Commentary on Prov Ecc SoS Isa Jer Lam Eze Dan, Index
AN Alphabetical TABLE OF All the Principal things contained in this whole WORK.
A
ACtion: Life conſiſteth in it; b. pag. 125. being acted by God, let us act vigorouſly for him, b. 207, 353. a. 164
Adultery: See Whoredom.
Affliction: make the beſt of it, a. 12. Men are beſt when worſt, a. 139. faint not in adverſity, a. 161. God afflicteth his in meaſure, and for good, b. 63. rejoyce in affliction, b. 86. tis but ſhort; b. 71. it inſtructeth, b. 92. exciteth devotion, b. 94. it is in love, not fury, b. 96. in meaſure, 97. for a cure, or for a curſe, ib. purgeth out ſin, ib. God afflicteth not willingly, b. 102. but moſt wiſely, b. 102, 103. and in meaſure, b. 152. why God afflicteth his own, b. 173. Affliction ſanctified is a great mercy, b. 258. Some are good only in Afflictions, b. 322
Alcair a great City. b. 473
Alexander the great deſcribed, b. 552, 557
Alms: Give liberally, a. 16, 131. chearfully, a. 150. of your own, a. 296. Motives and Directions, a. 297, 298, 299.
Alms-deeds are acceptable, b. 189
Ambition: Limitleſs, a. 166. masked with Religion, b. 341. pernicious, b. 439
Angels, Gods Agents, b. 393. their knowledge, ſwiftneſs, ſerviceableneſs, &c. ib. See alſo on Dan. 9, 10, 11, 12.
Anger: defer it, a. 129. it is allayed by time, a. 168. proud wrath ſtigmatized, a. 145. tis unruly, a. 177. moderate it, and why, a. 263. Raſh anger is over-hot, b. 532. angry, not fit to be converſed with, a. 154
Antinomy, Dogmatical and Practical, a. 195
Apoſtates are dangerous creatures, a. 241, 249. their doom, a. 84
Arnold martyred for plain dealing, b. 300
Arrogancie intollerable, b. 470. arrogant boaſters, b. 539
Aſtrologers: their vain predictions, b. 150. their covetouſneſs, b. 151. they befool folk. b. 543
B
BAbylons ſtrength, b. 364. ruine, b. 360
Bancrofts Epitaph, b. 114
Beauty abuſed, a. 62
Bellarmines raſh cenſure, a. 348
Blaſphemy, b. 485
Blind folk are ſharp-witted, b. 136
Boaſting, a. 134. proud boaſters, a. 168 b. 539. praiſe not thy ſelf, a. 176
Brittain ſoon converted and perverted, b. 195
Butas a cunning thief, b. 228
C
CAto Major commended, b. 520
Cauſes of things are unknown to us, b. 395
Chaldee tongue, b. 521
Chinois are a great people, b. 156
Children: to be corrected, a. 79, 194, 195. Catechized, 140. children cruelly puniſhed for parents faults, b. 441. Duke Dudleyes children dyed all childleſs, b. 290
Cities die as well as men, b. 85
Coloſſe Rhodian huge, b. 531
Company good: keep ſuch, a. 77. comfort and benefit of it, a. 240, 241, 242. Man a ſociable creature, b. 26, 27
Company evil: danger of it, a. 33. ſhun it. a. 20
Compaſſion excelleth alms, b. 190. Saints pitty the wickeds miſery, b. 69, 70
Conſcience is a divine faculty, a. 139. power of it, a. 270. what it is, b. 192. tis ſpring of duty, b. 531. comfort of a good Conſcience. a. 96, 97, 120. force of a clear Conſcience, b. 533. burthen of a wounded Conſcience, a. 125. terrour of an evil Conſcience, b. 542, 549, 281
Confeſſion findeth mercy, a. 186. b. 232, 233
Content hath comfort, a. 97
Chriſt: Affect a unity with him, a. 314. his ſweetneſs, a. 315. run to him, a. 316. let him alone have the heart, a. 323. his dear love to his Church, a. 326. why he is compared to common creatures, a. 328. his fulneſs, a. 329. b. 175, 176, 197. his gifts to all his, b. 512. Love the Lord Jeſus, a. 333. provoke him not, ibid. he is at hand to help his, a. 334. our ſafety is from him, 332. his death a pledge of Gods greateſt love, a. 349. deny thy ſelf for Chriſt, ibid. He is a branch, b. 21. his Incarnation and Government, 39. by him we conquer, b. 46. his names, offices, &c. b. 46, 47, 55.56, 57, 197, 198. The Lord our Righteouſneſs a ſweet name. b. 290, 291. his humiliation, b. 168, 169. his ſatiſpaſſion is our ſatisfaction, ibid. our ſins are imputed to him, b. 170. his ſingular patience, ib. come freely to him, b. 170
Church: not alway ſo viſible, a. 337. it is Chriſts workmanſhip, a. 347. a Vineyard, b. 24. Her beauty, a. 350. tis a borrowed beauty, b. 431. ſhe is invincible, b. 43. Gods neſt, b. 113. ſhe hath Gods preſence with her, b. 518. See Saints.
