Influences of the Life of Grace, Title page – Table of contents
INFLUENCES OF THE Life of Grace. OR, A PRACTICAL TREATISE CONCERNING The way, manner, and means of having and improving of Spiritual Diſpoſitions, and quickning Influences from Chriſt the Reſurrection and the Life.
BY SAMUEL RUTHERFURD, Profeſſor of Divinity in the Ʋniverſity of St. ANDREWS in SCOTLAND.
John 3. 8. The wind bloweth where it liſteth.
Cant. 4. 16. Awake, O North-wind, and come thou South, blow upon my garden, that the Spices thereof may flow out: Let my Beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleaſant fruits.
LONDON, Printed by T. C. for Andrew Crook, and are to be ſold by James Davies at the gilded Acorn neer the little North door in St. Pauls Church-yard. 1659.
Books publiſhed by Mr. Samuel Rutherfurd profeſſor of Divinity in St. Andrews in Scotland.
1. THe due Right of Presbytery.
2. A Diſputation againſt Liberty of Conſcience.
3. The Riſe of Antinomians, Familiſts, and Libertines.
4. Chriſts dying and drawing Sinners to himſelf.
5. A Sermon preached before the Parliament.
6. Influences of Divine Grace.
7. De Providentia Dei.
8. A Survey of Mr. Tho. Hooker's Church Diſcipline.
CONTENTS.
GOd intends that no man ſhould be ſaved by the Law. p. 1. c. 1. p. 1.
True liberty, grace loves to be reſtrained from evil, p. 1. c. 1. p. 2.
That the firſt Adam was to pray for perſeverance is not clear. p. 1. c. 1. p. 3.
Adam was to rely on God for perſeverance, but as promiſed by the covenant of works. idem.
Our grace in the ſecond Adam choicer then that in the firſt idem.
The Lords Influences in all, p. 1. c. 2. p. 4.
Infinite almoſt Influences of God p. 1. c. 2. p. 7.
To look not ſpiritually on influen…es is brutiſh, p. 1. c. 2. p. 8.
What influences are, p. 1. c. 3. p. 9.
Influences of God are ſutable to Gods end idem
Influences of God for nilling, and willing, moſt rare and excellent, idem.
How Chriſt and the promiſed ſpirit muſt be the cauſes of gracious influences, p. 1. c. 3. p. 10.
We are to believe that he who purchaſed by his merit the habit of grace ſhall give ſutable Influences, and to fear alſo our propenſion to fall, p. 1. c. 3. p. 12.
The promiſe of Influences in Chriſt, p. 1. c. 3. p. 13.
The neceſſity of Influences, p. 1. c. 4. p. 15.
Reaſons of renewed Influences, p. 1. c. 4. p. 16.
The firſt Adam might want Influences, the ſecond cannot, idem.
Satans actions alwaies deſtitute of Influences, p. 1. c. 4. p. 17.
How God withdraws Influences in particular acts hic et nunc and yet hath promiſed to beſtow Iufluences in the regenerate, by promiſe, p. 1. c. 4. p. 18.
The Lord acts on us by his Influence, but we act not on him, ib.
How we cannot pray away deſertion and the tryings, withdrawings, and yet are we to pray ſubmiſſively for the removal of deſertion, and are to pray againſt withdrawings, p. 1. c. 4. p. 19.
The Lords withdrawings makes not the Holy One the author of ſin nor deſtroies liberty, p. 1. c. 5. p. 20.
The cauſe why God is not chargeable with the act of diſobedience, and man is chargeable, p. 1. c. 5. p. 21.
Our interpretative wanting of Influences, and our formal ſinning in the ſame act, cleared, p. 1. c. 5. p. 24.
The ſoveraignety of God is deſtroyed by Pelagions to the end they may exalt mans free will, p. 1. c. 5. p. 25.
Of our acts and ſpiritual duties under the ſpiritual withdrawings of God, p. 1. c. 6. 26.
