Christs Combat and Conquest, Index
THE ALPHABETICALL Index or Table, pointing to the principall points in this Exposition.
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IN Christs lowest Abasement sparkles of Diuinity flie out: sundry instances. pag. 363
Actions brought forward by bad meanes to be supected: sundry instances. 312
Accusers mouthes how to be stopped: foure rules. 30
Against false accusation, 7. rules. 26
Aduersaries must bee ouercome rather with patience then power. 112
Adoption called into question by Sathan for present aduersitie, 5. reasons. 89
Allegories must not bee stucke too fast vntounto. 264
Christs Allegation of Scripture with some addition and change of words, 5. reasons. 338
Angels called Gods Angels, 3. reas. 235
Angells tender keepers of the godly, three reasons. 237
Concerning Angels 3. obseruations. 239
Angels come not in vntounto Christ, before the deuill is gone from him, 4. reas. 401
Angels cannot be in two places at once, why. 402
Angels hauehave bodily shapes by way of 1. description: 2. dispensation. 403
Angels minister vntounto Christ, & how. 409
Christ was more Angry in the last temptation, then in the two former, 4. reasons. 333
Apochryphall bookes not authenticall, 4. reasons. 133
In the Arke were three things kept. 162
Assemblies in the Church of England holy meetings, 4. reas. 166
Auoid, signifieth three things. 332
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BAd causes are thrust on by bad means 4. reas. 311
Behold, signifieth 5. things in Scripture. 4…0
Blame thy selfe sinning more then the deuill. 216
Blessing more desirable then meanes. 138
Blind and bloody battels for the holy land, more for the Popes profit then Gods glorie. 177
Boasters resemble the deuill. 315
To get Bread out of stones, 3. waies. 10…
Gods way to get Bread, contrarie to the deuills in three things. 109
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TO liue out of a lawful calling wicke… 3. reasons. 14…
Calling to be well carried, two rules. 150
Speciall Calling, requires the practise of 4. vertues. 151
Christ was locally carried to the pinnacle, 4. reasons. 190
In Christ, Satan would hauehave cast downe all mankind. 206
Satan would hauehave vsus cast down our selues, why. 215
Causes of God must affect vsus aboue our owne, 5. reasons. 333
Changes here good for vsus, 5. reasons. 395
To be chearefull in trialls, 4 motiues. 15
Chaire of Rome a friuolous pretence. 177
Christ subiect to temptations, notwithstanding his perfection of 1. nature, 2. grace, 3. power. 7
Christ chose to be tempted in the wildernes, 4. reasons. 19
Christs going into the wildernes, no ground for Popish Eremites, 4. reas. 22
Christ would be tempted, 4. reas. 35
Christ by beeing tempted succoureth vsus 4. waies. 36
Christ safer among wilde beasts then wicked men. 44
Christ not so rough with Sathan, as with some wicked men, no or with his owne disciples, 4. reas. 113
Christ reuealeth himselfe onelyonly to such as will make right vse of his knowledge, 4. reas. 116
Christ as able to defend vsus as himselfe, from wilde beasts and deuills. 45
Christs priuiledge aboue all creatures in the ministerie of Angels, 3. reas. 410
Christs combate exemplary as victorious. 243
Christians must be reasonable euen to most vnreasonable aduersaries, 3. reas. 110
Church no competent Iudge of controuersies. 246
Church hath no authoritie ouer Scripture, 4. reas. 247
Church of England not to bee separated from for some corruptions, 4. conclusions. 166
Comforts for weake Christians in temptation, 4. grounds. 7
Circuit of Sathan is the compasse of the earth. 20
Comforts from Christs being tempted, 4. grounds. 37
Comfort of the creatures a greater blessing then the creatures themselues. 139
Comfort in that Sathan cannot ouercome him, who is not willing to be ouercome. 216
Comforts from the custodie of Angels. 238
Comforts of God hid for a time, but a… length shine out vponupon his children, 4. reasons. 404
Bad companie worse then solitarinesse. 23
Comforts when temptations come thicke on vsus, three. 280
Compacts with Satan, 1. open, 2. s…cret. 317. &c.
