Mount Pisgah, Index
A TABLE Of the principal things contained in this TREATISE. The firſt Figure notes the Part, The ſecond the Page.
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A Baſement of Chriſt, 3.20
Chriſt his abaſement and exaltation compared together, 3.21
Abſolution, the Saints ſhall be abſolved in the laſt day from all guilt and puniſhment, 2.134
And in what ſenſe, 2.136
Not ſufficient to capacitate the Saints for glory. 2.139
Accuſation: the Saints ſhall not be accuſed by Chriſt, 2.131
Adam moſt probably ſaved, 3.78
Affections, the Saints ſhall be like God in their affections, 3.80
They may be moderately exerciſed, 3.144
Air, the place where Chriſt will ſtay to meet his Saints, and why,
1. Becauſe of the capacity of the place, 2.125
2. Becauſe of the conſpicuity of the judgment, 2.126
Angels inſtruments of the Saints aſcenſion divers wayes, 2.106
They ſeparate the ſheep from the goats miniſterially, 2.114.
They ſhall preſent the elect before Chriſt in the air, 2.127
They ſhall drag the wicked to the Tribunal to receive their ſentence, 2.164
The reprobate Angels ſhall be judged for their firſt Apoſtacy, and for all their malice againſt the Saints ever ſince. 2.164
How Saints ſhall hereafter converſe with them, 3.15
How they converſe among themſelves, 3.16
How they will be interpreters of God to the Saints in Heaven, 3.18
Communion with them in heaven will be a great encreaſe of our happineſs, 3.16
They will communicate excellent notions to the Saints in heaven, 3.17
Antinomians notion about Christ his being in us. 1.29
Apology, the ſinner ſhall not make any Apology for himſelf at the great Aſſize, 2.172
Apoſtles, how they ſhall judge the twelve tribes, 1.49
Appeal, there will be no appeal from the great Tribunal, 2.169
An appeal from Moſes to Chriſt, 2.169
Arrians in denying the deity of Chriſt diſcover a double ignorance, 1.25
Aſcenſion of the Saints one conſequent of Chriſt his Reſurrection; It will be effected,
1. By the power of Chriſt, 2.104
2. By the miniſtry of the Angels, 2.106
3. By the ſpirituality of the Saints own bodies, 2.107
It is a continued reſurrection. 2.104.
How the Saints aſcenſion holds due proportion with their Lord, 2.108
The Saints ſhall meet together before their aſcenſion, 2.112
Aſſeſſor, the Saints ſhall be aſſeſſors with Chriſt at the judgment, 2.164
Aſſurance, ſome Saints have it, but not all. 2.136
Motives to it, 3.111
It hath been obtained, 3.112
A work never unſeaſonable, and moſt ſeaſonable in times of danger, 3.114
It will make Chriſtians fruitful, 3.117
To endeavour after it an evidence of heaven, 3.119
It brings divers priviledges, 3.114
Whether every one that hath a right to heaven hath an aſſurance of it, Neg. 3.121
What are the mediums to attain aſſurance, 3.123
A twofold Office of the Spirit in attaining aſſurance, 3.123
It is much hindred by our unkindneſs to Chriſt, 3.128
Atheiſts, and divers other ſorts of ſinners, will be convinced at the day of judgment, 2.165
Attributes of God a foundation of the Saints eternity, 3.87
B
Believers, how ſaid to be in Chriſt, and Chriſt how ſaid to be in believers, 1.22
They are Kings, Prophets & Prieſts, 1.31
They are the ſons of God, 1.31
They are united to the whole divine nature in the Diety, and to each Perſon of the Trinity, 1.35
