Kaina kai palaia Things new and old, or, A store-house of similies, sentences, allegories, apophthegms, adagies, apologues, divine, morall, politicall, &c. : with their severall applications / collected and observed from the writings and sayings of the learned in all ages to this present by John Spencer ...

An Alphabetical Table, pointing out the whole Matter.

A

• FOr the Abuse of a thing, the use is not to be taken away, 47.
• How it is that a man may be said to abuse the lawfull comforts of this life, 358.
• Adoption of Gods Children known by their Sanctification, 155.
• Gods-fundamental love of Election and actual love of Adoption, how to be distinguish∣ed, 261.
• The great benefit of timely accounting with God, 609.
• The glory of God to be the aym of all our Actions, 14.
• Contemplation and Action, requisite for every good Christian, 18.
• To be active in the service of God, 169.
• Every man to be active in his place, 196.
• Active Christains, the onely Christians, 271.
• Action, the very life of the Soul, 349.
• The active Christian, object of the Devil and wicked Mens malice, 410. The best Chri∣stain, 637.
• Christ, to be the sum of all our action, 463.
• Men to be active in regaining their lost Souls, 607.
• The good of Adversity, and ill of Prosperity, 79.
• Adversity seeks God, 112.
• Adversity rather then Prosperity, is the ad∣vancer of Piety, 118.
• Great promises in Adversity, without per∣formance in Prosperity, condemned, 148.
• In times of Prosperity to provide for Adver∣sity, 425.
• To be affected with the falling of others into sin, 296.
• Our Affections to be regulated, 105.
• A Child of God best known by his affections to God, 120.
• Afflictions from God for his Childrens good, 4.
• Not to be a••raid of Afflictions, because God sends them, 10.
• The godly Man's a••••lictions, corrective, not destructive, 43.
• A••••lictions, the ready way to Heaven, 47.
• The very approaches of A••••lictions torment the Wicked, 73.
• Afflictions, if any thing, will make us seek God, 455.
• A good Man is bettered by his Afflictions, 74. 174. 445.
• A true Christain, the more he is Afflicted, the better he thriveth, 79.
• Afflictions and crosses not to be sleighted, 84.
• Afflictions, crosses, &c. a surer way to Hea∣ven, then pleasures, 85.
• How it is that afflictions lye oft-times so hea∣vy, 632.
• Afflictions to be looked on as coming from God onely, 93.
• Afflictions lead to Heaven, 97. 452.
• Afflictions add unto the beauty of a Chri∣stian, 105.
• God by afflictions drives us to Heaven, 114.
• The thoughts of Gods omnipresence, a great comfort in affliction, 118.
• Afflictions follow the godly Man close in this World, 159.
• Gods tryall of his children by afflictions, 202. 215.
• God afflicts his Children for their good, 227.
• Afflictions happen both to good and bad, but to severall ends, 241.
• God onely to be eyed in the midst of afflicti∣ons, 286.
• Not to be daunted at afflictions, 296.
• Not to rejoyce at the afflictions of others, 308.
• God afflicting his Children for the improve∣ment of their graces, 325.
• Not to be troubled at afflictions, because God intends good by them, 356.
• God afflicting his Children to try their since∣rity, 403.
• ...

• Gods children afflicted, to make them per∣fect, 406.
• Men to be prepared for Afflictions, crosses, &c. 408.
• When lighter Afflictions will not serve, God will send heavier, 410.
• Afflictions, the comfortable use that is to be made of them, 441.
• Christ the best shelter in time of Affliction, 530.
• Afflictions, Gods Love-tokens, 599.
• Not to wait Gods good time in Afflicting us, dangerous, 609.
• Not to be altogether taken up with the sense of Afflictions, 633.
• Afflicti••ns, though grievous, yet profitable, 660.
• Not to murmur under Afflictions; and why so? 662.
• Comfort nearest, when Afflictions are at high∣est, 669.
• How it is, that Age becomes truly honora∣ble, 331.
• The dissolution of all ages past to be a Me∣mento for Posterity, 100.
• Get but God, and get all, 47.
• All things come from God, who is therefore to be praised, 181.
• All sin to be repented of, and why so▪ 315.
• Alms•• gi••en to the poor, are the givers ga••, 31.
• Alms-giving, how to be regulated, 402.
• Ambition proves its own ruine, 41.
• The poysonous nature of Ambition, 82.
• The great heat of Ambition, 622.
• Anabaptistical spirits, their madnesse, 416.
• Angels ministring unto Gods people for their good, 322.
• God is not to be provoked to Anger, 16.
• Not ••o answ••r one angry word with another, 305.
• Not to be angry with our brother, 485.
• Not to take notice of every angry word that is spoken, 547.
• Not to conti••ue angry, 72. 165. 196.
• How God is said to be angry with his chil∣dren, 86.
• Antinomians compared to Thieves, 46.
• Their madnesse, 576.
• The great danger of Apostacy, 619.
• Wantonnesse in Apparrel, ••eproved, 167.
• Excesse of Apparrel, condemned, 192. 642.
• Christian Apparrelling, 280.
• Men and Women not to wear each others Apparrel, 292.
• The vanity of gay Apparrel, 446.
• The great ••olly of costly Apparrel, 594.
• Apparrel, whether richer or plainer, the ne∣cessity thereof, 646.
• No Appeal from Gods tribunal, 141.
• The poor distressed Man's comfort, by his appeal unto God, 198.
• Gods comfortable appearance to his people at the time of their death, 554.
• The whole Armour of God to be put on, 115.
• The best Christian is the best Artist, 137.
• Not the Assurance, but the joy of Salvation, gives content, 81.
• Assured Christians, must be patient Chri∣stians, 351.
• God so ordering it, that few or none of his people live and dye without assurance of their salvation, 352.
• Assurance of Gods love, the onely comfort, 370.
• Atheism advanced by the distractions of the Church, 152.
• Atheism condemned, 243.
• Atheism punished, 242.
• A••heism will unman any Man, 303.
• Atheisticall, wicked men, at the hour of death forced to confesse Gods Judgments, 476.
• The great danger of relying upon forraign ayd and assistance, 580.

B.

• BAptismal water, the power and virtue thereof, 186.
• Bap••ism renounced by the lewdnesse of life and conversation, 321.
• Children of persons excommunicate, to be baptized, 470.
• How it is, that Godfathers and Godmothers undertake for children in Baptism, 495.
• Infant-baptism asserted, 557.
• To be careful of our Vow made in Baptism, 605
• Better live amongst beasts, then beastly-mind∣ed Men, 161.
• God to be consulted at all times; but more especially in the beginning of all publique concernments, 1.
• The paucity of true Believers, 398.
• Bitter spirits, are no gracious spirits, 21.
• Blamelesnesse of life, enjoyned, 113.
• The sins of Blasphemy and swearing, the com∣monnesse of them, 122.
• Blasphemous language condemned, 230.
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• A good Neighbour is a great blessing, &c. 6.
• Governors, as they are qualified, are a curse or a Blessing to a People, 9.
• A little with Gods blessing goes far, 11.
• Blessings turned into curses, 63.
• The blessing of God, more to be eyed then our own endeavours, 70.
• The Ministers blessing after Sermon to be at∣tended, 71.
• Gods blessing upon the means doth all, 92. 581.
• Outward blessings do not alwayes make a blessed Man, 107.
• A blessed thing to have God for our Lord, 136.
• God hath a peculiar blessing for his children, 169.
• Gods spiritual blessing upon a Mans employ∣ment in his calling, 200.
• To rely upon the blessing of God, notwith∣standing all opposition, 611.
• The blessing of God, attending on people list∣ning to their own Minister, 638.
• To blesse God for all, 453.
• The Devils aym to strike every Man with spiritual blindnesse, 12.
• The Sinners wilfull blindnesse, condemned, 281.
• Spiritual and corporal blindnesse, their diffe∣rence, 414.
• The naturall Man's blindnesse in spirituall things, 485.
• The guilt of innocent Bloud crying to Heaven for vengeance, 19.
• Bloudy-minded Men, condemned, 130.
• A Caveat for bloudy-minded Men, 611.
• The greatest boasters, the smallest doers, 434.
• More care for the Body then the Soul, con∣demned, 11. 552.
• The Sinner's care is more for the Body then the Soul, 171.
• Deformity of body not to be contemned, 193.
• Young Schollers to mind their books, 40.
• Scandalous and seditious books and pamphlets fit for the fire, 295.
• Books of Piety and Religion, testimonial at the great day of Judgment, 476.
• The several books of God, sleighted and neg∣lected by the most of Men, 656.
• The bountiful goodnesse of God to his chil∣dren, 606.
• The exceeding bounty of God, 119.
• The borrowers duty and comfort, 612.
• The sin of Bribery condemned, 332. 373.
• The word Brother, how far extended, 172.
• Not to be over-carefull for the place of our buriall, 592.
• Busie-bodies, condemned, 136. 147.
• A busie-body described, 285.

