The Mystical Match Between Christ and His Church, Index – License
THE TABLE.
A
Acquaintance.
ACquaintance with God, how it is gotten, part 1, page, 179.
Affections.
Affections moderated by humiliation, 1, 91
Affections what, 1, 120
Affections shew what is our utmost end, 1. 165
Affections of Gods children resist sin, 1, 216
Affections subiect to Christ, 2, 117
Afflict, Afflictions.
God Afflicts his owne people, 1, 3
Afflictions doe not alway follow sin, 1, 6
Examples of Gods Afflicting his people, 1, 8
Not to thinke strange th t God afflicts his children, 1. 19
God slow to afflict, 1, 21
God sustaines his people in affliction, Ibid,
God brings his people thorow affliction, 1, 25
Afflictions needfull, 1, 29
Difference of men in Affliction, 1, 31
Afflictions why sent of God, Ibid.
Afflictions removed in due time, 1, 34
Humiliation wrought by afflictions, 1, 80
To bee humble in afflictions, 1, 123
To iudge of our state by the issue of afflictions, 1, 288
In what case God afflicts his people, 1, 290
Apostacy.
Apostacie, the ground of it, 1, 90
Ashamed.
Men ashamed of the power of religion, 1, 60
Assurance.
Assurance not to bee weakned by daily failings, 1, 122, 269
Avoid.
Afflictions sent not to be avoided, 1, 33
B.
Benefits.
COnsideration of the benefits by Christ, what they serve for, 2, 37
Best.
Subjection to Christ, best for us, 2, 115
Blaspheme.
God afflicts his people, that his name bee not blasphemed, 1, 4
Boldnesse.
Boldnesse to got to Christ, 2, 22
C.
Calling.
DIligence in our calling, a meanes to humble us, 1, 130
Christ.
Humiliation makes us cleave to Christ, 1, 88, 99
The Church married to Christ, 2, 1
Motives to take Christ, 2, 23
Benefits by Christ. 2, 27
Impediments that keepe from Christ, 2, 38
Church.
Comfort concerning the afflictions of the Church, 1, 63
Choose, Choosing.
Choosing God the way to happinesse, 1, 42
Motives to choose God, 1, 43
God chooseth his people, 1, 48
See God,
Compassion.
God hath Compassion of his people in affliction 1, 20
Confession.
Confession of sin required in fasting, 1, 38
Conscience.
Conscience of good men fight against sinne, 1, 215
Consent.
Difference in mens consent, 1, 210
Consent in our marriage to Christ, 2, 2, 12
Consent, how it is wrought, 2, 3
Consent, what it is, 2, 4
Caution concerning our consent, 2, 13
Errour in mens consent, 2, 15
Constancy.
Constancy caused by humiliation, 1, 73
Constancy in good duties, 1, 129
Constancy in fighting against sin, 1, 218
Contempt.
Want of feare a signe of contempt, 1, 14
Content.
Contentment wrought by humiliation, 1, 92
Covenant.
Covenant renewed in fasting. 1. 39
Freenesse of Gods covenant, 1, 263
D
Death.
SInne at the last brings forth death. 1, 285
Deferre.
Dangerous to deferre comming to Christ, 2, 67
Discourage.
Ground not to bee discouraged in afflictions, 1, 32
Difficulty.
Difficulty of leaving sin, what it should teach us. 1, 229
Difficulty of a Christian course, 1, 230
Disobedience.
Disobedience to all others to obey Christ, 1, 112
E.
End.
AFfliction of Gods people turned to good in the end, 1, 26
End of actions double, 1, 158
To make God our chiefe end, Ibid.
How to know wee make God our end. 1, 62
Enmity.
Enmity double. 2, 69
Errour.
Errour, the cause of it, 2, 63
Excellency.
Excellency of Christ, a motive to take him. 1, 26
F.
Fase.
HVmiliation makes us seeke Gods face, 1, 87
To seeke Gods face, what, 1, 132
How to know wee seeke Gods face. 1, 155
Benefit of seeking Gods face, 1, 183
Faith.
Faith growes from humiliation, 1, 101
Faith what, 1, 102
Impediments to faith, 1, 268
Fast.
Double performance of a fast, 1, 38
Feare.
