INDEX.
A.
- Acquaintance with God.
- Men are unwilling to have any, i. 158.
- See Communion.
- Actions.
- A greater proof of principles than words, i. 92.
- All are known by God, i. 424.
- Activity.
- Required in spiritual worship, i. 227, 228
- Adam.
- The greatness of his sin, ii. 269, 429.
- See Man, and Fall of Man.
- Additions.
- In matters of religion an invasion of God’s sovereignty, ii. 432, 433.
- See Worship, and Ceremonies.
- Admiration.
- Ought to be exercised in spiritual worship, i. 233.
- Affections, human.
- In what sense ascribed to God, i. 340–343.
- Afflictions, sharp.
- Make Atheists fear there is a God, i. 81.
- Make us impatient (see Impatience).
- We should be patient under them (see Patience).
- Many call on God only under them, i. 151.
- Fill us with distraction in the worship of God, i. 258.
- The presence of God a comfort in them, i. 399; and his knowledge, i. 488.
- The wisdom of God apparent in them, i. 547–550.
- The wisdom of God a comfort in them, i. 593; and his power, ii. 98, 99; and his sovereignty, ii. 451.
- Do not impeach his goodness, ii. 243, 244.
- The goodness of God seen in them, ii. 309–311.
- His goodness a comfort in them, ii. 342.
- Acts of God’s sovereignty, ii. 373–376; the consideration of which would make us entertain them as we ought, ii. 456.
- Age.
- Many neglect the serving of God till old, i. 113.
- Air.
- How useful a creature, i. 54.
- Almighty.
- How often God is so called in Scripture, ii. 10.
- How often in Job, ii. 36.
- Angels.
- Good, what benefit they have by Christ, i. 536, ii. 263, 264.
- Not instruments in the creation of man, ii. 41.
- Evil, not redeemed, ii. 263, 264.
- Angels.
- Not governors of the world, ii. 328, 329.
- Subject to God, ii. 381, 382.
- Apostasy.
- Men apostatize from God when his will crosses theirs, i. 135.
- In times of persecution, i. 149, 150.
- By reason of practical atheism, i. 167.
- Apostles, the first preachers of the gospel.
- Mean and worthless men, ii. 69–71.
- Spirited by Divine power for spreading of it, ii. 72–74.
- The wisdom of God seen in using such instruments, i. 578, 579.
- Applauding ourselves.
- See Pride.
- Atheism.
- Opens a door to all manner of wickedness, i. 24.
- Some spice of it in all men, i. 25–27.
- The greatest folly, i. 24–77.
- Common in our days, i. 26, 79, 80.
- Strikes at the foundation of all religion, i. 26.
- We should establish ourselves against it, ib.
- It is against the light of natural reason, i. 2.
- Against the universal consent of all nations, i. 29, 30.
- But few, if any, professed it in former ages, i. 32–34, 80.
- Would root up the foundations of all government, i. 77.
- Introduce all evil into the world, i. 78.
- Pernicious to the atheist himself, i. 79.
- The cause of public judgments, i. 80.
- Men’s lusts the cause of it, i. 82.
- Promoted by the devil most since the destruction of idolatry, i. 84.
- Uncomfortable, i. 85.
- Directions against it, i. 87.
- All sin founded in a secret atheism, i. 93.
- Atheism, practical.
- Natural to man, i. 89.
- Natural since the fall, i. 90.
- To all men, ib.
- Proved by arguments, i. 99–161.
- We ought to be humbled for it, both in ourselves and others, i. 167.
- How great a sin it is, i. 169–171.
- Misery will attend it, i. 171, 172.
- We should watch against it, ib.
- Directions against it, i. 172, 173.
- Atheist.
- Can never prove there is no God, i. 81.
- All the creatures fight against him, ib.
- In afflictions, suspects and fears there is a God, i. 82.
- How much pains he takes to blot out the notion, ib.
- Suppose it were an even lay that there were no God, yet he is very imprudent, i. 83.
- Uses not means to inform himself, ib.
- Atoms.
- The world not made by a casual concourse of them, i. 50.
- Attributes of God.
- Bear a comfortable respect to believers, i. 513.
- Authority.
- How distinguished from power, ii. 364.
B.
- Best we have.
- Ought to be given to God, i. 242–244.
- Blessings.
