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THE ALPHABETICAL TABLE.
A
Addition
NO addition to ſin can make it good. Page 18
Affliction
Affliction is better than ſin. 3
It's light. ibid
Chriſts the greateſt. 8
Some good in it. 11
It is inſtrumentally good. 12
It is ſanctified to the Soul. ibid
A fruit of Gods love. 13
Good annexed to it. 14
Good of Promiſe. ibid
Good of Evidence. 15
Good of Bleſſing. ibid
Affliction cannot make a man evil. 140
Affliction may ſtand with Gods love. 266
Affliction to ſinners the beginning and forerunner of all evil. 336, 337.
—Ripens them for deſtruction. 337
It is not mercy to be delivered from affliction when we are in a ſinful way. 439
It is ſometimes a judgement not to be afflicted. 443
Approve
God approves no ſin. 38
Abſtain
Some abſtain from ſin for fear of Affliction only 523
Avoid
Some ſin to avoid affliction 526
Authority
Sin reſiſts Gods Authority 65
Attributes
Sin wrongs God in his Attributes 58
—They plead againſt ſinners 67
Alſufficiency
Sin wrongs God in his Alſufficiency 59
B
Beams
Beams of Gods wiſdom in the light of nature 63
Bitterneſs
Sin makes affliction bitter 330
Bleſs
Saints bleſs God for afflictions 16
—Not for ſin ibid
Bleſs God for Chriſt 482
Burden
Chriſts burden 127
Sin a burden to heaven and earth 321
Beaſt
A ſinner worſe than a beaſt 370, 371
Bondage
Sinners in bondage to the Devil 264, 265
Bounds
No bounds to be ſet to our love of God, and hatred of ſin 350, 351, 352.
C
Capable
Sin is not capable of good 17
Men and Angels only capable of ſin 73
Charge
Job's falſe charge 1
Saints muſt charge their hearts 54
Choice
Sin a worſe choice than affliction 2
The wicked choice 60
Conſcience
Conſcience muſt not be ſtrain'd 21
Trouble of Conſcience being overcome, if men return to ſin, they are worſe 91
Make Conſcience of all ſins 450
Conſcience troubled for ſin what: 385, &c.
—It is the beginning of the ſecond death 399, 409
Cry
Saints cry unto God 16
Creator
Sin wrongs God as a Creator 69
Contrary
Nothing contrary to God but ſin 35
Contraries ſeek the deſtruction one of another 53
Cauſe
God no cauſe of ſin 37
Creature
Creature comforts in order to God 38
All Creatures againſt ſinners 289
The Devil the loweſt Creature 364
Curſe
Chriſt made a Curſe 131
Sinners under the Curſe 291
Sin is a Curſe ibid
Sin brings a Curſe upon the whole world 321
Sin brings a Curſe upon al evil. 331
Comforts
—Of wicked men, what: 279
No comfort by ſin 432
Confuſion
Sin would bring all to confuſion 323
Conformity
—To Chriſt, in ſufferings; to the Devil in ſin 355, 356, 357, 358.
Condemnation
Sin brings men under the ſentence of it 277
Condemnation not recalled but tranſmitted to Chriſt 278
Communion
—With God, what: 254
Converſe
They fit to converſe that live the ſame life 254, 255
Covenant
The Covenant of Grace keeps ſin from taking away the Image of God in the regenerate 256
Conſequence
—Of the Law and Goſpel 492
Courſe
Some get from affliction by ſinful courſes 534
D
Death
Sin the Death of the ſoul 255
Deliberation
Sin needs no deliberation becauſe wholly evil 29
Diſeaſe
Sin compared to a diſeaſe 257
Deſpiſe
Sin is deſpiſing of God 46
Who deſpiſe their ſouls 310
Deſtruction
Sin ſeeks Gods deſtruction 54
Devil
The Devil better than a baſe luſt 61
Sin is Originally from the Devil 358, 359
Lay not all upon the Devil 360
Sins reference to the Devil 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363
Do
Few men know what they do when they ſin againſt God 8
Deceive
The way of the wicked deceiveth 294
Deliver
Delivering up to Satan, what: 377
Some bleſs themſelves in ſins, after their deliverance from Affliction 536
Dealings
Gods dealings with the wicked and godly are different 440
Draw
Draw not others to ſin 492
Defile
Sin defileth the ſoul 262
It defileth all things man meddleth with ibid
Delight vide Joy
Delight in ſins dreadful 462, 463, &c.
