Exposition of Job 15-17, Subject index
A TABLE Directing to ſome ſpeciall points noted in the precedent EXPOSITIONS.
A
ABominable; what that is which is called abominable, or an abomination. p. 65, 66.
Sinfull man how abominable to God, 66, 67.
Abundance cannot ſatisfie 113.
Advocate between God and man, 389. How the holy Ghoſt is an Advocat…, 389, 390. In what manner Chriſt performes the offi…e of an Advocate, 390. Chriſt is an effectuall mediatour or Advocate, 393. Five things to ſhew the effectualneſſe of Chriſts pleading for us as an Advocate, 394.
Affections of men and their opinions of others are very variable, 452.
Affliction, great afflictions hinder the ſenſe of tendred mercies, 39. Some afflictions bring a wearineſſe bo…h upon ſoule and body, 247. Some afflictions diſtract, 248. A godly man may grow extreame weary of affliction, 249. Great afflictions, like great ſins, leave a mark, 261. Great afflictions, how made witneſſes of ſin againſt a man, 262. The witneſſe which affliction gives, cenſured two wayes, 262, 263. God afflicts his owne ſeverely, 290. God ſeemes to take pleaſure in afflicting his, 294. Affliction comes not by chance, but by ſpeciall direction, 295. God hath many wayes to afflict, 297. He ſends breach upon breach, 309. Great afflictions have three things in them in reference to others, 451.
Age, old age, three degrees of it among the Jewes, 31.
Amalekites, their enmity againſt the Jewes, 126.
Angels, how imperfect, 62. Angels by ſome called Heavens, and why, 63.
Anſwering, two things alwayes may, two things uſually doe embolden men to anſwer. 222.
Antiochus Epiphanes, his painefull life, 89
Appetite of the end infinite, 207.
Appeales to God lawfull, 363. It is a daring worke to appeale to G…d, 368.
Apis, the Aegyptian Idol, why his Preiſts did not give him the water of Nilus to drinke, 147.
Apoſtacy from profeſſion, worſe then continued prophaneneſſe, 286.
Archers, ſeven Archers ſhot at Job, 297.
Arminians, why they deny the Interceſſion of Chriſt for all, 393.
Aſſurance of approaching miſeries, how great a trouble to the minde, 118. A wicked man may have this aſſurance, 118.
Arrhabo, an earneſt, whence it comes, 420.
Aſtoniſhment at the dealings of God, 468.
Auguſtus Caeſar. his peircing eye, 266.
Aygoland a King of the Moores, why he refuſed baptiſme, 471.
B.
Barathrum, why it ſignifies Hell, 455.
Begging, or wandring for bread, a great affliction, 111.
Beleeving, a wicked man hath neyther a ground nor a heart to beleeve, 104. A wicked mans beleeving is preſuming, 104.
Belial, whence derived, 10. Who is Belial, 85.
Blood, what it ſignifies in Scripture, 347.
Bloody ſins ſhal not paſſe undiſcovered, 357. Why God is ſayd to make inquiſition for blood in ſpeciall, 358.
Body, to minde the ſeeding of it, ſinfull, 148. They take little care for their ſoules, who take overmuch care for their bodies. 150.
Branch, what it ſignifies in Scripture, 189.
Bread, what it ſignifies in Scripture, 111.
Breath of God, what it ſignifies in Scripture, 164.
Breath of man, 167, 168. Breath of man taken three wayes, 402. The breath of man is corruptible, 403. Breath is not the ſoule, ibid.
Bribe-takers, and Bribe-givers, both alike wicked, 195.
Bribery is an odious ſin, 197. That which is got by bribery will not hold long, 197.
By-word, to be made a by-word, notes two things, 447. Great ſufferers are uſually made a by-word, 447, 448. It is very burdenſome to the ſpirit of a man to be made a by-word, 448.
C.
Carnal reaſonings are the ſtrong holds of ſin, 135. The armour and weapons of ſin, 136, 137.
Changes of wicked men for the worſe, 182. Changeableneſs of our eſtate both a part of our miſery, and a great mercy, 182, 183.
Children of God, why ſo called, 441. Children may ſmart for their Fathers ſin, 441.
