Christs Victory Over the Dragon, Index – Errata
AN ALPHABETICALL Table of the chiefe things contained in the foregoing EXPOSITION.
A
Accusations of the godly, in things true and false. pag. 553
The godly lye open to all maner of false accusation and why, 561
False accusation the nearest and expressest image of the diuell, 571
Disswasions …rom it, 577 How to fence our selues against it, 582
Accusers of the godly shall one day hauehave their mouths stopped, 588
Actions that are good, studiously hindred by Satan, 157
Blemished two waies, 161 Affect men differently, as they differ in good or euill, 673
Afflictions of the Church may be long and grieuous, 325
how long and short too, 326
Agreement of disagreeing enemies, against the Church, 130
Angells …ignifie any seruants & souldiers of Christ, 342
Resemble them, 347
What the good Angells doe for the children of God, 345
Antichrist arising is the great wrath of the dragon, demonstrated, 693
By what stayres he arose, 739
Time of his reigne … cording to Papists, confuted, 786
His warres come of the dragons wrath, Reas. 828
Antichristianisme, an vniuersall heresie, 699
Worse then temporall enemies, three waies, 700
Effects of it far worse, 703
Apologie for our innocency, needfull, 586
Armo… of God, taken frō us, or turned against us, 171
Assaults and stratage…s of Satan against the Saints, 168
B
Be busy more and more for grace & goodnes, reas. 726
Beast, that Antichrist, noted and described, 820
Beginning of good: watched by Satan, to hinder it, 248
Benefits of receiuing Christ and his truth, 688
Birth of children in nature and grace, how they are alike, 92
The spirituall farr better then the naturall, 97
Appeares in fiue things, 110
Effected with paine, foure reasons, 118
Hinderances of the new birth, 120
Resolue to goe through all, 124. motiues, 125
Body of Christ, threefold, 300
Blood of Christ, how we ouercome by it, 605
How all our enemies are ouercome by it, 606
Answers all obiections for us, 607
Bootlesse to struggle against the truth, or Church, 782
Brethren, seuerall sorts, 554
All brethren, that professe Christ, and how, 555
Mockers & enemies taxed, 559
Brotherly louelove commended to Christians, 557
motiues, ibid.
Objectiōs answered, 558
Conditions of it, 559
C
Callings, generall and speciall, disordered, 174
Censure not eueryevery one that is accursed, 568
Christ: cleaue to him, in person, affection, affliction, 19
Depend on him for direction, protection, prouision, 20
Honour him, 22
Please him, six waies, 23
More excellent then the world, and so esteemed of the godly, 68
Receiued into us, how, 455
Church: six priuiledges of it, as Christs Spouse, 25
What her crowne is, 77
How it continues, 78
How on her head, 79
See more, 219
A fruitfull mother of children vntounto God, 95
Mother-church, which, 98
Popish notes, disproued, 99
Fiue true notes, auowed, 104
Markes of true children of the Church, 110
Sorts of them, 4. 271
Safe euer by the saluation of God, 508
Not alway glorious, but alway safe, 768
In hardest times, assuredly fed and prouided for, 777
Comming of Christ expells Satan, 444
Why, and how, 446
Conclusions about the churches visibilitie. 297
Consolation in the great power of Christ, 538
Conversion: casts out eueryevery deuill, why and how, 471
Courage necessarie for great
performances, 279
Motiues to it, 280
Meanes, 281
Crowne of Christ: set & hold it on his head, 222
Crowne & Princedome of Satan, what, how, wherein: 200
Cruelty in the deuill and his instruments, 142
Whence, and why permitted, 144
D
Dangers, what to doe in them 812
Dayes put for yeares, 321
Death of Christ, how necessary, 537
Deceiue the world how, 411
Delight in earth, discouered to be predominant, foure notes, 13
Desart, what in this Chapter, 292
Despaire not of the worst, 452
Despise life and all for Christ, why and how, 624
Meditations and practises, 632
Differences of Gods working, and Satan, in the same action, 733
Disgrace put vponupon good actions, 162
Disloyalty taught by Popish religion, 533
Diuell called a dragon in foure respects, 127
So are also his instruments, 128
Why comprised here in the name of one dragon, 128. 129
Notes of him cast out, 431
Motiues to cast him out, 454
Meanes, 455
Dragon: embleme of persecuting Princes, why, 129
Defeated many wayes, 242
Meanes to ouercome him, 736
Not cast out till Christ & his Gospell come, 425
Ouercome, not onelyonly by Christ, but by Christians, 599
Dominion exercised among wicked men only, 439
E
Eagles wings, what they are, 758
Ease in our Christian profession, not comfortable, 339
