An exposition of the Creed: or, An explanation of the articles of our Christian faith. Delivered in many afternoone sermons, by that reverend and worthy divine, Master Iohn Smith, late preacher of the Word at Clavering in Essex, and sometime fellow of Saint Iohns Colledge in Oxford. Now published for the benefit and behoofe of all good Christians, together with an exact table of all the chiefest doctrines and vses throughout the whole booke

The Table, Containing al the chiefe and remarkable Doctrines and Vses of the whole Treatise, together with some of the queintest Similies, exquisitely illustrating the matter, Alphabetically disposed for the case and furtherance of the Christian Reader: where∣in the figures direct you to the Page, the markes to what part of the Page where the Notes are wanting; so that if you turne to any of the leaves to finde the matter you desire, where you see this * looke to the upper part; where this † looke to the middle; where this ¶ looke to the lower part of the Page.

A

• NO place good to abide in where Christ is not. 135.
• None ought to abuse the creatures seeing God hath made them. 67.
• Our accounts must bee given to Christ our Lord. 98. †
• The acceptance of our actions depends on our willingnesse. 265. ¶
• Acknowledgement due to God for all his gifts. 65. †
• Our estate better than Adams in his inno∣cencie. 243. * 450.
• Christ free from sinne, though the Sonne of Adam. 107. ¶
• Adoption in Christ, brings comfort to a Christian. 53.
• Christians should comfort one another in affliction. 229. †
• No Mans afflictions equall to Christs. 204. ¶
• Gods mercy in that he sends not all afflicti∣ons at once. 169. †
• The three afflictions that Christ suffered. 153.
• The behaviour of Christ in his afflictions. 158.
• The effects of Christs afflictions. 160.
• Christ was affraid
  • To stand be fore God in Iudge∣mens, clothed in our sinnes;
  • of death
    • Not as a dissolution of Nature,
    • But as Gods curse. 155.
• Christs agonie the cause of his sweat. 161.
• All things made for mans benefit. 71.
• How Christ shall bee All in all at the day of Iudgement. 477.
• Almighty, see God.
• The amazement of Christ on the Crosse proceeded from Gods curse. 157.
• Angels Ministers unto Christians. 297. ¶
• The Angels
• service to Of Christs anointing. 78.
• Men. 430.
• Christ. 122. ¶
• What meant by anointing in the Law. 16.
• Christ by being anointed, was designed, enabled, made acceptable for the worke of redemption. 78.
• With what,
• By whom
• the end, why
  • Christ was anointed. &c. 81.
• The benefit of
• Christs anointing,
• participation of
  • His Graces,
  • the dignitie of
  • his Person. 89.

• We must anoint Christs Head, Body, and Feete, with the Oyle of Devotion, Com∣passion, and Contrition. 82. ¶
• In the Law were anointed
  • Prophets,
  • Priests,
  • Kings. 83.
• No injurie must bee done to the Lords a∣nointed. 82. †
• Apocrypha, see Scripture.
• Of Christs appearing. 305.
• Application of Christ to the heart, better than Simeons holding him in his armes. 141. †
• The wicked can doe no more than God hath appointed. 213. ¶. 268. †
• Whatsoever betides a man, is by Gods ap∣pointment. 214.
• The Place, Time, Manner and Preparati∣on of Christs apprehension. 177. &c.
• That apprehension of impenitent sinners worse than that of Christs in the Garden. 186. *
• Comfortable words like Aqua-vitae. 589.
• Christs armes his messengers. 342.
• Christs arraignement frees us from ar∣raignment and condemnation. 194. *
• Of Christs ascension. 353.
• The
  • Necessity, Time,
  • Place from whence
  • Manner,
  • Fruits and benefits
    • of Christs as∣scension. from 353. to 365.
• Christ as∣cended to
  • Prepare a place for us.
  • Send down the holy ghost.
  • Lead captivity captive.
  • Give gifts to his Church.
  • Make intercession for us. 354
• Difference betwixt Christs ascension and others. 363.
• Christs ascension a pawne of ours. 315. †
• Trials to know whether wee have ascended from sinne or no. 365.
• Of the great assembly to Iudgement. 428.
• Gods assistance in troubles makes men con∣fident. 194. †

B

• CHristians ought to beare with one another,
• in
• Hiding the infirmities,
• Excusing them,
• Loving the partie. 595.
• Christians ought to begin all their workes with prayer and thankesgiving. 645. †
• Not to resist beginnings in sinne dangerous. 181. ¶
• Why the Shepheards went to Bethlehem. 126. *
• By Christs binding we are loosed from the chaine of condemnation and corruption. 188.
• Christs birth the greatest Ioy of the world. 125. ¶
• The
  • Place, 116.
  • Time, 113.
  • Manner, 117.
    • of Christs birth.
• The manifestation of Christs birth. 120.
• Foure reasons of Christs meane birth. 118.
• God bestowes on his Children blessing of this life, and the life to come. 581.
• The wise order God takes in giving us bles∣sings. 622.
• The communion of Saints an earthly bles∣sings. 581.
• In the blood of Christ that issued out of his side, is something naturall and miracu∣lous. 268.
• Christs blood purifies us from the guilt and filth of sinne. 269.
• The blood of Martyrs and Christ cry unto God for revenge and mercy. 85. †
• Body, see Resurrection.
• As a Goldsmith melts gold to make a cup for the king, so God melts our bodies to make vessels of honour for himselfe. 637. ¶
• The perfection of our bodies compared to a Shipmans needle touched with a Load∣stone. 641. *
• Our bodies spi∣rituall
• because
• Vpheld by
• Subject to
• the spirit. 642.
• Chris rose with the same body hee was crucified with. 340. ¶
• The power of a glorified body. 643.
• What use of stomacke, teeth, &c. in a glori∣fied body. 628. ¶
• Christ saves not our soules onely, but our bodies also. 230. ¶
• Two Bookes opened at the day of Iudge∣ment. 439.
• Christ borne
• when
• Herod was king,
• Augustus taxed the
• world.
• why, 115
• Christ borne in a base place, to shew 10. the

• guilt of sinne: 2. to procure us a better place: 3. to make us content with any estate. 116. ¶
• Christ borne after the common and poorest manner. 117, 118.
• Christ was bonnd in regard of
  • God
    • To sanctifie the bonds of
    • his servants.
    • To teach us the desert of
    • sinne.
    • That we might bee loo∣sed.
      • 187.
  • Men for
    • Paine and punishment.
    • Caution and securitie.
    • Shame and disgrace. 186.
• Against the Papists giving the bread one∣ly. 334. *
• What meant by Christs breaking of bread with the Disciples that went to Em∣maus. 334.
• Christs breathing on the Disciples, was a signe of giving the Holy Ghost. 345. †
• Christ was buried,
  • To give us assurance
  • of his death: that hee
  • might conquer death
  • in his strongest hold: to
  • sanctifie and sweeten
  • the grave for us: that
  • wee might have
  • strength to bury him.
    • 273.
• Of the burning of the world. 410. ¶
• A Story of two Protestants in king Ed∣ward the sixths dayes touching burning for religion. 277. †
• The burthen of sinne. 158. *
• Every sinne addes to the burthen of Christ. 159. *
• The benefit of Christs buriall. 281.
• Foure waies to bury sinne: to kill it: hate the loathsome face of it: remove it out of our sight: and to rake moulds on it. 282.

