A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament, Subject index 1
AN Alphabetical TABLE OF THE Principal Matters contain'd in the Firſt Volume of the Old Teſtament; WHEREIN The Figure 1. ſignifies the Firſt Volume, and the Letter p. ſignifies Page, as it is found either in the Firſt, or in the Second, or in the Third Volume, or in the Supplement betwixt the Firſt and Second, and the Numerical Figures do refer to thoſe Pages, &c.
A.
ABEL, his Birth, Life and Death, Vol. 1. Page 55. 56, &c.
Abraham, the Friend of God, p. 129. hath the Reſemblance of God the the Father, p. 130. and of God the Son, p. ibid. and of every true Chriſtian, p. 131. His Call, whence and whither, p. 132, to 136. His Ten Tyrals named, p. 143.
Acceptance with God, how obtained, p. 80, 81, 82.
Adam Wiſer than Solomon, p. 29. He named all things ſuitable to their Natures, p. 30. How made after God's Image and placed in Paradiſe, p. 31. All Creatures are Subject to him, p. 32. God gave Eve to him; the bleſſing of Marriage, p. 33, 34, 35. and the bleſſing of the Sabbath, p. 36, 37, 38. Nothing is Recorded of Adam's Converſion, &c. p. 176.
Adultery, God puniſhes it in Kings, p. 163.
Angels, when Created; the Fall of ſome; their Malice and Miſchief to Man, p. 41.
Ark of Noah largely deſcribed, p. 109, 110, 111. How it was a Type of the Church, p. 112, 113, 114, 115. The Diſparity, p. 116. We ſhould prepare an Ark to ſave us, p. 117, 118, 119. How it was a Type of Chriſt, p. 120.
Arminian Refuted, p. 171.
B.
Babel, the Building and Builder of that Tower, p. 134, 135.
Baptiſm of Believer's Seed Vindicated, p. 198, 199.
Barrenneſs, in Soul as well as Body, and ſometimes in the Church, p. 160.
C.
Cain the Curſed one deſcribed at large, Vol. 1. Page 55, 56, &c.
Calling; Every Man muſt be of ſome Employ, p. 57, 59, 60. in ſome it is neceſſary wherein to learn it, p. 61, 62. None are born to be Idle, p. 412.
Canaan was Abraham's three ways, p. 138.
Ceremonies, quarrel about them is Antient: See Quarrel, p. 121, 122.
Children muſt Honour their Parents, p. 132. They muſt not be Ʋnnatural to them, p. 329. but provide for them in their Old Age, p. 406, 414.
Chriſt: See Ark. Joſeph. His fulneſs muſt invite us to come to him, as the fulneſs of Joſeph's Garners drew the Patriarchs to Egypt, p. 406.
Chriſtendom, the Womb of it deſcribed, p. 219, 221, 222.
Chriſtian, like Rebekah's Womb, hath ſtrugglings of Fleſh and Spirit, p. 223, &c. His Excellency deſcribed, p. 360, 361. All other Men do fare better for them, p. 363.
Church (ſee Ark) hath three great Adverſaries; bad Prieſts, bad Princes, and bad People, p. 395. How ſhe was Seated firſt in Goſhen, p. 416. Her various Conditions ſhe paſſeth through in the Wilderneſs of this lower World, p. 464, to 468.
Cloud; What that Cloudy Pillar was which guided Iſrael through the Wilderneſs, and the manner of that Conduct, p. 457, 458, 459, 460, to 463.
Covenant, twofold, repreſented by Sarah and Hagar, p. 164. The Difference 'twixt that of Works and of Grace, p. 166, 167, 168. We may know under which Covenant we are, p. 174. One Sin broke that of Works, but many Sins cannot break that of Grace, p. 175. That on Sinai what it was, p. 179. How it was made with three publick Perſons, with Adam, Noah, and Abraham, p. 180. And ſo with Moſes and Iſrael, p. 181. That this was not a Third Covenant, but that of Grace, p. 182. The Covenant betwixt the Father and Son ab eterno, what, p. 187. The Spirit is a Witneſs to it, p 191. Names of the Covenant of Grace, Hebrew, Greek, and Latine, p. 194, 195. Its Nature, p. 196. 'Tis Free, Firm, Full, and Holy, p. 203, to 212. How our Union with this Covenant is known. p. 113, 114.
