The Sum of Christian Religion, Index
A large Alphabeticall Table, containing all the chiefe and remarkable points contained in this BOOKE.
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ABſolution. How the word of God doth abſolve and condemne. 485.
Actions. All actions are not ſins in themſelves, but by accident. 209. No action evill in it ſelf in reſpect of God. 210.
Adultery. The meaning of the word Adultery. 601. Vide Chaſtity.
Affability. What it is. 613.
Afflictions. How many kinds of them. 103. How they are puniſhments▪ and how croſſes, ibidem. Eight cauſes of them on the godly. 104. The comforts which they have in them. 105. 106. Three cauſes of the afflictions of the godly. 161.
All. Why all men are not ſaved by Chriſt, but the faithfull onelyonly. 132. Whether Chriſt died for all. 298. A reconciliation of thoſe Scriptures which ſeeme to make for Chriſts dying for all. 298. 299.
Amen. What it ſignifies. 655.
Angels. What good Angels are. 189. They are finite. ibid. How they are called the children of God. 190. They are the Miniſters of the Elect. ib. Why called Powers. 191. of evill Angels. ibid. Chriſt called an Angel. 256. Two reaſons proving it. ibid. &c.
Anger. Gods anger againſt ſin. 165.
Annointed. Vid. Chriſt. Why Chriſt is ſo called. 226. What this annointing is. ib. the Analogie betweene the ſigne and the thing ſignified. 227. Chriſt is annointed ſpiritually. 228. Why God cannot be ſaid to be annointed. ibidem. and yet in what ſort Chriſt may be ſaid to be annointed, according to his Godhead. ibidem. What the annointing of Chriſtians is. 234 What it is to be the partaker of Chriſts annointing. 235.
Arrians. Their hereſies confuted, 263. 264. 265. &c.
Aſcenſion. What Chriſts aſcenſion is. 313. whither he aſcended. ibid. The manner how. 314. The fruits of it. 320.
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BAptiſm. What it is. 409. Three things comprehended in it. 410. The differences betweene baptiſme and the waſhing of old. ibidem. Its ends, and why it is not to be re-iterated. 411. What it is to be baptiſed into Chriſts death. 412. A two-fold waſhing in baptiſme. 413 What the right and lawfull uſe of baptiſme is. 414. The proper and improper formes of ſpeaking of baptiſme. 415. Why baptiſme is called the waſhing of the new birth. 416. The baptiſme of Infants confirmed by many arguments. 417. The Anabaptiſts Arguments anſwered about the baptiſme of Infants. 418. 419. &c. How baptiſme and circumciſion agree, and how they differ. 423. 424.
Beget. Begotten. How Chriſt is ſaid to be the only begotten Sonne of God. 239. Why according to his manhood be cannot be properly ſo called. 240.
Beleeve. What it is to beleeve God, and IN God. 179. what it is to beleeve IN Chriſt. 237. Vid. Faith.
Blaſphemy. The difference betweene the blaſphemy againſt God, and againſt the holy Ghoſt. 558.
Bleſſings. Wee may deſire as well corporall as ſpirituall bleſsings. 641. why corporall bleſsings are comprehended under the word Bread. 643.
Body. How the parts of mans body are attributed to God. 152. The Image of GOD in man doth not argue a bodily ſhape. ibidem. The ſimilitude of mans body to declare our union with Chriſt. 234. Of the bodies reſurrection. Vide Reſurrection. 372. 373. The ubiquity of Chriſts body confuted. 459.
Borne. Five cauſes of Chriſts being borne of the Virgin Mary. 272. The benefit of it. 272. 273.
Bounty. In what the bounty of God is ſeen. 164.
Bread. The breaking of Bread is one of the names which the Lords Supper yet retaines. 427. Two things ſignified by it. 434. Foure cauſes why this ceremony is yet retained. ibid. whether Bread and Wine are the very body and bloud of Chriſt in the Sacrament. 436. why the Bread is called the body. 455. their Analogie. 456. How corporall bleſsings are contained under the name of Bread. 643. how we call Bread (in the Lords Prayer) Ours. ibid. why Daily Bread, and This Day. 644.
Brother. Brotherhood. Of our Brotherhood with Chriſt. 240.
Buriall. To what end Chriſt was buried. 300.
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CAtechiſme. Catechiſing. What. 25. who were the Catechumeni. 25. 26. The originall and perpetuall uſe of Catechiſme. 26. The parts and points of it. 27. Why neceſſary. ibidem. Its ends. 29.
Ceremonies. What they are, with their ſeverall ſorts. 588. whether the Church may ordaine ceremonies. 589.
Chaſtity. What it is. 602. Its contrary vices. 602. 603. &c. Vide Adultery.
Chriſt. Hee is perfectly juſt foure waies. 115. why Chriſt is the Sonne, and not Father, nor holy Ghoſt. 118. 119. why all are not ſaved by him, and why the faithfull onelyonly. 132. why hee is called Jeſus, a Saviour. 220. his office and benefits differ. ibidem. He is our moſt perfect Saviour. 223. whom he ſaveth. 224. why Jeſus is called the Annointed. 226. 227. he is annointed ſpiritually. 228. Vide Annoint. Chriſts Propheticall function what 229. Vide Prophet. Why he is called the Word. 230. why a Prieſt, with the circumſtances thereof. See the word Prieſt. Why Chriſt is a King, and what his Kingdome is. Vide King. 233. Chriſt is our head in three reſpects. 235. how Chriſt can be called the onelyonly begotten Sonne of GOD, when we alſo are called his ſonnes. 238. Of Chriſts God-head. 241. his God-head proved by our Regeneration. 251. Chriſt the Sonne of GOD, a perſon really diſtinct from …he Father and the holy Ghoſt. 257. Chriſt hath the whole God-head entire. 258. The properties thereof. 259. he is equall in honour with the Father and the holy Ghoſt. 260.
