Commentary on Habakkuk, Index
An Alphabetical TABLE of the principal heads contained in this precedent Commentary.
The Contents thereof in the firſt and ſecond Chapters.
A.
ADam's ſin did not violate God's glory ſo much as the womans. page 298
Adrian the ſixth his allegory. 35. applied. page 36
A good conſcience declares a mans faith to himſelf, 225. and a godly converſation to others. page 226
All evill actions are juſtly judged by the intentions of their agents, but good actions are not ſo. page 75
All injuries we do to our brethren, are done with God's privity, 76. and ſo are all treaſons and conſpiracies. page 120
All Churches wherein Chriſtians meet to call upon God, are Temples of Gods preſence. page 341
All exceſſe in drinking is drunkenneſſe. page 306
Alexander excuſed by his flatterers for killing of Clitus. page 324
Ambition is an inordinate deſire of honour. page 271
Ambition came in with ſin, and cannot be without ſin. page 273
Ambition puts us out of the way of life. page 275
Ambition is painful. page 286
Ancientneſſe of writing. page 151
As perſonal ſins have perſonal chaſtiſements, ſo epidemical ſins have popular puniſhments. page 64
B.
BAbylon taken by ſtorme on a day of feaſting. page 249
Better apta then alta ſapere. page 157
Beholding without regarding, is but a kinde of gazing. page 53
Behold, a word to move attention. page 184
Benefits of the righteouſneſſe of Faith. page 198
Blood-guiltineſſe conſiſts not in blood-ſhedding only page 278
Boldneſſe in ſinning. page 24
C.
CAlvin's judgment of Habakkuk. page 117
Cautions to order and regulate our judgment and life concerning righteouſneſſe. page 200
Charity is the bond of peace, only to the children of peace. page 129
Chriſt took the burthen of our ſins upon him. page 5
Chriſt took upon him our infirmities, but not our ſinful ones. page 48
Chriſtian charity & cōmon juſtice, great props of a Common-wealth. page 37
Committers of ſin, are of two ſorts. page 283
Complaint is a part of prayer, 31. the reaſons thereof. page 32
Confeſſion threefold. page 193
Contempt of the Law brings in licentiouſneſſe, & custome of ſinning. page 28
Contempt is a provocation which moveth God to ſevere judgments. page 72
Contempt is moſt grievous to mans generous nature
Corruption of juſtice a dangerous ſigne of a drooping Common-wealth. 45. Reaſons for it. page 43
Covetouſneſſe is an inordinate deſire of the wealth of this world. page 275
Covetouſneſſe is Ambitions hand-maid page 275
Covetouſneſſe a fruitful ſin, Ʋſury, Rapine, Fraud, Bribes, and Cimony are its daughters. page 276
Crie of blood. page 12
Crie of a Prophet is a loud cry. page 13
Cruelty manifold. page 278
Cruelty is a companion of Ambition and Covetouſneſſe. page 278
D.
DEſire is the whetſtone of prayer. page 178
Deſpiſers puniſhed with ſcorne and contempt. page 78
Devill, author of Idolatry, temptor to it, and promoter of it. page 93
Diſtruſt in God, the mother ſin of all evill wayes. page 267
Di…ers wayes to ſpend the time well. page 180
Doctrine of faith moſt neceſſary to ſalvation, page 205
Drunkards the pictures of proud men. page 242
Drunkenneſſe a horrible ſin, confeſſed by all men to be a ſin. page 305
Drunken men mentioned in Scripture, page 305
Drunken men cannot pray as they ought. page 310
Drunkenneſſe a diſeaſe of former ages, but now grown epidemical. page 313
Duties to be performed in the Church. page 345
E.
EAſtern winds moſt unwholſome in Judea. page 58
Every mans mind is himſelf. 77 Eternity of God. page 103
Every ſin is a treſpaſſe against God. page 103
Expoſtulations and contestations with God in our prayers are lawfull 46. Objection against it, and ſolution of the objection, 47. Reaſons for confirmation thereof. page 51
F.
