Believers Evidences for Eternal Life, Index
An Alphabetical Table of the principall matters contained in this Book.
A
ADamites. Their errour about sinne in the Regenerate, p. 34.
Adoption. An evidence of Gods love to us. Five Signes of Adoption or Son-ship, p. 7, 8. Nine further Signes of adoption. See Regeneration.
Anointing of the Spirit Eight Signes of the Spirits anointing teaching us all things, p. 181, 182, 183.
Apostaly. See Fall. There's a fivefold Apostasy, p. 97. The sin against the Holy Ghost is the worst Apostasy, p. 97, 98. and, … 100, to 110.
Apostate. An hate … of his own order, p. 113.
Assurance. The Nature of it, Tryall of it, Way of attaining it, and Inducements to it. S…e Preface throughout. Five motives or encouragements to it, p. 3, 4. Faith tends to full assurance, p. 27, 28.
B
Believing; See Faith.
Blasphemy. What it signifies properly, p 79. why the impardonable sin is called blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, p. 79, 80.
Blasphemous Temptations, not the sin against the Holy Ghost. Three Comforts against them, p. 82, 83, 84.
Bishop Bonners crueltie to the Martyrs, p. 160.
Bosome-sin. Regenerate persons allow not themselves any bosome, beloved sin: as unregenerate do, p. 52, 53.
Brotherly love; See Love.
C
Carpocratians. Their errour about sin in the regenerate, p. 34.
Cathari. Their errour about sin in the regenerate, p. 33.
Christ. Believing that Jesus is Christ; See Faith.
Christ. Having Christ is a signe of spirituall life, p. 188, &c. Seven Signes that we have Christ, or that Christ is ours, p. 189, 190, 191. See Confession of Christ.
Christ. Imitation… Christ, or walking as Christ walked, a Signe of Communion with God, p. 225. Christs actions of foure sorts, p. 225. How Christ walked, in eight particulars, p. 226, 227.
Commandements. …aving and keeping Christs Commandements, p. 209. See Obedi…nce.
Committing of sinne; See sin.
Commu…on with God and Christ. Nine severall Evidences of it largely opened, p. 214, to p. 228.
… of Christ. Confesting that Jesus is the Sonne of God, is a Sign of our Communion wi…h God, p. 218, 219. A twofold Conf…ssion, p. 219. Foure Signes of true Confessing of Christ, p. 219, to 221.
D
Darknesse twofold, p. 214. See Light.
D…vil. How he sinned from the beginning, p. 29, 30. How Christ destroyed the works of the Devil, p. 30.
Doctrine. Right entertaining Apostolicall Doctrine a signe of true Knowledge, p. 197. Seven Signes hereof, p. 198, 199.
Do…ng of sin, what, p. 46, 47, 48. See Sin.
Drawing. How the Father drawes the soul to Christ; in six particulars, p. 25, 26.
E
foreign; what it properly signifies, p 106, 107.
Epistle. What Iohn wrote the 1 Epistle of Iohn. Scope of that Ep…stle to promote believers Assuran…e, p. 2▪ 3.
E…rour. Regenerate persons overcome erroneous hereticall Spirits, p. 127, &c. How farre regenerate persons may be tainted with error in judgement, how f…r no…, and three differences betwixt the truly gracious and gracelesse in point of errors, p. 129, to 139.
F
Faith. Believing that Jesus is Christ, is a Signe we are borne of God, p. 23, &c. Two acts of faith in believing that Jesus is Christ, Assenting, Applying, p. 23, 24, 25. Seven characters of true faith in Christ laid down gradually, p. 25, to 28. Foure reasons why they that thus believe in Christ are borne of God, p. 28, 29. Three acts of faith p. 27. Faith tends to full assurance, p. 27, 28. How faith overcomes the world; See World.
Fall. Regenerate fall not totally nor finally, p. 53, 54, &c.
Foure reasons why it is impossible they should finally fall, p. 55, 56.
Familists. Their errour about sinne in the regenerate, p. 33.
Feare, many sorts of feare, p. 303. what …are love casts out. Five Signes that slavish feare is cast out, p. 204, 205.
Fellowship with God, &c. See Communion.
Full assurance; See Assurance.
G
God; See Love of God and Knowledge.
Grace. Not every sinning against grace received is the sinne against the Holy Ghost, p. 89. How even the people of God may possibly sinne against grace in five degrees, p. 89, 90.
Grievous. Eight Signes that Gods Commandements are not grievous to us, p. 210, 211, 212. See Obedience.