We are to do our part in duties under withdrawings, grace ſweetens duties, p. 1. c. 6. p. 29.
What ſoveraignety is, and how it differs from omnipotency, p. 1. c. 7. p. 33.
We ſtorme more at permiſſive providences, then at our own permitted ſins, p. 1. c. 7. p. 37.
They are moſt graciouſly active to do the will of God who are moſt graciouſly paſſive to ſuffer his will, p. 1. c. 7. p. 38.
The unſearchableneſſe of the Lords diſpenſation into the eternal ſtanding and falling of angels and men, idem
Its vain to determine that the providence of never ſinning is choicer then the providence of your imbringing of Chriſt God-man to dye for ſinners, p. 1. c. 7. p. 39.
The righteouſneſſe of God through faith is incomparably above our inherent righteouſneſſe. p. 1. c. 7. p. 4.
Its a more eminently declarative glory which is brought forth in the ſecond Adam nor poſſibly could have been in the full and final obedience of the firſt Adam, p. 1. c. 7. p. 41.
By juſtification we are not only negatively freed from guilt and wrath but alſo poſſitively righteous, p. 1. c. 7. p. 43.
We are not to ſtruggle with permiſſive providence, but to be low becauſe of the deep reſult of that providence, our own permitted ſins, p. 1. c. 8. p. 45.
The ſoul humbling thoughts that ſhould flow from holy ſoveraignity, p. 1. c. 8. p. 46.
Soveraignety is eminent in holding of poſſible wills and in determining the meaſure of ſuffering.
Of the ſoveraignety of God in the works of Creation and Providence, p. 1. c. 9. p. 52.
Who ever flatteringly complains of the want of influences of grace hates theſe influences.
Nature cannot complaine of the want of gracious influences, p. 1. c. 10. p. 58.
How we may lawfully complain of withdrawings of influences of grace, and how we may lawfully deſire influence, p. 63.
The faultineſſe in not praying is not becauſe the holy ſpirit moves us not to pray but becauſe we ſtir not up our ſelves to pray, p. 1. c. 10. p. 64
We are to act duties before we feel the actings of the ſpirit p. 1. c. 10. p. 71
How to wait upon the breathings of the ſpirit how its lawful how not, p. 71.
Our impotency to duties being reproved cannot excuſe us in the omitting of them, p. c. 11. p. 73
The Lords withdrawing of Influences is conjoyned with our guiltineſſe and cannot be found an excuſe for not praying, p. 1. c. 11. p. 74
The ſin of the creature is not from the Lords withdrawing of his phyſical Influences but from our withdrawing from his moral command, p. 1. c. 11. p. 76
Natural men wiſh Phyſical Influences of God, but they hate moral honeſty, p. 1. c. 11. p. 80
Riches cannot add mercifulneſſe to men, p. 1. c. 11. p. 82
Faith and grace do not depend on extraordinary means and teachers ſent from hell, and we are much deceived, thinking had we more grace we ſhould be more gracious, p. 1. c: 11. p. 84
If free will be weak in the improving of a natural power, it will be ſo in the improving of ſupernatural grace, p. 1. c. 11. p. 85
God ties us to his one way of removing of ſin, not to our empty wiſhing that it were removed, p. 1. c. 11. p. 93
What ſort of Influences we are to ſeek from God, p. 1. c. 11. p. 94
The uſing of means is an approved way of God, p. 1. c. 11. p. 96
Some violently brought into Chriſt, ſome more mildly, p. 1 c. 12. p. 101
Whether by prayer or any other way we may wreſtle out from under Gods deſertions, p. 1. c. 12. p. 109
Influences are given of God to various temptation, p. 1 c. 12. p. 110
Its a gracious temper to weep when the Lord is abſent or angry, p. 1. c. 13. p. 113
Chriſts abſence is ſometimes as good as his preſence, p. 1 c. 13. p. 118
S…metimes we may pray again the degree of God but its not lawfull to reſiſt his commanding will, p. 1. c. 13. p. 120
We may weep over our own dry hearts when we want Influences but we cannot weep againſt the Lord becauſe he gives not thoſe Influences, p, 1. c. 13. p. 121
We are to meet all conditions of life with cloaſing with Gods holy diſpenſations, p. 2. c. 1. p. 123
The word is the rule of doing, the ſpirit the real efficient cauſe, p. 2. c. 1. p. 127.