Conference, ſweet, a. 350. profitable, a. 55, 67, 99, 167, 179
Contention to be ſtinted, not ſtirred, a. 118. contentious perſons are peſts, a. 119. incendiaries, a. 175. diſſentions of brethren, a. 126. See Seedſmen of Sedition.
Converſion: Philoſophy converts not, a. 224. wonderful Converſions, a. 356. Inſtances of Converts, b. 10, 11. ſound converſion, b. 514. Gain others to Chriſt, a 93. by Goſpel-converſation, b. 515
Corruption: ſeeds of all ſin found in all, a. 180. we are all in the dark, a. 200. Natural man deſcribed, b. 193
Counſellours: good, a. 61. to be valued, a. 78. do all by good advice, a. 136
Covenant, New, b. 315
Covetouſneſs, deſtructive, a. 4. 141, 142. troubleſom, a. 101. unſatiable, 249, 250. b. 26, 243. earthy, b. 55, 56. miſerable, b. 275. reſtleſs, a. 250. baſely tenacious, a. 253, 297, 298. covet not, a. 188, 189. puniſhment of covetouſneſs, b. 453.
Courage of a Chriſtian, and his armour, a. 353
Cruelty of wicked ones, a. 66. ſuch ſhall have no mercy, a. 190
Curioſity ſinful, a. 165
Curſe cauſleſs comes not, a. 171
Cuſtom evil, hardly left, b. 265
Cyrus commended, b. 134. his many conqueſts, b. 144. riches, ibid. his name whence, ibid. his Religion, b. 145
D
DAmaſcus a pleaſant City, b. 357
Dancing diſgraced, a. 234
Daniel: the worlds darling, b. 545. his praiſe, b. 520. his learning, b. 524. his prophecy dark, b. 519
David George an odious Her…ick, b. 484
Death: mind mortality, a. 262, 300, 301. b. 370. Death unavoidable, a. 277. diſarmed to a Believer, b. 90. who are oft taken away from evil to come, b. 182, 183
Dejectedneſs dangerous, a. 280
Delight in ſin damnable, a. 55
Deſertion a great affliction, b. 173, 174. let ſuch truſt in God, b. 161. See the Notes on Cant. 5.
Deſires accepted, a. 63. rewarded, a. 77. not ſo ſluggiſh wiſhes, a. 146. beginings highly accepted in heaven, a. 336. b. 8
Diligence ingratiateth, a. 155, furthereth Gods ſervice, b. 511
Dreams: what they are, b. 294. See a. 248
Devil of diſcontent, b. 437
Drunkenneſs damnable, b. 28. a great ſin, a. 133. a miſchief, a. 159. and the mother of miſchief, a. 210, 211. See b. 30, 99. 522. great drunkards, b. 27
E
EArths compaſs, b. 129
Edward 6. commended, a. 294, 350
Queen Eliſabeths Majeſty, a. 107. her mothers diligence and bounty, a. 213.
