Sermons Preached on Romans 8, Index – Notice
The Index, Directing to the principal Things inſiſted upon in this Book▪
A.
SƲch as are in Chriſt muſt abide in him Page 73
Of Chriſt's Active Obedience. Vide Obedience.
Particular Acts do not evidence the State but the general Courſe. Page 92
Of Spiritual Affections. Page 109
There is no Condemnation yet much Affliction to Believers. Page 7
'Tis Antichriſtianiſm directly or by Conſequence to deny Chriſt's coming in Fleſh. Page 422
Of Atonement by Chriſt. Page 498
B.
Baptiſm alone not ſufficient to prove Ʋnion with Chriſt. Page 62
Fleſhly Walking contrary to Baptiſmal Dedication. Page 122
Being in Chriſt opened. Page 42
Chriſt being ſent by God, that is a great engagement and encouragement alſo to Sinners to believe on him. Page 310, &c.
How Sin exerts its power in and by the Body. Page 183
The miſerableneſs of the Sinners Bondage under Sin opened & ſet forth. Page 189, &c.
The proper and only Cauſe of Deliverance from Sins Bondage. Page 242, &c.
C.
Great Changes in the Godly with reſpect to their inward Comfort or Sorrow. Page 5
The weakneſs of the Ceremonial-Law: Page 262
Of Ʋnion with Chriſt. Vide Ʋnion.
Of Chriſt's being ſent by God the Father. Vide Sending.
Of Chriſt's Sonſhip to God. Vide Son.
Of Chriſt's Incarnation. Vide Incarnation.
Of Chriſt's being a Sacrifice. V. Sacrifice.
Of Chriſt's Obedience. V. Obedience.
Chriſt's praeexiſtence before he was born of the Virgin proved. Page 284.
Chriſt is a Perſon. Page 287
His Perſonal diſtinction from his Father proved. Page 287
Chriſt's Godhead proved. Page 349
His Manhood. Vide Man.
The excellency of Chriſt's Prieſthood and Sacrifice. Page 539
Chriſt's fitneſs to be a Redeemer and to be ſent by God opened in ſome particulars. Page 299
Communion depends upon Ʋnion and follows upon it. Page 69, 84
Communion with God and Communications from him are made credible by Chriſt's Incarnation. Page 444.
Chriſt being Man muſt be compaſſionate. Page 452
Concupiſcence is Sin. Page 8
No Condemnation to ſuch as are in Chriſt. Page 7
proved. Page 20
Condemnation opened as to Word and Thing. Page 17
It refers to Guilt and Puniſhment. Page 18
There's the Sentence and State of Condemnation. Page 19
'Tis Virtual or Actual. ibid.
There is matter of Condemnation in the Beſt. Page 8
Condemnation by Men, by Conſcience, by Satan. Page 10
Condemnation under the Goſpel as well as under the Law. Page 13
'Tis not only No Condemnation to Believers but poſitive Salvation. Page 16
Of the dreadfulneſs of Condemnation. Page 25
How it may be avoided. Page 32
Perſons exempted from it are to be thankful and chearful. Page 37, &c.
What the Condemning of Sin is. Page 460
There may be troubles in the Conſcience after Sin, and yet Sin may reign. Page 212
The Contrariety of the two Walkings. Page 95
The Corrupt Nature ſet forth by Fleſh. Vide Fleſh.
The Covenant of Redemption touched upon. Page 298
Of the New Creature. Page 65
Of the crucifying the Fleſh. Page 66
D.
The Law of Death opened. Page 152, 249
Sin and Death go together; eſpecially when 'tis the Law of Sin. Page 250
How the Regenerate are freed from the Law of Death. Page 253, &c.
Comfort from hence to ſuch againſt the Fear of Death. Page 257
In temptations to Sin 'tis good to conſider that 'tis Sin and Death. Page 254
Comfort to Believers as to Death from their Ʋnion with Chriſt. Page 81
Chriſt's Death a ſtrong Diſſuaſive from walking after the Fleſh. Page 128
The main Ends of Chriſt's Death made good againſt the Socinians. Page 518, &c.
Man had not died if he had not ſinned. Page 250
Of the Saints Dignity from their Ʋnion with Chriſt. Page 96
Of the Dominion of Sin. See the Law of Sin.