FAith defined. page 206
Faith's greatneſſe and its effects. page 20…
Faith, how it may be gotten, 208. How proved, 225. How preſerved, 228. How uſed. page 229
Faith uſefull in the naturall life, 230 In the ſpiritual life, 234. And in the eternall life. ibid.
Faith uſeful both in proſperity and adverſity. page 233
Faith not rightly grounded is preſumption. page 109
Fear mingled with faith is no ſin. page 48 & 49
Few ſeeke the true uſe of riches. page 261
G.
GIving of almes doth not purifie ill gotten goods page 292
God's wrath and judgments are a burthen to him, and ſo is his word threatning judgment. page 8
God's wrath and judgments are a burthen to the Prophet that utters them in respest of his fidelity to him that ſends him, 9. And in reſpect of his zeale, ibid. And in reſpect of his compaſſion. page 10
God's wrath and judgments are a burthen to the people to whom they are ſent, both to the penitent, 10. and to the impenitent. page 11
God's ſervants fight againſt ſin by prayer. page 14
God s Miniſters may by their prayers awake God's judgments againſt unrepenting ſinners. page 15
God ſometimes ſuſpends the ſucceſſe of his ſervants prayers. page 20
God doth himſelf take notice of the peoples ſins, and acquainteth his Prophets and Miniſters therewith. page 21
God doth hear the complaints of ſuch as have juſt cauſe to complaine of violence, to execute his judgments upon them that offend, 59. Reaſons thereof, page 60, 61, 62
God's juſtice doth not ſpare his own people, if they do provoke him. page 63
God's promiſes made to Iſrael were all limited with condition of their obedience 63. & 77. & ſo are all God's promiſes to his children page 78
God can make good uſe of the vices of men, and make wicked men ſerve for inſtruments of his will. page 66
God is author of all actions, but not of the evill of them. page 73
God fore-knoweth the ſins of men. page 86
Gods certain knowledge of our evils will bring forth a certain judgment to puniſh them. page 89
Gods love to his Church is eternal as himſelf is. page 95
God is ſooner ſtirred to mercy then provoked to anger. page 100
God loves to be ſollicited for mercy. page 101
God is eternal in himſelf, in his Eſſence, and eternal in Providence in reſpect of his Creatures. page 104
Ged is holy, therefore the puniſhments of his Church are for its correction only. page 105
Gods children in afflictions are not diſcouraged in their faith of Gods mercy. page 107
God is author of puniſhment. page 108
Gods eyes are pure. page 110
God is a ſincere ſearcher and puniſher of ſin, and his juſtice and truth cannot fail. page 113
God will have his Church taught his ways in all ages thereof. page 154
Gods promiſes run in ſemine. page 154
God ſignifieth his will in divers ways, p. 167. and his will is twofold. page 169
God taketh offence at ſuch as are lifted up. page 188
God is the author of faith. page 208
Gods care and providence ſtoopeth ſo low as to the regard of our cattel. page 325
God is to be worſhipped outwardly as well as inwardly. p. 335. & 344
God is glorified in the ſhame of the proud. page 280
God bringeth all the labours of the ungodly to loſſe and vanity, yet the ungodly perceive it not. page 289
God walketh with the righteous, and contrary to the unrighteous. page 291
God is glorious and jealous of his glory. page 296
Gods creatures and his word are two books, wherein his wiſdome is ſet forth to the ſoul. page 301
God puniſheth ſin by ſin. page 321
Godlineſſe hath the promiſes of this life and of the life to come. page 42
Good covetouſneſſe. 263. Evil covetouſneſſe is joyned with ambition. page 264
Greatneſſe and power are fearful to the common man, yet he will ſearch into the actions of the higheſt. page 262
Grief mingled with faith is no ſin. page 49
H.
HAbakkuk ſignifieth an embracer, a wraſtler. 2. The time of his prophecie is not expreſt. pag. 2.
