The Natural Mans Case, Index
An Alphabeticall Table.
A.
AFflictions ſweetned by Chriſt, 75, 76
Atheiſt in practiſe; and judgement, 238
Grounds of Atheiſme, 239
Diſcoveries of a practicall Atheiſt, 243. 246
B.
BAckſliders have no intereſt in Chriſt, 43
Baſeneſs of a man without Chriſt, 23, 61
Beggerlineſſe of a man without Chriſt, 26
A Beleever hath all things, equivalently; conditionally; finally, and in heritively, 65
Bleſſings turn curſes without an intereſt in Chriſt, 55
Blindneſſe of a man without Chriſt, 28
C.
CAriſt; How a man may be ſaid to be in Chriſt, and out of Chriſt, 18
What it is to be without Chriſt, 19
The properties of a man without Chriſt, 22
Characters of a man without Chriſt, 34
The miſery of a man without Chriſt, 50. 101
Chriſt is to the ſoul, as the ſun to the earth, 60
The benefits derived from Chriſt, 67
All that Chriſt hath is a beleevers, 71 and all that a Beleever hath, is Chriſt's 73
Characters of a mans intereſt in Chriſt, 85
Chriſt precious to a beleever. 97
Church compared to a Commonwealth, 103
Wherein they differ, 107
Neceſſity of church government, 109
Neceſſity of Church union, 110
A great miſery to be a ſtranger to the Church of God, 113
A wicked man in the Church, like a Wen in the body, or a woodden leg, 115
Comfort. Vid. Joy.
No comfort without Chriſt, 61. 75
Common-prayer-book, an abſtract of the Popiſh Maſſe, 207
Three ſentences of Scripture miſinterpreted therein, 206. 208. 210
Contentation only in Chriſt, 98
Covenant, and promiſe, how they differ, 118
Divers adminiſtrations thereof, 119
Covenant of Grace, what, 121
How you may know whether you be within this Covenant, 123
The difference in being under a Covenant of Works, and a Covenant of Grace, 126
The miſery of ſtrangers to the Covenant of grace, 135
Characters of a man under the Covenant of grace, 152. 157
The great condeſcenſion of God to make a Covenant with man, 161
D.
DEad; a Chriſtleſſe man is a dead man, 31
Death as a marriage day. 8
Deformity of a man without Chriſt, 29. 62
Duties accepted for the perſons ſake under the Covenant of grace, 131 142. 145. 163. 204
Performance of Duties a ſandie foundation, and a rotten prop of hopes for heaven; 177. 202
F.
FOr bearance of God breeds Atheiſm, 239. 250
G.
GOd dreadful to apprehenſion without Chriſt, 55. 77
God to be our God, what it notes; 152
And what a great happineſſe it imports, 161
To be without God what, Vide Atheiſt. 234
Characters of thoſe that are without any real propriety in God, 265, 269
Our intereſt in God is to be proved; 274
And improved, 277
Growth in grace proceeds from Christ, 60. 91
H.
HOpe of the wicked, vain, 166, 173 Reaſons why an unregenerate man is without hope; 167
The nature of true hope, 170
Characters if an ungrounded and preſumptuous hope, 175
A true hope hath a purifying, pacifying, painfull property with it, 179
The falſe props of awicked mans hope 181. 186. 197. 201. 206. 214. 217
Differences between a well-grounded, and a preſumptuous hope, 221
The miſery of preſumptuous hopes, 227
The ſame certainty, excellency, efficacy, difficulty in hope, that is in Faith, 230, 231
Humility how improved, 12, 13
The badge of Chriſtianity, 91, 92
I.
IGnorance, what properties it muſt have to demonſtrate thy want of intereſt in God, 267
Joy; the fountain of it, Chriſt, 29. 61
K.
KNowledg of Chriſt, ſpirituall; experimentall; affective; appropriating; practicall. 20, 21. 269
A man may have an intereſt in Chriſt and yet not know it, 47
He knowes moſt that does moſt, 267
L.
LIturgie, V. Common-prayer-book Love of Chriſt demonſtrates intereſt in Chriſt, 37
The object of love, the people of God, 272
M.
MErcy of God in generall, no good prop of hope, 193
Miſery of a Chriſtleſſe man, 51. &c.
Mortification of luſts, a ſign that we belong to Chriſt, 36, 37. 88
N.
NEwneſſe of life declares an intereſt in Chriſt, 90
White garments a type of thereof, 95
P.
PRayer; the neglect thereof Atheiſme, 244
Preſumption of the wicked, 172
How it differs from the hope of the godly, 221
Preſumption begets, fruſtration; vexation; and damnation; 228
Pride, a ground of Atheiſm, 242
Promiſe. Vide Covenant.
Covenants of promiſe, what, 117
The promiſe of God in Chriſt, the main pillar of hope, 178
Promiſes convey no comfort without Chriſt, 212
Every promiſe hath ſome condition annext to it, 213
R.
REmembrance of our ſinfulneſſe before converſion works in us
An admiration of Gods grace and mercy, 9
Earneſt contention to excell in grace, 10
Compaſſion to the unconverted, 11 Humility, 12
Watchfulneſſe over our wayes, 14
S.
SAlvation by Chriſt alone, 99
Sanctification, a bleſſing of the new Covenant, 154
Scripture; queſtioning the authority thereof makes Atheiſts, 241
Sins before converſion to be called to minde, 5
But not with complacency of ſpirit, 6
Or ſtupidity of heart, 7
Or deſpondency of minde. 8
Reaſons thereof, 9
The dominion of ſin taken away, but not the life, 36
The dangers and aggravations of ſmall ſins, 182. 184
Sins of the godly, no ground of hope to the wicked, 188
The ſame for the matter, but not for the manner, 188. 191
Slavery of a man without Chriſt, 24
Spirit of Chriſt, his threefold operation upon the heart, 35. 96
Strength to perform any duty; to exerciſe any grace; to ſubdue any luſt; to reſiſt any temptation; to bear any affliction; derived only from Chriſt, 58. 59
U.
UNregenerate; every unregenerate man is without Chriſt, 17
And an Atheiſt, 237
FINIS.
End of the text · Christopher Love, The Natural Mans Case (1652)