C

• CHrist comes when a man is at his cal∣ling. 122. †
• Calvins speech, Dominus cum venit, in∣veniet me laborantem. 122. ¶
• Moderation in worldly cares, seeing God is our Father. 55.
• What the word Catholike meanes. 574. ¶
• The Church said to be Catholike in respect of Place, Persons, and, Time. 575. &c.
• The Papists beleeving in the Catholike Church absurd in religion and reason. 578. *
• Reasons proving the Papists no true Ca∣tholikes. 578.
• A twofold chaine on every naturall man, of corruption, sinne: of condemnation, and guilt of sinne. 188.
• The wicked compared to chaffe. 434.
• A great change and alteration after con∣version. 499.
• We must commit the seede of our charity in∣to the bosome of the poore, and hands of God. 594. ¶
• All chastisements came from God our lo∣ving Father, and shall turne to our good. 56, 57.
• Gods Children why withheld from worldly blessings. 580.
• Gods Children never totally & finally for∣saken of him proued by foure grounds. 172.
• What Christ shall doe after the last Iudge∣ment. 475. see Iudgement.
• The word Christ what it signifies. 77. see Anointed.
• Christ and Messiah all one. 77. ¶
• Christ the Sonne of God. 90.
• Christ proved to be God from the Names, Attributes, Workes, and Worship of God ascribed to him. 91.
• Why Christ must bee both God and Mun. 92. ¶
• Christ borne when Augustus Caesar taxed the world; to fulfill a Prophesie; to be un∣der the taxe of Gods wrath for our sakes. 116. *
• Christ the Head of the Church; three proofes. 542.
• The love and willingnesse of Christ to die for us. 208. †
• Every little meanes is to bee laid hold of to bring us to Christ. 131. ¶
• Three things required in him that would be found in Christ. 693.
• The infinite comfort after finding Christ. 312.
• No condition can hinder a man from Christ 121. *
• How a strong Christian weakned by sinne,

• may know whether the holy Ghost bee in him or no. 505.
• Christians of all men most happy, because Christ is their Lord. 99. ¶
• Good is to be done to Christians, as they are Christians. 461. †
• What the Church of God is? 525.
• The Church
• Triumphant.
• Militant.
• 520.
• 530.
• No member of the Triumphant, that is not of the Militant Church: 530.
• The great blessing it is to be a member of the Church. 566. ¶
• Wee must beleeve a, not in the Church. 523. ¶
• The Church, a mixed company of good and bad. 537.
• How the Church is one. 534.
• The diverse estates of the Church here in this world. 534.
• The Church sometimes hidden. 535. ¶
• The Church power at one time than ano∣ther. 537.
• Of cleaving to the Church. 537. ¶
• The blessings that proceed from the peace of the Church. 536. ¶
• The dignities of the Church. 539.
• The Church (as the Citie of God) excels all other cities in foure respects. 539.
• The Church the Body of Christ. 542. *
• Christ
  • Loveth,
  • Indoweth,
  • Adorneth,
  • Acquitteth,
  • Bringeth home,
  • Glorifieth,
    • the Church his Spouse. 544.
• Vniversality a property of the Church. 574.
• The Church, the pillar and ground of truth. 549.
• The Church preserves the
  • Letters,
  • Canon,
  • Authority,
    • of the Scrip∣ture. 550.
• Holinesse a property of the Church. 569.
• Iudgement of the world, mixture of good and bad, remainder of sinne, seeme to take away the holinesse of the Church. 569.
• The Church said to bee Holy, by
  • 1. Faith and good conversation.
  • 2. Imp••tation of Christs righteousnesse.
  • 3. Inherent holinesse in the true mem∣bers.
  • 4. Having the means of holinesse. 570.
  • Reasons why there is no salvation without the Church. 565. ¶
• The Church Bet••lehem, thither we must goe to finde Christ. 126. *
• All things tend to the good of the Church, as crosse wheeles in a clocke. 88. ¶
• The come unto me in glory, depends on the come unto me in grace. 446. ¶
• Christ comes to a man when things bee at the worst. 115. ¶
• The comfort of the Holy Ghost excels all other comforts. 511.
• To appropriate Christs merit, a great com∣fort. 124. †
• Two times to commend
• our soules to God,
• In danger,
• every day.
• 258.
• 3. grounds of cōmending our selves to God,
• because
• hee is
• the Father of Spirits.
• our Father in Christ.
• hath afforded us for∣mer
• favours.
• 258.
• Why Christ gives signes of his comming. 402.
• God communicates his wisdome, &c. to us; we, our griefes to him. 583.
• Christ communicates
• to us
• Himselfe.
• right of his death & merit.
• Power of Spirituall life.
• Dignity of his owne estate.
• 584
• We communicate to Christ,
• our
• Nature,
• Sinnes,
• Troubles and dangers.
• 383.
• Christ communicates his graces to his Church. 341.
• Of the communion of the Saints. 579.
• By the communion of Saints, a Christian hath a thousand helps. 597. ¶
• The communion of Saints consists
• in communion
• with God,
• with Christ,
• one with another.
• 582
• Foure lets of the communion of saints. 605.
• The communion one with another consists in the commmuion of the,
• 1. Living with the living. 587, &c.
• 2. Living and the Dead,
• in
• wishing well to
• conversing with
• one another. 598
• 3. Dead with the dead, in
• ...

• 1. Lying together in the Grave.
• 2. Being members of Christ.
• 3. Being gathered to the Saints depar∣ted. 599.
• The communion of the living with the living stands in community
  • of
    • Affection. 587.
    • Graces. 588.
    • Spirituall sacrifices. ibid.
    • Temporall blessings. 590.
    • Bearing one with another. 594.
• The communitie of goods is limited
• in the
• Excesse.
• Defect.
• 592.
• Communions of the wicked. 579.
• Christs company a great comfort. 243. †
• Christs complaint on the crosse. 168.
• Christ conceived
  • of the flesh of the Virgin. 105. †
  • by the power of the holy Ghost, how. 106.
• Christ conceived by the Holy Ghost, that he might be pure and without sin. 107. †
• The stirre that was at Christs conception. 108. *
• Of the condemnation of Christ. 197.
• Conscience compared to a Booke wherein all things are written. 207. ¶
• To sin against conscience a fearefull thing. 205. †. 207. †
• The property of a good conscience to be mo∣ved at Gods judgements. 206. ¶
• Bad consciences troubled at Christs com∣ming. 132. ¶
• Wicked mens consciences may be sealed for a time, but one day they shall be opened. 184. ¶
• No flying from an evill conscience. 205. ¶
• An evill conscience the worst accuser. 207. ¶
• A Christian though contemn'd in his life, is honoured in his grave. 278. ¶
• Constancie in a good course requisite, thogh without successe. 199. *
• Of the conviction at the last day. 437.
• Conversion makes men labour to draw o∣thers to the same estate. 238. *
• Confession of sinne,
• Cleering the Iustice of God,
• Zeale for the honour of God,
• a signe of conversi∣on, 238.
• No man knowes the instant of his conver∣sion. 305.
• No cost to be spared for Christ. 280. ¶
• Covetousnesse moved Iudas to betray Christ. 181. †
• The workes of the Creation not to be lookt on but with due consideration. 65. ¶
• The
  • Author,
  • Substance,
  • Manner,
  • Subject,
  • Estate,
  • Time,
  • Order,
  • End,
    • of the Creation. &c. 64.
• The
  • motion
  • multitude
    • of the Creatures prove a Deitie. 43. ¶
• The Creature, not God, cause of sinne and defect. 67. †
• We ought not to abuse the Creatures, see∣ing God made them. 65.
• Wee ought to pray for restauration to the creatures. 68. *
• Christ died the death of the Crosse, be∣cause it was
• most
  • Accursed.
  • Shamefull.
  • Painefull.
  • Apparent.
    • 211.
• Christs behaviour on the Crosse. 224.
• The seven last words of Christ on the Crosse. 224. &c.
• The scandall of the Crosse weakens faith. 321.
• Christs Disciples must bee carriers of the Crosse. 214. ¶
• No man must make a Crosse to himselfe, but bee contented if God lay it on him. 214. ¶
• All Crosses must be borne. ibid.
• The place where Christ was crucified. 215.
• Why Christ was crucified aloft. 213. *
• How Christ was led to be crucified. 213.
• What torments are expressed in the word crucified. 219. ¶
• Vses from Christs crucifying. 220. &c.
• Five falsehoods in Popish crucifixes. 223.
• Christs Cup what it is. 160. *
• Sinne brings Gods curse upon 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 467. *