Creation; The Creator who had ab eterno been Deus contractus, then became Deus expanſus, p. 1. What it is, p. 2. Of the Heavens and of the Earth, p. 3, 4. The vaſt Variety of created Beings in the Heaven, Earth, and Sea, p. 6, 7. Of Man's Creation, p. 9.
Croſſes attend Pious Perſons and Families, p. 311.
D.
Death is threefold, Temporal, Spiritual, ond Eternal, p. 97. Its Uncertainty ſhould make us Wiſe, p. 227, 228. Then God ſaith to the Godly, as he ſaid to Jacob, Fear not to go down to Egypt, into the Grave, &c. p. 409. 'Tis ſudden to ſome, but lingring to others, p. 418.
Decree of God, firm as a Mountain of Braſs, p. 6.
Deliverance muſt be waited for, p. 370, 410, 425.
Departure of Iſrael out of Egypt into the Wlderneſs, p. 455. Having the Cloudy Pillar for their Conduct, p. 457.
Devil, a faln Angel, ſpake in the Serpent as a Man to deceive Eve, &c. p. 41, 42. His Fall is final, p. 43, 44. Doomed to eat Duſt, p. 48, 49.
Devotion, what it is that is acceptable to God, p. 77, 78.
Dreams of ſundry ſorts, p. 248, to 253. And of ſeveral Subjects, p. 355. to 359.
Joſeph and Daniel great Interpreters of Dreams, Vol. 1. Page 390, 391.
E.
Ear of Man, how created and corrupted, p. 16, 17
Election, not from foreſeen Works, p. 75. 'Tis the Cauſe of Holineſs, not the Effect of it, p. 76, to 210.
England, an Iſle that God hath an eye upon, p. 386.
Enmity put betwixt the Serpent and the Woman, p. 50, 51.
Enoch walked with God, p. 83, &c. His Prophecy, p. 86, 87. His Tranſlation, p. 94. as Elijah, p. 95, to 99.
Envy, the cauſe of Joſeph's Sale upon many accounts, p. 351, to 354.
Eve, firſt in the Tranſgreſſion, as ſhe was firſt Aſſaulted, p. 43.
Eye of Man corrupted by the Fall, p. 14, 15.
F.
Faith gives us Acceptance with God, p 79. What true Faith is, p. 131. It hath a Soul-ſatisfying property, p. 334.
Fall; Reaſons why God ſuffered the firſt Fall of Adam, p. 44.
Fear much attends the moſt Pious Mind, and ſometimes upon Suſpicion only without any real cauſe, p. 405. Fear of God is the beſt preſervative from Sin, p. 373.
Firſt born Conſecrated to God, p. 453, 454.
Fleſh, when God allowed Man to feed thereon, p. 128.
G.
Godlineſs is both the Fealty and the Felicity of Man; 'tis both his Duty and his Dignity, p. 90, 91. How there are Safety, Solace, and Satiety in walking with God, p. 92. See Piety.
Grace is free, p. 75. In putting difference betwixt Sons of one Father and betwixt Twins of one Mother, ibid. Noah found Grace in God's ſight; He was not ſaved for his own Righteouſneſs, p. 108.
H.
Holineſs: See Godlineſs and Piety.
Husband; A Man may be long ſo before he be a Father, p. 215. An Husband may be bleſſed, tho' he be not bleſs'd to become a Father, ibid.
Hypocrites in the Church at laſt diſcover'd, 5.58.
I.
Jews may not boaſt of the Merit of their Progenitors, p. 327, 328.
Innocents do oft periſh by falſe Accuſations, p. 377.
Job's whole Hiſtory ſpoke to, p. 429, 430.
Joſeph, Sold at a low price, was a Type of Chriſt, p. 359, 360. And in his ſtate of Humiliation and Exaltation. p 365, &c. Whether Jacob knew how Cruel his Sons had been to Joſeph, is diſcuſs'd, p. 366, to 369. Joſeph's Chaſtity when Exalted, p. 366, 367. How farther he is a Type of Jeſus in his Exaltation, p. 394. He is juſtified in his Monopolizing all the Corn, &c. p. 397, 398. How he is farther a Type of Chriſt, of the Church, and of a Chriſtian, p. 399. He makes himſelf known to his Brethren, p. 400, and 403. Preſents his Brethren firſt to Pharaoh, p. 412. and then to his Father, p. 420.