Hatred a cauſe of contention. pag 26
Hearing the word profiteth nought without faith. pag 209
Hearing and underſtanding the word is a means to increaſe faith. pag 209
Hearers ought to pray for their teachers. pag 144
Heathens gods not jealous of their glory. pag 299
He that willeth the ſame thing as God willeth, and doth the ſame thing God would have done, ſinneth, unleſſe he doth it in the ſame manner, and for the ſame end which God projecteth. pag 76
How far we may complain to God againſt our brethren. pag 15
How God is ſaid to have eyes and other parts of a mans body. pag 111 and how he is ſaid to ſee, hear, &c. pag 73. ch. 3
How God is ſaid to repent. pag 165
How Gods righteouſneſſe is revealed in the Goſpel. pag 237
How drunken folks are ſaid to diſcover their nakedneſſe. pag 314
How man ought to carry himſelf in his dominion over beaſts.
I.
IDolatry defined and deſcribed. pag. 328
Idolatry a grievous ſin. pag 329
Idolatry amongſt Chriſtians. pag 330
Idolatry in the Church of Rome in worſhipping the conſecrated Hoſt. pag 333
If to omit a duty be a ſin, the committing of a contrary evil muſt needs be abominable. pag 312
Ill-gotten goods bring ſuch a ſin upon a man, as cannot be purged but by repentance and reſtitution. pag 293
If we find in our ſelves an elevation above our pitch, it is a certain Symptome of a diſeaſed ſoul. pag 191
Image-worſhip crept into the Church of Rome by little and little. pag 332
Imprecations forbidden. pag 17
Infirmities of Gods ſervants twofold. pag. 48
Inordinate zeal, what it is. pag. 53
Iniquity knoweth no meaſure. pag. 84
In all our conſiderations of the carriage of things under the Government of Gods Providence, howſoever the effects may ſeem ſtrange to us, we muſt not queſtion either the Wiſedom, Juſtice or Goodneſſe of God. pag. 117
In the Church of God there will always be ſome will argue againſt God. pag. 147
Inconveniences of Rapine. pag. 277
Ingredients of a ſaving faith by a diſſection of the word Fides. pag. 187
It was no ſmall part of Chriſts Paſſion to be ſcorned and derided of his enemies. pag. 258
It is a ſingular wiſedome to uſe the fulneſſe of proſperity well. 83. and a great meaſure of grace is required thereto. pag. 84
Judgment beginneth at the houſe of God. pag. 65. and 179. ch. 3
Juſt man defined. pag. 185
Juſtification by faith only. pag. 237
K.
KEeping ſilence, a ſigne of reverence and ſubmiſſion. pag. 327
Knowledge of Gods glory an excellent knowledge. 300. and the purſuit of this knowledge is a labour which well rewardeth it ſelf. pag. 301
M
MAlice may be in looking into the vices of brethren, though it pretended deſire of Reformation. pag. 21
Man is mutable; God unchangably juſt. pag. 78
Man in mercy cometh neereſt Gods image. pag. 99
Mans ſtate in his innocency. pag. 213
Man is but earth, and gold but clay. pag. 248
Men and Angels have their Eternity from God. pag. 103
Means to get an upright ſoul. pag. 192
Mercy the ſoul of the world. pag. 100
Miniſters may in general reprove ſin, but not particularize any man. pag. 54
Ministers ought to be firſt Seers and then Speakers. pag. 139
Ministers muſt not only watch, but alſo give warning. pag. 142
Miniſters muſt maintain Gods cauſe againſt all contradictions. pag. 143
Miniſters ought to open to the Church of God the whole Councell of God. pag. 156
Miniſters have a neceſſity laid upon them to preach the word. pag. 211
N.
NO man ſimpliciter Atheos, but acknowledgeth ſome divine ruling power. pag. 89. and 328 and 80. ch. 3
No man would do ſervice where nothing is to be gained by it. pag. 329
No inherent holineſſe in Churches. pag. 339
Not that as we have, but what we diſpoſe of maketh us friends in the day of the Lord.
