Sermons Volume 2, John 17 · Table of contents
A TABLE of the principal Matters contained in this PART.
A.
ABasement of Christ, the truth of it. Page 11
Aboad of Christ in us, the fruit of it. Page 333
Account; all must be called to an Account. Page 55
Actions; all Actions and Employments have their Temptations. Page 215
Afflictions, why they befal God's People. Page 132
God loves his People in Affliction. Page 344
God is a Father to them in Afflictions. Page 6
How to carry our selves in Afflictions towards God as a Father. Page 7
Ambassadors: Ministers Christ's Ambassadors, and why. Page 280
Angels, entertain Christ at his Ascension. Page 127
Anointed, who were anointed. Page 44
What Christ's anointing implys. Page 44
To what Christ was anointed. Page 45
Antiscripturists have no true Holiness. Page 237
Iudgments of God on them. Page 254
Apostles and ordinary Ministers, how they differ, and wherein they agree. Page 271
Arrian's foreign confuted. Page 306
Ascension of Christ what it includes. Page 61
The History of it. Page 121
The Time of it. Page 121
The place from whence, and to whence. Page 121
The manner of it. Page 122
Christ ascended as a Conqueror. Page 122
Angels entertain Christ at his Ascension. Page 122
Christ's welcome of the Father at his Ascension. Page 123
The Reasons of it. Page 123
The Fruits and Benefits of it. Page 124
A Token of his Satisfaction. Page 124
A Pledg of our Ascension. Page 124
Comfort to Believers from hence. Page 126
How shall a Man know he is ascended with Christ. Page 125
Authority of Christ as Mediator. Page 267
B.
BElievers, their Felicity and Dignity. Page 108
Comfort to Believers. Page 295
Believing, vid. Faith.
Believing in Christ, what it is. Page 296
Difference between believing Christ, and believing in Christ. Page 296
Difference between believing in Christ, and believing in God. Page 296
Which is most difficult to believe in Christ for temporal or for spiritual things. Page 172
Blessing; Christ blessed his Disciples before his Ascension. Page 122
Blessing and praising God, how they differ, Page 49, 139
Body: all the Saints make but one Body. Page 335
And shall at last be all gathered together into one Body. Page 336
C.
CAll to the Ministry, the necessity of it. Page 274
Extraordinary, what it is. Page 271
Not to be expected now. Page 271
Ordinary, inward, what. Page 272
Outward, what. Page 272
The necessity of it. Page 272
What Call the first Reformers had Page 277
What is to be done where no Call can be had. Page 278
How to make out our Calling to the People. Page 276
Calling civil, the necessity of it. Page 53
What Callings are unlawful. Page 54
God hath a hand in appointing Mens Callings. Page 54
Every Man to keep in his Calling. Page 276
How a Man should glorify God in his Calling. Page 54
Every Calling hath its Snare. Page 215
Care of Christ over his People. Page 171
The fruit and success of it. Page 173
Carelessness; whether God hates most the careless Person, or the openly vitious? Page 229
Caution to be used in the World, and why. Page 135
Censure; the whole Body not to be censured for the Miscarriages of some. Page 180
Certainty of the Salvation of the Elect, Page 78
And of their future Hopes. Page 350
Charge: what was the Charge God gave Christ concerning the Elect. Page 77
The ground of this Charge. vid. Covenant of Redemption. Page 77
Christ hath a Charge of his People. Page 134
Christ is loyal, faithful, tender of his Charge. Page 171
Children of God, their Priviledg. Page 125
Believers Children of Christ's Family. Page 74, 157
Christ; what the Word signifies. vid. Anointed. Page 42
True God. Page 17
A distinct Person from the Father. Page 40
Sent by the Father, vid. sent.
That he came out from God, what it signifies. Page 98
Made known to the Church by degrees. Page 259
The Holiness of his Life. Page 288
Tender of his Servants and Truth. Page 18
Is ready to take notice of the good in his People. Page 96
Speaks good of his People to the Father, Page 80
Tho they have many Failings. vid. Gentleness of Christ. Page 80
All that he hath is for his Peoples good and Comfort. Page 125
Christ in us, what is not to be understood by it. Page 387
What is to be understood by it. Page 389
How he is said to be in Believers. vid. Union. Page 311
Christ is in us, as God is in Christ. Page 330
What must we do that Christ may be in us. Page 332
Arguments to press us to look after this Priviledg. Page 331
How we may know whether Christ be in us. Page 333
Christian Doctrine, the certainty of it. Page 89
A Gift of God. Page 90
Church visible, in it always some Mixture. Page 179
The use of wicked Men in the visible Church. Page 179, 316.
Claim; false Claims to God and Christ disproved. Page 108
Comfort; the loss of the greatest Comforts may be supplied. Page 125
Commensurableness of the Acts of the three Persons in the Trinity. Page 110
Of the distinct propriety of the three Persons in Believers. Page 110
Reasons of it. Page 110
Committing the Soul to Christ, what it is. Page 79, 159
When we should do it especially. Page 79
How we should do it. Page ibid.
We should commit our Bodies to Christ. Page 80
Communion with Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Page 310
Communion with God constant and habitual, or solemn and special. Page 358
Difference between Communion with God here and in Heaven. Page 326
Communion between Saints on Earth, and Saints in Heaven, what it is. Page 336
Company, Christ takes delight in his Peoples Company. Page 355
Reasons of it. Page 356
Condition: every Condition of Life hath its Snares. Page 214
Confidence in God, to be used in Prayer. Page 4
Confirmation of Ministers, the Magistrates Right. Page 274
Conformity to Christ, wherein it consists. Page 324
Conscience, what keeps it quiet without Christ. Page 297
Consubstantiation of the Lutherans disproved. Page 127
Contentment, none in the World for the Heart of Man. Page 334
Continuance of God's People in the World in a time of Danger consistent with the Wisdom and Goodness of God. Page 210
We should be willing to continue in the World as long as God hath Work for us to do. vid. Desire of Death. Page 211
Why God's People are not continued, but taken out of the World in time of danger. Page 211
Conversation worldly, vid. wordly.