Chriſtians. Why wee are ſo called. 233. what our annointing is. 234. Our Propheticall function and Prieſthood. 236.
Church. A definition of the doctrine of the Church. 1. Reaſons why GOD would have his Church diſtinguiſhed from other Sects. ibidem. Notes of the Church. 3. The parts of its doctrine, with the differences from other Sects. 3. 4. The difference betweene Church-doctrine and Philoſophy. 3. 4. How the Church-doctrine was delivered of God, and how confirmed. 4. 5. Reaſons why the Scriptures depend not on the Church. 5. Objections againſt this anſwered. 6. 7. The Papiſts brag of their Churches not erring. 16. Not the Church, but the holy Ghoſt is Judge of the Word. 21. Three Rules for having the Churches conſent therein. 22. What wee beleeve concerning the holy Catholike Church. 346. 347. What the Church is. 347. how many waies taken. 348. The difference between the viſible and inviſible Church. ibid. Her markes. 349. Why ſhee is called One, Holy, Catholike Church. 350. Seven differences between Church and Common-wealth. 351. Whence ariſeth the difference between the Church and the reſt of mankind. ib. Whether any can be ſaved out of the Church. 352. Of Church-diſcipline. Vid. Diſcipline, or Ordinances. 542. &c.
Circumciſion. What, and why inſtituted. 422. Why aboliſhed. 423. Baptiſme ſucceedeth it. ibid. How Baptiſme and Circumciſion agree, and how they diſagree. ibidem. Why Chriſt was circumciſed. 424.
Comfort. What. 31. The true comfort proper to the Church. 32. How many parts there are of this comfort. ibidem. Why ſpirituall comfort is the onelyonly good and ſound comfort. 33. How many things are required for the attaining of this comfort. 34.
Communion. What is meant by the Communion of Saints. Vide Saints. 360.
Conception. Three things to be obſerved in Chriſts conception. 271. The full meaning of the Article of Chriſts conception. page 272.
Concupiſcence. What. 614. How it differs from Originall ſin. ibid. How it is naturall unto us. ibid.
Conſcience. How it frameth a practicall Syllogiſme. pag. 39. How the Elect may ſinne againſt conſcience, but not unto death. pag. 55. Of ſinning againſt conſcience, and not against conſcience. pag. 59.
Conſubſtantiation. What it is. 450. Its Age and Parentage. ibidem. The Schiſme of the Conſubſtantials. 451. 452. Two principall grounds thereof. pag. 452. The refutation of the opinion. pag. 452. 453. &c. 473. 474. 476. &c.
Contentedneſſe. What. 608.
Contracts. Ten ſorts of them. 607.
Converſion. What worketh our converſion. pag. 90. The parts of it. pag. 500. 502. What it is, and why neceſſary. pag. 501. Why the latter part of our converſion is called quickning. pag. 504. The manifold cauſes of it. 504. 505. The effects. pag. 505. Whether our converſion be perfect in this life. ibidem. In what a godly mans converſion differs from an ungodly mans. 506.
Covenant. Of the Covenant of GOD, and what a Covenant is. 124. Diverſe ſorts of it. ibidem. Why a Covenant is called a Teſtament. ibidem. How a Covenant can be made betwixt God and Man. pag. 125. Whether there be one or moe Covenants. ibidem. How the Sacrament is called a new Covenant. 435.
Creation. The end of our creation. pag. 40. 41. To create ſignifieth three things. pag. 181. How the creation is unknowne to Philoſophers. pag. 182. Their Arguments againſt it. ibidem. Why God would have the doctrine of the creation held in the Church. 188.
Credulity. What it is. 612.
Creed. The Creed expounded. pag. 142. 143. &c. Two reaſons why it is called Apoſtolike. pag. 143. Foure reaſons why other Creeds were received into the Church. ibidem. Why that is to be received before other Creeds. ibid. The parts of that Creed. pag. 144. The great wiſedome and order of the Spirit and Church, in diſpoſing the Articles of the Creed. 220.
Croſſe. Foure cauſes, for which God would have Chriſt to ſuffer the death of the croſſe. pag. 295. Ancient types of that death. ibidem.
Curſe. What curſing is, and what kindes of it are lawfull. 558.
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DEath. How Chriſt is ſaid to be dead. pag. 296. Whether it were requiſite that Chriſt ſhould die. pag. 297. For whom hee died, and whether hee died for all. pag. 298. Whether Chriſts death hath taken away our death. 301. The benefits. 301.
Debts. What Chriſt, in the Lords Prayer, calleth debts. 647.
Decalogue. Its diviſion. pag. 527. Rules for the understanding of it. pag. 528. The differences between the first and ſecond Table in the Decalogue. 529.
Deceive. How God is ſaid to deceive a deceived Prophet. 163.
Deliver. Deliverance. Why the knowledge of our delivery is neceſſary. pag. 34. 35. What mans delivery is, and wherein it conſiſts. 108. Three cauſes of the poſſibleneſſe of mans delivery. 108.109. Arguments againſt it anſwered. 110.111. Whether it be neceſſary, certaine, and abſolute. 111.112. two meanes for it. ibidem.
Deſcenſion. Of Chriſts deſcending into hell. Vide Hell. 303. &c.
Devils. Their ſundry appellations, with the reaſons. 191. They are unchangeably evill. 192.
Diſcipline. Reaſons why civill diſcipline is neceſſary among the Ʋnregenerate. 63. Of mens authority in the Churchdiſcipline. 542.543. A difference betweene Civill and Eccleſiaſticall laws. 544.
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ELect. Election. That the Elect may ſinne againſt conſcience, yet not unto death. page. 55. How farre knowne unto us. 358. Whether the Elect are alwaies certaine of their election. ibidem. Whether they be alwaies members of the Church ibid. Whether they may finally fall. 359.
Equity. What. 595.
Erre. Errour. The Papiſts boaſt of their Church not erring. pag. 16.