Nothing ought to be ſo dear to us as the glory of God. pag. 300
O.
OCcaſion of offence to be avoided. pag. 33
Oracles ceaſed at Chriſts coming. pag. 175
Original ſin what it is. pag. 216
Outward things unſanctified to the Owner, have no power to eſtabliſh the heart. pag. 84
Out of natural and moral ways of life there is a wiſedome of God to be learned. pag. 123
Overcharge of the heart with drink, is drunkenneſſe. pag. 306
P.
PApiſts idolaters. pag. 331
People without a Ruler are unhappy. pag. 114 and 124
Prayer ought to be fervent and continual. 18. as well in zeal of Gods glory as for our own neceſſities. pag. 19
Prayer what it is. pag. 31
Prayer is a help to him that prayeth, a ſacrifice to God, a ſcourge to the devil and his agents. pag. 183
Prayer, the Word and the Sacraments are means to preſerve faith. pag. 228
Preparation required in thoſe who go to Church. pag. 344
Pride a cauſe of ſtrife. pag. 25
Pride conſiſts in three things. In thinking too well of our ſelves, contemptibly of others, boaſting and glorying in vain oſtentation. pag. 240
Pride is the ground of inſatiableneſſe. pag. 241
Pride, the ruine of Charity, Juſtice, Temperance and Religion. pag. 243
Proofs of a ſincere faith. pag. 227
Proſperity of this world fils the hearts of men with pride, and vain eſtimation of themſelves. pag. 131
Proud men reſemble death and hell. pag. 243
Puniſhment in its nature is evil, yet God may work good out of it. pag. 69
Puniſhment of Idolatry. pag. 334
Puniſhments of Pride, 247. Juſt Reprehenſion, 155. Deriſion, 257 Spoyle and deſtruction. pag. 262
Puniſhments of Ambition, 279. They conſult ſhame to their own houſe, Ibid. Sin againſt their own ſouls, 283. Labour in vaine, and without ſucceſſe. pag. 286
Puniſhments of drunkenneſſe, 315. Who will puniſh it; God, 316 how he will puniſh it, 319. Why he will puniſh it. pag. 324
Q.
OƲantity of the fault, is the meaſure of the judgment. pag. 5
R.
REaſons why Ambition makes men unhappy. Pag. 274
Religion contemned is a ſigne of a diſeaſed and deſperate ſtate, 38 Reaſons thereof. Ibid.
Riligion is the knot of true Ʋnion, that knitteth us to God, and uniteth us to one another. Pag. 78.
Religion hath the bowels of compaſſion, and they have no Religion that have no mercy. Pag. 99
Religion the beſt bond of brotherhood. Pag. 129
Remedy for mans fall, 222. Which is Chriſt. Pag. 223
Remedies againſt drunkenneſſe. Pag. 308
S.
SAthan ſuggeſteth that the way of righteouſneſſe is painful. pag. 287
Sathans chiefeſt temptation, is by blemiſhing of Gods glory. pag. 296
Seekers of ſtrife condemned. pag. 25
Service performed to God without zeal, is without life. pag. 51
Shame rather hardeneth then reformeth a ſinner. pag. 16
Sincere Faith cannot be loſt. pag. 228
Sharp and ſatyricall tartneſſe not alwayes unlawfull. pag. 259
Sin is a burthen to God, 3. To men, 4. And awakes Gods vengeance. Ibid.
Sins ſeen in others, moves man to a loathing of ſin, and to charity. pag. 68
Sin is like Leaven, a little ſowreth the whole lump. pag. 204 & 283
Sins of Omiſſion, 218. Of evil motion, 219. Of evil affection, and of evil action. pag. 220
Sins grow in cluſters, and one ſin begetteth another, 265. Examples thereof. pag. 266
Sins committed againſt the Law of God, are done againſt the committers ſouls. pag. 283
Souls in heaven wait upon the performance of Gods Promiſes pag. 178
Stephens prayer at his death a means of Pauls converſion. pag. 102
Suggeſtions to ſin lay their foundation upon ſome unworthy opinion of God. pag. 298
T.