D

• ALL needlesse dangers are carefully to be shunned. 338. †
• Whether the darkenesse of the Sunne at Christs passion was all the world over? 165. †
• The horrid darknesse of wicked men at the last day. 165. ¶
• The holy Ghost illuminates as a window in a darke house. 509.
• Dead bodies members of Christ, having communion with him. 600.
• Incertainty of death, should stirre us up to conscionable walking. 237. †
• At the day of death most care is to bee had of our soules. 238. ¶. 257. ¶ 258. *
• Death but a departing. 143. *
• The good change a Christian makes by death. 242. ¶
• The greatest extremitie befals Christians at the time of their deaths. 169. ¶
• We ought to prepare for death. 179. †
• Christs Death, 261.
• Voluntarie. 265.
• The manifestation thereof. 266.
• The Power thereof. 269. ¶
• The fruits of Christs Death are to us freedome
• from the
  • Eternall Death,
  • Seing of Death,
  • Curse of Death,
  • Power of Death,
  • Power of the Di∣vell,
  • Sinne, &c.
    • 272.
• How Christ defends his Church. 380.
• God deferres not good tidings from man. 123. *
• Sinne hath made us so deformed, that God doth not acknowledge us. 150.
• Deformities are punishments for sinne. 639.
• Deformities in the member of the Church as bad as that in the members of the bo∣dy. 573. †
• Pilates endevour to deliver Christ, better than Peters. 200. †
• Of Christs descension into Hell. 283.
• Christs
• Body,
• Soule,
• did not descend into
• Hell. 285. ••. 287.
• Against the Papists, Christ did not de∣scend into Hell,
• to
• Preach to the damned. 285. †
• Suffer paines there. ibid. ¶
• No Skirts of Hell. 286.
• Places of Scriptures alledged by the adver∣saries for Christ descension into Hell, answered. 289.
• The descension of Christ into Hell, nothing else but the captivating of him under death for a time. 289. ¶
• Two descents of a Christian. 290.
• Christs desertion on the crosse. 164.
• Spirituall desertion what it is. 170. †
• Tryals of good desires. 28.
• Defects in unsound desire of Heaven. 498.
• How the wicked desire grace. 506.
• see Grace.
• No man ought to despaire of Gods mercie. 233. ¶
• The Divell the Author of all division. 478.
• Why Christ died no ordinary death. 212.
• It was needfull Christ should dye,
• 1. To satisfie Gods Iustice for Mans sinne.
• 2. That our sinnes might dye in his death.
• 3. To seale to true bileevers Gods pro∣mises in the Gospell. 261, 262.
• Why Christ dyed a painefull death. 264
• We must be willing to dye, when wee have done Gods worke. 263.
• We should la∣bour
• to dye
• the servants of God. 143. ¶
• in peace of conscience. 144. *
• Ill successe,
• Bad example, in holy labors, should be no
• discouragements. 134.
• What it was that Christ dranke on the crosse. 217.
• God drawes man out of sinne. 379.
• Perseverance in good duties never failes in obtaining a reward. 488. *
• Duties to God, must not abridge our du∣ties to men. 231. *

E

• WIcked men get up early to follow their lusts. 193. †
• How the earth shall be renewed. 413.
• ...

• The Earth shall be renued in regard
• of
• Christ,
• the Godly,
• the wicked.
• 414.
• The wicked can lay no claime to the Earth when it is renued. 415. ¶
• Ecce Homo, a good memento for a Chri∣stian. 203. ¶
• Of the Disciples that went to Emmaus. 316.
• Actions determined by their ends, as a ship governed by the Sterne. 407. †
• Good endevours shall finde Gods blessing. 136. *
• Wee ought so to live, as our enemies may haue no just cause of exception against us. 195 ¶
• Love to our enemies a Christian duty. 225. *. Five Motives thereto. ibid.
• The wicked alwaies enemies, to the friends and followers of Christ. 191. ¶
• How the true Church may erre. 570.
• The comfortable estate of a Christian, ne∣ver to be forsaken of God. 173. ¶
• God able to raise from nothing to great worldly estates.
• The exaltation of Christ. 291.
• Christs humility, our example. 164. *
• Christs example our i••itation. 245. †
• How examples are most fit to move. 138. ¶
• Bad example. 135.
• Bad example should not transport us from Christ. 234. ¶
• No exception to bee taken against the two Bookes that shall be opened at the day of Iudgement. 440.
• Excommunication a most fearefull sen∣tence. 568. *
• Whether better to sinne against God or stand excommunicated. 568. ¶
• VVhy the Disciples eyes (that went to Em∣maus) were held. 319.
• God must open our eyes, before we can dis∣cerne Christ. 335. †

F

• THe great Object of Faith God. 41.
• Two rules to governe our Faith con∣cerning God. 478.
• Faith
  • Historicall. 16.
  • Temporary. 18.
  • Miraculous. 19.
  • Iustifying. 20.
• Two reasons why Faith aloue justifieth. 31
• What required to a justifying Faith. 20.
• Seven trials of true justifying Faith. 22.
• Five companions of true justifying Faith. 25. &c.
• Degrees of true justifying Faith. 26.
• Effects of true justifying Faith. 37.
• There weakenings of
• Faith,
  • The scandall of the Crosse.
  • Too much hast to have our
  • desires.
  • Tying to our eyes and
  • hands.
    • 322.
• Wherein weaknesse of Faith consists. 27.
• Trials to distinguish a weake Faith, from no Faith. 28.
• How to finde out weaknesse of Faith. 30.
• Reasons why our Faith is sh••ke••. 32.
• True Faith may be shrewdly shaken 321. †
• Comforts in weaknesse and want of feeling of Faith. 34.
• Full assurance of Faith. 36.
• He that takes away one main point of Faith, takes away all. 20.
• True Faith layes hold on every little word of Christ. 311. ¶
• True Faith breakes through all lets. 126. †
• True justifying Faith assureth of salvation. 31. 33.
• Wherein Faith is necessary to salvation, though judgement be according to works. 457. *
• Our Faith must bee grounded on the Scrip∣ture. 329. ¶
• Faith that is visible saveth. 457. ¶
• Faith must be in particular. 77. *
• Faith vsefull in the life of a Christian. 3.
• Two waies Faith stirres up holy motions in 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 4.
• All things must be done in Faith. 7.
• Comforts from doing things in Faith. 9.
• Faith upholds 〈◊〉〈◊〉
  • in
    • Spirituall desertions. 11.
    • Worldly crosses. 12.
• The least Faith after a temptation must bee cherished. 337. †
• How to die in Faith. 14.
• ...

• After a fall in sinne, a Christian must en∣deavour to rise. 337. ••
• The fall of GODS Children not finall. 173.
• Carefull provision for our families necessa∣rily commanded. 230. ••
• Caesars favour preferred before Gods. 210. †
• Want of the feare of God occasions mens running into all disorder. 236. †
• Christs feare on the crosse a dreadfull feare. 153.
• The causes of Christs
  • feare,
    • Gods judgement.
    • Death.
      • 144.
• The extremities of Hell fire. 469.
• Hell fire eternall. 470. †
• Hell fire is not naturall fire. 468.
• The extreme torments of the wicked me meant by fire. 4••7. ¶
• The Spirit quenched as fire. 516.
• How the flesh may overcome the Spirit. 595.
• The manner how Christ tooke flesh. 105.
• Christ tooke flesh. in
  • his
    • Conception.
    • Birth.
      • 105.
• How Gods people are said to flow. 125. †
• A man may flie in persecution when hee
  • hath not
    • A calling to stay.
    • Sufficient strength to suffer.
      • 1••2.
• None can forgive sinnes, but God. 615.
• How men may forgive sinnes. 616. *
• God forgives sinnes with condition of repen∣tance. 617.
• How a man may know his sinnes are forgi∣ven in particular. 618.
• A Minister forgives sinnes two wayes. 346.
• Forgivenesse of sins a great blessing. 608.
• belonging to this life onely. 609.
• Forgivenesse of sinnes in regard
  • of
  • V•••• free.
  • Christ, due.
    • 612.
• Forgivenesse of sinnes is without limitation
  • of their
    • Number.
    • Greatnesse.
      • 614.
  • Comforts from forgivenesse of sinnes. 621.
  • God forsakes not his Children prov'd
    • from the
      • Promise,
      • Nature,
      • Power,
      • Vertue of Christs Prayer.
        • of God.
          • 172.
  • Gods forsaking a man the greatest griefe. 164. ¶
  • God may be said to forsake his Children in the life of nature, but never in the l••fe of grace. 173.
  • A Christian forsaken of God in the sense and feeling of his grace, must carry
    • himselfe
      • Mournefully.
      • Patiently.
      • Holily.
        • 175.
  • Christ is forsaking a man when
    • he
      • Growes idle in the use of
      • the meanes.
      • Lives in knowne sinnes.
      • Feeles a decay of grace.
        • 330.
  • Forwardnesse and intrusion into b••sinesse, needlessely a great fault. 78. ¶
  • Wee ought to keepe God our friend in this life, if we expect to have him so at o••r death. 256. †. ¶.
  • Fulnesse of time. 113. ¶
  • Christ came not till the fulnesse of time, 114. ¶

G

• CHrist apprehended in a Garden, be∣cause
• 1. Sinne began in a Garden.
• 2. Christ prayed in the Garden.
• 3. It was a place knowne to Iudas. 177. &c.
• The calling of the Gentiles in the wise mens comming to Christ. 129. †
• That the Holy Ghost is God, proved
• by
• Reason.
• Scripture.
• 479.
• The holy Ghost a Person really subsisting.
• 481. distinct from father and Sonne. 482.
• The holy Ghost really and actually in us. 487.
• The holy
• Ghost
• Teacheth
• Governeth
• Comforteth
• us. 509. &c.
• The graces of the holy Ghost inestimably good. 487. †
• ...