E.
The converting Spirit works efficaciouſly and irreſiſtibly. Page 234
Of the ſpiritualneſs of a mans Ends. Page 111
Expiation of ſin by Chriſt's Sacrifice. Page 449
That finiſhed on Earth, not done in Heaven. Page 505
The Nature of this Expiation. Page 510
The Extent of it. Page 511
Vide Sacrifice.
F.
God the Father's Love to be admired in his ſending of Chriſt. Page 303
Saints are to think well of God the Father as well as of God the Son. Page 305
Faith the Bond in the Myſtical Ʋnion. Page 49
Faith to be repeated in freſh applications to Chriſt. Page 553
There are but few in Chriſt. Page 118
Fleſh is in the Beſt. Page 91
All particular Sins comprehended in Fleſh. Page 97
Of being in the Fleſh and walking after the Fleſh. ibid.
Fleſh taken for corrupt Nature. Page 99
Why that is ſet forth by Fleſh? Page 100
Fleſh conſidered more
Generally. Page 99
Particularly. Page 101
The Philoſophical notion of Fleſh and Spirit. Page 105
What it is to walk after the Fleſh. Vide Walking.
What the Fleſh is by which the Law is made weak. Page 263
Of Chriſt's being ſent in Fleſh; that opened. Page 375
He did not bring his Fleſh from Heaven. Page 376
Of the verity of his Fleſh (againſt the antient Hereticks). Page 377, 379, 380
That proved. ibid.
How he was ſent in the likeneſs of ſinful Fleſh. Page 406, &c.
And but in the likeneſs of ſinful Fleſh. Page 410, &c.
Of the excellency of Chriſt's Fleſh. Page 417
He as ſent in Fleſh is to be believed on. Page 424
Of Freedom from the Law of Sin. Vide the Law of Sin.
Freedom from its Guilt and from its Power. Page 150
Of Chriſt's Fulfilling the Law. Vide Law.
G.
The eternal Generation of Chriſt the Son of God, proved. Page 324, &c.
The difference between that and common Generation. Page 356
Its myſteriouſneſs. Page 354
Of the excellency of the Goſpel and Chriſtian Religion. Page 415
The Priviledges of Believers under the Goſpel above thoſe under the Law. Page 450
Grace ſet forth by Spirit, and the Reaſons why 'tis ſo. Page 104, &c.
There ſhould be in Saints a Growth in Spiritualneſs. Page 137
Of the Spirits being a Guide. Page 108
Whether Chriſt took our very Guilt upon him? Affirmed. Page 490
H.
Heaven made credible upon Chriſt's Incarnation. Page 447
Holineſs preſs'd from Ʋnion with Chriſt. Page 75
From being made free from the Law of Sin. Page 225
From the Incarnation of Chriſt. Page 437
The Holineſs and ſinleſneſs of Chriſt's Humane Nature. Page 411
The neceſſity thereof. Page 414
The difference of the Humane Nature as in Chriſt and as in us. Page 386
Of the advancement of the Humane Nature by Chriſt's aſſuming it. Page 451
Chriſt to be highly Honoured. 'Tis ſhewn wherein. Page 363
Humiliation the way to Conſolation. Page 5, 6
Saints to be humbled, that they were ſo long under the Law of ſin, and that ſin ſtill hath ſuch a power in them. Page 217, &c.
As alſo that there ſhould be that Fleſh in them by which God's own Law is made weak. Page 271
Humility preſs'd from Chriſt's taking our Nature. Page 437
Of the Hypoſtatical Ʋnion.
Vide Ʋnion.
I.
About the Idem and the Tantundem
With reſpect to Chriſt's Sufferings. Page 489
To his Active Obedience. Page 608, &c.
Of the Imputation of Chriſt's Active Obedience. Vide Obedience.
How the imputation thereof is to be ſtated. Vide ibid.
The Incarnation of Chriſt largely diſcourſed of. Page 372, &c.
His Miſſion and his Incarnation two diſtinct things. Page 376
The Latter not impoſſible, not incredible. Page 386
The Grounds laid down why Chriſt was Incarnate. Page 387, &c.
Propheſies and Types of it. ibid.