Chriſt is comfort cloathed in our fleſh, 35. They are moſt free, who ſerve Chriſt moſt, 90. Two battells in which we cannot ſtand without the helpe of Chriſt, 121, 122. The great love of Chriſt to ſinners, how it appeares, 286. God did not ſpare Chriſt when hee ſtood in our place, 305. Name of Chriſt, the eſſentiall forme of prayer, 337. To pray in the name of Chriſt hath three things in it, 338. Chriſt, why called the Son of man, 386. Chriſt is a ſurety for his people, as well as an Advocate, 425. Chriſt was, and is, moſt ready to undertake the cauſe of ſinners, 426.
Churches, their happineſſe when freed from the mixture of prophane and erroneous perſons, 85. A double danger by mingling with ſuch in Church fellowſhip, 86.
Chuſing, or to make choyce, what, 19.
Cleane, Man how cleane under a fourfold notion, 59.
Company of Freinds and Children, a great mercy, 251. Man a ſociable creature, 252. Some company is a burden, 253. The comfort of ſociety conſiſts in the ſuitableneſſe of it, 254. None but good company in Heaven, 254.
Comforters, miſerable comforters who, ſhewed diverſe wayes, 214, 215. Two ſpeciall ſorts of miſerable comforters, 217. Three things to be conſidered by thoſe who undertake to be comforters, 217, 218. To know how to comfort others is a ſpeciall gift of God, 218. Two great duties of a comforter, 234. He that would comfort a diſtreſſed ſoule, muſt watch for advantages both from his ſpeech and ſilence, 244.
Condemnation, ſelfe-condemnation ſtrongeſt, 20.
Conſolation, it is eaſie with God to comfort thoſe who are moſt diſconſolate, 32. Conſolations of two ſorts, 33. Conſolation is the proper gift of God, 34. God can turne all our croſſes into comforts, 36. It is happy for Saints that conſolation is in the hand of God, ſhewed in foure particulars, 37. Conſolation rightly adminiſtred by man, is the conſolation of God, 38. To count the conſolations of God ſmall is a very great ſin, ſhewed upon two grounds, 38, 39.
Counſels of evill men diſappointed, 188, 203. Though the counſels of evill men be diſappointed, yet they will goe on, three grounds of it, 206. 207.
Conſcience, how neglected, 99. Conſcience evill, and its defects conſidered two wayes, 99, 100. The offices of conſcience, 99. Foure ſorts of evill conſcience, 100. Guilty conſcience thinkes every man he meets his enemy, 107. He is ever in danger, and under the curſe, 108. A twofold evill conſcience ſhewed, 343. A guilty conſcience cannot endure plaine words, 411.
Covetous man an infatiabl… gulfe, 114.
Craft alone, how ſinfull, 19.
Croſſe, good men are apt to have ſtrange thoughts about the croſſe or ſufferings, for, or from Chriſt, 472.
D.
Darkneſſe, five ſorts of darkneſſe, 102. Two ſorts of darkneſſe, 160, 161.
Day, how changed into night, 509.
Death, an untimely death the portion of a wicked man, 186. Death inexorable, we muſt goe with it, when it calls, 397. A beleever ſpeaks familiarly of death, 398. It is g… d to put death under eaſie notions, 398. D…ath haſtens, ſo ſhould wee to be ready for d…ath, 399. Reſt in death, 525. Nothing deſireable in death it ſelfe, 525. The familiarity of ſome beleevers with death deſcribed, 529. Corruption the portion of the dead, 530.
Deceived, what it is to be deceived, 170. Man is very apt to be deceiv…d, 172. Mans aptneſſe to be deceived ariſeth two ways, ibid. There are three notorious deceivers. 172, 173.
Deceiver, he that publiſheth that which is falſe, though he had no intent to deceive, is yet a deceiver, 412.
Decree of God carries all before it, 165, 166.
Devils trade, what. 200.
Diſgrace, a great affliction to dye under a blot of diſgrace, 400.
Diſſimulation, what it is, 346.
Drinking iniquity like water; ſeven parallels betweene the drinking of iniquity, and the drinking of water, 70.
Dropping, why put for propheſying in Scripture. 377.
Duſt, ſhaking off the duſt of the feet notes three things, 319. To be raiſed from the duſt, or layd in the duſt, what meaneth, 319, 320.
E.
Earth, and all earthly things the gift of God two wayes, 83. Earthly things continue not, two reaſons of it, 157.