Meanes to auoid Satans compacts, 5. 320
Conference of Scriptures beateth out the true sense of them: see instances as large. 256
Counsells no competent iudges of controuersies, 4. reas. 249
In the inner court of the Temple were 4. things of note. 161
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DAy of sickenesse and death most … to resist Satans temptations, three reas. 66
Death enters the soule by the windowes of the senses, 4. reas 291
Deuill is not driuen away by holy water, reliques, nor the naming of Iesus. 10 11
Differēce between the louelove of God as God, and of God as a Father 92
Directions for the fortifying of faith, three. 86
Distinction of foreign and foreign: 1 silly: 2▪ ignorant: 3. nouell. 347
Doctors and Fathers no competent Iudges of Scripture, 5. reas. 248
Doing of what God commandeth, not alwaies a signe of true grace, 3. reas. 385
God draweth neere his Saints in trouble. 3. wayes. 94
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EFfects of the spirits assured gouernance in troubles, three. 17
Eminent persons must be so much the more watchfull. 288
Ends and means must be tied together. 277
Equiuocation a Iesuiticall tricke discouered. 233
Three estates Sathan especially would cast men from: 1. of innocencie: 2. regeneration: 3. office in Church or commonwealth. 206
Euill men cleane one to another, because all of them hate Christ. 160
Excellency cannot exempt a man from Satans temptations, 3. reas. 8
How to auoide Satans extremities, three rules. 200
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FAmily-worshippe of God stands in fiue things. 172
Fasting, the kinds, 1. ciuill: 2. religious: 3. miraculous. 47
Fasting of Christ differeth from Popish in 8. things. 49
Christ fasted his fast for 4. causes. 50
Fast of Christ no longer or shorter then forty daies, 5 reasons. 51
Fortie nights of Christs fast expressed, two reasons. 51
Fasting a necessarie Christian duty, 3. reasons. 52
Motiues to fasting, 11. 53
Faith his actions about the meanes of safetie: if present, 3.46. if absent, 3. ibid.
Ouerthrowe of faith the aime of all Satans temptations, 5. reas. 83
Faith must be so much the stronglyer fortified, as Satan more furiously assayleth it. 86.
Faith his excellency in 4. things. 86
The least faith can pray for more. 88
Properties of faith in want of means▪ 3. 98
Faith how it demeaneth it selfe towards the word of Gods prouidence, 3. rules. 145
Faithfulnesse in promises, enforced by fiue reasons. 309
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COmmon Gamesters liue by no word of God. 150
Generallitie of obedience in 4. things. 389
Gifts of G… differ from the deuill in fowre things. 319
Glorie of God must be preferred aboue all the world, 6. reas. 327
Motiues to promote the glorie of God, 5. 350.
To glorifie God in good measure, meanes 4. 331
God glorifieth himselfe in our trialls fowre waies. 396
Glory of the world falsly claimed by Satan, for 1. possession: 2. disposition: 4. reas. 310
God some wayes an actor in euill, no wayes an author. 14
God tempteth man two waies. 30
Godly men shall want no accusation in the world, why. 29
The more God graceth a man, the more Satan seeketh to disgrace him, 3. reas. 3. and 9.
Sixe graces Satan would faine robbe vsus of. 283
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POpish hallowing of water wicked, sixe reasons. 11
Headship of the Pope falsly grounded. 231
Little or no help in iniustice, 3. reas. 147
Christ full of the holy Ghost, how. 39
Holines sweetneth our callings three waies. 151
To hold out in trialls without hast-making, 4. reas. 365
No signe of Gods hatred to be vexed with the deuill, but of the deuills: 4. reas. 193
Christ, able to feede others miraculously, was hungrie himselfe. 59
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SAtan can make grosse Idolatrie seeme a small moate. 316
Ierusalem called holy City, 5. reas. 160
Ierusalem full of corruptions, yet called holy: why. 165
Importunitie of Satan against Christ and his members to drawe them to sinne, 4. reas. 279
Infirmities which Christ tooke vponupon him: which in three propositions. 59
Why Christ took our infirmities, 5. reas. 60
Infirmities of Christ differ from ours in 6. things. 61
Induction to prooue all things subiected to Christs word. 377
Infallible Iudge of controuersies the holy Scriptures, 4 reas. 244
Incompetent iudges of controuersies obtruded by the Church of Rome, 4. 246
Instance of Satan to draw vsus to euill, must make vsus more instant in good. 283
Instances of Sathans false conclusions in matter of faith, 3. of practise, 9. 102.
