Bowels Opened, Index
AN ALPHABETICALL Index of the Speciall points contained in this Booke.
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Accusations:
ACcusations of Satan how to answer them, page 458.
Actions.
Actions holy, rightly performed bring increase of strength and comfort, page 214.
Actions of Christ all precious, page 389, 390.
Affections.
Our Affections ought not to cleave to base things, page 51.
Affections are like their objects, page 51.
Affections of Christians are in Christs Government, page 266.
Affection where it is in truth, it will discover it selfe by outward expressions, page 271.
True Affections are serious in the things of God, page 307.
Affections Christ the best object for them to be spent on, page 399, 400.
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… a signe of Christs love, page 16.
… are a meanes to …ke us prize Christ, therefore therefore we are not to murmur at them, page 367, 368.
Christ never more neere his Church then when it is in Afflictions, page 460.
Sweetest communion with Christ is under the greatest Afflictions, page 460.
Alphonsus.
A story of King Alphonsus, pag. 398.
Appo…tite.
Appetite how to bee procured to Christ and spirituall things, p. 74, 75.
Acknowledge.
We should as well Acknowledge that which is good in us as that which is evill, p. 107, 108.
Apostatize.
Why so many Apostatize under … page 133, 134.
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Beauty, See Fairen …
Beauty wherein it … page 345, 346.
Beauty of Christ is especially spirituall, page 346.
Christ is a most beautifull person, page 346.
Beloved.
How we come to be Christs Beloved, page 457, 4…8.
Beleeving.
Beleeving in Christ more glorifies God, then if wee were as pure as Adam, page 204, 205.
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Calling.
Doing things in our generall or particular Calling with respect to God and not to man will arme us against all discouragements, page 235.
Christ.
Christs presence is more and more desired where there is true grace, page 22.
Christs presence why earnestly desired of the Church, page 22, 23.
How to know Christ is present with us, page 40.
Christs presence is an Heaven to Christians, page 41.
Having Christs presence we need feare nothing, page 42.
Christ is our Brother, page 44. 170, 171.
We ought not to be ashamed of Christ and his cause, p. 44, 45.
The comfort of Christs being our Brother, page 45.
Christ o…ely is the Churches Husband, page 49.
Christ being our Husband our sinnes or unworthinesse should not discourage us, page 50.
Christ how to know we are espoused to him, page 52.
We must bee ruled by Christ, page 52.
Christ is to be hallowed in all conditions, page 52, 53.
Direction for su…h who are not yet in Christ, page 53.
Excellency of their condition who are one with Christ, page 34.
Christ wheresoever he come…, he comes not empty, page 59.
Communion with Christ to be endeavoured after, page 60.
Christ and the Church mutually feast each other, page 67.
Christ resembled to a feastin sundry respects, pag. 68, &c.
There is that in Christ which answereth to all our wants, page 69.
In Christ we enjoy choice rarities, page 68.
In Christ there is an overflowing of all that is good for our good, page, 70.
How Christ is our friend and We his, page 80.
Why Christ sometimes useth us hardly, page 80.
Christ is a constant friend page 81.
Christ still desires a further and further communion with his Church, page 136.
Christ why hee withdrawes himselfe from us, page 137, &c.
Christ how to know he dwells in us, page 150, &c.
We should cherish good conceits of Christ, pag. 152.
To labour to entertaine Christ, page 156.
Benefits of entertaining Christ, page 157, 158.
Christ hath never enough of his Church till he hath it in heaven, page 165, 166.
Christs low-stooping for the good of our soules should quicken us to receive him, page 169.
All love scattered in relations is united in Christ, page 170.
Christs love to … is free, tender … 175.
Christ … is incomparable, page ….
… wonderfull love set … in his low abasement for… page 186, 187.
Christ resembled to a Dove, page 188.
Christs righteousnes how made ours, page 197, 198.
Christ lookes not upon us in our present imperfections, but as he meanes to perfect the worke of grace in us, page 201, 202.
Communion with Christ is not easily attained, page 29.
Communion with Christ hindred by false reasonings and excuses, page 210.