C.

• THe great danger of taking up a false per∣swasion of our effectual Calling, 353.
• The certainty, not the time of our spirituall Calling, to be so much looked into, 260. 612.
• The necessity of Catechising, 119.
• Weak ones, how to be catechised and instruct∣ed, 133.
• Catechising, an excellent way to instruct Youth, 422.
• Distrust••ull cares reproved, 125.
• Censurers condemned, 20.
• Not to censure others, but look to our selves, 46.
• Censures not to be regarded, 69.
• The Worlds hard censure of the godly Man, 128.
• How it is that one Man censureth another, 225.
• To be carefull in the censure of others, 232.
• Men, not to be censurers one of another, 365.
• To be favourable in the censure of others, 477.
• The danger of introducing uselesse Ceremonies in the Church, 168.
• Ceremonials and circumstantials in Religion not to be much contended for, 93.
• Why God delivered the Law with such Ma∣jestick Ceremonies, 93.
• The Romanists errour in the point of anti∣quity of Ceremonies, 151.
• Ceremonies in the Church, not to be cause of separation, 440.
• It is Man, not God that changeth, 117.
• Charity to the poor, to be reall, not verball, 8.
• The Charity of former times, abused by these times, 198.
• Charity mistaken, 239.
• To be well ordered, 561. 674.
• To be Charitable Christians, and why so? 262.
• To be charitable to the poor and needy, 300.
• Why it is, that we must be charitable to all Men, 342.
• Charity rewarded to the full, 373.
• Men to be carefull of what they promise un∣to God in matter of Charity, 494.
• Charity attended by the certainty of reward, 529.
• ...

• Children of God, must have Gods qualities, 9.
• Why God suffereth the dearest of his children to want these outward things, 301.
• A true child of God, half in Heaven, whilest he is upon Earth, 317.
• Being delivered out of the bondage of Satan, made more careful for the future, 318.
• Children to be brought up in the fear of God, 48. 461. 481.
• To be well principled, 57.
• To be begged of God by prayer, 289.
• Childrens Christian instruction, the great be∣nefit thereof, 312.
• How it is that Children are very hardly drawn from their naturall inclinations, 336.
• Children, to be ready to relieve their Parents necessities, 460.
• To have Children Male and Female, Gods great blessing, 467.
• Children, to submit to their Parents correcti∣on, 481.
• Children, to set their hands to all honest em∣ployments, 482.
• To be fruitfull in children, a great blessing of God, 496.
• Wicked children, a great grief to their Pa∣rents, 576.
• Not to repine at a great charge of Children, 592.
• Christ voluntarily engaging himself to take away the sins of the World, 569.
• Men to be ready to dye for Christ, 578.
• The comfortable sight of Christ Iesus crucified to the poor Repentant sinner, 634.
• The excellency of Christ Iesus, 640.
• Christ, the Saints wonder and admiration, 663.
• Christs watchfulnesse over his people for good, 664.
• Christ a ••ure pay-master, 666.
• Christ fully revealed in the New Testament, 6.
• Christs Victory over Sathan, 24.
• Christ and the good Christian are companions inseparable, 18.
• Christ is the true Christians, All in all, 63.
• How Christs sufferings are made ours, 69.
• Wisdome of Christ above all other wisdome, even to admiration, 102.
• Christ in all his excellencies, to be the Chri∣stians object, 142.
• S. Augustines. Judgment of the time of Christs birth, 157.
• Christ compared to an Eagle, 174.
• All have not the same measure of Christ, 175.
• The excellencies of Christ are theirs that are in him, 185.
• Nothing but Christ to be esteemed, as of any worth, 195.
• Christ is the proper food of the Soul. To make Christ our Lord and Master, 224.
• Christ, the onely object of the devout Soul, 273.
• Christ, nothing but love all over, 299.
• Christ, the eternall Son of God properly and significantly called, The Word, Ioh. 1. 1. 326.
• Christ making himself and all that he hath, over to the good of his Church and Peo∣ple, 327.
• The great love of Christ to be at an high esteem, and why so? 344.
• Christ, the true light, 538.
• The joyfull coming of Christ Iesus in the flesh, 365.
• The all-sufficient goodnesse of Christ Jesus, 385.
• The inestimable value of Christ Iesus, 407.
• Consideration of the Name of Christ, to be a motive from sin, 448.
• The necessity of being found with Christ's righteousnesse, 472.
• Christ's wounds, the onely hiding place of a Christian, 490.
• Christ Iesus, the good man's chief portion, 505.
• The excellency of Christ's intercession, 518.
• Christ freely discovering himself to all that truly seek him, 535.
• Christ's humanity, asserted, 537.
• A true Christian to be a true picture of Christ, 92.
• The worth of a true Christian, 123.
• The best Christian is the best Artist, 137.
• True Christians are fruitful Christians, 326.
• As we are called Christians, to bear up our selves like Christians, 348.
• The weaknesse of a Christian without Christ, 393.
• The good Christians Library, 417.
• The Christians claim to Heaven, what it is. Christianity, the best Nobility, 592.
• Every one to strive for eminency in Christia∣nity, 664.
• The Churches distresse and comfort, 582.
• Gods readinesse to maintain the cause of his Church, 621.
• The bare enjoyment of Church-priviledges doth not make up a true Christian, 639.
• God ordering all things for the good of his Church, 641.
• The Churches fall, the Churches rise, 658.
• ...