Eloquence, a rare gift, a. 135. very uſeful in the Church, a. 92, 110. commendable in a Preacher, a. 308
Englands happineſs, a. 360
Engliſh witty, b. 521. hunted once by ſweating ſickneſs, b. 448
Envy: miſchief of it, a. 89, 115, 162
Eſſenes came from Rechabites, b. 324
Evil devices end ill, a. 87
Examples: profit by domeſtical examples, or periſh, b. 543, 544
Excuſes avail not, a. 151
Ezekiel, the hieroglyphical Prophet, b. 391. dark and deep, b. 500, 502, 509. why ſo oft called Son of man, b. 397
Eyes: look well to them, a. 22, 121
F
FAith, founded upon ſaving knowledge, b. 172. particularly applyeth, a. 324. holds her own of Chriſt, a. 344. expells ignorance; b. 90. cauſeth peace, b. 91. patience, b. 101. the force of faith, b. 450
Falſe-witneſs a peſt, a. 68. a leud lyar, a. 81
Faſt: a true one deſcribed, b. 188. read the Word on Faſt-dayes, b. 327
Fear of God, foundation of wiſdom, a. 3. tis humble, a. 11. watchful, a. 44. hath happineſs, a. 88. fear and obey God, a. 310. fear him only, b. 44
Fear: baſe, betrayeth men, a. 56, 197. b. 60, 61. cauſed by ſin, b. 37. puniſht in Mr. Holt, a. 211. tis oft cauſleſs, a. 182
Few good, a. 273. few ſaved, b. 71, 238
Flattery, odious, a. 178: pernicious, a. 3
Folly is talkative, a. 50. 293. tells all, a. 193. all places full of fools, a. 224. when a fool is to be anſwered, and when not, a. 172. a fool all over, a. 290. and he proclaims it, ibid.
Formaliſts rejected, b. 246
Friendſhip true, what, a. 118
Frugality: be thrifty, a. 181, 182. unthrifts, a. 230
Fruitfulneſs ſpiritual, b. 200
G
GAtakers great pains was his death, b. 390
Gileads precious balſom, b. 252
Gluttons condemned, a. 184, 255, 256, b. 82, 239
God: his omniſcience, a. 92, 95. he formeth our thoughts and speeches, a. 103, 104. his decree ſhall ſtand, a. 236. All things are preſent to him, a. 237. his ſurpaſſing greatneſs, a. 248. b. 185. his forbearance no quittance, a. 278. he protecteth his in danger, b. 22, 137. his back-parts only are ſeen, b. 32. nothing is hid from him, b. 105. his anger, b. 111. he repents of the evil, b. 127. is preſent with his in danger, b. 137. his love more then motherly, b. 157. immenſe, ibid. his omnipreſence, b. 213. his attributes yield comfort, b. 256. he is our portion, b. 380
Godlineſs, hath peace and plenty, b. 8. the gain of it, b. 116, 156. See Grace. It is aviled by the world, b. 193
Gog and Magog who, b. 492. Gogmagog-hills, b. 497
Good chief: opinions about it, a. 217
Goſpel, a feaſt of fat things, b. 90 glory of Goſpel-times, b. 498
Grace only is ſubſtantial, a. 7. gainfull, a. 13, 14, 45, 49, 78, 84. better then wealth, a. 264, 265. it is victorious, b. 134. enobleth, b. 137. refreſheth, a. 12. is not propagated, a. 51. is ſmall at firſt, b. 513, 514. No perfection of it here attainable, a. 270. See Godlineſs.
Grave, a bed of reſt, b. 183
Great men ſhould be good, a. 107. if wicked, they prove a publike miſchief, a. 185. they are ſet up for ſuch purpoſe, a. 183. ſelf-willed Princes periſh. a. 342. Crowns are ſtuffed with cares, a. 243. tell great ones the naked truth, a. 276. their ſins are pernicious to many, a. 228. they are generally imitated, b. 49. Dignity ſhould wait upon deſert, a. 291. Kingdoms have their cares, a. 284. great ones if wicked, ill-ſpoken of at death, b. 288. Some brought to extream poverty, b. 385, 539. Ill Princes a puniſhment to the people, b. 560. Princes duties, a. 118. See Kings, Magiſtrates.
H
HArm watch, harm catch, a. 176
Hatred is bloody, a. 192. mutual hatred of good and bad people, a. 198
Heart: keep it carefully, a. 21. watch it, 22, 33. give it to God, a. 158. reflect oft upon it, a. 260. tis deceitfull and deſperately wicked, b. 273, 274. God ſearcheth it, ibid. tis the fountain of all our miſery, b. 223. when once it becomes hard and horny, a. 158. dead and dedolent, b. 35
Hear, attentively, b. 177. Many hearers are dull and unteachable, b. 99. Yea ſcoffers at the word. b. 100
Heathens, why called Pagans, b. 238. they change not their Gods, b. 225
Heaven, curiouſly wrought, a. 14. its great heighth, a. 165. its unconceivable happineſs, a. 331
Heavenly-mindedneſs, a. 100. Let there be continual aſcenſions in our hearts, a. 345. heavenly Geometry, b. 505
Hell, its horrour, a. 95. hell-fire what, b. 112 torments, b. 161. think of them, b. 217, 218
Hereticks are all in extreams, a. 240. they flatter men: b. 292. Lay-Preachers a great miſchief, b. 293. Brown the Sect-maſter died in Gaol, b. 337. See Seducers.