Feare, the nature of it, 1, 7
Feare, the want of it provokes God, 1, 13
Feare of the creature a snare, 1, 15
Feare of God, how to bring our hearts to it, 1, 16
Feare, the object of it. 1, 138
Feare in those that are out of Christ, 2, 25
Fellowship.
Fellowship of the Saints. 2, 97
Forgivenesse.
Means of conveighing forgivenesse 1, 260.
Who excluded from the promise of forgivenesse, 1, 263.
Promise of forgivenesse brings men to God, 1 273.
How to be perswaded of God's readinesse to forgive sins, 1, 274
Danger of refusing the promises of forgivenesse, 1, 277
G
Garment.
VVEdding garment, what, 2, 21
Glory.
The wife the glory of the husband, how, 2, 53
Humble men give God glory, 1, 113
Christians, how they are the glory of Christ, 1, 33
God
To choose the Lord for our God, 1, 41
Grace.
Grace to be stirred up, 1, 248
To stirre up grace what, Ibid.
Guide.
Christ a guide, 2, 80
How Christ guides those that are his, 2, 119
Necessity of Christ to bee our guide, 2, 122
We are unable to guide our selves, 2, 126
Guiding double, 2, 129
H.
Hard.
TWo things make the law of Christ hard, 2, 60
Hatred.
Hatred of sin, 1, 195
Hatred of sin what, 1, 196
Head.
Christ the Head of his Church, 2, 78
To choose Christ for our Head, 2, 93
Heart
God fashions the heart of his people in afflictions, 1, 23
Heart to bee kept in good temper, 1, 40
Hardnesse of heart, the cause of it, 1, 56
Searching the heart, a meanes to humble us, 1, 128
Turning to God with the whole heart, 1, 191
A Christian fights against sin with his whole heart, 1, 215
God softeneth the heart, 2, 44
Helpe.
Promises of Gods helpe, 1, 57
Holinesse.
Holinesse what, 1, 150
Nature of holinesse, 1, 151
Double holinesse required, 1, 152
Humble, Humiliation.
To humble our selves after wee have sinned. 1. 53
Humiliation double. Ibid. 134
Way to humiliation. 1, 55
Humiliation wrought by the Spirit. 1, 58
Without humiliation no mercy. 1. 66
Necessity of humiliation. 1, 67 69. 75
Humiliation what. 1. 77, 78 116. 121
Ingredients in humiliation. 1. 82
Difference of humiliation. 1, 84
Two things accompanying humiliation. 1, 89
Ends of humiliation. 1, 99
Meanes of humiliation. 1, 103
The Lord is mercifull to the humble. 1, 112
Meanes to humble the heart. 1, 128
How to know wee are humbled. 1, 131
God reveales his secrets to the humble. 1. 136
God leaves sin in men to humble them. 1. 240
All sins forgiven to the humble. 1, 254
I
Iealousie.
Iealousie what. 1, 4
Idlenesse.
Idlenesse, a sin. 1. 198
Illumination.
Illumination, in turning to God 1, 192
Indeavour.
Indeavour accepted of God. 1, 56
Inconsideration.
Inconsideration hinders men from comming to Christ. 2, 53
Influence.
To draw influence from Christ. 2, 95
Ioy.
Ioy, what. 1, 43
Iudgement.
Iudgements caused by the sinnes of the Saints. 1. 11
Iudgements of God of three sorts. 1, 279
Calamities removed in Iudgement. 1, 287
Iustice.
Iustice of God in forgiving sinne. 1, 259
L
Law.
Humiliation wrought by the Law. 1, 79
Law what. ibid.
Vse of preaching the Law. 1. 254
Liberty.
Liberty in sin hurtfull. 2, 32
Loose.
We loose nothing by subjection to Christ. 2, 94
Lord.
When our obedience is to the Lord. 2, 110
Love.
God afflicts his people because he loves them. 1 4
Love makes a man humble, 1, 54
Humiliation makes us love God. 1, 91
Love increased by humiliation. 1, 102
Lusting.
Lusting against sin in the regenerate. 1, 211
M.
Marriage.
Consequents of our marriage with Christ. 2. 6
How to know we are married to Christ. 2, 7
Measure.