H
Habituall. Five Signes of sinning habitually. The Regenerate sin not habitually, p. 46, to 52.
Hearing Apostolical Doctrine. Seven Signes of it, p. 198. 199.
Heresie, See Errour.
Holy Ghost. A case of conscience touching that Sinne against the Holy Ghost, and whether they that are born of God, may fall into it? p. 60, &c. What persons are in danger of sinning against the Holy Ghost; not the truly Regenerate: not Pagans out of the Church, p. 61, to 69. But Hypocrites in the Church, p. 69, &c. Six Characters of those persons that are in danger of this sin, p. 70, to 77. What the sinne against the Holy Ghost is; for Names, p. 78, to 81. For nature, here variety of opinions, p. 81, 82. Negatively, what it is not in seven observable particulars, p. 82, to 92. Affirmatively, what it is, p. 92, 93, &c. Its described; and the description in all the parts of it fully proved, p. 95, to 117. Six Aggravations of the sin against the Holy Ghost, p. 117, to 124. Twelve Differences betwixt the sinning of the Regenerate, & of them that sin against the Holy Ghost, p. 124, to 127.
Hope of Conformity to Christ in glory. Five Signes of it, p. 173, 174, 175. Hope of glory makes us purifie our selves, See …urifie.
I
Ignatius. His strong desire to die for Christ, p. 161, 162.
Illumination is threefold, p. 70, 71.
Iohn, what it signifies, p. 1. which Iohn wrote Iohn's first Epistle, p. 1, 2. See Epistle.
Iulian the Apostate blasphemed Christ, p. 114. his Education, Persecution of Christians, and fearfull end, p. 116, 117.
K
Keeping Gods Commandements. See Obedience.
Know. In what sense the world knowes not the children of God, p. 21, 22, 23. To know implyes sometimes an act of the minde alone; sometimes of minde and will, p. 22.
Knowledge. Every sin against Knowledge is not the sin against the Holy Ghost, p. 85, 86.
Foure Signes of true knowledge of God and Jesus Christ, p. 193, to 200. Threefold knowledge of God, p. 194. See Doctrine.
L
Life. In what cases we may lay downe our lives for the brethren, p. 232, 233.
Light. Walking in light, not in darknesse, a Signe of Communion with God, p. 224. Signes of walking in light, &c. p. 224, 225.
Love, Gods love, Foure Signes of Gods love to us, p. 5, to 21. Gods love to us acts three wayes especially, p. 5, 6. How great Gods love in giving Christ for us, p. 6, 7. How or wherein God hath loved us first, p. 10. Gods loving us first, a mighty motive to us to love God, p. 10, 11, 12. God loved us first, p. 200. Six Signes of the actuall applying of Gods love and Christs to us, p. 201, 202.
Our love to God. Seven eminent Signes of our true love to God, p. 13, to 21. Five other Signes of true love to God and Jesus Christ, p. 200, to 214. Love to God casts out servile feare p. 20…, &c. See Fear. Is a Signe of Communion with God, p. 221, 222. Makes us Gods house, p. 222. Five Signes of dwelling in Gods love, p. 223.
Love of God and world, cannot dwell intensively at the same time in the same heart, p. 9, 205, 206. See world.
Love of the brethren, an evidence of Regeneration, p. 168, 169. Three Signes of not loving them, p. 170. Seven Signes of true love to them, p. 170, to 173. Eight more Signes, p. 228, to 233. Testimony of our heart or conscience touching this love, p. 183, to 185. Brotherly love a Signe of spirituall life, p. 191, 192. A Signe of true, knowledge of God, p. 199. A Signe of true love to God, p. 213. These Bernards two wings, p. 213. A Sign of Communion with God, 228.
Manichees, their errour about sinne in the regenerate, p. 33.
Martyrs. Their admirable courage in Cyprians time, p. 152, 153, 155. Divers speeches of Martyrs glorying in their sufferings, p. 160, 161.
Motions. Not every sinning against gracious motions, is the sin against the Holy Ghost, p 87, 88 89.
N
New-birth; See Regeneration.
O
Obedience, is threefold, p. 195. S…x Signes of true obedience to Gods Commandements, p. 195, 196, 197. Keeping Gods Commandements cheerfully, a Signe of our true love to God, p. 208, 209. and why, p. 210. Eight Signes that his Commandements are not g…evous to us, p. 210, 211, 212. Keeping Gods Commandements, a Signe of our Communion with God; p. 227.
Overcoming errour; See Errour.