Hiſtory: Excellency and uſe of it, a. 221
Holineſs is amiable, a. 275. gets fame, a. 52. Walk accurately, a. 22. 37. look forth-right, b. 511. be ſtrict and ſcrupulous, b. 523
Humility hath favour, a. 17. honour, a. 58. a. 103. b. 83. true worth is humble, a. 199
Hypocriſie is hatefull, a. 175, 177. b. 51. hypocrites are vindictive, a. 319. their ſervices rejected, b. 5, 6. yet they out-do better men, b. 187. have ſpecious pretences, b. 214. upbraid God with their ſervices, b. 187. ſhall be affrighted, b. 119. detected, b. 445. deteſted, b. 51. appear in their colours, b. 334, 344
I
IDleneſs miſcheivous, a. 30. waſteth, a. 31. a ſluggard graphically deſcribed, a. 239
Idolaters, willfully ignorant, b. 129. ſpare for no coſt, b. 148
Jeremiah's, worth, and ſufferings, b. 219, 220, 269. how long he prophecyed. b. 220. his modeſty, b. 221
Jeſts, ſalt, provoke, a. 192
Jeſuites, great troublers, a. 209. quarrelſome Quaeriſts, b. 53. blood-thirſty, b. 548
Jews: their deſperate unbelief, b. 168. devilliſh ſpite, a. 177. they make up two Chriſts, b. 168. blaſpheme the Goſpel, b. 44. they kneel not, out of pride, b. 147. their converſion, b. 492. A Jew converted by Eſay 53. b. 167. their deſolation, b. 35, 36. Jeruſalems Epitaph. b. 371
Ignorance of Popiſh Prieſts, b. 276
Impatience betrayeth us, a. 171
Impudency in ſin, b. 17. 231. 243. D. Story impudent. b. 243
Infants, why called cake-bread, b. 248. Chriſtian infants Gods children, b. 432
Inſenſibleneſs under Gods judgements, b. 94. incorrigibleneſs, b. 1, 31
Integrity: ſtate of it, a. 273, 274
King Johns reign troubleſome, b. 71
Joy ſpiritual ſweet, a. 83, 99, 144. Juſt only Joy, a. 191. b. 46. ſuch ought to be cheerfull, a. 283, 284
Joy carnal hinders holineſs, a. 261. ends ill, a. 84. 263. tis mad mirth, a. 174. unfound, a. 191. a flaſh; a. 225. a toy, ib. mad, ibid.
Iſaiah and his Propheſie deſcribed, b. 1
Ithiel and Ucal, who: a. 199
Judgement general, a. 310, 311: the fire of the laſt day, b. 553
Juſt man is ſafe from evil, a. 70. rich; a. 93. joyfull, 144. bold, a. 182
Juſtification and Sanctification go together, a. 105
Juſtitiaries, a. 205
K
Kings; their beſt guard, b. 139. learned Kings, b. 524. Kingdoms are empty bubbles, b. 525. The Roman Empire is mouldering, b. 553. See Great ones, and Magiſtrates.
Knowledge, got by reading and hearing, a. 2. beg and dig for it; a. 7. tis ſweet; a. 161. we know but little, a. 200. a. 281. learn of inferiours, b. 65. Great Scholars ignorant of God; b. 105
L
LAw of God: Its equity and utility, b. 153
Law-ſuits tedious, b. 286
Learning, pleaſant, a. 55. prized, b. 523. Learned Kings, b. 524. Daniels Learning, ibid.