Bleſſedneſs, the bleſſedneſs of the Saints in heaven is everlaſting, 3.84
The reaſons of it,
1. Chriſts merit, 3.85
2. The Saints immortal ſouls, 3.86
3. The Saints graces eternal, Ib.
4. The attributes of God, 3.87
1. His wiſdom, ibid.
2. His veracity and truth, 3.88
3. His immutability, 3.91
4. His mercy, 3.92
5. His omnipotency, ibid.
6. His eternity, ibid.
7. His love, 3.96
8. His juſtice, 3, 92
Blood, the blood of Chriſt is the fountain of merit, but the ſpirit of Chriſt the fountain of efficacy, 1.122
Body, the body ſhall be incorruptible, 2.89
It ſhall be glorious, 2.90
1. By vertue of a Principle within, 2.90
2. By vertue of an external irradiation, ibid.
It will depend wholly on the ſoul at the reſurrection, 2.95
It is a vile body, 2.97
The bodies of the ſaints ſhall be like unto God, 3.82
Book, the book of Gods remembrance, and the book of conſcience will agree exactly together, 2, 267
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Children of believers when they dye are not to be looked upon as a loſt generation, 1.8
Chriſt accounts not himſelf full without his members, 1.17
His reſurrection why called his youth, 1.16
He roſe as a publick head, on which account
1. The ſaints are ſaid to be riſen already, 1.14
2. They are aſſured they ſhall ariſe, 1.15
He aroſe by his own ſtrength, 1.12
He is riſen as our firſt fruits, 1.19
How he is ſaid to be in a believer, and a believer ſaid to be in Chriſt, 1.22
How he is the hope of ſalvation, 1.43
His own words more authentick than tradition or revelation, 2.63
Whether he ſhall ſit on a viſible throne, 2.70
He will appear in the ſame humane nature he aſſumed of the Virgin, and why, 2.71
He will appear perſonally for three reaſons, 2.70
His firſt and ſecond coming compared, 2.71
His being Judge great terror to the wicked, 2.73
Great comfort to the godly, 2.75
Two reaſons of the certainty of his coming,
1. Reaſon ſaith he may come, 2.78
2. Faith ſaith he muſt come, ibid. Witneſs
1. His purchaſe, ibid.
2. His promiſe, 2.79
3. Sacrament of the Supper, ibid.
4. His Reſurrection. ibid.
The manner of his coming it will be by a threefold ſummons
1 A ſhout, 2.80
2 A voice of Archangel, 2.81
3 The Trump of God, ibid.
His coming to give the Law, and his coming to judgment compared, 2.82
Separation from him the worſt part of hell. 2.105
His blood the fountain of merit, but his ſpirit the fountain of efficacy, 1.122
The benefit of his ſubjecting of himſelf to the Law, redoundeth not unto himſelf but to the ſaints, 2.145
He ſolemnly eſpouſed the ſaints to himſelf, 2.162
He had a twofold right to the Kingdom of glory,
1 Natural, 3.19.
2 Conſtitutive, ib.
A ſuperlative love to him an evidence of heaven, 3.120
Chriſtians must reject no doctrine warranted by the word, 2.67
Church, it is Christs outward, not inward fulneſs, 1.17
Comfort for them that are unjuſtly excluded, 2.117
Cloſet, cloſet duties ſhall be remembred at the laſt day, 2.128
Cohabitation with Chriſt containeth four priviledges,
1 Preſence, 3.2.
2 Viſion, ibid.
3 Fruition, 3.50
4 Confomity, 3.77
Commendation, Saints ſhall be praiſed and commended at the laſt day, for their graces, though wrought in them, &c. 2.132
Comfort, we ſhould adminiſter comfort to mourning friends, 3.150
All comfort is in God, 3.153
Miniſters muſt ſee that the comforts they administer be Gods comforts, 3.154
Much pride in refuſing comfort, 3.157
It is as great an indignity to God, to ſlight his comforts as to ſcorn his counſels, 3.156
No comfort belongs to wicked men when they die, 3.158
We ſhould labour for comfort in our own death, and leave matter of comfort to our ſurviving friends, 3.160
Words of prayer to be joyned with words of comfort, 3.165
Compaſſion, compaſſions of God are great, and therefore ſo are his conſolations, 3.148
Confidence, many confident of heaven, that have leaſt right to it, 3.117
Conformity of the ſaints to Christ in the reſurrection hath its beginning in regeneration, 2.101
Study ſoul-conformity to Chriſt, 2.102
It is the fountain of complacency, 3.42
Conſcience, the book of conſcience and the book of Gods remembrance will agree exactly together, 2.172
Whiſpers of conſcience to be hearkened unto, 2.172
Converſion, in converſion how ſins paſt, preſent, and to come, are pardoned, and how not, 2.134
Righteouſneſs imputed to the ſaints the firſt moment of their converſion, 2.160
Converſe, knowledge of one another in heaven a great motive to converſe one with another on earth, 3.11
Covenant, a compariſon between the covenant of works and the covenant of grace, 3.81
Creature, we ſhould ſit looſe from it, 3.113
Croſs, the merit of Chriſt's croſs is for juſtification, and the power of his croſs for mortification, 2.156
Cup, the cup that Chriſt drank was bitter, but it was ſweetned with three ingredients,