End of magistracy, what, and wherein, 289
Enemies of Christ, who, 530
Enemies of the godly hauehave foure chiefe sinnes in their oppositions, 566
Enemies of the Church shall be finally destroyed foure reasons: 390
Enemies spirituall ouercome by the power of Christ in us: 550
Enterprise of wicked enemies bootlesse, 465
Entertaine Christ & his truth: motiues, meanes, letts, 686
Euili actions, how by Satan put forward, 166
Exorcisme, to dispossesse a diuell: 449
Expect floods of opposition and persecution: 804
F
Faith our victory, how, 606
Faiths power, wherein bewrayed, 548
False feares, what mischiefe to the Christian combatant, 178
Families: how the deuill is cast out of them, 258
Fence against the deuill, how, 407
Fidelitie to God and the Church, requisite, exemplified: 7. 8
Fight against Christ. how the wicked doe so, 357
Notes of them, 362
Flight of Satan, sometimes fained, 175
Flight of the Church, what, when, how: 752
How from the face of the dragon: 766
Floods of waters signifie afflictions, and why: 793
Out of the dragons mouth, three sorts of them: 795
Fly in persecution, when lawfull, and not lawfull: 619. 765
Food for the soule, what, and how certaine, 781
Friendship pretended to deceiue, 153
Frustrate & Fruitlesse, how good things are made to be, 164
G
Garment: of Saints is Christ, for necessity, ornament, distinction: 39
Better then the other in fiue respects, 42
How put on, 43
Motiues to put it on, 46
and that continually, 49
Expresse the shining of it, 50
Not disgrace it on others 52
Keepe it cleane, why, how, and who offend, 54
God saueth his Church by meanes, though he could without them, 759
giues sufficient meanes, 760
Godlinesse: wherein the power of it is seene, 549
Good gifts, how giuen to euill men, 149
Great aduersaries of the Church, 136
Great helps against them 138
Great encouragements likewise, 140
H
Happinesse of Christians cannot be preuented, nor discontinued, 30
nor a whit prejudiced by any enemies, 467
Hatred in wicked ones against the good vnknowne, or unseene, fiue Reasons, 824
Hearing of the word, hindred by Satan, 169
Hell: why the deuill is not confined to it, 437
Helpe euer afforded to the Church in the greatest persecutions, Reas. 811
Many times when she least expects it, four Reasons, 814
Heauen: the Church militant so called, 5. and 642
True Christians already in heauen, how: 8
Many therefore no true members of the Church, 12
Heresie more hatefull to the Church, then tyranny, 755
Heresies drunke up of the earth, how, 807
Hornes, what they signify, 186 Horned beasts against the Church, that is, hurtfull men, 188
I
Iesuites and other Papists impudent in false accusations, 574
Impotency of Satan in doing mischiefe, 238
Instances of Satan neare us, or standing before us, 254
Instructions by consideration of Christs power, 542
Instruments of speciall good, fitted of God thereunto, 276
Instruments of the diuel: notes of them, 355
cast out together with himselfe, 460
How, seeing they preuayle so much, 462
Impudent and instant in false accusations, 569
Markes of them, 572
Ioy: none but the godly called to it, and why, 643
Ioy of Heauen must now be expressed, and how that may be, 649
How heauenly & earthly joyes, may stand together, 655
Ioyne all in fight against Satan, 344
Iudgment-day, signes of it, shewed in the comming of Antichrist, 695
K
Keyes: a signe of power, and in Christs hand, 426
Kingdome of God, what, and how it florisheth, 509
Kingdome of Antichrist resembled by Egypt, how. 697
L
Lambe: Christ so called, why, what vse, 603
Lamentable estate of wicked men 352
Law and terrors needfull to the best, 659
Legall and Evangelical keeping of the commandements, 835
conditions of keeping of them, 836
sure coffers to keep them 837
markes of them that keep aright, 837
motiues, 840
Lets of receiving Christ & his truth, 689
Lessons to be learned, of Satan, to redeeme time, 723
Life, how it may be loved, 617
Light skirmishes get the devill great advantages, 176
Love of Christ, which will hold out to the death, foure notes of it, 631
Love the godly unseene, and how, 828
Luther: where the Church was before his time: 303, & 771
Lying signes and wonders, why, 412
M
Magistrates must resemble God in foure things, 286
Manchild: Christ like it, not the same, 261
Constantine, with the like, so called, 266 collectively, reasons, 267
Martyrs overcome the Dragon, and others too, with three qualities, 618
how in suffering they overcome, 622
Meanes to a voide the Dragons wrath, 708
Michael: notes Christ, 341
Ministers: starres in the Church, 81