Eſſence. Vide Perſon.
Excommunication. What. 482.494. Two ſorts of it. ibidem. Perſons that are to be excommunicated, and the order. 486. The ends and uſes of excommunication. 487. The abuſes of it. ibidem. Objections againſt the word alledged for excommunication. 492.494.
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FAith. Faith, what it is, with its nature, and divers names, kinds, and differences. 133.134. What Juſtifying Faith is, with the cauſes. 136.137. Faith and Hope how differing. 137. The properties of juſtifying faith. ibid. The principall cauſe of faith. 138. Its effects. 139. To whom juſtifying faith is given. ibid. Faith with its profeſsion neceſſary for five cauſes. 140. Three waies to know that we have faith. ibid. Faith may faint, but not fall finally. ibidem. How we may be made righteous by faith onelyonly. 385.386. Three cauſes of it, and foure reaſons why it ought to be maintained againſt the Papiſts. 386. Faith commeth of the holy Ghoſt. 393. differently wrought by the Word and Spirit, and Sacraments. ibid. Vices contrary to faith. 535.
Fall. Whether God doth leave the fall of man unpuniſhed. 101. The faith of Gods children ſhall not fall away finally. 140.
Fathers. The uſe of the Fathers teſtimonies in points of doctrine. 18.
Father. God called Father in divers reſpects. 179.629. Five ſorts of Superiors underſtood by the name of Father and Mother. 590. Vide Parents. Father in the Lords Prayer how taken. 630. Eight cauſes why we are to call God Our Father in heaven. ibid.
Feare. The feare and love of God how they differ. 337. Three differences betweene ſon-like and ſlaviſh feare. ibidem. The feare of God taken for his whole worſhip. 538.
Fidelity. What. 608.
Flattery. What. 612.
Fleſh. The Word made fleſh expounded. 242.243.254. Of the reſurrection of the fleſh. 364.365. &c. What it is to eate the fleſh of Chriſt in the Lords Supper. 430.431.
Forgive. Forgiveneſſe. What forgiveneſſe of ſinne is. 362.647. Who giveth it. ibid. By whom. 363. Whether it agreeth with Gods juſtice. ibid. To whom, and how it is given. 364. Why we are to deſire forgiveneſſe. 648. How they are forgiven. ibid.
Fortitude. What. 599.
Fortune. Fate or chance how accepted. 214. the difference betweene Stoicks and Chriſtians herein. 215. What fortune is denied. 216.
Free. Freedome. In what God is ſaid to be free. 164.165.
Free-will. The ſtate of the maine queſtion about free-will. 75. What it is. 76. The difference of it in God, Angels, and Men. ibid. 77.78.79. Whether there be any free-will in us, and what it is. 82.83. The manner and degrees of mans free-will. 83.84.86.87. The beginning of mans will to good whence it is. 91. Reaſons why the Regenerate uſe liberty not onelyonly to good, but to evill alſo. 92.93.
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GOds. Whence ſprang the multitude of gods. 163. But there is but one, proved by eight arguments. 168.169.
Glory. Two things ſignified by Gods glory. 156.
God. How he is the cauſe of ſinne, not as ſinne, but as puniſhments. 67. Vide plura. 68.69.70. Sin is not made of God, becauſe it is no creature, but the corruption of a creature. 71. God, though the mover of wicked wils, yet not the mover of the wickedneſſe of the will. 80. God is ſaid to wiſh any thing two waies. 87. Meerly GOD could ſatisfie for man. 114. Three cauſes of mens doubting whether there be a God. 146. Reaſons proving that there is a God. ibidem, &c. Who, and what God is. 149.150. Why Nature cannot throughly ſhew what GOD is. 150. The Theologicall and Philoſophicall deſcriptions of GOD. 151. A threefold difference of God and Idols. ibidem. How the parts of mans body are attributed to GOD. 152. More concerning the explication of Gods attributes. 152.153.154.155. &c. Three things meant by Gods unchangeableneſſe, and five reaſons of it. 157. How he is ſaid to repent. ibidem. Of his goodneſſe and righteouſneſſe 160. Proofes that there is but one God. 168.169. Two ſignifications of the word GOD. 169. God a Father in divers reſpects. 179. Gods providence what, and why to be knowne. 193.197. Arguments againſt the Divinity of the Sonne and holy Ghoſt. 262.263, How GOD is ſaid to be Our God. 532. What it is to have other gods. 533. Errours touching God. ibid.
God. Foure ſignifications of Gods Name. 556.
Goodneſſe. Six ſignifications of Gods goodneſſe in Scripture. 160. All good is done by the will of God. 199. what things are ſaid to be good. ibid.
Goſpel. The differences betweene the Law and Goſpel are two. pag. 2.126. yea, foure. 130. The Goſpel what, and its threefold ſignification. 127. What order is to be obſerved in teaching the Law and the Goſpel. 128. Its perpetuity in the Church. ibid. &c. How the Goſpel was promiſed to our Fathers. 129. Its proper effects. 131. Its certainty how it appeareth. ibid.
Grace. Gods deniall of grace no cruelty, but oft a way to greater mercy. 85. Readineſſe of minde to receive grace is not before converſion, but after. 89.
Gravity. What. 594.
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HAllow. What it ſignifieth. 632. How wee pray for the hallowing of Gods name. 633.
Hand. What the right hand of God ſignifieth. 322. Foure things wherein Chriſts ſitting at Gods right hand conſiſteth. 322. A full deſcription of it. 323. How he may be ſaid to ſit alwaies there. 324. With other circumſtances. 325.326.
Head. Chriſt is our head in three reſpects. 235.
Heaven. Two Arguments why GOD is ſaid to be ſpecially in heaven. 184. Heaven is the ſeate of the Elects bleſſedneſſe. ibid. What heaven ſignifieth. 313. How Chriſt aſcended thither. 314. Vide Aſcenſion.