- Spiritual, God only the author of, ii. 357.
- Temporal, God uses a sovereignty in bestowing them, ii. 412, 413.
- See Riches.
- Body of man.
- How curiously wrought, i. 63–67, 523.
- Every human one hath different features, i. 66.
- God hath none (see Spirit).
- We must worship God with our bodies, i. 219–222; yet not with our bodies only.
- See Soul, and Worship.
- Bodily shape.
- We must not conceive of God under a, i. 197, 198.
- Bodily members.
- Ascribed to him (see Members.)
- Brain.
- How curious a workmanship, i. 65.
C.
- Calf, golden.
- The Israelites worshipped the true God under, i. 195.
- Callings.
- God fits and inclines men to several, i. 531, 532; i. 598.
- Appoints every man’s calling, ii. 421.
- Cause, a first.
- Of all things, i. 50, 51; which doth necessarily exist, and is infinitely perfect, i. 51.
- Censure.
- God not to be censured in his counsels, actions, or revelations, i. 295.
- Or in his ways, i. 605, 606.
- Censuring the hearts of others.
- Is an injury to God’s omniscience, i. 478.
- Men, is a contempt of God’s sovereignty, ii. 441.
- Ceremonial Law.
- Abolished to promote spiritual worship, i. 213.
- Called flesh, ib.
- Not a fit means to bring the heart into a spiritual frame, i. 214.
- Rather hindered than furthered spiritual worship, i. 215, 216.
- God never testified himself well‑pleased with it, nor intended it should always last, i. 216–218.
- The abrogation of it doth not argue any change in God, i. 346.
- The holiness of God appears in it, ii. 131, 132.
- Ceremonies.
- Men are prone to bring their own into God’s worship, i. 133, 134.
- See Worship, and Additions, &c.
- Chance.
- The world not made nor governed by it, i. 59.
- Charity.
- Men have bad ends in it, i. 153.
- We should exercise it, ii. 353, 354.
- The consideration of God’s sovereignty would promote it, ii. 456.
- Cheerful, in God’s worship.
- We should be, i. 235.
- Christ.
- His Godhead proved from his eternity, i. 291–293.
- From his omnipresence, i. 392, 393.
- From his immutability, i. 346–348.
- From his knowledge of God, all creatures, the hearts of men, and his prescience of their inclinations, i. 465–469.
- From his omnipotence, manifest in creation, preservation and resurrection, ii. 80–86.
- From his holiness, ii. 190.
- From his wisdom, i. 558.
- Christ.
- Is God man, ii. 62.
- Spiritual worship offered to God through him, i. 241, 242.
- The imperfectness of our services should make us prize his mediation, i. 261.
- The only fit Person in the Trinity to assume our nature, i. 558–560.
- Fitted to be our Mediator and Saviour by his two natures, i. 563–565.
- Should be imitated in his holiness, and often viewed by us to that end, ii. 200–207.
- The greatest gift, ii. 266–269.
- Appointed by the Father to be our Redeemer, ii. 424–426.
- Christian religion.
- Its excellency, i. 167.
- Of Divine extraction, i. 580.
- Most opposed in the world, i. 111.
- See Gospel.
- Church.
- God’s eternity a comfort to her in all her distresses and threatenings of her enemies, i. 299, 300.
- Under God’s special providence, i. 406.
- His infinite knowledge a comfort in all subtile contrivances of men against her, i. 483, 484.
- Troublers of her peace by corrupt doctrines no better than devils, i. 498.
- God’s wisdom a comfort to her in her greatest dangers, i. 594.
- Hath shown his power in her deliverance in all ages, i. 277, ii. 55; and in the destruction of her enemies, ii. 56–59.
- Ought to take comfort in his power in her lowest estate, ii. 101.
- Should not fear her enemies (see Fear).
- His goodness a comfort in dangers, ii. 344.
- How great is God’s love to her, ii. 449–515.
- His sovereignty a comfort to her, ii. 452, 453.
- He will comfort her in her fears, and destroy her enemies, ii. 472, 473.
- God exercises patience towards her, ii. 504, 505; for her sake to the wicked also, ii. 506.
- Why her enemies are not immediately destroyed, ii. 513.
- Commands of God.
- See Laws.
- Comfort.
- The holiness of God to be relied on for, ii. 190, 191.
