The Doctrine and Use of Repentance, Index
A TABLE CONTAIning the principall things handled in this Booke.
ABſtinence requiſit in the Penitent. Page 64. 90
Ahabs repentance faultie. Page 163
Agreement with a mans ſelfe is very pleaſing. Page 63
Ambroſe and Augustines expoſition of Luk. 15. chap. 7. verſe. Page 178
Angels carrie the ſoules of the godlie into Paradiſe. Page 266
An art may be good, though the Artizan be wicked. Page 338
Attrition. Page 22
B
THe Bodie muſt doe ſeruice vntounto God. Page 63
C
CAre to ſhun ſinne diſcerneable three waies. Page 204. 205. 206
For Chriſt al things are to be left. Page 308
The Church is full of impenitent perſons. Page 33
Ciuil carriage without faith a ſin. Page 179
Confeſſion of ſinne is ioyned with repentance. Page 68. 70
Confeſſion is a part of humiliation. Page 69
No Confeſſion, no pardon. Page 70
Confeſſion to be made to God. Page 70
Confeſſion alſo is either Ciuill, or Eccleſiaſtical; and of both them. Page 70. 71
Confeſſion in the caſe of a perplexed conſcience may be made euen to a Lay-man. Page 72
Popiſh auricular Confeſſion taxed. Page 74. 75
A generall Confeſſion vntounto God may in eaſe be vſed. Page 77
Confeſſion muſt be plaine and free. Page 81. 82. 83
The benefit of ſuch Confeſſion. Page 85
Contrition cannot merit. Page 22. 23
Conuerſion of a ſinner the only mira…cle of the Goſpell now. Page 142
The Couenant of grace is general and perpetuall. Page 191. 192
D
DEath comes well to the penitent. Page 268
Death is good, if life was good. Page 343 344
Defending of our ſelues, the ſecond … ſigne of repentance. Page 207
Two reaſons hereof. Page 209. 210
Deſire, the fifth ſigne or effect of repentance. Page 231
How this Deſire may bee diſcerned. Page 237
Comfort againſt Deſperation. Page 191 192. 193
Deſpaire of a mans owne ſelfe a let to repentance. Page 300
Two reaſons prouing it. Page 301
Deſperation of Gods merciemercy an impediment of repentance. 315. Proued by two reaſons. Page 316. 317
Remedies or Preſeruatiues againſt Deſperation. Page 317. 318. 319
Who is Chriſts Diſciple. Page 166
E
ELect men only doe truly repent. 167. 168. Three reaſons prouing it. Page 169. 170
Election how diſcerned in a man. Page 17…
Elect men are of two ſorts. Page 175
The Elect being vncalled muſt for two cauſes repent. Page 176. 177
All the Elect ſhall be ſaued. Page 176
Epicures repent not truly. Page 258
F
FAith is the ground of repentance: foure reaſons hereof. Page 15. 16
Faith is either ſauing or temporary. Page 17
Faith in nature before repentance, in time together. Page 18. 19
Faith is no part of repentance. Page 21
Faith ought to be got, and kept. Page 26. 27
Without Faith to vſe merciemercy is ſin. Page 47
Faith is the inward inſtrumental cauſe of repentance. Page 150
Feare before faith is ſeruile. Page 20
Feare is a companion of repentance, what it is. Page 50
Feare is the fourth fruit of repentance. Page 224
Feare filiall and ſeruile differ in three reſpects. Page 224
The Feare of many is ſlauiſh. Page 227. 228. 229
How Filiall feare may bee diſcerned. Page 230
Popiſh Faſting reproued. Page 91. 92
Faſting commended. Page 9…
G
GOd alone can reforme the heart. Page 139
God is not like ſome Phyſitians, that will do nothing without a ſee. Page 323
Why God commands things, that man cannot doe. Page …29
Gods glory and Mans good, the finall …e of repentance. 161. Two reaſons prouing it. Page 16…
Gods glory is to bee aimed at in our repenting. 164. And a mans owne good in the ſecond place. Page 165
What growth will proue a mans graces to be true. Page 123
The Goſpell works repentance. Page 142
The Guilt of ſinne is taken away in the regenerate. Page 117
The Guilt of ſinne remaines after the action. Page 172
H
HOw hearers of Gods word ſhuld be qualified. Page 148. 149. 150
Humiliation is ioyned with repentāce. 41. Two reaſons prouing it. Page 43.
Humiliation hindred by certain fond conceits. 44. 45. the way to ſubdue them is ſet downe. Page 46. 47
Humiliation is twofold. Page 48
Inward Humiliation is deſcribed. Page 49
In inward Humiliation is ſhame, forrow, feare. Page 49. 50
Outward Humiliation is either verball, or reall, Page 62.
