An Exposition Upon Colossians, Table of contents 1 – Biblical commentary 1
CERTAINE OF THE Chiefest things obserued in the Notes vponupon this first CHAPTER.
WHat rules wee must obserue in alledging the examples of godly men sinning.
fol. 4
The assurance of a lawfull Calling serues for many vses.
fol. 5
Gods Children called Saints in this life, in foure respects.
fol. 7
Comforts for the despised Saints, with answere of some Obiections.
fol. 7.8
How Saints may be knowne.
9
Christian faithfulnesse is to be shewed in fiue things in spirituall things, and in three things in temporall things.
10.11
Idlenesse in Professors, taxed.
11
Seuerall Vses arising out of the consideration of this, that wee are Brethren.
13
How wee may get into Christ, and how we may know whether we be in Christ.
13.14
Spirituall things are the best things for nine reasons.
15
The Motiue and the manner of Thankesgiuing to God.
20
Foure Rules of tryall in our Thankegiuing to God for others.
21
A Childe of God neuer giues thankes but he hath cause to pray; and contrariwise.
21
Foure sorts of prayers for others.
21. & 68
Fiue reasons to warrant praying eueryevery day.
22
The Sorts, Obiects, Parts, Degrees, Benefits, Lets, Signes of Faith, with the misery of the want of Faith, the incouragements to beleeue, and the defects of the common Protestants Faith.
23.24.25.26.27.28.29.30.31.32
Indiscretion is not the cause of the reproaches and troubles of Christians.
33
The surest way to get Credit is to get Grace.
34
Foure Signes of Vaine-glory.
34
Seauen Obseruations about LoueLove.
35
Seauen things to be shewed in Christian LoueLove.
36
Foure things in the manner of our louelove,
37
Motiues to perswade to the exercise of mutuall louelove.
38.39.40
Eight helpes of LoueLove.
41.42
The defects of the common Protestants Charitie or LoueLove.
42.43
Eight Differences betweene true Hope, and common Hope: and seauen meanes to breede true Hope.
45.46
What wee must doe if we would hauehave heauen when we dye.
46
What profit good men get by hearing Sermons.
49.50
The sorts of euill hearers, with their misery.
50.51
How the Word is said to be a word of truth: and that it worketh truth in vsus sixe wayes.
52
Concerning the Gospell, what it contaynes, who may, and who doe receiue it: and the effects of it.
fol. 53.54
Motiues to fruitfulnesse, what fruit wee should beare, and the meanes to make vsus more fruitfull.
55.56
There is a season for fruit.
58
Seauen things to be done, that we may heare the Word in truth.
59
The causes of fruitlesse hearing.
60
The great commodities of assurance.
ibid.
Who louelove not God, and who louelove not men.
64
To louelove as Christ loued vsus, hath foure things in it.
ibid.
Incouragements to prayer.
66.67
Why many pray and speede not.
67
What wee should seeke to know. Motiues to knowledge, and rules for attayning knowledge.
70.71
Signes of a naturall man.
73
Who make Schisme in the Church.
73
Rules for Contemplation.
75
Tenne Obiections against Knowledge answered out of Prou. 8.
75.76
Wherein Wisedome consists: Wisedomes order in seauen things: Wisedomes specialties in the behauiour; first, of the Heart in fiue things; secondly, of the Tongue in seauen things; thirdly, of the Conuersation in eight things.
76.77.78
Motiues to holy life: the causes of prophanenes: rules for holinesse, and the gaine of holinesse.
78.79.80
Nine Reasons against merit.
81
What it is to walke worthy of the Lord: it hath sixe things in it.
82
Eight rules to be obserued if we would please God: and sixe rules if we would please men.
83.84
How Gouernours in families may walke pleasingly: and how inferiours in the family may please their superiours: and the like of Ministers and the people, and Magistrates and their Subiects.
84.85
Seauen things to be obserued if wee would walke in all pleasing towards our owne consciences.
85
What workes are not good workes: and what rules must be obserued to make our workes good: and what workes in particular are good workes: and seauen ends of good workes.
86.87
What are the lets of increase of Knowledge: and how wee may know when wee increase in knowledge: and what we must doe that wee may increase.
88
How God is made knowne, and who are charged not to know God: and how it comes to passe that man knowes not his God: and what wee must doe that we may know God.
88.89
Signes of weake a Christian or an infant in Grace.
89
What is in the worke Christian, notwithstanding his wants.
90
Comforts for a weake Christian, and helpes for his strengthening.
90.91
Signes of a strong Christian.
91
The extent of the power of God: and what God cannot doe.
92
Of the glory of God, and how many wayes it is reuealed.
92.93
About falling from Grace and Perseuerance.
93
Motiues to Patience: and what we must doe that wee may be patient: and seauen things wherein we should shew patience.
94.95
Of Long-suffering, and how to preuent anger and desire of reuenge.
95
What wee must doe that wee might get constant Ioyfulnesse of heart.
96
How the Father may be said to redeeme vsus.
97
Markes of a Childe of God.
98
How Christ dyed for all men.
98.99
Fiue sorts of men in the Church not made fit for heauen.
99
The diuision of Canaan by Lot, shadowes out many things in the kingdome of heauen.
100
Our inheritance is in light in sixe respects.
101
A three-fold light.
ibid.