Seven Propoſitions inſiſted upon for the explication of it. Page 393, &c.
What benefit had they by Chriſt who lived before his Incarnation? Page 397,
Why he was Incarnate juſt at that time when he was incarnate? Page 398
A firm Aſſent is to be given to the Verity of Chriſt's Incarnation; as alſo a firm Adherence to him as incarnate Page 420, &c.
Many other Duties urged from this Incarnation. Page 426, &c.
As alſo the Comfort of it. to Believers is ſet forth in ſeveral Particulars. Page 441, &c.
Whether if Man had not ſinned Chriſt had been incarnate? Neg. Page 406
Of Inclinations Good or Evil, and their difference in the Godly and Others. Page 110
The ſeverity of God's Juſtice in Chriſt's being a Sacrifice. Page 543
The Law unable to Juſtifie. Page 266
Whether there be two diſtinct integral parts of Juſtification? Page 602
In the Juſtifying of Sinners God proceeds upon the fulfilling of the Laws righteouſneſs. Page 610
As to Chriſt we are juſtified by Works, as to our ſelves by Faith. Page 610
L.
Law of Sin, what it is. Page 151
What the Law of the Spirit is. Page 159
All Ʋnregenerate perſons under the Law of Sin. Page 169, &c.
How Sin is a Law; opened in the proper & improper notion of a Law. Page 172, &c.
Wherein Sin acts as a Law. Page 177
How it may be known, when it is the Law of ſin; That particularly opened. Page 179, &c.
All the Regenerate are freed from the Law of Sin. Page 154, 203, &c.
They are freed from Sin only as 'tis a Law. Page 149, 203, 206
Their freedom from the Law of Sin proved from Scripture and Argument. Page 207, &c.
How f…r men may go and yet not be freed from the Law of Sin. Page 210
A ſerious Exhortation to all to get free from it. Page 214, &c.
One Direction given in order to it. Page 217
What is incumbent upon thoſe who are made free from the Law of Sin? Page 217, &c.
Comfort to ſuch. Page 225, &c.
Of the Law as weakned by the Fleſh.
Of what Law doth the Apoſtle ſpeak Page 259
How 'tis ſaid to be weak. Page 263
Wherein 'tis weak. Page 260, 266, 267
Grounds or Demonſtrations of its weakneſs. Page 268
Yet the Law is holy and good, and … diſparag'd by this. Page 272, &c.
Nor to be caſt off as uſeleſs. Page 274
Nor is it altogether weak in other reſpects. Page 275
There's no looking for Juſtification or Righteouſneſs by the Law. Page 276, &c.
Of the Law as Chriſt fulfilled the righteouſneſs thereof. Page 567
Which is to be underſtood of the Moral Law. ibid.
Of the Righteouſneſs of that Law. Page 569
In what reſpects Chriſt is ſaid to fulfil it. Page 570, 584.
How the Laws Righteouſneſs is fulfilled in Believers? Four Opinions about it. Page 572, &c.
Chriſt was made under the Law: opened in Five things. Page 579
Whether the Law requir'd both Suffering and Doing too? Page 600
Of the Honour that God had for his Law. Page 611
All to get an intereſt in Chriſt's fulfilling the Law. Page 612
Believers themſelves to go as for as ever they can in the fulfilling of the Law. Page 613
The admirable Love of Chriſt in being willing to be made under the Law. Page 616.
The Comfort that reſ…ts from thence to Believers. ibid.
Chriſt hath fulfilled the Moral Law, but we our ſelves muſt fulfil the Evangelical Law. Page 615
Saints being made free from the Law of Sin, muſt ſtand faſt in their Liberty. Page 219
And walk ſuitably to it. Page 225
Alſo be very thankful for it. ibid.
Chriſt to be loved greatly for his readineſs to come when he was ſent. Page 306
The Love of the Father in ſending Chriſt. Page 366
Of Luſt (or Luſts) the moſt natural act of the Fleſh. Page 101, &c.
Luſts diſtinguiſhed Page 102, 121
M.
