Light from Heaven, Table of contents
THE TABLE.
A
Abasement.
GReatnesse of Christs abasement,
part. 1. pag. 57
His Godhead appeared in it,
1, 73 203
Abasement sanctified, whence,
2, 101
Considerations to abase us,
2, 130
Adam.
Adams sinne what,
1, 154
Redemption exceeds our estate in Adam,
1, 223
Adoption.
Adoption by Christ,
2, 20
Affections.
Affections why planted in man,
1, 49
See mystery, and Gospell.
Affliction, afflicted.
Afflictions conforme us to Christ,
1, 82▪ 2, 95
Christ works in the afflictions of his Church,
1, 83
How Christ rules in afflictions,
1, 183
Church afflicted why,
1, 186
God appeares in the night of afflictions,
1, 205
To whom afflictions are sanctified,
1, 276
See Angels.
All.
In necessity we must give to all,
2, 74
Angels.
Angels, not to enuy them,
1, 76
Angels knew the incarnation of Christ before hand,
1, 95
The office of Angels,
Ibid.
Angels attendance, whence it is,
1, 101
Why Angels appeare not now,
1, 102
Comfort in afflictions from their attendance,
1, 103
Communion with Angels,
1, 104
Conflict betweene good and evill Angels,
Ibid.
Not to grieve the Angels,
1, 105
Wherein wee are advanced above Angels,
1, 106
Good motions stirred in us by Angels,
1, 108
Why God useth the ministery of Angels,
1, 107, 208
Angels our enemies when,
1, 109
Angels description,
1, 111
Angels office double,
1, 112
Guard of Angels comfortable,
1, 207
Christs poverty not for Angels,
2, 17
See Host, & Church.
Application.
Meanes of Popish application ridiculous,
1, 141
Application necessary,
1, 268
See Faith, & Preaching.
Apostacie.
Apostacie, the ground of it,
2, 112
Apostle.
Apostles, their priviledge,
1, 125
Ascension.
Circumstances of Christs ascension,
1, 168
Ascension of Christ a mystery,
1, 170
Assurance.
Assurance no enemy to good works,
2, 58
Attributes.
Attributes of God in Christ,
1, 221
B
Begger.
CHrist was no begger, when he was on earth,
1, 15
Beginning.
Christ a Mediatour from the beginning,
2, 8
Believed.
Christ believed on how,
1, 145
Encouragements to believe, from Christ,
1, 154
Blessings.
Blessings how to be valued,
2, 50
We defile our selves in blessings,
2, 101
Body.
The same body that suffers shall bee glorified,
1, 187
Boldnesse.
Boldnesse to God, the ground of it,
1, 64
Boldnesse of spirit an evidence of peace,
1, 264
C
Care.
GOd hath a care of his,
2, 88
Instances of Gods care,
2, 89
Catholique.
What to be accounted catholique,
1, 47
Chearefull.
We must do good to others chearefully.
2, 70
Cherubin.
Cherubins, what they signifie,
1, 99
Christ.
Christ the scope of the Scriptures,
1, 50
Christ when conceived in the heart,
1, 69
Motives to get into Christ,
1, 109
No entercourse with God without Christ,
1, 259
Gods love onelyonly in Christ,
1, 286
And why,
286
Misery of men out of Christ,
Ibid.
How to be thankfull to Christ,
2, 31
A Christian hath all from Christ,
2, 129
See Mystery, Mercy-seat, Preaching, Faith, Peace.
Christian.
True Christian who,
1, 6
Church.
Angels attend on the Church,
1, 211
Greatest sinnes committed in the Church,
1, 231
Church of God will be after us,
2, 85
Civill.
Civill men who,
1, 91
Comfort.
To comfort others, an Angelicall worke,
1, 210
Gods love in Christ ground of comfort,
1, 287
See Time.
Conformity.
Conformity to Christ, wherein,
1, 179
Conscience.
Comfort when conscience is awaked,
1, 60
What to do in trouble of conscience,
1, 61
Constant.
Good works must be done constantly,
2, 73
Contraries.
A Christians estate in contraries,
2, 30
Controversie.
