make us love Christ.
156
Vse 4.
Not to put off Christs call.
Ibid.
Vse 5.
To see with whom wee have to doe in hearing the Word.
156
Vse 6.
To give God the prayse of any good in us.
161
Vse 7.
Expect not that Ministers come with excellencie of Wisedome or words:
162
Vse 8.
Observe what the preaching of the Word works on our hearts:
164
Doct.
First, in Christ, and then New Creatures:
169
Doct.
To bee in Christ is the ground of all Salvation:
171
Vse 1.
First, to increase Vnion with Christ in those that have it:
176
Five helpes to doe it:
178
Secondly, to seeke it, if it be wanting:
185
Five motives to seeke this Vnion:
186
Part. 3
Doct.
IN the sacrament there is a communication of the verie Body and bloud of Christ:
2
Arguments against Transubstantiation
First, there is no Necessitie of it:
3
Secondly, no Possibilitie of it:
8
Thirdly, it is against Sense:
10
Fourthly, against Reason:
11
Fifthly, against Scripture:
13
Sacrament of the Lords Supper what:
15
Condition of the Covenant on Gods part:
16
Vse 1.
To confirme our faith in the forgivenesse of sins:
19
Conditions of the Covenant required on our part:
24
Papists objection out of Ioh. 6. of eating Christs Flesh answered:
33
Vse 2.
To see the greatnesse of Christs Love to us:
39
And to Love him againe and serve him:
41
Two things to move us to come in to Christ:
45
First, our Miserie out of him:
46
1 We are subject to Death:
47
2 To the feare of Death:
48
3 To Hell:
49
Secondly, our Happinesse by Christ
54
Benefit by Christ:
1 Wee shall have Life:
55
2 Our Debts shall be payd:
61
3 Wee shall have Rest:
68
4 Wee shall have a Kingdome which consisteth in:
72
Libertie:
73
Plentie:
74
Peace:
75
Glory:
76
Riches:
77
5 Wee shall have a Feast:
86
Properties, of spirituall Food:
88
6 Apparr…ll:
93
What this spirituall Cloathing is:
94
FINIS.