The law and equity of the gospel, or, The goodness of our Lord as a legislator delivered first from the pulpit in two plain sermons, and now repeated from the press with others tending to the same end ... by Thomas Pierce ...

THE TABLE.

A

• ABstinence. A notable Instance of it, p. 620. Advantageous to a man's well-being, 662
• Aeternal life the Prime object of our search, 265, 266, &c. how described in holy Writers, 305, 306, 307, &c. what meant by the words of Eternal life, 325, 326, 373, 374, &c.
• Afflictions. Extreamly beneficial, and to be prayed for, 185, 186, &c. 191, 192. for them a Time of Re∣compence. 569, 570
• Almsgiving necessary to life, 391, 392. a Necessary Concomitant of Prayer, 607, 608. incouragements thereto, 609, 610
• Ambition. How to be regulated, 303, 304. wherein a Duty, 311, 312. &c. It's Itch antidoted, 467, 468, &c. unto the end. The danger of it, 615, 616, &c. Incident to Good men, 618
• ...

• Antinomians. See Solifidianism.
• Apostates. Too general. p. 389, 390
• Assurance of Salvation, how and when to be attained, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 202, 203, 259, 260
• Atheists. Reason'd with, 180, 181, 182, &c.
• Avarice. How a Duty of the first magnitude, 311, 312, &c. how a Vice of the same, 490, 491, &c. Idolatry and Fornication, 600, 601. increased by pos∣sessions, 650
• Authority. Obedience to it of the Essence of Christia∣nity, 625

B.

• BElievers. Seldom truly Christian, yet seldom doubt of their being such, 177, 178, 179, &c. many ways Believers without true Faith, 250, 251, &c.
• Brutes. How didactical to men, 399, 400

C.

• CAution. Needful to the Wisest and Best of men, 148 to 155, 161, 162
• Christ. A Master, a Lord, a Legislator, a King, a Prince, a Judge, and whatsoever may oblige us to do him service, 10, 16, 17, 341, 342, &c. A stone of stumbling to Solifidians and Antinomians, 6, 7. His false and true Followers, 18, 19, 20, &c. 27, 28, &c. An easier Taskmaster than Moses, 37, &c. His Service profitable and pleasant, 39, 40, &c. 47, 48, &c. His End in coming hither, and Business

• when he was here, 115, 116, &c. 125, 126. our only Oracle to be consulted, 327, 328, &c. His Exam∣ple to be followed, 584, 585
• Christianity. Wherein it consists, 196, 197, 200, &c. 315, 316, &c. the hardest parts of it, 351, 352. how made easy, 354, 355, &c. to 366. How divi∣ded, 434, 435
• Commandments. How to keep them is the whole du∣ty of a Christian, 11, 12. In what Respects not grievous, 50, 51, 52, &c. 47, 48, 49, &c. 57, 58, &c. How made possible and pleasant, 356, 357, 358, 359, &c. to 380.
• Competition for our choice 'twixt God and Satan, 518, 519. to 527
• Confession as necessary as Faith, 222, 223
• Consideration. Of what Importance, 182, 183, &c. 191, 195, 196, 198
• Contentment. Its true Rise, not from Abundance but the Mind, 575. the way to attain it, 576. Reasons for it, 624, 651. The Benefit of it, 660
• Cross. Easy, whether laid on us by others, or freely taken upon our selves, 64 to 77.
• Curiosity. How to be profitably objected, 304, 305, &c.

D.

• DAmnation. The most elaborately sought, 176, 177
• Decrees of God how both Absolute and Conditional 157, 158
• Devil. How the God of this World, 50, 51. How hard a Taskmaster, 368, 369. wherein his chiefest

• strength lyes, 448, 449. &c. to the end. How much of the World in his Disposal, and why, 528 to 569. How limited, 551, 552, &c. A Re∣medy against his Temptations, 570, 571. his Gifts improfitable, 576. and hurtful, 577. not to be boasted of, and why, ibid. His Scope and End in bestowing them, 586, 589, 590, 591, 592, 593. what Return we are to make him, 597, 598. How to beat him with his own Weapon, 607
• Diogenes. Miserably misunderstood, 509, 510, &c.
• Disciples of Christ how to Catechise themselves, 28, 29, 30, 113, 114
• Disputes. What the only safe end of them, 310. a∣mong Christians a stumbling-block to the Jews, 430, 431, &c.
• Divisions of Christians scandalous, 429, 430, 431, &c.
• Dives. Why the Representative of the Damned, 487, 488

E.