How the Lord can lay by a command ſupernatural duties on men impotent and dead in ſin. p. 2. c. 2. p, 129.
God in creating man is both a Creator and alſo a law giver, p. 2: c: 2. p. 138
We are to be humbled for ſin original, p. 2. c. 2. p. 140
How to fetch Influences, p. 2. c. 3. p. 142
The fetching of Influences is by ſupernatural actings by the word and ſpirit, idem
How the Lord brings himſelf under a ſort of neceſſity of conferring gracious Influences, p. 1. c. 2. p. 147
A conſiderable difference betwixt the Lords promiſe of grace and his practiſe of grace, p. 2. c. 3. p. 148
Civil profeſſors are nearer to converſion and to Chriſt then the openly profane and flagitious, p. 2. c. 3. p. 149
It requires of the dead that they live, and that we muſt not ceaſe from running when the Lord ceaſes from drawing, p. 2. c. 3. p. 152
Its a ſinful ſhift to put away duties becauſe of indiſpoſition p. 2. c. 3. p. 154
We are to pray away indiſpoſition as a great affliction, p. 2. c. 3. p. 155
Influence, of grace are due to the ſaints by promiſe, p. 156
The Lord hath given Influences by neceſſity of a promiſe, idem
The three perſons the Father, the Son, and Spirit, give Influences p. 2. c. 5. p. 159
The fulneſſe of Influences on the man Chriſt ib. fluences p. 2. c. 5. 159
Chriſt hath the diſpenſing of prederminating Influences by office and covenant, p. 2. c. 5. p. 161
The Influences in the Son are all for our uſe and good p. 2. c. 5. p. 163
The Influences of the ſpirit are mainely to be eyed, if any have the ſpirit he cannot want the Influences of God p. 2. c. 6. p. 164
The glorious things which the ſpirit of God ſhews, p. 2. c. 6. p. 165
The Spirit prevents nature, nature prevents not the Spirit, p. 2. c. 6. p. 169
We are to pray for Influences, p. 2. c. 6. p. 170
Obedience is to be yeilded to the Spirit as to the Father and the Son. p 2. c. 7. p. 173
Much renewal will is a note of a ſpiritual diſpoſition, idem
There is four expreſſions in Scripture of wrongs we do to the Spirit. 1 Ʋexing. 2. Quenching. 3 Tempting. 4. Reſiſting. p. 2. c. 7. p. 176
How to improve ſpiritual feelings, p. 2. c. 7. p. 183
Watching is a ſpiritual condition and near to receive gracious Influences, p. 2. c. 7. p. 184
To converſe with the Saints is a mark of a ſpiritual condition, p. 2. c. 7. p. 186
Spiritual conference frequently uſed ſpeaks a ſpiritual condition, p. 2. c. 7. p. 189
The Contents of the third part.
SOme influences are from God, ſome from Satan Part 3. Ch. 1. Pag. 189
Satan keeps correſpondence with the heart, p. 191
Its not lawful to diſpute with Satan, yet with his inſtrument we may p. 192
Chriſt ſought neither the temptation nor the tempter, p. 193
Difference betwixt Satans inſtruments, and theſe of the Lord, p. 194
Chriſt under a neceſſitie of giving ſanctifying influences, ib.
Moral and phyſical influences, 195
Moral influences that are only moral are weak, ib.
Ordinary and extraordinary influences 296
Prophetical influences, ib.