Christ doth sometimes leave his Church and particular members, page 245, &c.
The kinds of Christs leaving his Church, page 245.
Ends why Christ leaves his Church, page 246, &c.
The cause of Christs withdrawing comfort from us rests in our selves, page 252, &c.
Christ never leaves his totally, page 254, 255, 260. &c.
Christs grace is the cause of ours, page 255, 256.
Christ wonderfull in his goodnesse … Saints, page 268.
… Gods children sometimes faile … for want of Christs presence page 274, &c.
Christs presence and …sence makes the summer and … of a Christian soule, page 277.
Wee should depend upon Christ when he seemes to be absent, page 283.
We ought to be in love with Christs government, page 297.
Christ is a most beautifull person, page 346.
Christs beauty is spirituall▪ pag. 346.
Christ is the chiefest of all, pag. 348.
All our fullnesse comes from Christ, page 348, 349.
Christ set …oorth by all the excellencies of the creatures, page 349.
Christ onelyonly was King, Priest, and Prophet, page 358.
Of Christs Kingly, Priestly and Propheticall offices, page 350, 351.
Christ set foorth in his graces of mercy and meekenesse, page 355.
Christ hath the preheminence in all things, p. 356.
Christs excellency is the Churches, p. 356, 357.
Christs supereminent excellencies ought to draw those to Christ who are not yet in him, p. 357.
Two forcible reasons to draw us to Christ, page, 357, 358.
Our sinnes should not hinder our comming to Christ, p. 358.
Christians justified in their choise of Christ, page 358, 359.
Folly of those who re…use Christ, and chuse base transitory things, page 359, 360.
The woefull estate of those that accept not of Christ, being off…red them, page 361, 362.
Wee must have respect to Christ in choice and love to other things, page 363.
Christ, the meanes how to highly esteeme of him, page 363. &c.
Exalting of Christ in our hearts is a strong preservative against sinne, despaire and all discouragement, page 364, 365.
Folly of delaying to seeke Christ till old-age, page 365.
How Christs death is a sufficient satisfaction for the sins of the whole world, page 371, 372.
Christ hath many excellencies in him, page 374.
It should be the care of Christians to stu…y the severall excellencies of Christ, page 375, 376.
Sights of Christ that God shewes to the soules of Christians, page 376.
Sights of faith which the soul frames to it selfe of Christ, page 377.
Christ, why compared to an head of gold, page 377, 378.
Christ hath cleare eyes able to discer…e all things, page 381, 382.
Christs doctrine is sweet and sound, page 388.
All Christs actions are precious, page 389, 390.
Christs waies are all constant and firme, page 390.
Christ every way considered is altogether lovely, page 396, &c.
Christ most lovely in his abasements for us, page 397.
Christs righteousnesse ought perfectly to be trusted too p. 398 399.
Christ is the best object for our best affections to be plac'd on, page 399, 400, 476.
Christ how to know wee love him, page 401 &c.
A desire of the appearance of Christ is a signe of our flaming love to him, pag. 404, 405.
How to attain… to an high esteeme of Christ, page 407▪ &c.
Ends of the Churches setting foorth Christs excellencies, page 413, &c.
Christs excellencies medi…ated on will justifie … exercises of R…igion, page 416, &c.
Christians have more cause to boast of their portion in Christ th… worldlings of the world, p ….
Christ will not belong absent from his Church, page 438, 439.
Wee must bee first united to Christs person before we can receive comfort and communion of his graces, p. 443, 444.
Christ and Christians have a mutuall propriety in each other, p. 446,
There is a mutuall love, familiarity and likenesse betweene Christ and Christians, page 446, 447.
Christ and Christians have a mutuall care of each others good p 448 449.
There is a mutuall complacency betweene Christ and the Church, p. 449.
They that are Christs will bee resolute in owning his cause, p. 450.
That in order of nature Christ is ours first though not in order of knowing, p. 453.
How Christ comes to be ours, p. 454.
Christ being ours we have all things, p 455.
Christ being ours it should make us … with our condition whatsoever it bee, p. 455.