Conviction of the World of the truth of Christianity, the fruit of the Mystical Vnion. Page 320
A great Blessing. Page 311, 318
What the Spirit convinceth the lost World of, viz. Sin, Righteousness and Iudgment. Page 312, 313.
The fruit and effects of the World's Conviction. Page 314
Why Christ prays so earnestly for it. Page 315
God honoured hereby. Page 315
The advantage of it to the Elect. Page 316
It lessons and increases the World's Iudgment, and how. Page 317
Arguments to press Christians so to live, as to convince the World. Page 321
God would have the World convinced of his Love to his People. Page 347
Reasons of it. Page 348
How the World should be thus convinced. Page 347
Convictions not to be slighted, nor rested in. Page 318, 319
How we may know whether we are convinced only, or converted. Page 319
Covenant of Redemption, the terms of it. Page 77
What was proposed by the Father in it. Page 155
What Christ undertook. Page 156
Covetousness one of Judas's Sins. Page 174
The evil of the Sin. Page 177
To be avoided. Page 177
Creatures discover God. Page 28, 33
Doting upon the Creatures withdraw the Heart from God. Page 335
D.
DAnger cannot be withstood by us in our own Strength. Page 171
Christ apprehensive of the Danger of his People in this World. Page 133
Reasons of it, his Interest, Love, Charge, Experience. Page 133
Comfort from hence. Page 136
Death, desire of Death, vid. Desire.
Death of Christ, Christ died to promote Vnity among Christians. Page 1…
Why the Death of Christ hath so little Effect upon us. Page 291
Decay of the Power of Godliness brings trouble on the Church. Page 195
Delight excessive in worldly things shews a worldly Heart. Page 209
Desires show the temper of the Soul. Page 208
Desire of Death whether lawful, and what Desires are so. Page 212, 213
Difference between serious and passionate Desire of Death. Page 213
Carnal Desires of Death whence they arise. Page 212
Believers must be willing to dye. Page 354
Despair one of Judas's Sin, Page 175
To be avoided. Page 178
Devil, the great Author of the Troubles of the Church. Page 201, 219.
Difference in course of Life provokes wicked Men, especially Difference in Religion. Page 200
Difference between Believers and Men of the World in their Principles, Rule, Conversation, End, Aims. Page 204
Disrespect of the World not to be regarded, and why. Page 225
Hard to be digested. Page 224
The best way to digest it is to consider Christ's Example. Page 225
Distraction of Man's Thoughts after the Fall. Page 333
This continueth till we return to God. Page 334
Divisions in the Church, how they arise. Page 163
The mischief of them. Page 165, 166
They bring on Trouble. Page 194
They that promote them, contrary to Christ. Page 164
Who are guilty of this Sin. Page 165
Doctrines of the Word shew it to be from God. Page 260
Doctrines Christian, vid. Christian.
E.
ELect, none of them can be lost. Page 173
Election a special Priviledg. Page 66
Not for foreseen Faith, good Works, or Perseverance. Page 364
Original and actual, what. Page 71
Election of Ministers, the Peoples Right. Page 273
End, a Man is as his End is. Page 55
Enjoying; no enjoying God without Christ. Page 30
Envy of others worldly Happiness, shews a worldly Heart. Page 209
Wicked Men envy the Good in others. Page 201
Error makes way for Looseness. Page 232
Esteem of the World discovers a worldly Heart. Page 208
Eternal State, the Foundation of it laid in this Life. Page 370
Evil; Satan hath an Hand in the Evil that befals God's Church and People. Page 219
Example of Christ, the heavenliness of it. Page 206
The Courage of it. Page 206
Experience; Christ hath Experience of his Peples Sufferings. Page 134
F.
FAith, various Expressions by which it is set-forth in Scripture. Page 391
The Nature of it. Page 90, 95.
Difference between true Faith and counterfeit. Page 93
The Acts of Faith. Page 296, 297
In Faith Assent, Consent and Trust. Page 93
The Office of Faith, to accept Christ, and present him in Prayer. Page 115
The Object of Faith. Page 85, 97, 296
The Word, vid. Receiving the Word.
Christ, vid. Receiving Christ.
Three things concur to the working of it, the Light of the Spirit, external Revelation, and the use of fit Instruments. Page 84
The Word the means to work Faith. Page 88
The necessity, use, and power of the Word to work, Faith. Page 298, 299
Why God useth the Word to this end. Page 299
Incouragements to Faith. Page 295
The Excellency of Faith. Page 296
How it sanctifies. Page 234
Faith a help to Ioy. Page 189
Faith cannot be without Knowledg. Page 90
What a kind of Light the Light of Faith is. Page 91
In the Knowledg of Faith there is undoubted Certainty. Page 90
The work of Faith when we cannot apply Christ. Page 298
The Faith of the Apostles work yet by Christ commended to the Father. Page 97
Faithfulness to our Charge recommended Page 67
Of Christ to his Father. Page 83
Fall into Sin: why God sometimes leaves his People to fall into Sin. Page 218
What falls into Sin are inconsistent with Grace. Page 148
Belivers not to be discouraged by every Fall into Sin. Page 147
Father; a Comfort in Prayer to call God Father. Page 6
How to carry our selves in Afflictions towards God as a Father. Page 7
God the Father chiefly offended by Sin, Page 86, 263
And he the supream Iudg. Page 86, 264
Fear of want discovers a worldly Heart. Page 208
Filth of Sin our Filthiness by Nature. Page 291
Nothing can cleanse us but the Blood of Christ. Page 291
Finishing, what Christ's finishing his Work signifies. Page 47
G.