It is dangerous to reſiſt ſtrong light, and the influences thereof, p. 197
Private and publick Church-influences, ib.
Strong influences under the Meſſiah in the New Teſtament, p. 199
Goſpel-influences are ſtrong, p. 200
Some influences are for the habit, ſome for the actings of grace, ſome for both p. 201
Influences proper to the head Chriſt, and influences on the members, p. 202
Mediatory influences are ſome way due to the broken in heart, and what ſort they of right have thereto. A four-fold right to influences is conſiderable, p. 203
Strong and mighty influences in Chriſt p. 204
Goſpel-providence how far above the Law-providence of Adam p. 205
Mr Gee treats of prayer, Sect. 4. p. 187, 188, 195. p. 207
Influences of Chriſt fundamental and not fundamental, ib.
The comfortable neceſſity that lies on Chriſt to confer influences of grace, p. 208
Influences not fundamental, not ſimply neceſſary p. 209
Influences of grace for the habit of ſaving grace, and influences for a gift, p. 210
How we may know when we act, pray, or hear, &c. from a gift, and when we act from a grace, p. 210
Some pray from a meer gift, when they miſtakingly imagine they pray from the ſaving habit of grace, the miſtake is habitual in hypocrites, only actual hic & nunc to ſound believers, p. 211
Grace ſanctifies the gift uſed in all due and ſpiritual circumſtances, but the gift can never ſanctifie the grace p. 213
The ſame word, but not the ſame influences, act upon all within the viſible Church, p. 214
We are not to reſt upon the actings from a gift, but watchfully to try when we act from a gift, and when from a grace, ib.
Differences from the influences of grace, and theſe of glory, p. 221
The habit of grace is a permanent diſpoſition, ch. 2. p. 222
The habit of grace is given through the merit and grace of Chriſt p. 223
From the habit of grace we perform ſuitable actings p. 224
Vital actions flow from ſupernatural habits p. 225
The difference of the habit of grace from other habits, p. 226
We are to follow holy reſolutions with prayer. 2 godly trembling. 3 faith, 227
The falſhood of …owes, ib.
A ſtrong habit of grace produces eaſie, and connatural, and ſtrong actings of grace, p. 229
Actions ſupernatural, and influences ſuitable, are ſome way due to the habit of grace, cap. 3. p. 232
Sometimes the habit of grace is qualified with heavenly diſpoſitions, p. 233
We ſhould purſue the diſpoſitions of grace, when they are added to the habit with ſpiritual actings, p. 234
We are to ſtir up the habit of grace, though deadned, ib.
The Lord by infuſing the habit of grace comes under ſome neceſſitie to give ſuitable influences thereunto, cap. 4. p. 235
Divers neceſſities under which the Lord is to confer influences of grace, p. 236
Chriſt advocates for the Elect, yet not converted to bring them to himſelf, p. 237
The Spirits office puts him under a neceſſity of giving influences, p. 241
Ʋſes from the Lords neceſſity of giving gracious influences, p. 242
Firſt to frame doubts about predeſtination to life, and to miſſe eternal love before we miſſe inherent ſaving grace, is Satans method, p. 243
Whether the habit of grace may ceaſe in the regenerate from all its opperations p. 244
The habit of grace is not eternal, ib.
The habit of grace ceaſeth not, p. 445
How many acts may we bring out of the habit of grace, p. 237
There is a conſenting to the temptation, which is a wiſhing that Gods law and our luſt might both ſtand, and a virtual wiſhing that the law of God had never had being, p. 238
Eight evidences that in the regenerate the ſaving habit of grace never ceaſeth from emitting ſome influences, p. 239
What diſpoſitions ſpiritual are, and how they differ from the habits of grace, ca. 5. p. 240
Get heavenly diſpoſitions, and influences follow conaatur…lly p. 242
Diſpoſitions are not ever alike, but various and changeable, ib.