Christs excellencies to be studied, p. 456.
How we come to be C…sts beloved, p. 457, &c.
Our giving up our selves to Christ is an evidence that Christ is ours, p. 461.
Reasons why Christ must bee first given to us before we can give our selves over to him, p. 466, 467.
Christ hath the same care of every particular Christian as of the whole Church, p. 471, 472.
How to be enabled to love and embrace Christ. p. 472, &c.
Love to Christ how it may stand with love to other things, p. 474.
Christ feedes his Church among fat pastures, p. 482, &c.
Christ feeds as well as breeds, his Church, p. 485.
Christ feeds his Church plentifully and sweetly, p. 487.
Motives to entise those who are not yet in Christ to come in p. 478.
Church.
Church in what respects compared to a Garden, p. 13.
Church cared for and protected of God, p. 18.
The Churches disposition is to please Christ her husband, page 25.
The Church gives all to Christ p. 24.
The Churchesll descent, p. 46.
The Church is the Spouse of Christ, page 47.
Churches Husband Christ only.
page 49.
The Church and every particular Christian is subject to variety of changes, page 82.
The Church in this latter age in a sleepy condition, page 95.
None in the Church but have beene allured at one time or other to come in, page 162, 163.
Church to be prayed for, page 164.
Church Christs love and why, page 171, &c, and 183, 184.
Out of the Church no saving love, page 174.
Church resembled to a Dove in sundry particulars, page 189, &c.
Churches defence in her persecutions, page 194, 195.
Church of God hath alwaies a rest in God in the worst times, p. 195▪ 196.
Church how said to be undefiled, page 196, &c.
Church to bee accounted a Church though defiled with corruptions, page 205, 206.
Church never totally left by Christ, page 254, 255, 260. &c.
Church how wounded by the Watchmen, page 295.
Church compared to Hierusalem in sundry respects, p, 305, &c.
The Church hath been alwaies persecuted by pretenders of Religion, page 301.
Church how to know wee are members of it. page. 305.
Church faire under disgraces of the world, page 338, 339.
Churches fairenesse whence it comes, page 339.
Churches fairenes is within, p. 339.
Church never more faire in Christs eye then when shee judgeth her selfe most de…ormed, p. 339.
Church how to be judged of under seeming disgraces, page 340
Church nothing can dishearten it from commending Christ, page 373.
Church why so exact in particularising her beloved; page 374, &c.
Church hath no golden head but Christ, page 378.
The ends why the Church sets forth the excellencyes of Christ, p. 413, &c.
The heavy doome of those who are nough… being in the Church, page 431.
Church why Christ will not be long … from it, page 438, 439.
Churches and particular Chri…ns sufferings, reasons of them duplicate page duplicate page page 459, 460.
Church, Christ never more neere it then when it is in afflictions, page 460.
Church fed by Christ in fat pastures, pag. 482, &c.
Christians.
Particular Christians in regard of the chiefest priviledges have the same regard as the whole Church, page 5.
Christians should walk as men severed from the world, page 16.
Christians should be fruitfull, p. 17.
Christians not to wrong them, p 45, 46.
Christians weake not to be discouraged, p. 66.
No Christian but hath somewhat to welcome Christ withal, page 68.
Christians gratious are abased for defects and indisposition to good, page 86, 87.
A Chris…n may know his estate though hee bee mixed with flesh and Spirit, page 106, 107.
A Christian is, what his heart is, page 114.
Christians how differenced from Hypocrits, p. 116.
Christians who the best, page 120.
Christians waking their excellency, p. 126.
Christians know the voice of Christ even in a sleepie estate, p. 130.
True Christians are discerned by their spirituall taste of the Word p. 130, 131.
A Christian at the lowest longs after Christ, p. 135.
Christians love should be confined to Christ, p. 202, 203.
Christians are not to wrong themselves by false judging their owne estate, p. 106.
Christians lives should be nothing but a communion with Christ, p. 209.
Christians wanting comfort not to be censured, p. 250.
Christians at the worst have some sparks of grace left in them p. 261, 262.