Eaſt-winde, why it ſignifies paſſions in man, 7.
Earneſt, what it is, 420.
El…ct perſons, how, impoſſible they ſhould be deceived, 173.
Enmity everlaſting between the godly and the wicked, 475.
End, our end will be ſuch as our way is, 183.
Envy, what it is, 265.
Errour, we may be guilty of errours by conſequence, though we doe not hold them, 15. They who mainetaine errour among men, ſhall not finde favour with God 436.
Everlaſting, things ſo called two ways, 24.
Evils of body or minde, when they may be ſaid to be incurable, 242, 243.
Eye, as man ſees, ſo much of man is ſeene at his eye, 46. Two ſins very viſible in the eye, 47. A looke of the eye, how powerfull, 266.
Examples of two ſorts in Scripture, 451.
Ezekiel, why ſo often called Son of man, 368.
F.
Faith, want of faith in times of affliction, how greivous, 105. The great benefits of faith in ſuch a ſtate, 105, 106. He that hath no faith knows not whither to goe for the ſupply of any want, 115, 116. Faith, how neceſſary in prayer, 340.
Fatneſſe, wicked men deſcribed by it, 146.
Father, a wicked Father brings a curſe upon his Children, 190. Fathers provoking their Children, very dangerous. 415.
Feare, of two ſorts, 11. To caſt off the feare of God is higheſt wickedneſſe, 12. Holy feare like a Porter at the doore, 16, 17. Naturall feare what it is, 95. Pannick feare, 96. A wicked man moſt ſubject to vexing feare, 96. Three ſorts of fear, 120. Feare of evill worſe then evill, 120. Diſtracting feare is the portion of the wicked, 121.
Fire, how taken in Scripture, 194. Three reaſons why the judgements of God are called Fire, 194. 195.
Flame, taken two wayes, 162.
Flattery, hath a force in it, 437. Flattery is a kinde of language by it ſelfe, 438. An ordinary way of flattering ſick freinds, 439. Two ways of flattering men, 440. How G…d may be ſayd to be flattered, ibid. Flattery a very great ſin, 441. Eſpecially flattery in ſpirituall things, 442.
Flatterers prove moſt hatefull at laſt to thoſe whom they have flattered, 442, 443.
Freinds, the beſt of them may prove unfreindly, 375. Freind taken two wayes, 387.
G.
Gehenna, why it ſignifies Hell, 455.
Giants, to run on like a Giant, what, 310. Two reaſons why Giants are called Nephilim in the Hebrew, 311.
Gifts of five ſorts, 196. A gift and a bribe ſignified by one word in the Hebrew, and why, 196.
Gnaſhing of the teeth aſcribed to men, notes four things, 264, 265.
God, the cleaneſt creatures are uncleane befooe him, 64. The hand ſtretcht out againſt God three wayes, 128. That it is a fooliſh as well as a ſinfull thing to oppoſe God, ſhewed three wayes, 138. God is in Heaven in a ſpeciall manner, 369. God ſhould not onelyonly be our refuge, but our choice, 380.
Gods, falſe Gods, how they are famiſhed, 258.
Grace is of an increaſing nature, 484. It increaſeth in times of trouble, 484, 485.
Grave, in what ſenſe no returning from it, 396, 397. We had need ſee all our worke done, and well done, before we goe thither, 399. Diſcourſes of the Grave very ſuitable for ſicke men, 407. Some as ready for the Grave as the Grave is for them, 408. Why the Grave is called a Houſe, 515. The Grave called darkneſſe in a double reſpect, 516.
Greenneſſe, what it ſignifies in Scripture, 190.
H.
Hand, how ta…en in Scripture, 125. Stretching out the hand imports foure things, 126, 127. The hand of a good man, how it is ſayd to be greene, 189. Cleane hands, what it imports, 482. They who have cleane hearts, will have cleane hands too, 483. Hands, ſtriking of hands, what it ſignifies, 421.
Heart, an evill heart is a bad tutor, 43. The heart is too hard for the whole man, 43, 44. How the heart carries the man away, 44. The heart ſtrengthens and hardens it ſelfe againſt God, and how, 135, 136. The heart very deceitfull in a threefold reference, 173. Heart, as a Shop where ſin is framed, 205. The opening and ſhutting of the heart is the worke of God, 431. The vanity of ſuch as ſay they have good hearts, when their wayes are evill, 483.