GEntleness of Christ in bearing with his Peoples failings. Page 80, 85.
Gift, the Privileges of the human Nature a Gift. Page 48
Work it self a Gift. Page ibid.
Gifts are fading. Page 148
Wicked Mens Gifts useful to the Church. Page 316
Given, how Christ had given to his Disciples the Word of God. Page 191
Given to Christ, who are given to Christ. Page 21, 76, 153, 351.
None given to Christ but they that are the Fathers, vid. Commensurable, Page 72, 107, 109.
Why God gave the Elect to Christ. Page 77
How Belivers given to Christ.
By way of Charge, vid. Charge. Page 21, 72, 154, 156, 351.
By way of Reward, Page 21, 72.154, 155, 351.
How shall we knowwe are given to Christ. Page 159, 351
Being given to Christ, a ground of Consolation and Establishment to the Elect. Page 154
How it is such a ground of Establishment. Page 158
Glory, the fruit of Vnion as well as Grace. Page 326
Shame the way to Glory. Page 10
Christ in his last Will and Testament gives Glory to his People. Page 350
The Glory that is given by Christ we have as sure, as if in the Possession of it. Page 322
The freeness of Grace in giving us Glory. Page 349
Looking to future Glory a remedy in Tribulation. Page 10
Glory of God much advanced by Iesus Christ. Page 11
Glory of Christ's Person what it is. Page 358
What the Glory was Christ prayed for. Page 9, 61
Why Christ begged it of the Father. Page 58
Why he was so earnest for his own Glory. Page ib.
What Glory Christ retained in his Humiliation. Page 60
What Glory he wanted. Page ib.
Our Glory for substance the same that Christ's is. Page 325
This is matter of Comfort to Believers, and an Encouragement to Holiness. Page 325
Glorify God: what it is to glorify God. Page 49
What it is to sanctify, justify and glorify God. Page 113
How are we to glorify God. Page 12, 49, 52
How Christ glorified God. Page 46
How God was glorified in Christ. Page ib.
Why it should be our care to glorify God. Page 55
Why we should glorify the Name of God. Page 52
Glorify Christ, what it is to glorify Christ. Page 115
How Christ was glorified by his Disciples. Page 112
Objections against glorifying Christ answered. Page 118
Consolations to them that glorify Christ. Page 118
To glorify Christ an Evidence of our Interest in Father, Son, and Spirit. Page 112
The great Condition of the Covenant of Grace. Page 113
Gratifies the Aim of God. Page 114
Pledg of our Interest in his Intercession. Page ibid.
Glorification of Christ, a Pledg of ours. Page 14, 63
A Pledg of his Satisfaction. Page 14
A Ground of Hope to the Creature. Page ib.
It fits him to do his People good. Page 63
God; that there is a God proved. Page 33
That God is but one. Page 36
One God in 3 Persons, the only true God. Page 39
Gospel, a great Blessing. Page 32
The excellency of the Doctrine of the Gospel. Page 67
The Motion of the Gospel is directed by the Providence of God. Page 279
What of God it discovers to us. Page 380
Grace, seeming Grace may be lost. Page 144, 149
Initial or preparative Grace may fail. Page 144
True Grace may suffer shrew'd decay. Page ibid.
The Grace that makes for our well-being in Christ may be taken away. Page ibid.
If left to our selves would be soon lost. Page ibid.
We are not to rest satisfied in any degrees of Grace. Page 230
No Grace where there is not a sound Apprehension of Truth. Page 237
The freeness of Grace in giving us Glory. Page 349
Grief at worldly Losses, a sign of a worldly Heart. Page 208
H.
HAppiness; Man is at a loss for Happiness after the Fall. Page 333
Our Happiness in God compleated by degrees. Page 334
Hatred of any Man to be watched against. Page 203
Hatred of Godliness, the evil of the Sin. Page 202
Those that profess Religion may hate one another for their Strictness in Religion. Page 202
Hatred of Sin, the property of the People of God. Page 141
Hatred of the World to be expected by Christians. Page 192
Instances of this in Scripture. Page 197
Reasons of it. Page 193, 196, 200
This Hatred palliated over with Pretences. Page 198, 199.
That it ariseth from an Antipathy to Godliness, proved. Page 198
People of God most hated by the worst of Men. Page 198
The best of Men most hated of the World, notwithstanding many Excellencies to allay their Malice. Page 199
How the People of God should carry themselves under it. Page 203
Christians not to be troubled at it. Page 196, 203
Not to be allayed by carnal meant. Page 196
Head of the Church, why Christ is Head of the Church as God-Man. Page 301
How we should respect Christ as Head of the Church. Page 309
Hearing: we must take heed, that we hear, how we hear, who we hear. Page 239
The necessity of Hearing. Page 298
Heart; Frame of the Heart, how it may be known. Page 207
Heaven, the Happiness of our being with Christ in Heaven. Page 353
Heavenly-mindedness exhorted to. Page 126
Heaviness, vid. Sadness of Spirit.
Histories of the Word shew it to be from God. Page 261
Holiness, the signification of the word. Page 137
Difference between the Holiness of God, and of the Creature. Page 137
In the Creature finite and derivative. Page 138
The preciousness of it. Page 292
Holiness to be prized. Page 140
Deriding Holiness a great Sin. Page 140
Holiness a good preparative to the Ministry, and why. Page 230
No coming to God in Prayer, but in an holy State. Page 140
What this holy State is. Page 141
Holiness of God, the various Significations of it. Page 136
What it is. Page 137
The Properties of it. Page 137
Essential to God. Page 137
His Glory. Page 139
Sight of God's Holiness makes us prize Christ. Page 139
How we should draw nigh to God as an holy God. vid. Sanctification. Page 140
Holy Father; when we pray to God, we must look on him as a Holy Father. Page 137
Reasons of it. Page 138, 139
Why Christ useth this Title in Prayer to God. Page 136
Hope of Heaven, the Certainty of it. Page 350
The grounds of it. Page 363, 370
It raiseth a Believer above the World. Page 205
It maintains Ioy. Page 189
Human Nature of Christ, the Innocency of it. Page 281
Reasons why Ch…ist's humane Nature must be innocent. Page 288
Hypocrisy one of Judas's Sins. Page 175
To be avoided. Page 178
I.