To be a sound Christian is no easie thing, p. 292.
All Christians not a like deserted of God and afflicted page 292.
Christians in the upbraidings of conscience should looke as well on the good in them as the ill, p, 341.
Christians care should bee to studie the severall excellencies of Christ, page …75.
Christians should ende…our to bee suteable to Christ their head, p. 379.
Christians compared to Cedar…, p. 39.
Christians have more cause to boast of their portion in Christ then worldings of the world, p 420.
Christians in what respects they are compared to Lillies, p. 432, &c.
Christians why they want outward things, p. 456.
It is Christians happines that they are not their owne, p. 463, 464.
Weak as well as strong Christians the Spouse of Christ, page 470.
Excellency of Christians walking in divine light above others, p. 478.
Christians happinesse in these daies in regard of the plenty of meanes they injoy, p. 488.
Censures.
Ill Censures of the world, comfort against them, page 434.
Company.
Company with Saints is a meanes to preserve us in a waking temper, p. 122.
Evill Company … Christ to withdraw himselfe from Christians, p. 137.
Comfort.
Comfort if not found in one meanes is to be sought in another, p 304
Confession.
Confession honoureth God, p. 84.
Confession sh…mes S…tan, page 84.
Confession prevents malicious imputations from the world, p. 85.
Confession gives ease to the soule, p. 85.
Confession is a meanes of present delivery out of trouble, page 85, 86.
Consci…nce.
Conscience in a sleepy temper, how knowne to be awake, page 109, 110.
Afflicted in Conscienc… are not to judge of themselves by feeling … by … they are … Christ, p. 204, 20….
In the upbraidings of Conscience Christians should as well look… on the good in the … as on the ill, page 341, 342.
Conceits.
Men are apt to frame false conceits of God and Christ, pa. 218.
Convert.
How to be happy instruments to convert others, page 426, 427.
Corruption.
Corruption where it is not thoroughly purged and a carefull watch kept over the soule, there after a recovery will follow a more dangerous distemper, p. 83.
Correction.
Seasonable correction is an evidence of Christs love, page 178.
Patience of God to us should make us patiently endure his corrections, page 169.
Covenant.
Covenant of Grace compriseth not only what God will do to us but our duty …lso wee owe to him, page 469, 470.
Creature.
All Creatures are obedient to Christ, page 7.
In every Creature there are some beames of excellency, page 372.
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Desire
The desire of Christs children after his presence makes Christ vouch…afe it them, page 38.
The Church is carried from desire to desire after the presence of Christ, page 39.
Death.
Death of Christ how it is a sufficient satisfaction for the sinnes of the whole world, page 371, 372.
Desertion.
Desertion outward and inward, page 245.
Desertion to prepare for it, page 250, 251.
Desertion the causes of it are in our selves, page 251, &c.
Desertion ends of it page 246, &c. and 452.
Desertion signes of it, page 275 &c.
What Christians are to doe in a state of Desertion, p. 288, &c.
Desertion benefits of it, page 290.
After Desertion Christ useth to visit his Church with more abundant comfort, page 440.
In Desertion to see distemper is no wonder, page 451.
When usually Christ returnes to the sou…e after desertion, page 452 453.
Disgraces.
Disgraces of the times ought not to make us thinke the worse of others, page 298.
Doctrin….
Doctrine of Christ is sweet and sound, page 388.
Duties.
Holy duties, incouragement to be frequent in them, page 57.
Spirituall duties why shuffled off by men, page 216, &c.
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Earthly.
Earthly things men prone to by nature, page 216.
Eyes.
Christ hath cleare eyes to see through all things, page 381, 382.
Christs allseeing eye should be a meanes to restraine us from sin, page 383.
Endeavour.
Endeavour the benefit of it, page 256, 257.
England.
England how Christ hath used all kinds of knocking to it, page 155, &c.
Envy.
No envy in Spirituall things, page 344.
Estate.
A Christian may know his estate, pa. 106, 107.
Excuse.
No excuses will serve the turne at the day of judgement, but such as arise from an invincible necessity or … impediment, page ….
