Several Sermons, Index – Sermon 1
An Alphabeticall Table of the chief matters contained in the foregoing WORK.
A.
DAvid free from Abners blood. p. 2. Abners Funerall.
No outward diſadvantages hinder Gods acceptance. p. 33. Of prayer and mercy
Thoſe that have all advantages ſhould haſten to Gods ſervice. p. 34
God will certainly avenge his people. p.
Academici cavendum ne indignos ad S. Miniſterium promoveant. p. 18. ipſi ſeduli ſint. p. 19
B.
BEllarmine confuted. p. 58
C.
A Sinfull change in fallen man. p. 13
The nature of this change. p. 15
Extent and cauſes of it. p. 16
Comfort amidſt our great folly. p. 37
Condemnation what it imports. p. 59
To be in Chriſt, what? p. 60
Saints in Chriſt, are in a happy eſtate. p. 61
Wherein this conſiſts, p. ib. & ſeqq.
Come to Chriſt motives, p. 65
Objections againſt it anſwered. p. 67
What we muſt do to come to Chriſt. p. 68
Keep cloſe to Chriſt. p. 69
Get your children into Chriſt. p. 71
How this may be done. p. 72
Slight none that are in Chriſt.
Comfort to thoſe that are in Chriſt.
How to know whether we be in Chriſt.
Objections againſt it anſwered. p.
Cornelius formerly beleeved in Chriſt. p. 3
Comfort for the perſecuted Church. p.
Take courage in prayer. p.
What is won or loſt by courage, or fainting in prayer. p. See Prayer.
D.
MAns undoing from his non-dependence on God. 5. Reaſ. p. 39
Three ſorts of men not depending on God. p. 44
When a man depends on God. p. 47
Obſerve the difference of mans eſtates. p. 18
The ſteps of mans downfall, p. 41
The great evill of it. p. 43
Enquire the cauſe of Gods delayes both publick and private.
How to remedy it. p.
Be not diſcouraged, becauſe of delayes. p.
Objections anſwered p.
Two doubts reſolved. p. 1 Relig. old way.
Doubts ſhould ſend us to God in prayer. ib. & p. 13
No greatneſs can keep from death. p. 3. See Greatneſs Abn. fun.
Be patient at the death of friends. p. 32
Deſire not wordly greatneſes. p. 8. Abn. Fun.
Men apt to beleeve the Devil rather then God. p.
E.
OF Election.
Obſerve the difference of mans Eſtates. p. 18. See firſt eſtate.
F.
BE humbled to conſider, from whence we are fallen. p. 10
Why God did not put us paſt danger of falling. p. 12
Time of mans fall. p. 14
A ſinfull change in man fallen, p. 13
Be humbled for our fall into ſin. p. 20. & ſeq.
How to recover our fall. p. 24.
The power of faith.
Aright faſt.
We ſhould have reſpect to the meaneſt in our family. p. 34. Relig.
Fear not worldly greatneſs. p. 7. Abn. Fun.
We muſt not baſely fear death. p. 14. How that may be cured. p. 15
Be well grounded in the knowledge of our firſt eſtate p. 6.
Principles to be known concernig it. p. 67.
Anſwer to Socinian, and Popiſh cavils about it. ibid. To the cavils of carnall p. 9.
Great men apt to be flatter'd. p. 11. Abn. Fun.
G.
RƲles to be obſerved in giving. p. 32. Ad Relig.
God not the Author of ſin. p. 31, 32
How greatly God is provoked p
We muſt not controll or confine God. p.
No greatneſs can keep from any death. p. 3. Moderate your affections to earthly greatneſs. p. 7. Feares, hopes, deſires. p. 7 8
Great ones ſhould make account of and prepare for death. p. 11 Abn. Fun.
Great men ſubject to be flatter'd. ibid.
When great men are taken away, we muſt be affected with it. p. 18. Reaſ. p. 19.
Great men ſhould ſtudy to be uſefully great, how? p. 20
Joyfully entertain great men. p. 24. Feel the loſſe of them. p. 25
H.
HAbitual corruption, the ſecond part of the firſt ſin. p. 22
Saints in Chriſt happy. p. 66 comparatively with other eſtates. 62. poſitively wherein the happineſſe of it conſiſts. ibid. Reaſ. 65
To be happy come to Chriſt. p. ib.
Make ſure of heaven. p. 33
how that may be done. p. 34
The higheſt eſtate may be overtopt. p. 30. Abn. Fun.
Be humbled to conſider, whence we are fallen. p. 10.
Humiliation wherein it conſiſts. p. 23
Carry our ſelves humbly. p 37
I.
BE humbled for our impatience p.
Inventions diverſly tranſlated. p. 49
Inventions to be avoided. p. 55
A mercy to have Judges. p.
Juſtifie God in all his wayes. p. 8
K.
BE well grounded in the knowledge of our firſt eſtate. p. 6.
Principles to be known concerning it. p. 6.7.
L.
VErbum legere non eſt praedicare. p. 20. Cler.