IDleness, the Mischief of it. Page 53
Jesus, what the Word signifies, vid. Saviour. Page 42
How we should own Christ as Jesu…. Page 43
Ignorance, the danger of it. Page 376
The sad Condition of ignorant People. Page 90
Incarnation, Christ was incarnate to promote Vnity among Christians. Page 161
Intercession of Christ, the Nature of it. Page 103
Christ is the Intercessor. Page 101
The advantage of Christ's being the Intercessor. Page 101
The Advantage, Priviledg, and Fruits of Christ's Intercession. Page 14, 103
How we may know what Christ is interceeding for in Heaven. Page 183
Interest of Christ in Believers. Page 134
Interest of God in Believers. Page 71, 107
Evidences of God's Interest in us. Page 109
Ground of Comfort. Page 111
God's Interest in his People moveth him to Mercy. Page 108
To be urged by Saints in Prayer. Page 108
Christ pleads it as an Argument in Prayer. Page 71
Interest of Believers in God and Christ. Page 159
Joy, the great use of it in the spiritual Life. Page 184
The Causes of Spiritual Joy. Page 189
How it is maintained, vid. Rejoycing. Page 189
Some Observations concerning Spiritual Joy. Page 185
It ariseth more from Hope than Possession. Page 185
It is felt more in Adversity than Prosperity, and why. Page 185
The feeling of this Joy an uncertain thing. Page 186
It mars the taste of carnal Pleasures. Page 185
Joy of Believers, why called Christ's Joy. Page 182
Christ took care to leave his People joyful when he left the World. Page 183
What a kind of Joy this was. Page 183
His Heart was much set upon it. Page 184
Reasons of it. Page 184
Joyful Spirit an Honour to Religion. Page 185
A Delight to God. Page 185
K.
KEeping the Word, what it signifies. Page 80, 81
That it is the duty of God's People. Page 81
Kept: Believers kept in a State of Grace, vid. Preservation.
What it is to be under Christ's keeping. Page 171
Keeping of Christ extends to Body and Soul Page 169, 172
Various ways of God's keeping his People. Page 172, 217
The necessity of God's keeping. Page 217
Why God alone must keep us. Page 218
Keeping of God should teach us Dependance and Confidence. Page 218
Knowledg: there is an unsatiable desire in Man after Knowledg. Page 239
The beginning, increase and progress of Eternal Life lies in Knowledg. Page 25
Form of Knowledg, what it is. Page 91
The difference between the Knowledg of carnal Men, and of Believers. Page 91
The necessity of Knowledg. Page 378
The excellency of it. Page 378
That we are to grow in Knowledg. Page 382
Directions to get Knowledg. Page 27
Directions for our increase and progress in it. Page 29
In using means to get Knowledg we must look up to Christ. Page 377
How Christ gives us Knowledg. Page 377
How we should seek to Christ for Knowledg. Page 378
Knowledg of God, what it implys. Page 31
Only way to Blessedness. Page 370
No Knowledg of God without Christ. Page 30, 371
No Knowledg sufficient for eternal Life, but the Knowledg of God. Page 30
This is sufficient. Page 30
The Reprobate World have no true Knowledg of God. Page 375
No believing or enjoying God but by Knowledg. Page 371
Knowledg of Christ, what it is. Page 31
General Knowledg of Christ not sufficient. Page 31
Knowledg of Christ; Christ knows all the Elect. Page 79
And their Conditions and Necessities. Page 79
Christ's Knowledg the patern and cause of ours. Page 377
Kingdom Mediatory of Christ, the extent of it. Page 17
The Properties of it, Page 73, 156
Vniversal, Page 73, 156
Eternal. Page 73, 157
The manner of Administration of Christ's Kingdom. Page 74
Believers are the Subjects of it. Page 156
Kingly Office of Christ was little exercised in the World. Page 268
L.
LIbertines, when in Power grow cruel. Page 195
Life: a Christians Life what it is. Page 115
Life eternal Christ's Gift. Page 19
Lies in Knowledg. Page 25
The Estate of Heaven expressed by Life Eternal. Page 19
Begun here, and carried on by degrees. Page 20
Lifting up the Eyes to Heaven in Prayer, what it signifies. Page 13
Heart to be lift up in Prayer. Page 3
Light: God's way of working in converting Souls is by Light. Page 231
It must be a true and not a false Light. Page 232
Light Divine, the necessity of it to understand the things of God. Page 69, 70
Light of Nature, not a sufficient Rule to fallen Man. Page 239
Likeness to Christ, what it is, vid. Resemblance, Conformity.
Why Christ is so earnest to make us like himself. Page 324
Those are Christ's that are like him. Page 324
What we should do to be like Christ. Page 324
Love of Christ to Believers. Page 134
The excellency of it. Page 106
Evidenced in his coming from the Father for our sakes. Page 98
Love of God in giving Christ. Page 75, 98
God loves his People in Afflictions. Page 341
The Love of God is the ground of all other Favours and Blessings. Page 382
Yet not to be measured by temporal things Page 265, 385
But by spiritual Blessings. Page 344
God's Love towards us, and in us. Page 345, 383
God's Love in us, in effect, and in sense and feeling. Page 384
We are to labour after the sense of it. Page 345
The benefit of the sense of God's Love. Page 345
Means to get it and increase it. Page 345
Comfort to them that have the Effects, but not the Sense of it. Page 346
What may evidence God's Love to thee, when thou wantest the sense of it. Page 346
How to discern our Interest in God's Love. Page 365
How we may know whether God's Love be in us. Page 385
Love of God to Christ, the grounds of it. Page 340
The Properties of it. Page 341, 362, 363, 364
The Fruits and Effects of it. Page 342, 363
God loved Christ as the Son of God, and as Mediator. Page 337, 362
In God's loving Christ he loved us. Page 363
How we should love Christ, as God loved him. Page 338
Wherein God's Love to Christ and to Saints differ. Page 340
Love of God to the Saints: God loves the Saints as he loved Christ. Page 339, 340, &c.