God takes delight in the ſouls that converſe with him 255
Departing
Sin a departing from God 285
Deſpair
Deſpair is not from the depth of humiliation 86
—But from want of it ibid
Divorce
It is hard to make a divorce between ſin and the ſoul 90
Diſpleaſure
Gods diſpleaſure againſt ſin 113
—Againſt Angels 114
—Againſt Men 117
—Manifeſted in his law 118
—In its Terror and Curſe 119
—In his ſeverity againſt ſmal ſins 119, 120 121
—His Wrath & Hell 122
Gods dealing alſo with his fore-ſhews his diſpleaſure againſt ſin 123, 124, &c.
Gods diſpleaſure with his people 438, 439
Deceit
Againſt deceit 466
E
Enemy
Who Gods enemies 48
To whom God an enemy 285, 286
All the Creatures are enemies to ſinners 288, 289
Encourage
Saints encouraged to bear afflictions 17
End
Men think of three good ends in committing of ſin 18
No good end in ſin ibid
The end of the Agent and of the Act 44
Loſs of the end worſe than loſs of means 75
Gods glory his end of creation 76
Mans end what 259
Endleſs
—Torments 133, 134
Enjoy
We cannot enjoy God and ſinful wayes together 61
Eſtate, vide Gettings
Wicked men uſurpe not their Eſtates 280
—Have right to them and how ibid
Eternity
The Eternity of all evil from ſin 339
Evil
—Sin the greateſt 10
Of Two Evils to chooſe the leaſt, no god axiome in point of ſin 23
Sin makes a man evil 140
It's better to hear & reade evils than feel them 297
F
Face
Gods face what 286
Fight
Who fight againſt God 41
Froward
Guilt cauſeth frowardneſs 270
Fuel
Proſperity is fuel to ſin 436
Full
Mens hearts full of ſin 458
Flouds
Flouds of wickedneſs 460
Fear, vide Terror
Sin cauſeth fear 290
You muſt not fear affliction more than ſin 517
Feeling
Paſt feeling 473
G
God
God needs not the Devil to help his Cauſe 21
Good
Good in compariſon vide Affliction 3
Good of Entity and Cauſality 11
Good by occaſion 12
Good inſtrumentally ibid
Good and End is the ſame 258
Sin ſpoyls all good 320
Grief
—Muſt be for others ſins as well as for our own 103
Guilt
Sin brings guilt 269
Guilt what ibid
Guilt makes men bloudy 270
Guilt takes away comfort 271
Guilt brings fear 272, 273, 274, 275
Only guilt makes ſufferings evil 276
Gettings
Gettings by ſin coſt dear 430
Gettings by ſin are accurſed 431, &c.
Glory
Sin labors to fruſtrate God of his glory 75
It cannot fruſtrate Gods glory 76
God wil have his glory one way or other 78
Our good and Gods glory connexed 312
Grace
An eternal Good 340, 346
In Grace no power to work except God works with it 359
H
Hearts
The different working of the Saints hearts 15
The way to break a heart 96
Sin hardens the heart 297
Hell
Hell is better than ſin 4
Humble
The way to humble the ſoul 34, & 47, 48, 49
Few humbled truly 84
Holineſs
Sin caſts dirt upon Gods holineſs 64
Holineſs what 291
Horror
—Is not true Humililiation 88
Houſe
The houſe where ſin is, is worſe than that which is haunted by the Devil 374, 375
Harden
Proſperity hardens 442
Hands
Concerning ſuch as lay violent hands upon themſelves 19
Hate
God hates ſin 38
Who hate God 44
The object of Gods hatred 265, 266, 267
Sinners hate themſelves 310
Humiliation
—For ſin againſt God ſanctifies his name 87
—It abides after pardon 89
—Makes a divorce from ſin 91, 92
Exhortations to humiliation for ſin 471
I
Image
Sin moſt oppoſite to the Image of God in man 145, 146
The excellency of the image of God in man 147
Holineſs the image of God 147, 148, 149, 150, 151
Infinite
Infinite and leſs than infinite cannot ſtand together 345
A kind of infinitneſs in ſin 345
Infinite power muſt overcome ſin 346
Sin hath infinite deſert 347
Sin deſerves infinite miſery ibid
Infinite in time, and in degree 348
An infinite price paid for ſin 349
Juſtice
Sin wrongs God in his juſtice 66
Judgement
Examples of Gods judgements upon ſin 118, 119, 120, 121, 122
The difference of the judgment of God, from the judgment of the world 142
Spiritual judgements the worſt 502
Joy
Againſt joy in ſin 464 465, 466, 467, 468
