Commentary on Titus, Table of observations
OTHER PROFITABLE NOTES which besides illustration of Doctrines, lie either in the explication of the sence, or in application of the vses.
RVles to be obserued in changing of mens names, in number three.4
Cases in which a man may forbeare to set his name to his writings, 3. 5
Reasons to stirre vp ministers to diligence, 5. 7
Reasons to stirre them vp to faithfulnesse, 4. 7
Comforts for ministers in their seruice, 4. 8
Priviledges of the Apostle aboue the ordinarie Pastor, 3. 9
Men may be called elect of God 3. waies.11
Difference of sauing faith from all other, 3. 14
Truth of faith discerned by 4. notes.15
Gospel called Truth for three reasons.18
Notes shewing the heart drawn vpward towards heauen, 3. 26
Infallible properties of Christian hope, 8. 28
Reasons why we must freely louelove our brethren, 4. 41
The doctrine of the Gospel called the common faith for 5. reasons.58
Duties to spirituall fathers, 5. 61
Differences of the Apostolicall faith, from the Romish Apostaticall, 4. 63
Letters testimoniall not rashly to be giuen for foure reasons.65
The first person called father for 3 reasons.68
Christ called Lord for 4 causes.68
Men are called Sauiours, 3. waies.69
The wickeds peace crazy in 3. respects.73
The power of the Magistrate and Minister doe differ in three respects.79
Some wants in the Church to be borne with for 3. causes.83
Rules whereby a man may be kept vnreprooueable, 6. 94
Why the Popish Church resisteth the marriage of Ministers, 3. reasons.97
Rules to be obserued in beholding the examples of the Saints, 2. 108
In designing men to offices, the first respect must be had of the place and then of a fit person. reas. 3. 123
Ministers called Gods stewards for 3. causes.124
Faithfulnesse of Ministers standeth in 3. things.125
The wisedome of the Minister standeth in 2. things.126
Such as come neare vntounto God in profession must be carefull to bewtifie it for 3. reasons.130
Great schollers must be taught by meaner then themselues for 3. reasons.132
Meditations to bridle rash anger, 4. 138
Practises to the same purpose. 4. 139
Arrowes of Gods wrath shot against drunkards, 4. 143
Directions to avoid couetousnesse.151
Filthy lucre brought to 3. heads.152
Symptoms of an heart infected with couetousnesse, 4. 156
Meditations to bridle couetous desires. 4. 158
Practises to the same purpose, 3. ibid.
Reasons to be hospitable to strangers, 3. 164
Reasons to be readie to distribute, 4. 166
Meanes of temperance, 2. 180
How some things are difficult in the Scriptures, 3. Rules.192
Rules to know whether we hauehave beene as fit to learne as the word to teach, 3. 195
Notes of him that resisteth the truth, 3. 200
False teachers deceiue mens mindes 4. waies.209
Properties of errour 3. 210
Professors not so well fenced against errour and seducers prooued by 4▪ reasons.211
Sundrie vses of circumcision both Ciuill and Diuine.213
Three sorts of plaine reproouers condemned.216
Popish teachers the right successors of Iewish, prooued by three reasons.217
Why God suffereth seducers in the Church, 2. reasons.228
Seauen witnesses wherby the Lord condemneth the wicked and hypocriticall professors of the Gospel.240
Cautions in vsing humane allegations in sermons, 3. 243
Truth in speach vrged by sundrie reasons.247
Reasons to mooue to diligence in our caling, 4. 254
An honest calling a schoole of Christianitie, 3 reas.255
Reasons against intemperance, 3. 257
Rules of direction against intemperance, 3.ibid.
Ministers must patiently beare a froward people for three reasons.260
To be kept from spirituall sicknesse, three meanes.268
Reasons to vse those meanes, 4. 269
Iewish fables what, and why so called, reasons.272
Rules to preserue vsus from beeing turned from the present truth, 4. 280
Men sanctified in part called pure for 4. reas.282
Reasons to mooue to puritie in heart and life although the world scoffe at it, 5. 284
EueryEvery thing good in the creation 4. wayes.286
All impuritie in the creature commeth two waies.287
A thing in it selfe good or indifferent is spoyled in the doing three wayes.288
A thing good in it selfe is rightly vsed by the presence of 3 vertues.291
No man may vse any of Gods creatures without leaue and thankesgiuing.297
Sundrie rules to discerne how men offend against the 3. former vertues, in 1. meats299
2. Garments.301
3. Riches. 302. 4. Sports.303
A man may not aske more wealth in praier then necessaries, reasons 3. 303
Rules of direction by which a man may comfortably turne himselfe to the vse of any creature.305
Seauen maine differences betweene the godly and the wicked.314
Foure markes of an hypocrite laid downe in the text, and largly prosecuted.320
The hypocrite fitly resembleth a stageplayer from whom he hath his name, in 4 properties.327
Triall of such as professe they know God but doe not, by 4. notes.327
Two sorts of hypocrites.329
Word called wholesome doctrine for sundry causes.333
Duties of hearers of the word prosecuted, 4. 335
Meanes of practise of the former duties.339
Soundnesse of faith standeth in 4. things.348
Soundnesse of LoueLove standeth in 5. things.355
Soundnesse of patience standeth in three things.358
Patience necessarie for eueryevery Christian, but commended specially to old men, for 4. reasons.358
Foure points for women to meditate vponupon.365
False accusing committed foure wayes.367