1 But a cup, not a ſea, 2.151
2 His Fathers cup, not the Devils, ibid.
3 A gift, not a curſe, ibid.
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Dead, how to behold dead friends, 2.103
Relations that die only fallen aſleep, 1.2
Death, our Relations not alone in it, 1.9
Our wages, 1.10
Every perſon ſubject to it, 2.65
At the hour of death the Saints are fully pardoned, 2, 134
Not terrible to a child of God, 3.140
Death of ſome perſons dreadful to themſelves, and to ſtanders by, 3.160
It is but a ſleep, 1.2
Reſembled to it in two reſpects, 1.3
Not a total privation of the habit, 1.4
The godly infinite gainers by it, 1.6
Degree, different degrees of the Saints glory, 3.5
Deluſion, how are the whiſpers of God diſtinguiſhed from the deluſions of Satan, 3.129
Denyal, there will be no denying of ſin at the great day, 2.167
Deſertion, Saints under deſertion often bely themſelves, 2.131
Deviſed, the world have counterfeit cordials, 3.154
Diſappointment, a moſt afflicting evil, and admits of three aggravations, 3.115
Divine eſſence, we ſhall not have an intuitive viſion of it, 3.27
How far we ſhall have a viſion of it, 3.30
Do this and live, not a commandment only, but a covenant, 2.144
Draw all men to me, how to be underſtood, 2.105
Duties, all the Saints duties performed, publick or private, ſhall be owned at the laſt day, 2.128
Duty of Chriſtians to imitate Chriſt univerſally, 2.101
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Earth, the place where the wicked will receive their ſentence, 2.124
It cannot be made ſure, 3.112
Election, and purchaſe both perfected by the ſanctification of the Spirit, 2.123
Holineſs not the cauſe of election, but the end of it, 3.43
Elect, the future eſtate of the elect and reprobate ſet forth by eternity, 3.89
Endeavour after aſſurance, an evidence heaven, 3.119
Enjoyments, worldly enjoyments not what we fancy them, 3.70
Eternity, a deſcription of it, 3.84, 97
Souls not eternal a parte ante, and why, 3.86
The future eſtate both of the elect, and reprobate, ſet forth by eternity, 3.88
Eternity of God, is an aſſurance of heaven being eternal, 3.92
Evidences of heaven, 3.119
A good evidence to be ſollicitous about evidences, 3.123
Exaltation, Chriſt his exaltation and abaſement compared together, 3.21
Examination we ſhould examine our ſelves, and ſuffer others to examine us, 3.162
Excuſe, no excuſe for ſin at the great day, 2.167, 172
Eye, Gods eſſence cannot be ſeen by the bodily eye, though glorified, but by the eye of the underſtanding, 3.23
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Faith, the great ſaving office of it is to unite the ſoul to Jeſus Chriſt. 1.43
It is an hand to apply the righteouſneſs of the firſt covenant, as fulfilled by our Surety, 2.146
Many do believe, and yet do not believe, that they do believe, 3.71
Fear, there is never a fear in a Chriſtian, but there is a fear not in the Scripture as an Antidote, 3.147
Fidelity, the faithfulneſs of the Saints will be owned at the laſt day, 2.128
Fruition, whatever the Saints ſee they enjoy in heaven, 3.58
It conſiſts of a tenfold Ingredient,
1 Propriety, 3.58
2 Poſſeſſion, 3.61
3 Intimacy, 3.63
4 Fulneſs, 3.65
5 Suitableneſs, 3.67
6 Fixedneſs, 3.70
7 Reflection, 3.71
8 Freſhneſs, 3.73
9 Preſent, 3.75
10 Complacency, ibid.
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Glory, different degrees of the Saints glory, 3.5.