The grounds of it. Page 340
The Properties of it. Page 340, 364
The Fruits and Effects of it. Page 342
God would would have the World convinced of his Love to his People, vid. Conviction. Page 347
Love to God, a shame to defer it. Page 364
Love to Brethren, how it is a new Commandment. Page 162
Love of the World, natural to us. Page 222
The heinousness and danger of the Sin. Page 223
Lust within gives advantage to Temptations without us. Page 129, 216
M.
MAgistrates, whether under Christ as Mediator; Aff. Page l7
To own the Mediator. Page 18
Magistrates Duty towards Ministers. Page 274
Manifestation: how Christ manifested God's Name to his People. Page 66
Masters of Families, to pray for their Families. Page 105
Mediator: the Office of a Mediator, wherein it consists. Page 2
Why God appointed a Mediator. Page 77
Designation of Christ to this Office. Page 265
The fitness of Christ for it. Page 265
Why he must be God. Page 40, 265
Why he must be Man. Page 266
What Christ received from God as Mediator. Page 82
How we should make use of Christ as a Mediator. Page 329
Meditation feeds Ioy. Page 190
Members: Believers Members of Christ's Body. Page 75, 158
Memory of former Mercies an Encouragement to ask anew. Page 15
The weakness of Memory in spiritual things. Page 221
Men, why Christ will teach us by Men, vid. Ministers. Page 65
Merit to be disclaimed. Page 364
Ministers to be called, with the necessity of a Call. Page 41, 274
To be elected by the People. Page 273
Ordained by the Elders. Page 273
Confirmed by the Magistrates. Page 273
How to make out their Calling to the People. Page 276
Holiness a good preparative to the Ministry, and why. Page 230
Ministers have more especial need of Holiness. Page 263
Their Duty in their Conversation, in their Ministry. Page 281
Their Dignity. Page 278, 280
To be faithful in their Charge. Page 171, 181
To pray for their People. Page 104
They need the Prayers of their People. Page 105
Success to be desired of Ministers. Page 277
People to own their Ministers. Page 277
Ministers to be respected, both their Message, Calling, and Persons. Page 282, 283
Hated of the World, and why. Page 193
The Madness of the World in opposing them. Page 282
Opposition against them, whence it proceeds. Page 282
Those that wrong and affront them reproved. Page 284
Affronts to Ministers redound to Christ. Page 283
Mission of Ministers, vid. Mission.
Ministry, an Office, and a standing Office. Page 275
The Mercy of God in the Institution of the Ministry. Page 65, 282
Those that invade the Office of the Ministry reproved. Page 276
Miracles of Christ generally Actions of Relief. Page 249
Sufficient Argument to prove the divine Authority of the Scriptures. Page 249
Not necessary now to confirm the Scriptures, and why. Page 249
How shall we know that Miracles were truely wrought. Page 249
Not wrought at Man's will. Page 249
Misery of Man by Nature. Page 376
Mission of Christ, vid. Sent.
Mission of Ministers, who are sent. Page 279
By whom. Page 279
To whom. Page 279
For what end. Page 280
Multitude, no excuse to Wickedness. Page 373
N.
NAme of God, what it signifies. Page 67, 143, 379
None can discover the Name of God but Christ. Page 381
How Christ manifested God's Name to his People. Page 66
God's Name made known to the Church by degrees. Page 258, 380
Why Christ would reveal God's Name to his People by degrees. Page 381
It is the great Priviledg of the Gospel to know God by his right Name. Page 380
New Birth takes Believers off from the World. Page 250
O.
OBedience establisheth our Ioy. Page 189
Whether Christ as Man was bound to Obedience to the Law of God his Maker. Page 287
Positive Obedience, vid. Positive.
Occasions of Sin to be avoided. Page 216
Offices of Christ exercised in another manner in Heaven than here. Page 15
The Sublimi…y of Christ's Office. Page 102
Omissions; whether we are more hardned by Sins of Omission or Commission. Page 228
Oneness; our Happiness lies in being one with God through Christ. Page 333
Opinions novel condemned. Page 165
Opposition: We had need be tender in opposing the godly. Page 202
Ordination of Ministers, the Elders Right. Page 274
Whether Ordination by the Popish Clergy valid. Page 278
Owning Christ; it is praise worthy to own Christ when the World disowns him. Page 372
This is a sign of God's Love to us. Page 372
And of our Sincerity. Page 373
P.
