England Faithfully Watched, Table of contents
TABLE.
MAn is in ſoule miſery page 1
So naturally, judicially, univerſally p. 2, 3
Whether ſenſible of ſoule miſery, moved: and what demonſtrates inſenſibility p. 3, 4, 5
Chriſt ſnatcheth ſoules out of Hell P. 7
Chriſt moves ſwiftly, throughly, preventingly, raviſhingly to ſave p. 7, 8, 9
Whom Chriſt hath ſnatcht out of Satans power p. 10, 11, 12
That power which workes irreſiſtibly to ſave the ſoule, with much eaſe can ſave our body p. 13
Ignorance makes prophaneneſſe p. 14
Ignorance pollutes will, the practicke underſtanding, the conſcience, and is the Divels element p. 15, 16
The darke Church of England ſpoken to p. 16, 17
Chriſt carries ſoules to Heaven p. 18
Chriſt ſaves laboriouſly, fatherly, ſurely, p. 19, 20
Satan carries ſoules to Hell, and how p. 22, 23
Demonſtrations of Chriſts Kingdome in this world p. 25, 26
Some not far from the Kingdome of God, and yet never come there p. 30, 31
Love gives forth preferment to all Gods children p. 32
God gives orderly, purely, ſolacingly p. 32, 33
The folly of men that looke after humane favour to riſe p. 34, 35
The bleſſedneſſe of them which are beloved of God p. 36, 37
What redemption meanes p. 38, 39, 40, 41
Bodily bondage lookt after, but not ſoule bondage p. 42, 43
What a ſpirit of bondage, and a ſtate of bondage are p. 43, 44
What men in bondage, and thoſe which are out of bondage ſhould doe p. 45, 46
The choiceſt mercies come through the greateſt miſeries p. 47, 48
Grounds to give God the glory of his way, let it be how twill p. 50, 51 52, 53
Great things comming to us in way of hardſhip; exhorted to prepare for hardſhip p. 54
What ſin meanes p. 55, 56
What reconciliation notes p. 56, 57
What forgiveneſse of ſin is p. 57
Chriſt is admirable in action, and in perſon p. 59
The excellency of Chriſts perſon makes the excellency of his action p. 60
How Noble action proceeds from the Noble forme of things p. 61
What Chriſt is in compleatneſſe, he is for believers p. 62, 63
Chriſt as the Image of God to man explained p. 63, 64, 65
How to conforme to Chriſt as the Image of God p. 66
No repreſentation for Divine adoration, but Chriſt: how nature attempts nothing this way, and how fancie if it would, is diſadvantaged p. 67, 68
God inviſible in action and perſon p. 70
That God is inviſible in action, tremble before him p. 73
Gods action is inviſible, truſt in him ibid.
That God is in perſon inviſible, long to be out of the body p. 74
What firſt-borne notes. Birth-right an honourable thing p. 74, 75
They which have but a meere naturall birth-right, ſpoken to; and they which have both a naturall, and a ſpirituall p. 76, 77
B…aveneſſe of ſpirit to maintaine priviledge wanting p. 78
Every thing a this ſide Chriſt a creature: things therefore ſhould be feared, loved, truſted in, as they are p. 79, 80, 81
Men are apt to conceive too low and too meane of Chriſt p. 82
We ſet up things as we ſee them, and as we love them p. 82, 83, 84
Demonſtrations of ſetting Chriſt above all p. 84, 85
A holy ſoule cannot tire it ſelfe in the contemplation of Chriſt p. 87
There is variety, congruity, tranſcendency of excellency in Chriſt p. 87 88
Three things that deſtroy divine contemplation p 88, 89
Tis our duty and our conſolation to contemplate whole Chriſt p 90, 91
God doth create, and new create in Chriſt ibid.
All divine action going forth in Chriſt is conſolation to the godly; they may argue for the choyſeſt mercy upon this ground p. 93
Earth the room we live in here, which is low, common, darke, filthy, p. 95 96, 97
As our dwelling is, ſo ſhould we expect to find things p. 97, 98
But one good neighbour in Earth ibid.