The glory of God will ſwallow up all private and perſonal conſiderations, 3.14
God, he can do what he will. 2.100
His eſſence cannot be ſeen by the glorified corporeal eye, but by the eye of the underſtanding, 3.26
Godly, Chriſt his being Judge great comfort to them, 2.75
Good, the good of the Saints will be mentioned, not their evil, at the great day, 2.130
None of the good that ever the wicked did ſhall be mentioned to their honour, 2.170
Goſpel and Law reconciled in the myſtery of juſtification. 2.153
Tryal by the Goſpel will be the moſt ſevere of any, 2.166
Grace in the Saints is under a covenant, 1.39
A compariſon between the covenant of grace, and the covenant of works, 3.81
Graves, the wicked raked out of them in their uglineſs, 2.102
They are beds, wherein the bodies of the Saints are laid to reſt, 1.4
Guilty, to be not guilty, and to be righteous, are two different capacities, 2.139
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Happineſs, looking more after holineſs than happineſs, is an evidence of heaven, 3.120
Heaven, it belongs to the Saints,
1 By inheritance, 3.60
2 By purchaſe, ibid.
In heaven none have the leſs for what others do enjoy, but every one an whole God, 3.65
It is a place of unmixed joy, 3.69
It may be made ſure, 3.111
To look after an intereſt in heaven is an argument of wiſdom, 3.115
Evidences of it, 3.119
Heavenly — mindedneſs the evidence of … heavenly bleſſedneſs, 2.112
Hell, ſeparation from Chriſt the worſt part of it, 2.105
It is a place of unmixed ſorrow, 3.69
Holy Ghoſt, why ſo called, 2.122
Holineſs, by the Spirit of holineſs, Rom. 1.4. what meant, 1.12
It doth beſt capacitate the ſoul for the Viſion of God, 3.39, 41
In the Saints it is the divine nature, not the divine being, 3.42
God loveth it more than the creature; how it is true? and how in Arminius his ſenſe not true, 3.42
It is not the cauſe, but the end of election, 3.43
What holineſs that muſt be that can capacitate us to ſee Gods face, 3.44
Looking more after holineſs than happineſs an evidence of heaven, 3.120
Humane nature of Chriſt the higheſt beatifical object in heaven next to the divine Eſſence, 3.18
The glorifying of Chriſt's humane nature is the reward of his paſſion, 3.19
Hypocrite, no hypocrite in heaven, 3.8
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Image, that the Image of God ſuffered a miſcarriage, was not of improvidence, but of ordination, 3.80
Imitation, it is the duty of Chriſtians to imitate Chriſt univerſally, 2.101
Immutability, the immutability of God giveth aſſurance of the eternity of heaven, 3.91
Imputation, of righteouſneſs is the poſitive part of juſtiſication, 2.133
Imputed righteouſneſs is the ſame materially that the Law requireth, 2.149
Indictment, the ſinners indictment and plea, 2.147
Innocence is no ſecurity againſt oppreſſion and cruelty, 1.51
Interceſſor, there is no Interceſſor at the great aſſize, 2.171
Intereſt, to look after an intereſt in heaven an argument of wiſdom, 3.115
Juſtice of God an aſſurance of the eternity of heaven, 3.95
Judge, Chriſt muſt be the Judge of great terror to the wicked, 2.73
Of great comfort to the godly, 2.75
Judgment-day, whether the Saints, that are then alive, muſt die literally, or analogically only, 2.65
Why concealed, 2.68
Whether Chriſt will ſit upon a viſible throne, 2.70
Chriſt will appear in the ſame humane nature, which he aſſumed of the Virgin, and why? 2.71
Chriſt will appear perſonally for three reaſons,
1 The judgment muſt be perſonal, 2.70
2 A recompence to his abaſement, 2.71
3 To perfect his mediatory office, 2.72
Juſtification, the Saints ſhall be fully and finally juſtified at the laſt day, which conſiſts
1 In their publick abſolution, 2.133
2 In the Judge his pronouncing them perfectly righteous, 2.138
God▪ juſtifieth a ſinner in that way wherein he may juſtifie himſelf, 2.141