Sin damps joy 468, 469
K
Know
Few men know God or ſin 80, 81
Sinners know not the excellency of the rational creature 306
They know not Gods holineſs 307
Four things muſt be known 327
Knowledg
Knowledg of ſin makes Chriſt precious 56
Kingdom
—Of Chriſt, and of Satan, what 361, 362, 363
L
Law
—The glaſs to ſee ſin 124
Light
Common light, and ſaving light 150
Little
Call no ſin little 448, 449, 450
Lye
An Officious lye 19
Lye not to ſave the world 20
Life
Sin ſtrikes at the life of God in man, 151, 152, 256
What the life of God in man is 253
The life of man excellent 256
Loſſes
A Chriſtian may have many Croſſes, but no Loſſes 340
Liberty
Proſperity gives liberty to ſin 437
M
Mercy
Sin wrongs Gods Mercy 68
Mediator
—Muſt be God & Man 82
Miniſtry
Miniſtry of the Word is for our good 295
—And Gods glory ibid
—It makes ſin bitter ib.
—Makes ſtomachs riſe againſt it 296
—A great Ordinance 323
Magiſtracy
—A great Ordinance 324
Marriners
—Englands ſtrength 324, 325, 326
Mean
Mean-men, who 252
Malliciouſneſs
Maliciouſneſs in ſin 312
Means
Means to cruſh ſin 323
Melancholly
—Diſtinguiſhed from trouble of Conſcience 387, 388, 389, 390, 391 392, 393, 394, 395
—Six Differences of it 414, &c.
Miſery
Men freed from affliction may be in miſery 426
Great miſery when ſin and affliction meet 504
N
Nature
Sin in its nature oppoſite to God 35
Mans nature 253
Neceſſity
No man brought to a neceſſity of ſinning 24
O
Omniſcience
Gods Omniſcience wronged by ſin 62
Omnipreſence
Gods Omnipreſence wronged by ſin ib.
Oppoſition
—Of ſin to God in Four things 33
Order
Sin breaks the worlds Order 72
Occaſion
God takes occaſion by ſin 73
Affliction may occaſion ſin 141
P
Perſecute
Who perſecute God 47
Pitty
Sinners to be pittied 313, 314, 315
Pleaſed
Saints never well pleaſed with ſin 16
Pleaſed with Affliction ibid
Price
A great price notes greatneſs of iniſery, or of the Perſon 350
Promiſes
The promiſes of ſin are deluſions 25
Poſſeſſion
Satans poſſeſſion of the heart 379
God hates not people poſſeſſed, but pitties them 380
Portion
The Devil and wicked men have the ſame portion 383
Proſperity
Of proſperity by ſin 428 429, 430
Of ſin by proſperity 436, 437, 438
Proſperity a judgment to the wicked 441
Plead
Plead no… for ſin 500
Pardon
Some Saints grieve moſt after apprehenſion of Pardon 90
Pardon is a great mercy 445, 446
Patience
—Of God to be admired 92
—Of Chriſt is perfect 233
Power
Sin wrongs God in his power 65
Power in creatures a drop of Gods power in them 287
Pray
Afflictions teach to pray 298
R
Rebellion
Sin is rebellion 45
Report
Martyrs have a good report 6
Repentance
—A continual act 89
Reſiſt
Sin reſiſts God, how 42
Revenge
Let out revenge upon ſin 317
Root
All ſin comes from the ſame root 43
Rejoyce
Saints rejoyce not in ſin 16
Saints rejoyce in affliction ibid
Redemption
Sin wrongs Chriſt in his work of Redemption 70
Reſtore
Ill gotten goods muſt be reſtored 432, 433, 434, 435
Reſtitution
—According to the nature of the wrong 497
S
Satisfie
Sin denies good in God to ſatisfie the ſoul 58
Serviceable
No good thing ought to be Serviceable to ſin 27
Seed
Sin the ſeed of evil 293 Grace the ſeed of good ibid
Shame
Shame better than ſin 6, 7
Sin brings ſhame 303, 304, 305
Why Sinners not aſhamed 306
Sufferings
—Of Martyrs 5
The red glaſs of Chriſts ſufferings 124
More in Chriſts ſufferings than in any 134
Speak
—For God 104, 105
Strength
—Of Chriſt 133
Sin the ſtrength of all evil 328, 329
Striving
Striving againſt God, what 42
Striking
Sin is a ſtriking at God 50
Spirit
Sin wrongs the Spirit of God 71
Sweat
Chriſts ſweat 128
Strictneſs
Strictneſs of Gods people juſtified 448
Stubbornneſs
Stubbornneſs diſtinguiſhed from from Conſcientiouſneſs 452
Separate
What ſeparates men for God 291
What ſeparates men from God 292
Slave, vide Subject Soul
Chriſts Soul ſufferings 401
Sorrow
Chriſts ſorrow 125
Sin
—More evil than any miſery 3, &c.