Journeys: See Travel. We ought to have a Divine Warrant for all our Ingreſſes and Egreſſes, Vol. 1. Page 128.
Iſaac a Type of Chriſt; How, p. 148, 149. His Birth, Weaning, &c. p. 157.
Judgment-day is unknown; Why, p. 104. Signs of its ſudden coming, ibid. and p. 150.
K.
Keys: There be four Keys hang at God's Girdle, p. 127.
L.
Ladder of Jacob, the ſundry Senſes put upon it in many Reſemblances, p. 256, 258, &c. the ſeven excellent Properties of it, as it repreſents Chriſt, p. 261, to 267.
Language, Hebrew, is the moſt Antient of all Languages, p. 55.
Life of Man but a Pilgrimage; How Jacob's was ſo with a witneſs, p. 332, 333, 334, &c.
Love, How baſe Luſt differs from proper Love, p. 377.
Lying, the Aggravations of that Sin, p. 235.
M.
Man made up of the four Elements, God's Maſterpiece, p. 9, 10. Of Man's Body, p. 11. In the ſtate of Innocency, p. 12, 13. And after the Fall, p. 14. Man's Heart the cauſe of Sin, and his Eye the occaſion of it, p. 15.
Marriage is Honourable for Miniſters, p. 88. Of many Wives, how it was a Type in Jacob, p. 273. 'Tis Honourable in it ſelf, p. 315. Yet wants not Woe, ſee of it in Adam. p. 316, 326.
Matters that concern the Church (tho ſmall) are Recorded in Scripture, when greater, Matters of the World are paſs'd over in ſilence, p. 84.
Mercy. God gives the Godly no pure Mercy in this Life without ſome mixture of Miſery, p. 216, 217.
Miniſtry is a great Bleſſing, p. 63.
Miracles; God will not multiply them, but where there is a defect of Means, p. 460.
Moſes a Type of the Meſſias in many Reſpects, p. 432. Of his Buſh burning and not conſumed, p. 435, &c. It was a Type of the Church, p. 436, 437. He was famous for his Birth, Life, and Death, p. 433.
Mortality taught by Adam's Death, and Immortality by Enoch's Tranſlation, p. 85, 86.
Mother; Her Authority is great over her Children, ſee Parents, p. 228.
N.
Name, changed for the better, p. 158.
Nature muſt be changed in us, p. 159.
Noah and his Deluge, p. 99. His Ingreſs, Progreſs, and Egreſs, p. 123, to 128.
O.
Obedience of Abraham, how excellent it was, p. 141, 151, 152, 153, to 156.
P.
Paradiſe, Man loſt it by Sin, p. 53, 54. The Earthly and Heavenly Paradiſe, p. 95, 96.
Parents, thankful for Children, Vol. 1. Page 55. Ought to train them up in God's Worſhip, p. 64. May not hinder them from Good, p. 132. Ought not to be partial in Cockering one above another, Vol. 1. Page 354.
Paſſover largely deſcrib'd, p. 447, to 454.
Perſecutors do Impriſon the Saints, yet God is with them there as with Joſeph, p. 382, 383.
Piety or Impiety of Perſons, commend or diſcommend their Actions, p. 70. 'Tis never ſafe without Policy, p. 229, 282.
Pilgrimage of the Patriarchs, p. 332, to 336.
Plagues, the Ten ſent upon Egypt, p. 443, to 445.
Poſſeſſions that are Earthly are but Vanity, p. 55.
Potter hath power over his Clay, &c. p. 55. As in Cain and Abel, p. 56, 75.
Prayer. Man's Prayer for God's Promiſe muſt be performed inſtantly and conſtantly, p. 215. God's Promiſe muſt not prevent Man's Prayer, ibid. Jacob's Wreſtling with God, p. 286, to 310.
Predeſtination, it lay in the Womb of God's Eternal Decree, as Jacob and Eſau did in Rebekah's Womb, p. 218, 219.
Price. There be three ſorts of Prices, the Kind, the Diſcreet, and the Rigid Price, p. 361.