• Christ ready to revenge himself upon the Enemies of his Church, 663.
• Ruine of the Churches enemies to be desired, 119.
• The fiery tryall on the Church of God, 130.
• The Churche's enemies, become the Churche's good, 131.
• Spoylers of Church and State, condemned, 209.
• Men, not repairing to the Church of God, re∣proved, 245.
• The sad condition of Church and State, not to be sleighted, 270. 424.
• Reverend and devout behaviour to be used in the Church of God, 320.
• God looking upon his Church with a more especiall eye of Providence, 328.
• Gods ends and Mans ends, as to the persecu∣tion of his Church, the vast difference be∣twixt them, 345.
• The not laying of the Churches troubles to heart, condemned, 346.
• How it is, tha War there may, and must be in the Church of God, but not contention, 364.
• The Church of the Gospel, its amplitude above that under the Law, 437.
• The good Christians comfort in time of the Churches trouble, 310.
• Church of God, still on the decaying hand, 6.
• The Churches Enemies in Gods hands, 13.
• The Church robbed of her maintenance, up∣on pretence of Reformation, 17.
• Peace of the Chruch, precious, 32.
• Prayers and tears are the Weapons of the Church, 52.
• The Churches complaint for want of mainte∣nance, 63.
• Order both in Church and State commanded and commended, 101.
• Carelesse Church-men to be condemned, 62.
• The Churche's conditions under the two Testa∣ments, 174.
• Church-spoylers condemned, 201.
• God seeketh for his own People, more espe∣cially in his own house the Church, 227.
• The great danger of slighting Church-Assem∣blies, 304.
• True comfort in God onely, 647.
• A Caveat for unworthy Communicants, 109.
• The danger of unworthy Communicating, 111.
• Unworthy Communicants condemned, 142. 151. 156. 164.
• A good Man tedious to bad Company, 564.
• Godly Company, the benefit thereof, 539.
• How a Man should demean himself in bad Company, 454.
• Ill Company to be avoided, 45. 187. 437.
• A godly Man is bettered in evill Company, 106.
• Man to be of Company, or sociable, 188.
• How to come off well in ill Company, 190.
• Evil Company a great hindrance in the wayes of God, 362.
• The confident Christian, 243.
• Confes••ion of sins, irksome to the Devil, 676.
• The Laity abused by the Roman Clergy in Confession, 587.
• Men by na••ure hardly brought to Confession of sin, 661.
• Contempla••ion and action, requisite for every good Christian, 18.
• Gods savour above all Worldly contentment to a godly Man, 7.
• Content is a great blessing of God, 29.
• To be Content with our present condition, 41.
• A contented Christian is a couragious Chri∣stian, 66.
• A contented Man, no base spirited Man, 105.
• Contentment brings in all things on a sudden, 106.
• Contentment keeps up the Soul in the saddest of conditions, 107.
• A contented mind suits with all conditions, 2••0.
• Consideration of the brevity of life, to w••r•• the heart of Man to contentment, 392.
• To rest contented with Gods good will and pleasure, 422.
• Content with Gods good pleasure, a great blessing, 481.
• Men to argue themselves into a mood of Con∣tentment, 501.
• The quietnesse of Contentment, 502.
• The spiritual benefit of divine Contentment, 504.
• A little with content, sufficient, 519.
• No true content in the things of this World, 564.
• Commandements of God, the reasonablenesse of them, 251.
• The commands of God to be obeyed, not que∣stioned, 582.
• To compassionate others miseries, 528. 301. 613.
• How far there may be a lawful compliance with men of other Judgments, 405.
• The pain of a wounded Conscience, greatned by the folly of the patient, 563.
• Greatnesse of the torture of a wounded Con∣science, 565.
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• Peace of Conscience not to be wrought out by Company, &c. 567.
• Not to regard what men say ill, if Conscience say well, 315.
• Conscience to be looked on as a Register of all our actions, 307.
• To blesse God for the peace of Conscience, 33.
• The security of a good Conscience, 55.
• The Hell of a guilty Conscience, 75.
• The terrours of a guilty Conscience, 151.
• The sad effects of a wounded Conscience, 199.
• The great comfort of a good Conscience, 270.
• Conscience spoils the wicked Mans Mirth, 376.
• Good Conscience, a Mans best Friend at the last, 415, 507.
• The most silent Conscience will speak out at last, 502.
• Not to consent unto Sin, 480.
• Consideration to be had in all undertakings, 169.
• Consideration of eternal pain, to deter from the commission of Sin, 122.
• Consideration of Gods omnipresence, to be the sinners curb, 128.
• Consideration of death, will cure all distem∣pers, 134.
• God to be consulted with upon any great un∣dertaking, 148.
• Controversies, especially in matters of Religi∣on, dangerous, 294.
• Corrections, Instructions, 141.
• Correction of children and servants, how to be moderated, 445.
• No true comfort but in God, 166.
• A godly Christian is a constant Christian, 41.
• The danger of Conventicles, 115.
• The hardnesse of a Rich mans Conversion, 562.
• Conversion of Heathens to be endeavoured, 36.
• Conversion of a Sinner, wrought by degrees, 188, 305.
• The meditation of Death, profitable to the Souls conversion, 282.
• Conversion of a Sinner, painfully wrought, 283.
• Conversion of a Sinner, is matter of great re∣joycing, 312.
• The serious confession of one sinner to ano∣ther, may be the Conversion of one the other, 346.
• The Ministers joy in the Conversion of Souls, 640.
• More Converts made by Preaching, then by reading, 545.
• A covetous Man good for nothing till he be dead, 67.
• Ministers and Physitians, of all Men not to be covetous, 72.
• Covetousnesse and contentment, inconsistent, 199.
• A Covetous Man, never satisfied, 317.
• Covetousnesse in the Cleargy, condemned, 590.
• A great comfort to have a Faithfull Counsel∣lour, 54.
• To make God our Counsellour, 229.
• Every thing in specie made perfect at one and the same time in the Creation, 500.
• God to be seen in the works of the Creation, 643.
• Man since the fall of Adam, subject to the Creatures, 255.
• No true happinesse to be found in the best of Creatures, 368.
• Vanity of the Creatures without God, 642.
• All Creatures subject to God pleasure, 166, 609.
• All the Creatures are at peace with good men, 96.
• The Use of the Creatures is conditional, 102.
• Not so much to eye the Creature as the Crea∣tor in all occurrents, 170.
• Gods power, Wisedome, &c. to be seen in all the Creatures, 205.
• The Creature moves not, but in and by God, 59.
• Cares and Crowns, inseperable, 202.
• Curses usually falling on the Cursers head, 298.
• Custome in sin, makes content in sin, 90.
• Custome of sin, no excuse for the committing of sin, 276.
• Men hardly drawn out of old customes and forms in Religious worship, 344.
• Custome in sin, causeth hardnesse in sin, 350.
• Hard to be drawn from custome in sin. 366. 479, 630.

D

• THe true Christians safety in danger, 214, 490.
• To be careful in the prevention of danger, 248
• That it is lawful to praise the dead, 45.
• A Man dead in Sin, is a senselesse Man, 45.
• To speak well of the dead, 206.
• Dead Men, soon forgotten, 623.
• Commonnesse of the death of others, taking away the sense of Death, 477.
• How it comes to passe, that Death is more ge∣nerally excused, then accused, 325.
• ...

• Death strips us of all outward things, 33, 123
• Encompassed by Death on all sides, 39.
• To look on every day as the day of Death, 66.
• In death there is no difference of persons, 84.
• At the time of Death, to be mindfull of Hea∣ven, 103.
• To be mindful of the day of Death, 119.
• An argument of extream folly not to be mindful of death, 121.
• Death, the good Mans gain, 123.
• A good Man is mindful of his death, 126.
• Extream folly, not to be mindfull of death, 137.
• Death is the true Christians advantage, 153.
• How the good and the bad look upon death in a different manner, 159.
• To be alwayes prepared for death, 182, 298, 492.
• Meditation of death, the benefit thereof, 254.
• Insensibility of death, reproved, 255.
• Ho•• it is that wicked Men are said to hasten death, 260.
• All alike in death, 261, 493.
• Death, the end of all, 263.
• To be mindfull of death at all times, 265.
• Whether it be lawfull to desire death, 266.
• Every Man to be perswaded of his own death, 297.
• The impartiality of death, 301.
• Every day to be looked on as the day of death, 324.
• Frequent meditations of death, the great be∣nefit thereof, 369.
• Men not to hasten their own deaths, but sub∣mit to the Will of God, and why so! 370.
• The generality of Men, nothing mindfull of death, 376.
• The day of death, made the good Mans com∣fort, 396.
• The day of death, better then the day of life, 407.
• The good Man's comfort in death, 417.
• A Child of God triumphing over death, 487.
• The good Christians absolute victory over death, 492.
• Christians to be carefull that they may find comfort in death, 508.
• The smallest p••at of ground, sufficient for the greatest landed Man at the time of death, 562.
• The generality of Men, not enduring to hear of death, 579.
• Death of the Soul, mere to be lamented, then the death of the body, 608.
• The true Christians confidence and contempt of death, 618.
• Death put off from one to another, 673.
• Christ by his death, overcame death, 676.
• The poo•• Debtors comfort, 306.
• To beware how we come into the debt of sin, 556.
• Not to admit of delayes in Religious perfor∣mances, 592.
• Deliberation, to be used in all our wayes, 458.
• God is the onely object of his childrens, De∣light, 23.
• God is the onely delight of his childre, 139.
• The Soul's delight once set upon God, hardly to be removed, 183.
• Gods time, the best time for delive••ance, 5.
• God doth not onely deliver, but comfort his Children, 25.
• In all deliverances, spiritual and temporall, to give God the glory, 339.
• God raising up Instruments for the delive∣rance of his people, 551.
• The workings of God in the deliverance of his people, various, 648.
• Spiritual desertions, no distractions to the child of God, 49.
• How it is, that there may be partial des••rtions of spirituall grace in the Souls of Gods dearest children, but never totall nor final ones, 383.
• Gods love to his children in the midst of spiritual desertions, 395.
• Gods comfortable presence in the midst of spiritual desertions, 397.
• Not to be over-hasty in the desire of Justice for wrongs sustained, 7.
• The godly Man's desires are above his reach, 122.
• The true Christian's desires are all for Heaven, 394.
• Desperation, the complement of all sins, 317.
• The desperate Sinner's madnesse, 454.
• D••struction is from our selves, 164. 659.
• Not so much the quantity, as the quality, of Devotion acceptable to God, 15.
• The great benefit of devotion at bed time, 247.
• The Devil a deceiver, deceived by Christ, 30.
• The Devil suiting himself to all humours, 48.
• Satan's restlesse, uncessant employment, 49.
• Satan tempteth by degrees, 68.
• Desp••rate Devils, 85.
• Satan subdued by Christs death, 126.
• His policy to defile the Soul with sin, 289.
• ...