Hell. Of Chriſts deſcending into hell. 303. The ſignifications of the word hell in Scripture. ibid. &c. The uſe of Chriſts deſcending into hell. 306.
Hereſies. Divers ſorts of them confuted, 296.
Holy. What it ſignifieth. 632. Vide Hallow.
Holy Ghoſt. Of the ſinne againſt the holy Ghoſt. 59. Why called Ʋnpardonable. ibidem, &c. Why ſo called. 60. Rules touching this ſinne. ibid. The differences betweene other ſinnes pardoned, and this of the holy Ghoſt. 60.61. It is not incident to the Elect. ibid. &c. We may not judge any man to ſin againſt the holy Ghoſt, untill we ſee him dead in apoſtaſie and blaſphemy. 61. How the Sonne was conceived by the holy Ghoſt. 270.271. What we beleeve concerning the holy Ghoſt. 335. With many neceſſary circumſtances concerning that perſon in Trinity. à pag. 335. and 346. Its proceeding from the Sonne proved three waies. 338. Its divers titles. 341. Its gifts of two ſorts. 342. What is meant by giving the holy Ghoſt. 343.344. The ſending of it is no locall motion. 344. How retained, and how loſt. 345. A diſtinction between blaſphemy againſt God, and againſt the holy Ghoſt. 558. vide Spirit.
Hope. Faith and Hope how they differ. 137. Vices contrary to Hope. 536.
Humanity. What. 600.
Humility. What. 538.
Hypocriſie. What. 541.
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JEhovah. No Engliſh word will retaine it, but the word Lord. 261.
Jeſus. Why the Son of God was called Jeſus. 220. What the name ſignifieth, and the differences between his name and others ſo named. 121. How the whole three perſons may be ſaid to be Saviours. ibid. From what evils, and how Jeſus ſaveth us. 222.223. Whom he ſaveth. 224. Why Jeſus is called Chriſt. 226. Two cauſes for which Jeſus was called Chriſt, 227.
Idols. Idolatry. A three-fold difference of God and Idols. 151. Idolatry what it is. 527. Two ſorts of Idols. 334. A twofold Idolatry. 540.
Image. What the image of God is in man. 42. How far loſt. 43. How repaired. 44. Chriſt called the image of God in two reſpects. 43. So Angels and Men. ibid. The ends for which God preſerveth a remnant of his image in man. 44. Whether any images may be made. 546.547. The divers names of an image. 547. Images not ſimply forbidden. 547. Two ſorts of unlawfull images. 548. Foure reaſons of the unlawfulneſſe of making an image of God. 548. A Table for the diſtinction of images. 549.550. Whether all worſhip at images be forbidden. 590. Why images are to be aboliſhed. 551. Eight cauſes why images are to be aboliſhed in Churches. ibid. How, and by whom they are to be aboliſhed. 552. Three differences between the images in Solomons time and ours. 553.
Impoſſibilities. Whether God were unjuſt in impoſing impoſsibilities. pag. 99. The cauſes and ends of his commanding them. 100.
Incarnation. A confeſsion of the incarnation of the Word by the father of Antioch. 289. &c.
Inclinations. Proofes that corrupt inclinations are ſin. 51.
Indifferent. Things indifferent are diligently to be diſcerned from Gods worſhip. 541.
Indignation. What. 599.
Infants. Whether they ſin, wanting will. 54. Their baptiſme proved to be meet and lawfull by foure arguments. 417. Anabaptiſts objections againſt it anſwered. 418.419. How infants beleeve. 420. Two reaſons why infants may not be admitted to the Lords Supper, though they are to Baptiſme. 421.
Interceſſion. How Chriſt maketh interceſſion for us. 318.
Judge. Judgment. Of the laſt Judgement, with 13. circumſtances thereof. See à pag. 327. ad 334.
Juſt. Juſtice. Chriſt perfectly juſt foure waies. 115. How we are juſt before God. 379.382. What our juſtice is, and how manifold. 380.381. In what Juſtice differeth from Juſtification. 381. How Chriſts ſatisfaction is made our juſtice. 383. Vide Righteous or Righteouſneſſe. Communicative Juſtice what. 606. What originall juſtice towards God and our neighbour is. 614.
Juſtification. The ſignification of the word. 384. How we are juſtified by grace, how by Chriſts merit, how by faith. 385. Three cauſes why faith onelyonly juſtifieth. 386. Foure reaſons of our maintenance of this doctrine againſt Papiſts. ibid. Ten cauſes why we cannot be juſtified by works. 387. That this doctrine doth not make men either careleſſe or profane. 389.390. With what difference faith and works are required in them that are to be juſtified. 390. Vide Faith. Works.
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KEy. What the power of the Keyes of Gods Kingdome is, and why called a key. 481.482. Two parts of the power of theſe keyes. 483. To whom the power of theſe keyes is committed. 485. How the power of the keyes differeth from the civill power. 488.489.
Kill. How the Letter is ſaid to kill 23.
King. Chriſtians are Kings. 237.
Kingdome. What Chriſts kingdome is. 233. what is the kingdome of Chriſtians. 237. Foure differences between Chriſts kingdome and ours. 237. How the kingdome of heaven is opened. 480. 481. The power of the keyes of this kingdome, and what thoſe keyes are. 481. 482. Of Gods univerſall and ſpeciall kingdome. 634. The parts of Gods kingdome. ibid. &c. How manifold. ibid. Who is king and head in this kingdome. 635. Of the Citizens and Laws of this kingdome. 635. 636. Its enemies and laws. 636. How it is ſaid to come. ibid. Why we are to deſire that it might come. 637.