Levellers, dangerous creatures, a. 291, 292
Life, full of ſorrow, a. 233. over-loved, a. 253. Sweet, 300. ſhort and uncertain, b. 15
Love: our love is a reflex of Chriſts love; a. 358
Luſts: fly youthfull luſts, a. 73. luſt is unſatisfiable, a. 180 they are thorns, and why, b. 234
Luxury is attended by beggery, a. 144. undoes many, b. 465
Lying a great ſin, a. 33. ſuch as Saints will beware of, b. 203
M
MAgiſtrates; muſt judge the poor juſtly, a. 194. how far they are to be obeyed, b. 531. regiment without righteouſneſs, a. 187. places of judicature abuſed, a. 237. Evil under-officers; b. 114. like Prince, like people, a. 193. See Kings, great perſons.
Man, ſet to School to other creatures, a. 29, 209. hath in him the malignities of all the creatures, b. 139
Man is born to miſery, a. 260 is miſerable, a. 231, 256
Manner of performance; b. 510
Manichees mad conceit of God, b. 145
Married couples ſhould love dearly, a. 324
Martyrs: their five vertues; b. 301. they aſtoniſht their tormentors▪ b. 534
Maſs, whence ſo called, b. 368
Mediocrity, beg a mean eſtate, a 203, 204. keep a mean, a. 269
Meekneſs mollifieth, a. 91
Melancthon praiſed, a. 223. timorous he was, b. 223
Mercy abuſed, turns into fury, b. 135. Gods mercy matchleſs, b. 230
Merit-mongers vain, b. 207. ſelf-juſtitiaries, b. 209. theſe are the Saints greateſt enemies. b. 461
Miniſters: obey them, a. 6. they are Cryers, a. 41. Noble preachers, a. 218, 219. eloquence befits them; a. 308
Miniſtery blaſphemed, a. 309. perſiſt to preſs neceſſary truths, a. 336. inculcate the ſame truths, b. 99
Miniſters dignity and duty; a. 346, 347, 351, 352. let them be bold, b. 107. Miniſtery is a ſweet mercy, b. 110 Miniſtery-miracles, b. 123. Minſters moſtly labour in vain, b. 154. Yet muſt preach on, b. 155. able and apt to comfort the feeble-minded, b. 159. A mirrour for Miniſters, b. 160. Dumb dogs deſcribed, b. 181. ignorant, greedy, ſleepy, ib. drunken, b. 182. preach earneſtly, b. 186, 187. young preachers, b. 221. preach boldly, b. 222, 223. be compaſſionate, b. 253. ſhall meet with many troubles, b. 279. and have the worlds wages, b. 281. a prophane preacher a great miſchief, b. 291, 292. bad Miniſters may convert ſouls, b. 293. Miniſters are watchmen, b. 401. muſt be reſident, b. 486. muſt dilate, b. 515. ill Miniſters are the Devils Dirt-daubers, b. 425. Chriſts love to his offending Miniſters, b. 507. Miniſters wives, what they ſhould be, b. 508
Miracles: 365. at a birth, b. 172. the old Woman of Bolton ſuckling a forlorn babe, b. 384
Mocking at Gods Menaces, b. 29. at religion, b. 118. at the word, puniſhed, b. 102. a ſcoffer converted, ibid. See Scorners.
Mortification of ſin, b. 234, 235 Mortifie all as well as any, b. 443
Muleaſſes King of Tunis juſtly made blind, b. 422
Multitude, no good plea, a. 62. follow it out to evil, b. 43
Murmuring againſt God, a. 128. complain not of the times, a. 263, 264
Murderers muſt be executed, a. 188 bloody men make bloody ends, a. 158
N
NAme: a good name a great bleſſing, a. 102. precious, a. 147. better then riches, 148. ſweet, a. 257; 258. get and keep it, b. 199
Nebuchadnezzars diſtemper, what? b. 537, 538, 540
Noble Preachers, a. 218, 219
O
OAths: how to ſwear aright, b. 234. fear an oath, a. 286. petty oaths great ſins, b. 239. A wretch dying ſwearing, a. 22…, 230
Obedience Evangelical, a. 130
Obſtinacy, a kind of blaſphemy, b. 447
Offendors for a word, b. 106
Old age full of infirmities, a. 303, 304, 305, yet venerable if good, a. 113
Opportunity▪ improve it, a. 118
Oppreſſion a great ſin, a. 9…, 154
Oppreſſors, Theeves, b. 9, 10
Ordinances are ſweet, a. 339, 340
P
PAins taken to ſmall purpoſe, a. 294.