The workes of God afford man a full ſoule imployment p. 99
The ſoule is noble in its acts, and Chriſt would loſe none for want of imployment p. 100
The ſoule is remiſſe in its acts, Chriſt leaveth this without excuſe p. 100
Whence ſoule-idleneſse about divine things ſprings p. 100, 101
Thrones, Dominions, are explained p. 102
Chriſt hath an unexpreſſable power by him at command, to over-rule this world p. 102
Angelicall properties p. 103, 104
The pride and folly of men that war againſt God p. 105
Chriſtians exhorted to truſt in Chriſt becauſe of his command of Angels p. 106, 107
All things muſt be for Chriſt p. 108
Many will dye by this law, that all is to be for Chriſt p. 110
Nothing will be for Chriſt as it ſhould be, when the heart is not p. 110
What ſpeakes the heart for God in action p. 111
Affection naturally is no whit divine p. 112
What eternity is p. 113
There is principium ordinis, temporis, & eſſentiae p. 113
Obedience muſt be ſuited to Christs being and moving p. 114
Chriſt as an eternall agent worketh in the ſoule p. 115
Chriſt being eternall, eternall things may be had p. 116
In Chriſt all things conſiſt, and what this expreſſion imports p. 117 118
What providence is, common, and ſpeciall p. 119, 120
Conſolation to neceſſitous creatures, that in Chriſt all conſiſts p. 121 122
What to be obſerved to make Chriſt give out himſelfe for ſweet ſubſiſtance p. 123
There is ſtore in Chriſt for all ſpirituall neceſſity p. 125
Grounds why not ſupplied with much from Chriſt our head p. 127
Many ſpirituall eonſiderations to quiet ſoules that are complaining for want of much of Chriſt ibid.
Chriſt as head: what his rule is, and where p. 130, 131
Men cannot beare the rule of Chriſt p. 131
Two things demonſtrate the heart ruled by Chriſt p. 132, 133
Severall conſiderations to draw the heart under the rule of Chriſt p. 134, 135
The principality of Chriſts Prieſthood demonſtrated p. 136, 137
Chriſts Prieſtly Office to be made uſed of p. 138
Hard to convince men that they truſt in their wo…kes: two things diſcover it p. 136
Conſolation in a double reſpect iſſues from the Prieſtly Office of Chriſt to believers p. 140, 141
The ſuperiority of Chriſts Propheticall Office ſet forth p. 142, 143
Chriſt teacheth internally, eternally, inſtantly p. 15, 146
Whether taught of …hriſt, and what demonſtrates it p. 146, 147
Chriſt hath a generall glory: a garment without ſeame p. 148
Gold proffered to ſinners that hath no droſſe p. 149
Perſons that would love Chriſt are excepted ibid.
God fits one thing to another p. 150
Gods way in this world is a tracing of man ibid.
The Deity ſpeaks out it ſelfe in apt action ibid.
Divine action is to make conviction p. 150, 151
God will be even with men that oppoſe him p. 152
England to juſtifie Chriſt in all her miſery p. 153
The folly of ſome in looking for great things: what fitteth for great things p. 154, 155
A gracious heart is taken with Chriſt as chiefe ibid.
Judgement is cleare, and love ſincere in a Saint p. 155, 156
Perſons exhorted to conſider who is chiefe in their ſoules: three things ſpeake the undervaluing of Chriſt p. 156, 157, 158
I cannot believe: this objection anſwered to p. 159
Saints prize Chriſt as chiefe, and ſo doth he them; the benefit of this ibid.
We are all by ſin dead: the properties of ſpiritually death p. 160, 161
Now trading is dead to thinke of dead hearts p. 163
Two things tend to ſpirituall life p. 163, 164
Chriſt hath in all things the preheminence: what univerſall dominion meanes p. 165, 166
The power of Chriſt to be laid to heart: proud ſinners to trouble at it p. 167
As God hath ſet Chriſt over all, ſo ſhould we p 168
Love ſets Chriſt as high as God hath ſet him, over all ibid.
The bleſſedneſſe of their condition that gives Chriſt preheminence in all things p. 169
How freely God contrives reliefe for man p. 170
Free motion, the pureſt, the nobleſt, the ſureſt, the ſweeteſt p. 170, 171
That Gods motion to ſinners is free, ſhould comfort them p. 172
Tis pleaſing to God to give grace, but not ſo to ſinners to receive it ibid.
Deniall of free grace hath foure aggravations p. 173, 174
Every thing is ſhaped to man according to Gods own will p. 178
Things, below man, equall to man, above man, are all ſhaped by Gods will p. 179
Though God, yet no man may purſue his own will ibid.