• The Devill rewarding his servants, 500.
• The Devils cunning to deceive, 578, 637.
• The Devils rage, and arguments of the Judg∣ment day at hand, 626.
• Why it is that the children of God, die usu∣ally sooner then others, 522.
• All must die, 341, 522.
• We dye daily, 162. Wisemen dye as well as Fools, 478.
• Many seem to be willing, yet are loath to dye, 64, 76.
• Man alwaies in a dying condition, 12.
• We must learn to live well, before we desire to dye, 65.
• D••scretion, the guid of all Religious actions, 574.
• A main part of true Wisedome, 650.
• Discord ill-becomes the Disciples of Christ, 43.
• Discord in Church or Common-wealth, pre∣judicial, 58.
• The deepest dissembler at one time or other, discovered, 478.
• Civill Dissention attended by uncivill destru∣ction, 13.
• Dissention, the Fore-runner of confusion, 626.
• Distractions will prove destructions, 8.
• Englands distractions to be Englands peace∣able directions, 193.
• Dangerous to interpose with a divided Peo∣ple, 74.
• Division amongst Christians is the disgrace of Christians, 44.
• All divisions are against Nature, 75.
• The danger of Divisions, 94, 317.
• Divisions usher in destruction, 204.
• The evill of Division, 474.
• Divisions in Church and State to be preven∣ted, 559.
• The stu••y of Divinity, necessary, 220.
• The study of School-divinity, not altogether necessary, 241.
• False doctrine is treason against God, 44.
• To do as we would be done by, is praise-wor∣thy, 163.
• Dreams not altogether to be sleighted, 1.
• The right use that is to be made of Dreams, 237.
• A drunkard hardly to be reclaimed, 87.
• Drunkennesse cond••mned, 140.
• Drunkennesse the shame of England, 190.
• The encrease of drunkennesse in England, 206.
• Drunkennesse, Whoredome, &c. the genera∣lity of them, 281.
• The scoffing drunkards sad condition, 472.
• To be careful of extraordinary drinking, 474.
• Excessive drinking condemned, 475, 580.
• Drunkennesse, a great punishment of it self, 483.
• To be carefull of our Duty of God and Man, 10.
• Not to rest in outward performance of duty, because dangerous, 178.
• Compleat Christian duty, 383.
• Neglect of the main duties of Christianity, re∣proved, 388.
• Men to be constant in performance of holy duties, 396.
• Constancy of holy duties, makes the perfor∣mance of th••m easy, 442.
• Holy duties call for holy preparation, 469.
• The sins of our Religious duties, corrected by Christ, and then presented to his Father, 633.

E

• GOds decree of Election, not to be made the proper obj••ct of Faith, 656.
• Mans happinesse consistech onely in Gods free Election, 288.
• The true comfort of Election, 586.
• How to be assured of our Election, 586.
• Election known by Sanctification, 76.
• Gods fundamentall love of Election, and actu∣all love of Adoption; how distinguished, 261.
• To make our calling and Election sure, 488.
• Eloquence, if not affected, an excellent gift of God, 284.
• Eloquence, not to be abused, 306.
• Good endeavours assisted by God, 157.
• All endeavours, to be sanctified by prayer, 551.
• The Churches Enemies in Gods hands, 13.
• A Forreign Enemy to be prevented, 34.
• To love our Enemies and do them good, 73.
• How it is that we may hate our Enemies, 138. 112.
• The great good which cometh by Enemies, 112.
• Not to envy each others gifts and prefer∣men••s, 29.
• The great power of Envy, 173.
• The destructive quality of Envy, 518.
• The incorrigibility of Errour, 184.
• To beware of erronious doctrine, 243, 417.
• The obstinate Sinner deserving Eternity of pu∣nishment, and why so? 12.
• Eternity of punishment in Hell, 97. to be con∣sidered, 442.
• In all our doings, we should have our eye up∣pon Eternity, 103, 443.
• ...

• Not to serve time, but Eternity, 202.
• Nothing but Eternity will satisfy the gratious Soul, 438.
• In the midst of worldly enjoyments to mind Eternity, 440.
• The evill of Excesse, 616.
• A wicked Man hardly drawn to examine him∣self, 107.
• Daily Examination of our selves, the comfort of it, 294.
• Gods choice of eminent persons to be Exem∣plary to others, 13.
• Rulers actions, Exemplary, 32.
• A good Man will be a good Example to o∣thers, 127.
• The dangerous Example of wicked Gover∣nours, 192.
• The prevalency of a good Example, 256.
• Christ, to be our Example, and pattern of imi∣tation in life and death, 484.
• Wicked men, reserved for exemplary judg∣ment, 507.
• Magistrates and men in authority, to be ex∣emplary to others, 516, 531.
• Christ to be our example in bearing the Cross, 624.
• The sufferings of Christ, as so many Examples to teach us how to suffer, 677.
• Experience of Gods love, to be a motive unto better obedience, 126.
• The experimented Christian, the onely undaun∣ted Christian, 596.
• Mans extermity, Gods opportunity, 408.

F.

• A Factious-spirited Man, unfit for the work of the Ministery, 21.
• Ring-leaders of Faction and Schism, their con∣dition, deplorable, 391.
• Factious hearers of the Word, condemned, 460.
• The happy succession of a Christian Family, 423.
• Wicked persons may be in a good Family, 461.
• The unhappinesse of a disordered Family, 655.
• How to make tryall of Faith, whether it be perfect or not, 644.
• The great benefit of Faith truly appropriated, 665.
• Faith and love, inseperable, 671.
• Complaint of the want of Faith, an argu∣ment of true Faith, 35. More comfort in a strong Faith, then a weak one, 435.
• The life of Faith, the happy life, 40.
• Faith is the Fountain of all Graces, 51.
• The gradation of Faith, 53.
• The tryall of Faith, is the enlargement of Faith, 74.
• Justifying Faith accompanied with good works, 98.
• The certainty of Faith, 111.
• Faith makes partakers of every good thing in Gods ordinances, 113.
• Faith in the time of tryall, needful, 150.
• How Faith justifieth alone, 163, 151.
• The power of Faith, reviving the deadly sin∣sick Soul, 177.
• The great power of Faith seated in the heart of Man, 229.
• The least measure of true Faith, rewarded, 230, 406.
• Christ to be entertained in our hearts by Faith, 253.
• Without Faith, impossible to please God, 261.
• Faith, the root of all Graces, 262.
• Faith, though weak rewarded, and why so? 341.
• How it is that Faith is the first act of Repen∣tance, 343.
• Faith to be preserved as the head of all Gra∣ces, and why so? 344.
• True saving Faith, though never so weak, is all in all, 359, 590.
• How it is that Faith challengeth superiority, over all the Graces, 386. The force of ju∣stifying Faith, 518.
• Directions for the strong and weak in Faith, how to demean themselves as to the matter of Gods providence, 383.
• Faith, not alwaies sensible, 511.
• A sure anchor-hold in time of distresse, 550.
• Faith and Repentance to be daily renewed and encreased, 555.
• The appropriation of Faith is all in all, 599.
• The several degrees of Faith, 601.
• Men, to be careful in the triall of their Faith, whether it be found or not, 641.
• The Faithfull servants of God, well reward∣ed, 273.
• God rewarding the least of Faithfull service done unto him, 285.
• Faithfull servants of God, the paucity of them, 292.
• The Faithful soul, and an unbeliever, their dif∣ference in relying upon God, 634.
• How it is that Faith is said to be made perfect by works, 644.
• The Court-Favourites condition, 208.
• The Godly Man is Gods Favourite, 227.
• ...