- Comfort us.
- Creatures cannot, if God be angry, ii. 448.
- Comforts.
- God gives great, in or after temptations, ii. 311–313.
- Communion with God.
- Man naturally no desire of, i. 161.
- The advantage of, i. 172.
- Can only be in our spirits, i. 202.
- We should desire it, i. 308.
- Cannot be between God and sinners, ii. 183.
- Holiness only fits us for it, ii. 204, 205.
- Conceptions.
- We cannot have adequate ones of God, i. 196, 197.
- We ought to labor after as high ones as we can, ib.
- They must not be of him in a corporeal shape, i. 197, 198.
- There will be in them a similitude of some corporeal thing in our fancy, i. 198, 199.
- We ought to refine and spiritualize them, i. 200.
- Conceptions, right.
- Of him, a great help to spiritual worship, i. 272, 273.
- Concurrence of God.
- To all the actions of his creatures, ii. 156, 157.
- Concurring to sinful actions.
- No blemish to God’s holiness, ii. 157–163.
- Conditions, various.
- Of men, a fruit of Divine wisdom, i. 531, 532.
- Conditions of the covenant.
- See Covenant, Faith, and Repentance.
- Confession of sin.
- Men may have bad ends in it, i. 153.
- Partial ones a practical denial of God’s omniscience, i. 480, 481.
- Conscience.
- Proves a Deity, i. 69–73.
- Fears and stings of it in all men upon the commission of sin, i. 70–72; though never so secret, i. 71, 72.
- Cannot be totally shaken off, i. 72.
- Comforts a man in well‑doing, i. 72, 73.
- Necessary for the good of the world, i. 73.
- Terrified ones wish there were no God, i. 97.
- Men naturally displeased with it, when it contradicts the desires of self, i. 123.
- Obey carnal self against the light of it, i. 140, 141.
- Accusations of it evidence God’s knowledge of all things, i. 463.
- God, and he only, can speak peace to it when troubled, ii. 79, 386.
- His laws only reach it, ii. 390, 391, 432, 433.
- Constancy in that which is good.
- We should labor after, and why, i. 360, 361.
- Content the soul.
- Nothing but an infinite good can, i. 73, 74.
- See Satisfaction, and Soul.
- Contingents all foreknown by God.
- See Knowledge of God.
- Contradictions.
- Cannot be made true by God, ii. 26–30; yet this doth not overthrow God’s omnipotence, ib.
- It is an abuse of God’s power to endeavor to justify them by it, ii. 95.
- Contrary.
- Qualities linked together in the creatures, i. 52, 53, 524.
- Conversion.
- Carnal self‑love a great hindrance to it, i. 137.
- There may be a conversion from sin which is not good, i. 150.
- Men are enemies to it, i. 160, 161.
- The necessity of it, i. 163, 164.
- God only can be the Author of it, i. 165, 166, ii. 396.
- The wisdom of God appears in it, in the subjects, seasons, and manner of it, i. 544–547; and his power, ii. 72–78; and his holiness, ii. 139; and his goodness, ii. 306, 307; and his sovereignty, ii. 396–404.
- He could convert all, ii. 399.
- Not bound to convert any, ii. 401, 402.
- The various means and occasions of it, ii. 421.
- Convictions, genuine.
- Would be promoted by right and strong apprehensions of God’s holiness, ii. 191.
- Corruptions.
- The knowledge of God a comfort under fears of them lurking in the heart, i. 489, 490.
- The power of God a comfort when they are strong and stirring, ii. 99.
- In God’s people shall be subdued, ii. 450, 451; the remainders of them God orders for their good, i. 538, 544.
- Covenant of God.
- With his people eternal, i. 297, 298; and unchangeable, i. 354.
- Covenant, God in.
- An eternal good to his people, i. 297.
- Covenant of grace.
- Conditions of, evidence the wisdom of God, i. 571.
- Suited to man’s lapsed state, and God’s glory, ib.
- Opposite to that which was the cause of the fall, i. 572.
- Suited to the common sentiments and customs of the world and consciences of men, i. 572, 573.
- Only likely to attain the end, i. 573. Evidence God’s holiness, ii. 138.
- The wisdom of God made over to believers in it, i. 593, 594; and power, ii. 98; and holiness, ii. 190, 191.