To be afflicted in measure, what. 1, 22
Meanes.
Meanes limitted by the end. 1, 163
Members
How to know wee are Christs members. 2, 137
Law of the members what. 1, 226
Characters of Members of Christ. 2, 140
Mercy.
Humiliation makes men seeke Mercy. 1, 70
Humiliation makes men give God the praise of his mercy. 1, 74
Not to forget God in the middest of his mercies. 1, 172
Might.
To doe Gods worke with all our might. 1, 166
Minde.
Law of the minde, what. 1, 209
Miracle.
The offers of mercy confirmed by miracle. 2, 42
Moderate.
God Moderates, the afflictions of his people. 1, 22
Mourning.
Mourning for sinne when it is effectuall. 1, 118
N.
Name.
The Lords Name called upon his people. 1, 47
Not to pollute Gods Name, 1, 59
Nature.
Sin agreeable to our nature. 1, 225
Nearenesse
Our nearenesse to God. 1, 51
Necessity.
Necessity we have of Christ. 2, 23
Neede.
God afflicts us no more then Needs. 2, 29
Negligently.
To doe Gods worke negligently, what. 1, 167
O
Obedience.
Exhortation to obedience. 1, 49
Obedience from humiliation. 1, 76 114
Faith and obedience goe together. 2, 100
Triall of our estate from our obedience. 2, 103
Obedience universall required. 2, 107
Obedience constant. 2, 129
Obedience to Christ, the manner of it. 2, 139
Observation.
Observation of the manner of sins fighting. 1, 250
Offend.
Wee must come to God though we have offended him. 1, 35
Omission.
Sins of Omission. 1, 202
Ordinances.
The end of Gods Ordinances. 1, 221
Opinion.
What opinion to have of our selves 1, 155. 156
P.
Pardon.
Who beleeve not the offer of pardon. 2, 39
Pardon offered to all. 2, 43
Pardon taken out, what. 2, 45
The time of offering pardon. 2, 47
Peace.
Subjection to Christ brings peace. 2, 89, 92
Persecution.
God a refuge in persecution. 1, 184
Person.
Person of Christ must first be looked to. 2, 21
Pleasant.
Sinne hard to be left because it is pleasant. 1, 224
Subjection to Christ pleasant. 2, 88
Prayer.
Prayer a meanes to get the feare of God. 1, 16
God fits his people to prayer. 1, 23
Humiliation makes a man pray. 1, 87
Want of prayer causeth want of assurance. 1, 270
Priests.
Humiliation makes us Priests to God. 1, 76
Present.
Presenting sins past, a meanes to humble men. 1, 104, 130
God present with them that seeke his face. 1, 183
Men thinke their present condition unalterable. 1, 292
Want of present comforts keepe men from Christ. 2, 61
What Christians enjoy by Christ for the present. 2, 64
Pride.
Pride cause of disobedience. 1, 72
Profession.
Outward profession required. 1, 62
Promise.
Promise of mercy to whom made. 1, 119
Promises not to be applied without humiliation. 1, 131
Interest in the promises by turning from evill wayes. 1, 186
Promises part of our riches by Christ. 2, 28
Profit.
Obedience to Christ for our profit. 2, 79, 87
Power.
Power against sin in the regenerate. 1, 213
Power of Christ, in mortifying our sinnes. 1, 235
Purpose.
Good purposes alone insufficient. 1. 222
Ground of good purposes in carnall men, 1, 223
Where purposes are sincere, God gives ability. 2, 47
R.
Reasons, Reasonings.
Reasons to turne from sin. 1, 249
False reasonings to be avoided. 1, 107
Rebellion.
Rebellion must bee left of them that come in to Christ. 2, 46
Reconciliation.
To be sought in fasting. 1, 39
Refusing.
Danger in refusing Christ. 2, 34
The greatest sin to refuse Christ. 2, 35
Repentance.
Repentance cures afflictions. 1, 23
Repentance, what should lead us to it. 1, 37
Actuall repentance for the sins of Gods children. 1, 272
Relapse.
Difference in the relapses of the godly, and the wicked. 1, 196 202, 205
Resisting.
Difference in the resisting sinne. 1, 214
Resisting of sinne in the wicked. 1, 236
Reward.