Of Chriſt's Manhood. Page 375
He was a real Man. Page 377
Had a Soul and Body as we have. Page 383
Yea he ſubmited to all our ſinleſs Infirmities. Page 385
The excellency of Chriſt's Manhood. Page 419
Marks and Signs grounded upon Sanctification not to be neglected under the Goſpel. Page 115
Our Sin the Meritorious Cauſe of all Chriſt's Sufferings. Page 467
Whether there be a Medium betwixt not guilty and righteous? Page 601
Of Chriſt's Miſſion. V. Sending.
The Miſery of all out of Chriſt. Page 25
The Moral Law as given to Iſrael not only a Covenant of Works. Page 260
N.
The two Natures in Chriſt united but not confounded, nor converted. Page 403
Negative Promiſes carry a great Emphaſis. Page 16
Negatives in Religion not ſufficient. Page 94
O.
Of Chriſt's Obedience (Active and Paſſive). Page 570
His Obedience imputed to us. Page 576
He being bound to obey, how doth his Obedience become imputable to us or meritorious for us? That cleared up in Three things. Page 582
Whether his Active as well as his Paſſive Obedience is imputed? Four Opinions about it. Page 585, &c.
Arguments to prove its imputation. Page 588, &c.
Whether it be imputed as done in our ſtead? Aff. Page 595
Arguments to prove it. Page 596, &c.
Ten Objections againſt both anſwered. Page 598, &c.
Though Chriſt obey'd yet we alſo are bound to obey. Page 606
The Oppoſition which Sin makes to what is good. Page 178.
P.
Againſt PAPISTS it is proved
That in all in this life there is that which deſerves Condemnation. Page 8
That inherent Righteouſneſs is not the proper Cauſe of Juſtification. Page 145
That their granting of Chriſt's being come in the Fleſh, doth not acquit their Supream Head from being Antichriſt. Page 421
That no man in this Life doth, or can perſonally and perfectly fulfil the Law. Page 572
That their Calumnies againſt Proteſtants, as if they were againſt Inherent Righteouſneſs and Good Works are falſe and groundleſs. Page 116
That their Humane Satisfactions are vain and groundleſs. Page 523
That the Lords Supper is not a Sacrifice but a commemoration only of Chriſt's Sacrifice. Page 528, &c.
Pardon of Sin plenary. Page 14
Perſevenrance inferr'd from Ʋnion with Chriſt. Page 83
Of the different Principles by which men are acted. Page 105
The Spirit the Principle in the Regenerate. Page 107
Sin the Principle which acts the Ʋnregenerate. Page 175, 176
All the Promiſes ſeal'd by Chriſt's taking Fleſh. Page 443
When Propenſions to ſin are entire it is the Law of Sin. Page 180
Proteſtants Vindicated. Page 116
The people of God are lyable to Puniſhment for ſin. Page 7
But not under the notion of Satisfaction or in a vindictive way. Page 524
R.
Chriſt's fitneſs to be a Redeemer. Opened in ſome Particulars. Page 299, &c.
The Work of Redemption a great Work. Page 352
All Believers have an equal ſhare in Remiſſion. Page 15
Remiſſion of Sin not the fulfilling of the Law. Page 577
Of the Neceſſity and Efficacy of Renewing Grace. Page 200
Alſo of the neceſſity and mighty power of Reſtraining Grace. Page 197
Reſurrection ſure from our Ʋnion with Chriſt. Page 82
Alſo from Chriſt's Incarnation. Page 446
The Laws Righteouſneſs. Page 569
S.
Chriſt a real, proper Sacrifice for ſin: proved. Page 471
All the old Sacrifices Types of Chriſt the great Sacrifice Page 472
They receiv'd all their virtue from him. Page 473
They all began and ended with him Page 478
Six Things in the Levitical Sacrifices: all which are anſwerably to be found in Chriſt. Page 476
Chriſt a propitiatory and expiatory Sacrifice. Page 478
Four Heads (much enlarg'd upon) to prove Chriſt to be ſuch a Sacrifice. Page 481
Of Atonement and Expiation (and the true notion thereof) by his Sacrifice, according to what was done by the Jewiſh Sacrifices. Page 494, &c. to 502, &c.
Chriſt was a Sacrifice when he dy'd upon the Croſs. That proved. Page 504, &c.
Of the Nature and Extent of the Expiation of Sin by Chriſt's Sacrifice. Page 508, &c.