• The benefits wee receive by the holy Ghost. 508.
• How the holy Ghost may be lost. 515. †
• The meanes to come by the holy Ghost. 488.
• The true markes to know whether the holy Ghost be in us or no. 489.
• Discovery of the false markes of the holy
• Ghosts being in us. 494.
• The
• Defect
• Excesse
• of giving. 593.
• Christ gave gifts personal, to the Ministers; royall, to euery man. 367.
• The life of Glory. 650.
• The Saints Glory by Christs pronouncing them blessed at the end of the world. 447. *
• Differences of Christs and Moses Glory. 419.
• Foure properties of Goates. 436.
• That there is a God, proved
• by
• The workes of God.
• The place where God is.
• The nature of the creatures.
• Our conscience.
• Our experience.
• 42.
• &c.
• That there is but one God. 46.
• How God is said to be Almighty. 59.
• Things that
• imply
• Incapability,
• Weaknesse,
• Contradiction.
• God cānot
• doe. 60.
• Vses of
• Instruction,
• Comfort,
• from Gods being
• Almighty. 61.
• God is a true God, inregard of
• his
• Nature.
• Properties.
• 48.
• We must beleeve God is our God in parti∣cular. 49.
• God the Father of Christ. 52.
• Vnion with Christ makes God our Father. 53.
• Comforts that arise from Gods being our Father. 56.
• Some men make their bellies their gods. 46. ¶
• A distinction of the Persons in the God∣head. 50. †
• The Father the fountaine of the Godhead. 51. ¶
• Golgotha, why so called. 216.
• Many hindrances when wee goe about any thing that is good. 340. †
• How God the Father communicates his goodnesse to the Sonne and holy Ghost. 52. *
• The Church the Goshen of God, therein light onely, all the world besides being darke. 565. ¶
• The Gospell like a Vine in his growth. 122. *
• The Gospell compared to a great glasse. 219. †
• Christ more glorious in the preaching of the Gospell, than in his bodily presence on Earth. 130. *
• The wicked disobedient to Christs govern∣ment. 87. ¶
• Christ governes his Church, by
• 1. Drawing them to himselfe. 375.
• 2. Guiding them the right way. 377.
• 3. Exercising them with trials for their good. 378.
• 4. Defending them from their enemies. 380.
• Foure grounds that the true graces of Gods Spirit are never finally lost. 518.
• In all Gods People, a roote of Grace re∣mains to be discerned three waies. 505. *
• Common graces of the Spirit may bee lost. 517. †
• Five meanes how to nourish the graces of the Spirit. 520.
• No power in man to doe any thing, unlesse God give him grace. 445.
• Two things a weake beginner in grace must looke to. 501.
• Grace at first small, increases, like seed•• sowne. 490. *
• Degrees of grace. 490. †
• Growth of grace imperceptible. 491. ¶
• If grace be in the heart, it will shew it selfe. 190. *
• When wee rise in grace, wee must leave the sinnes of nature behinde us. 298. *
• The Papists opinion of the incertainty of grace, confuted. 494.
• Two defects in restraining grace. 495.
• The graces of the Spirit compared to Oyle. 81.
• Desire of grace fourefold. 505. ¶
• Comforts in the lying in our graves. 633.
• Christs grave why new. 279.
• Every man though hee have no house, hath

• a grave to be buried in. 278. *
• Christ at first made knowne to the poorer sort, not great men. 120. ¶
• All sinne is a griefe to God. 481. *
• The sinnes of Gods People doe more grieve Christ, than of the prophaner sort. 18. †
• The Spirit grieved by sinne against know∣ledge and disobedience. 520.

H

• THe right hand of God signifies,
• 1. His Power.
• 2. The glory of Heaven.
• 3. Propinquitie of place to God in dignity. 371.
• By Christs sitting at Gods right hand is
• implied,
• His enobling our nature.
• His governement of the
• Church.
• 372.
• Christ sits at Gods right hand,
• 1. To shew the worke of mans redemp∣tion is finished.
• 2. All judiciary power is committed to him.
• 3. He is in continuall act of judgement. 374.
• Never can a man make too much haste to come to Christ. 126. ¶
• A good hearer like dry powder. 528. ¶
• How to know whether Christ bee conceived in the heart. 105. ¶
• The great stirre that is at the conception of Christ in the heart of a Christian. 108. †
• The heart hardned in sinne, nothing will do good upon. 185. ¶
• Pilate an Heathen, goes beyond most Chri∣stians in fearing to sinne against God. 209. *
• God the maker of Heaven and Earth. 64, 65.
• Of the re••••ing of the Heavens and the Earth. 412.
• All that come to Heaven, must come by Christ. 286. ¶
• Heaven promised to sinners upon repen∣tance. 242. *
• Heaven prepared for the Elect before they were borne. 451.
• Gods Children must be content to stay from Heaven, for the good of those they live amongst. 359. †
• In Heaven we shall be freed from
• 1. All necessities of nature. 652.
• 2. All labours of this life. ibid.
• 3. Originall sinne. 653.
• 4. All worldly power and authoritie. 654.
• 5. All society with the wicked. ibid.
• 6. All sicknesses and diseases. 655.
• The Heavens shall be new in regard
• of
• Vse.
• Disposition.
• Effects.
• 413.
• In Heaven we shall enjoy
• 1. Immediate society with God. 655.
• 2. Eternall presence of Christ. ibid.
• 3. Societie of Saints and Angels. 657.
• 4. Lordship over the world. ibid.
• 5. A continuall Sabbath to the Lord. 658.
• Christ suffered the paines of Hell, but not in place of Hell. 242. *
• Women when good helps. 206. *
• Christ borne when Herod was king,
• to shew
• His Kingdome was not of this world.
• The Iewes kingdome was at the lowest.
• 115.
• Why Herod was troubled at Christs com∣ming. 132. †
• Herod desired to see Christ not for love, but for his miracles sake. 201. ¶
• The holy Ghost the onely Author of holi∣nesse. 482.
• Sixe meanes whereby the holy Ghost workes holinesse in us. 484.
• Two defects of Popish holinesse. 572.
• All our hope and comfort must bee in Christ. 140. *
• We ought to bee humbled seeing Christ was humbled for us. 101. †
• Christs humiliation, the first degree. 100.
• The humilitie of Christ in his birth. 117. ¶
• None can hurt us but from power given from God. 60. 179. *

I

• THe Valley of Iehoshaphat not the place of the last judgement. 398.
• Christ will deale with good men as Iehu with Iehonadab. 447. ¶
• Humane reason brought the wise men to Ierusalem; divine, to Bethlehem. 130. †
• ...