Folly of those that fetch excuses from the things of this life to keepe them from the duties of Religion, page 229.
Excellencies of Christ, See Christ.
Excellencies of Christ why set forth by the Church, p. 413, &c.
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Fathers.
Ancient Fathers in all things not to be relied on, p. 94, 95.
Faith.
Faith kept waking is a meanes to preserve our soule in a waking temper, page, 117, 118.
Faith will carry a Christian through all discouragements, pa. 239.
Faith as it receives Christ so it makes us give our selves to him againe, page 468.
Falls.
Falls of Christians not to be rejoyced in, page 180, 181.
Fairenesse See beauty.
Church faire under disgraces, page 338.
Fairnes of the Church from whence it comes, page 339.
Fairenesse of the Church is inward and hidden, page 339.
Church never more faire in Christ… eye then when she judgeth her selfe most deformed, page 339.
Feasting.
There is a mutuall feasting betwixt Christ and his Church, pag. 67, &c.
Feastings of Christ have beene more sumptuous in some ages then in others, page 77.
Feeding.
That we need fee…ing as well as breeding in Christianity, page 485.
Why the soule needs continuall feeding, p. 486.
Christ feeds his flock plentifully and …wee…y, p. 487.
Feare.
The feare of God is a meanes to preserve the soule in a waking temper, page 120.
Flesh.
Excuses of the flesh to hinder communion with Christ answered, page 210, &c.
Flesh and blood are not to be consulted with, page 222, &c.
Fruitfull.
Christians planted in Gods garden ought to be Fruitfull, p. 17.
Friendship.
Friendship, speciall things required in it, page 79.
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Gifts.
Gifts of others to be improoved by questions. page 342.
Glory.
Glory to come to be set before our eyes to helpe us to passe thorow all discouragements, p. 240, 241.
God.
God, where once hee begins grace there he goes on to increase and finish it, p. 21.
God accepts and delights in the graces of his children, page 55.
Gods children never totally fall from grace, p. 111, 112, &c.
Good.
It is not enough that we are Good our selves, but our good must flow out to others, page 20.
Christians ought to labour to doe Good to all, p. 21.
Good that is in us should as well be acknowledged as evill, p. 106, 107, 341.
Good that Christians retaine in a sleepy estate, page 108, 109.
Goodnesse.
Goodnesse of God to man to be magnified, p. 110.
Government.
We ought to be in love with Christs Government, p. 297.
Grace.
Grace is not onelyonly needfull to put life into us at first, but also to quicken and draw foorth that grace we have. p. 19.
Grace which God begins in us he will perfect, p. 21.
Grace truely wrought in us makes us still desire … further presence of Christ, p. 22.
God de…ghts in the Graces of his children, p. 55.
Graces of the Spirit are acceptable to Christ, page 60.
Graces of others and our own ought to be rejoyced in, p. 61, 61, &c.
Grace compared to Myrrh, Spice, Honey, Milke, page 67.
Gods children never totally fall from Grace, p. 111, &c. and 261, 262.
All Grace comes from Christ, p. 255, 256.
Graces of God are sweet, page 257.
Grace to be judged by the value not quantity of it, p. 291.
True Grace growes stronger by oppositions, page 303.
A sure argument that wee are in the state of Grace, page 304.
Our state in Grace may bee knowne by our relish to the Word, p. 392, 393, 394.
Grace though small in the beginning yet is still growing, page 422.
Error of Papists touching the efficacy of Grace in congruity, p. 423.
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Heart.
Heart gracious is p…ivie to its owne grace and sincerity when it is in a right temper, page 24. Hearts to approove them to Christ, page 57, 58.
Heart what meant by it page 105.
A Christian is what his heart is, p. 114.
Heart differenceth a sound Christian from an Hypocrite, p. 115.
Heart of a Christian is the house and temple of God. p 150.
Hearts, how to know whether Christ dwells in them, page 150, 151.
Heresies.
Ancient Heresies revived in the Church, p. 95.
Hearing.
Our state in grace may bee knowne by our spirituall taste in Hearing Gods word, p. 130, 131.