• ELection unconditional how dangerous to be be∣lieved, 157
• England. How much happier than other Nations, 437, 438, &c.
• Englishmen the worse the more Ingrateful, 439, 440. their Degeneracy, 667
• Example. More cogent with some men than Reason, 680, 681
• Experience of the Worst and Best men compared, 50, 51, 52. A Proof of the Pleasure the Law of Christ yields us, 58, 59, 60, 61

F.

• FAith. Seldom Truly Christian, 85, 86. of the greatest Consequence that it be True, 86, 87, 102. a special Instance of Obedience, 108, 109. Never True but when the Mother of Obedience, 110, 111. how a Telescope, 181, 182, 256, 257. how and when Salvifick, 223, 224, &c. Its seve∣ral Sorts and Significations, 229, 230, &c. Its my∣sterious Definition, 239, 240. how the Pandect of Christian Duties, 241, 242, &c. to be found in very few, 418, &c. what Faith Salvifick, 441 to 449
• Fear. How requir'd to true Faith, 96, 97. Fear and Trembling of a threefold Importance, 131, 132, 133, &c. Nothing more forbidden, or more com∣manded in Scripture, 135, 136, 137. the Recon∣cilement, 138, 139, &c. a Religious passion, 152, 154, 161, 162
• Fiduciaries represented, 104, 105, 106, &c. 113, 114. Antidoted and humbled, 219, 220, &c. 250, 251, &c. 319, 320

G.

• GIfts. Of men Imperfect, 587, 588. of God only Compleat, ibid. of the Devil, dangerous, 589, 590, &c. 592. described, 593. to be bewared, 594, 595, 596
• God. How a comfortable Light, and consuming Fire, 111, 112. how his Omnipotence should oblige us

• to Obedience, 398, 399. his Permissions of Evil accounted for, 560, 561. &c. 583, 584. Other Reasons, 572. The Uses to be made of it, 573, 574, &c. The Difference 'twixt his Distribution of Endless Torments, and present Goods and E∣vils, unto men, 628, 629, 630. Evils happen to Good men, by his Order, or Permission, ibid.
• Goodness of Christ as a Legislator, 349, 350, &c.
• Gospel. A Rule, not a meer Dispensation, 119. Its Summary preached by Paul and Silas, 245, 246, &c. how a refuge from the Law, 329, 330. why to be called the New Law, 341, 342
• Government. Of a mans self difficult, 657
• Grace. In All is sufficient, 47, 48. How it signifies the Gospel, 92, 93, 94. Resembled by Manna, 404, 405. how it exceeds the state of Innocence, 406. The freeness of it, 407, 408, &c.

H.

• HAppiness upon Earth wherein it lies, 259, 260, 305, 306, &c. 368, 369, 370, &c.
• Heaven. See Aeternal life.
• Hell made for the Use of All, 156. an Hell to think of, 183, 184.
• Humility. Necessary in the working out Salvation 131, 132, &c. 141, &c. the Proper vertue of the Greatest, 287, 288, 289, &c. The great Motive to it, 406, 407, &c.
• Hypocrisy. In what Professors most seen, 346, 347

I.

• IDleness. Its miserable Effects, 498, 499, &c.
• Iews parallel'd with Christians and less obliged, 127. less unexcusable, 429, 430
• Impunity the severest punishment, 565, 566, &c.
• Infidelity. How to be proved, 441, 442, &c.
• Infirmities. How beneficial, 404, 405, 406
• Injuries. How beneficial to the injured, 67, 68
• Inquiries. How to be made, 302, 303, &c. to 315. what sort to be avoided, 316, 317. &c. a Touch∣stone to try of what sort we are, 321, 322, &c.
• Interest governs the World, 83, 84, 85
• Iob. His case at large, 529 to 535. and 567, 568.
• Iustice. Its wants in the World, 436, 437, &c.
• Iustification. From Eternity a dangerous Doctrin, 7, 8. to what kind of Faith it is ascribed, 233, 234, &c.