• Why the Iewes were troubled at Christs birth. 132. ¶
• In the Name Iesus, is
• implied
• Christ to be our Savior.
• No other Iesus but he.
• He is our Iesus and will save us.
• 72.
• Sinnes of ignorance lesse than sinnes of knowledge. 228. *
• Commission of sinne after illumination dan∣gerous. 193. ¶
• Impenitence worse than wormewood or ••all to Christ. 250. *
• Importunitie prevailes with wicked men to any thing that is bad. 210. *
• Impossibilities in nature are possibilities in the power of God. 109. ¶
• Our Heavenly Inheritance comes from God our Father. 57.
• Our title to Heaven is by inheritance. 452.
• Foure testimonies of Christs Innocencie. 195.
• We ought to beware of wronging the Inno∣cent. 206. ¶
• Iosephs grave in his garden, why. 279.
• How Christ makes intercession for us. 457.
• It is finished, Christs song of gratulation. 250. ¶
• Of Iudas's betraying Christ. 181.
• Christ onely the Iudge at last day. 394. ¶
• Comforts from Christ being our Iudge. 394. ¶
• Two things required in a Iudge,
• sufficient
• Knowledge to know all things.
• Power to punish all offendors.
• 391.
• Of Christs comming to Iudgement. 385.
• The glory of Christs comming to Iudge∣ment, consists
• in
• His traine.
• Brightnesse of his Body.
• Eminencie of his soveraigne Power.
• 422
• There shall be a Iudgement day. 386.
• The day of Iudgement not far off. 400. ¶
• The Earth the generall place where the last Iudgement shall be. 395. *
• The
• Time,
• Certaintie,
• Signes,
• of the last Iudge∣ment. 399. &c.
• Two signes yet to come of the last Iudge∣ment. 403.
• Reasons of the delay of the day of Iudge∣ment are Gods,
• 1. Patience in waiting for mans re∣demption.
• 2. Goodnesse to his creatures.
• 3. Care of the Elect. 404.
• The persons that shall be Iudged. 405.
• The manner of the last Iudgement. 409.
• The sentence of the last Iudgement. 443.
• The last Iudgement shall bee according to good workes. 458. ¶
• Difference in Iudgement may happen to the Saints, but not in affection, as in Physi∣tians about a sicke Patient. 585. ¶
• Gods Children must bee affected with his Iudgements. 168. ¶
• All that desire to see Christ and to depart in peace, must be Iust men. 139. †
• Iustice and Religion must goe together. 139. ¶

K

• NO doores or iron gates can keepe out Christ. 339. *
• Christ hath two keyes,
• 1. To lock the wicked into hel.
• 2. To open heavē to the godly.
• 423
• Christ a King,
• to
• Gather,
• Governe,
• Doe good to Defend
• his Church and Peo∣ple. 86. &c.
• The Kingdome of Heaven prepared onely for the Elect. 451.
• Three properties of the Kingdome of Hea∣ven. 448.
• Gods attributes set aworke to furnish the Kingdome of Heaven. 448. ¶
• Foure excellencies of the Kingdome of Heaven. 449.
• Gods goodnesse to his people to bring them out of the divels kingdome into Christs. 87. †
• Christs Kingdome not of this world. 115. †. 198. †
• Some kisse religion at Church, as Iudas did Christ, and betray it at home. 184. †
• That we shall know one another at the Re∣surrection. 630.
• ...

• Two defects in knowledge, or illumination. 496.
• Christ must bee made knowne abroad, no•• conceald in private. 127. †
• Wee must make conscience of knowne truthes. 284. *

L

• NO labour too great to come to Christ. 129. ¶
• If we continue in sinne unrepentant Christ hath lost his labour. 151. ¶
• A Christian a shining lampe. 589. *
• The Canon Law makes it unlawfull to
• sell
• Spirituall things
• What belongs to another.
• 182. ¶
• God sometimes leaves us to see how we love him. 332.
• A man loses the Spirit, as leaves fall off a tree. 521. †
• An evill member of the Church compared to a wodden legge. 537. *
• Why Christs legges were broken. 266.
• No lets should binder Christians from com∣ming to Christ. 126. †
• Christs Letter to his Father. 74.
• How a man may be busied for provision for this life. 648. †
• Mans life compared to Weavers warpe. 45. ¶
• Life twofold,
• of
• Nature.
• Grace.
• 171. *
• The time of this life the time of mercie and grace. 444.
• This life compared to a drawbridge. ibid.
• Of life everlasting. 648.
• God promiseth to his People
• life
• Naturall in this world.
• Spirituall in the world to come.
• 649. ¶
• Two degrees of spirituall life,
• of
• Grace.
• Glorie.
• 650. †
• The continuance of life everlasting. 669.
• Life everlasting no blessing, but torment to the wicked. 648. ¶
• Christ by his life aswell as death wrought out our salvation. 254. †
• As the Soule is the life of the body, so God is the life of the soule. 649.
• Sinners deserve not to have the light of the Sunne or Moone to shine on them. 167. ¶
• Christ Lord of the world in regard
• of
• Soveraigntie.
• Service.
• 95.
• Christ as Lord will dispose all to the good of his Church. 96. †
• Christ our Lord by right
• of
• Creation.
• Redemption.
• Donation.
• Voluntarie service.
• 97.
• The abatements of the graces of the Spirit in a man, whereby hee thinkes them lost. 518. †
• Love beares with a number of faults, as a mother with her childe. 595.
• The marvellous love of Christ to die and suffer for us. 151. *
• True love to Christ
• Endures no holding backe.
• Followes Christ in bonds.
• 190.
• True love to Christ stoopes to the meanest service for his members. 276. †
• Christ loves his enemies, much more his friends. 226. ¶
• Every man, like the Iewes, preferre their lusts before Christ. 203.

M

• IF Christ restored an Eare to Malchus his enemy, much more will he be mercifull to his friends. 638. ¶
• God had rather abate of his Service, tha•• Man w••nt his comfort. 459.
• Gods fitting a Man to his Kingdome, com∣pared to a Carpenters hewing of timber. 500. ¶
• The meanenesse of Mans beginning. 67.
• God made Man last of all creatures,
• to
• Honour him.
• Teach him.
• Further him in the best. things.
• 70. †
• Christ was made Man in regard
• of
• Necessitie.
• Equitie.
• Fitnesse.
• 103.

• The Manhood of Christ darkned by the Godhead, as a candle by the Sunne. 477. *
• The manner of the manifestation of Christs birth. 123.
• Three reasons why Christ was manifested first to the poorer sort. 120. ¶
• The Virgin Mary more blessed for bearing Christ in her heart than in her wombe. 112. †
• Notes of Mary Magdalens love to Christ are
• her seeking him
• Continually when o∣thers gave over.
• With teares for losse of him.
• With diligence.
• With complaint for not finding him.
• With publishing her sorrow.
• With proffer of any paines to enjoy him.
• 306. &c.
• Why Mary could not see Christ. 310.
• Why Christ appeares first to Mary. 313. ¶
• Constant using the meanes a sure way to finde Christ. 307.
• The meanes are to the Spirit, as would▪ to the nourishing of a tree. 520. †
• The conscionable use of the meanes gives us comfortable hope of a blessing. 538. *
• The office of a Mediator ceases when Christ renders up his Kingdome. 476. †
• The Mediatorship compared to silke before sore eyes. 476. ¶
• All men are sinners. 610. See Sinne, and Sinners.
• Mercie in the midst of wrath. 58.
• Three reasons that no man can merit for another. 596.
• Man can merit nothing. 252. ¶
• Watchfulnesse requisite to the members of the Church militant. 531. ¶
• GOD the Author of all Ministery. 342. ¶
• Christs Spirit attends the Ministery of his Word. 345.
• The authoritie of the Ministery is to forgive sinnes. 346.
• All true Ministers are sent
• to
• Seeke that which was lost.
• Call sinners to repentance.
• Preach deliverance to the captives.
• 342.
• Why me••tion is made of Christs sufferings, and not of his miracles. 145. †
• Money ill come by, will one day lie heavie on the conscience. 184. †
• Mortification wherein it consist. 503. ¶
• How Moses may bee said to accuse us. 554. ¶
• Why Christ dranke myrth mingled with wine. 217. ¶
• The mystery of God spoken of Revel. 10. 7. the end of the world. 251. ¶

N

• REverence due to the Name of God. 208. ¶
• We are naturally naked in the sight of God. 222. †
• A good nature no signe of grace. 494.
• Nature hardly restrained by grace. 516. *
• Christ tooke on him both the whole Nature of man, as soule and body, and the infir∣mities thereof. 102.
• Christ tooke on him such infirmities of mans nature as were not sinnefull, but un∣blameable passions, and those not perso∣nall, but common to all men. 102. ¶
• Christ tooke the infirmities of mans nature,
• 1. For satisfaction sake.
• 2. To strengthen faith in the incarna∣tion.
• 3. For our example.
• 4. To compassionate us. 103. &c.
• Christ tooke mans nature inregard
• of
• Necessitie.
• Equitie.
• Fitnesse.
• 103. ¶
• The ends why he tooke it
• are to
• Redeeme man.
• Restore the lost Image of God in man.
• Advance mans nature.
• Make it dreadfull to the divel.
• Declare thereby
• the
• Wisedome
• Goodnesse
• Iustice
• Power
• of God. 164.
• ...