Heavenly.
Heavenly things how to bee brought to relish them, p. 221, 222, &c.
Husband.
Husband none of the Church but Christ, p. 49.
Hypocrisie.
Hypocrisie man naturally prone too, page 217.
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Infirmities.
Infirmities ought not to discourage us, page 270, 480.
Our Infirmities should make us to prise Christ, page 368.
Imperfections.
Imperfections hinder not the acceptance of performances if we be sensible and ashamed of them, page 25.
Imputations.
What we must doe when false imputations are laid upon us, page 301, 302.
Comfort against false imputations, page 382.
Innocent.
Innocent the third, the first that challenged the title of husband of the Church, page 49.
Injuries.
Injuries how farre we may be sensible of them, page 303.
Inventions.
Multiplication of humane Inventions in the Church made Auststin complaine that the condition of the Iewes was better then theirs, page 93.
Iustification.
There is a necessary connection betweene Iustification and Sanctification page 468, 469.
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Knowledge.
Knowledge a meanes to keepe the soule in a waking temper, pa. 119, 120.
Knocking.
How is Christ said to knocke at our hearts, p. 140, &c.
Why Christ knocks when he hath power to open to himselfe, page 147, &c.
Christs knocking is specially by the ministery of the Word, page 161.
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Lawfull.
In the use of Lawfull things we are especially to be watchfull over our selves, p. 124.
Life.
Life of a Christian should be a continuall communion with Christ, page 209.
Love.
All Loves scattered in relations are united in Christ, pag. 170.
Church Christs Love and why, page 171, &c.
No saving Love out of the Church, page 174.
Love of Christ to the Church is free, tender and invincible, p. 175.
Love to Christ will set us a worke to glorifie God page 177.
Love of Christ to us how knowne, p. 178, &c.
No Love comparable to Christs love p. 184.
Love of Christians to be confined only to Christ, p. 202, 203.
Love to Christ will make a Christian passe through all discouragements, page 240.
First Loves ravishment reason of it, p. 289, 374.
Love-sicke to Christ what it is p. 319.
How to know we are sick of Love to Christ, page 311, &c.
Love is ever industrious to set out the praises of her Beloved, pag. 372.
Love is wages to it selfe, page 414.
Love why it descends, p. 444, 445.
Our Love to God how caused, p. 445.
How to have our hearts warmed with Love to God, pa. 445.
Love to other things how it may stand with our love to Christ, page 474.
Love to Christ will enable us to suffer and facilitates duties to us, page 481.
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Marriage.
Resemblances betwixt the temporall and spirituall Marriage, page 48.
Meanes.
Christians are sensible of the Meanes of Salvation they enjoy p. 134.
Outward Meanes without the inward worke of the Spirit will do no good, p 259, 260, 423, 424.
Outward Meanes must not be rested in, page 260.
Vsually God workes with Meanes, p 424.
Meekenesse.
Meekenesse the definition and effects of it, p. 189, 190.
Ministers, See Watchmen. Mortification.
Two especiall waies of M…rtification, p. 3.
Ministery.
The woefull estate of those that despise the voice of Christ in the Ministry, p. 161, 162.
Ministery of the Word setting forth Christs excellencies to be in love with it, p. 428.
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Objections.
All Objections a sinnefull soule can frame against it selfe answered, page 153.
Omission.
Sins of Omission bring griefe and shame, p. 264.
Sinnes of Omission not to bee fleighted, p. 265.
Old-age.
Folly of delaying to seeke Christ till Old-age, p. 365.
Ordinances.
All Christs Ordinances are sweet and lovely, p. 384.
Those who hate and hinder the Ordinances of Christ are his enemies, p. 385.
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Patience.
Patience of God to us should make us patiently endure his corrections, p. 169.
Persecuted.
The Church hath been alwaies Persecuted by pretenders of Religion, p. 301.
Persecuted side not alwaies the best, p. 301.
Popery.
Popery crept into the Church by degrees and under glorious pretences, p. 93, 94.
Christ why so sleighted in Popery, page 366.