—A heavie Thing 7
—A Non-Entitie 11
—No good in the being of it ibid
—It is cauſe of no good 12
—It comes not from good 13
—No good annexed to it 14
—No good of Promiſe ibid
—Of Evidence ibid
—Of Bleſſing 15
Sin is Oppoſite to all good 319
Sin in its ſelf is miſery 354
Sin ſells the ſoul to the devil 367
—Turns the ſoul into a Devil 368
Senſible
Some more ſenſible of affliction than ſin 528
Sinner
Every ſinner guilty of all the ſins in the World 362
Succeſſion
—Of Sin 362, 363
Subject
Difference between a Slave, and a Subject 366
T
Temptation
—To avoid 98
—Edward the 6th avoids it with tears 101
—No ſin if not entertained 372
Terror
What cauſeth terror 273, 274
Thoughts
Thoughts of God terrible to ſome 273
Time
Time ſpent in ſin is loſt 28
Truth
Sin wrongs God in his truth 67
Truth in its Latitude, the object of mans underſtanding 283
Turns
Sin turns all good into evil 321
Exhortation to turn from ſin 476
V
Venture
No good ſhould be ventured for ſin 26
Venome
—Of ſin 43
Vile
A wicked perſon is a vile perſon 141, 144
Uſeleſs
Wicked men uſeleſs men 29
Undo
Man doth undo himſelf by ſin 140, 262
Union
What breaks Union 282. 284
Spiritual things Unite 282
Why mans ſoul is capable of Uuion with God 283, 284
W
Wiſdom
Sin wrongs God in his wiſdom 63
Weapons
Sinners fight againſt God with his own weapons 77
Way
—Of the godly and wicked difference 441
Worſe
No man is worſe for Affliction, but for Sin 141
Worth
All the men in the world not worth one Chriſtian 143, 145
The end is worth the means 260, 261
Work
Sin is not the work of God 25
Sin oppoſite to God in its working 41
World
Sin would deſtroy the world, were it not for Gods wiſdom 74
Wrong
What wrong ſin doth to God 54
They who have wronged God, muſt do much for God 109, 110, 111, 112
—Sin wrongs the Soul 309
Wrath
—Of God 125
Chriſt drinks the Cup of Gods wrath 129
What the wrath of God is 343
Will
A Sinner exalts his will above Gods 64, 65
Fulfils the Devils will 363, 364, 365
Walk
How God walks contrary to ſinners 286
Word
The Word muſt be prized 406, 407
The Word juſtified for threatning 455, 456
Worm
Sin is the matter whereon the worm breeds 263
Wayes to kill the worm of Conſcience here 26
The Blood of Chriſt cures the worm here 264
Weight
—Of Sin, what 132
God weighs out Afflictions to Saints 334, 335
It is good to bring ſins weight upon our ſelves 474
Y
Youth
It is good to be godly in Youth 488
FINIS.
THere are theſe ſeveral Books of Mr. Jeremiah Burroughs that will ſhortly be publiſhed, viz. His Sermons on Job 36. 21. The ſecond of Peter the 1. and 1. The firſt Epiſtle of John 3. 3. The ſecond of Corinthians 5. 7. Matthew 11. 28, 29, 30. The ſecond of Corinthians 5. 18, 19, 20.
There are alſo in the Preſs Seventeen Books (being the ſubſtance of many Sermons) Preached at Harford in New England; By Mr. Thomas Hooker, ſomtime Fellow of Emanuel Colledg in Cambridg, in England; which are Diſcourſes on Seventeen ſeveral Scriptures.
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