• Mans nature and sinne hardly parted, but by the power of the holy Ghost. 107. †
• Impossibilities to a naturall man. 511. *
• Better not to speake at all than ill of our neighbours. 195. ¶
• We may not hurt our neighbours though it be in our powers. 200. *
• Noah left all to save his soule. 38.
• Christs words, Noli••e tangere. 312. ¶
• God is able to make a man somewhat, when he is nothing. 66. ¶

O

• THe marvellous obduration of the Iewes. 185.
• Obedience due to God
• that
• Made, Can destroy, Disposes,
• all things. 64, 65
• Obedience due to Christ as Lord. 97. ¶
• A man that hath nothing to offer to God, must offer his sinnes. 137. ¶
• The threefold office of Christ. 83.
• Oile of gladnesse why so called. 81. ¶
• Difference in opinions hath beene in all ages. 283. †
• The danger of letting slip an opportunitie. 348.
• Christ over-heares every word wee speake. 351.

P

• THe Papists feare the Popes curse more than Gods. 467. †
• Christ borne of meane Parentage,
• to
• Sanctifie the meanest births. Pull downe the pride of the world.
• Teach us contentment. Declare the greatnesse of Gods love.
• 111.
• Christs care extends not onely to all in ge∣nerall, but to every one in particular. 347.
• We must beleeve in particular. 77. *
• Christ the true paschall Lambe. 266. 268. ¶
• Christs Passion two-fold,
• of
• Necessitie,
• Arbitrary,
• this he
• Vnderwent.
• Refused.
• 218.
• No perfect peace on earth, whilst the Church is Militant. 531. *.
• Christ brings peace whithersoever he comes. 339. ¶
• True peace of conscience is only to be sought in the death of Christ. 340.
• Gods People are sensible of their owne wants. 248. ¶
• Perseverance obtaines the Crowne. 255. ¶
• Why Peter girt his coat unto him, when hee cast himselfe into the Sea, and swim to Christ. 627.
• Philip of Macedonia his dayly memento. 407. ¶
• God as a Physitian gives his people such a potion, as shall free them from all diseases. 641. ¶
• Pilate sought to cleare Christ. 197. ¶
• Pilate laboured to deliver
• Christ
• Loquendo,
• Mittendo,
• Iungendo,
• Flagellando
• 200.
• Of Pilates labouring to deliver Christ. 205.
• In foure respects we must be Pilgrims here. 40.
• The places of trouble, God will make places of comfort. 360.
• What to plead against Satan. 152.
• Wee ought to remember death in the midst of all our pleasures. 279. ¶
• Neglect of the poore a great sinne. 475.
• Christ the poore mans portion. 121. ¶
• Christ not to bee despised for his povertie. 137. *
• What Christ prayed for in the Garden. 160. *
• Christ prayed for his enemies. 225.
• Prayer is seede sowne in Gods eares and heart. 488. †
• As Christs, so our prayers must be limited to Gods good will. 160.
• The stronger conflicts, the more earnest our prayers. 161. ¶
• Prayer should take place, where admonition will not. 227. †
• Ground of prayer. 240. *
• Hearty prayer shall not want its due fruit. 242. *
• Praising of God must follow holy Services. 127. ¶
• ...

• ... Preparation to Heaven illustrated by a Si∣mile of a Traveller. 447. †
• A personall precept bindes not every man. 492. ¶
• No man must prescribe conditions to God. 349. †
• Wee must labour to bee in the presence of Christ. 98. *
• A twofold presence of God,
• 1. Generall, to sustaine us in the life of Nature.
• 2. Particular, to assist us in the life of Glory. 170. 465.
• Christ a Priest,
• to
• Reconcile us to God.
• Intercede for us.
• 84, &c.
• The longer we live here, the neerer we draw to the accomplishment of Gods Promises. 114. †
• Gods Promises accomplished in the fulnesse of time. 113.
• Patient waiting for Gods promises com∣mended. 114. *
• Christ a Prophet to declare the will of God. 83.
• The soule goes not to Purgatory, or a mid∣dle place. 604.

Q

• HOw the Spirit is quenched. 516.

R

• AS the Rechabites observed their fa∣ther Ionadab, so wee must observe and obey God. 54. *
• Reconciliation to God is by Christ. 152. *
• Our reconciliation to God, cost Christ thick blood. 163. †
• Our reconciliation no easie thing. 212. †
• The difficultie of recovering out of sinne, if long lyen in. 350. ¶
• The worke of redemption greater than of creation. 68. ¶
• The great and long labour of our redemp∣tion. 253. *
• The consummation of our redemption, in the words, It is finished. 251. †
• The power of grace in the heart makes Gods people to rejoyce. 136. ¶
• Tis nothing to be religious, if not just with∣all. 139. ¶
• Two remembrances of God
• in
• Iudgement.
• Mercie.
• 241. †
• Repentance cannot save without faith, for three reasons. 1. 2.
• Repen∣tance.
• Fruitfull, only in this Vnfruitfull or penall in the other
• life. 609. ¶
• Defects in unsound repentance, as in A∣hab, &c. 497.
• The danger of late repentance. 235.
• No repentance in Hell. 285. †
• Christ alwaies comes to repentant sinners. 306. †
• No resisting Christ the Lord of the world. 96. ¶
• Of the resurrection of the body. 623.
• Reasons proving it drawne from
• the
• Power,
• Iustice,
• Mercie,
• End of Christs comming.
• Resurrection of Christ.
• of God.
• 623.
• Objections of Atheists against the resur∣rection answered. 625.
• The glory of the body at the resurrection consists in
• 1.
• 2.
• 3.
• 4.
• 5.
• 6.
• Intirenesse of parts. 638.
• Beauty and lovelinesse. 639.
• Brightnesse and splendor. ibid.
• Immortalitie and immutabilitie. 640.
• Spiritualitie. 642.
• Power. 643.
• Of Christs resurrection. 292.
• Christs resurrection of necessity,
• to
• Assure us of pardon of sinnes.
• Apply salvation.
• Assure our resurrection,
• out of the
• Grave.
• Trouble.
• 292. &c.
• The companions of Christs resurrection. 300.
• The manifestation of Christs resurrection. 304.
• Reasons that wee shall know one another at the resurrection. 630.
• VVhy the resurrection is delayed. 631.
• The dead bodies of the Saints, pledges

• of our resurrection. 632.
• Our resurrection shall bee onely by the po∣wer of Christ. 635.
• Our bodies at the resurrection shall bee as glorious as Adams in innocencie. 639. †
• There must bee no returne to sinne. 137. ¶
• The hope of reward must carry us through afflictions. 451.
• Rich men have as much neede of God as poore. 128. ¶
• In what estate our bodies shall rise. 637.
• As Christ is risen, so wee must rise to new∣nesse of life. 302.
• Wee shall all rise with the same bodies. 627.
• Objections against it answered. 628.
• In what estate the wicked shall rise. 644.
• The difference of the rising of the godly and the wicked. 300.
• VVhether monsters shall rise monsters. 645.
• In what sexe all shall rise. 646.
• Whether children and old men shall rise so, or not. 646, 647.
• Christ rose the third day
• First, no sooner,
• 1. To evidence the truth of his death to the Iewes.
• 2. To evidence the power of his death to the Disciples.
• 3. To teach Christians patience. 294.
• Secondly, no later,
• 1. Lest the Iewes should not thinke him Christ.
• 2. Lest the Disciples faith should stag∣ger.
• 3. To apply his resurrection.
• 4. Because God had so appointed. 295.
• Christ rose in power. 296. †
• VVhen Christ rose, hee left the grave∣clothes behinde him, why. 298.
• Multitudes of rose with Christ
• to
• Shew the benefit of his resurrection appertaines to many, not a few.
• Be witnesses thereof. 301.
• What was done by
• VVhat became of
• th••se that rose with Christ.
• 303.
• Roome for swaggerers, &c. in the Iune, but none for Christ. 119. ¶
• Christ the roote of David how. 543. *