TEares of bitterneſſe are the bloud of the Soul. pag. 285
Teaching by familiar reſemblances is much uſed in both Teſtaments. pag. 123
Temples not built in 200 years after Chriſt. pag. 336
Temples and Churches neceſſary. pag. 337
Temporall things can afford no true content. pag. 39
There is no peace to a wicked man. pag. 6
The ſound of Gods Word preached cannot be truly heard by us, unleſſe he open our hearts. pag. …2
The ſoul of prayer is the holy zeal of him that prayeth. pag. 22
Three ſpeciall benefits of a godly life. pag. 40. & 41
The Chaldeans raiſed by God againſt the Jews. pag. 56
They who are ſealed with the Spirit of Promiſe have their infirmities, lapſes, and relapſes; yet ſin not to death. pag. 64
They who fulfilling the Will of God which they know not, do fulfill their own will which they aime at, are not rewarded, but rather puniſhed for it. pag. 74. & 75
The way to avoid contempt, is humility. pag. 81
There is ſuch a concatenation of duties of Religion, and Juſtice, that he that offendeth in one, breaketh the chaine. pag. 267
The fear of the wicked ſhall come upon himſelf. pag. 280
The houſe of the righteous ſhall ſtand. pag. 281
The Elect ſin againſt their own ſouls in regard of the fault, 283 and alſo in regard of the puniſhment. pag. 284
The delivery of Gods Church, and his vengeance upon her enemies, gives honour to the Name of God upon earth. pag. 294
The ſting of the firſt ſin. pag. 297
The knowledge of Gods glory conſiſteth in the true conſideration of his juſtice and mercy▪ pag. 299
Though the Church of God live under the croſſe for a time; it ſhall not be alwayes ſo. pag. 82
Thoſe whom God uſeth as his rods are limited. pag. 83
To know the glory of God here on earth, we muſt obſerve the courſe of his judgments. pag. 302
To make others drunk, is a more grievous ſin then drunkenneſſe. pag. 310
U.
VAnity of Idolatry. pag. 326
Ʋncharitableneſſe corrupteth a Common-wealth, and makes all Gods ſervants complaine. pag. 34
Ʋngodly men outragious, when they finde a way open to their violence. pag. 125
Ʋngodly men have no bowels. pag. 136
Ʋnrighteous mens labours deſcribed. pag. 287
Voluntary and involuntary drunkenneſſe. pag. 318
W.
WAnt of zeal a ſinne. pag. 52
Want of Faith the true cauſe of Idolatry. pag. 90
Way to Hell all down hill, yet very uneaſie, 286. And that is gotten by it, is but meere vanity. pag. 283
We ought to avoid cauſes of complaint. pag. 34
We ought not to limit God to a ſet time for our deliverance, nor to any ſet means, nor meaſure of affliction. pag. 107
We muſt not think long to tarry Gods leaſure, 173. to avoid theſe two evils. Of murmuring againſt God, or ſeeking unlawfull means to accompliſh our deſires. pag. 178
We ought not be too buſie to ſearch into the wayes of God, to know things to come. pag. 174
We muſt beleeve Gods Promiſes whatſoever appearances do put in to perſwade us to the contrary. pag. 175
Where God is. pag. 336
Whatſoever God hath decreed or ſpoken, ſhall certainly take effect in the appointed time. pag. 160
What duty is owing to him. pag. 336
Where Religion is deſpiſed, the courts of Juſtice muſt needs be corrupt, 28. and power and authority degenerate into tyranny, and oppreſſion. pag. 29
When God undertaketh a work, he accommodateth all fit means (though he need none) for a full execution. pag. 71
When we pray that Gods Will may be done, we muſt alſo pray that it may be done for the ſame cauſe. pag. 77
Whenſoever God puniſheth, there is a fault deſerving that puniſhment, 253. Objections to the contrarie anſwered. pag. 254
When God putteth his hand to ſpoyling the oppreſſor, he will ſpoil him in all that he truſted in. pag. 263
Whom God pardoneth, Sathan tempteth moſt. pag. 87
Whoſoever gives divine Worſhip to a creature, is an Idolater. pag. 91
Wicked men have no peace. pag. 84
Wicked men rejoyce at the Churches ſorrow. pag. 128
Woe to the man which gathereth not his own. pag. 275
Written Scripture ſufficient for ſalvation. pag. 153
Z
ZEale againſt crying ſinnes of the time, is diſcreet, and neceſſary pag. 52
The Contents of the third Chapter.