Godlinesse a mystery without controversie,
1, 42
Covenant.
Covenant renewed to maintaine peace,
1, 269
Covenant of grace,
1, 283
Courage.
Ground of courage in Christs cause,
1, 188
Crosse.
See humble.
D
Death.
COnfidence in death,
1, 277
Comfort after death,
1, 278
Comfort before death,
2, 72
Comfort in death,
2, 77
Trouble in death whence,
Ibid.
To trust God with our soules in death,
2, 147
Debt.
Our debts discharged by Christ,
2, 18
Delight.
Delight in God, how wrought,
1, 289
Despaire.
Comfort against despaire,
1, 58, 145, 2, 54
Difference.
Difference of people,
2, 83
Diligence.
Diligence to know Christs grace,
2, 56
Discretion.
Discretion in almes-giving,
2, 74
Disgrace.
Comfort in disgrace,
1, 80
Doubting.
Doubting, the cause of it,
2, 57
Earth.
HOw to glorifie God on earth,
1, 216
Why the Angels wish peace on earth,
1, 261
Enemy.
Gods enemies must be ours,
1, 264
Envie.
Nature of Angels without envy,
1, 213
See Angels.
Esteeme.
From what ground to esteeme our selves,
2, 37
Evill.
Freedome from evill by Christ,
2, 25
Example.
Example forcible,
2, 5
Example of Christ should move us,
2, 62
How to profit by Christs example,
2, 63
Motives to follow Christs example,
2, 66
Excellency.
Excellency of people what,
1, 136
Experience.
Experience of our miseries in Christ,
1, 53
F
Faith.
REason must stoope to faith,
1, 22
Faith marries the soule to Christ,
1, 138
Faith the grace of application,
1, 140
Christ the object of faith,
1, 142
What conceit to have of faith,
1, 151
Faith put for all graces,
1, 153
Trials of faith,
1, 155
Faith to be cherished,
1, 161
Faith in those that do good in their life time,
2, 72
Faith, the nature of it,
2, 135
See Nature.
Fall.
Fals of Gods children why suffered,
1, 230.2, 117
Favour.
How to know we are in Gods favour,
2, 53
Feare.
Faith keepes out base feare,
2, 139
Few.
Gods children few,
2, 86
Flesh.
What meant by Christ manifest in the flesh,
1, 52
Free.
All good by Christ free,
1, 283
Fruitfull.
Fruitfulnesse, whence it is,
2, 112
See Love, and Grace.
G
Gentiles.
GEntiles, what they were,
1, 128
Why they were not called before,
1, 129
Calling of them a mystery,
1, 130
Why they were not called till Christ came,
1, 131
Glory.
Glory what,
1, 165, 217
Whence we have glory,
1, 175
Glory of Christ suspended, why,
1, 185
Angels wished glory in heaven, why,
1, 215
Glory of God our chiefe aime,
1, 218
Glory of God wherein shewed most,
1, 219
Glory of God to Moses, wherein,
1, 224
How to know we glorifie God,
1, 232
Hindrances of Gods glory,
1, 238
How to glorifie God,
1, 243
Riches of glory by Christ,
2, 21
First fruits of glory,
2, 22
See Peace.
God.
God, how a Spirit,
1, 71
Christ, God before he was man,
2, 7
Our Mediatour must bee God, why,
2, 9
Afflictions bring us to God,
2, 100
Godlinesse.
Godlinesse what,
1, 4
Godlinesse. what breeds it,
1, 5
From what reasons we must be godly,
Ibid.
Good.
Christ to be imitated in doing good.
2, 70
Bounty must bee especially to the good,
2, 74
Good-will.
Good-will of God the ground of all good,
1, 282
Gospell.
What our affections and carriage must be to the Gospell,
1, 48
The manner of publishing the Gospell,
1, 119
Double spring of the Gospell,
1, 131
What use to make of the Gospell,
1, 131
Sinnes against the Gospell,
1 134
High esteeme of the Gospell a signe of peace,
1▪ 266
Gospell, why it converts,
2, 64
Grace.