A man faſt to his will, was firſt very looſe from God p. 180
A man pinned to his will hath three grand plagues upon him p. 181 182
Very comfortable in all conditions, that things come to us according to Gods will p. 183
God reſtleſſe till fallen man relieved p. 161
Tis naturall to God to ſhew mercy: he eyes the beauty of action, the neceſſity of action p. 161, 162
The property of Gods motion is reſtleſse to good; the contrary to this is diabolicall, and yet in ſome men: evils of it p. 162, 163
Chriſt hath all fulneſſe, reception and fruition unto the higheſt bleſſedneſſe: this demonſtrated p. 166, 167
Though Chriſt have all fulneſſe, yet empty creatures care little for him p. 168
Some have no grace nor no good nature ibid.
Grace in fulneſſe, the felicity of life p. 169
Chriſts fulneſſe is a Chriſtians p. 170
We are to prize perſons and things according to the worth that is in them p. 171
The properties of internall wealth p. 171, 172
If perſons were prized according to what is in them, and not according to other things, the world would be rightly ranked p. 173
How to diſcerne what is in men p. 174
Reconciliation defined p 176
We looke after friendſhip, but miſtake what friendſhip is neceſsary p. 179
Victories ſpeake not God reconciled p. 180
Bleeding ſoules ſpoken particularly to from the poynt of reconciliation p. 181
Every condition in this world hath mutation p. 182
Sin, the will of God, and the wiſdeme of God, how they have their influence into the mutation of things p. 183
Mutation preaches ſubmiſſion p. 184
Inward mutations the ſaddeſt p. 185
That things change here, ſhould commend the life to come to us p. 186
The greateſt cruelty is amongſt perſons hypocritically profeſſing Chriſtianity p. 187
Profeſſion a thing of courſe ibid.
Conviction makes converſion, or further perverſion p. 188
We ſhould not account our perſons and fortunes ſecure becauſe we live amongst perſons profeſſing Chriſtianity p. 188, 189
The grounds upon which ſome are over credulous ibid.
Mee profeſſion demonſtrated in two things p. 190, 191
The proper plague of hypocriſie is ſearing p. 192
What the blood of the croſſo meanes p. 193
All that belongs to our welfare contrived upon the croſse by Chriſt p. 195
Ʋnſenſible perſons neglect the benefit of the blood of Chriſt p. 195, 196
Where conſcience bleeds, the blood of the croſſe is of uſe p. 196, 197
Chriſts blood engageth God to give faith p. 197
What is meant by reconciling all things which are in Heaven, and which are in earth p. 198
The Nobleſt creatures are beholding to Chriſt p. 199
The leſſe may be ſaid for ſin the greater it is ibid.
Grace workes unexpreſsible reſt to us-ward p. 200
Grace did worke more compendiouſly then now it doth p. 201
Mercy is infinite, and works ſo ibid.
Bounty ſhould be admired ibid.
The contemplation of Chriſts ſweetneſſe makes the marriage knot p. 202
Such as are ſtript of all their outward eſtate comforted p. 203
We are apt ſinfully to forget ſin p. 205
God hath eſpied that we forget ſin, and he is rouſing up our memory p: 207
A ſad demonſtration that England doth ſinfully forget her ſin p. 208
A ſinners hand to the divels plough, he may looke backe p. 209
To looke backe upon a bad life is of grace p. 210
What alienation is p. 211
Alienation ſhould be laid to heart: tis ſometimes eternized p. 213 p. 214
God very inclinable to imbrace that ſoule which is far from him p. 215
What a bleſſedneſſe tis to enjoy the preſence and fellowſhip of God ibid.
What an enemy to Chriſt is p. 217
Many are now one againſt another, poſſibly all againſt Chriſt p. 219
Integrity hath a double univerſality in it p. 220
Adverſaries of the Lord called upon to ceaſe their courſe p. 221
The prime ſeat of ſin, where it is, and why ſo ſeated p. 222, 223
Whether ſin be diſseated, and what may demonſtrate it p. 224, 225
The greateſt bleſſing in the world to get ſin throughly out of the mind ibid.
What is to be an enemy to Chriſt with the mind p. 226, 227
Sinners laſt ſhift for ſin is, that they did it againſt their mind p. 228
Remedy muſt be ſpeedy when ſinners ſet to ſinne with their mind ibid.
What makes the action of a man wicked p. 229, 230
Our life wrapt up in our motion p. 232
What to be done to right things amiſſe in the outward man p. 233
What goes to make up a good action p. 234
The grace of God unto life is in all reſpects free p. 236
God invites univerſally, affectionately p. 236, 237
God purſues prerogative altogether in his diſpenſations ibid.