• A Man to be clear of that fault he condemn∣eth in another, 448.
• The apprehension of Fear and courage, mans mistaking of the object, spoyles all, 624.
• Fears and jealousies, the danger of them, 94.
• God to be feared in his Judgments, 307.
• Gods dwelling in the Soul that truly fears him, 65••.
• He that truly feareth God, passeth not for the affronts of Men, 412.
• The sad condition of the fearlesse, heart-hard∣ned sinner, 674.
• There's no fighting against God, 673.
• Flatterers to be avoided, 439.
• A Caveat for Flatterers, 615.
• Flesh and Spirit, their opposition, 185.
• The danger of Fleshly lusts, to be avoided, 330. 476.
• Flesh and bloud, not to be hearkned unto, 430.
• Forgivenesse of others, an argument of Gods forgiving us, 49.
• Injuries not onely to be forgiven, but forgotten also, 97.
• Forgivenesse of one another commanded and commended, 114.
• The great diffi••ulty of forgiving one another. 153.
• A Formal specious Christian, no true Chri∣stian, 100.
• Outward Formality onely, in the service of God, condemned, 187.
• The Formal Christian described, 403, 450.
• The deaths of Friends and acquaintance, not to be slighted, 264.
• The hasty, unexpected death of Friends, not to be made matter of excessive sorrow, 282.
• A Faithful, modest Friend, very hard to be found, 371.
• Few, or no Friends to be found in time of Ad∣versity, 432.
• God, a sure fast Friend, 610.
• Friendship to be made with God in Christ Jesus, 300.
• True, reall Friendship, very hard to be found, 372.
• Friendship tryed in the times of Affliction, 433.

G.

• God loveth a chearfull giver, 482.
• Excellency of the crown of Glory, 499.
• Glory to be given to God onely; and why so? 15.
• God is to have the glory of all things, 83. 225. 288.
• The sad effects of not giving unto God, his glory, 553.
• Gluttony reproved, 444.
• How it is, that God is to every one of his chil∣dren, alone, 642.
• God alone more powerfull then all the Ene∣mies of the World, 561.
• God working the greatest of things without means, 485.
• God in wisdome ordering all things to work together for the good of his children, 242.
• The workings of God and Man, very diffe∣rent, 244.
• An account of Gods knowledg, not to be made out by the wisest of Men, 318.
• God's Immutability, 464.
• Gods omniscience, necessarily demonstrated from his omnipresence, 379. Watchful∣nesse over his people forgood, 496.
• Consideration of Gods omnipresence, a strong motive to Christian confidence, 380. To be a disswasive from sin, 381. 436.
• God, a mercifull God, 234. 510.
• Gods speciall love to his children, 112.
• God, slow to anger, 115.
• God, a jealous God of his honour, 535.
• The great goodnesse of God in sending Jesus Christ to save Sinners, 167.
• Gods omniscience, 577.
• Gods care over his children, notwithstand∣ing their many aberrations, 171.
• God onely to be served, 584.
• God, a mighty God, 190. The onely sear∣cher of Man's heart, 498.
• Gods Justice, what it is, and how defined, 231.
• How it is, that the proceedings of God in his Justice, are not so clearly discerned, 231.
• The several expressions of God in his mercies; And why so? 235.
• The generality of Gods knowledg, 236.
• Gods great patience, notwithstanding Man's provocation, 382.
• God onely to be worshipped as the great Creator, &c. 661.
• God onely to be seen in Christ Jesus, 3.
• God and his Graces go together, 22.
• The manifestation of God in severall respects, 26.
• God is All in all, 42,
• Gods Eternity, 44. Omnisciency, 52. 266.
• The certainty of Gods Will and promise, 69.
• The fulnesse of God, 70.
• ...

• God, the proper Agent in all things, 85.
• God and his Attributes are answerable, 97.
• Gods two hands of Mercy and Judgment, 130.
• God onely wise 144. The onely searcher of the heart, 577.
• God slow to anger, and of great patience, 146.
• God, both powerful and merciful, 185.
• God, a just God as well as a mercifull God, 274.
• God to be feared in his Judgments, 307.
• God's Judgments, the causes of them to be considered, 409.
• God brings good out of evil for his Peoples good, 22.
• To make good use of good Men while we have them, 43.
• A good Man is the prop and stay of his Coun∣try, 43.
• Carnal and spiritual Men, their difference in doing good,
• The good Man's life, preserved for the good of others, 158.
• The great difference of both good and bad Men in life and death, 158.
• To do good for evill, 501.
• Good Men, as the Pillars both of Church and State, to be preserved, 200.
• The good Man rejoycing in death, 464.
• The falls of good Men presage the Nations ruine, 221. 662.
• Goodnese, not greatnesse, that holdeth out to the last, 525.
• Goodnesse and greatnesse seldome meet toge∣ther, 108.
• The beginnings of goodnesse to be encouraged, and why? 150.
• Goodnesse, or godlinesse, the best Friend, 214.
• The wayes of Godlinesse more comfortable then Worldly Men can imagine, 431.
• Godlinesse, a great mystery, and why so? 453.
• Godlinesse, a very gainful Trade, 457.
• Fears of the losse of Gospel light more at home then from abroad, 14. 95.
• To joy in the light of the Gospel, 20.
• Gospel-promises are the poor Man's supporters, 117.
• How the Gospel propagateth it self, 193.
• Christ seen more clearly under the Gospel, then under the Law, 258.
• How it is, that the preaching of the Gospel is of a double and contrary operation upon different persons, 372.
• The different effects of the Gospel preached, 481.
• Gospel invitation to comfort, 558.
• Powerfull preaching of the Gospel, 670.
• Government of Christ, a peaceable govern∣ment, 31.
• Popular Government, popular confusion, 49.
• The happinesse of good Government, 51. 587.
• The excellency of good Government, 65.
• Licentious Libertines impatient of Govern∣ment, 77.
• The good of Government, 122.
• Who fit for Government in point of remporal estate, 223.
• Change of Government, not to be affected, 234.
• The sad condition of people under Tyranni∣call Government, 310.
• A good wish to good Government, 431.
• The great weight of Government, 452.
• The heavy weight of Government ill attain∣ed, 652.
• Governours, as they are qualified, are a curse or a blessing to the People, 9.
• Rulers and Governours support the Common∣wealth, 29.
• Princes, Governours, &c. to be prudentially qualified, 110.
• Every peaceable frame of spirit, and confi∣dent perswasion of Gods love, is not a sure testimony, that such an one is in the state of grace, 324.
• Grace in the heart is certain, though the feel∣ing thereof be uncertain; And how so? 352.
• It is Grace, not place, that keeps a Man from sinning, 324.
• Grace in the heart cannot be smothered, 20.
• A totall deprivation of Grace in the heart, de∣plorable, 23.
• The doctrine of free Grace abused by licen∣tious Libertines, 37.
• Grace, not greatnesse, maketh Magistrates glorious, 43.
• Grace of God above all Riches, 54.
• The losse of Grace made up again in Christ onely, 72.
• Saving Grace, and seeming Grace much re∣semble one another, 30.
• True Grace is diffusive, 30.
• True Grace is accompanied with humility 88.
• Graces lost in the Soul, to be made up onely in Christ, 112.
• Different measures of Grace in different per∣sons, 139.
• Grace sometimes seemingly lost to a Child of God, 145. 245.
• ...

• Weak beginnings of Grace, not to be despi∣sed, 149.
• A sense of the want of Grace, a true sign of grace, 156. 177.
• Grace in the heart may be a long time con∣cealed, 179.
• Grace of God, the onely armour of proof, 184.
• Graces to be stocked up against a day of trou∣ble, 254.
• God accepts the meanest of Graces, 285.
• Graces of Gods Spirit, not given in vain, 311.
• Minding of good things, a notable way to encrease Grace, 511.
• Why it is that they which have the strongest graces, are subject to the strongest corrup∣tions, 374.
• Grace and goodnesse, to be highly esteemed, even in Men of the lowest condition, 374.
• God exercising the Graces of his Children, 404.
• Small buddings of Grace in the Soul, an ar∣gument of greater growth, 538.
• Grace to be communicated, 557.
• Perfection of Grace to be endeavoured, 563.
• Graces of the Spirit, to be made the Souls fur∣niture, 574. Though seemingly lost, yet found at last, 607.
• Man by refusing the tenders of Grace, be∣comes the cause of his own destruction, 628.
• How it is that the sweet fruits of Grace come to grow on the bitter root of Nature, 632.
• Graces divine, not parts humane, hold out in the end, 635.
• How it is, that Graces of the Spirit, may at present seem to be lost, 635. 665.
• Means in the attainment of Grace, and the use thereof enjoyned by God, 636.
• The Grace of God is all in all, 647.
• The way to greatnesse is full of danger, 10.
• Condiscension is the great Mans glory, 90.
• Conversion of great ones to be endeavoured, 185.
• Greatnesse and goodnesse, well met together, 191.
• The vanity of Man in seeking after great things, 598.
• Great Men and others, not to raise themselves by the ruines of the Church, 632.
• Growth of sin to be prevented, 10.
• The not growing in grace, reproved, 347.
• The Christian's spirituall growth, when seem∣ingly dead aed declining, 397.
• The Hypocrite and true Christian, their difference in growth of Grace, 505.
• The Christian's growth in Grace, enjoyned, 581.