It is not by any intrinſick merit in faith, but extrinſick object, that faith layeth hold on, 2.148
It is variouſly denominated according to its cauſes, 2.153
Legal and evangelical what it is, 2.154
Law and Goſpel reconciled in the myſtery of juſtification, 2.153
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Kindneſs, all kindneſſes done to Chriſt or his members will be owned at the day of judgment, 2.129
Knowledge, whether the Saints ſhall know one another with a diſtinguiſhing knowledge in heaven? affirm. 3.8
Knowledge of one another in heaven a great motive to converſe one with another on earth, 3.11
Whether the knowledge of our elect relations in heaven, do not infer a diſtinct knowledge of our relations in hell, and whether that may not be terrible, Neg. 3.13
How many wayes we ſhall have knowledge of God ſet forth by ſeveral ſteps, 3.31
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Law, pardon is not the qualification that the Law requireth but perfection, 2.139
That which God at firſt wrote in mans heart, and afterwards in two tables of ſtone was a law of a moſt holy and abſolute perfection, 2.143
The law the image of Gods nature and will, 2.143
It was given to be
1 A rule and pattern of an holy life, 2.144
2 A condition of eternal life, ibid.
It is of perpetual neceſſity, 2.144
It is not to be diſpenced withall, 2.144
Chriſt did not bring in another law, but another medium to fulfil the former, 2.144
Chriſt as Mediator was born under the law, 2.145
Chriſt his fulfilling the law was performed in and by the humane nature, 2.149
Law and Goſpel reconciled in the great myſtery of juſtification, 2.153
Likeneſs, we ſhall be like God in
1 Our underſtanding, 3.78
2 Our will, 3.80
3 Our affections, 3.80
4 Our memories,
5 the whole image.
1 The ſoul, 3.81
2 the body 3.82
Loſs, fear of looſing of heaven would make it worſe than hell, 3.96
Love of God a great aſſurance of the eternity of heaven, 3.94
A ſuperlative love to Chriſt an evidence of heaven, 3.120
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Marriage of the Lamb conſummated at the last day, and the ſolemnity of it, 2.162
Marriage, its happineſs conſiſts in ſuitableneſs, 3.67
Maityrdom like Elijah's Charriot, 3.139
Means, God not tyed to them, 3.48
Memory, the Saints ſhall be like God in their memories, 3.80
Of the Saints ſhall be like the ark of the covenant, 3.80
Mercy, the mercy of God an aſſurance of heavens eternity, 3.92
Miniſters muſt preach nothing but what is warranted by the word, 2.67
They may preach with ſucceſs, and yet be caſt out, 2.171
They must ſee that the comforts they adminiſter be Gods comforts, 3.154
Miſcarriage of the image of God in Adam, not of improvidence, but ordination, 3.80
Miſtake, no miſtake of one anothers condition in heaven, 3.7
Mixture of Saints and ſinners will be here, 2.116
Mortification, exerciſe the duties of it, 3, 130
Motives to aſſurance, 3.111
Mourners are to open their ears and hearts to words of comfort, 3.156
Myſtery, divers myſteries mentioned, namely,
1 Of the Trinity.
2 Of the Incarnation.
3 Of Election, and Reprobation.
4 Of the Creation of the World.
5 Of the Reſurrection.
6 Of all the Arcana Naturae, 3.51
We muſt not pry too much into them, 3.55
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Nature, the fulfilling of the Law was performed in and by the humane nature, 2.149
Negatives cannot fill a dying man with comfort, 3.160
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Omnipotence, all things are alike to it, 2.100
It ſupports the Saints under their happineſs, as well as the wicked under their miſery, 3.90, 92
It is omnipotence in God that he cannot ſin, 3 90
Ordinances, a dangerous notion of being above them, 3.48
In what ſenſe it is good to live above them, ibid.