Evidences that diſpoſitions go and come p. 243
Spiritual diſpoſitions are different from the affections, 244
There are heavenly diſpoſitions in the mind as well as in the affections, ibid
Bad ſpiritual diſpoſitions creep on in the children of God, p. 246
There is ſome acting and life under much deadneſſe in the regenerate, ibid
Many ſweet ſpiritual actings may be under indiſpoſitions p. 247
No agreement betwixt theſe two Champions, the fleſh and the ſpirit, p, 248
Its fit to go about duties under indiſpoſitions, ib
Leſſe of ſweet real influences, and more of moral influences, from the word makes obedience more perfect, p. 249
We can tell the actings when they are on, and after they are over and gone, p. 3. c. 6. p. 251.
Differences betwixt ſpiritual heart burnings of the love of Chriſt, and literal heat, p. 252
1. Difference, ib
Feeling may be ſtronger after actings of the ſpirit are gone, p. 253
Spiritual burning of heart leave ſome impreſſion behind, which literal heat doth not, p. 254
2. Difference, ib
Improving of ſpiritual heat is known whereas in literal heat there is no ſuch thing, p. 3. c. 6
3 property of an heavenly diſpoſition, ib.
What we are to doe under diſpoſitions ſpiritual 301
Spiritual diſpoſitions are at length victorious ib.
How to get heavenly diſpoſitions, ib.
4 Property, 302
Heavenly diſpoſitions connaturally caſt out acts ſuitable, 303
5 Property, 304
Heavenly diſpoſitions cauſe a man act upon himſelf, ib.
The meetings of believers for godly conference is owned by the Lord, cap. 11. p. 308
Small means of grace, and ſhort viſits of Chriſt, are to be highly eſteemed at ſome time, eſpecially when love-flowings have been neglected, ib.
Senſe is prouder then faith, 309
Withdrawings of Chriſt teach us to try whether we have abuſed his manifeſtations formerly, 310
Except we find Chriſt we cannot pray, 311
How to judge of the nature of praying, ib.
Praying fitteth for praying, 312
There degrees of diſcerning an anſwer ib.
The real withdrawings of Chriſt make no change of legal intereſts in Chriſt, ib.
The life of grace depends on influences of grace, 313
Chriſts right and acts in redeeming of us, ſtand entire when we are deſerted, ib.
What love-ſickneſs is, 314
The Lords wiſdom in ſuſpending influences of grace, 315
Withdrawing of comforts upon wiſe and holy reaſons, ib.
The wiſedome of God appointing that we depend on him, ib.
How we may pray for comforts, 316
How we may deprecate languiſhing pain in love-ſickneſs, ib.
How we may pray for gracious influences, 317
A two fold contradicting of the Lords will, 318
Love-ſickneſs from the want of Chriſt, 319
As touching peace with God, we have peace de jure & de facto, but as touching the blot and in-dwelling of ſin, we ought not to have peace with our ſelves under that blot, ib.
Ingredients of love-ſickneſs, 320
Pain of love-ſickneſs, ib.
The righting of the complaining of the damned, ib.
Faith above ſenſe, 321
Faith with ſtronger influences then ordinary, controuleth ſenſe under deſertion, 322
The Idol of indignation an enemy to zeal, 323
Spiritual ſavourineſs active and paſſive, 325
In Chriſt, in his Spouſe in his members, ib.
Q. Whether God commands all uſe of means external and internal, and every part thereof, p. 3. cap. 12. p. 328
Nature and grace, whether grace be above natural diſpoſitions, 330
Whether grace be above natures properties. 2 merits. 3 actings, ib.
Whether God gives, or denies ſufficient grace to the man who does what he can, 331
The natural wicked inability in all to know, believe, and love Chriſt, prove there is no univerſal ſufficient grace, 332
The Jeſuite Martinez de Ripalda cites divers texts for univerſal grace, 333
That praevious actings in heathens muſt be the rule of the Lords giving or denying the Goſpel, is an unwritten tradition, 335
Sinners under the fall are interdicted heirs, ib.