Outward Humiliation requiſit for three reaſons. Page 63. 64. 67
Inward Humiliatiō is the principal. Page 65
Outward Humiliation may be omitted in ſome caſes. Page 65
Reall Humiliation conſiſts in mourning, abſtinēce & reſtitution. Page 86. 87
Fiue reaſons rendred thereof. Page 89. 90
I
Ignorance an impediment of repentance. Page 33. 293
Two reaſos prouing this to be ſo. Page 295
Why men are ſo ignorant of themſelves. Page 34
Ignorance affected a common ſin. Page 38
The Image of God is not perfited at once. Page 183
Impenitencie a common diſeaſe of this age. Page 310
Sundrie ſorts of Impenitent perſons. Page 153
Indignation the third ſigne of repentance. Page 214
K
KNowledge is the Ruler of true zeale. Page 247. 248
Knowledge of a mans ſelfe is by the Law. Page 39
To the Knowledge of a mans ſelfe three things are requiſite. Page 29
Knowledge muſt be laboured for. Page 298
L
THe Law is a Chriſtians looking glaſſe. Page 39. 40
The ſpirituall ſenſe of the Law muſt be regarded. Page 39
Why ſome lothe the pure preaching of the Law. Page 54
The Law is a preparatiue to repentance. Page 142
LoueLove hath two notable properties. Page 248. 249
M
MEanes of repentance are to bee vſed, though God ſometimes giuegive it without meanes. Page 156 157
Meanes wherefore of God vſed. Page 160
Miniſters ought to exhort and pray for the impenitent, why ſo. Page 131
Mortification deſcribed. Page 104
Mortification is an eſſentiall part of repentance. Page 106
No Mortification, no repentance. Page 107
Motiues to Mortification. Page 111. 112
P
PArts (as alſo Helps) are of two ſorts. Page 103. 104
A true Penitent is carefull to auoid all ſinne. 199. Two reaſons prouing it. Page 201
Why one Penitent perſon was receiued at the laſt houre. Page 344
The Penitent is perſwaded of Gods louelove to him. Page 227
The Penitent diſcernes two things, which he ſaw not before. Page 254
The Penitent will take an holy reuenge of himſelfe. Page 260
The Penitent is fit for death. Page 266
The Penitent need not dread the day of doome. Page 267
Popiſh Penances diſallowed. Page 255
Perſon, and profeſſion of a man muſt be diſtiguiſhed. Page …3…
The Phyſike of the Soule continuall. Page 289
Preaching where wanting, their caſe is fearefull. Page 143
Preaching is a great bleſſing. Page 144
Preaching is much to bee reſpected. Page 146
Preaching ſerues both to beget, and to preſerue. Page 194
Preaching is not like other arts. Page 195
Prayer is the inſtrumentall cauſe of repentance from within. Page 150
Two reaſons prouing Prayer ſo to be. Page 151. 152
Preſumption of Gods merciemercy an impediment of repentance. Page 308
Three reaſons proouing it. Page 309
Helps againſt Preſumption. Page 312. 314
Preſumption the cauſe of perdition. Page 341
Popiſh Purgatorie of no vſe. Page 265
R
REpentance deſeribed. Page 1
Repentance is a turning. Page 1. 2
Repentance is a turning of the whole man from all ſinne. 3. and ſo proued by Scripture. 4. And by two reaſons. Page 5. 8
Fiue ſorts of men miſtaken about Repentance. Page 6. 7
The beſt way to begin Repentance, is to deale with the heart firſt. 9. But the more eaſie courſe is to begin with the life. Page 9. 10
Repenting muſt be dailie. Page 12
Repentance is from a iuſtifying faith. Page 13
Abab. Repentance was from a temporary faith. Page 17
Repentance (as faith) is double. Page 18
Repentance how it is before faith. 18 How after. Page 21
Repentance is not in the ignorant and vnbeleeuers. Page 24
Repentance ariſoth from the knowledge of a mans ſpirituall eſtate. 27 Three reaſons hereof. Page 31. 32
Repentants muſt hauehave ſhame, feare, and ſorrow. 51. Three reaſons thereof. Page 51. 52. 53
The Repentant muſt be an Examiner, an Informer, and a Iudge. Page 78
Repentance may be without teares. Page 95
Repentance hath two parts. Page 104
Repentance is not ſo eaſily made, as is imagined. Page 108
Regeneration deſcribed. Page 113
Where repentance is, there is regeneration: proued by two reaſons. Page 115
Repentants are not perfect. Page 121
The principall efficient of Repentance is God. 125 Proued by two reaſons. Page 127
The Regenerate ſhall not fall away. Page 132. 133. 134
A man cannot repent when hee liſt. Page 134. 137
The outward inſtrumentall cauſe of Repentance is the word. 139. 140 Three reaſons proouing it. Page 141
