An Ark for All Gods Noahs, Index
THE TABLE.
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OF All. If God be the Saints portion, then all is theirs. Page 203. to Page 206.
Of Aſſurance. Such as have God for their portion, ſhould uſe all diligence to get an aſſurance in their own ſouls that God is their portion, and that upon ſeven grounds. p. 232. to p. 259.
'Tis one thing for a man to have God for his portion, and 'tis another thing for a man to have an aſſurance in his own ſoul that God is his portion. p. 423, 424, 425, 426.
That few Saints dye without ſome Aſſurance that God is their portion, is made good by divers Arguments. from p. 441. to the end of the Book.
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Of inordinate Cares. Such as have God for their portion, muſt away with all inordinate Cares for the things of this life, and that upon ſix grounds. p. 190. to p. 203.
Of Chriſt. A man that would have God for his portion muſt take up Chriſt in his arms, and treat with God upon the credit of Chriſt. p. 387, 338, 389, 390.
In Compariſon of God all things are nothing. A man that would have God for his portion, muſt trample upon all other portions in compariſon of God. p. 382, 383, 384.
Of Contentation. Saints that have God for their portion, ought to be content with their preſent outward condition; and that upon ſeverall grounds. p. 136. to p. 153.
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Of Death and Dying. Such as have God for their portion ſhould never be afraid to dye. p. 228. to p. 232.
The Doctrine. That the Lord is the Saints portion, the Lord is the Believers portion. p. 7.
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Of Eſteeming of God above all. A man that hath God for his portion ſets the higheſt esteem, the higheſt price, the higheſt value upon God imaginable. p. 311. to p. 315.
Five wayes whereby a man may know whether God be higheſt in his eſtimation or no. p. 315. to 324.
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Against Fretings. Saints that have God for their portion ſhould not fret nor vex themſelves becauſe of thoſe earthly portions that God commonly beſtowes upon the worſt of men; and that upon ſeveral Grounds. p. 114. to p. 136.
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What Saints ſhould Glory in. Such as have God for their portion, must glory in their portion. p. 178. to p. 182.
The Grounds upon which Believers Title unto God as their portion is founded and bottomed are theſe; First, The free favour and love of God. p. 107. to p. 109.
Secondly, Gods free and voluntary donation of himſelf to them in the Covenant of Grace. p. 109. to p. 111.
Thirdly, That marriage-union that is between God and his people. p. 111. to p. 114.
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Of the Happy and unhappy man. Saints that have God for their portion, are the happieſt men in all the world, though this blind beſotted world thinks otherwiſe. p. 153. to p. 162.
Of the Heart. Such as have God for their portions ſhould never ſet their hearts upon earthly portions. p. 162. to p. 167.
If God be thy portion, then he carries thy heart from all other things; the portion alwayes carries the heart with it. p. 291. to p. 297.
Of Holding faſt. A man that hath God for his portion, will hold faſt his portion, and rather part with any thing, than with his God. p. 279. to p. 287.
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Of Intereſt. If you have an Intereſt in God, then God hath an intereſt in you. p. 340. to p. 345.
Such as have an Intereſt and a propriety in God, ſhould evidence and declare their intereſt and propriety in God ſix ſpecial wayes. p. 348. to p. 365.
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If God be your portion, then the leaſt of God will be precious to you. p. 345, 346, 347.
Of Light. The properties of Light, for which God is often in Scripture reſembled to Light, are ſeaven. p. 33. to p. 40.
Of a Little. A Saints Little is better than the vaſt eſtate of a wicked worldling; proved at large. p. 136. to p. 153.
Of Livings. A man that hath God for his portion, lives upon God as his portion. p. 287. to p. 391.
Of Loſſes. Saints that have God for their portion, ſhould be very cheerful and comfortable under all their worldly loſſes and croſſes. p. 167. to p. 174.
If God be thy portion, then there are no Loſſes in all the world that will lye ſo hard and heavy upon thes as the Loſſe of thy God. p. 324. to p. 335.
