The Great Mystery of Godliness Opened, Index 1 – Index 2

The Great Mystery of Godliness Opened · Index 1 – Index 2

A Table for the Ninth Chapter of the Epiſtle to the Romans.

A

ABrahams true ſeed who they are, page 69

Acts of God have ſpecial and particular ends, page 143

Adoption external, what it ſignifieth, page 26

Anabaptiſts confuted, page 37, 86

Anabaptiſts and Familiſts confuted, page 137

Anathema, what it is, page 18

Arminians confuted concerning Election and Ʋniverſal Redemption, page 84, 86

Aſtrology judicial cenſured, page 78, 79, 80.

Aſſurance of Salvation how attained, page 206, &c.

B

BLame of ſin apt to be laid from our ſelves, page 160

Blindneſſe of minde the miſery of it, page 141

Blindneſſe of 'the world in misjugding of the ſtate and condition of Gods children, page 225

Bring born under the ſame poſition of the ſtars preventeth not difference of diſpoſition, page 78

C

CAlled ſome at one hour, ſome at another, page 101

Calling effectual an evidence and token of one in Covenant with God, page 61

Calling effectual a ground of good aſſurance of Salvation, page 205

—A ſpecial evidence of Election, page 206

—without reſpect of perſons or qualification, page 209

Calling wrought by the word and Spirit of God, page 216

Called ones have a ſpecial work of the word upon their Souls, page 222

Cavil againſt the Godhead of Christ anſwered, page 40

Cenſuring of any raſhly, eſpecially to be Reprobates, taxed and reproved, page 60

Children of God their honourable eſtate, page 35, uſe 2.

Children of Godly Parents are not therefore Gods children, page 56

Children of ſuch how ſaid to be holy, page 56, 57

—admonition to ſuch page 57

Children of the fleſh and of promiſe, page 62, 63

Chriſt incarnate and and became true man, and why, page 36, 37

Chriſt brought not his body from Heaven, page 37

Chriſts incarnation comfortable to his, page 38

Chriſt true God proved, 39 uſe of it, page 41

Chriſt both God and man in one perſon, page 43

Chriſt to be thought and ſpoken of with reverence due to his name, page 44

Chriſtians deſcribed, page 53, 54.

Chriſtians their ſpiritual duty, page 60

Comparing our ſelves with God is uſeful and beneficial, page 167, 168

Choſen ones of God differ not from others till God diſtinguiſh them, page 59

Conſcience, why placed in the ſoul of man, viz. to be witneſſe and regiſter, page 8, 9

Conſcience not right till ſanctified, page 10

—erroneous and unſanctified taxed, page 11

Contentment one ſpecial ground, of it, page 99

—a neceſſary Chriſtian duty, page 175

Continuance in ſin dangerous, page 189

Covenants what they are, page 27

Churches enemies can do nothing but what God hath appointed, page 143

Curioſity the danger of it; page 170

D

DAvids reſpect to Saul though wicked, page 30

Daies their ſuperſtitious obſervation reproved, page 123

Decrees of God concerning Election and reprobation moſt juſt, page 116

Drawn to Chriſt how men are, page 91

Different eſtates of men in the world, ordered by Gods decree and appointment, page 98.

Dignity of Gods children diſcovered, page 224, &c.

E

ELection is the chuſing of a certain number to ſalvation and not of all, page 84

Election reprobation▪ depend meerly upon the good pleaſure of God, and not of man, page 85

Election daependeth not upon good works or upon faith foreſeen, page 93

Comfort to ſuch as are aſſured of their Election, page 87, 91

Election of God is ſure and unchangeable page 89

—The doctrine of Election muſt be rightly applyed, but not abuſed, page 91

Election a ſure and true note of it, page 92

Election the Decree of it moſt effectual, page 100

Election, aſſurance of it poſſible to be atttained, page 101

—aſſurance of Election, how attained, page 101, 102

Elected ones ſpecial Characters of them, page 111

—their condition whilſt remaining in their natural eſtate, page 220

Enemies of the Church can do nothing againſt it but by Gods permiſſion and appointment, page 144

and yet are juſtly blamed and puniſhed, and why, ibid.

Erroneous opinions justly to be abhorred, page 118

—proceed chiefly from carnal Reaſon, page 158

Excellencies in others, are duly to be acknowledged and reverenced, page 29

Final eſtate of any not raſhly to be judged, page 101

Freewill the doctrine of it confuted, page 131, 132

G

GLory and happineſſe of the Saints in heaven is wholly of Gods free mercy, page 202

—aſſurance of intereſt in it how attained, page 203

Glory of God ought to be dearer to us then our own ſalvation; and why, page 22, 23

God, the title of it never given to any one man in Scripture; Magiſtrates how called gods, page 40

God in every act of his hath a particular end, page 143

God hath lawful power over man to diſpoſe of him at his pleaſure, as the potter over the clay, page 179

God no tyrant, nor unrighteous, ibid, & page 180

Gods Infinite power againſt ſin and ſinners will be one day manifeſted, page 192

—Reaſons and uſes of it ſhewed page 191

Gods power, ſaving and deſtroying, ibid.