S

• CHrist instituted the Christian Sab∣bath. 305. †
• Spirituall Sacrifices due to the Saints on Earth
• are
• Exhortation.
• Admonition.
• Consolation.
• Mutuall praier.
• 588, &c.
• A Kingdome assigned to the Saints. 447.
• The Saints are now in glory. 529. †
• No salvation without the Church. 565.
• All men naturally out of the estate of sal∣vation. 73. †
• But one meanes of salvation. 47. ¶
• Christ a Saviour. 72.
• No Saviour but he. 75.
• Differences betweene Christ and other Sa∣viours. 76. *
• Noah left all to save his Soule. 38.
• Christ saves
• His owne people only.
• By suffering.
• From sinnes.
• 73.
• Nobilitas objecti.
• Debilitas subjecti.
• The reasons why wee beleeve not the Scriptures. 325. ¶
• The Scripture the jewell and treasure of the Church. 550.
• Reasons proving the puritie and perserva∣tion of the letter of the Scripture. 551.
• Of the true translation of the Scripture. 553.
• How to reconcile the different translations in the Scripture. 553. ¶
• Canonicall Scripture what it is. 555.
• Reasons why the Apocrypha was not recei∣ved for canonicall Scripture. 557.
• The Scripture is a rule left us to walke and examine all things by. 559. †
• The Church gives no authority to the Scrip∣ture, seeing GOD is the Author of it. 560. ¶
• All that Christ did, was to fulfill the Scrip∣ture. 247. *
• ...

• In the Scripture,
• the
• Puritie,
• Majestie,
• Predictions,
• Power,
• Sinceritie,
• Consent of writers and Naturall reason,
• prove them to have God their Author 561. &c.
• Consent of writer in
• the
• Matter
• Manner
• if the Scriptures. 663
• The Scripture is to
• be
• Relied on,
• Iudge in questions,
• Not all neglected,
• Directer of ••ur lives,
• because the Word of God. 564.
• The unsearchable goodnesse of the Holy Ghost expressed by the similitude of a mans looking on 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Sea. 507. ¶
• Ill successe,
• Bad example,
• T••o discouragements in the wisemens search for Christ. 134.
• To see Christ in the Gospell, a blessing wor∣thy to provoke u••to praise GOD for. 142.
• The Word of God ••e seed, breeds Christ in our hearts. 106. *
• Strangers seeke ••hrist sooner than the children. 130. ¶
• We must seeke C••••ist
• because
• Hee ••keth us.
• His g••aces are precious.
• He g••eth salvation.
• 131.
• It is in vaine to se••ke Christ in this world, or worldly thing. 360. ¶
• We sell our soules t••the Divell for pleasures and profits. 183. *
• Of Christs sendin his Disciples. 342.
• Diverse opinions by the sentence at the day of judgeme•••• is pronounced first to the godly, then the wicked. 444.
• Of the dreadfull seene of the last judge∣ment. 445. †
• The wofull separa••on of dearest friends at the day of judge••ent. 431, 432.
• Separation from ••he
• Church
• Vnlawfu••••
• Lawfull
• 537.
• Gods Service ough•• be preferr'd before all things. 249.
• God had rather a••e of his Service, than Man lose his comfort. 459.
• A twofold Service
• to Christ
• Voluntary of the godly.
• Vnwilling of the wic∣ked.
• 69 *
• Our friendship by reconciliation in Christ alters not the condition of Servants. 454. ¶
• Distinction of sheckles. 183.
• The properties of sheepe. 435.
• Christs manifestation of the sheepheards. 120.
• Vnder shewes of law and justice the inno∣cent destroyed. 195. *
• Signes of the last judgement. See judge∣ment.
• Of the signe of the Sonne of Man. 417.
• What it is. 419.
• The Crosse no signe of the Sonne of Man. 418.
• The strange silence of Christ. 208.
• Silence in Christs cause will make him si∣lent in ours. 201. *
• The manifestation of Christ to Simeon. 138.
• Simeon
• A just man.
• A devout & religious man.
• One that waited for the cō∣solation of Israel.
• 138 &c.
• Our case worse than Simeons, because if wee see not Christ by faith, wee perish. 140. ¶
• Sinnes of omission, will condemne a man as well as sinnes of commission. 473.
• Small sins will condemne as well as great. 474.
• Small sinnes great in Gods account. 474.
• How it stands with Gods justice to punish sinne eternally. 470. ¶
• The brightest sinnes have a darke shadow. 422.
• The private acting of sinne compared to writing with the juice of a Lemman. 438.
• In sinne
• Guilt.
• Power.
• 75.
• The sinnes of the Godly shall not be remem∣bred at the day of judgement. 468. ¶
• The burthen of sinne pressed Christ downe downe to the ground. 158. †
• Christ the sinne-offering of the Church. 215. †
• ...

• How to deale with sinne. 5.
• The horriblenesse of sinne, that could not be done away otherwise than by the blood of Christ. 76. † 93. ¶
• Why the weight of sinne is no more felt. 442.
• Sinne seemes light to wicked men
• because
• It is in its proper place.
• Of the insensibility of their consciences.
• They look on the face not the tail therof.
• 159.
• Great sinnes, if fals of weakenesse and re∣pented of, Christ will pardon. 315.
• By sinne wee become strangers to God. 150. ¶
• Sinne make GOD forsake his Servants. 174.
• Our sinnes merit deprivement of all Gods blessings. 222. *
• No release from sinne but by forgivenesse.
• 611.
• Man unable to satisfie for sinne. ibid.
• Continuance in sinne makes Christ lose his labour. 151. ¶
• Hee that gives place to small sinnes, will afterward make no conscience of greater. 181. ¶
• The harboring of a secret sinne eats out of the heart all good affections. 202. *
• Seasonable stopping of sinne. 206. †
• Of Christs sitting at the right hand of God. 370.
• Men in their naturals no better than slaves in the sight of God. 184. *
• Christ sold for wealth, because men know not his worth. 182. †
• Things of inestimable price,
• a•• the
• Graces of the spirit Kingdome of heaven.
• Soules of men.
• Favour of God.
• unlaw∣full to be sold. 182, 183.
• The great dignity to bee the Sonnes of God. 46.
• Christ the Sonne of God, not by creation as Angels, nor by adoption as men, but by communication of nature and essence. 92. ¶
• Wee should labour to become the Sonnes of God. 93. *
• Christs sorrow on the crosse a dreadfull sorrow. 155. ¶
• Three causes thereof. 156.
• The immortalitle of the soule. 257. * 602.
• The soules of the faithfull goe to Heaven immediately after death. 243. † 260 *
• Our soules ought to bee rendred up in as good a case, as they were given us. 99. *
• Christs Soule a pledg•• and pawne for ours. 259. ¶
• Christ sometime is ••ound of them that sought how not. 316. ¶
• Idle speeches like the ••aste water of a Con∣duit. 310. †
• God speeches must ••t bee quenched but cherisht. 320. †
• God gives but a portie of the Spirit in this life. 488. † ¶
• No fulnesse of the Spi•••••• in this life. 489. †
• Fulnesse of Spirit is ••even, &c. what. 392. ¶ &c.
• Degrees of the Spirit. 501.
• The right worke of the ••irit
• in a
• Weake
• Strong
• Christian, wherein it consists. 501. 503.
• As fire by too much w••l••, and a Ship by too great a burthen, so 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Spirit quenched by too many worldly ••res. 522. †
• Of the Starre that appe••ed to the Wisem••n. 135.
• The Scriptures and fa••••full Ministers 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Starres to direct us 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Christ. 136. †
• A Christian should de••e God to stay with him in time
• of
• Trouble.
• Death.
• 33.
• Stirring up one anot•• to good duties.
• 125. * Reasons the••of. ibid. ¶
• Wicked mens hearts ••rder than stones. 271. †
• ...