A Double plainneſſe of Scripture, Rationall, and Spirituall. pag. 77
Afflictions of this life cannot ſeparate the ſociety of the Faithfull. pag. 5
Afflictions of the Church are ſuch a deading to it, that unleſſe it were quickened with ſou… beams of grace, it would be a burthen to it more then it could beare. pag. 41
Affection of love moſt vehement in a woman. pag. 94
All Gods favours to men, proceed from his love towards ſuch as are thankfull for them. pag. 69
As God brought Iſrael into the land of Canaan by the ſword, ſo by the ſword he driveth them out. pag. 144
C
CAtesbie's ſpeech concerning the Gun-powder treaſon pag. 89
Chriſt deſcended into hell. pag. 78
Chriſt was alwayes before the Goſpel, and even from the beginning of the world, the hope of all the ends of the world. pag. 150
Church muſick ancient, and of holy uſe. pag. 22
Comfort in afflictions, groweth out of a right underſtanding of the Will and purpoſe of God therein. pag. 43
Commination of Gods judgments, makes the Church of God to fear pag. 174
Conſideration of former mercies ſtrengthens faith in preſent troubles. pag. 50. & 68
Cuſhan is Aethiopia, ſo called from Cuſh the ſon of Cham. pag. 80
Cyrus angrie with the River Gyndes. pag. 103
D.
DAvids Pſalmes a common ſtore-houſe of good learning. pag. 195
Deſcription of Repentance. pag. 1…5
Distreſſing of the poor, a greivous and provoking ſin. pag. 159
E
EVery childe of God, and member of the Church, ought to pray for the whole body of the Church. pag. 34
F.
FAith in Chriſt takes away the horrour of the terrour of the Lord pag. 82
Faithfull men who worſhip God with fear and trembling, how they ought to be taught. pag. 33
Fear is a proper paſſion of a true Believer, and is inſeperably joyned with ſaving Faith. pag. 28
Figurative ſpeeches are in uſe in Scripture. pag. 72
G.
GOD is not ſo glorious in any thing that he hath wrought, as in his Church. pag. 38
God will not ſuffer us to be tempted further then he thinks fit. pag. 41
God is armed with inſtruments of vengeance to puniſh ſin. pag. 57
God never had mercy enough to ſwallow or conſume either his juſtice or his truth. pag. 60
God is glorious in Heaven and in Earth. pag. 61
God never layeth his rod upon thoſe creatures which he hath ordained for the ſervice of man, but to puniſh man, 102. For he hath no quarrell to them. pag. 103
God muſt have the glory of his own great works. pag. 104
God is without variableneſſe or alteration. pag. 113
God ſometimes declareth his power openly, to the comfort of his Church and terrour of its enemies. pag. 115
God is above all ſecond cauſes. pag. 133
God hath taken upon himſelf the care of the preſervation of his Church, 151. Therefore we need ſeek no further for it. pag. 153
God in his judgment maketh the ungodly rods to puniſh one another. pag. 155
God in Chriſt is the reſt of his Church. pag. 158
God never forſaketh us, till we forſake him. pag. 185
God puniſheth one evil nation by another. pag. 87
God is the ſtrength of his Church, 214. both in that we are, and in that we do, and in that we ſuffer. pag. 215
God is the reſtorer of his Church, & wil renew the face & glory of it. pag. 222
Gods word must miniſter matter to our prayers. pag. 25
Gods Church is Gods work both in reſpect of its calling, 37. and of his perpetuall preſence in it. pag. 38
Gods merciemercy and our obedience are motives of re-eſtabliſhing his protection upon his Church. pag. 55
God's ſecrets revealed only to them that fear him. pag. 75
God's power ſhewed in the terror of the wicked proves, that there is a God. pag. 80
God's promiſes are either for this life, or for the life to come. pag. 124
God's extraordinary mercies muſt be often remembred. pag. 166
God's merciemercy in giving, muſt not deſtroy his juſtice in puniſhing of evill doers. pag. 186
Good uſe is to be made of ſome temptations.