H.

• HAppinesse and blessednesse, the onely things desireable, 304.
• No way to Happinesse, but by Holinesse, 395.
• Happiness of him that hath the Lord to be his God, 422.
• Others Mens harms to be our arms, 39. 67. 338.
• Miseries attendant on the haters of Gods peo∣ple, 361.
• Not to be carelesse Hearers of Gods Word, 21. 572.
• Sathan's endeavour to hinder the hearing of Gods Word, 34.
• Curiosity in the hearing of Gods Word, con∣demned, 41. 135.
• Unprofitable Hearers of the Word, descri∣bed, 74.
• Ministers to distinguish their Hearers, 103.
• Hearers, and not doers of the Word, con∣demned, 165.
• Hearing or listning after Vanity, reproved, 173.
• Hearing the Word, and not meditating, thereon, dangerous, 187.
• Partial Hearers of Gods Word, reproveable, 241.
• How to behave our selves in the hearing of Gods Word, 249.
• Negligent hearing of Gods Word, condemn∣ed, 272. 585.
• Needfull requisites to make a profitable hea∣rer of Gods Word, 299.
• Men to hear the Word of God, though they come with prejudicate thoughts, 413.
• Partiality of affection in hearing Sermons, condemned, 420.
• Attention in hearing of Gods Word, com∣manded and commended, 469.
• Blessednesse of the poor in spirit, in the mat∣ter of hearing Gods Word, 484.
• To be diligent hearers of the Word of God, and remember what we hear, 487.
• Good and bad hearers of the Word, their difference, 506.
• Wanton hearers of the Word, reproved, 619.
• The great benefit of hearing and practising Gods Word, 636.
• How to know, Whether a Man belong to Heaven, 4.
• ...

• A great folly not to provide for Heaven, 8.
• The things of this World, a great stop in the way to Heaven, 11.
• A poor child of God comforted with the hopes of Heaven, 13.
• The true Christian's hopes of Heaven, 28.
• The Saints knowledg of one another in Hea∣ven, 68.
• Heaven the best Inheritance, 80.
• How to know Gods dwelling place, Heaven, 100.
• A child of God is restlesse till he come to Heaven, 101.
• At the time of death to be mindfull of Hea∣ven, 103.
• Hopes of Heaven, the good Mans encourage∣ment, 104.
• A good Christian to be Heavenly-minded, 136.
• The reward of Heaven will make amends for all, 136.
• Heaven, worth contending for, 155.
• The Kingdom of Heaven an everlasting King∣dome, 175.
• The great state of Heaven, 196.
• How to get into Heaven, 196.
• The Heavenly co••queror, the happy conque∣rour, 197.
• Not to admit of impediments in our way to Heaven, 222.
• But one sure way to Heaven, 222.
• Consultation with Flesh and bloud in the wayes of Heaven, is very dangerous, 237.
• Heaven the inheritance of Gods children, 242.
• The World to be contemned in regard of Heaven, 296.
• Men desirous to be in Heaven, but will not take the pains to come rhither, 300.
• The way to Heaven through tribulation, 302.
• The joyes of Heaven, not to be expressed, 312.
• A true child of God, half in Heaven, whilest he is on Earth, 317.
• Heaven, the poor Saints comfortable Inhe∣ritance, 347.
• Whilest we are here in this World, to pro∣vide for Heaven, 347.
• Heavenly happinesse, not to be expressed, 396.
• Heaven, not to be found upon Earth, 455.
• To be waited for with patience, 460.
• Men upon hearing of the joyes of Heaven, to be much taken there with, 465, 466.
• Every Man to make himself sure of Heaven, &c. 575.
• Heaven, to be alwayes in our thoughts, 585.
• Heaven, a place of holinesse, 610.
• The signs of Heaven, as Sun, Moon, with their Eclipses, &c. as we are not to be dismaid at them, so not to be contemners of them, 655.
• No pains to be thought too much for the get∣ting of Heaven, 668.
• Why it is that God affords some glimpse of Heaven, in this life, 669.
• An Heavenly-minded Man looks through all Afflictions, 458.
• Heavenly-mindednesse of a child of God, 459.
• How to know, whether a Man be Heavenly or earthly-minded, 459.
• Christians having an eye upon the Heavenly reward, not to be daunted at any outward troubles, 462.
• God onely able to perswade the heart fully, 654.
• How the heart of Man may be kept up steady in troublous times, 549.
• The heart of Man, the ••eed-plot of all sin, 597.
• Heart-communication, the want thereof, de∣plorable, 634.
• A good heart is a melting heart, 7.
• Remedy for a hard heart to cure it, 145.
• Heart and tongue to go together, 166.
• God will have t••e whole ••eart in his service, 182. 310.
• Gods tryal of his children by cleansing their hear••s, 215.
• The Christian's heart, never quiet till it be in Christ, 217.
• The heart of Man, author of all good and bad actions, 276.
• The heart of a true Christian, restlesse with∣out Christ, 284.
• The heart of a worldly-minded Man never satisfied, 572.
• No comfortable sight of God without purity of heart, 637.
• A faint-hearted Christian described, 139. 594.
• No return from Hell, 670.
• A wicked Man believes not that there is a Hell, till he be in it, 69.
• Wicked Men take great pains to go to H••ll, 475.
• Eternity of punishment in Hell, 97.
• Fear of Hell to be a restraint from the least sin, 382.
• One Man is to help another as God hath en∣abled him, 162. 254.
• Job's true Heraldry, 135.
• Heresies and moral vices to be timely avoid∣ed, 90.
• The benefit of History, 527.
• Holinesse, an excellent thing, 366.
• ...

• Honour and greatnesse the vanity of them, 369.
• Hopes of Heaven are the good man's encou∣ragement, 104.
• Hope well, and have well, 180.
• Hope in God, the best hold-fast, 318.
• Hope of future joy, sweetneth present sorrow, 486.
• Hope to be kept up in the midst of all per∣plexities, 505.
• The good Christian's Hope at the death of a child of God, 637.
• Honesty, the best policy, 679.
• Hospitality commended, 67.
• The want thereof reproved, 587.
• The Christians humiliation, the Christians exaltation, 53.
• No harm in humility, 125.
• An humble heart is a contented heart, 135.
• Humility, the way to glory, 195.
• Gods dwelling in the humble heart, 501.
• How to be truly humble, 239.
• Humility occasioned, by the consideration of our former and present condition, 269.
• The true nature of humility, 567.
• Humility advanced, 271.
• The excellency of humility, 568.
• To appear before God in all humility, how high soever our condition be, 343.
• Humility appeaseth Gods anger, 386. 510. 593.
• The soveraign virtue of Humility, 571.
• Humility exalted, 574.
• Husbands to bear with their Wives infirmi∣ties, 34. 433.
• Not to be uxorious, 290.
• The head of the Wife, 497.
• Husband and Wife, each others Crown, 581.
• Husband and Wife to bespeak one another kindly, 596.
• Husbands to love their Wives, as they are Wives, 604.
• Gods Husbandry, 90.
• The unthankfull Husband-man, condemned, 223.
• Hypocrisie may passe for a time undiscovered, 66.
• Hypocrisie, the generality of it, 230.
• The Religious Hypocrite discovered, 661.
• The comfortlesse Hypocrite, 669.
• Hypocrites discovering their own shame, 607.
• How it is, that the Hypocrite deceives himself in seeking after God, 360.
• The wayes of Hypocrite, not easily traced, 227.
• Hypocrites, in their saying well and doing ill, condemned, 51.
• The Hypocrites inconstancy, 52.
• How to judge of an Hypocrite, 124.
• The Hypocrite described, 169.
• The Hypocrites discovery of himself, 174. 626.
• Hypocrisie discovered, 206.
• When the Hypocrite is discovered, 214.
• The Hypocrite characteristically laid open, 232. 283.
• The subtile Hypocrite, 384.
• The Hypocrite being true to none, is beloved of none, 424.

I.