K.

• KIngdoms. The littleness of them on Earth, 311, 312, &c.
• Kings next to God, most capable of Injuries, 66, 67. most accomptable to God, because not at all to man, 297.

L.

• LAw of the Gospel, 42, 43, &c. of Faith, 121. of Mo∣ses, how it drives us to Christ, 328, 329, 330, 350. Christ a Legislator as well as Moses, 341, 342, &c.
• Liberality. In whom the Effect of Avarice, 593, 594.
• Libertines. How made, and why so many, 6. like the

• old Gnosticks, 44, 45. described, 103, 104
• Liberty of a Christian wherein it stands, 95, 96, 100, 166
• Love. How it casteth out fear, and carries fear along with it, 138, 139, 161, 162. How the greatest of Vertues, 312, 313. how seldom True, 433, 434. How it fulfils the whole Law, 445, 446

M.

• MAhomedans. Better than many Christians, 425, 426
• Man. How much more obliged than other Creatures, 385, 386. yet of All the most ingrateful, 387, 388. How to learn of the Brutes, 399, 400, &c.
• Martyrdom. The Reasonableness of it, 28, 29, &c.
• Moderation of mind how attain'd, 673. Motives to it, 673 to 700.
• Money. Its danger and Description, 507, 508.
• Moses. How he leads men to Christ, 328, 329, &c. as a lesser Paedagogue to a greater, 342, 343, &c. 350, 351. How he escaped the Devils Lime-twigs in his youth, 505

N.

• NIggard. His largess and folly equal, 490, 491. to 495
• Nobility. Wherein it consists, 288, 289, &c. its proper duties, 296, 297

O.

• OBedience, Its necessity to Salvation, 2 to 34. It must be Passive as well as Active, 27, 28, 29, 30. its own Reward, 60, 61, 62, &c. Indispensably neces∣sary

• under the Gospel, 92, 93, &c. All one with Sa∣ving Faith, 235, 236. The All in All to a Christian, 344, 345, 346, &c. if not Servile, but ingenuous, 377, 378, &c. 395, 396, 400. the Condition, not the Cause of Salvation, 410, 411, &c.
• Opinions. Why to be well examin'd, 8, 9
• Oracles many and deceitful, 331, 332
• Orthodoxie not enough, 198, 199, &c.

P.

• PErfection. Evangelical what, 364, 365
• Persecution. Consisting with Pleasure, 71, 72, 73
• Perseverance. Necessary to life, 146, 147, 149, 150, 152, 153, 390
• Poverty. Preferred by many Heathens, 509, 510, &c. Sanctified by Christ, and recommended, 513, 514, &c. 519. a Comfort, 605, 645, 646, 647, 652, 653, 654. of what sort intended, 654, &c.
• Practice. The life of Christianity, 195, 196, &c. 200, &c. follows Principles, 441, 442, &c.
• Prayer. Worthless without Perseverance, 418, 419, &c. 462
• Presumption. More dangerous than Despair, 144, 145, 147. oft mistaken for Faith, 421
• Pride. In the poorest, 294, 295. the Sin of Sodom, 497
• Principles. To be known by Practice, 442, 443, &c.
• Prodigality. Hardly avoidable even by Niggards, 494, 495. no less Sin than Avarice, 601
• Prognostick of the Coming of Christ to Judgment, 417 to 463.
• Promises of the Gospel still clog'd with Precepts, 123, 124. yet confer a Right on All Performances of the Condition, 150, 151, 154, 159, 160
• Prosperity. The hardest Weapon to wield, 184, 185, &c.

• No mark of Goodness, 436. tho, often its Reward, 437. the Common Portion of the worst, 539, 540, &c. Not to be envied, 583 accompanied with trouble, 676
• Puritans. Modern Catharists, 388, 389
• Pythagoreans. Their exact Conformity to their Ma∣ster, 19, 20. wherein to be aemulated by Christians, 177
• Poverty. Wherein it truly consists, 659. the Good Ef∣fect of it, ibid. & 660, 661. Consolation from it, 691

R.