PEnmen of Scriptures, their Fidelity. Page 258
People, their right to chuse their Ministers. Page 273
Advice to them with respect to their Ministers. Page 277, 283
Perdition: Son of Perdition a Name given to Judas and to Antichrist. Page 174
Carnal Practices will end in Perdition. Page 175
foreign & foreign what it is. Page 300, 306
Persecution to be expected by God's People in this World. Page 130, 132
Wicked Men restrained from Persecution by conviction of Sin on their Hearts. Page 316
Perseverance of Saints built on John 17.11. Page 143
The Point stated. Page 144
The Grounds of it. (1.) The Father's Love and Power, (2.) The Son's Merit and Intercession. (3.) The Spirit's Influence. Page 146
Not a discontinued, but constant Perseverance. Page 145
This Doctrine not shaken by the Defections of Hypocrites. Page 173
Doth not exclude Prayer. Page 145
Still Believers are to be wary. Page 145
And means of Grace not to be neglected. Page 145
Exhortation to Perseverance. Page 147
Should excite to Thankfulness. Page 148
Yields Comfort to the People of God. Page 149
When this Doctrine more especially yields Comfort to them. Page 150
Person in the Trinity, what it is. Page 38
Person of Christ, the Dignity of it. Page 101
The dearness of it to the Father. Page 102
Places; in all Places there are Temptations. Page 215
Pleasure of God's ways. Page 186
Carnal Pleasure to be despised. Page 186
Plots against the Church destroy the Authors of them. Page 179
Reasons of it. Page 179
Positive Obedience; we must not only depart from Evil, but do good. Page 228
Reasons of it. Page 229
Whether the Trial of a Christian lies in departing from Evil, or doing Good. Page 228
Poverty of Christ upon the Earth. Page 205
Power of Christ over all Flesh, what it is. Page 16
Exercised for the Churches good. Page 18
Power of the Word. Page 251
How an Argument of the Truth of it to them that never felt it. Page 252
Powers of the World usually set against Christ. Page 130
Practices carnal will end in Perdition. Page 175
Praising and blessing God, how they differ. Page 49, 139
Prayer must follow Preaching. Page 2
The use of Words in Prayer. Page 5
The only Guide in Suffering. Page 8
Providence doth not hinder Prayer. Page 11
An Encouragement in Prayer to back Requests with Promises. Page 16
We are to pray for one another. Page 104
Whether we may pray for wicked Men. Page 106
VntoUnto a Prayers of great force. Page 162
When we pray to God, we must look on him as an Holy Father, vid. Holy Father.
No coming to God in Prayer, but in an holy State. Page 140
Prayer helps our Ioy. Page 190
Prayer of Christ, why he prayed. Page 4
Why he prayed aloud. Page 5
The Object of it. Page 94, 294, 295
Not the Apostles only. Page 99
Why Christ prayed for them that should believe hereafter. Page 294
Why Christ prayed for the Elect. Page 107
Why Christ prayed not for the reprobate World. Page 101
Prayers of Christ and Merit of Christ of equal extent. Page 295
How Christ prayed for his Persecutors. Page 100
Prayers of Christ a Fountain of Consolation. Page 183
Preaching; some Preaching more apt to convert than others. Page 84
Precepts of the Word shew it to be from God. Page 260
Priestly Office of Christ the Parts of it, Oblation and Intercession. Page 103, 338
The Love of God in Christ gives Confidence in both Parts. Page 338
Prepare: how Christ prepared Heaven for us by his Ascension. Page 123
Presence corporal of Christ why withdrawn, (1.) To try his People. (2.) To make way for his spiritual Presence. Page 126, 127
Why Christ's Spiritual Presence was not vouchsafed till his Corporal Presence was withdrawn. Page 127
Presence Spiritual of Christ to be look'd after by Christians, and the advantage of it. Page 128
Presence with Christ in Heaven, a great part of our Happiness there. Page 352, 353
The Soul goes immediately to Christ's Presence after Death. Page 352
And the Body at the Resurrection. Page 353
Wherein our longing for it appears. Page 356
Why we should long after it. Page 357
Preservation, means of it. Page 172
What of God's Name is engaged in the Preservation of his People in Grace. Page 150
None can preserve us but God. Page 151
Why we are only preserved by God. Page 151
God's Preservation should excite us to Dependance, Confidence, and Thankfullness. Page 152
Preservation of Scriptures wonderful. Page 253
Pride of wicked Men impatient of rebukes in the Lives of the godly. Page 201
Priviledges outward not to be rested in. Page 180
Profession, Professors, Worldliness of Professors brings Trouble on the Church. Page 195
Profession not to be deferred till times are quiet. Page 196
Not till the World is agreed. Page 373
The excellency of our Profession above others. Page 243
Proficiency of the Apostles in Christ's School. Page 83
Promises of the Word shew it to be from God. Page 260
May be pleaded. Page 45
Shall be made good. Page 250
Objections answered. Page 250
Why temporal Blessings are in the Promise. Page 251
What Respect and Reverence is due to the Promises. Page 251
Prophecies of the Word shew it to be from God. Page 261
Always fulfilled. Page 250
Prophetical Office of Christ, vid. Teaching of Christ.
Providence doth not hinder Prayer. Page 1…
Providence of God in guarding Man is observable. Page 172
R.
REading the Scriptures, the advantage of it. Page 27
Scriptures to be read with Prayer. Page 28
Receiving Christ, what it is. Page 389
What it is to receive Christ with all the Heart. Page 94
Receiving the Word, what it is. Page 92
What it is to receive the Word with all the Heart. Page 93
Reconciliation; the Mercy of God in seeking Reconciliation with us. Page 28…
Redemption: In the work of Redemption the Father the supream Author, supream Cause, supream Iudg. Page 86, 87
Vniversal Redemption disproved. Page 105
Covenant of Redemption, vid. Covenant.
Reformation, after Trials and Reformations come Trials and Probations. Page 194
God oftentimes promotes Reformation by Troubles. Page 194
What Call the first Reformers had. Page 277
Rejoycing; what reason a Christian hath to rejoyce. Page 189
Religion: no Religion but the Christian Religion the way to Salvation. Page 32
Repentance, the Ingredients of it. Page 179
Repetition of the same Truths grievous to Nature, and why. Page 220
But profitable to Grace, and why. Page 220
Not to be grievous to us. Page 221
Directions to Ministers in repeating the same Truths. Page 222
Resemblance between us and Christ as the Son of God, and as Mediator. vid. Likeness. Page 323
Respect of the World, to be suspected. Page 201
Restraint, wicked Men restrained from Persecution by the Conviction of Sin on their Hearts. Page 316
Resurrection; how Christ was raised by the Father, and how by himself. Page 266
Revelation of God's Will to Adam, to the World, to the Church. Page 240, 241
Various manners of Revelation of God's Will. (1.) By Word without writing. (2.) By Word and writing. (3.) By writing alone. vid. Scriptures. Page 241, 242
Reverence to be used in Prayer. Page 3, 138
Right; God hath a Right to all we have. Page 55
Righteousness of God, how God is said to be righteous. Page 367
Rule; God's Act his Rule. Page 238
There must be some Rule from God to guide the Creatures. Page 261
Light of Nature not a sufficient Rule to fallen Man. Page 239
S.