Overcoming the world; See World.
P
Pelagians. Their errour about sin in the Regenerate, p. 33, 34.
Practising of sinne, p. 46, 47, 48. See sinne. Practice of righteousnesse, See Righteousnesse.
Presumption, what it implies, p. 43, 44. Five Signes of Presumption, or sinning presumptuously, p. 43, to 46.
Primitive truth, See Truth.
Purifie. Hope of glory puts Saints upon selfe purifying as God is pure. How, p. 175, 176. Six Signes of true self…-purifying by hope of glory, p. 177, 178, 179.
R
Recompence of reward. How faith eying the recompence of reward, overcoms all the troubles of the world, in five singular acts, p. 158, to 162.
Regeneration. Nine remarkable Signes of Regeneration most largely opened, p. 21, to p. 180.
Regenerate persons never fall into that sin against the Holy Ghost; proved by three Reasons, p. 62, to 67.
Reign of sin; two Signes of it, p. 39, 40.
Relapses into sin, dangerous, yet not desperate, p. 89, 90.
Righteousnesse. Practising righteousnesse, a Signe of Regeneration, p. 162. Five grounds of it, p. 163, 164. Four sorts of signs of true practising Righteousnesse, Matter, Ground, Manner, End, p. 164, to 168.
S
Seed. What the seed remaining in the regenerate is, p. 31, 32.
Separation from the tr…e Church of Christ, and Communion of Gods people, how dangerous, p. 98, and 185, 186, 187.
Sin against the Holy Ghost; See Holy Ghost.
Sinne. He that commits sinne is of the devill, p. 29, 30. He that's borne of God, sinneth not; and why, p. 29, 31, 32. In what sense the Regenerate sinne not, viz. Not that they are without sinne; proved by five Arguments, p. 33, to 38. But that They sin not as un…egenerate men sin, p. 38. where the difference betwixt the sinning of the regenerate and unregenerate is laid down in Eight remarkable particulars, p. 38, to p. 60. viz. The regenerate sin, 1. Not against Gospel-remedy, p. 38, 39. 2. Not as under the reigne of sinne, where two Signes of sinne reigning, p. 39, 40. 3. Not with a full will, p. 41, 42. 4. Not Presumptuously, where five Signes of sinning presumptuously, p. 43, to 46. 5. Not habitually. Five Signes of sinning habitually, p. 46, to 52. 6. Not with allowance of any Bosome-sin, p. 52, 53. 7. Not totally and finally, and why? p. 53, to 57. 8. Not only, as carnall men do nothing but sinne, p. 57, to 60. Not practising of sinne, a Signe of Communion with God, p. 221.
Sonship to God; See Regeneration.
Spirit, Eight Signes of the Spirits teaching us, p. 183, 184. The Spirit given us an ev…dence of our Communion with God and Christ, p. 214. The Spirit evidences this Communion six wayes, p. 215, 216. Seven Signes of the Spirit given us, p. 216, 217.
T
Taste. Hypocrites do but taste the heavenly gift, p. 72, 73. but taste the good Word of God, p 74, 75. but taste the powers of the world to come, p. 75, 76.
Teaching of the spirit. Eight Signes of the spirits teaching, p. 182, 183.
Tread. What to tread under foot the Sonne of God, p. 114.
Truth. Not every errour against truth is the sinne against the Holy Ghost, p. 86, 87. Three differences betwixt the regenerate and carnall mens embracing truth, p. 139, to 142. Three evidences that we are of the truth, p. 180, to 188. True abiding in the primitive truth, an evidence of our Communion with God, p. 217. Four Signes of abiding in the truth, p. 218.
V
Unregenerate. Persons unregenerate can do nothing but sinne, Reasons of it, p. 57, to 60.
W
Walking as Christ walked; See Christ.
Walking in light; See Light.
Wilfully, what to sin wilfully, p. 106, 107.
Wings. Love to God and our Neighbour, two wings whereby we fly to heaven, p. 213.
World knowes not Gods children. See Know.
World. Love of the world, why inconsistent with the love of God, p. 8, 9, 205, 206. Three Signes of inordinate love of the world, p. 9, 10. Twelve more Signes hereof, p. 207, 208.
World. Overcoming the world by faith, a Signe of Regeneration, p. 142, to 144. How faith overcomes the smiles of the world, (which are more dangerous,) by four notable acts, p. 145, to 151. How faith overcomes the frownes of the world, by nine most excellent acts, p. 151, to 162.
1 Tim. 1. 17.
foreign.
FINIS.
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