Not a creature that can engage God p. 238
The favour of God goes forth for nothing in man, but the wrath of God goes forth alwaies for ſomething in man p. 239
Grace is free in reference to all ſoule diſtreſſes p. 240
Grace free to carnall wretches p. 241
God in meane and low waies brings about great things p. 242
Enemies of the Lord ſhould tremble, that Chriſt doth great things by ſmall meanes p. 244, 245
God ſhould be honoured in his way of doing great things by ſmall means p. 246, 247
Tis a hard thing to be kindly affected with what others doe for us: from what ſuch an affection ſprings p. 248, 249
The mortality of all earthly things p. 252
Wiſedome will have no Heaven here p. 253
Every thing dying, and yet carnall affection alive ibid.
Chriſtians poore in the things of this life, cheered p. 254
All thing dying here, but all things ever living above; ſhould make one long for that ſtate ibid.
Divine preſentation opened p. 255, 256
The properties of that preſentation which Chriſt makes when he preſents the ſoule to his Father in Heaven p. 257, 258
The people of God cheered with this that they ſhall be gloriouſly preſented to God p. 259
Through abiding in the faith opened p. 262
Some mens religion a principle of jugling with conſcience p. 265
They have much of Chriſt internally who cleave cloſe to him ibid.
Man advantaged is an uncertaine creature in a good courſe p. 266 267
What are advantages and what diſadvantages to a ſtedy courſe p. 268 269
None ſhould be confident of the ſtedineſs of motion from any gifts p. 271
Things that would move very ſtedy muſt riſe very high p. 272
What hope is p. 273
How joy comes in to the ſoule ibid.
The ſoule naturally fits up much p. 274.
Hope hath all ſenſes exquiſite p. 275
Hope converſant about no ill: hope converſant about the Nobleſt good ibid.
Tis a heavy ſtroke when the ſoule refuſeth comfort p. 276
How to know that all ſinne is diſcharged p. 279
What poſitions to be held, which ſecretly induce hope p. 277
What a double miſerable condition tis in theſe times to be without hope p. 279
The Goſpell is a grand bleſſing p. 281
The Goſpell makes an exact diſcovery of man, and of God p. 282
The Goſpell loathed by us; the evill of it p. 283, 284
Great favours given, we ſhould returne anſwerably to him p. 285
Saving grace hath a univerſality in it p. 187
Chriſt hath vaſt power to do good, and he cannot ſuſpend it, in order to a diſtreſſed ſoule p. 288
Chriſt is upon this deſigne of giving himſelfe to the ſoule that would have him p. 291
What the word Paul ſignifies p. 293
The freeneſſe of God in all diſpenſations of grace and place ſhould be matter of admiration p. 294
The Land full of mercies, and full of nothing but brutes which tread upon them p. 295
The proper worke of Chriſtians to admire the grace of God p. 298, 299
Duty at laſt is ſweeteſt p. 300
Obedience rejected becauſe of its iſſue, a damnable fault p. 301
What magnanimity is p. 302, 303
The great need of magnanimity in theſe times p. 304
The ſoules of Gods people as well as their bodies ſuffer in this world p. 306, 307
Comfort when paines rage inwardly p. 309
A man ſhould be very long ere he make a poſitive concluſion upon ſome workes of God towards him p. 310
Two conſiderations which may relieve much when trials pinch the ſoule p. 311
To fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Chriſt, &c. This opened p. 401
The fury of man implacable ibid.
Malicious men fire-ſhovels p. 402
Chriſt hath left all his prime buſineſſe in this world to Chriſtians ibid.
At what height we are to be for Chriſt p. 403
None ſhould be ſecure: ſin and juſtice will meet any where; in a City walled with Braſſe ibid.
Chriſt hath drunke of the bloody cup in his turne, the next is this Saint or that p. 404
Gods people are not all in priſon at once, and why p. 404, 405
The order of trials to Gods people, hints the order of judgements to the wicked p. 407
The ſufferings of a Saint but his turne p. 408
A great honour to drinke of the cup that Chriſt did ibid.