Grace the ground of peace,
1, 280
Christians why poore in grace,
2, 40
Excellency of grace,
2, 41
All our riches from Christs grace,
2, 43, 47
Grace what,
2, 44
Christ the meritorious cause of grace,
2, 47
Foure descents of grace,
2, 48
We are justified by grace,
2, 49
Grace twofold,
Ibid.
Grace of Christ fruitfull,
2, 52
We cannot pray for grace of our selves,
2, 118
Works of grace not to be denied,
2, 127
Two graces alway requisite,
2, 132
See Mystery, and Diligent.
Great.
What makes times and persons great,
1, 36
Christ at the lowest did the greatest works,
1, 75
H
Hate.
MEn by nature hate God,
1, 263
Hatred of sinne a signe of peace with God,
1, 265
Heaven.
See Earth.
Hidden.
Riches of a Christian hidden,
2, 26
Holinesse.
Holinesse enforced from Christs ascension,
1, 190
Host.
Angels called an host, why,
1, 205
Humble. Humility.
Humility to understand Gods mysteries,
1, 28
Humility to improve Christs riches,
2, 41
Crosses should humble us,
1, 102
I
Ignorance.
IGnorance hinders Gods glory,
1, 238
Imputation.
Imputation of Christs righteousnesse a part of our riches,
2, 19
Incarnate.
Second person incarnate, why,
1, 51
Incarnation of Christ the ground of other benefi…s,
1, 218
See wonder.
Independent.
Love of God independent,
1▪ 282
Infirmities.
What infirmities Christ took,
1, 52
Comfort in daily infirmities whence,
1, 177
Infidelity.
Signe of infidelity,
1, 195
Inwardly.
We must do good to others inwardly,
2, 71
Ioy.
Ioy, how to be imployed,
1, 212
Iustifie, Iustified.
Iustified what,
1, 71
Christ justified in spirit how,
1, 75
To whom Christ is justified,
1, 77
Why Christ justified himselfe,
1, 78
Iustification double,
1, 85
How we justifie Christ,
Ibid.
How we j…stifie our profession,
1, 88
To justifie God in our abasement,
2, 97
Spiri…uall poverty in justification,
2, 113
Iudgement.
Gods children suffer sometimes in common judgements,
2, 90
K
Knowledge, Knowne.
WHat knowledge condemns,
1, 49
Grace may be knowne,
2, 55
What knowledge this,
2, 56
God trusted as he is knowne,
2, 134, 148
Knowledge experimentall,
2, 150
L
Ladder.
…Acobs Ladder what it signified,
1, 100
Law.
Law why preached,
1, 118
The Law implied in the Gospell,
1, 119
Liberality.
Christs example should stirre up to liberality,
2, 68
Liberty.
Liberty to the throne of grace,
2, 20
Life.
Life, the end of it what,
1, 247
Love.
Love to men,
1, 251
Love to mans nature,
1, 281
Love of God to us how knowne,
1 288
Love of God how gotten,
1, 291
Love of God fruitfull,
1, 296
Greatnesse of Christs love,
2, 31
M
MArriage.
See Faith.
Mediator. See Beginning.
Meditate.
Order to meditate on Christ,
1, 197
Meditation,
1, 243
Men.
Why the Gospel dispensed by men,
1, 120
See God.
Meritorious.
See Grace.
Mercy, Mercy-seat.
Mercy-seat a type of Christ,
1, 99
Mercy in God answereth all objections,
1, 225
Some thinke their sins greater than Gods mercy,
1, 241
Meditation of Gods mercy a help to glorifie God,
1, 243
Mistake in applying Gods mercy,
1, 293
Mystery.
Mystery what,
1, 8
Mystery in Scripture what,
1, 9
The Gospell a mystery how,
1, 10
Every grace a mystery,
1, 12
All in Christ mysteries.
1, 13
To blesse God for mysteries,
1, 19
How to come to these mysteries,
1, 20
Who teacheth these mysteries,
1, 23
How to know these mysteries,
1, 24
Different carriage of men toward these mysteries,
1, 27
Mystery of iniquity,
1, 32
Popery a mystery of iniquity, how,
1, 33
Why that mystery is suffered,
Ibid.