• AN Idle Man subject to the least Tempta∣tion, 7. 348.
• All men to be highly affected with the Name of Iesus, 320.
• Ignorance of Gods mind will not excuse us at the last, 197.
• Ignorant worldly purchasers, 494.
• Ignorant, upstart Preachers, reproved, 604.
• Ignorance, especially in the wayes of God, reproved, 609, 611.
• God, not to be set out by any representation or Image to the eye of Man, 425.
• The strength of Imagination, demonstrated, 196.
• How it is that the strength of Imagination prevails so much in matters of Religion, 323.
• Not onely the good, but the bad also are imi∣table in what they do well, 96.
• An impatient condition is a discontented con∣dition, 42.
• The sad condition of all impenitent Sinners, 328.
• Mans Inconstancy, 228.
• The unresolved Mans inconstancy, 336.
• Inconstancy in the wayes of God, reproved, 563.
• No such thing as Independency in this life, 83.
• Men to bear with one anothers infirmities, 255.
• The Saints infirmities, 622.
• Every Christian to be an ingenuous Christian, 57.
• The basenesse of Ingratitude, 11.
• Ingratitude of England unto God, 189.
• The Ingrateful Christian reproved, 218.
• Gods goodnesse, and Mans ingratitude, 236.
• Ingratitude reproved, 261. 655.
• Peoples ingratitude to their Minister, con∣demned, 277.
• ...

• The monstrous sin of Ingratitude, 643.
• Inhumanity condemned, 404.
• Innovations in Church or State, very dange∣rous, 444.
• Condonation of the Injured, is a conquest over the Injurious, 12.
• Forgetting of Injuries past, required upon the making of Peace, 23.
• The glory of a Christian to passe by Injuries and offences, 56.
• Forgetfulnesse of Injuries, commendable, 85.
• Injuries not onely to be forgiven, but forgot∣ten also, 97.
• Courts of Iudicature to be free from all In∣justice, 381.
• Interest in Christ, best of all, 145.
• A good Christian will rather part with his life, then his Integrity, 467.
• Ioy, how to be regulated, 220.
• Ioy comes in the midst of Affliction, 319.
• God's judgment not as Man's judgment, 600.
• Men usually judging others to be like them∣selves, 528.
• Men, though differing in judgment, yet not to differ in affection, 45.
• Mans co••rupt Iudgment upon the bare appea∣rance of things, condemned, 150.
• Prejudice in judgment, very dangerous, 232.
• Difference of judgment hath, and ever will be in the minds of Men; and why so, 305.
• Men of corrupt Iudgments, 618.
• Minding of the great Day of Iudgment, a great means to live godlily, 229. 595.
• Iudgment-day, the terrours of it to the Wick∣ed, 257.
• The day of the last Iudgment, a terrible day, 527.
• The state of a Kingdom or Common-wealth best known by the administration of Iu∣stice, 3.
• Not to be over-hasty in the desire of Iustice for wrong sustained, 7.
• Magistrates to be impartial in justice, 526.
• Excellency of the robe of Justice, 38. 627.
• Judges and Magistrates are to be the Patrons of Iustice, 121.
• Magistrates to be advised in the point of Iustice, 124.
• Magistrates to do Iustice and right, 132.
• Magistrates to be alwayes ready to do Iustice, 157. 268.
• Iustice described, 176.
• Iustice commutative, to do as we would be done by, 404.
• Iustice duly administred to the People, the benefit thereof, 615.
• Iustice moderated, 657.
• Iustice to be duly administred, 673.
• The Iust man's joy is more inward then out∣ward, 54. 215.
• Not to be dejected, though the joy of the Iust be not perfect in this life, 519.
• Iustification by Christ, the extent thereof, 231.

K.

• KIlling of Men, heretofore made ordina∣ry, 24.
• King, Princes, &c. good and bad, their diffe∣rence, 546.
• To be regarded by those that are under them, 648.
• King and Corrivals are inconsistent, 204.
• Cares attendant on the Kingly office and Men in authority, 308.
• Kings, Princes, Rulers, &c. to hearken to good Counsel, 520.
• Kings, Princes, &c. subject to death as well as the lowest of the people, 526.
• The greatnesse of them, no protection from death, 526.
• The state of Kingdoms and Common-wealths best known by the administration of Ju∣stice, 3.
• A Kingdome divided within it self cannot long stand, 195.
• The Kingdom of Christ, a peaceable King∣dome, 247.
• Kingdoms and Common-wealths, their suc∣cessions from God, 309.
• How it is to know, whether a Man belong to Heaven, or not, 4.
• God knowes his own People, however di∣stressed, 46.
• Impossible for a Man to know all his sins, 57.
• Impossible to know God perfectly in this World, 96.
• How to know Gods dwelling place, Heaven, 100.
• How to know, whether we are more troubled for sin, then for worldly sorrow and trou∣ble, 356.
• Knowledg very usefull in the matter of Refor∣mation, 4.
• Gods knowledg and Mans knowledg, the dif∣ference of them in the event of things, 5.
• Zeal and knowledg must go hand in hand to∣gether, 15.
• Difference betwixt a spiritual and carnall Man in point of knowledg, 58.
• ...

• The Saints knowledg of one another in Hea∣ven, 68.
• Windy Knowledg and windy doctrine go to∣gether, 82.
• Notional knowledg of God, no true knowledg, 100.
• Minister of all men to be men of knowledg, &c. 134.
• Experimental Knowledg, the onely knowledg, 156. 437.
• The confidence of much knowledg, an argu∣ment of no knowledg, 159.
• Knowledg, not to be reserved, 168.
• Knowledg and practice must go together, 173.
• The great danger of concealed knowledg, 192.
• Knowledg without practice, reproved, 213.
• Christians and their knowledg to be commu∣nicative, 227.
• Man losing himself in the pursuit after know∣ledg extraordinary, 238.
• True knowledg never rests on the Creature, till it center in God the Creator, 259.
• Knowledg in political affairs, very uncertain, 267.
• All knowledg but in part, 268.
• The keys of Knowledg much abused by those that keep them, 509.
• To have a perfect Knowledg of God, impos∣sible, 532.
• The knowledg of God through Faith in Christ, the way to true happinesse, 534.
• Wherein the true Knowledg of Christ con∣sisteth, 556.

L.

• LAughter of the Wicked, but from the teeth outward, 52.
• How it is, that the Law is said to be the strength of Sin, 491.
• How it is that Christ is said to be end of the Ceremonial law, 534.
• The work of the law, preceding the work of the Gospel, 559.
• The Law of God, abused by Libertinism, 487.
• Law of God, a perfect Law, 19.
• The Law, Gods Rhetorick in the delivery of it; Man's duty to attend it, 133.
• How to behold our selves in the glasse of Gods Law, 246. 630.
• The Law of God, bringing Men to the sight of themselves, 297.
• Multiplicity of Law-S••its, condemned, 588.
• Good Lawes and good Men, are the pillars of State, 150.
• Lex Talionis, 157. 416.
• Good lawes obeyed, are the support of a Com∣mon-wealth, 175.
• The great danger of Law suits, 207.
• The tedious length of Law-Suits, 213. 524.
• The known laws of any Nation, to be the rule of obedience, 293.
• How it is that Men may be said to learn of little children, dumb thews, &c. 409.
• Practice of the law abused, 430.
• The downfall of piety and Learning to be de∣plored, 118.
• Not to admire our own Learning or parts, 168.
• University-Learning to be countenanced by men in Authority, 219.
• The necessity of humane Learning, 240.
• Learning and honesty to go together, 249.
• A Man of Learning speaks little, 263.
• The Devills plot to root our Learning, 276. 576.
• Excellency of the Knowledg of Jesus Christ, above all humane learning whatsoever, 363.
• The commodity and discommodity of learn∣ing, 366.
• Knowledg and learning to be owned in whom∣soever they be found, 412.
• The right use of humane learning, 421.
• No Man too good to learn, 447.
• No Man so old, but he may learn something, 471.
• The right use of humane learning in Divinity, 483. 577.
• The necessity thereof, 484.
• Much learning to be found in few expressions, 567.
• Impossible to arrive at a full perfection of learning in this life, 568.
• Liberty the cause of licentiousnesse, 504.
• Christian liberty abused by the Sectarian party, 27.
• How it is, that Men are so much mistaken in the thoughts of long life, 375.
• Consideration of the shortnesse of life to be a Memento for death, 430.
• The Life of Man subject to all sorts of cala∣mity, 61.
• The pretious life of Man to be preserved, 62.
• An ungodly life, will have an ungodly end, 101.
• The brevity of our life, may moderate our life, 104.
• ...