The connexion betwixt literal actings and ſupernatural influences, p. 336
The new ſupernatural providence is ſet up by the ſecond Adam By which the converſion of the Elect is brought to paſſe, p. 337
The order betwixt natural and ſupernatural acting, p. 338
What renewed and unrenewed men can do in their reſpective places, p. 340
Corruption and temptation both increaſe, the difficulty of uſing means, p. 341
Influences work as God ſet them on, ib
The gracious heart may reflect upon it ſelf in ſpiritual actings, and purge it ſelf, ib.
We may do more by the habit of grace then we do, p. 342
3. Difference, ib
4. Difference, ib
There is a ſweet leading, no violence ſpiritual in heart burning for Chriſt, it is not ſo in the literal heat, p 255
5. Difference, the heavenly heat goes along with the Scripture opened and applyed; not ſo in the literal heat, p. 256
Hence conſiderable differences betwixt motions of the ſpirit and looſe Enthyſiaſmes, ib
Literal heat is all upon the letter and forms, not ſo as the ſpiritual heat, p. 260
A believer may be under ſome ſtraitning, p. 3. c. 7. p. 262
A true and a falſe miſſing, ib
What ſtraitning is and whence it is, p. 263
Diverſe ſorts of ſtraitnings, ib
Rules to be free of ſtraitning, and to get enlargment of ſpirit, p. 264
Every heavineſſe is not weakneſs of faith, p. 265
How far we may undertake obedience upon ſuppoſal of grace, ib
How diſpoſitions neceſſarily fetch influences, ib
We have not aſſurance to be delivered from ſin hic et nunc, p. 266
Except from hanious ſins inconſiſtent with the ſtate of ſaving grace, ib
How we are to rely on God for influences, ib
What enlargement of heart David ſpeaks of Pſal. 119. 32 p. 267
We cannot engage in our ſtrength of habitual grace to run in the wayes of the Lord, p. 268
Iſa. 63. 17. O Lord, why haſt thou made us to erre, &c. opened, ib.
What uſe we are to make of our inability to run, except God enlarge the heart, cap. 8. p. 270
How men naturally complain of ſin original, 271
We do not ſo much as by ſtrength of nature we may do, and we adde to our own lameneſs, and then we unjuſtly complain of God, for our ſinful impotencie, ib.
That ſpirit as the ſpirit lays no obligation on us, but to move in Scriptural duties, 276
No violence but from our ſelves hinders us to believe, ib.
God loves uſing of external means pro tanto, ib.
How far we may act to fetch the wind, and to get influences, ib.
We are not to judge of our ſelves by occaſional enlargedneſſe, or deadning of the heart for the time, cap. 9. p. 280
Enlargedneſs of heart, and influences are near of kin, 281
Branches of enlargedneſs of heart, ib.
Influences on the Angels and the glorified ones, 283
Many ſtraitned and dead ones reproved, 284
Prayer begets holy diſpoſitions to pray, and heavenly diſpoſitions to pray, begets prayer and faith, &c. cap. 10. p. 287
Holy acts begets holy acts, and holy diſpoſitions beget holy diſpoſitions, ib.
The Lord ſo frames his precepts and promiſes as our actings are ſuitably required to his influences, 288
The differences of the 1. ſpiritual eſtate. 2. of the temper. 3. of the condition, 289
What Davids preſent diſpoſition was, 291
The doubling of words noteth, 1. certainty. 2. addition of aſſurance. 3. fierineſs of affection, ib.
Its fit to make an eike to the holineſſe of influences which the Lord offers to us, 292
We may ſpeak to God, and profeſſe in prayer the ſincerity of our heart to God, and the cauſes why, 294
Its hard to guide well grace and glory, ſo long as ſin dwelleth in us, ib.
The Lords giving of grace layes bands on him to give more grace, and to adde new influences to old, 296
What a heart the repenting thief, and what a heart Hezekiah brought out before the Lord in his dying, ib.