Godlinesse a great mystery, how,
1, 34
How to be affected with this great mystery,
1, 38
Believing in Christ a mystery, how,
1, 146
See Controversie, and Ascension.
Mysticall.
The Church mysticall,
1, 14
Moses.
See Glory.
Mortification.
Mortification, the ground of it,
1, 193
N
Nativity.
NAtivity of Christ, how to be celebrated,
1, 228
Nature.
Benefit of Christs taking our nature,
1, 54
Not to defile our nature, why,
1, 66
Faith altogether above nature,
1, 150
Necessity.
See All.
O
Obedience.
HOw God tries our obedience,
1, 120
Objection.
How to answer all objections,
1, 59
Offer.
Danger of neglecting Gods offer,
1, 293
Owne.
We must do good to others of our owne ▪
2, 71
Others.
See Speedy, Chearefull, Inwardly, Seasonably, Constantly.
P
Pagans.
PAgans conversion hindred,
1, 135
Passion.
Passion to be avoided in Gods mysteries,
1, 30
Patience.
Ground of patience in suffering,
1, 188
Pawne.
Christians have a rich pawne,
2, 29
Peace.
Peace with God necessary, that we may glorifie him,
1, 251
Peace, whence it comes,
1, 252
Peace, what,
1, 253
Christ our peace,
1, 255
Peace founded in Christ,
1, 256
Peace wrought by Christ, why,
1, 257
How to know we are at peace with God
1, 262
Peace with God workes peace with others,
1, 267
False peace dangerous,
1, 268
Peace how maintained,
1, 269
Motives to peace,
1, 272
Danger of men without peace,
1, 273
Happinesse of men that have peace with God,
1, 276
See Earth, and Grace.
Persecute.
Religion why persecuted,
1, 14
Person.
Faith lookes to Christs person,
1, 143
See Incarnate.
Posterity.
How to provide for posteritie,
2, 76
Power.
Great power to make a Christian,
1, 91
Prayer.
Necessity of prayer,
1, 26
Prayer necessary to maintaine peace,
1 270
Prayer for benefactors,
2, 72
Preach.
To preach what,
1, 116
Necessity of application in preaching,
1, 117
Vse of preaching,
1, 123
Christ profits not but as preached,
1, 125
Christ the object of preaching,
1, 126
Christ preached how,
1, 127
See Law.
Pride.
Grounds against pride,
1, 66
Pride the cause of our fall,
1 22
What takes away the fuell of pride,
2, 99
Predestination.
Providence serves predestination,
1 105
Private.
Private exercise with contempt of publike condemned,
1, 122
Priviledges.
Priviledges, whence to esteeme them,
2, 43
Proclamation.
Proclamations of God and men differ,
1, 139
Profession.
See Iustifie.
Promises.
Christians rich in promises,
2, 28
Promises performed by degrees,
2, 92
Prosperity.
Prosperity, the danger of it,
2, 96
Poore. Poverty.
Christ became poore,
2, 10
Particulars of Christs poverty,
2, 10
Aggravation of Christs poverty,
2, 15
Our owne poverty a part of our riches,
2, 29
Not to despise men for poverty,
2, 34 103
Poverty of spirit how helped,
2, 98
Spirituall poverty what,
2, 107
Degrees of spirituall poverty,
Ibid.
Evidences of this poverty,
2, 109
Necessity of it,
2, 111
Spirituall poverty after conversion,
2 113
Signes of spirituall poverty,
2, 120
To labour for spirituall poverty,
2, 127
How to get spirituall poverty,
2,
This poverty makes us trust in God,
2, 153
See Grace.
Providence.
See Predestination.
Q
Quiet.
HOw faith quiets the soule,
2, 139
Quicken.
Love quickens to duty,
2, 139
R
Reason.
MYsteries of religion above reason,
1, 22
Vse o… reason in religion,
Ibid.
See Faith.
Recreation.
Recreations to be made good use of,
2, 42
Redemption.
Redemption greater than creation,
1, 151, 223
Religion.
How to carrie our selves in religion,
1, 15
Religion not easily learned.