Gods revenging power irreſiſtible, page 192

Grief; Chriſtians ought to grieve for the miſery of others, eſpecially of their ſouls, page 11, 12

Grief, whether lawful for ſuch as ſuffer juſtly by the Magiſtrates for evil doing, page 34

H

HAtred, how God hated Eſau, ſhewed, page 106

Hardneſſe of heart a moſt grievous judgement, page 141

—God muſt not be provoked to inflict it, ibid.

—Gods children ſhall not be given up to it, page 142

Hardening of ſome a free act of God, page 153

Hardening of ſome according to Gods will, page 154

How God hardeneth the heart, ibid.

Whether Gods Hardening do juſtly excuſe hardened ſinners yea or no, page 163

Hearers of the word, their ſpecial duty, page 129, 130

—Directions for profitable hearing of the Word of God, page 115

Heart hard a grievous judgement, ſee hardneſſe.

Heart ſoft and melting a ſpecial mercy, page 155

Heart ſo qualified, how attained, page 155, 156

Hieruſalem, how and in what reſpect an holy City, page 224

—folly of Popiſh Pilgrimages thither, ibid.

Hope of ſalvation where to be placed, page 132

Humility one ſpecial ground of it, page 177

I

IMpudency of ſome diſcovered, page 170

Indifferency in matters of Religion not good, page 118

Inferiors ought to be obedient to ſupeirours, page 30, 31

Iſraelites all are not, that are ſo called, page 52

Iſraelites indeed righly deſcribed, page 26, 47

Jewiſh people moſt honourable and why, page 36

—our duty towrds them, ibid.

Juſtice of God (in caſe of Election, &c.) vindicated, page 179

Juſtice of God (in deſtroying the wicked) is to be magnified, page 195

K

KIndred in the fleſh our duty towards them, page 25

—eſpecially to ſeek and endeavour their ſalvation, ibid.

—neglecters of their kindred reproved, page 26

Kindred and race of Gods ſervants honourable, page 34

L

LOve, if true, begetteth grief for the party beloved, page 15

Love to the people of God, the tryal of it, page 16

Love whether due to the none Elected, page 21

Love wiſheth well to the ſouls of the beloved, page 21, 22

Love of the father in ſending of Chriſt, page 38

—How God loved Jacob expounded, page 105

Love of God eternal cauſe of all good to his, page 106

Love of God to us how it differeth from our love unto others, page 107

He ſhould endeavour to ſee the love of God in all that we enjoy, ibid.

Love of God to his, Eternal, 1…8, and how, page 109

—how God loveth his Elect when enemies, ibid.

Lump, expounded, page 176

M

O MAn, what is meant by it, page 166

Mary the bleſſed Virgin ſaved not by bearing Chriſt in her womb, but in heart by faith, page 28

Merit of works the doctrine of it confuted, page 94

—ſee more, 201, 2. uſe, 202, 1. uſe.

Mercy of God towards his choſen, dependeth onelyonly on the good pleaſure of his will, page 124, 125

Mercy of God to his then ſweeeeſt, when compared with his wrath on thewicked, page 196

Mercy of God to his Elect and Choſen, ſhall be one day manifeſted, page 198

—the ſpecial uſes of that point, page 199

Mercy of God to his Elect and Choſen, is directed to his own glory, page 200

Mercy of God is to be magnified, page 201

Mercy of God the ground of our happineſſe in heaven, page 202

Miniſters of God are to manifeſt both love and wiſdom when they deliver harſh things to the hearers, p. 3.

Miniſters muſt yet take heed of daubing or man pleaſing, ibid.

Miniſters muſt take care to apply the word of God to the hearers aright, page 51, 128

—How they aſſure men of ſalvation, page 129, uſe 1.

Miniſters of the word muſt uſe to deal plainly with the hearers, page 228

N

NAtural eſtate a miſerable condition, page 220

Natural eſtate of the Elect conſidered, ibid.

Neceſſity is twofold ſhewed, page 110

Nicodemus his carnal reaſoning, page 158

O

OBſervation of times lawful and unlawful, page 79

—ſuperſtitious Obſervation of dayes reproved, page 122

Opinions falſe and erroneous drawn from miſconceit, are very hardly left, page 71

Opinions falſe and Erroneous to be diſclaimed and utterly abhorred, page 118

Opinions Erroneous ariſe chiefly from fleſhly and carnal Reaſoning, page 158

P

Painting of faces abominable, and why, page 174

Patinece of God towards the wicked, and Reprobate ſhewed, and the reaſon of it. page 185, 186

—the end and uſe of Gods patience therein, page 187, 18

Patience of God abuſed, very offenſive to him, page 188

—Motives not to abuſe the patience of God, page 190

Papiſts can be no true friends to Proteſtant States, page 32, uſe

Papiſts overthrow the truth of Chriſts humane natures, page 37

Popiſh ſlander anſwered and confuted, page 41, 78

Popiſh doctrine confuted, page 94, 132, 133

Popiſh practiſe obſerved and reproved, page 103

Papiſts abuſe the written word, and how, page 121, 137

Papiſts impudent cavil anſwered, page 172

Popiſh Pilgrimages cenſured and reproved, page 224

Peter, whether ever Biſhop of Rome, queſtionable, page 35

Piety, the great force and power of it noted, page 34

—of Parents beneficial to children, page 35

Places diſtinction, taken away under the new Teſtament, page 223

Pharaoh King of Egypt, why raiſed up of God, page 135

—How God is ſaid to harden his heart, page 136

Preachers in applying the word may fitly and lawfully ſay, this is a word of comfort, &c. page 71

Preachers muſt apply general truthes of God to particular caſes and concernments, page 128

Preſumption how beſt beaten down in us, page 167

Pride one ſpecial ground of it diſcovered.