SAcraments promote our Ioy. Page 190
Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, the end of it. Page 293
Sacrifice; how Christ was both Priest and Sacrifice. Page 288
Christ offered himself a Sacrifice. Page 288
This Sacrifice Christ offered not for himself, Page 288
But for all the Elect. Page 289
Sadness of Spirit the causes of it. Page 188
In some it deserves Pity, in others Rebuke. Page 187
In Christians disproved. Page 187
It brings a Scandal on Christ's Spiritual Kingdom, and on the Ways of God. Page 188
A Christian hath cause of Ioy, when he hath Sorrow and Sadness of Spirit. Page 188
Salvation: next to God's Glory, Christ's Aim was our Salvation. Page 13
The business of our Salvation put into safe Hands. Page 158
No Salvation out of the true Religion. Page 236
Sanctification; the various senses of the Word. Page 226, 287, 293
It is actual Election. Page 227
The difference between Civility and Sanctification. Page 237
The efficient cause of it, God. Page 229
We cannot sanctify our selves. Page 229
Means cannot do it without God. Page 229
The Instrument of it, the Word of God. Page 231, 233
Chiefly the Gospel. Page 233
The Gospel worketh not without the Spirit. Page 233
This must be received and applied by Faith. Page 233
How Faith sanctifies. Page 234
How we are sanctified by the Word. Page 291
Why God sanctifieth by his Word. Page 234
The Word of God is morally accommodated to this. Page 235
The Excellency of Sanctification. Page 227
Why we should pray for it. Page 227
It is God's aim in all his Dispensations. Page 227
The end of Christ's Death. Page 290
Those that are sanctified need to be sanctified more and more. Page 230
Sanctify; what it is to sanctify God. Page 243
What Christ's sanctifying himself signifies. Page 290
Why Christ sanctified himself. Page 290
Satisfaction of Christ, the value of it. Page 102
Saviour; how Christ saves us. Page 42
Scholars: Believers Scholars of Christ's School. Page 74, 157
Scriptures: the necessity of the Scriptures, or written Word. Page 241
The advantage we have by the Scriptures above what the Iews and Gentiles had. Page 68
We are to bless God for the Scriptures. Page 245
The Scriptures not corrupted. Page 254
The aim of the Scriptures. Page 261
To be the Iudg of Controversies. Page 262
To be the constant Rule of Faith and Manners. Page 262
Reading the Scriptures, vid. Reading.
Divine Authority of Scriptures, why we should inquire into it. Page 242
Sufficiently assured to us. Page 245
More Reason to believe, than doubt it. Page 261
How to settle the Conscience concerning it. Page 261
What they shall do that stagger about it. Page 244
Whether wicked Men can have any absolute assurance of the truth of it. Page 243
Arguments to prove it. Page 246
External: (1.) How God hath owned them. Page 246
(2.) How the Church hath owned them by Tradition, by Martyrdom. Page 255, 256
The Churches duty to the Scriptures. Page 255
What respect we ought to bear to the Churches Testimony. Page 255
(3.) How the malignant World hath owned them. Page 256
Internal Arguments. Page 257
(1.) The manner and form of them. Page 257
The Majesty, and yet the Simplicity of the Stile of Scriptures. Page 257
The Harmony of the Scriptures. Page 258
The Impartiality of them. vid. Penmen of Scriptures. Page 259
(2.) The matter of Scriptures, vid. Precepts, Promises, Doctrines, Histories, Prophecies.
Self-Concei…, the causes of it. Page 365
Self-Murder, the sinfulness of it. Page 212
Sending of Ministers, vid. Mission of Ministers.
Sent; Christ was sent by the Father. Page 263
What it implys. Page 25, 40, 264
The ends of it. Page 267
Christ's Condescension in submitting to be sent. Page 269
Sending of Christ, and sending the Apostles compared. Page 270, 271
Separation, a great Crime. Page 165
What grounds of Separation warrantable. Page 165
Shame, the way to Glory. Page 10
Sight of Christ, the greatness of the Priviledg. Page 360
vid. Vision.
Sin committed against God chiefly as the wronged Party and highest Iudg. Page 86, 263
Makes God stand at a distance from us. Page 335
Sin prevails by degrees. Page 176
Wilful Sins, the danger of them. Page 174
Sitting of Christ at God's Right-hand, what it implys. Page 62
Snares; the World full of Snares. Page 214
Sorrow: the Nature of Man more acquainted with Sorrow than Pleasures. Page 186
vid. Sadness of Spirit.
Spirit; how it confirms the Word. Page 27, 85
Given to promote Vnity. Page 164
Testimony of the Spirit, how discerned. Page 253
How we should know whether we have the Spirit of Christ. Page 306, 386
Spirit of the World to be avoided. Page 207
How it maybe discerned. Page 207
Success to be desired by Ministers. Page 277
Of the Doctrine the Scripture teacheth. Page 246
Sufferings of Christ the greatness of them. Page 287
He willingly underwent them, vid. Willingness.
Did not fall out by chance. Page 180
Were appointed by the Father. Page 7
Foretold by the Prophets. Page 8
Always attended with some Glory. Page 9
Sufferings of God's People short. Page 8
God's People to prepare for them. Page 194
vid Troubles.