… properties of holy diſpoſitions, 298
Diſpoſitions ſpiritual are ſeeds of holy actings, ib.
Zeal bringeth forth holy actings, 299
Heavenly diſpoſitions are real helps to holy actings, ib.
Properties of heavenly diſpoſitions: to act under indiſpoſitions, ib.
A diſpoſition counterworking a diſpoſition, 300
The ſpirit in an heavenly diſpoſition at length prevaileth, ib.
(8) Pride and (9) Wordly mindedneſs hinder influences of grace, lovelineſſe and heavenly mindedneſs promote the ſame, p. 362. &c
(10) Baſtard zeal (11) Ʋncleanneſs (12) Malice (13) Wordly ſorrow, hinders the contrary graces promote influences, p. 395, &c.
(14) Wordly and falſe joy (15) Falſe love, p. 398, &c
(16) Ignorance and hatred of the Goſpel, p. 400
(17) Wreſtling againſt providences obſtruct the influences of God, p. 402
God by his influences, firſt acts and ſtirs, by order of nature, and in the ſame moment of time we act and ſtir, without any violence, p. 404
(18) Heavenly and ſpiritual thoughts and conſiderations draw along heavenly influences, as unclean thoughts do the contrary p. 405
Keep the oyl of the ſpirit clean, if you would have heavenly influences to fall on the ſpirit. p. 407
We are to act both morally and phyſically with the ſpirit, p. 408
Prayers conclude not ſoveraignity, ib
Other impediments of influences from the mind, will and affections p. 4. c. 4. p. 409
Heritical light, ib
A corrupt will, p. 410
Hating of Chriſt and his grace obſtruct influences, p. 411
Diverſe actings of the ſpirit in the Spouſe ſick of love for Chriſt hold forth influences, the ſpirit as is cleared by the ſong of Solomon, p. 412
Hating of Chriſt, p. 414
The ſoul loathing of God, ib
The ſpirit gives no influences where there is no knowledg, p. 415
Influences of the ſpirit are connatural to the ſpiritual man, ib
Senſuality and influence of the ſpirit are inconſiſtent, ib
Soul deſires after God have ſweet influences, p. 416
Spiritual joy ſpeak ſtrong influences, p. 417
Literal crying ſhould not exceed the impulſion of the ſpirit within, ib
How hope and audacity hinder or promote influences, p. 419
Moral acting cannot avail us whithout real influences of the ſpirit, p. 420
Frequent acts of faith promote influences of the ſpirit, ib
Hope promotes influences, p. 421
Sinful boldneſs obſtructs influences, ib
Anger hindereth influences, p. 422
How Eliſha could not propheſie by reaſon of anger, The influences of Muſick therein ib
A meek ſpirit is a fit work-houſe for influences of grace and high revelations, inſtanced in Moſ…s, the man Chriſt, John the beloved diſciple, p. 423
Horror and unbelieving fear an impediment of influences, p. 425
Influences are conſidered two waies, 1. Phyſically, 2. Morally how men reſiſted the ſpirit p. 4. c. 5. p. 426
The Lord ſeeks not our conſent to the firſt infuſion of a new heart, p. 427
We are married to Chriſt before we conſent to be married, p. 430
The Lord determines free will and doth no violence, ib
We are unexcuſable in not doing our duty, though the Lord deny his neceſſary influence, p. 432
God acts in all both by the immediate influence of his power and of his perſon, p. 433
The Lord moſt particularly leads his own, p. 435
Two ſort of cauſes one in fieri, for the producing of and giving being to a thing, another in facto eſſe for the preſerving of the ſame in being, God is both waies the cauſe of gracious actings, ib.