must resemble starres, how, and wherein, 82
motives to ministeriall duties, 84
dignity, duty, end, and comfort of a good Minister, 122, & 225
must preach woes as well as comforts, 656, reasons, 657
objections remooved, 658 who blame worthy, 663
Ministery, though sharpe, must be endured, motives, 668
Modesty commended. 7
Moone: resembles the world in foure things, 62
must bee kept below Christ, both the best and worst of the world, 65
for five reasons, 66
must bee held with foure cautions, 67
notes of one, whom the world hath overcome, 75
and one that hath the moone under his feet, 77
Mourne to see Gods Kingdome opposed, or not enlarged,
Multitude no sure note of the Church, 414
N
No newes to see the Church goared and persecuted, 193
No calling or condition can secure a good man from opposition, 253
No prevailing against the Church, 365. objections answered, 369
No easie thing to bee a Christian, 627
yet many make such account, foure sorts, 629
Notes of one seduced of the devill, 421
Notes of one lying under the Dragons power, or wrath, 705
Notes of one whose place shall not bee found among Saints, 398
Notes of one prevayling against the Dragon, 377
and of one, in whom the Dragon preuailes, 379
Number of ten implies perfection, 188
Number of true enemies to Antichrist, small, foure reasons, 831
O
Occasions for Satan to take advantage at us, 155
Offence not to be taken at the Apostasie of Ministers or others, 237
Order our desires and conditions, how, 750
P
Patience needfull, 221
Peace, how affirmed of the Church, 333
Persecutor one in all ages, how, what use, 731
Persecution from whom to be expected, 735
inevitable to the Church, why, what use, 736
even by Christian Emperors, twofold, 739
sometimes hindred by earthly occasions, 809
Personall reproofe, necessarie, 666
Popes headship ever withstood, 776
Power of Christ, twofold, 527
his power, as Mediator, superior to all created power, 528
how discerned to be in us, 545
Praise God for the overthrow of the Churches enemies, 477
Objections answered, 478, 479
conditions, meanes, and motives, 485
Preaching, why resisted as it is, 450
who condemne tart
preaching, 665
their sinne, 666
Prepare for adversity, or flight into the wildernes, 304
Prevent it, how, 308
Profanenesse: in preferring the world before Christ, 69
helpes against it, 70
motives, 71
Prosperity of the Church sends it into a wildernesse, how, 293
use it warily, 307
hurts more then persecution, how, why, 340
ill fruits of it, 743
no note of the Church, 737
Profession of religion: practises of it, to cast out Satan, 457
Providence: God feeds his in greatest scarcity, and why, 316
Protectors of the Church: be such, three meanes, 275
Q
Questions of the spirituall combate, two, 254
R
Reinerius the Inquisitors testimony of the Waldenses, 774
Reioyce to see Gods Kingdome of grace prevayle, 510
Reioyce in spirituall conquests, and temporall, 483
Recusants should consider foure things, 710
their pitifull case, 712
Religious courses thought uncomfortable, and why, 648
Repent and get out of security, 675
Repiners at the Churches prosperity, no true Christians, 490 & 513
Revenge on the contempt of the Gospell; instances, 682
Restlesse malice of Satan & his instrumēts, though crost, why, 800
Romish religion cruell, therfore false, 146
Romish Church called a woman, why, 15
no true Church, for that she giveth salvation to others then God, 500
S
Saints on earth have Kingly dignity, and how, 84
must be thankfull, chearfull, and live as Princes, 87
and not lose their crown, what, 90
Salvation: wholy from God, to the Church, and members, 494
give him all the glory, 497
Satan, an enemie to whom 405
cast out by Christ, and his members, how, 424
cannot hinder the birth and rising of excellent instruments, 269
his chiefe aime is, to throw down such instruments, 232
prevent him, 235
pray for such, 236
Seduction, how to be avoyded, 417
Serpent, an embleme of the divell, 403
Sharper assalts are the shorter, why, what use, 720
Sinnes, as signes of wrath toward a Church, 308
Slanders of Papists against the doctrine and life of Protestants, 797
how dryed up of the earth, 808
Souldiers of Christ, why used by him, 343
Subiection to Magistrates, 283
Subtilty of the divell and his instruments, 149
instances, 152
comforts against it, five 184
Superiors instructed to humiliy, moderation, and mercy, 560
Sunne: Christ resembled by it, for affects and effects, 36
but farre better, 36
so admire him, rejoyce in him, bee thankfull for him, imitate him, and walke as beseemes him, foure wayes, 36, &c.