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LAW. The differences betweene the Law and the Goſpel are two. pag. 2. What it requireth of us. 36. A diſtinction of Law and faith. 38. Why the love of our neighbour is called the ſecond commandement. 38. What it is to examine our ſelves by the law, and how we do apply the curſe of the law to our ſelves. 39. What the law is in generall. 516. Its parts. 517. How far abrogated, and not abrogated by Chriſt. 519. 520. 522. By faith the Law is three waies eſtabliſhed. 523. In what the Morall law differeth from the Goſpell. 523. 524. A difference between civill and eccleſiaſticall laws. 544. Foure uſes of the ceremoniall law. 617. Two of the Judiciall and Morall law. ibid. Seven uſes of the Morall law in nature reſtored. 618. Why we are to deſire the perfect fulfilling of the law by us in this life. ibid. &c. How the law is the Letter, and how the Goſpel is the Spirit. 621. Chriſt in himſelfe fulfilled the law two waies. 621. And in us two waies. ibid. The law is ſaid to increaſe ſin two waies. ibid.
Letter. What is meant by the word Letter. in holy Writ. 23. How the Letter is ſaid to kill. ibid.
Liberality. What. 608. The affinity between liberality and parſimony. 609.
Life. Eternall life what, 375. Who giveth it. 376. To whom, for what cauſe, how. 377 When. 378. Whether in this life we may be aſſured of everlaſting life. 378.
Lord. Why Chriſt is called Lord, why Our Lord, and how many waies. 268. 269.
Loſt. Five meanes by which the Spirit is loſt. 346.
Love. Why the love of God is called the firſt and greateſt commandement in the law. 37. The law and feare of God how they differ. 537.
Luſt. What. 602. Three kinds of it. 602. 603.
Lying. What, with diſtinctions. 611.
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MAgicke. What. 534.
Magiſtrates. Foure duties which they owe. 592.
Man. What maner of creature he was made by God. pag. 40. The end of his creation. ibid. What the image of God is in man. 42. How far forth loſt, and how repaired in man. 43. 44. It was neceſſary that man ſhould have free power either to ſtand or fall. 71. No other creature could ſat is fie for man, but man. 113. How the parts of mans body are attributed to God. 152.
Marriage. What. 613. Its cauſes. 604. Eight conditions of lawfull marriage. 604. Whether it be a thing indifferent or no. 605. The duties of married perſons. ibidem.
Maſſe. The originall of the word. 456. 457. the difference betweene the Lords Supper and it. 456. 457. 458. Nine cauſes for which the Maſſe is to be aboliſhed. 460.
Meanes. It muſt be uſed for three cauſes. 217.
Mediatour. Our Mediatour muſt be very man. pag. 114. 115. He muſt be very God. 116. Reaſons. 116. 117. Eight reaſons why the Sonne, not the Father, nor the holy Ghoſt ſhould be Mediatour. 118. 119. What a Mediator is, and what need man hath of one. 120. The office of a Mediatour. 121. What our Mediatour doth for us, with the benefit of his Mediatourſhip. 122. Three things in the perſon of a Mediatour. 123. There can be but one Mediatour. 123. Chriſt Mediatour according to both natures. 229. Whether there be two natures in Chriſt our Mediatour. 273. The office and properties of Chriſts Mediatourſhip. 285. 286. 287.
Member. What it is to be a member of Chriſt. 243.
Mercy. Arguments of the mercy of God in preſerving his creatures. 163.
Merits. No good work of the creature meriteth reward. 217. The efficacy of Chriſts merits performeth three things unto us. 223. Whether our good works can merit. 514. 515.
Miniſters Miniſtry. What. 587. Its end, degrees, and duties. 587. 588. Ʋnto whom it is to be committed. 588.
Miracles. How true miracles are diſcerned from falſe. 9.
Miſery. Why the knowledge of our miſery is neceſſary. 34. Whence knowne. 36. Its name and nature. ibid. Known two waies 39.
Modeſty. What. 594.
Murther. Why internall murther is forbidden. 596.
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NAme. Foure ſignifications of diſtinctions of Gods name. 556. The parts and vertues of the right and lawful uſage of the name of God. 558. What the name of God ſignifieth. 632.
Nature. Whence the wickedneſſe of mans nature ariſeth. 45. Why Nature cannot throughly ſhew what God is. 150. Whether there be two natures in Chriſt our Mediatour. 273. The truth of Chriſts humane nature proved. 273. Sin is not of the nature of mans fleſh, but an accident only thereof. 275. The union of the two natures in Chriſt. 278. A rule touching the properties of both natures in Chriſt. 281. 282. &c. Whether Chriſt ſuffered according to both natures. 293.
Neighbour. Why the love of our neighbour is called the ſecond commandement. 39.
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OAthes. Vide. Swearing. pag. 569. &c. Whether all oaths are to be kept. 573. why the Iſraelites kept their oath made with the Gibeonites. 574.
Omnipotency. Three things ſignified by Gods omnipotency. 159. Two differences betweene the Church of God and Philoſophy, in conceiving of Gods omnipotency. ibid.
Order. A double liberty of the Church in matter of order. 18. There is order in the moſt diſordered things. 208.
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PArents. Foure reaſons why parents rather then other Governours are to bee obeyed. 590. Foure duties of Parents. 591.
Paſſeover. What it was. 467. 468. Its ends and uſes. 468. 469.
Paſſion. Vide Suffering. What we beleeve concerning Chriſts paſsion. 290. What is meant by the name of Chriſts paſsion. 291. Three differences betweene Chriſts paſsion and mens ſufferings. 292. The cauſes impellent of Chriſts paſsion. 294. the ends of it ibidem.
Paſſions. Humane paſſions attributed to God for two reaſons. 157.
Patience. What. 539.
Perfection. In what ſenſe the Scripture doth attribute perfection to the works of the Regenerate, 94. How God is moſt perfect in himſelfe. 155. Whether our converſion hath perfection in this life. 505. Whether our works be perfectly good; and, being not ſo, how they can pleaſe God. 510. 511. Whether thoſe that are converted may perfectly keep the commandements of God. 615. 616.