- A promise of life implied in the covenant of works, ii. 253, 254; why not expressed, ii. 527.
- The goodness of God manifest in making a covenant of grace after man had broken the first, ii. 274, 275.
- In the nature and tenor of it, ii. 275–277.
- In the choice gift of himself made over in it, ii. 277, 278.
- In its confirmation, ii. 278, 279.
- Its conditions easy, reasonable, necessary, ii. 279–284.
- It promises a more excellent reward than the life in paradise, ii. 291–293.
- Covetousness.
- See Riches, and World.
- Creation.
- The wisdom of God appears in it, i. 518–525; and should be meditated upon, i. 525; motives to it, ii. 5–9; his power, ii. 35–44; his holiness, ii. 126, 127; his goodness, ii. 244–258.
- Goodness the end and motive of it, ii. 228, 229.
- Ascribed to Christ, ii. 81–85.
- The foundation of God’s dominion, ii. 368–370.
- Creatures.
- Evidence the being of God, i. 28, 42–64; in their production, i. 43–51; in their harmony, i. 52–60; in pursuing their several ends, i. 60–62; in their preservation, i. 62, 63.
- Were not, and cannot be, from eternity, i. 45, 46, 292.
- None of them can make themselves, i. 47–49; or the world, i. 49, 50.
- Subservient to one another, i. 53, 378.
- Regular, uniform, and constant in it, i. 56, 57.
- Are various, i. 58, 519, 520.
- Have several natures, i. 60.
- All fight against the atheist, i. 82.
- God ought to be studied in them, i. 86.
- All manifest something of God’s perfections, ib.
- Setting them up as our end (see End).
- Must not be worshipped (see Idolatry).
- Used by man to a contrary end than God appointed, i. 148.
- All are changeable, i. 355.
- Therefore an immutable God to be preferred before them, i. 358.
- Are nothing to God, i. 395.
- Are all known by God, i. 422, 423.
- Shall be restored to their primitive end, i. 313, ii. 293.
- Their beautiful order and situation, i. 520, 521.
- Are fitted for their several ends, i. 522–524.
- None of them can be omnipresent, i. 378; or omnipotent, ii. 18; or infinitely perfect, ii. 24.
- God could have made more than he hath, ii. 21, 22.
- Made them all more perfect than they are, ii. 23, 24.
- Yet all are made in the best manner, ii. 24, 25.
- The power that is in them demonstrates a greater to be in God, ii. 31.
- Ordered by God as he pleases, ii. 57.
- The meanest of them can destroy us by God’s order, ii. 107, 448.
- Making different ranks of them, doth not impeach God’s goodness, ii. 232–235.
- Cursed for the sin of man, ii. 250, 293.
- What benefit they have by the redemption of man, ii. 293, 294.
- Cannot comfort us if God be angry, ii. 448.
- All subject to God, ii. 381–387.
- All obey God, ii. 465, 466.
- Curiosity in inquiries about God’s counsels and actions.
- A great folly, i. 295.
- It is an injuring God’s knowledge, i. 475–477.
- It is a contempt of Divine wisdom, i. 590.
- Should not be employed about what God hath not revealed, i. 603, 604.
- The consideration of God’s sovereignty would check it, ii. 457.
D.
- Day.
- How necessary, i. 523.
- Death of Christ.
- Its value is from his Divine Nature, i. 564.
- Vindicated the honor of the law, both as to precept and penalty, i. 566.
- Overturned the Devil’s empire, i. 568.
- He suffered to rescue us by it, ii. 268.
- By the command of the Father, ii. 425, 426.
- Debauched persons.
- Wish there were no God, i. 97.
- Decrees of God.
- No succession in them, i. 285.
- Unchangeable, i. 582, 583, ii. 451, 452.
- See Immutability.
- Defilement.
- God not capable of it from any corporeal thing, i. 201, 390, 392.
- Delight.
- Holy duties should be performed with, i. 234–236.
- All delight in worship doth not prove it to be spiritual, i. 235.
- We should examine ourselves after worship, what delight we had in it, i. 252.
- Deliverances.
- Chiefly to be ascribed to God, i. 406.
- The wisdom of God seen in them, i. 550–552.
- Desires, of man.
- Naturally after an infinite good,i. 73, 74; which evidences the being of a God, i. 74.