H.
HOrnes in Scripture ſignifie ſtrength. page 49
How God was ſaid to have divided the Land of Canaan amongſt the children of Iſrael. page 63 & 73
How many ways ſpiritual enemies aſſault the Church. page 205
How many ways men abuſe their ſtrength. page 216
I.
JEruſalem and the Temple ſhall lye deſolate untill the ſecond coming of Chriſt. page 68
Jewiſh Feaſts were inſtituted for remembrances of favours received from God. page 166
In the laſt calling of the Jews, their Common-wealth ſhall be reſtored. page 66
In reading of holy Scripture we ought carefully to obſerve what is ſpoken literally, and what figuratively. 74. and not to make figures where none are. 77. Nor underſtand that literally which is figurative. page 79
In all wars, God is Lord of Hoſts, and General of the armies that fight his quarrels. 143. and he ordereth all wars. page 144
Jotham's Parable. page 188
Joy dilateth the heart. page 195
Joyes of the ungodly compared to a candle. page 205
Iſrael a type of Gods Church on earth. page 99.
L.
LAnd of Canaan, not above 300 miles in length, and 100 in bredth, 173. The fruitfulneſſe of it ſhewn. ibid.
Logick and Rethorick requiſite and neceſſary in a Miniſter. page 76
M.
MAnna and Water out of the Rock were types of our Lords Supper, and the children of Iſraels paſſage through the red Sea a type of Baptiſme. page 168
Matter of thankeſgiving, is an acknowledgment of all benefits. page 68
Mercy is the moſt glorious attribute that God hath. page 46
Miſeries of afflicted men, make them forget comforts. page 44
Monarchie of the Aſſyrians laſted 1300 yeers. page 250
Moſes charged by Heathens to be a Magician. page 97 & 105
Motives inducing us to bleſſe thoſe that perſecute us, and pray for thoſe that hate us. page 70
N.
NO leſſon ſo hard for a child of God to take out, as to take up Chriſt's Croſſe. page 41
No counſel or ſtrength can prevaile againſt God, 65. nor any preſcription. ibid.
No Oratory nor eloquence comparable to the holy elocution of Scripture page 75
O.
OBjections againſt Church muſick anſwered, page 13
Obedience to God aſſures and gains all good things to us. page 180
Over-weening of our fellow creatures is and hath been a cauſe of Idolatry. page 134
P.
POetry ancient and of uſe in the Church. page 10
Polygamy unlawfull. page 108
Prayer a faithful meſſenger, page 43
Prayer hath the ſame force now as it had in former times. page 141
Prayſing of God in Hymns and Songs ancient and much uſed in the Church.
Prophane mens hearts are hardned with cuſtome of ſinning. page 31
Prophane and carnal men how they ought to be taught. page 30
Prophets, Apoſtles, and Miniſters of the Word, are the fitteſt Perſons to be uſed for direction of devotion. page 7
R.
REading of Scripture good to make us underſtand what the Lord hath done in former ages. page 105
Religion in the Head is ſpeculation, in the Heart affection, in the Hand action. page 169
Rich mens duties to the poor. page 161
S.