Why many doe not repent. Page 154
The end of Repentance. Page 161
Diuers kinds of Repenters. Page 167
Remiſſion of ſinnes and Repentance goe together. Page 169
Why Repentāce is preached to the Page 17…
Repentance abſolutely neceſſanie to ſaluation. Page 180
The Regenerate muſt repent. 181 Two reaſons hereof. Page 182
Seuen ſignes or effects of Repentance. Page 197. 198
How Repentance may be knowno to be true. Page 213
Three reaſons ſhewing that Repentance produceth anger at ſin. Page 218
Three reaſons prouing that Repentance makes a man afraid to ſin. Page 22…
Repentance works a ſeruent affect on to God and his word. 233. Two reaſons prouing this. Page 233. 235
Reaſons proouing that Repentance produceth zeale. Page 242. 243. 244
Repentance muſt be with ſpeede, not poſted off. 136. 270. Fiue Reaſons prouing it. Page 271. 272. 273
The Proroguers of Repentance taxed. Page 274
The danger of delaying repētance ſet forth in fiue particulars. Page 281. 282
Repentance muſt be conſtant. Page 285. 291 292 Two reaſons ſhewing it. Page 286 287
The cares and pleaſures of the world a let of Repentance. Page 324
Three Reaſons hereof. Page 327. 328
Repentance hindred by ſcandals. 333 Two reaſons hereof. Page 335
The peaceable ends of ſinners a let to Repentance, as alſo the vnquiet deaths of ſome Repentant Profeſſors. 338. 339. Three reaſons of it. Page 339. 340
Diuers differences betwixt the repentant theefe, and our Adiourners of Repentance. Page 345
No man is reſpected for his perfect repentance, nor reiected for the imperfection of it. Page 348
No reſtitution, no Repentance. Page 90
Shifts againſt Reſtitution remooued. Page 99. 100. 101
Reſtitution how to be made without crazing credit. Page 102
Non-Reſtitution excludes ſaluation. Page 103
Reuenge the ſeuenth ſigne or fruit of Repentance. Page 251. 253
How this Reuenge differs from indignation. Page 252
Reaſons prouing repentance to bring foorth this reuenge. Page 253. 255
Reuenge how it may be taken. Page 259
This life is the onelyonly time of Repentance. Page 262
Two Reaſons prouing it. Page 264
The delaying of Repentance fearefull. Page 269
S
SCandals and their remedies. Page 333 335. 337
Scandals may by God be ſet before a man, and why. Page 338
Searching of a mans ſelfe neceſſarie. Page 79
Search out two things. Page 79. 80
Sinne ſeparated man from God. Page 5
Shame whence it ariſeth. Page 49
No Shame before repentance. Page 51. 52
Sinne why of ſome liked. Page 219
Sinners muſt not be hated, except for ſinne. Page 213
Originall ſinne deſcribed. Page 80
The ſeedes of all ſinnes are in euerie man. Page 80
Stumps of ſinne ſticke in the regenerate. Page 107
Sinne why not wholly ſlaine in this life. Page 117
Sinne willingly committed may bee pardoned. Page 190
Sins iterated hauehave been forgiuen. Page 191
Of Sighes and ſobbing. Page 68
Sorrow for ſinne makes a man defend himſelfe againſt ſin and Satan. Page 207
Sorrow and ioy, how they will ſtand together. Page 287
Sorrow is ioyned with repentance. Page 50. 51. 57
Sorrow for ſinne muſt not bee deemd a melancholike paſſion. Page 55
Sorrow ſhould bee ſutable to a mans ſinnes. Page 58. 59
Whence difference of Sorrow ariſeth. Page 59. 60
Soule-ſicknes is continuall. Page 289
T
TVrning is of foure kinds. Page 3
Turning from one ſinne is made by ſome vntounto another. Page 8
Turning meerely outward may hauehave a benefit. Page 11
Turning is not conſtāt without feare. Page 53
V
VIuification deſcribed. Page 113
Vnworthie man muſt not deſpaire for his vnworthineſſe. Page 323
W
GOds Word ſhould be heard often. Page 196
Why mē louelove the word no better. Page 235
Why ſome cannot abide the word. Page 311
Good works from a corrupt fountaine are ſinnes. Page 46
Whipping vſed of Papiſts taxed. Page 92. 93
Of Weeping for ſinne. Page 95. 96
The World is an enemie to repentance. Page 325
Helps againſt worldly cares. Page 329. 332
Z
ZEale a fruit of repentance. Page 247
Zeale little in the world. Page 244 246
Zealous Proteſtants ſcorned. Page 245
The difference of good & bad Zeale. Page 247
Zeale conſiſts of LoueLove and Sorow. Page 248
Zeale, that is true, how diſcerned. Page 251
FINIS.
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