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Motives to perſwade ſuch Perſons to get the Lord to be their portion, who yet have not God for their portion.
Firſt, Conſider that your preſent portion, your preſent condition is but miſerable and curſed. p. 365. to p. 368.
Secondly, Conſider this, That there is yet a poſſibility of attaining of God to be your portion. p. 368. to p. 370.
Thirdly, Conſider that God is a portion ſweetning portion. He is ſuch a portion as will ſweeten all other portions. p. 370. to p. 372.
Fourthly, Conſider that all earthly portions are not of that infinite conſequence and concernment to you as this portion is. p. 372, 373, 374.
Fifthly, Conſider that till a man comes to have God for his portion, he never comes to be temptation-proof. p. 374. to p. 379.
Sixthly and Laſtly conſider, That if God be not your portion, you will be miſerable to all eternity. p. 379. to p. 381.
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Of men in their Natural Eſtate. A man in his Natural Eſtate, is without God in the world. p. 381, 382.
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Of Objections. Severall Objections anſwered, from p. 396. to p. 423.
Of Owning of God. A man that has God for his portion will own his God, and ſtand up ſtoutly and reſolutely for his God. Every man will own his earthly portion, and ſtand up ſtoutly and reſolutely for his earthly portion, and ſo will every Chriſtian do for his God. p. 297. to p. 305.
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The excellency of the Saints portion is diſcovered by an induction of particulars thus;
First, God is a preſent portion, he is a portion in hand, he is a portion in poſſeſſion. p. 8. to p. 11.
Secondly, God is an immenſe portion, he is a vaſt, large portion, he is the greateſt portion of all portions. p. 11. to p. 19.
Thirdly, God is an All-ſufficient portion. p. 19. to p. 25.
Fourthly, God is a moſt abſolute, needful, and neceſſary portion, and that in three reſpects. p. 25. to p. 31.
Fifthly, God is a pure and unmixed portion, God is an unmixed good, he hath nothing in him but goodneſs. p. 31. to p. 40.
Sixthly, God is a glorious, a happy, and a bleſſed portion; he is ſo in himſelf, and he makes them ſo too, who enjoy him for their portion. p. 40. to p. 44.
Seventhly, God is a peculiar portion, he is a portion peculiar to his people. p. 44. to p. 50.
Eighthly, God is a univerſal portion, he is a portion that includes all other portions. p. 50. to p. 59.
Ninthly, God is a ſafe portion, a ſecure portion, a portion that none can rob or wrong a Believer of. p. 59. to p. 63.
Tenthly, God is a ſuitable portion. No object is ſo ſuitable and adequate to the heart as he is. p. 63. to p. 67.
Eleventhly, God is an incomprehenſible portion. p. 67. to p. 72.
Twelfthly, God is an inexhauſtible portion, a portion that can never be ſpent, a ſpring that can never be drawn dry. p. 72. to p. 80.
Thirteenthly, God is a ſoul-ſatisfying portion, he is a portion that gives the ſoul full ſatisfaction and content. p. 80. to p. 91.
Fourteenthly, God is a permanent portion, an indeficient portion, a neverfailing portion, a laſting, yea, an everlaſting portion. p. 91. to p. 101.
Fifteenthly and laſtly, God is an incomparable portion, and this follows cleerly and roundly upon what hath been ſaid. p. 101. to p. 107.
Six ſpecial Poſitions.
Firſt, 'Tis one thing for a man to have God for his portion, and 'tis another thing for a man to have an Aſſurance in his own ſoul that God is his portion. p. 423. to p. 427.
Secondly, 'Tis one thing for a man to have God for his portion, and 'tis another thing for a man cleerly and convincingly to make it out to himſelf or others that God is his portion. p. 427. to p. 430.
Thirdly, Where there is in any man a hearty willingneſſe to accept of God to be his God, to own God for his God, and to cloſe with God as his God, there God is certainly that mans God. p. 430, 431, 432.