Instances in 4. kinds of temptations how to vse the word against Satan. 126
Instances of many men, whose obedience is no better then that of deuills. 387
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TO know a man lead by the spirit, three rules. 18
Christ commeth lead of the spirit, Sathan commeth of himselfe. 75
Liberties of religion are better prized in their absence then in their presence. 181
The more light of grace the Lord bestoweth on his children, the more doth the darkenes of the world fight against it. 157
Life of a Christian a continual entercourse of peace and trouble, 4. reas. 391
LoueLove of the world easily maketh a man a prey and spoile of Satan, 5. reas. 299
To pul our hearts from the louelove of the world fiue meanes. 303
Foure other considerations to the same purpose. 301
Lying is the deuills mother-tongue. 100
A looking glasse for lyers. 314
Lying a hatefull sinne, for three reasons. ibid.
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MAgistrates, gouernours not of men onelyonly, but of Christians. 335
Man tempteth God 2. waies, 31. Man tempteth man 3. wayes, ibid. Man tempteth himselfe 2. waies. ibid.
Manner of Christs temptation externall, 4. reas. 74
Not to be present at Masse, with pretence of keeping the heart to God, 5. reas. 351
Meane estate best, 3. reasons. 7
Meanes of f…rtifying faith, 4. 87
Meanes to confirme to a mans selfe his owne adoption, 3. 93
To vse vnlawfull meanes to help our selues diabolicall, 3. reas. 95
Meanes to fence vsus against Satans wicked inferences, 3. 104
Meanes not sufficient to sustaine the life of man, in sixe instances, and 5. reas. 135
Means not to be set aboue their place. 137
Meanes not to be neglected where they are, 3. reas. 138
Better to want meanes then to enioy such as proceed not out of the mouth of God. 153
Means to raise our selues being cast down, fowre. 212
To sinne against meanes fearefull in things 1. spirituall: 2. temporall. 222
Means to partake of the Angels ministery, three. 241
Meanes of nourishing confidence in God, foure. 277
Meekenesse of Christ to Satan himselfe, 5. reas. 111
Ministers must be verie watchfull ouer their people, because of the tempter. 71
Wicked Ministers hinder some comfort, but not all efficacy from the Sacrament. 167
To conceiue of dumbe Ministers, fiue grounds. 168
Modestie in speaking of our selues commended in Christs example. 115
Motiues to auoid slaundering, 5. 27
Motiues to out-stand temptations, 3. 42
Motiues to stirre vp one another to good, fowre. 72
Mountaines about Ierusalem, 7. 289
Mountaine chosen for the third temptation, 3. reas. 285
No mountaines to be wished but Gods holy mountaine. 289
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DIfference of names or numbers, must not make vsus suspect error in the Scripture, but our owne ignorance. 265
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OBiections for Vsury answered, 148
Obiections for Sabath breaking. 149
Cheife Obiections of the separation answered. 167
Obiections to prooue Christ on the pinacle onelyonly in vision, answered. 189
Obiects of senses, 5. warrantable. 294
In opposition of good men and good things, consider 5. things. 158
Ordinances of God not to bee medled with without due respect and reuerence: as 1. word: 2. oath: 3. lots. 175
Conditions of sound Obedience, 4. 385
Cheerefull Obedience, 4. things. 386
Outward things make neither happy nor vnhappie, 4. reasons. 91
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PInacle of the Temple chosen for the second temptation by satan, 4. reasons. 182
No place in the world free from temptation. 20
Places of Gods worship to be reuerently esteemed and vsed. 174
No place longer holy then God and his worship are present. 176
Satan vsually fitteth his temptation to the place, or the place to his temptation, 3. reasons. 182
Places of probable perrill and danger to bee auoided especially, of 4. sorts. 184
Men in highest places are in greatest danger of falling, 3. reasons. 286
The higher the Pinacle a man stands on, the more busie satan is to cast him down. 207
Satan helpeth men vp to the Pinacle onelyonly to cast them downe againe. 210
The Pope puts downe the deuill in boasting. 315▪
Power of Christ vnresistable by all the deuills in hell, 4. reasons. 375
Power of Christ is of his Office and Essence. 375
They differ in 3. things. ibid.