• REconcilement 'twixt Calvinists and Remonstrants, 158, 159. 'twixt St. Paul and St. Iames, 248, 249 by whom indeavour'd, 431. by whom abhor'd, ib. & 432
• Redemption. At what rate procured, and wherein it chiefly consists, 12, 13, 14, &c. Rather from Sin than Hell, 115, 116, &c.
• Religion. Its life lyes in Action, 32, 33
• Repentance. How much is meant by it, 25
• Reverence. Compounded of Love and Fear, 94, 95, 96
• Reward and Punishment the Inforcements of Duty, 94, 95
• Rich mens Lesson, 285, 286. their Dangers most and greatest, 500, 501, &c.
• Riches. Impediments to Eternal life, 485. Enemies to all that's good, 486, 487. the Devil's Lime twigs, 502, 503, &c. Inquiry to be made how we come by them, 578. and accordingly to be injoy'd or acquitted, 579. Not always a sign of God's favour, and why, 580, 581, 582. always Temptations, 599, 600. The greatest Idol of the world, ibid. Separate us from God, 602 not to be sought by us, and why, 603, 604.

• thô to be well employ'd when lawfully acquir'd, ib. The dearest and cheapest things in the world, 605. Matter of Sorrow to the owners, 606. to be account∣ed for, 644, 645. how to be injoy'd with Innocence, 658, 659, 671, 680

S.

• SAlvation. To whom alone it belongs, 21, 22, 23, &c. 32, 33, &c. what the Condition on which 'tis given, 112, 113, &c. to be worked out by us, 129, &c. hard to have an Assurance of, 147, 148 to 155. the only thing to be searched after, 169, 170, &c. yet the least labour'd for, 175, 176
• Satan. Why his Harvest more than Christ's, 176. his Master-piece, 468, 469, &c.
• Scandal. To whom given by Christians, 434, 435, &c.
• Sedition. Dissuasives from it, 438, 439, &c.
• Self-denial and Self-revenge the Root of all Goodness, 453, 454, &c. Exemplified in the Heathens, 509, 510, &c. but in Christ above all, 513, 514, &c.
• Self-love. How the Root of All Evil, 450, 451, 452, &c. attended with Revenge, and Carelesness, of others, 623
• Service of God how mistaken, 107, 108
• Sins. Some not to be Named, 110
• Sloath. A Sin of Sodom as great as any, 498, 499, &c.
• Socrates. How like a real Christian, 512, 513
• Solifidianism. Its danger, 7, 31, 33, 45, 46. Confuted by Arguments ad Absurdum, 55, 56, 128. Its venom laid open, 212, 213, &c. 228, 229, 319, 320
• Sufferings. Peculiar to Great and Good men, 65, 66

T.

• TEmptations. How to be encounter'd, 75, 76. what the greatest in All the world, 468, 469, &c. to the end. How to resist them, 524, 525, 597, 598.

• their Benefit, 481, 482, 483, why to be rejoiced in, and when, ibid.
• Terrors. Of the Lord of wholsom force, 156, 157, 169, 174, &c. 190, 191, &c. 193, 194. How Instrumen∣tal to Christianity, 350, 351, &c.
• Truth. Hurtful when but partially delivered, 9, 10. and when tack'd on to as great a Falshood, 47. Exempli∣fied in Satan, 555, 556, &c.

U.

• UNity, among the Jews, 429. a Mark of Truth, 430, &c.

W.

• WAtchfulness. A necessary Duty, 459, 460, &c.
• Wickedness. At what doors it enter'd the world, 599, 600
• World how turned upside down by the Apostles, 167, 168. How made an Antidote to its own Venom, 188, 189, &c. How universally depraved, 456, 457, &c.
• Worldlings. Their Misery, 600, 601
• Worldly Greatness. Its dangers, 449, 450, &c. to the End. Why it is beggarly, and can't be undervalued, 573, 574, 575. the want of it our Advantage, 625, 626, &c. Reasons not to seek it, 630, 631, 632, &c. to 646, 650. which the least desirable, 656 to 663. wholsom Les∣sons to Poor and Rich concerning it, 663, 664, 665. the means and motives to the learning of them, 668, 669, &c. 682, 683, &c. from the Examples of Great men, 684, &c.
• Works. Good ones Absolutely Necessary to Salvation, 23, 24, 31, 32, &c. How Salvation to be worked out, 129, 130, &c.

Y.

• YOung mens Lesson, 277, 278