Papiſts, perfidious, b. 118. bloody, ib. idolatrous, b. 142. ſuperſtitious as the Egyptians, 413. blaſphemous, b. 499. their invocation of Saints, b. 205. their roaring out Rorate before Chriſtmaſs, b. 145. Romiſh Edomites, b. 122
Parents: good parentage a great honour, a. 115. rob not parents, a. 189. contempt of them exquiſitely puniſhed, a. 207. obſerve them, b. 325
Partiality naught, a. 163
Paſſion proclaimeth folly, a. 68, 69
Patience leſſeneth the croſs, b. 306
Pauls painfulneſs, b. 166
Peace spiritual is a Jewel, a. 116. the wickeds peace unſound, b. 154
Perjury puniſhed, b. 438
Perſecution befalleth the beſt, a. 318. wicked hate them, b. 196. conſpire againſt them, b. 50. are Gods rods, b. 51. terrour of, 88. b. 120.
Perſevere in well-doing, a. 262
Plain-dealing beſt, a 106. See Arnulph.
Plato detained the truth, b. 138
Perſians Laws, why irrepealable, b. 546
Policy enemy to piety, b. 107, 237, 355 Worldly wiſdom flat folly, b. 526
Pope… his pride, b. 467, 553. downfall, 495, 496. the number of his name, 544. his blaſphemy, 556. he joyns with the Turk againſt the truth, b. 493
Poverty excuſeth not from duty, a. 42. tis diſregarded, a. 86. forgot, a. 287. deprecate it, a. 204
Pragmaticalneſs cenſured, a. 174
Praiſe the Lord for all, b. 58. for recovery out of ſickneſs, b. 124. wicked cannot do it, b. 126
Prayers: power of prayer, a. 63. 94. it ever prevaileth, a. 102. pray in humility, a. 166. with importunity, a. 203. conſtancy, ibid. & b. 547. in few words, a. 246. what to pray for, a. 203. pray o…, b. 205. though but broken petitions, b. 125. in ſecret, a. 337. God heareth his, and why, b. 212. he hearreth not the wicked, a. 5. carnal prayers, a. 146
Pride hatefull, a. 32. ſelf-conceited, a. 68. breeds brawls, a. 75. ſwelleth, b. 467. breaketh, a. 109. b. 98. 475. 530. miſchief of pride, a. 141. purſe-proud. a. 150. ſelf-conceited, foiled, a. 271
Profeſs Chriſt wiſely and boldly, a. 343 b. 141. openly, b. 547. to the laſt, a. 353. good words and no more, b. 261
Promiſes: they are full of ſweetneſs, a. 329. b. 479. ſuck ſweetneſs out of them, b. 215
Proverbs of Solomon praiſed, a. 1. 50. See Solomon.
Providence ordereth all, a. 106, 113, 138, 150. This Heathens doubted of, denyed, b. 130. One event to all, a. 228, 282, 286
Publike Spirit a common bleſſing, a. 60. honour of publike benefactors, b. 190
Proſperity in ſin a plague, b. 34 559
Puniſhment of ſin: God befools thoſe whom he will deſtroy, b. 338. he loves to retaliate, b. 78. he hath variety of plagues, b. 88. he begins at his Sanctuary, b. 415. See Sin.
Purity: love of it, a. 150
Q
QUakers croſs-grained, b. 132
R
RAin is of God, b. 241
Raptures ſpiritual, a. 331, 332
Reformation wrought here by degrees, b. 496
Remiſſion of ſin is free, b. 140. full, b. 143. plentiful, b. 178. above all that we can think, 179. Sin unpardoned lyeth heavy, b. 279
Renovation, the new creature, b. 163. all things new in Chriſt, a. 222. the change, a. 345
Repent, b. 233, 234. throughly, b. 7. ſpeedily, b. 80. leſt, All too late, b. 247. Repentance the beſt defenſive weapon, b. 83. It reingratiateth with God, b. 516. It is twofold, b. 19
Reproaches: We are naturally impatient of them, b. 452. ſlight them, a. 220
Reprobation, a. 105
Reproof: a friendly office, a. 263. if fitly performed, a. 167. bear it well, a. 103. love a faithfull Reprover, a. 48, 63. Many are thereby enraged, a. 95, 96
Reſtitution, b. 199
Reſurrecton, proved, b. 94, 95. See b. 490
Revenge is bloody, a. 85. croſſed, b. 426 do not avenge your ſelves, a. 16. 137. 164
Riches profit not, a. 58. protect not, 64. ſtave not off death, 252. are uncertain; a. 251. ill-gotten bring a curſe, a. 226 Money the Monarch of this world; a. 296
Rivers: Good meetings at Rivers ſides, b. 392
Rome muſt be burnt, a. 207. See Pope, Papiſts.