Not to reſt in, or contented with them, 3.49
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Pardon, pardon of ſin is the privative part of juſtification, 2.133
How ſins paſt, preſent and to come, are pardoned in converſion, and how not, 2.134
Sin fully pardoned at death, ibid.
It makes ſin as if it had never been, 2.135
It is not ſufficient to capacitate the Saints for glory, 2.139
It looks backward, Righteouſneſs forward, 2.142
It is not the qualification which the Law requireth, but perfection, 2 139
If God ſhould only pardon, and not juſtifie, it would ſeem to reflect upon,
1 Gods Wiſdom, 2 142
2 Gods …ll-ſufficiency, ibid.
3 Gods Veracity and Juſtice, ibid.
It maketh not a man righteous, 2.148
No pardon at the Judgment-ſeat, 2.169
Perſeverance ſtands not in the nature of grace, 1.39
It ſtands not in the liberty or rectitude of the will, though regenerate, 1.39
It ſtands upon,
1 Divine compact, 140
2 Ʋnion with Chriſt, ibid.
Pleaſure, ſenſitive pleaſures have only their foreign, 3 108
Pra…ſe, Saints ſhall be praiſed for their graces at the laſt day, though wrought in them, &c. 2.132
Prayer, get the faithful to pray for thee, and pray for thy ſelf, 3.131
Words of prayer are to be joyned with words of comfort, 3.165
Preſence, the Saints ſhall ever be in the preſence of Chriſt, 3.2
Precepts in one place, are promiſes in another, 3.112
Pride, there is much of pride in refuſing comfort, 3.157
Promiſes ought to be ſtudied, 3.163
Learn to which of Chriſts Offices each promiſe relateth, 3.164
Promiſes in one place are precepts in another, 3.112
Refer them to their diſtinct heads, 3.163
They then bring comfort, when they are applied by the Spirit, 3.164.
Propriety, to enjoy heaven, and to know I do enjoy it, is the happineſs of happineſs, 3.71.
Puniſhment ſhall not be mitigated at the judgment, 2.170
Purchaſe and election are both perfected by the ſanctification of the Spirit, 2.123
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Recompence, Chriſt his ſpeaking honourably of the Saints in the laſt day will abundantly recompence the reproaches they have here, 2.133
Reconciliation, God is firſt in reconciliation, though ſinners firſt in the tranſgreſſion, 2.169
Redeemer, he undertook two great works for the redeemed,
1. One to make ſatisfaction for ſin.
2. The other to yield abſolute conformity to the Law of God, 2.140
Regeneration, Conformity of the Saints to Chriſt in the Reſurrection hath its beginning in it, 2.101, 111
Relations, ours not alone in their death, 1.9
When dead they are not loſt but ſowen, 1.19
Though they ceaſe in heaven, yet the remembrance of them ceaſeth not, 3.12
Remembrance, the book of Gods remembrance, and book of conſcience will agree exactly, 2.167
Reproach, Reproaches for Chriſt better than all the applauſe of the world, 3.83.
Reprobate, the future eſtate of the reprobate ſet forth by eternity, 3.89
Reſurrection, three things intereſt a believer in the triumph of Chriſt's reſurrection,