Permit. Permiſſion. Three cauſes why God is ſaid to permit ſinne. 201. Gods permiſsion of ſin confirmed by Scripture. 202. Gods permiſsion is the withdrawing of his grace. ibid.
Perſon. Of the three perſons in the Trinity, and why named three, being but one in ſubſtance. 146. What a perſon is. 170. The difference betweene Eſſence and Perſon. ibid. 171. The reaſon why this difference is to be held. ibid. What reference Eſſence hath to Perſon. 172. The properties of the Perſons are diſtinct and divers. 257. 258. Whether Chriſt be one perſon or more. 275. 276. Objections againſt it anſwered. ibid. &c.
Philoſophy. Its nature, and lawfull, and fruitfull uſe thereof. 3. The differences betweene it and Church doctrine. ibid. worlds creation unknowne to Philoſophers. 182. Their Arguments againſt it. ibid.
Prayer. What 624. Foure ſorts of it. ibid. why prayer is neceſſary for Chriſtians. ibid. Eight conditions of true prayer. 626. A difference of things to be prayed for. 627. A difference betweene the prayer of the godly and of the wicked. 628. The Lords Prayer expounded. ibid. &c. The cauſes why Chriſt taught us that forme. ibid. &c.
Predeſtination. Vide Election. Nine circumſtances thereof. 352. &c. what. 355. the difference between it and Providence. ibid. Its cauſes. 355. 356. The effects of it. 357. Whether unchangeable. 357. 358. whether we can be certaine of our predeſtination. 358.
Preſence. A five-fold maner of Chriſts preſence. 317.
Pride. What. 538.
Prieſt. Prieſthood. What Chriſts Prieſthood is. 231. The high Prieſts prerogative under the law. ibid. Three differences betweene the Prieſts and Prophets under the law. 232. Chriſt the true prefigured high-prieſt. ibid. Foure differences betweene Chriſt and other prieſts. 232. 233. What a Chriſtians prieſthood is, and its particulars. 236. How Chriſt maketh us Prieſts. ibidem.
Promiſes. Gods promiſes not unprofitable to the unregenerate. 91.
Prophaneneſſe. What. 541.
Prophet. Propheticall. What Chriſts propheticall function is, and the ſignification of the name Prophet. 229. Two kinds of Prophets. ibid. Foure teſtimonies of the truth of the Prophets doctrine of old. ib. What a Prophet of the New Teſtament is. 230. Chriſt a Prophet from the beginning. ibidem. Six differences betweene Chriſts being a Prophet and others before him ibid. &c.
Providence. What Gods providence is. 194. 197. The proofes of it. 194. 195. 196. 202. Two parts of it. 197. The degrees of Gods providence, and teſtimonies of it. 203. Proofes of his generall and particular providence. 204. 205. &c. Places of Scripture wreſted againſt Gods providence. 218. What the knowledge of Gods providence profiteth us. ibid. Juſt cauſes why it may be knowne. 219. The deniall of it ſhaketh all the grounds of Religion. ibid.
Puniſhment. How God may be ſaid to will puniſhment. 68. The degrees of puniſhments of the ungodly. 103. 104. The conditions of him that may be puniſhed for another. 113. The evill of puniſhment is a morall good, and is done by God for three cauſes. 199.
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QUickning. How the ſpirit quickneth. pag. 23. Three parts of quickning. 503. why the latter part of our converſion is called quickning. 504.
Quietneſſe. Two ſignifications of the word in Philoſophy. 183.
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REaſon. How far we liſten to Reaſon in divine matters. 443.
Reconcile. It hath foure parts. 120. No reconciliation without a Mediatour. ibid.
Regeneration. It is but begun in this life. pag. 55. The regenerate loſe the grace of God in part, but not whole in this life. 56. The good workes of the regenerate not perfect in this like. 93. 94. In what ſenſe the Scripture attributes perfection to the works of the regenerate. 94. Regeneration doth aſſure us of Juſtification. 95. Chriſts Godhead proved by our regeneration. 251. 252. Whether the regenerate can perfectly keep the law. 616. A threefold difference betweene the regenerates and unregenerates ſinning. ibid.
Repentance. How God is ſaid to repent. 157.
Reprobation. How reprobates are ſaid to be lightned and ſanctified. 61.
Reſurrection. What Chriſts reſurrection profiteth us. 306. The manifold circumſtances of his reſurrection. 306. 307. 308. The fruits of it. 310. Five Reaſons for our reſurrection. 311. more of it. 364. 365. &c. What it is, and the errours concerning it. 370. Proofes of its certainty. ibid. &c. The ſame body ſhall riſe. 372. How, when, and by what power the reſurrection ſhall be. 373. For what end, and to what eſtate we ſhall riſe. 374.
Reward. No good worke of the creature meriteth reward. pag. 217. 387. Three cauſes why God promiſeth to reward our works. 388.
Riches. Whether it be lawfull to deſire them 644. Or to lay them up for hereafter. 645.
Righteouſneſſe. The righteouſneſſe of God both generall and particular. 160. How we are righteous before God. 379. What righteouſneſſe is in generall, and how manifold. 380. Vide Juſtice. Imputed righteouſneſſe is eternall. 392.
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SAbbath. Three cauſes why the commandement of the Sabbath was ſo ſeverely commanded. 576. What the Sabbath is, and how kept both by God and men. ibid. What works are forbidden on the Sabbath. 577. Two reaſons why our children and families muſt keepe the Sabbath. ibid. Objections about the Sabbath anſwered. 577. 578. Why our cattell muſt reſt on the Sabbath. 578. How manifold the Sabbath is. 578. 579. Many Sabbaths in the Old Teſtament. 579. A Table of the diſtinction of the Sabbath. 580. How the Sabbath belongeth to us Chriſtians. ibid. A double difference betweene the Chriſtian and Jewiſh obſervation of the Sabbath. 582. The cauſes why the Sabbath was inſtituted. ibid. How the Sabbath is ſanctified, and how profaned. 583. 584. 485.