Popes hauehave erred in matters of faith. 25…
8. Markes of the mighty power of Christ in vsus. 380
Power of Christ frustrateth satans greatest aduantages. 193
Power of satan ouer the bodies of men great, God permitting him. 193
Prayers to be made for gouernours especially, why. 288
Presence of God in his word and worshippe maketh places holy, 3. reasons. 164
Satan ordinarily tempteth to presumption, 4. reasons. 200
Most dangerous presumption is in spirituall things, as in 6▪ instances. 203
Presumption in things temporall to bee auoided, in 4. instances. 205
Priuiledge of Gods children because of the Angells. 240
A singular priuiledge of the Church to hauehave so perfect a direction as the Scripture. 134
Priuiledge of the godly to find God sweet to your soules in trialls, or after them, 4. reasons. 406
Properties of such as to whom Christ will reueale himselfe, 3. 119
All promises and threats in Scripture conditionall, although the condition bee not euer expressed. 263
All promises of satan are miserable, foule, and deceitfull, 5. reasons. 304
Promises of God differ from the deuill how. 305
Proffers of Satan all vponupon some wicked condition or other. 316
Miserable men that accept of satans profers, 4. instances. 320
Publike persons must especially watch against 2. things. 6
Publike persons must be aboue other carefull of Gods glory. 335
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QVestion, how could Christ be safe among wilde beasts. 44
How Christ could be hungry beeing able to feed so many miraculously. 59
Why Christ tooke not all infirmities of eueryevery particular man, 3. reasons. 59
Why satan is so restles in tempting, 3. reasons. 70
Whether Christs temptations were in inward motion or externall. 74
Why Christ seeing he could would not turne stones into bread, 5. reasons. 115
How to conceiue the word of God by which he gouerneth and preserues the creatures. 142
Whether S. Matthew or S. Luke, obserue the right order of the temptations seeing they differ. 155
Whether a man may pray or communicate with an euill man, or with a wicked or dumbe minister. 167
Whether a man may heare the word with profit and blessing from a wicked man. 170
Whether Christ was indeed on the pinacle or in vision. 188
How Satan a spirit could carry Christ his body, 5. considerations. 190
Whether Ionathans action, who with his armour-bearer onelyonly set on a whole army of enemies was presumption. 202
Why did not Satan cast downe Christ, but saith, cast thy selfe downe, 3. reas. 212
How satan is said to fill Ananias his heart Act. 5.3. 219
Whether it bee not lawfull to aske a signe. 270
How satan can preuaile to bring men to worship himselfe in stead of God, wayes, and meanes. 322, &c.
Whether we may present our selues at masse thinking to keepe our hearts to God. 351
Whether on no occasion we may be present at masse. 353
Whether the Prophet gaue Naaman leaue to be present at Idolatry. 354
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REasons why our Sauiour would not yeeld to the last temptation, 5. 326
Receiue nothing from the deuills hand, 3. reasons. 319
Redemption free to vsus cost Christ deare. 192
Religion set vp, or held vp by bad meanes is wicked as the Romish. 313
Representations of Satan quicke and short, 3. reasons. 291
Restlesnesse in euill an expresse image of the deuill. 280
Strong Resistance of Satan makes him flie, 4. reasons. 366
Meanes of Resisting Satan, 5. 371
Manner of Resistance in 5. things. 373
Reuerence in Gods worshippe vrged, 6. reasons. 356
Riches must not hauehave our harts, 4. reas. 152
Romish teachers disarming men of the Scriptures, confuted by 5. reasons. 122.
Romish doctrine Idolatrous prooued at large. 345
Rules of resisting Satans temptations, 3. 57
Rules to know when the tempter commeh, 2 77.