Gods long-ſuffering towards his adverſaries. p.
M.
MAgiſtrates muſt concur with God the Avenger. p. Confide in God to bear them out. p.
Man at firſt an excellent creature. p. 2
Mans ſeveral cauſes. p. 3
Man looſe from God reſtleſſe in his wayes. p. 50
The matter whereof man was made derogates not from his excellency. p. 5
Gods mercy to be admired, who is yet ready to receive us. p. 35
Gods mercy to man, who departed from him. p. 4
God takes notice of works of merey. p. 19. Ad Relig.
Be humbled for our back wardneſs to works of mercy. p. 22
Exhortations to mercy; motives. p. 24
How we may be able to do works of mercy. p. 26
How willing. p. 27. Objections anſwered. p. 29. rules to be obſerved therein. p. 32
Omnibus incumbit munera ſua diligenter obire & quare, p. 8
O.
QUinam Ovium nomine, veniunt. p. 6. Cler.
P.
PArables, their nature and parts. p.
Quàm diſſimilis Petro Papa Romanus. p. 13
Paſtoris officium duplex, paſcere & pati. p. 2. Cler.
Paſce oves meas, non ad ſolum Petrum pertinet. p. 3
Nihil hoc ad Pontificem Romanum. p. 4
Munus paſtorale duabus pertibus abſolvitur, praedicatione & precatione. p. 17
Paſcere per alium non ſufficit. p. 14.
Excitantur Paſtores ad ſedulitatem in officio faciendo. p. 20.
Incitamenta. p. 23
Non tantùm verbo ſed vita paſcendum. p. 22
Nature of Gods patience, grounds of it. p.
Preſume not on Gods patience. p.
give god the glory of his patience both evill men and good. p. It ſhould lead us to repentance. p. Be humbled that we have provoked a patient God. p. Gods patience gives hope of further grace. p. Be, patient at the death of friends. p. 32. Abn. Fun. Pity our children. p. 53
foreign quid ſignificat. p. 5
We muſt take courage in prayer, and never give over till we ſpeed. Reaſ. p. Be humbled for diſcouragements in prayer. p. How provoking this is to God. p. Exhortation to perſeverance in prayer. p. How needfull to be preſſed. p. Motives to it. p. Meanes to hold out in prayer. p. Power of joyntprayer. p. How to ſet faith on work in prayer. p. Objections againſt courage in prayer anſwered. p. Prayer how Gods, how mans. p. 3. old Relig. Gods graciouſneſs in time and caſe of prayer. 4 Ad Relig. Reaſ. p. 6. Be humbled for our backwardneſs to pray. p. 9. Praiſe God for his graciouſneſs in point of prayer. p. 10. Make uſe of it. p. 13. In diſtreſſes perſonall or publick. ibid. & p. 14. Obſtructions of the ſucceſſe of prayer. p. 15
Verbum legere no eſt praedicare. p. 20.
foreign p. 3
R.
REpent, and let God be all again. p. 53
Man once looſe from God reſtleſſe in his wayes. p. 49. Reaſ. p. 51. Bewaile this reſtleſneſſe, which diſcovers it ſelf in all paſſages of life. p. 54. pity it in our children. p. 53.
Be reſolute in the cauſe of God. duplex reſidentia, loci & of officii. p. 15. Utraque Paſtori neceſſaria. p. 16
What returns we ſhould make to God. p. 36
Forbear private Revenge. p.
Right ſuch of Gods people, as we have wronged. p.
S.
CHarge ſin on our ſelves not others. p. 30
To remove ſin, begin at our ſelves. p. 33. what unregenerate men are to doe. ibid. What regenerate. ibid. Againſt Separation. p. 74
No outward diſadvantage can excuſe from Gods ſervice. p. 33. uſe. Thoſe that have all advantages ſhould haſten to it. p. 34. dying ſpeeches. p. 28. Abn. Fun.
Be humbled chiefly for the firſt ſin, and why. p. 20, 21
The ſecond part of the firſt ſin. p. 22
Mans ſin from himſelf, p. 26 proved, and objections anſwered. p. 27, 28, 29
God not the Author of ſin. p. 31, 32
Studioſis ſedulò diſcendum. p. 10. Cler. Praeſertim Theologiae. p. 12. Excitantur omnes ad ſedulitatem. p. 16
Anſwer to Socinian cavils. p. 6.7.
God ſwift in his help, as well as ſure. p. How. p. Why. p. Objections anſwered. p. The cauſe of Gods ſlowneſs in our ſelves.
T.
OFficium ſtudioſorum Theologiae. p. 10
Time of mans fall. p. 14
Tutores diligenter inſtituere debent Adoleſcentes curae ſuae commiſſos. p. 11
V.
MIſery of unmercifull men. p. 21
W.
GOds way plain and caſie. p. 54
Gods mercy to ſtop our wandrings. p. 55
Follow Gods Word, not our own inventions. p. 53
The vanity of worldly things. p. 31
Expect not great matters from the world. p. 31