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The Combat Between the Flesh and Spirit · Christopher Love

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An ALPHABETICAL TABLE, TO the foregoing Treatiſe of the conflict between the Fleſh and Spirit.

A

SPirit of God works not alike in all. Page. 66

Attendance on Ordinances. p. 103

Affections unruly. p. 179

Aptneſſe to fall into any ſinne. p. 194

Spiritual Abatements. p. 214

Chriſtian Religion not Auſtere. p. 218

Arminian objections anſwered. p. 249

B

Blame of ſin onelyonly due to us. p. 131, 132

And not to God or devil. p. 161

Buſineſs of the world hinders holy duties. p. 210

C

Conviction for ſin long after the Commiſſion of it. p. 40

We muſt not go out of our Calling. p. 49

We muſt follow our particular Calling. p. 52

Conſtancy in duty. p. 65

Cuſtomary ſinning. p. 117

Conflict of Fleſh and Spirit. p. 124

Of Corruption of our natures. p. 141

Concupiſcence a ſinne. p. 160

Conflict againſt ſinne fourefold. p. 165

Conſcience Gods ſpie. p. 182

Contrariety of Fleſh and Spirit. p. 186, 187

Why God ſuffers this Contrariety of our Corrupt natures to good. p. 198

No Confidence to be put in duties. p. 256

D

Deſpiſing Ordinances. p. 10

Depending on Ordinances. ibid.

Deliberate ſinners. p. 33, 34

Devil may move a man to that which is good. p. 48

We muſt not Depend on that we do. p 54

Spiritual deſertions of three ſorts. p. 59

Duties ſpiritually done. p. 63, 64

Duties diligently done. p. 64

Satanical deluſions. p. 86, 87

Difference between the godly ſinning, and the wicked. p. 112, 113, 114.

Diabolical motions. p. 156

Corruption in us to our dying day. p. 192

Sin diverts from and diſturbs in duty. p. 207

Gods decrees abuſed. p. 216

Defilement cleaves to duty. p. 233

Deſire to do is doing. p. 258

E

Our Fleſh a malicious enemy. p. 135

An univerſal enemy. p. 136

Other properties of this enmity. p. 137, 138

We can never do good enough. p. 220

Falſe ends of doing duty. p. 244, 245

Education may reſtraine from evil. p. 283

F

Fervency and Frequency in duty. p. 62

Fulfill luſts of the Fleſh what. p. 110

Fleſh, the meaning of it. p. 121

How the Fleſh oppoſeth the Spirit. p. 120

Slaviſh Feare. p. 176, 177

G

Spirit of God our Guide. p. 82

Why we muſt follow the Spirits Guidance. p. 83, 84

We have more ſin then Grace. p. 191

H

Health muſt be preſerved. p. 51, 52

Humiliation for corruptions. p. 144

Our corruption hinders us from doing good. p. 208

I

Jeſus Chriſt a faithful High Priest. p. 66

Inobſervancy of the Spirit. p. 92, 93

Indulgence of ſinne. p. 118

Inticements to ſinne. p. 127, 128, 129

Inability to do good pretended. p. 217

Of Interruptions in holy duties. p. 231, 232

K

How godly kept from doing evil. p. 262, &c.

The holy Spirit keepes us. p. 265

We are not able to keepe our ſelves. p, 277

Gods keeping of us implies our care. ibid.

L

Luſts of the Fleſh. p. 109

Of ſeeing Little ſinnes. p. 129

M

Moral perſwaſions what. p. 13, 105

Sevcral Motions of the Spirit to good. p. 45

Evil Motions of the heart. p. 47

Miſery of thoſe from whom Gods Spirit is withdrawn. p. 71

How we may know the Motions of the Spirit from the Motions of our natural conſcience. p. 84, 85

Common and ſaving Motions of the Spirit. p. 88

Our natures receptive of evil Motions. p. 94

Mortification. p, 150

Mourne for corruption. p. 251

N

Great is our Need of Gods Spirit. p. 70

Of a Natural conſcience. p. 175, 176

Neceſſity of Ordinances. p. 208

O

A childe of God may Often commit the ſame ſin. p. 41

Avoid Occaſions to ſinne. p. 149

Of Oppoſition of ſinne by the godly and wicked. p. 169, &c.