Rules to auoide the sinne of false accusing, 4. 369
Men yeeld themselues slaues to the creatures 4 waies.371
The husbands dutie towards the wife, wherin it standeth.380
The offices of motherly louelove▪ 4. 382
Meanes of preseruing chastitie.388
Reasons to mooue vsus to the care of not stayning our profession.399
Rules to be obserued that we staine not our holy profession, 6. 402
Reasons moouing young men timely to order their waies, 4. 405
Foure helpes to further young men in the former dutie.407
Reasons to enforce yong men to sobryetie, 4. 410
Meanes of practise of the former grace of sobrietie.411
Reasons to stirre vp the men of God to the care of their liues▪ 4. 415
Means to attaine an vnblameable life.416
Sundrie motiues to seruants to shew all good faithfulnesse.432
The Gospel called the doctrine of grace, 4 reasons.433
The holy doctrine of God adorned 2 waies.434
Maine differences betweene the law and Gospel.437
A man may know whether he receiue the grace of God in vain or no, by three notes.438
How to entertaine the Gospel aright.443
The light vnderunder the Gospel farre clearer then theirs vnderunder the lawe, 4. reas.446
A triall whether we receiue the light by▪ 3. notes.449
Motiues to entertaine the light whilest it is with vsus, 6. 450
Fiue sorts of men that refuse the light.451
Lusts called worldly for two reasons.456
The Commandement is possible to the beleeuers 3 waies.457
Vngodlines is branched into 4 heads.458
Lusts are to be resisted for sundry reas.463
Rules and motiues for the practise of sobrietie, 469. Righteousnes, 471. Piety,473
Hope called a blessed hope, 3. reasons.480
Christ called a mightie God, 3. reas.481
To the true waiting for Christ 3. things required.484
The qualities of the sound expectation of Christ 4. 485
The effects of the same expectation 4. 486
Motiues vntounto it, 4. 489
Circumstances gathered out of the historie that Christs passion was voluntarie, 5. 504
To receiue Christ and his merits, wee must doe 3. things.509
Christ redeemed his Church from the captiuitie of sinne 2. wayes.510
Sinne must be dealt with as a Tyrant in 4. resemblances.513
Christ purgeth his people 2. wayes.517
Meanes of our purging 5. 519
Motiues to vse the former meanes 6. 521
The Church is Gods peculiar sundrie waies.523
Rules to be set before their eyes that intend Gods glorie 2. 525
Three vertues must attend zeale to guide it aright.529
Effects of zeale in the effecting of good things are many.531
Fiue sorts of men discouered to want zeale.532
Why men remember not good things heard 3. causes.542
The Lord maintaineth the Magistrates authoritie 4. wayes.555
Notes of him that is readie to euerie good worke 3. 563
Rules of practise to set vsus forward in euerie good worke 3. 565
Cases in which a man may speake the euill he knoweth by his brother, 4. 566
Euill speaking ranged into the sundry ranks of it.567
Meanes to avoide euill speaking in 5. rules.571
Cases wherein a man may contend and strike, 5. 573
Rules to avoide the sinne of Quarelling, 5. 577
The fruits of Christian equitie, 4. 579
Necessi…ie of Christian equitie in sundrie points.581
Three things in the description of Christian meekensse.584
The vse of Christian meekenesse in three points.586
Motiues to meeknesse 3. 587
Notes to discerne the change of a mans selfe by.592
The corruption of the minde standeth in 3 degrees.594
Foure main properties of folly most natural to the naturall man.597
The deceit of the heart putteth forth it selfe in sundry vngodly practises.602
Fiue seueral sorts of men in seuerall paths, and neuer one of them in the right.605
Grounds out of Scripture against the Popish doctrine of freewill, 5. 613
Notes to trie a mans present happinesse by.632
Essentiall parts of a Sacrament three.639
Baptsme the lauer of regeneration fowre wayes.641
Baptisme hath 4. vses in them that beleeue alreadie.644
The congregation must stay the Baptisme for fowre reasons.647
Sixe things considered in the description of regeneration.648
Notes to tr…e the truth of our regeneration 5. 656
Graces of the spirit compared to waters in three things.658
The spirit is said to be powred out in three respects.658
Of barrennes of heart three maine causes.663
Sundrie consolations to those that are heires of life.677
Rules to helpe vsus to forwardnesse in good works, 5. 687
People that come to heare the word must pray for 4. things.691
Vses of Genealogies in the Scriptures.694
Reason to auoide curiositie in Gods matters, 4. 699
To make an heretike 3. things required.701
Meanes to avoide heresie, 5. 705
Two degrees of Excommunication.707
Excommunication how far it stretcheth in 4. points.709
Reasons why we are to avoide excommunicate persons.710
Excommunication must not be inflicted for trifles, 4. reasons.713
Gods children must imitate their heauenly Father in vsing great patience euen to the worst for 4. reas.721
Open and obstinate sinners must be avoided for fowre reas.722
The benefit of a good conscience in 5. particulars.725
Non residencie condemned by many reasons.727
Faith doth fiue things to the producing of a good worke.734
Many necessarie vses of good workes referred to their seuerall heads.736
Conditions of Christian fruitfulnes, 5. 740
Reasons to prouoke Christians to fruitfulnesse, 4. 741
Lets and hinderances of fruitfulnes.743
The ordinarie salutation added to euerie Epistle for 5. reasons.750