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SAbbath, kept and broken how, b. 191. ſcorned, b. 370
Sacrament of the Lords Supper ſweet to Saints, a. 323
Sacrifices Evangelical, b. 320
Sacriledge, a. 138, ſacrilegious buildings, b. 287. See b. 541
Saints, their excellency, a. 72, 274, 275. beauty and bravery, a. 322. ſafety, b. 119. dignity, b. 200. ſobriety, b. 527. their love to Chriſt, a. 340. eager deſires after him, 341. they will not lie, b. 203. their ſins are ſoon ripe, b. 223. A Saint is homo quadratus, b. 504. much honoured, b. 158
Saracens whence, b. 357
Satan foretelleth not things future, b. 133
Scandal: Shun ſcandalous practices, a. 289
Scriptures: their worth, a. 75, 76. ſweetneſs, 110. extolled, 309. a Rule of life▪ b. 109. blaſphemed, b. 122. Two Teſtaments, a. 315. diſtinction of verſes but alate, b. 111. Scripture is plain, a. 43. profitable, b. 498
Scorners odious, a. 160. b. 183, 184. See Mocking.
Security precedeth deſtruction, b. 61. 101. tis a ſpiritual judgement, b. 104
Seedſmen of ſedition, a. 32. Make-bates, a. 69. 112. Shun ſuch, and why, a. 163
Seducers: a. 185. dangerous creatures, a. 292. Foxes, and why, a. 338. ſhun them, a. 320 ſmell them out, ibid. they lead to Atheiſm, b. 293. See Hereticks.
Self-conqueſt the beſt, a. 113
Self-deluſion, b. 143. deadly, a. 83, 111
Self-flattery pernicious, a. 140
Self-love ſinful, a. 143
Self-examination, b. 381, 382
Senſualiſts, hardly converted, b. 515. they ſhall ſmoke for it, a. 201, 202
Separation a great ſin, a. 122
Severity ſometimes neceſſary, a. 138
Shame for ſin double, b. 11
Silence, ſeaſonable, a. 235
Sin: the bitter-ſweet of it, a. 136, 272. hath puniſhment at the heels of it, a. 27, 70, 255. b. 13, 17, 18. it deſtroyeth whole States, a. 91. freedom from guilt and filth of it, b. 8. Saints ſins turn to their good, a. 319. upbraid them not with ſins repented of, a. 111. they work out ſins ſcum, b. 459. Hide not ſin, a. 186. bewail the ſins of the times, b. 452
Sincerity of Saints, a. 357. 'tis perfection, b. 92. known by uniformity, a. 172
Slander ſlurreth the beſt, a. 264
Sycophants are Serpents, a. 293. b. 283
Solomon: his great wiſdom, a. 217, 218. his three books, a. 153. his Proverbs praiſed, a. 1, 2. his Eccleſiaſtes, a. 218. Canticles, a. 312. his Obſervations are loſt, a. 223. his Faſciculus temporum, a. 232. he was well taught, a. 229
Sorrow godly, bettereth the heart, a. 261. Mourn for ſin, b. 67
Soul, is of God, and returneth to God, a. 307
Spirit, is Gods hand, b. 412. puts mettle into the Saints, a. 330. his ſtill voice, b. 110. he is of a fiery nature, b. 23. why compared to water, b. 58
Submiſſion appeaſeth, a. 108. ſubmit to Gods holy hand, a. 267. conſider, 268. ſubmit to ſuperiours, a. 275
Superſtition groſly miſtaken, b. 347. ſuperſtition of fore-fathers is to be abandoned, b. 447
Suretyſhip unadviſed dangerous, a. 28
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TAle-bearers: frown upon them, a. 170. they are murtherers, b. 452. See Slanderers, and Seedſmen of Sedition.
Tears: ſow in tears, a. 233. ſorts of tears, a. 238. Crocodile tears, b. 340
Thoughts: evil, b. 236. rid them, ibid. they are not free, a. 100. See Heart.