Heavens, how they are uncleane, 64. Heaven is not every where, 369. Three heavens ſpoken of in Scripture, 371. Heaven is higheſt in Scripture, foure deductions from the highneſſe of Heaven, 372, 373.
Hiding, of two ſorts, 80.
Hills from the beginning, 23. It is uſuall in Scripture to ſet that forth by the Hills, which is of greateſt antiquity. 24.
Holineſſe, no created holineſſe ſtable, and perfect in it ſelfe, 62. In what holineſſe conſiſts, 333.
Hope puts men on to action, though they have been often diſappointed, 208. A good Man may give up all his worldly hopes, 525. Hope conſidered two wayes, 531. A twofold object of hope, 532.
Horne, it imports two things in Scripture, 317. Why ſtrength is ſignified by the Horne, 318.
Humiliation, outward humiliation is a duty, when the hand of God is upon us. 322.
Husbands bitterneſſe to their Wives, how unbecomming, 415.
Hypocrite, he is under a curſe, 193. The faſhion of an Hypocrite, 413.
I.
Idols, how called new, or neere Gods, 510.
Jewes, how God brought the curſe which they wiſhed upon their owne heads, 355, 356.
Imprecations, of two ſorts, 352. We may in ſome caſes uſe imprecations, ibid. Two grounds of them, ibid. Foure rules limiting the uſe of Imprecations, 354. Diverſe dreadfull examples of ſuch as have uſed Imprecations raſhly and falſly, 355, 356.
Infidelity, a wicked man full of infidelity. that his ſtate is bad, 184.
Infirmities of two ſorts, 330.
Injuſtice, two ſorts of it, 328.
Innocency feares no diſcovery, 358.
Integrity, makes a man ſtrong in bearing troubles, 330.
Judge, it is a great honour to judge another mans cauſe, 435.
Judgement conſidered under a threefold oppoſition, 520.
Julian the Apoſtate, his blaſphemy, 126 the opinion of Athanaſius concerning him, 159.
K.
Know, to know, how taken in Scripture, 116.
Knowledge, there is a vanity in ſome kinde of knowledge, 6. Sinnes againſt the light of knowledge moſt dangerous, 132.
L.
Law, how he that breakes one Commandement of the Law, may be ſayd to breake all, 333.
Leanneſſe of two ſorts, 259.
Lye, every ſin is a lye, 89.
Life, the number of the yeares of our life is a ſecret to all, 93. That is, a ſecret is an affliction to a wicked man, 93, 94. It is beſt for us that this is a ſecret, and why, 94. Life of man like a peice of Cloath in the Loome, 423.
Light, a twofold light denyed to ſome, 429. Three reaſons why God denyes light, 430.
Limitting God what, the ſinfulneſſe of it, 521.
Love, the ſpring of all action, whether good or evill, 207. What we over-love, we are in danger to loſe, 299.
M.
Manutenentia Dei, 480.
Mediatour, the Doctrine of a Mediatour betweene God and Man, known and beleeved, before Chriſt came into the World, 391. The twofold nature of the Mediatour knowne in all Ages of the Church, 392.
Mercy of God, how not to be pleaded, 136. There is a fivefold mercy of God, 301. Foure degrees of ſparing mercy, 301, 302.
Moloch, the Idol, why ſo called, how formed, and worſhipped, 455.
N.
Neck, ſtiffe neck what it imports in Scripture, 141. Running upon the neck, the meaning of it, 142.
Nero, his miſerable end, 153. The clemency of Nero, how ſhewed, 304. his ſpeech when he made his Grave, 315.
Noahs three Sons, how ſtiled, 82.
O.
Oaths of two ſorts, 352, 364. Rules about Oaths, 364, 365.
Omnipotency of God, what, 134.
Oppreſſion, wiſe men moſt affected with it, why, 248. Oppreſſion called blood, 350.
Oppreſſors are ſpeedily out off, 92.
Ordeal, uſed ſuperſtitiouſly by the old Saxons, foure ſorts of it, 354.
P.
Paſſions, when violent, are the diſguiſe of a wiſe man, 8. Paſſions breake out into unprofitable words, 9.