What use wee may make of promise of reward. 1, 139
Righteousnesse.
Righteousnesse of Christ not valued by unhumbled men. 1, 71
S.
Sacrifice.
No Sacrifice accepted without humiliation, 1, 75
Sanctified, Sanctification.
God will bee sanctified in those that draw neare him. 1, 4
Humiliation for sanctification. 1, 100
Meanes of sanctification, 1, 246
Saviour.
Christ is the Saviour of his Church, 1, 90
Selfe, selves.
Not to serve our selves, 1, 50
How a man may seeke and serve himselfe, 1, 143, 149, 160.
Why we should seek God, and not our selves, 1, 168
Scripture.
Studying the Scripture a means to humble us, 1, 106
Sense.
Sense of sin necessary, 1, 98
Service.
Comfort in Christs service, 1, 66
Severity.
Gods severity to wicked men, 1, 18
Sinne.
Sin great, how, 1, 194
Sin forsaken differently, 1, 206
Sin, ground of forsaking it, 1. 208
Sin how taken away, 1, 271
All calamities from sin, 1, 279
To see sin in afflictions, 1, 28,
Sin, to see it in it's colours, 11 283
Sin, none to be allowed, 2, 55
Selfe-love.
Motives in Scripture from selfelove, 1, 143
Difference of selfe-love, 1, 147
Sinners.
The greatest sinners may come to Christ, 2, 40, 51.
Small.
Small sinnes resisted by the godly, 1, 217
Sorrow.
Sorrow double, 1, 93
Violent sorrow not alway necessarie, 1, 94
Greatnesse of sorrow, the ground of it, 1 96
Sorrow must abide in the heart, 1, 106
Spirit.
Spirit of God dwels in the humble, 1, 76
Humiliation wrought by the Spirit, 1, 80, 109
Witnesse of the Spirit, 2, 9, 10
Degrees of the witnesse of the Spirit, 2, 11
The worke of the Spirit in us, 2, 18
Spring.
Spring of sin in our nature, 1, 237
Striving.
Striving against sin, 1, 241
Syncerity.
Syneerity required in the covenant of grace, 1, 52
Triall of sincerity, 1, 104
Subjection.
What kind of subjection we give to Christ, 2, 31
Subjection to Christ required, 2. 76
Subjection what, 2, 82
Motives to subjection, 2, 85
Triall of our subjection, 2, 99, 107
Exercise of grace brings subjection, 2, 118
Suffer.
Those that take Christ must bee content to suffer, 2, 57
Stubbornnesse
Stubbornnesse against God dangerous. 2, 131
T
Time.
DAnger to neglect the time of pardon, 2, 48, 50
Truth.
Truth of God ingaged to forgive sinne, 1, 256
Turne.
Turning to God how knowne, 1, 187
Motives to turne to God. 1. 188
Manner of turning to God, 1, 191
Effects of turning to God, 1, 194
No duty accepted without turning to God, 1, 219
Turning from evill wayes difficult, 1, 224
Rules of turning from our evill wayes, 1, 232
Meanes of turning, 1, 242
Double way of turning the heart from sinne, 1, 245
V
Uaine.
THe Lord doth nothing in vaine. 1, 288
Uertues.
Definition of morall vertues, 2, 97
Uictory.
Uictory over sinne in the godly, 1, 238
Vncleannesse, 1, 201
Vnion.
Vnion with Christ by marriage, 2, 5, 17
Uow.
Uow, the nature of it, 2, 131
W.
Walke.
GOd walkes among his people. 1. 5
Washed.
How farre the Saints are washed. 2. 19
Way.
Evill wayes not left without humiliation. 1. 71
Wicked.
Men ashamed of religion before the wicked. 1. 61
Description of wicked men. 1. 264
Wise, Wisdome.
God onelyonly wise. 2. 123
Wisdome of God helpes to believe the promises. 1. 258
All wisdome from Christ. 1. 124
Word.
Christ hath given his word to receive sinners, 2, 41
Z
Zeale.
ZEale not onelyonly wanting, but disgraced. 1, 12
FINIS.
Perlegi has Conciones, dignás que judico quae typis mandentur.
Tho. Weekes, R. P. Episc. Lond. Cap. domest.
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