When they come, do not think strange at them. Page 195
How to know when God is about to bring Trouble on the Church. Page 164
Cautions in suffering for Christ. Page 117
Christ hath Experience of his Peoples Sufferings. Page 134
T.
TEaching of Christ the manner of it. Page 69
Christ the great Teacher of the Church. Page 74
Temptations fitted to every State. Page 135
To every Condition, Calling, Action, Place. Page 214, 215,
Lust within gives advantage to Temptations without. Page 129, 260
Tender: God is tender of his Truth and Saints. Page 239, 337
Threatnings of the Word always fulfilled. Page 250
Objections answered. Page 250
Titles of God in Scripture suited to Requests made to him. Page 136, 349, 367
Toleration, Arguments against it. Page 236
Treason against Christ, one of Judas's Sins. Page 175
To be avoided. Page 178
Trinity, the Doctrine of the Trinity opened and proved. Page 37
vid. foreign, Person.
How we are to imitate the Trinity. Page 168, 309
Truth a great Treasure. Page 236
Truth of the Scriptures; Scriptures must be fulfilled. Page 182
vid. Scriptures Divine Authority.
U.
VIctory over evil to be preferred before Exemption from it. Page 213
Vision of Christ in Heaven ocular and mental, what. Page 358, 359
Why our Happiness lies in it. Page 359
Vision, the cause of all Fruition in Heaven. Page 359
It shall be comfortable. Page 361
Who are they that shall see Christ in Heaven. Page 361
Union moral of Believers one with another what it is, vid. Unity. Page 106, 303
Union mystical of Believers with Christ, what it is. Page 160, 301, 389
The whole Trinity is concerned in this Union. Page 301
Whole Christ is united to a whole Believer. Page 301
This Union is secret and mysterious, but real. Page 302
Illustrated by the Union of Head and Members. Page 302
And by the Conjugal Union. Page 390
All the Ordinances have an aspect on our Union with Christ. Page 332
How this Union is brought about, and in what order. Page 389
What the Act of Faith is, whereby we are united to Christ. Page 389
The end of it. Page 333
The advantages Believers have by it▪ Page 305
Glory the Fruit of Union as well as Grace. Page 326
The Honour and Happiness of those that are united to Christ. Page 304, 305
The Resemblance between the Mystical Union and the Union of the Divine and Humane Nature in Christ. Page 308
The disagreement between these two Unions. Page 308
The Resemblance between the Mystical Union, and the Union of Father and Son in the Trinity. Page 308
Why Christ prayeth for this Union. Page 303
How we may know we are united to Christ. Page 305, 391
Those who are united to Christ to look for greater things than they enjoy. Page 326
This should teach us Dependance. Page 331
What those Fruits are of it whereby the World is convinced of the Truth of Christianity, vid. Conviction. Page 311, 320
Unity of Believers hath some resemblance of the Unity of the Divine Persons. Page 167
What is contrary to it. Page 165
To be prayed for. Page 163
Believers to be earnest for it. Page 165
How much Christ's Heart is set on the Unity of his Members. Page 161
vid. Love of Brethren.
Why Christ so earnestly prays for it. Page 162
Arguments to press it. Page 166
It is possible to be attained. Page 163
What an excellent Blessing it is. Page 162
The need the Church hath of it. Page 163
Directions to attain it. Page 166
Directions to restore it. Page 166
How God keepeth the Saints together. Page 168
Unity between God and Christ. Page 307
Unworthiness: what we should do when dejected with a sense of our Unworthiness. Page 344
foreign, the Original and Signification of the Word, vid. Person. Page 38
W.
WAiting …n God a Duty, tho we want outward Supplies. Page 172
Walk: Christians to walk wisely towards them that are without. Page 203
Warning: Sinners to take warning by Iudgments on others. Page 180
Watching; what a Believer should watch against. Page 216
Watching and Prayer should go together. Page 216
Welcome of Christ by the Father at his Ascension. Page 123
Willingness of Christ to undertake the Work of Redemption. Page 286
And to suffer. Page 9, 287
Word of God; the necessity of God's giving us a Word. Page 238
VVhat it is. Page 240
To be reverenced. Page 250
How given to Christ. Page 88
The proper means to work Faith. Page 88
vid. Faith.
It will work without Miracles. Page 89
The Spirit will not work without it. Page 89
The Power of it to convert Souls. Page 89
The Truth of it, vid. Scripture Divine Authority.
It helps our Ioy. Page 190
Work: every Man hath his Work. Page 52
This Work is given to him by God. Page 53
This Work must be finished. Page 54
World; why God permits his People to be in the World. Page 131
The weakness of the World. Page 105
The danger of living in the World. Page 129, 214
The Enemies we meet with in the World. Page 130
Christ apprehensive of his Peoples danger in this World, and why. vid. Da…ger. Page 133
VVhy we should grow weary of the World. Page 135
How Christians are not of this World. Page 204
VVhy Christians are not of this World. Page 204
Characters of those that live as if they were of this World. Page 206
How to know whether our Hearts are set on this World, vid. Heart. Page 206, 207
How should a Christian know when the Wor…d incroacheth upon him. Page 217
VVe can never enough be cautioned against the World. Page 222
Worldly Conversation, wherein seen. Page 209
Worldly Men, their dangerous Estate. Page 106
Men of the World apt to defile the People of God. Page 130
How the People of God differ from the Men of the World. Page 191
Worldly Spirit to be avoided. Page 224
Worldly things are frail. Page 148
Worldliness expressed by Adultery and Idolatry, and why. Page 217, 223
Arguments against it. Page 223
Worldliness of Professors brings Troubles on the Church. Page 195
Worship; God to be worshipped in an holy manner. Page 142
VVe should go away the more holy from Worship. Page 142