Fourthly, That it may ſo fall out that ſuch a Chriſtian that hath God for his portion, that hath an intereſt and propriety in God, may loſe the ſight, the ſence, the feeling and the evidence of his propriety and intereſt in God. p. 432, 433, 434.
Fifthly, That ſuch as have not (for the preſent) God for their portion, ought not peremptorily to conclude that they ſhall never have God for their portion. Such a perſon that cannot yet truly ſay, That the Lord is his portion, ought not to deſpair of ever having of God to be his portion. p. 434. to p. 441.
Sixthly and lastly, Such is the love, care, goodneſs, and kindneſſe of God to his people, that few or none of them dye without ſome aſſurance that God is their portion, and that they have an intereſt & a propriety in him &c. This is proved by divers Arguments from p. 441. to the end of the Book.
If God be ſuch a portion, then God is no injurious portion, no miſchievous portion, &c. p. 206. to p. 222.
Of the Promiſes. He that would have God for his portion, of all precious promiſes, he muſt plead one most. p. 384, 385.
Of Proſperity. A proſperous eſtate of all eſtates is the most dangerous, proved at large from p. 114. to p. 136.
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Of earthly Riches. The dangerous and pernicious nature of earthly Riches of earthly portions, ſet forth in nine particulars. p. 210. to p. 222.
Object: We are firſt for laying up earthly Riches, and when we have done that work to purpoſe, then we will do what we can to get God for our portion. This Objection is anſwered three wayes. p. 407. to p. 414.
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Of Signes. Twelve Signes whereby men may know whether God be their portion or no. p. 260. to p. 347.
Of Sin and Sinfull ſhifts. Eight great Sins proſperity layes Perſons open to. p. 118, 119, 120.
Such as have God for their portion, muſt away with all ſinfull ſhifts, wayes, courſes, and compliances to gain earthly portions. p. 174. to p. 178.
A man that would have God for his portion muſt break his League with Sin, he muſt fall out with Sin, if ever he fall in with God. p. 390, 391, 392.
Of great Sinners. Object: But will God ever beſtow himſelf as a portion upon ſuch great, ſuch grievous and ſuch notorious Sinners as we are? Six Anſwers to this Objection. p. 596. to p. 407.
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The Text opened. p. 1. to p. 7.
Of Thinking. Such as have God for their Portion ſhould be ſtill a thinking of God under that ſweet and comfortable notion. p. 222. to p. 228.
Of Thoughts. If God be thy portion, then thou haſt very ſweet, precious, high and honourable thoughts of God. p. 260. to p. 269.
Of Trouble. Such as have God for their portion in all their troubles, they run to God as to a City of Refuge. p. 269. to p. 279.
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Of Valuing of others. A. man that hath God for his portion ſets the higheſt Value upon thoſe that have God for their portion. p. 335. to p. 340.
About Unworthineſſe. Object. We would fain have God for our portion, but we are ſuch poor unworthy wretches that we very much queſtion whether ever God will beſtow himſelf upon ſuch miſerable unworthy ones as we are? &c.
This Objection is anſwered five wayes. p. 414, to p. 423.
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Of Waiting. A man that would have God for his portion muſt wait upon him in the uſe of all holy means. p. 392, 393, 394, 395, 396.
Of Want. Such as have God for their portion ſhall never want. p. 182. to p. 190.
Of Wants. Such as have God for their portion, in all their wants, troubles, and tryals will run to their God, they will flye to the Lord as their only City of Refuge. p. 269. to p. 279.
Of Willingneſs. Such as would have God for their portion, muſt then be willing to be his portion. p. 385, 386, 387.
God without all peradventure is that mans God, that is cordially willing to have him for his God. p. 430, 431, 432.
Of the World. A man that hath God for his portion, looks upon the world as a poor low contemptible thing. p. 305. to p. 311.
FINIS.