Priviledge none whatſoever outward can make graceleſs perſons accepted of God, page 28

No outward Priviledge to be reſted in, no not outward profeſſion of Religion, ibid.

Promiſes miſapplyed are not comfortable, page 50

Promiſes, Rom. 9. what meant by them, page 27

Promiſes of God firm and ſtable, page 48, 49

—comfort to ſuch as are intereſted in them, ibid.

Promiſes of two ſorts, page 71

Promiſes made good, all the ſorts of them, page 72

Profane Proverb reproved, page 35

Man fitly compared to Potters veſſel, with the uſe of it, page 177, 178

Q

Quarrelling with Gods will very abominable, page 173.

Queſtioning the will of God, great impudency, page 169

—not tolerable to do it, page 171

Queſtioning of God, a weakneſſe in the Saints, ibid.

R

REaſon carnal apt to gather falſe concluſions from true principles. page 157

—the ground of Erroneous Opinions, page 158

Carnal Reaſon apt to abuſe Scripture, page 159

Religion the glory of a Nation, page 32

Reprobation, the decree of it from Eternity, page 109, &c.

Reprobates how they ſin of neceſſity, page 110

—what things cannot be found in them, page 111

Reprobation, the doctrine of it revealed in Scripture, page 139

Reprobates, hardened by God, and how, page 140

—Gods higheſt end in their deſtruction, page 194

Revelation beſides, or againſt Scripture to be rejected, page 137

Revenge not to be ſought by Chriſtians, and why, page 193

S

SAdneſſe of Gods children reproved, page 49 uſe

Salvation of man wholly in Gods hand, page 133

Stars, their poſition not to be obſerved, page 78, 79

Separatiſts reproved and confuted, page 52, 53

Similitudes in Preaching muſt be of things known, page 177

Scripture, if obſcure in one place, is uſually explained and made plain in another, page 63

Scripture beſt expounder of it ſelf, page 65

Scripture ſufficient to reſolve all doubts, page 77, 136

—uſed by the Apoſtles to prove doctrines, page 103

Scripture, ſufficient in fundamentals, and why? page 137

—how known to be the word of God. page 138

Scripture, expreſſe words not alwaies neceſſary to be uſed in preaching, proved, page 215

Scripture apt to be perverted by wicked men, page 65

—but ought not to be abuſed, page 215

Succeſſions of perſons, without truth and piety, nothing, page 35

Swearing lawful, p. 5. but vain reproved, ibid.

Swearing muſt be by the true God onelyonly, p. 6, 7

T

TRuths of God how to be delivered, page 113

—ſubject to be perverted, page 114

Truth in word and heart go together, p. 7

V

VIrginity, whether juſtly to be preferred before Marriage yea or no, page 28

Veſſel of clay is man even the strongeſt, page 177, 178

Veſſel of wrath explained, page 183

Veſſel of wrath and child of wrath differ, page 183

Elect and Reprobate both Veſſels, page 184

Veſſels of mercy how known, ibid.

W

VVEakneſſe of Saints diſcovered, page 171

Wilful ſinners dangerous condition, page 193

Will of God (in Predeſtination) Independent, page 180

—Will of God irreſiſtible, page 163

Will of God ever backed by his power, page 164

—the right uſe of it, ibid.

Will of God in all things juſt and holy, page 122

—not to be oppoſed by carnal reaſon, page 123

Will of God overthroweth not the freedom of mans will, page 164

Will of God not to be queſtioned, page 169

—not to be quarrelled againſt, page 172

Quarrellers againſt Gods will noted, page 174

Wiſh of the Apoſtle, Rom. 9.3. lawful, page 19

—the extent of that wiſh weighed, page 20

Wiſhing the welfare of Souls, neceſſary, ibid.

Witneſſe none can ſin without it, p. 9. uſe, 2

Wrath of God furious more to be feared then hell, page 190

Word written, a ſpeaking word, page 121

—abuſed by Papiſts, ibid.

Word of God miſapplyed, not his word, page 50. 51

—muſt be rightly applyed by all, page 51

Word of the Goſpel an effectual word, page 66

—power of it not to be withſtood, page 68

—how profitably heard, page 115

Word of God not to be cavilled againſt, page 142

—why ſome are not ſoftned by it, page 155

Word of Gods predictions ſhould not offend us when fulfulling, page 214

Word of God ſubject to be wreſted and perverted, page 114

The Table of the Texts of Scripture opened on the 9^th Chapter of the Epiſtle of St. Paul to the Romans.