A sixe-fold darkenesse in eueryevery vnregenerate man.
102
Nine things in eueryevery one that is deliuered from darkenesse.
103
The excellencie of Christs Kingdome, and the priuiledges of his Subiects.
105
Foure wayes of Redemption.
108
The comforts of the Doctrine of remission of sinnes.
ibid.
The terrour of the Doctrine of remission of sinnes.
109
What a man should doe to get his sinnes forgiuen him.
ibid.
Christ more excellent then all Monarches in diuers respects.
110
Difference betweene Image and Similitude: Gods Image is in man three wayes: the difference betweene the Image of God in man and in Christ: Christ is the Image of God three wayes: hee is the Image of God as God: and as man three wayes.
110.111
How many wayes Christ is said to be first begotten.
113
Foure words confute foure errours about the Creation.
115
Diuers opinions about the meaning of the words, Thrones, Dominions, &c.
ibid.
All things are for Christ in diuers respects.
117
The eternitie of Christ described and explained.
118
How all things consist in Christ.
ibid.
Many Obiections about the preseruation of the righteous answered out of the 37. Psalme, fol. 102. But if we would be thus preserued, wee must looke to nine things, noted out of that Psalme.
121
The benefits that slow from Christ as Head of the Church.
121
Of the Church.
122.123
How Christ is the beginning.
124
A three-fold primogeniture in Christ.
124
Christ was first begotten among the dead in three respects.
125
Christ is first in diuers respects.
ibid.
What it is to yeeld Christ the preheminence.
126
All fulnesse is in Christ in fiue respects.
127
Tenne fruits of the bloud of Christ.
132
How many wayes men sinne against Christs bloud.
ibid.
Whether Angels be reconciled to Christ or no.
133
Wicked men are strangers in fiue respects.
136
Wicked men are enemies both actiuely and passiuely: and how.
137
The reasons why most men minde not their misery.
199
Sixe distinct things in our reconciliation by Christ.
130
Why the Church is called all things.
ibid.
Christs body better then ours in fiue respects. fol. 139. Not like ours in two things, and like ours in three respects.
140
How many wayes Christ doth present vsus to God.
141
How Christians may be said to be holy, vnblameable, and without fault in Gods sight in this life.
142
Internall holinesse must hauehave seauen things in it.
ibid.
What externall holinesse must hauehave in it.
143
Signes of an vpright heart. 143. and Meanes and Motiues.
By what meanes men are induced to fall away.
144
How the faithfull may fall away.
ibid.
Seauen things from which the Elect can neuer fall.
145
Concerning perseuerance, 1. Motiues, 2. Meanes, 3. Helpes.
ibid.
How many helpes a Christian hath from the very spirit of God that is in him, and from the Word.
146
The priuiledges of an established and grounded heart: and what wee must doe that wee might be grounded and stablished.
147
What a free spirit is.
147
Why many after so long profession are so vnsetled.
147.148
Concerning Hope: 1. what Hope is not true Hope: 2. what persons hauehave no Hope: 3. what are the effects and properties of true Hope.
149
How the Gospell is preached to eueryevery creature.
151
Why godly men are so chearefull in affliction.
153
How Paul was said to fulfill the rest of the affliction of Christ.
154
How our afflictions are the afflictions of Christ.
155
Twelue Arguments against the Crosse.
157
How we may know wee are of Gods houshold.
158
What good men get by their Ministers.
159
How many wayes the Gospell is hidden: 161. and how reuealed.
165
What a ciuill honest man wants.
165.166
What we must doe to preserue affection to the word,
167
The Gospell is a glorious Mysterie.
168
Nine Vses of the Doctrine of the calling of the Gentiles.
ibid.
How Christ is conceiued in the soule of the faithfull.
170.171.172.
How we may know that Christ is in our hearts.
170.171.172.
The Benefits that come by the inhabitation of Christ.
170.171.172.
What entertainment we ought to giuegive him.
170.171.172.
Who hauehave not Christ in them.
170.171.172.
The honour, dutie and reproofe of Ministers.
173
Reasons to perswade vsus to suffer admonition.
174
How wee are perfect in this life.
176
The chiefest Typographicall Errours. ERRATA.
IN the Epistle to the Reader, line 6. for counsell reade consent, & l. 21. for Dedicatory r. Dedication. p. 3. l. 41. for Iothanan Iebar, r. Iochanan Iehan, p. 10. l. 4. for order r. ardor. ibid l. 28. for all r. at. p. 25. l. 13. for definitions r. definitiues. p. 35. l. 47. as louelove for all louelove. p. 41. l. 47. holy life for holy louelove. ibid. l. 49. louelove for Lord. p. 51. l. 27. straying for strange. p. 60. l. 23. salutiferans for salutiferous. p. 62. l. 48. guilefull for gaulefull. p. 63. l. 1. modest and for modest and. l. 6. this for his. p. 69. sent forth for send forth. p. 73. foreign for foreign. p. 88. l. 13. any for and. p. 92. l. 53 our for one. p. 113. l. 13. of God for sonne of God. & l. 20. and the very bottome for out of the very bosome. p. 114. l. 46. decree for decreed. p. 122. l. 49. seruice for Sauiour. p. 129. l. 27. repayes for repayres. p. 140. l. 39. it is not for is it not.