Papists.
Papists objection, how shal we know that the word of God is the word of God, answered, page 132.
Papists error touching the efficacy of grace in congruity, p. 423.
Prayer.
Order of Gods hearing his Church in Prayer, page 31.
How God prepares our hearts to Prayer, and then heares us, page 31, 32.
Our Prayers why heard of God, page 32, &c.
Christians when they have no friend to goe too, yet alwayes have a God to Pray too, p. 34.
Prayer to be used of Christians, page 34.
Spirit of Prayer lost is the greatest losse of all, page 35.
Cases wherein one is unfit to Pray, page 35, &c.
How Christians crosse their owne Prayers, page 234, 235.
Prayers, how to know God heares them, page 37, 287.
Best of Gods children cannot sometimes Pray as they would, page 308, 309.
Prayers of others are to be desired, page 309.
Presence.
Christ vouchsafes his gracious presence to his children upon their desire of it, page 38.
Presence of Christ, how to know we enjoy it, page 40.
Presence of Christ is an Heaven on Earth to Christians, page 41.
Having the presence of Christ wee need feare nothing, page 42.
Want of the presence of Christ casts do who a true child of God page 277, &c.
All presence of Christ shund by a carnall man, page 277, &c.
Not to be discouraged though wee feele not the presence of Christ, pa. 282.
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Questions.
Questions breed knowledge, pa. 341.
Gifts of others to bee improoved by Questions, page 314, 342.
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Rejoyce.
Christians are alwayes to Rejoyce, p. 72.
Religion.
Exercises of Religion discontinued causeth Christ to withdraw himselfe from a christian soule, pa. 137.
Exercises of Religion how to attaine a spirituall relish of them so that we do not loath them and put them off with excuses, page 222, &c.
Folly of those which fetch excuses from things of this life to keep them from Religion, p. 229.
Young men are to inure themselves to the exercises of Religion, p. 230, 231,
Religion to be adorned for the bringing in of others, page 342, 343.
To justifie our own and others paines in the exercises of Religion we must oft thinke of the excellencies of Christ, p. 416, &c.
Resolution.
Resolution is required in spirituall courses, page 224.
Resolution, help… to attaine to it, page 224, 225, &c.
Righteo…snesse.
Righteousnesse of Christ how made ours, page 197, 198.
Righteousnesse of Christ perfectly to be trusted too, p, 398, 399,
S
Saints.
Saints stability proved, p. 186.
Satan.
Satan accusations how to answer them, p. 458.
Sanctification.
Sanctification a strong motive to it, p. 35.
Security, See Sleepe.
Security brings sorrowes page 268.
Seeke.
How they that seek shall find, page 290.
Sinne.
Sinne should not discourage us Christ being made our Husband, page 50.
Small Sinnes a griefe to gratious Christians, page 86.
Sinnes of the Church make not Christ take the advantage altogether to leave his Church, p. 138.
Sinne gri…ved for ought not to discourage us, page 176.
Si…s of omission bring griefe and shame, page 264.
Sinnes of omission not to bee sleighted, page 265.
Our Sinnes should not hinder our comming to Christ, pa. 358.
Our Sinnes rightly apprehended will make us highly valew Christ, p 401, 402.
How to answer Satans temptations to Sinne, p. 463.
Sinners.
Sinners weake not refused by Christ, p. 138, 139.
Sinners how they may be said to be holy and cleane, page 198, 199.
Sleepe.
What meant by the Sleepe of the Church, page 88
Sleepe spirituall resembled to bodily, page 88, &c.
Sleepe spirituall resembled to bodily in the causes, page 90, &c.
Sleep spirituall resembled to bodily in the effects of it, p. 90, &c.
Sleepe spirituall resembled to bodily in the dangers of it, page 91, 92.
Best prone to Sleepe, page 94.
Civill Sleepe of the state what it is, p. 95.
Civill Sleepe a punishment of spirituall, p. 95.
Sleepy state the signes of it, pa. 96, &c.
Sleepinesse motives against it, p. 99.
Sleepy secure estate the danger of it, p. 99.