All earth beares thernes p. 409
What oppreſſion is p. 410
How many waies oppreſſion is made p. 411
Great men incident to the ſin of oppreſſion p. 412
The greatneſſe of the evill of oppreſſion, the cauſe of civill war p. 413
The goodneſſe of Chriſt to be admired, as delivering from oppreſſors p. 414
The Church Militant deſcribed p. 415
The miſery of the Militant Church to be laid to heart p. 419
How Chriſtians finde their hearts moved to wreſtle for the land p. 420
The Croſſe keeps off ſome from the Church Militant p. 421
The Church Triumphant p. 423
All cannot be of the Church Triumphant p. 427
The ſoule that pants for Heaven ſpoken to p. 428
Whats done for the ſoules reliefe muſt be ſpeedy p. 429
Two things incomparably ſwift in bringing forth p. 430
Of a ſudden ſinners are undone ibid.
Forbidden fruit agrees well enough with ſome ſtomacks p. 431
Family diſtribution mans bleſſedneſse p. 433
We ſhould not content our ſelves with common mercies p. 434
They that feed on family favours owe much to God ibid.
Chriſt peculiarly applies himſelfe in all his diſpenſations; unto his owne people p. 436
Towards whom Chriſt inclines we ſhould p. 438
The heart of Chriſt hanging towards his people, they ſhould ſucke this Honey-combe p. 439
How the heart of God inclines cannot be gathered by his hand p. 441
Not ſafe to calculate kindneſſe by the motion of outward things p. 442
The word of Chriſt pure, pleaſant p. 444
The Goſpell rejected p. 446
We are ſpectators of ſin and juſtice in height p. 447
VVho it is within us that ſpeakes, and what anſwers we returne p. 448
There is a power opening and ſhutting things of eternall conſequence in order to man in this life p. 449
VVhat Chriſt can doe to a perverſe ſoule p. 451
Sweet to conſider that ſacred concealments are but for a time p. 452
Mercies have their ſeverall demenſions p. 453
Love heightens diſpenſation till the ſoule be lifted to Heaven ibid.
Growth not regarded ſpeaks unſoundneſſe of heart p. 454
We have greater things then our fathers, and regard them not p. 455
What the demonſtrative light of the Goſpell is p. 456
Some have Jobs wiſh, they give up the ghoſt in the wombe p. 458
The moſt are finally left ibid.
Two things hint a ſoule finally left p. 460
Gods people ſhall not be utterly forſaken ibid.
A Chriſtian is a hungry, thirſty ſoule, and the grounds of it p. 464, 465
What is a Chriſtians game p. 466
Growing Chriſtians a great bleſſing to a Land p. 467
Such as would be ſtrong in affection, directed p. 469
What the riches of the myſtery of the Goſpell is p. 470
Heaven proferd as in Heaven p. 474
Chriſt and his Miniſters to be prized p. 475
What a Gentile is p. 477
The danger of conviction ſtifled p. 461
Gentiles in heart ſhould be ſo in name p. 480
Mercy for Gentiles p. 481
Chriſt in man, what it is p. 482
Chriſt chuſeth a very forlorne ſeat in this world p. 483
Our ſoules are the ſpirituall grave of Chriſt, and he will be the victory of this grave p. 487
VVhat hope is p. 488
Our felicity lies in Noble principles p. 450
VVhat glory is p. 491, 492
Goſpell adminiſtration makes exact illumination p. 496
Chriſt ſlaine, his blood cries in conſcience p. 498
The vindiction of conſcience p. 499
Divine words put themſelves into the mind p. 501
VVhere the word is magiſterially in the heart p. 504
VVhat to doe, when the word is of no ſpirituall force p. 506
Goſpell purification is full p. 508
I am ſo filthy, that I ſhall never be made clean: this objection anſwered p. 510
The ſoule of man is with much difficulty brought home to Chriſt p. 514
The ſeverall waies the heart hath to keep off the power of the word ibid.
VVe ſhould conſider well to what our hearts are facile p. 516
How we are to put price upon the ſoule p. 517
All our perfection is in Chriſt p. 519
Moſt in their purſuit after a perfect ſtate miſtake p. 521
The employment of a Miniſter of Chriſt very laborious p. 524, 525
The ſoule very precious to Chriſt p. 526
How to eaſe a Miniſters labour p. 528
Bad contention, what it is p. 531
Good contention, what it is p. 532
The divine nature of contention, wherein it lies p. 533
The contention of moſt, voyd of divine property p. 535
Efficiency, ſufficiency, alſufficiency, in Chriſt p. 537
Externall inducements nothing to make one truly religious p. 541
Our life beares upon the operation of Chriſt p. 542
VVhat internall operation is p. 544
Internall operation, of eternall force p. 546
Our greateſt maladies are internall, and yet cureable p. 547
The greateſt good, is that which Chriſt loves p. 549
FINIS TABULAE.
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