The right miſſing is to miſſe influences not of gifts, and of common grace only, but of ſpecial grace, p. 436
A reprobate can no more miſs the ſpecial guidance of the ſanctifying ſpirit, then a horſe can miſs the wings of an eagle that are not due to him, ib
Of the giving of the heart of God, p. 437
We are more our own by law, and leſs our own by Goſpel, ib
Chriſt cares more for his own body, then the members care for themſelves, p. 438
Chriſt care is rather now more, when he is glorified, then leſſe. ib.
We vainly think that the habit of grace is given to be our juſtification, and that as a diſpenſation from ſin, ib
Inability to do without grace is pretented both by the lawleſs bankrupt, and by the humble convert, but for divers ends, ib
The unrenewed man would have come down to his way, p. 343
There is a ſad threatning againſt not uſing of outward means, though no promiſe be made to the uſing of only outward means, p. 344
The oppoſition made by hypocrites is only in the outward gate, p. 345
Reprobates reſiſt not the formal acts of regeneration, p. 346
Mr. Baxters order of repentance, p. 347
Doubts and reaſons againſt Mr. Baxters new remedying law of grace made to all mankind. p. 349
Ʋniverſal redemption extols nature and free will, and makes a moral ſeaſon which heals not nature, all the graces that the Goſpel owns p. 352
The law teacheth but healeth not, p. 357
Our formality in praying, ib
How nature beginneth and the ſpirit acteth on and with our literal acting, p. 3. c. 14. p. 358
Some truth we muſt firſt phyſically hear and conſider before we believe, p. 359
Though it be true if the Lord had given me efficacious grace, I ſhould have been converted; yet it followes not, therefore I am not the culpable cauſe of my own non-converſion, or that the Lord is to be blamed therefore, p. 360
Our ſinful will, not the Lords refuſal of power, is the culpable cauſe of non-converſion ib
School-men make converſion the purchaſe of free will, p. 362
Sin original muſt be pardoned to pagans, in Chriſt, of whom they never heard. p. 364
Domiuicans no leſs groſs then Jeſuits in the matter of grace free will, ib
There may be much ſeeking and uſing of means, and no influences, p. 4. c. 1. p. 369
Ʋſing of means would be in humility, ib
Influences not entertained breed loathing of the Goſpel, p. 370
We may mar influences, ib
The Lords order in conferring of influences, p. 372
A confluence of influences at one time and at one work, ib
Reſiſting of the word hinders influences, and ſo doth reſiſting of ordinances, p. 373
Reſiſting of the operation of the ſpirit obſtructs influences, ib
Praying and praiſing promote the influences of the ſpirit, p. 374
Deſpiſing of the Prophets and perſecuting of them, obſtruct influences, ib
Hardning of the heart, not profitting by means, obſtruct influences, p. 375.
Remaining in nature, bitterneſſe, wrath, malice, rancor, obſtruct influences, ib
Influences of the ſpirit are contempered according to the habit of grace, p. 4. c. 2. p. 276
Wordly ſorrow obſtructs influences, p. 377
The ſpirits motions are ſwift, ib
Plenty of means, ſweet diſpoſitions and yet ſcarcity of influences, p. 4. c. 3. p. 379
Theſe are often together, prayer and actual influences, and duties following thereupon; the former according to the Lords will of precept, the latter according to his will of pleaſure, ſee Pſal. 119. p. 381
The nearneſs betwixt the love of the word or the hiding of it in the heart, and ſpiritual influences, p. 382
Impediments and helps of influences, ib
Of the word hidden in the heart, p. 383
Many evils of the heart, reckoned out to the number of it which obſtruct influences, and the contrary promote them p. 384
As the light of faith and ſoftneſs admit influences, ſo rockineſs obſtruct the ſame, p. 385
(2) Ʋnbelief obſtructs influences, p. 386
Influences of grace do no violence to the rational power of …illing and willing, ib
(3) Deadneſs (4) Security (5) Athiſme, p. 387 388
(6) Ʋnconſtancy of the heart (7) Deceitfulneſſe and falſneſs of the heart, p. 396
Obſtruct influences, p. 390. 391