Patience, a threefold patience, 517. The perfect worke of patience conſiſts in two things, 519. Patience aſcends by three ſteps to her perfection, ibid. Patience gives us poſſeſſion of our ſelves, 519.
Peace of wicked men, what it is, and whence it ariſeth, 99.
People of God, dangerous to touch them, 129.
Perfection of a thing, what, 158. All the perfection of earthly things is vaniſhing. 159.
Perſeverance both the duty and priviledge of Saints, 478.
Pleaſure, two ſorts of it, which every man ſhould abhorr, 276.
Poverty, ſome poverty is a note of Gods diſpleaſure, 112. Oppreſſors often brought to poverty, 112. What it is which makes poverty ſo great an evill to any man, 113 Imaginary poverty, or feare of want, makes us more miſerable then want, 114.
Power, they who have much power are tempted to oppreſſe, 91. A godly man hath a naturall and civill power to doe evill, but he hath not a morall power to doe it, 231, 232.
Practice of duty, the beſt anſwer to ſlander in any kinde, 314.
Proverbs, what they are, 446.
Providence of God, how exerciſed towards his people, when he puts them into the hand of wicked men, ſhewed diverſe wayes, 281. Some providences of God put the wiſeſt to a ſtand, 469. Five miſcarriages of carnall men, at the unuſuall dealings and providences of God, 471. Wiſe men often out in expounding the providences of God, 498.
Prayer, the ſinfulneſſe of forbearing, or abating prayer in times of trouble, 15. Hypocrites never love prayer, and in two ſeaſons they lay it by, 16. To reſtraine prayer is worſe then not to pray, 16. Prayer taken two wayes, 328. OnelyOnly pure prayer is acceptable prayer, 335. The requiſites to pure prayer, ſhewed, 336, 337. The general end of prayer what, 344. Prayer, why expreſſed by a cry, 351. Not to have prayer heard by God, is the greateſt miſery that can befall man. 359.
Preſumptuous ſin, ſpoken of in the Old Teſtament, why thought to be the ſame with the ſin againſt the holy Ghoſt in the New Teſtament, 130.
Pride cauſeth oppoſition againſt God, 141.
Promiſes, three acts of the ſoule upon the Promiſes, 514.
Proſperity, to have been in proſperity adds to the bitterneſſe of any preſent adverſity, 285.
Puniſhment proportioned to ſin two wayes. 131, 153.
Provocation, what it is, 414. There is a good provocation, 415. Three ill effects of provocation, 416.
Purpoſes, muſt be followed by action, if not, a double danger, 505. Death breakes all our purpoſes. ibid.
R.
Recompence of two ſorts, 180.
Rejoycing, to ſee others rejoyce at our troubles is very greivous, 462.
Reproach, the beſt Saints on Earth have been deeply reproached, 271. Good men have often reproached one another, 272. Reproach is a very heavy burden, 273. A reproaching tongue is compared in Scripture to three things, 274.
Reproofe, ſome in reproving other mens faults, run into the ſame themſelves. 30.
Repentance, a returning, the two termes of it, 494.
Revelation of divine ſecrets, two ways of it, 26.
Revenge belongs so God, man muſt not revenge himſelfe, 236. Revenge is very ſweet to ſome ſpirits, 276, 277.
Reward, it is undoing of ſome to have their reward, 183.
Reynes, what they ſignifie in Scripture, 298. To cleave the reynes, what, 299.
Riches, it is not in the power of man to get riches, 156. Riches ill gotten will not hold, 157. A carnall man would have perfection of riches, 158. Riches, lying vanities, ſhewed two wayes, 177. In what ſenſe riches are deceitfull, 178.
Rich men; the ſame word ſignifies a rich man, and a man at eaſe, in Hebrew, two reaſons of it, 283, 284.
Righteous men perſevere in the wayes of God againſt all diſcouragements, 479. Their perſeverance is from the power of God, 480.
S.
Sack-cloth, taken two wayes in Scripture, 315.
Saints, who, 62. Saints by ſome called Heaven, two reaſons of it, 63.
Scandall at the croſſe or ſufferings of Profeſſors, 472.
Scorne, how oppoſite to love, 375. They who are highly honoured by God, are often ſcorned by men, 375, 376. Three words in the Hebrew ſignifying to ſcorne, their difference, 410.