1 Power, 1.12
2 Office, 1.13
3 Right, 1. ibid.
Christ aroſe by his own ſtrength, 1.12
As a publick head, 1.13
On which account,
1 The Saints are ſaid to be riſen already, 1.14
2 They are aſſured they ſhall ariſe, 1.15
Reſurrection of Chriſt why called his youth, 1.16
An inſeparable connexion between the reſurrection of Chriſt, and of the Saints,
1 Of merit, 1.15
2 Of power and influence, 1.16
3 Of deſign, 1.17
4 Of union, ibid.
Chriſt is riſen as our firſt fruits, 1.19
Reſurrection of the Saints ſtands upon a ſurer foundation than our faith, 1.20
How Chriſt ſhall bring the Saints with him at the reſurrection,
1 Their ſouls from heaven, 1.47
2 Their bodies from the grave, and how, 1.47
3 Body and ſoul he ſhall take up into the clouds, and why, 1.48 49
4 He ſhall carry them back with him into heaven, 1.50
It ſhall put believers that are dead into as good a capacity as thoſe that are alive, 2.64
Saints, that ſhall then be found alive, will be no otherwiſe capable of it, than under the notion of the dead, 2.65
The manner of it, 2.86
The admirable properties of it,
1 Incorruptible, 2.89
2 Glorious, 2.90
3 Powerful, 2.93
4 Spiritual, 2.94
Saints ſhall riſe with the ſame bodies they lye down with, 2.87
The body will depend wholly upon the ſoul, 2.95
Our bodies at the reſurrection ſhall he moved by an extrinſic power, but ſhall move themſelves by an intrinſic principle, 2.107
Why called the Regeneration, 2.101
Three conſequents of the reſurrection,
1 The reſurrection of the Saints that are dead, 2.86
2 The Saints triumphant aſcenſion, 2.104
3 The Saints joyful meeting,
1 One with another, 2.112
2 All with Chriſt, where
1 The perſons meeting, 2.120
2 The place where, 2.124
3 The ends of their meeting, 2.126
Chriſt will welcome the Saints at the reſurrection under a threefold relation,
1 As the Fathers election, 2.121
2 As the purchaſe of his blood, ibid.
3 As the depoſitum of the Holy Ghoſt, 2.122
Reward is an encouragement to good works, e contra, 3.91
Riches have wings, 3.105
Righteous, to be righteous, and not guilty, are two different capacities. 2.139
Righteouſneſs, a poſitive righteouſneſs is required to the juſtification of a ſinner, as well as abſolution from guilt and puniſhment, which appears on the account,
1 Of the juſtice of God, 2.141
2. Of the perfection of the Law, 2.143
3 Of the neceſſity of the ſinner, 2.154
4 Of the excellency of the Redeemen, 2.157
It looks forward: pardon backward, 2.142
Righteouſneſs imputed to the Saints the firſt moment of their converſion, 2.160
The mediatory righteouſneſs of Chriſt comes to be a believers, as the firſt Adam's diſobedience came to be his poſterities, viz. by imputation, 2.146
Imputed righteouſneſs the ſame materially which the Law requireth, 2.149
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Sacrament, attend often upon the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, 3.132
Saints, the dignity of them, 1.41.
They that are alive at Chriſt his coming ſhall have no advantage above thoſe that are dead, 2.58
They that are dead ſhall be firſt remembred at the reſurrection, 2.60
Thoſe that are alive will be no otherwiſe capable of the reſurrection than under the notion of the dead, 2.65
They ſhall be ſolemnly eſpouſed to Chriſt, 2.162
They ſhall be aſſeſſors with him at the judgment, 2.164
Scripture inference is Scripture, 2.67
It concerns us to ſearch the Scriptures, 3.163
In reading Scripture make a collection of the Promiſes, 3.163.
Secret, whatever kindneſs was ſhewed to God in ſecret ſhall be openly rewarded, 2.130
Self-denyal, exerciſe it, 3.130
Separation, a perfect ſeparation from the ſociety of ſinners at the laſt day, 2.117
Sin, why ſometimes puniſhed here, ſometimes not, 2.78
The Saints ſins not remembred at the laſt day, 2.130
And why, 2.134
This is no encouragement to ſin, 2.131
It is fully pardoned at death, 2.134
They will appear as they are at the day of judgment, 2.168
A vain thing to call any ſin ſmall, 2.168
The ſmalleſt is dangerous, 3.128
It ſets us at a great diſtance from heaven, 3.41
An univerſal hatred of it an evidence of heaven, 3.120
It is the Devils image, 3.120