Rules to confirme the heart in the louelove of God notwithstanding outward crosses, 3. 92
Rules to fence vsus from vsing vnwarrantable meanes of our good, 4. 97
Rules to auoid seduction by separatists, 4. 171
Rules to vphold our selues when Sathan would cast vsus downe, 3. 110
Rules to try whether a Scripture be wrested, 7. 256
Rules of triall whether our obedience be beyond that of the deuills, 4. 389
Rules to carry our selues free from infection of sin in all places where we come, 3. 187
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SAbbath-breakers cast by Gods word notwithstanding all their pleas. 149
Sacrament may be receiued where open offenders are tollerated. 159
To Sanctifie a mans person, he must set vp Gods worship in his heart. 172
The word Satan vsed by Christ in the last temptation, 4 reason. 332
Satan cannot hinder Gods children of saluation, he may of comfort. 4
Satans mouth may bee stopped, but not his malice. 5
Satan an accuser, 3. reasons. 25
Satan tempteth, 2. wayes. 32
May allure vsus, cannot force vsus. 34
Euer taketh vsus at the weakest, 3. reas. 64
Commeth to a man, 2. wayes. 73
Assayleth the Son of God knowing him so to be, 4. reason. 76
Aimes at 4. things in his 1. temptatiō. 79
In tempting directly opposeth the word of God, 5. reas. 80
Satan the most eminent and dangerous tempter, 4. reasons. 69
Seeketh euer to blemish the good he cannot hinder. 98
Inferreth mischeiuous conclusions vponupon true premisses, 4. reasons. 99
Neuer commeth without some stone or other. 108
Alloweth his seruants stones for bread. 109
Seeketh cheifely to drawe them to sinne who hauehave most meanes against it, 4. reasons. 218
Can tempt, but not force vsus to sinne, 5. reason. 213
His subtilties to bee watched, 6. instances. 198
Can alledge Scripture to thrust forward his wicked purposes, 5. reason. 224
Alledgeth Scripture 3. wayes. 225
Is not content that men sinne, vnles they doe it most sinnefully. 219
In one allegation of Scripture out of Psal 91.11. he hideth 8. faults. 228
Neuer ouercome without resistāce. 374
Scriptures beeing our weapon, we must alwaies hauehave them in readines. 124
Scriptures the hammer of heresies, as in 6. instances. 131
Scriptures how abused to establish errours in doctrine, 5. instances. 231. in practise in many. 234
Scriptures no dumbe, but a speaking Iudge. 245
Scriptures conferred in paralel places. 258
Scriptures collated in vnlike places, and reconciled, in 25. instances. 259
Scripture most aptly alledged by Christ. 268
Some Scripturs fitter for som… to meditate on, then others. 268
Security must bee watched against, after temptation foyled, 5. reas. 279
Senses must be diligently kept, and 4. rules for the right ordering of them. 293
Seruice of God must bee ruled wholly by God, for 1. matter, 2. manner, 3. ende. 360
Seruice of God twofold, 1. Legall, 2. Euangelicall. 358
Of Seruice Euangelicall, 3. conditions. 359.
Seruice of God must be chearefull, 3. reasons. 361
Markes of a good Seruant of God, 5. 362
Meanes to bee preserued from the seruice of Satan, 5. 325
A signe may be asked in 4. cases. 270
Fiue vaine ends of asking a signe. 271
Three sinnes aboue other, make men most like the deuiil. 281
Sinnes of Ierusalem, the sinnes of England, 5. instances. 178
Sinnes of this age fearefully aggrauated by our meanes of grace. 221
Soule liueth by Gods word, 4. wayes. 139.