Secrets of God, or divine ſecrets, of two ſorts, 25.
Seeing, a ſure ſenſe, 77. Seeing taken two wayes, 77.
Seers, old Prophets, why ſo called, 77.
Servants, in what ſenſe they muſt not anſwer againe, 50.
Security, wicked men are neereſt deſtruction when they are moſt ſecure, 101.
Shaddai, name of God, ſignifies three things, 134.
Sick Freinds not to be flattered, how to be dealt with, 439. Sickneſſe unfits moſt for ſpirituall duties, 506.
Sin, ſome ſins more proper to ſome men, 17 Man is moſt apt to act his proper ſin, 18. Sin kept cloſe hinders the receiving of the word, 41. Sin, and ſin onelyonly, makes men abominable in the ſight of God, 69. Multiplyed acts of ſin argue mans ſinfulneſſe, 69. All ſins are againſt God, yet ſome are more againſt him, 130. Sinning with a high hand, two things in it, 130. Sin the greateſt evill, and why, 132. Sin runs againſt reaſon, 137. No danger can keep a wicked heart from ſinning, 144. Sin deceitfull, 174. There are three emminent evils in ſin, 175. Sin deceives by a threefold promiſe, 175, 176. Some ſpeciall characters of the ſinne of a wicked man, 199. To be a plotter of ſin is worſe then to be an actor of it, 200. Wicked man cannot but ſinne, 202. They are oft put to much paine in ſinning, 202. Sinfull conceptions often prove abortive, 203. Sin is the ſtng of affliction, 216. Great ſins leave their marke, 261. It is poſſible to live without any knowne ſin, 331. Crying ſin, what, 351.
Solitatineſſe, in what ſenſe good, 253.
Sorrow is dry, 257. Sorrow makes old before the time, 257. Sorrow under ſufferings is not contrary to patience, 322. Sorrow, worldly, and godly, its effects, 324. Sorrow taken two wayes, 464. The ſorrows of the minde break and weaken the body, 465.
Spirit of man in an ill ſenſe, what it ſignifieth, 51. To turne the ſpirit againſt God, moſt ſinfull, 51. In what caſes a man may be charged to have turned his ſpirit againſt God, 52.
Smiting on the cheeke, what it ſignifies in Scripture, 269.
Sparing mercy, what, 300, 301. Sparing ſinfulneſſe, 304. Sparing mercy is the loweſt degree of mercy, 306.
Spirit helpes to pray, no pure prayer without the helpe of the ſpirit, 340. 341.
Strangers, a double notion of them, 83, 84. Strangers why called Enemies, 84
Soule, put for the whole man, 227. Soule-ſufferings put for all ſufferings, and why, 227.
Superſtition, or falſe worſhip hath a tange of baſeneſſe and ſlavery in it, 90.
Surety, what it is to be a Surety, 420. Chriſt is our Surety, 425. How Chriſt is called the Surety of a better Teſtament, ſhewed two wayes▪ ibid. Chriſt being our Surety, we need not feare, 426. Our Surety is of Gods appointing not of ours, ibid.
Sword, how taken in Scripture, 106.
T.
Tamerlaine, the majeſty of his eye, 266.
Teaching, what we teach others, wee ſhould be well aſſured of our ſelves, 78.
Teares of three ſorts, 320. Teares have a voyce, 377. Eight ſorts of teares in Scripture, all vocall, 378. Teares are very powerfull Orators, 379.
Temptation, no ſtanding in it without the helpe of Chriſt, 122.
Thoughts called the poſſeſſions of the heart, why, 503.
Threatnings, a godly man makes uſe of threatnings, as well as of promiſes, to provoke himſelfe to his duty, 443.
Tongue, the Scholler of the heart, 17. Sin hath got the maſtery of the heart, when it freely vents it ſelfe at the tongue, 55. Tongue, a light member, yet fals heavy, 167.
Tophet, why ſo called, 455.
Tradition when in uſe, of what force now, 80.
Truſting in thing or perſon is upon a twofold ſuppoſition, 61. To truſt, and to truſt in, or upon, the ſame, 61. Man will have ſomewhat to truſt to, and why, 178. It is mans duty to truſt God, 179. Man is moſt apt to truſt that which hath deceived him, 179, 180. The creature is moſt vain to thoſe who truſt it, 181.