Saints. What is meant by the Communion of Saints. 360. Popiſh objections for invocation of Saints anſwered. 562. 563. 564. &c.
Sacraments. They are ſignes of the Covenant. 124. 393. The originall word Sacrament, what. 394. Its definition, with its difference from other ſignes. 395. Their ends. 396. 397. Sacrament and Sacrifice, how different. 397. How the old and new Sacraments differ. 398. The difference of the ſignes and things ſignified in the Sacraments. 399. What is the right and lawfull uſe of Sacraments. 341. What the wicked receive in the Sacraments. ibid. in what the Word and Sacraments agree, and in what they differ. 402. their number. 403. Vide Baptiſme, and Supper of the Lord.
Satisfaction. Of Legall and Evangelicall ſatisfaction. 108. We can make no ſatiſfaction for two reaſons. 112. No other creature could ſatisfie for man, but man. 113. Meerely God could not ſatisfie for man. 114. Chriſts ſatisfaction is made ours two waies. 383. When we may be aſſured of Chriſts ſatisfaction imputed unto us. 384. Why and how. 384. 385.
Sacrifice. Our ſacrifices differ from Chriſts three waies. 236. How ſacrifices and ſacraments differ. 400. A propitiatory ſacrifice cannot be without bloud. 461.
Save. Saviour. Vide Jeſus. How the whole three perſons may be ſaid to ſave. 221. 222. Chriſt is our moſt perfect Saviour. 223. Why all men are not ſaved by Chriſt, and why onelyonly the faithfull. 132.
Scriptures. Their authority depend not on the Church. 5. 6. Objections againſt this anſwered. 6. 7. Arguments ſhewing the certainty of Scriptures. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Why no doctrine but the Scripture is to be received into the Church. 12. It is the rule of faith. ibid. The difference of it, and other mens opinions. 13. The Scriptures ſufficiency proved by the Ancients. 14. Objections againſt it anſwered. ibid. &c. The Papiſts objection of the Scriptures obſcurity anſwered. 18. 19. Some places of Scripture more darke then other ſome, confeſſed, and inſtanced. 19. Three points obſervable in the interpretation of Scriptures. 20. 438. Not the Church, but the holy Ghoſt is Judge of the Scriptures. 21. Six waies of deciding doubts in Scriptures. 21. 22.
Servant. Whence the word is derived, and what it ſignifies. 269.
Shamefaſtneſſe. What it is. 603.
Silence. What 612.
Simplicity. What. 612.
Sinne, Vid. Wickedneſſe. What ſinne, and what manner of ſin the firſt ſin of man was. pag. 45. It conſiſts in ſix things. pag. 45. 46. What were the cauſes of its firſt ſinne. ibid. &c. and effects. 47. The cauſe of its permiſsion by God, with excellent uſes of it. 47. 48. How we know that ſin is in us. 48. What ſin is. 49. A two fold nature of it. ibid. Two proofes that corrupt inclinations are ſinnes. 50. What originall ſin is. ib. & 51. proofes of its being derived to poſterity. ibid. Foure cauſes why Adams poſterity abideth the puniſhment of his ſinne. 53. Whether Infants ſinne, ſeeing they want will. 54. Actuall ſin what. ibid. Of reigning ſinne, and why ſo called. ibid. of mortall and veniall ſin, that Popiſh diſtinction. 55. The Elect may ſin againſt conſcience, yet not unto death. 55. All ſinne mortall in its owne nature. 56. Of ſin againſt, and not againſt conſcience. 59. Of the ſin againſt the holy Ghoſt, what, and why unpardonable. 59. 60. Sin, what it is of it ſelfe. 62. The vertues of the unregenerate are ſins by accident. ibid. What the cauſes of ſinne are. 64. An order in the cauſes of ſinne. ibidem. Foure pretended cauſes of ſin. 65. God no cauſe of it. ibid. It ariſeth from man himſelfe. 66. Its beginning is from the Devill. 67. GOD is the cauſer of ſinne, not as ſinne, but as puniſhments. ibid. The proper ends of ſinne. ibid. Sinne is a naturall property of man corrupted. 71. The fearfull effects of ſinne. 72. 73. All ſinnes not equall. 73. God, in ſinne, though he be the mover of the wicked will, yet he is not the mover of the wickedneſſe in the will. 80. Three cauſes why God is ſaid to permit ſinne. 201. The Queſtion of Gods being thought to be the cauſe of ſinne decided. 209. 210. 211. &c. Sin is not of the nature of mans fl…ſh, but by accident only. 275. The Article of remiſsion of ſins. 361.
Sit. Sitting. Why it is ſaid, Chriſt ſitteth at the right hand of God. 321. 322. Vide Hand of God.
Slandering. What. 611.
Sonne. Vide Chriſt. How Chriſt can be called the onelyonly begotten Sonne of God, when wee alſo are called his ſonnes. 238. 246. Divers ſorts of ſonnes. ibidem. How Chriſt is the onelyonly and firſt begotten Sonne of GOD. 239. How the naturall Sonne of God. 239. 244. and co-eternall. 244. 245. Chriſt ſo named before he tooke our fleſh. 245. The onelyonly begotten Sonne of God. 246. The Sonne hath all things from the Father, not by grace, but by nature. 260. Hee doth all things with the Father, as the Father doth. ibidem. Arguments againſt the Sonnes Divinity anſwered. 264. 265. Why the Sonne is called Lord, and why Our Lord. 268. How the Sonne was conceived by the holy Ghoſt. 270.
Soule. Whether immortall. 365. ſundry places of Scripture alledged againſt the immortality of the ſoule. 366. The Elects ſoules eſtate ſeparated from the body. 369.
Spirit. Vide holy Ghoſt. The divers names which are given in the Scripture to the Spirit. 341.