The excellency of Chriſt's Prieſthood and Sacrifice. Page 539
Duties incumbent upon us in reference to this. Page 544, &c.
The Comforts which flow from it to Believers. Page 560, &c.
Whether the old Sacrifices were meerly typical? Page 474
The Diviſion and Diſtinction of the Jewiſh Sacrifices. Page 479
Whether they did expiate all ſin? opened. Page 511
Of the Gentile Sacrifices and their notions in them. Page 502, &c.
Evangelical Sacrifices now to be offered up by Chriſtians. Page 558
Salvation under the Law and Condemnation under the Goſpel. Page 14
The truth of Chriſt's Satisfaction proved. Page 515
The Vanity of Humane Satisfactions. Page 523, &c.
Of the Sending of Chriſt. Page 282, &c.
When the caſe of Sinners as to the Law was deſperate, Chriſt was ſent. Page 282
God the Father ſent him. Page 283
Chriſt came not till ſent. Page 288
What this ſending of Chriſt was not. Page 289
What it was: opened in Five things. Page 290
How this was conſiſtent with his equality with his Father, explained. Page 294
The Grounds of Chriſt's being ſent. Page 296
The Love of Father and Son to be adored upon this. Page 302, &c.
All are to go when they are ſent, not before Page 307
None to reſt in the external ſending of Chriſt. Page 309
Chriſt as ſent to be believed on. Page 310
Comforts from Chriſt's being ſent. Page 313
None free from Sin here. Page 8
Sin a vile and baſe thing. Page 190
The Tyranny of it. Page 192
Its advantages againſt us. Page 232
It hath not barely a Being but too great a power even in the Regenerate. Page 203
The ſpecial and moſt prevailing Sin muſt be moſt reſiſted. Page 222
Chriſt's Death the higheſt Demonſtration of the Evil of Sin. Page 541
What the Condemning of Sin is. Page 460
Of the breaking of the Heart for and from Sin upon Chriſt's being a Sacrifice. Page 546
SOCINIANS dealt with, and theſe great Truths made good againſt them:
1. That Chriſt did praeexiſt before he was born of the Virgin. Page 284
2. That Chriſt was the Son of God, not in reſpect of the things which they alledge (Seven of which are inſtanc'd in and largely refuted), but in reſpect of his eternal Generation. Page 323, &c.
3. That he who was antecedently the Son of God was in time made the Son of Man (or was incarnate). Page 393, &c.
4. That Chriſt was a true and proper Expiatory Sacrifice; and the true notion of his Expiation is made good gainſt them. Page 481, &c.
5. That he made Satisfaction to the Juſtice of God. Page 515
6. The principal Ends of Chriſt's Death are aſſerted, and their Ends thereof proved not to be the principal. Page 517, &c.
7. That Chriſt is truly and Eſſentially God. Page 349
Sons of God by Creation, by Grace, by Nature. Page 321
Chriſt God's Son. Page 319
Scripture atteſtations of it. Page 319, &c.
Chriſt God's own Son. Page 321
That opened Comparatively and Abſolutely. ibid.
His b…ing the Natural Son of God, Co-equal, Co-eſſential, Co-eternal with the Father, begotten of him by eternal Generation, is explained, proved, and largely vindicated againſt Oppoſers. Page 323, &c.
He is not God's own Son partly in reſpect of eternal Generation, and partly in reſpect of his miraculous Conception &c. Page 345, &c.
Of the different communications of the Divine Eſſence from the Father to the Son and to the Spirit. Page 348
Chriſt's Godhead inferr'd from his Sonſhip. Page 349
How Chriſt's Sonſhip is to be ſtudyed. Page 354, &c.
All are to believe Chriſt to be the Son of God, and to believe on him as ſuch. Page 358
How he is to be Honoured as the Son of God. Page 363
What Comfort doth ariſe from Chriſt's Sonſhip. Page 368
How the Spirit is the Spirit of Life. Page 162
How 'tis ſaid to be in Chriſt Jeſus. Page 161
He is the Spirit of Life
Formally. Page 162
Effectively. Page 163, &c.
What is meant by the Law of the Spirit. Page 158
His making free from the Law of Sin, opened. Page 228
Of the Neceſſity, Sufficiency, Efficacy of the Spirits Power and Operation in that. Page 230, &c.