Starres of the Churches fal to the earth, three wayes, 226
yet not all, why, 231
T
Tayle of the Dragon, what, and who, 228
Terror by Christs power for Christs enemies, 530
Testimony: Gods word, how Christs, and ours, 610
why the testimony of Iesus, 841
testifie to the Gospell, foure wayes, 610
motives, 616
Thankes to bee given for clearing our innocencie, 595
how to be expressed. 597
Thrones and rulers are of God, 286
Treason taught among Papists, not Protestants, 285
Tryall of religion, persons, and places, whether for Christ, or no, 429
Time, times, & halfe, what 785
Time of Antichrist short, how, 715
Time of Satans rage in any mischiefe, determinate, why, what use, 718 & 791. foretold, why 784
Turke not so pernicious as Antichrist, 839
V
Valor of Christians in 2 things, 89
Victory: triumph after it, not before, three reasons, 639
who faulty, 640
Visibility and outward splendor no note of the Church, 207. and 294 & 770. objections answered, 299
Visions: kinds, differen. & reas. 3, 4,
Vnhappy are the wicked, while the godly are happie & rejoyce, 671
Vnitie no note of the Church, 132 what unitie to preach, ibid. and practise, 133
W
Waite for deliverance out of trouble and how, 496
Walke wisely as well as warrantably, 182
Watch in prosperitie, with directions, 747
Watch against satan, three rules, 251
Warfare of the Church on earth, 335
Want of temporals: comforts against it, 779
Weapons of Antichrist, spirituall and temporall, 822
Where Christ may not prevail, the devill shall, reas. 679
Wicked men uphold the devills crowne & dignity, described, 105 they cannot safely rejoyce, 645
Wicked companionship to be forsaken, 474
Wildernesse, or sad estate, the estate of the Church, 295
cōfort & contentment in it, 306
Winges of the woman, what, why, whence, 756
Wisedome of the serpent in foure things, 179. meanes to get it five, 182. practise of it, 183
Witnesses: who the two witnesses are, 315
Withstand Satan, sixe rules, 258
Wiues duties to their husb. 18. &c.
Wizzards: no good Christian, that seekes to them, 506
Woe, what note it is, 6…6
Woman: the Church militant so called, 16, 17
Word of God: by it wee overcome spirituall enemies, how, 611
treachery of Papists, disarming us of it, 613. word neglected or despised, leaves wicked sinners, 614
World must not get our affections, conformity, patronage, 14
Y
Youth taxed for slipping their time 723
Z
Zeale & meeknes, how to be tempered in Ministers & others, 661
ERRATA.
Pag. 14. read, it lyeth in wickednesse p. 38. r let the light make us ashamed, p. 75 r. in the full, and all is gone, p. 103. r. personall and doctrinall and they have not the succession of Peter, who have not the faithof Peter, p. 112. r. may well mistrust their conversion, p. 135 r. in Iohns time having command, &c p. 199. r. must not touch Iobs life, p. …74 r. either of their faith or salvation, p. 282. r. meditate often on Gods promises, p. 285 r laudatorie oration, p. 310 r. word of salvation, p. 522. r. Nathan, or Gad, p. 607. r. dead workes. Heb. 9. 14. p. 7…5. r. more easily drawne, p. 803 r. all these happie meanes, p. 837 r. Oh how love I thy Law.
FINIS.
End of the text · Thomas Taylor, Christs Victory Over the Dragon (1633)