Sleepinesse makes us loose our grace in a great measure and the sense and comfort of it altogether, p. 100.
Sleepines brings crosses on us, p. 100, 101.
Sleepy temper odious to God, p. 101.
In the Sleepy estate of Christians what good is retained by them, p. 108, 109, &c.
Difference between the Sleep of a Christian and dead sleepe of carnall men, page 134, 135.
Spirit.
Spirit of God in what respects compared to wind, p 9, &c.
In what respects we need the Spirits blowing upon us. p. 12, 13.
The Spirit is a meanes to preserve our soules in a waking temper, p. 118, 119.
Spirit of God to make us spirituall to bee prayed for, p. 237, 238.
Spirituall.
In Spirituall things there is no envy, p. 344, 430.
Spouse.
Spouse of Christ is the Church, p. 47.
Spouse of Christ none by nature, page 49.
How to know wee are the Spouse of Christ, p. 52.
Direction for such who are not the Spouse of Christ, p. 53.
Spouse of Christ her excellent condition, page 54.
Necessity of having Christ for our Spouse, page 54.
Weake as well as strong Christians the Spouse of Christ, p 470.
Stability.
Stability of Saints prooved, page 186.
Soule.
Soules immortality prooved, page 186.
Soule a precious thing, p. 294.
Sufferings.
Sufferings of Christ in himself, page 167.
Sufferings of Christ in his Ministers, page 167.
Our Suffering for Christ is a testimony of o…r love to him, page 401, 402.
The reason of the Churches and particular Christians Sufferings, page 459, 460.
Suffer.
Love to Christ will enable us to suffer with cheerefulnesse, p. 481.
T
Times.
Times the worse they are the better we ought to be, p, 212.
Truth.
There is an antipathy in our nature to divine truths, p. 394.
V
Vaile.
Vaile of the Church, what meant by it, page 296.
How the Vaile of the Church is taken away by false Watchmen, page 296.
Vnderstanding.
Vnderstanding not to be defiled with error, page 51.
…
How the Church is said to bee …, page 196, …
Vnworthinesse.
Our Vnworthinesse ought not to hinder our comming to Christ, page 78.
Voice.
Voice of Christ is knowne of a Christian even in a sleepy estate, pag. 130.
W
Waking.
Waking condition how to bee preserved in it, pag. 116, &c.
A Waking state is a blessed state, pag. 116.
Waking Christian his excellency, pag. 125.
Want.
We ought to be sensible of our spirituall Wants, page 74.
Christ will not suffer his to Want, pag. 434, 458.
Watchmen.
Watchmen why used of God, pag. 293.
Every man is a Watchm…n to himselfe, pag. 294.
How the Church was wounded by Watchmen page 295.
Watchmen of the Church why they become wounders of it, page 29…, 297.
Waite.
That we ought to waite Gods leisure, page 158, 439.
After all our seeking there must be waiting, page 442.
Wayes.
Waies of God ought to be justified of us by sound reasons, page 226, 227.
Waies of Christ are all constant and firme, pag. 390.
Wicked.
Wicked men how said to bee Cedars, page 391.
Wicked men compared to thorns, p. 433.
Wickednesse.
Wickednesse never wanted pretexts, p. 219.
World.
Plodding upon the world takes away our desire of heavenly things, p. 74.
Worldlings.
Worldlings excuses to keepe them from Christ, answered, p. 213, &c.
Word.
Papists objection, how to know that the Word is the Word of God, answered, p. 132.
Why so many apostatize under the Word, p. 133, 134.
When Christs Word is entertained, Christ himselfe is entertained, p. 154, 155.
The woefull estate of those that obey not the Ministery of the VVord, p. 161, 162.
Our state in grace may be discerned by our relish to the Word, p. 392, 393, 394.
VVord of God though for the present it be not eff…ctuall to us yet at one time or other it will, page 273, 274.
We ought to be in love with the Ministery of the VVord, because therein the excellencies of Christ are set foorth, page 428.
FINIS.
End of the text · Richard Sibbes, Bowels Opened (1639)