Truth, a precious commodity, it ſhould be conveyed to poſterity, 80. Truth muſt not be hid, 81. Some truths are of very common obſervation, 211. Ordinary truths will not ſerve in extraordinary caſes. 212.
Tryalls, when God brings to new tryalls he gives new ſtrength, 486.
Tympanization, or drumming, what kinde of torture it was, 456.
Tyrant, the common name of Kings in old time, 84.
V.
Vaine, Scripture calls things vaine foure wayes, 5.
Vanity, what it is, 171. Vanity taken two wayes, ibid. Vanity of the creature, 176. When a man brings forth vanity, ſhewed in three particulars, 201.
Vau, an Hebrew particle, its diverſe ſignifications, 388.
Unbeleife of threatnings as dangerous as of promiſes, 184. The uſe which Satan makes of ſuch unbeleife, ibid. Unbeleife is the ſheild of ſin, 185.
Underſtanding, how God may be ſayd to hide the heart from underſtanding, ſhewed foure wayes, 429. That it is the worke of God to doe it, ſhewed, 431. It is a great judgement to have the underſtanding clouded, 432. Our inability to underſtand ariſeth two wayes, ibid. When God takes away mens underſtanding it is a ſigne of their deſtruction, 435.
Unity, men are apt to agree in doing hurt, 276.
W.
Wayting, what it is, 514. Waiting upon God is one of the great duties of man, 517. Waiting hath a bleſſing, 520. Foure ſinfull grounds of giving over waiting upon God, 521, 522.
Wearineſſe of body and minde, 246, 247.
Weeping, not unbecomming the moſt valiant men, 379
Wedding garments ſignes of joy, 317.
Wicked mans life, a painefull life, 88. He hath two ſorts of paine, 88, 89. He hath the paine but not the deliverance of a Woman in travell, 89. Hee makes an ill conſtruction of all that he heares, 97. The deſtruction of a wicked man is inevitable, 109. his miſery is decreed, 119. Wicked man falling into miſery is irrecoverable, 161. Wicked men of two ſorts, 192. God often delivers his precious ſervants into the hands of wicked men, 278. It is an addition to affliction to be given into the hands of wicked men, 279.
Will of God under a threefold conſideration is the rule of prayer, 337.
Winking, how ſinfull, 45, 46.
Wiſe man, who, and how diſtinguiſhed from a crafty man, 4. It is moſt uncomely for a Wiſe man to ſpeake vainely, 6. The wiſeſt of men doe not ſee all truths, 430. A wiſe man may ſoone forfeit his title, 496. Wiſe men rarely found, 498.
Wiſedome, no one man hath all wiſedome, 27. The higheſt ſtraine of pride to think ſo, ibid. He that is full of his owne wiſedome is unfit to receive inſtruction, 41.
Wiſhing evill to others, in what ſenſe it may be done, 229.
Witneſſes, an old cuſtome among them, 19. God is both Judge and Witneſſe, 362. How and in what caſes we may call God to witneſſe, 364, 365. The witneſſe of God is the moſt deſireable witneſſe, 366. It is the joy of an upright heart, that God is a witneſſe of all hee doth, 368.
Worldly things, are not the reſt of Beleevers, 283. All worldly proſperity may quickly bee daſht and loſt, 287. Worldly things, are taſtleſſe and worthleſſe to us in times of great ſorrow, 326.
Words are great doers, 9. Words which doe no good, are evill, 10. Salt of words, what, 10. Our words are ſutable to our ſpirits, 55. In what ſenſe evill words are worſe then evill thoughts, 56. Words called windy in three reſpects, 219, 220. Bitter and paſſionate words to man, provoke God, 225, 226. Words duely ſpoken, are of great power, 236. Ill ſleeping upon hard words, 414. Ʋnkinde words are bitter to the hearer, 414. Harſh words carry much provocation in them, 415. Hard words ſtick long upon the ſpirit of man, 417.
Wormes, the companions of the dead, 528.
Wrath of God, a conſuming fllame, 163. How we are ſayd to give place to wrath, 235.
Wrinkles, in the face cauſed two wayes, 256. A perfect ſoule-ſtate, and a perfect ſtate of body, hath no wrinkle in it, 257, 258.