- Men naturally have no desire of remembrance of God, converse with him, thorough return to him, or imitation of him, i. 159–161.
- Devil.
- Man naturally under his dominion, i. 118, 119.
- God’s restraining him, how great a mercy (see Restraint).
- Shall be totally subdued by God, i. 498.
- Outwitted by God, i. 568.
- His first sin, what it was, ii. 427–429.
- See Angel.
- Direction.
- Men neglect to ask it of God (see Trusting in ourselves).
- Should seek it of him, i. 585.
- Not to do it, how sinful, i. 589, 590.
- Should not presume to give it to him, i. 591.
- Disappointments.
- Make many cast off their obedience to God, i. 115, 116.
- God disappoints the devices of men, ii. 418–420.
- Dispensations.
- Of God with his own law, ii. 391–393.
- Distance from God.
- Naturally affected by men, i. 158, 159.
- How great it is, ii. 180.
- Distractions in the service of God.
- How natural, i. 114, 256.
- Will be so while we have natural corruption within, i. 256, 257; while we are in the Devil’s precinct, i. 257.
- Most frequent in time of affliction, i. 258.
- May be improved to make us more spiritual, i. 258–261; when we are humbled for them in worship, i. 258, 259; and for the baseness of our natures, the cause of them, i. 259.
- Make us prize duties of worship the more, ib.
- Fill us with admirations of the graciousness of God, i. 260.
- Prize the meditation of Christ, i. 261.
- They should not discourage us, if we resist them, ib.; and if we narrowly watch against them, i. 262.
- Should be speedily cast out, i. 274.
- Thoughts of God’s presence a remedy against them, i. 404.
- Distresses.
- See Afflictions.
- Distrust of God.
- A contempt of God’s wisdom, i. 593; and his power, ii. 93; and of his goodness, ii. 319, 320.
- Too great fear of man arises from it, ii. 94.
- See Trusting in God, and in ourselves.
- Divinity.
- Of Christ (see Christ).
- Of the Holy Ghost (see Holy Ghost).
- Doctrines.
- That are self‑pleasing desired by men, i. 139.
- See Truths.
- Dominion of God.
- Distinguished from his power, ii. 364.
- All his other attributes fit him for it, ii. 364, 365.
- Acknowledged by all, ib.
- Inseparable from the notion of God, ii. 365, 366.
- We cannot suppose God a creator without it, ii. 366.
- Cannot be renounced by God himself, ib.; nor communicated to any creature, ii. 366, 367.
- Its foundation, ii. 367–372.
- It is independent, ii. 372, 373; absolute, ii. 373–377; yet not tyrannical, ii. 377, 378; managed with wisdom, righteousness, and goodness, ii. 378–380.
- It is eternal, ii. 386, 387.
- It is manifested as he is a lawgiver, ii. 387–394; as a proprietor, ii. 394–413; as a governor, ii. 413–422; as a redeemer, ii. 422–426.
- The contempt of it, how great, ii. 426, 427.
- All sin is a contempt of it, ii. 427, 428.
- The first thing the devil aimed against, ii. 428, 429; and Adam, ii. 429.
- Invaded by the usurpations of men, ii. 430, 431.
- Wherein it is contemned as he is a lawgiver, ii. 431–435; as a proprietor, ii. 435, 436; as a governor, ii. 436–441.
- It is terrible to the wicked, ii. 446–448.
- Comfortable to the righteous, ii. 449–453.
- Should be often meditated upon by us, ii. 453, 454.
- The advantages of so doing, ii. 454–457.
- It should teach us humility, ii. 458.
- Calls for our praise and thanks, ii. 459, 460.
- Should make us promote his honor, ii. 461, 462.
- Calls for fear, prayer, and obedience, ii. 462, 463.
- Affords motives to obedience, ii. 463–466; and shows the manner of it, ii. 466–469.
- Calls for patience, ii. 469.
- Affords motives to it, ii. 469–471.
- Shows us the true nature of it, ii. 471.
- Duties of religion.
- Performed often merely for self‑interest, i. 150–154.
- Men unwieldy to them, i. 151.
- Perform them only in affliction, i. 151, 152.
- See Service of God, and Worship.
- Dwelling in heaven, and in the ark.
- How to be understood of God, i. 385, 386.