1, 124
See Persecute.
Repentance.
Repentance what,
1, 229
Revelation.
The spirit of revelation to be begged,
1, 246, 295
Rich. Riches.
Christ was rich,
2, 5
Riches what,
2, 6
Christ became poore to make us rich,
2, 18
What riches wee have by Christ,
Ibid.
Abasement of outward riches,
2, 35
Why we want spirituall riches,
2, 38
Christians sometimes know not their riches,
2, 39
How to improve our riches by Christ,
2, 41
S
Sacrament.
CHrist not bodily present in the Sacrament,
1, 174
How to conceive of Christ in the Sacrament,
1, 198
Salvation.
Degrees of dispensation of salvation,
1, 133
Christ a joynt cause of our salvation,
2, 44
Satisfaction.
Satisfaction required in our restoring,
2, 23
Sanctification.
Spirituall poverty in sanctification,
2, 114
Sanctification makes us trust in God,
2, 154
Seasonable.
The good we do to others must be seasonable,
2, 72
Scripture.
Scriptures, why not understood of Iewes,
1, 50
See Christ.
Separation.
There is a separation out of Christ,
1, 253
Sight.
What meant by sight,
1, 93
Sinne.
I Sinne, the greatnesse of it hinders not Gods love,
1, 292
How farre Christ tooke our sinnes,
2, 12
Soule.
Outward things not proportionable to the soule,
2, 36
Speed.
Our good we doe to others must bee with speed,
2, 70
Spirit. Spirituall.
Necessity of depending on the Spirit,
1, 24
The Spirit teacheth to applie truths,
1, 25
Christ by his Spirit overcomes in his Church,
1, 84
Christs bodily absence supplied by the Spirit,
1, 181
Spirit how obtained,
2, 24
Riches of Christians Spirituall,
2, 27
To converse with those that have the Spirit,
2, 65
Spring.
See Gospell.
Staggering.
Staggering in religion, whence,
1, 44
Strictnesse.
Strictnesse of life forced from the Gospell,
2, 61
Studie.
To studie Christ daily,
1, 294
Suffering.
Spirituall poverty in suffering,
2, 119
T
Temptation.
HOw Satan represents God in temptation,
1, 59, 62
Terrible.
God out of Christ terrible,
1, 227
Thankefulnesse.
Thankefulnesse, ground of it,
2, 87
Thankefulnesse, whence it is,
2, 112
Times.
Why God hath some people in the worst times,
2, 83
Comfort against evill times,
2, 91
Trinity.
Whence we have communion with the Trinity,
1, 61
How to thinke of the persons in Trinity,
2, 46
Trouble.
Comfort in trouble whence,
1, 179
Difference of men in trouble,
1, 276
Trust.
God must be trusted in,
2, 135
Trust, what meant by it,
2, 1…6
God how the object of trust,
2, 137
Evidences of trust in God,
Ibid.
How to come to trust in God,
2, 148
Trust to be exercised upon all occasions,
2, 152
Truth.
Truths divine not to be slighted,
1, 24
V
VAlue.
See Blessings.
Vnbeliefe.
Vnbeliefe hinders Gods glory,
1, 239
Vnfruitfulnesse.
Vnfr…fulnesse a sinne against the Gospell,
1, 135
Vnion.
Vnion threefold,
1, 56
Vnion with Christ necessarie,
2, 24
Voluntarie.
Christs abasement voluntarie,
2, 47
W
Want.
COmfort in want,
1, 179
Outward want supplied by Christ,
2, 28
Watchfulnesse.
Watchfulnesse necessary to maintaine peace with God,
1, 269
Weake.
Whence to respect the weake,
1, 101
Wisdome.
Divine truth wisdome,
1, 7
Wonder.
How to cease wondring at worldly things,
1, 40
Christs incarnation a matter of wonder,
1, 65
To learne of the Angels to wonder,
1, 97
World.
What meant by world,
1, 144
For whose sake the world stands,
2, 85
Wrath.
How to oppose Christ to the wrath of God,
1, 62
FINIS.
End of the text · Richard Sibbes, Light from Heaven (1638)