Of Original ſinne. p. 205, 257

Of neceſſity of Ordinances. p 209

Omiſſion of good damnable. p 228

P

Pouring out of the Spirit in latter dayes. p. 14

Pretending to have the Spirit. p. 101, 102

Potency of the Fleſh. p. 133, 134

R

Repentance a work of the Spirit. p. 31

Motions of the Spirit in Reprobates. p. 89

Rejoycing in evil. p 113

Why corrupt nature remaines in the Regenerate. p. 266, 967

A Regenerate man doth not ſin as he did before. p. 134, 144

Of Reſtraining grace. p. 276

S

Sons of God, what it implies. p. 2

Spirit of God withdrawing. p. 6

Spirit of God works mediately. p 16, 17

Saints may fall into thoſe ſins which are contrary to their graces wherein they are moſt eminent. p. 37 38

Signes of the Spirits withdrawing. p 60, 61, 62

Sin cauſeth the Spirit to withdraw. p 73, 74

Sin brings no good fruit. p. 97

How the Spirit is in us. p. 100

Suppreſſe the firſt ſtirring of ſin. p. 147, 148

Senſe of ſinne. p. 202, 203, 204.

Succeſleſneſſe in duty, whence. p. 226

Sincerity accepted. p. 259

T

Spirit of God keeps us from yielding to Temptations. p. 28.

Gods Spirit withdrawes but for a time. p. 77

V

Good unſeaſonably done. p. 50

W

Withdrawing of the Spirit. p. 6

Wrong ſix fold to Gods Spirit. p. 7

Withdrawing of Spirit from the Word. p. 18

Symptomes of the Spirits withdrawing from the Word. p. 23, 24

Reaſons of the Spirits withdrawing. p. 32.

Chriſtians are weak to do good. p. 69

Of walking in the Spirit. p. 80

Of weariſomneſſe in holy duties. p. 238

We muſt watch our hearts. p. 254

Wicked men reſtrained. p. 271, 272, &c.

Wicked men may abſtaine from ſinne, and yet not upon gracious grounds. p. 286, 287, &c.

FINIS.

THE Chriſtians Directory, TENDING To guid him in thoſe ſeverall conditions which Gods providence may caſt him into. Digeſted in ſeverall SERMONS, BY The late faithful Servant of Jeſus Chriſt, Mr. CHRISTOPHER LOVE, Miniſter of Laurence Jury.

LONDON, Printed for John Rothwell, at the Fountain and Bear in Goldſmiths Row in Cheapſide, 1653.

TO THE READER.

Chriſtian Reader,

THe experience which the World hath had of the worth of the works of this Reverend Author, renders a commendatory Epiſtle needleſs to any thing of his. Our buſineſs therefore at preſent, is only to put this peece likewiſe into thy hands; and (according as we promiſed at the firſt) to aſſure thee that it is genuine, having been faithfully compared with, and corrected by Mr Loves own notes. Yet thus much we ſhall ſay of it, that it cannot but be ſingularly uſeful unto Chriſtians, in regard that it contains directions how to carry themſelves in the various and ſeverall conditions they ſhall be in, in this world; whether their condition be afflicted or joyons; whether they buy or ſell; or what way ſoever they make uſe of the world, here is excellent advice and counſel for them. And ſo beſeeching the Lord to accompany it with his bleſſing, and make it profitable to the ſouls of his people; in him we reſt,

Thy faithful Friends,

Edm: Calamy,

Simeon Aſh,

Jer: Whitaker.

Will: Taylor,

Allen Geere.

A CHRISTIANS DIRECTORY.

1 Cor. 7.30,31.

And they that weep as though they wept not; and they that rejoyce, as though they rejoyced not: and they that buy, as though they poſseſſed not: and they that uſe this world, as not abuſing of it; for the faſhion of this world paſſeth away.