• Ill successe sh••ld bee no hindrance in our search for Christ. 134. *
• Of Christs su••••rings in generall. 145.
• Christ suffe••d.
• from
• ...〈◊〉〈◊〉
• The cup of male∣diction.
• Desertion on the Crosse.
• 153.
• Apprehension.
• Arraignement.
• Condemnation.
• Execution.
• 177.
• God suffere
• In humane
• Not divine
• nature. 147. ¶
• Of Christs ••••ferings,
• Duplex necessita
• Pretii, or paying the price of mans redemption.
• Exempli, or good example. 146. 327.
• The utilitie Christs sufferings. 329.
• Christs 〈◊〉〈◊〉 more admirable, his suffe∣rings not profitable. 145. ¶
• Christ su••••ed that mee might not suffer. 146. ¶
• Whatsoever•• fell Christ in his sufferings, not due 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 149. *
• From Christ sufferings we must
• learne
• 〈…〉〈…〉 of our salvation.
• ••e griev••••snesse of our sinnes.
• suffer our selves ••or sinne.
• 148.
• Christ suffer to bring us 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to God. 150.
• The 〈…〉〈…〉 of Christs sufferings,
• was to
• R••••••ncile us to God.
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 sinne.
• 152.
• Wee must suffe••••
• to
• Bee 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to Chr.
• Purge •• sinne.
• Prev••••••nt.
• 328.
• The end of al••••r sufferings must bee to abolish sinne. 152. ¶
• Reasons to enable us to suffer from men, are,
• because
• All is by Gods appoint∣ment.
• We have deserved all of them.
• All shall tend to our good.
• 176. ¶
• As too much sumptuousnesse, so too much sluttishnesse is to bee avoyded. 281. †
• Of the Sunnes darknesse at Christs passion. 165.
• No naturall cause thereof. 166. ¶
• Of Christs sweat in the Garden.
• the
• Cause,
• Carriage,
• Manner,
• End.
• 161. &c.

T

• IN worldly businesse our talke should bee of Christ. 317. †
• Men abstaine from talking of God and goodnesse, because
• they
• Cont•••••••• GOD and desire to have as little to doe with him as may bee.
• Are not watchfull over their waies.
• Wa••t love to their Brethren. 318.
• He that hath once tasted of the goodnesse of Christ, will not let him goe upon any termes. 333. *
• All men under the taxe of Gods wrath. 116. †
• Christ teacheth 〈◊〉〈◊〉 by
• his
• Word.
• Sacraments.
• 84.
• Christ found no where but in the Temple. 141. *
• How men destroyes the Temple of God. 481.
• Two times the Divell chiefly tempts a Christian,
• at
• His entrance into grace.
• His going out of the world.
• 161. ¶
• ...

• The stronger the temptations, the earnester our prayers. 161. ¶
• Christ exerciseth his Church with trials and temptations,
• to
• Set aworke their graces.
• Pull downe spirituall pride.
• Keepe them from sinne.
• The great terrour and torment of the wic∣ked, when they shallbe shut out from the presence of Christ. 464. †
• Thankefulnesse due to Christ for our re∣demption. 254. ¶
• Thankefulnesse due to Christ that hath freed us from the curse. 95. *
• The conversion of the theefe on the crosse. 233.
• Why Christ suffered betweene two theeves. 222.
• All men good and bad figured in the two theeves. 240. ¶
• Of Christ thirst on the crosse, the natu∣rall
• causes,
• Long abstinence.
• Exi••cation from losse of blood.
• Extremitie of griefe.
• 246.
• The morall causes of Christs
• thirst,
• That wee might not thirst.
• To fulfill a Scripture.
• That wee might thirst for the Spirit of grace. 247.
• The good thirst of a Christian. 248. †
• Of Christs appearing to Thomas. 347.
• There is a fulnesse of time for the accom∣plishment of Gods promises. 113.
• Why Christ would not be touched. 312. ¶
• Reasons against transubstantiation. 319. *
• Trials to know whether Christs will bee gone from us or no. 330.
• Christ sold for a trifle. 183. †
• Christ the joy of the world, a trouble to some. 132. †
• Of the Trumpet sounding to judgement. 426.
• Christ condemned for the Truth. 196. †
• The Holy Ghost a Tutor to us. 510. *

V

• THe Veile of the Temp••rent
• to
• Make an entrance in•••• Hea∣ven.
• Abrogate the cere••••iall Law.
• Shew Christ had ta••n a∣way the separatio•• be∣tweene God and us.
• Shew the veile of ignorance in the Law was ••••ken away.
• 270.
• How the Kingdome of Heave•• suffers vio∣lence. 253. ¶
• Christ did not passe throug•• the Virgin Mary as water through a••••nduit pipe. 105. †
• Christ conceived of a Virgin, at he
• might
• Be free from si••••.
• Fulfill the prophe••s of him.
• Awaken the ••ld by the strangenes of •• birth. 108.
• The Virgin Marie considered
• her
• Stocke, of the Lineag•• David.
• Estate, poore and meane.
• 110.
• Vivification wherein it consist 504. †
• Actions done voluntarily in••bedience to God are most acceptable. 265. ¶
• Thomas's unbeleefe. 348.

W

• WEE ought to wait ••atiently for Christs commi•• 140. †
• Weake brethren not to be dis••ed. 277. †
• Weaknesse of Faith, see 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• Christ yeelds to mans weak••esse, though on unequall termes. 251. ¶
• The wicked sparing for go••••ses, prodigall for bad. 182. †
• We must be content to suffe•• the hands of wicked men. 177. †
• The wicked hurt the Sai••by
• their
• Wrongs.
• Sinnes.
• 60
• The wicked labour to ge•••• of their trou∣bles by bad meanes. 133. ¶
• ...

• The wickeds ••dition worse than Nabu∣chadnezzar ••mong the Oxen. 472. *
• The wicked li•• fishes in the Sea, live in the Church ••ut are neither seasoned by it, nor taste the power thereof. 567. *
• A terrour a••confusion to the wicked when they 〈◊〉〈◊〉 be separated from Christ to the Div••nd his angels. 433. ¶
• The wicked a••r the resurrection shall bee subject to ••••ecessities of nature. 644.
• The wicked 〈◊〉〈◊〉 bee shut out of the Earth at the end the world. 465.
• The wicked 〈◊〉〈◊〉 bee shut out of Heaven at the presen•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Christ. 464.
• The wickeds ••••panions hereafter the Di∣vell and h••••ngels. 471.
• The wicked •• ares shall bee bound toge∣ther in bu••es for the greater increase of torment. 582. *
• How farre ••••ed men desire the presence of God. 465.
• The wicked ••hing the better for Christs resurrecti•• 300. †
• The punish•••• of the wicked shall be Gods curse. 466.
• Reason of th••icked their condemnation. 473.
• Gods Will t••••fold.
• of his
• ••••ree.
• comandment.
• 198.
• The wills of dead must bee performed. 232. ¶
• ...Witnesses 〈◊〉〈◊〉 might have beene found for Christ••••••cencie, none against it. 196. *
• False witne ••er scapes unpunished. ibid.
• Fine wits a••litike pates must be imploi∣ed for Ch. 202. †
• Christs ma••tation to the Wisemen. 128.
• The reasons ••••of. ibid.
• The Wisem•••• their search for Christ discourage
• by
• Bad ••esse.
• Ill ex••e.
• 134.
• Wives ought ••••y and stoppe their hus∣bands in ••••urse of sinne. 206. *
• God made all•••• by his Word. 66.
• All Creatures save man yeeld obedience to Gods Word. 66. †
• All Christs last Words holy and good. 255.
• Workes not the cause of our obtaining hea∣ven, but onely signes who be the Persons. 454.
• Reasons against the merit of workes. ibid.
• A difference betweene for workes, and ac∣cording to workes. 457. *
• To worke out our salvation what it is. 253. *
• The last judgement shall be according to our workes. 456.
• The reason thereof. 459. †
• All good workes shall bee remembred and rewarded. 458.
• Gods workes were done by degrees. 69. †
• God made the world exceeding good. 67.
• What time God made the world 68.
• In what order God made the world. 70.
• The Iewish prophesie that the world should continue 6000. yeeres. 401. *
• The world made of nothing. 66. †
• God is able to dissolve the world to nothing. 67. *
• The world shall be burnt. 409.
• None worse than they that have had a taste of religion and have lost it. 180. *
• A threefold worship due
• to God,
• Adoration.
• Invocation.
• Faith.
• 92.
• Whether Christs wounds remained in his glorified body. 452.
• Christ takes all wrongs done to his ser∣vants, as done to himselfe. 461. ¶

Y

• OF the yong man that followed Christ. 189.
• Yong Men ought to looke after Christ. ibid. ¶

Z

• ZEale for the honour of God a signe of conversion. 138. †
• Zerxes sorrow, when hee looked upon 100000. Souldiers. 210. *