Promiſe, the outſide thereof cannot ſave, p. 126. See Prayer, Deliverance.
Proſperity attends the bad more than the good, p. 242, 244. Joſeph feared his Proſperity more than his Adverſity, p. 389.
Providence, the Womb of it deſcribed, p. 221. It makes things Caſual (as to us) to fall out neceſſarily, p. 343. It over-rules wicked Men's Works, p. 348. As of late in the Popiſh Plot, wherein the Patriarchs of Rome Acted like thoſe Patriarchs againſt Joſeph, p. 349, 350. 'Tis predominant over all Humane Actions, p. 386.
Purchaſe; The firſt was to Bury in: Why, p. 138, 139.
Q.
Quarrels about Religion are the fierceſt, p. 59. Froward Children ſtrive about the Cup until they ſpill the Wine, p. 407. Quarrels about Ceremonies are Antient, p. 421, 422.
R.
Refuge is threefold, p. 121, 122.
Religion, its Antiquity, p. 58. See Quarrels. How the true Religion differs from the falſe, p. 59.
Repentance, how it is in God, p. 100. Never too late in Man if true, p. 102. Sometimes it is unſeaſonable, p. 243.
Reſign up wholly to God in reſpect of Time, Place, Means and Manner, p. 141, 142.
Reſurrection; the Doctrine of it was known to the Partriarchs, p. 88.
Revilings, how to be Anſwered, p. 280.
Reward. Reuben Rewarded for his Reſcuing Joſeph, p. 338. God Rewarded Joſeph far above his work of Doing or Suffering, p. 388.
Righteous, God reſerveth ſome for the worſt Times, p. 106, 107.
Righteouſneſs is twofold, Imputed and Imparted, p. 108.
S.
Sabbath, given by God to Man as a Bleſſing, p. 36, Largely diſcours'd upon, p. 37, 38, 39, and 64.
Sacrifice, the Nature thereof, p. 69, 70, 71. Tho' we be exempted from that of the Law, yet not from that of the Goſpel, Vol. 1. Page 72, 73.
Servants, univerſally bad at the Deluge, p. 124.
Sickneſs of Man and the Love of God may conſiſt together, p. 418.
Sin, the gradual Progreſs of the firſt Sin, p. 45.
Soul of Man is his Honour, the moſt excellent of created Beings, &c. p. 20, 21. Noble in its Original, Nature, Rank, Stamp, Proviſion, Price, Place and Employ, as God's Temple, p. 22, 23. The loſs of it is Incomparable, &c. p. 24, 25, 26, 27, 28.
T.
Tentation, how that from Satan is known, &c. p. 254.
Teſtament, (ſee Covenant) the Promiſes and Precepts in the Old, how they belong to us under the New, p. 200. The Old is not out of Date to us, proved by many Arguments, from p. 199, to 203.
Tongue, Man's Honour and Glory, but now his Shame by the Fall, p. 17, 18, 19.
Trade: Every Man muſt have ſome Calling, p. 57. See Calling.
Travellers want not their Encouragement, p. 245, 247, 408, 414.
Tree of Life, Man muſt not eat of it after the Fall, p. 53.
Trinity, Three in One, and One in Three; The Pagans had ſome Notions of that Myſtery, p. 2. Much more of it in Scripture, ibid. An Arrian Thunderſtruck for denying it, p. 5.
Tryal. No Saint is exempted from Tryals, p. 129. God Tryeth us for good ends, and how, p. 145, 146, 147.
V.
Union of Statan, and the Serpent reſembles the Union of the two Natures in Chriſt, p. 40.
Vows. Jacob was the Father of Vows, p. 272.
W.
Walk with God is the Duty of Man, p. 89, 90, 91, 92, 93.
War of the Old World againſt God, p. 103.
Wicked, though as wild as Savage Beaſts, yet God tameth them, p. 125. And the Wolf lies down with the Kid, p. 127.
Woman puniſh'd with pains in Child-breeding and bearing, p. 52. Is often the Tempter's Tool, p. 101.
World, when it ſhall End is not known, p. 604.
Worſhip of God muſt be Perſonal, p. 65, 66. And it muſt be Warrantable too, p. 66, 67. Not Superſtitions; it muſt alſo be Coſtly, and have Unity in it, p. 67, 68.