SAlvation is a work of power, 210. of glory. Ibid. Of mercy, page 211
Salvation only of God. page 229
Satans Suggeſtions that God is merciful, animates ſinners to do evil. page 58
Satan is but Gods inſtrument in afflicting of the Church. page 84
Selah what it ſignifieth. page 49
Self conceited men, how they ought to be taught. page 32
Self-opinion is a kind of ſpiritual drunkenneſſe. page 32
Set-prayers both lawful and neceſſary to be uſed. page 6
Senſeleſſe and liveleſſe creatures are ſubject to Gods will page 119 & 133
Sigionoth what it ſignifieth. page 2
Signes of true ſpiritual joy. page 201 & 203
Six Signes of enſuing judgment. page 146
Sin is that which parteth God and us. page 146
Sometimes God taketh away from his children their feeling of his love, and of the joy of the Holy-Ghoſt. page 56
T.
TEmporal things have but a reſemblance of good and evil, ſpiritual favours are reall. Pag. 202
Thanksgiving ought to be joyned with Prayer. Pag. 106
Thanksgiving is a work of Juſtice, which puts us in mind of our unableneſſe to requite God, and of our unworthineſſe. Pag. 69
The Contemplation of Gods juſtice in puniſhing the ſins of his Church, of his vengeance in revenging the quarrels of it, of his mercy, in his mercy, in healing the wounds of it, give the faithful occaſion to reſort to God by prayer. Pag. 3
The Churches Plea in affliction is for mercy. Pag. 45
The Church of God hath a ſpecial intereſt in the power and protection of God. Pag. 54
The beſt forme of thanksgiving is that which maketh particular commemoration of Gods mercies. Pag. 68
The ſenſe of Scripture is the ſoul thereof. Pag. 76
The welfare of the Church, is the grief and vexation of her enemies. Pag. 82
The truth of God is a good ground, becauſe the word of God is a ſure word. Pag. 112
The devil knew where Moſes was buried. Pag. 137
The effectual fevrent prayer of a righteous man prevaileth much. Pag. 139
The poor are under Gods protection and his own fleſh. Pag. 160
The very Elect are ſhaken with fear. Pag. 177
The law ſheweth us how much we are in Gods debt. Pag. 178
The ſame hand that put the children of Iſrael in poſſeſſion of the land of Canaan, put them out again. Pag. 186
The Chaldaeans armies the Troops of God. Pag. 186
The Saints of God have their ſorrows on earth, yet they always rejoyce in the Lord. Pag. 202
The general apprehenſion of Gods mercy in Chriſt, will not juſtifie a man in the ſight of God. Pag. 207
The Lord will looſe the bonds of his Church, and give her deliverance out of her troubles. Pag. 220
They that joy in the Lord, reſt in the Lord, and rejoyce in nothing otherwiſe then as a means to ſerve the Lord. 200 and becauſe God is Lord. Pag. 201
Three notes of a lawful promiſe and oath. Pag. 115
VAin repetitions not to be uſed in Prayer. Pag. 33
W
WE ought to give the whole glory and praiſe for all good to God. 70. And thanks to creatures as miniſters and inſtruments of God. Pag. 71
We muſt ſearch out and confeſſe the true cauſe of all the good that God doth to us. Pag. 107
What uſe may be made of Davids Pſalmes, in our frequent reading and meditation of them. Pag. 19
What is meant by the works of God. Pag. 19
What is meant by the midſt of years. Pag. 21
Whether we ought to ſwear at all. Pag. 114
Whether every oath ought to be kept. Pag. 115
Whereſoever there is Election there is Ʋnction. pag. 130 & 154
Where God loveth a People, his favour runneth in a full ſtream in the channel of his Church. Pag. 138
Where there is the true joy of the Holy Ghoſt, no temporal affliction can extinguiſh or eclipſe it. Pag. 195
X
Xerxes angry with the ſea, cauſeth it to be beater with ſtripes. pag. 102
FINIS.