Suffering. Vide paſſion. pag. 290. 291. 292. &c. Whether Chriſt ſuffered according to both natures. 293. why hee ſuffered under Pontius Pilate. 294. why on the Croſſe. 295. Ancient types of that death. ibidem.
Superſtition. Who are ſuperſtitious. 540.
Supper. Vide Sacraments. What the Lords Supper is. 426. 427. Its manifold names. 427. Its ends. 428. How Baptiſme and the Lords Supper differ. 429. What it is to eate the fleſh of Chriſt in the Lords Supper. 430. who ought to approach to the Lords Supper, and who not. 462. what the wicked receive in the Lords Supper. 463. Three cauſes for which the wicked are ſaid to eate unto themſelves condemnation. 464. The right and lawfull uſe of it. 465. Who are to be admitted to it. 466. Vide Paſſeover. page 467. &c. Reaſons againſt the reall preſence. 477.
Suſpicion. What it is. 611. Foure roots of good and evill ſuſpicion. 612.
Swearing. Of right and lawfull ſwearing. 568. Whether lawfull to ſweare by the creatures. 569. By whom wee muſt ſweare. 570. Five cauſes why we muſt ſweare by GOD alone. 570. 571. Two principall cauſes of ſwearing. 573. Vide Oathes.
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TEmperance. What it is. 603.
Temptation. What it is, with its kinds. 650. What it is to leade into temptation. 651.
Teſtament. The Old and New Teſtament in what they agree, and how they differ. 126.
Thanks. Thankfulneſſe. Why the knowledge of our thankefulneſſe is neceſſary. 35. 36. What mans thankefulneſſe is, and what Chriſtian Thankefulneſſe is. 498. 560. the danger of omitting of it, or being cold in it. 560. 561.
Tranſubſtantiation. Of it very largely and learnedly. 448. 449. &c. And Conſubſtantiation. 450.
Trinity. What it is. 172. Heretikes Objections anſwered, that ſay that they are not named in the Scripture. 173. The number of perſons in Trinity. ibidem. Six ſtrong proofes of the three perſons in Trinity. 174. How diſtinguiſhed. 175. Their order, ibidem. Their Attributes, Effects, and Operations what. 175. 176. The doctrine of the Trinity neceſſary to bee held and maintained in the Church. 177. Heretikes oppoſing that doctrine. 178.
Truth. Six waies whereby we are taught the truth of GOD in Scripture. 162. Truth what. 610.
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UBiquitaries. Their opinion refuted by many ſtrong Arguments. 477. 478. &c. Three peſtilent weeds that grow in their Garden. 318.
Vertue. Two cauſes why the vertues of Ethnickes pleaſe not God. pag. 44. The vertues of the Ʋnregenerate are ſinnes by accident. 62. The difference betweene the vertues of the Regenerate, and of the Ʋnregenerate. 63.
Unchangeableneſſe. Gods unchangeableneſſe proved. 157. 158.
Union. The ſimilitude of mans body, to declare our union with Chriſt. 234. Of the union of Chriſts two Natures, and what it is in Nature, what in Perſon. 278. 279.
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WIckedneſſe. Whence the wickedneſſe of mans nature ariſeth. pag. 45.
Will. See the word Free-will. pag. 75. 76. &c. Will-worſhip is falſe worſhip. 540. What GODS will is. 638. How wee pray that that will may be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 638. 639. Of whom Gods will is to be done. 640.
Wiſdome. Chriſt is the wiſedome of God, 255.
Wiſh. How God is ſaid to wiſh any thing. pag. 87.
Word. Vide Scripture abundantly. Why Chriſt is called the Word. 230. 249. The word made fleſh expounded. 242. 254. See the word Fleſh. The word was a teacher from the beginning of the world, proved by ſundry teſtimonies. pag. 234. The Word a perſon before Jeſus was borne of the Virgin Mary. pag. 248. The Word is equall with the Father. pag. 258. The Word is conſubſtantiall with the Father. pag. 261. A confeſsion of the Incarnation of the Word made by the Fathers of Antioch. pag. 289. How the Word of GOD doth abſolve and condemne. pag. 485.
Workes. Two reaſons why the vertues of Ethnickes pleaſe not GOD. page 44. Our good workes that are praiſe-worthy, proceed not from our ſelves, but are Gods gifts. pag. 87. Good workes, how ſaid to be Ours, how not. page 89. Not perfect in the Regenerate, yet their imperfection pardoned. page 93. How Chriſt will render to every man according to his workes. page 94. No good worke of the creature meriteth reward. page 217. Evill workes merit puniſhment juſtly. ibidem. Why our workes are imperfect. pag. 387. Ten cauſes why wee cannot bee juſtified by workes. ibidem. The reward of workes are not of merit, but of grace. ibidem. &c. Three cauſes why GOD promiſeth to reward our workes. page 388. Wee muſt not be careleſſe of doing good workes. page 389. With what difference faith and good workes are required in them that are to be juſtified. page 392. Concerning the impulſive cauſe of good workes. page 499. A Table of their kindes. page 509. Three things make a good worke. page 508. Three ſorts of workes failing in the former conditions. page 509. A Table of the kindes of good workes. ibid. &c. Whether the Saints workes bee perfectly good. page 510 How they pleaſe GOD, though they bee not perfectly good. page 511. Why wee are to doe good workes, and whether they bee neceſſary. page 512. 513. Whether they can merit of God. page 514.
World. Five ſignifications of the word World. page 181. The Creation of the world proved by Scripture and Reaſons. pag. 181. 182. How GOD made it. pag. 185. It was created of nothing. ibid. 168. Reaſons why not made in a moment. pag. 168. For what cauſes God created the world. pag. 187.
Worſhip. What the true worſhip of GOD is. pag. 540. Will worſhip is falſe worſhip. ibidem. Things indifferent are to be diligently diſcerned from Gods worſhip. page 541.
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ZEale. What. pag. 599.