Solitary places fittest for temptation, 2. reason. 21
Direction for solitarinesse, 4. 24
Spirit of God led Christ into the wildernes, 3. reason. 12
Spirits created of three sorts. 12
Sundry sorts of men snared by Satan, in seeking vnlawfull courses to helpe themselues. 96
To turne Stones into bread an ordinary temptation. How and wherein. 105
Sundry sorts of men to whom Christ neuer reuealeth himselfe. 118
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TEmple of Ierusalem described, with the seuerall Courts, and their contents. 161
Temptation not a signe of Gods hatred, but of the deuills. 9
Temptations all of them appointed and lilimited by God, 2. reas. 13
It was not against the holines or power of Christ to be tempted. 32
Christ beeing tempted was without sinne, how in 3. grounds. 32
Of Temptions, 3. degrees. 33
Greatest temptation not to bee tempted. 34
Temptations manfully to be resisted, 3. motiues. 37
Beeing tempted looke vp to Christ tempted, for 1. saluation, 2. imitation. 38
By lesser Temptations Satan makes away to greater, 4. reasons. 59
Where satan begins Temptation, wee must beginne resistance. 57
To Tempt any to euill a fearefull sin. 72
The first Temptation of Christ, was not to gluttony, as Papists, 2. reas. 79
No Temptation, no faith. 86
8. Things slily couched in the 1. Temptation. 105
In the second temptation Satan aimeth at 5. things. 195
Satan tempting seeketh to bring men to extreames, 5. reas. 197
Sathan can tempt and perswade, but not force vsus to sinne, 5. reas 213
Temptations armed with Scripture most dangerous. 231
Men tempt God, in 1. iudgement: 2. affection: 3. actions. 269
God actually tempted, 4. waies. 272
To tempt God dangerous, 4. reas. 273
Fiue sorts of tempters of God. 274
How men tempt God in matters, 1. of soule, 275. 2. of body: three waies. 276
Tempters of themselues, as if there were no Tempter. 70
Christ abideth the whole temptation to the end, 4. reas. 364
God suffereth his children to be vexed with long and strong temptations. 3. reas. 368
Gods children shall out stand all temptations. 4. reas. 366
A sober vse of humane testimonies in Sermons not vnlawfull. 252
Men thrust from God by Satan. 325
God hath sundry waies threatned this land of late yeares. 397
Greatest trialls of the godly cannot make them vnhappy, 4. reas. 407
To try spirits alledging Scripture 4. rules. 225
Holy times, as the Sabbath not to bee profaned. 176
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VNiust getting of earthly things accursed 3. waies. 145
All the voice of Satan is, Cast thy selfe downe. 217
Vsurers liue not by Gods word, but against it. 147
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TO watch ouer our weakenesse, fiue notable rules. 66
Fiue sorts of persons faile in the watch ouer their senses. 238
Many warnings of God to Ierusalem and England. 180, &c.
Wilde beasts why Christ was with them, 4. reas. 43
Wealth becomes ours and rightly vsed 4. wayes. 152
God neuer brings his children into the wildernes of temptation but first fits them with sufficient grace, 4. reas. 39
Will of man mooued two waies. 214
A principall wile of Sathan to ouerthrowe men by Scripture, 4. reas. 250
Witches and seekers to them condemned, 3. reas. 97
Wicked men by no meanes lay aside their malice to Gods children, 4. reas. 156
Wicked men are loath to be compared to the deuill, but are sometimes worse. 159
Word written a principall weapon of the Christian souldier, 5. reas. 120
Word is then vsed aright, when temptations are cut off by it, 3. reasons. 126
The Word cutteth off temptations to despaire in 6. instances. 127. to presumption, in 8. instances. 128. to pride in 5. instances. 129. to iniustice, 6. instances. 130
OnelyOnly Gods word, but eueryevery word of God preserueth the life of man, 4. reas. 139
Word of God sustaineth vsus, 1. aboue all meanes, 3. wayes. 140. 2. without all meanes. 141. 3. against all means. 141
Word of God made the aire light without the Sunne, and the earth fruitfull without raine. 143
Word of God from an euill man, may bee heard with blessing to a good man, foure reas. 170
To heare or reade the word religiously, foure rules. 227
Satan sieldome so good as his word, 3. reas. 306
Worshippe is twofold, 1. Ciuill: 2. Diuine: both of them two-fold. 340
Worship ciuill, and religious differ in fiue things. 342
Worship Ciuill, is grounded in Diuine. 343
Worship religious due to God onelyonly, 5. reas. 344
Sixe meanes by which Satan preuaileth to set vp the worship of himselfe. 324
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