The Spirit the ſole Efficient therein▪ Page 243
How he ſecures againſt the Law of Sin after Converſion. Page 240
Deliverance from Sins power is to be expected from this Spirit, and to be aſcribed to him. Page 244, &c.
Of the Spirits greatneſs and glory. Page 241
He is greatly to be honoured. Page 247
How the Spirit may be obtain'd. Page 70
The Spirit taken Perſonally and Habitually. Page 104
What it is to Walk after the Spirit. Vide Walking.
Of Chriſt's Subſtituting himſelf in the Sinners ſtead. Page 483
The true Nature and Ends of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. Page 528, &c.
Chriſt ſympathizes with his Members. Page 80
T.
The Tabernacle a Type of Chriſt's Body. Page 389
Of the Diſtinction of the Perſons in the Sacred Trinity. Page …87
Great relief under Troubles of Co… ence from Chriſt's Incarnation. Page 513
U.
How Sin reigns in the Underſtanding. Page 181
How the Spirit works on the Underſtanding in order to freeing from the Law of Sin. Page 236
Of the Union
Of Three Perſons in one Nature.
Of two Natures in one Perſon.
Of Perſons where yet both Natures and Perſons are diſtinct. Page 44
Of the Hypoſtatical Union. Page 399
Of the Sublimeneſs and Mysteriouſneſs of it. Page 400
Opened in Four things. Page 401, &c.
The Myſtical Union opened. Page 42, &c.
That alſo is a great Myſtery. Page 43
Of the threefold Union 'twixt Chriſt and Believers,
Myſtical Page 48
Legal Page 48
Moral Page 48
The Bonds of the former, the Spirit and Faith. Page 49
Several Scripture-Reſemblances by which 'tis ſet forth. Page 52, &c.
Six Properties of it. Page 54, &c.
How Perſons may know whether they be under it. Page 60
Of Natural and Spiritual Union with Chriſt. ibid.
Of External or Common and Internal or Special Union. Page 61
Sinners exhorted to labour after this
Union. Page 68
How it may be attained. Page 70
Without Union no Communion. Page 69
Several Duties urged upon ſuch who are united to Chriſt. Page 72, &c.
Several Comforts directed to ſuch. Page 78, &c.
The Myſtical Union made credible by Chriſt's Incarnation. Page 444
W.
Of Walking not after the Fleſh but after the Spirit. Page 88
Why the Apoſtle pitches upon this Evidence. Page 90
Spiritual Walking not the Cauſe of the Priviledge, but the Property of the Perſon to whom it belongs. Page 93
The contrariety of the Two Walkings. Page 95
Men muſt be in Chriſt before they can live the Spiritual Life. Page 96
There alwayes was and alwayes will be different Walkers. ibid.
What it is to Walk after the Fleſh: opened. Page 97, 103, &c.
Walking in the Fleſh taken in a good ſenſe. Page 98
Of the more groſs and the more cloſe Walking after the Fleſh. Page 120
Men dehorted from Fleſhly Walking. Page 121, &c.
The Dehortation enforced with diverſe Motives. Page 122, &c.
Directions in order to it. page 129, &c.
What it is to Walk after the Spirit. Page 104, 106
Opened by the Spiritualneſs of the Principle Page 106, &c.
Guide Page 106, &c.
Affections Page 106, &c.
Propenſions Page 106, &c.
Ends Page 106, &c.
All in Chriſt thus Walk. Proved. Page 112
This Walking
Excellent Page 132, &c.
Pleaſant Page 132, &c.
Saving. Page 132, &c.
Spiritual Walkers are
To be very thankful. Page 136
To be yet more Spiritual. Page 137
To take the Comfort of it. Some Diſcouragements about it removed. Page 139
The Will is the principal Seat of Sins Power. Page 181
How the Spirit works upon the Will efficaciouſly, yet without the infringing of its Liberty. Page 238
Reader:
In the drawing up of this Index many things occaſionally ſpoken unto have ſlipped me; but thou wilt find them under thoſe main Heads which I chiefly inſiſt upon, to each of which thou art here directed.
FINIS.
End of the text · Thomas Jacombe, Sermons Preached on Romans 8 (1672)