Sinner, the condition of a ſinner doth neceſſarily require an imputed righteouſneſs,
1 To ſettle ſolid peace in the conſcience, 2.154
2 To ſecure his appearance in the day of judgment, 2.157
Sinners are mixed with Saints here, & contra, 2.116
They will dread the ſociety of the godly at the laſt day, as much, as formerly they hated it, 2.117
They were first in tranſgreſſion, but God firſt in reconciliation, 2.169
Sleep, Death but a ſleep, 1.2
Death reſembled to ſleep in two reſpects, 1.3
Socinians deceived in ſaying, we ſhall not have real, but aerial bodies at the reſurrection, 2.96
Sorrow, there is a ſorrow for departed friends, which God condemns not, 3.144
Souls, all of one ſize, 2.94
Not everlaſting a parte ante, and why, 3.86
Spirit, the Spirit of Chriſt the fountain of efficacy, but the blood of Chriſt the fountain of merit, 2.122
Spirit of God hath a twofold office about attaining aſſurance, 3.123
Be tender of it, 3.127
None but friends can properly be ſaid to grieve the Spirit, 3.128
Sufferings of the Saints will be owned at the reſurrection, 2.129
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Tears of the Saints are bottled, 2.128
Terror, it will be horrible terror to the wicked, to ſee the Saints ſit in judgment with Chriſt, 2.164
Time, no farther time will be granted at the great Aſſize, 2.171
Tranſgreſſion, Sinners were firſt in tranſgreſſion, but God firſt in reconciliation, 2.169
Tranſlate, no tranſlating of ſin upon others at the great day, 2.168
Tribunal, there will be no appeal from the great Tribunal, 2.169
Trinity, the external works of it are undivided, 1.46
The order of their work, 1.46
Trumpet, one end of the Feaſt of Trumpets might be to put them in mind of the laſt day, 2.114
Laſt Trump will not be only audible, but articulate, 2.115
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Viſion, ſix things ſhall be the object of the Saints Viſion,
1 The ſeat of bleſſed ſouls, 3.3
2 The glorified Saints, 3.4
3 The elect Angels, 3.15
4 The glorified body of Chriſt, 3.26
5 God in the divine Eſſence, 3.18
6 All things in God, 3.42
Of glorified Saints will be wonderful glorious, 3.4
We ſhall not have an intuitive Viſion of the divine Eſſence, 3.27
How far we ſhall have a Viſion of the divine Eſſence, 3.30
Of God in Scriture is twofold,
1 In Grace, 3.40
2 In Glory, ibid.
How theſe agree, and how they differ, 3.46
Unbelief the ſpring of all our miſery, 1.21
Underſtanding, the glorified underſtanding ſhall have a ſixfold perfection,
1 Spirituality, 3.36
2 Clarity, 3.37
3 Capacity, 3.38
4. Sanctity, ibid.
5 Strength, 3.39
6 Fixedneſs, ibid.
Our underſtandings will be like unto God in heaven, 3.78
Union between Chriſt and believers how expreſſed in ſcriture, 1.22
Opened in 7. diſtinguiſhing properties,
1 Spiritual, 1.23
2 Real, 1.25
3 Operative, 1.29
4 Enriching, 1.30
5 Intimous, 1.33
6 Total, 1.35
7 Indiſſoluble, ib.
It is of Gods
1 Praeordination, 1.36
2 Efficiency, ibid.
3 Support, ibid.
No in and out in it, 1.37
Death diſſolveth it no… ibid.
Unkindneſſes to Chriſt great hinderances of aſſurance, 3.128
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Waiting, It is good for us to wait for God, 3 133
Wicked, great terror to ſuch that Chriſt ſhall be Judge, 2.73
They ſhall be dragged by Angels before the Tribunal, to receive their ſentence, 2.164
No good that ever they did ſhall, be mentioned to their honour, 2.170
Wicked men how to be ſuffered, 2.117
All they do is abomination, 2.170
Will, our wills will be like unto God in heaven, 3.79
Witneſſes, their enemies confounded at their aſcenſion, 2.102
Word of Chriſt more authentick than tradition or revelation, 2.63
The only foundation for our faith, 2.66
Works, a compariſon between the Covenant of Works, and the Covenant of Grace, 3.81
Works, reward encouragement to good works, 3.91
World compared to a ſtage, 3.70
World and the Devil have counterfeit Cordials, 3.154
Worldly enjoyments not what we fancy them, 3.70
Worldly felicities quickly grow old, 3.74
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Young, the joyes of heaven alwayes young, 3.74
Youth, the Saints ſhall riſe in youth, and perfect ſtrength and beauty 3.73