Tillage very uſeful, a. 249. 'tis of Gods teaching, b. 103
Time: diſcern it, a. 277. redeem it, a. 300. make the beſt of it, a. 232. waſte it not on trifles, b. 176. our time is ſhort, our task long, a. 285
Tongue: govern it, a. 127. be adviſed what you ſpeak, a. 101, 198. gracious language, a. 214, 335. Tongue miſchievous to many, a. 57, 93
Treaſon comes to light, a. 296. Traitors Meed, b. 117. good men oft charged with treaſon, b. 332
Trent-Council diſcovered, b. 413. their high-preſumption, b. 505
Trinity, a. 302. made man, ibid.
Truſt God only, a. 10. reſt on him, b. 108 make him thy refuge, a. 124. they are happy that ſo do, a. 109. creature-confidence diſappointed. a. 125, 169
Truth: prize it, a. 158. it ſeeketh no corners, b. 147
Turkiſh Empire Vaſte, b. 95
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VAin-glory naught, a. 170. See Boaſting.
Victories of Engliſh over the Spaniard, b. 436
Union with Chriſt, affect it, a. 315, 339
Vows: make and keep them, a. 247. a vow for holineſs, b. 522
D. Uſhier preached ſixty years, b. 221. his Prophecy of Irelands deſolation, b. 403
Uſury, unlawful, a. 184. b. 440. 453
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WAR waſteth people, a. 89, wiſdom beſt manageth it, a. 145. Sword in commiſſion, b. 352
Wigelius an Antiacademian Widgin, b. 521
Whirlwinds, violent, b. 393
Whoredom pernicious, a. 8, 9.23, 24, 25, 34, 35, 36, 39, 40, 41, 151, 273. coſtly, b. 433. Harlot and Whore whence, ibid. Two adulterous Prieſts puniſhed, b. 308.
Whoredom how puniſhed in ſundry Nations, b. 434, 456. a beaſtly puniſhment of it, b. 433
Wicked are droſs, a. 165. uncounſellable, a. 190. uncorrigible, a. 181. ambitious of deſtruction, a. 66. they ſtink, a. 323. yet oft they live long, 208, 279. they are reſtleſs, b. 186. deſperately naught, b. 228. wilfully, b. 244 praiſe them not, a. 182
Widows Gods Clients, a. 100
Wife; good and evil, 64. a. 80. Good Wife pretious, a. 127, 130. rare, 212. deſcribed, and praiſed, a. 212, 213, 215, 216. an evil Wife a great plague, a. 143, 144
Wine comforteth, a. 211
Wiſdom, true, what, a. 65. wherein it conſiſteth, a. 76. it doth much in War, 145. ſaveth and ſacketh Cities, a. 287, 288
Women unfit for Government, b. 18. they oft ſway their husbands, ibid. they are ſtill made uſe of by the Devil, b. 346, 347. their pride and luxury puniſht, b. 19, 20
Word of God, powerfull in operation, a. 153. b. 2. 57. accompanied with the ſpirit, b. 194. tis pure, a. 202. add not to it, ibid. it ſhall be accompliſhed; b. 8, 9. It is light, b. 45. loathed, a. 178. a famine of it, a. 195. blaſphemed, a. 202. tis fire, b. 294. a hammer, ibid. will ſtill ſhew men their faults, b. 330. abuſe of it is dangerous, b. 282. Scripture-poetry. b. 364
Works of God: God is much ſeen in them; b. 28. the wonder of the Sun, a. 220. of the winds, ibid. rivers, ibid. of mans body, 299, 306
World: a Wilderneſs, a. 345. all here is vanity, a. 219. unſatisfactory, a. 221. empty, a. 227. vexatious, a. 229 changeable, b. 64. World wheels about, b. 394. See 558.
Worſhip of God: prepare to it, a. 244 be not ſlight and overt in it. a. 245, 246. grow not ſecure after it, a. 342. Speak reverently of holy things, a. 173. Mens perſons muſt firſt be accepted, a. 140
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SErve God in Youth, a. 303
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ZEal: be reſolute for God, b. 533. Laurence his Zeal, ibid. God hateth the Luke-warm, b. 296
FINIS.
End of the text · John Trapp, Commentary on Prov Ecc SoS Isa Jer Lam Eze Dan (1660)