• The life of Man miserable, 219.
• Changing of this life for a better, no matter of grief, 280.
• Man's great vanity in proposing to himself long life, 334.
• The great difference betwixt life spirituall, and life natural, 370.
• The uncertainty of Mans life, 602.
• Like to like, 234.
• How to be made like unto Christ, 260.
• Likenesse to be a motive to lovelinesse, 414.
• God must be loved for himself onely, 16.
• Love for the most part is but complemental, 8.
• Want of Love is the cause of all our sorrows, 36.
• Love the bond of all perfection, 49.
• The Love of Gods children is a sincere love, 75.
• The wonderful Love of a true Christian to Christ Jesus, 106.
• The strength of a true Christians Love to Christ, 112.
• Want of Love to be deplored, 132. 401.
• Great engagement to love one another, 152.
• Love to Christ, how to be recovered when once lost, 236.
• Christ, nothing but Love all over, 299.
• Love, to be preserved with all Men, 313.
• The abundant love of Christ in dying for our sins, 360.
• Love, Peace and Unity, the best supporters of Kingdoms, Common-wealths, &c. 375.
• The Love of God, the onely true love, 409.
• The true love of God will cause familiarity with God, 447.
• How it is, and why God loves us, 536.
• The exceeding Love of God to Mankind, 550.
• The Love of Riches very dangerous, 571.
• True brotherly love scarce to be found, 613.
• The difference betwixt true and feigned love unto Christ, 650.
• How our love to the Creature is to be regula∣ted, 666.
• Christians ought to be loving one to another, 58.
• No Man a loser by giving himself up to Christ, 38.
• God being once lost, not easily found again, 185.
• The losse of a faithful Ministery not to be sleighted; and why so, 258.
• Losse of the Soul, irrecoverable, 505.
• The good Man's comfort in matter of world∣ly losse, 464.
• Not to repine at the losse of Friends and chil∣dren, 522. 670.
• Losse of good Men not laid to heart, condemn∣ed, 659.
• Simplicity of Men, to be more affected with the losse of things eternal, 677.
• Not to mourn for any outward losses, because all is made up in Christ, 55.
• A sad thing to lose both body and Soul toge∣ther, 111.
• Not to mourn excessively for the losse of any Worldly enjoyment; and why so, 356.
• To beware of the lusts of the Flesh, 141.
• The lyars reward and punishment, 443.

M.

• A Good Magistrate or Minister, is the sup∣port of the place where he lives, 111.
• The great comfort of such, 539.
• Magistrates to look to their attendants, 144.
• To be Men of understanding, 523.
• To stand up in Gods cause, 541. 545.
• Not to be found guilty of that which they for∣bid in others, 531.
• Magistrates, Ministers, &c. their rule to walk by, 573.
• Their death to be lamented, 575.
• Malice and Envy not fit for Gods table, 73.
• The great danger of Malitious turbulent spi∣rits, 79.
• Not to be malitious in the exercise of holy duties, 102.
• Matter enough within us to condemn us, 154.
• A good Man, denominated from the goodness of his heart, 555.
• The sad condition of Man falling away from God, 298.
• Man's being is from God, 37.
• Man, the best and worst of Creatures, 216.
• The fall of Man described, 216.
• Married Men better Common-wealths-men then Batchelers, 203.
• Marriage to be sought of God by prayer, 256.
• Children to have a care how they marry without consent of Parents, 441.
• Marriage, not to be made for money onely, 527.
• The Martyr's welcome to Heaven, 450.
• Good meanings of bad men, destructive, 621.
• Good means, how to be used, 114.
• Gods blessing upon the means doth all, 92.
• ...

• Want of matter not to hinder Meditation, 435.
• Natural wants not to hinder divine Medita∣tion, 434.
• The great comfort of Heavenly Meditation, 191. 430.
• The necessity of divine Meditation, 431.
• The beginnings thereof very difficult, 432. 636.
• The excellency thereof, 660.
• God the proper object of Man's Memory, 62.
• To blesse God for our Memories, 63.
• Repetition of good things helpfull to Memo∣ry, 96.
• Memory must be active, 106.
• Memory ought to be the treasury of all good∣nesse, 149.
• The difference betwixt a good and bad Me∣mory, 335.
• The excellency of a good Memory, 547.
• The generall badnesse of Memory in good things, 548.
• Gods Mercies to the worst of sinners repenting, 651.
• Gods Mercy above his Justice, 144.
• To be mercifully-minded, is praise-worthy, 163.
• To sin against the Mercies of God, is to double our Sins, 177.
• V Vorks of Mercy, very rare to be found amongst us, 306.
• Not to be put off from one to another, 307.
• God, as he is God of Mercy, so he is a God of Judgment, and therefore, not to be pro∣voked, 328.
• The consideration of Mercies formerly enj∣oyed, an excellent means to bear up our spirits under present affliction, 355.
• Mercies of God in Christ Jesus, the danger of dallying with them, 425▪
• The mercies of God to be particularly record∣ed to posterity, 449.
• God shewing mercy even for Christ Jesus sake, 451.
• Mercies of God to be recorded to all posteri∣ty, 512.
• The great tenders of mercy to Repentant sin∣ners, 620.
• Acknowledgment of mercies received, the ready way to have them further enlarged, 640.
• A great exceeding Mercy, to be one of Gods Children, 662.
• A good Man, merciful to his very beast, 513.
• Merit-mongers condemned, 269. 412.
• Ministers to be active and vigorous in reproof of sin, 544.
• The Ministers Calling, to be owned from God, 546.
• Ministers not to be verball, but reall in their expressions, 547.
• A non-resident, sloathfull Minister, worthily discouraged, 586.
• The Ministers calling full of labour and toyl, 613.
• Ministers to preach plainly, as well as learn∣edly, to the capacity of their Hearers, 281.
• The madnesse of Ministers, Magistrates, &c. not to be guided by that counsell they give to others, 299. 411.
• To see a necessitated Minister, is matter of great grief, 321.
• How it is, that Ministers, find so little success in preaching the Gospel, 326.
• Ministers to be accomptable to God for what they have received, 337.
• Ministers not to be afraid of the faces of Men, 59.
• Ministers of all Men to be painfull in their calling, 219.
• Ministers, how to preach profitably, 220.
• Leud Ministers, what they are like unto, 221.
• Ministers to be encouraged and protected against the plots of wicked Men; and why so? 253.
• The Ministers duty, 274.
• Ministers to be painfull in the discharge of their duty, 275.
• Ministers of Gods Word, to be constant in the preaching thereof, 276.
• Ministers, to preach the Gospel, notwith∣standing the discouragements of their Au∣ditory, 457.
• Ministers to be wise Master-builders, 28.
• To be Men of knowledg and understanding, 624.
• Young, raw Ministers, blame-worthy, 30. 513.
• The Ministers authority to be as much look∣ed on as his sufficiency, 35.
• An ill-lived Minister is a scandall to the Go∣spel, 56.
• A fearful Minister is a Soul-murthering Mi∣nister, 60.
• Ministers and Magistrates to be diligent in in their places, 63.
• Young Ministers to be well principled, 64.
• A Minister to be able and well furnished, 64.
• Ministers to be Men of merciful dispositions, 76.
• ...

• A Minister is to distinguish his Auditors, 103.
• Every Minister to speak a word in season, opportunely, 110.
• A Minister to be carefull in the delivery of Gods Message, 11.
• Ministers to cry down the Sins of the time, 141.
• Ministers to teach as well the practice as the knowledg of Religion, 176.
• The Ministers labour though insuccessefull, yet rewarded by God, 176. To be ac∣quainted with the state of Mens Souls, 517.
• Ministers to live according to that doctrine they teach unto others, 189. To be Men of gravity and experience, 468.
• The Minister and Magistrate to go hand in hand together, 367. To be Men of cou∣rage, 429.
• Ministers to be of godly lives and conversat∣ions, 421.
• The painfull Ministers joy at the time of his death, 471.
• Negligent Ministers advised, 514.
• Every Minister to keep close to his Text, 525.
• Ministers, to be as they are called, spirirual Men, 542.
• To be earnestly Zealous in the Preaching of Gods Word, 543.
• A Factious-spirited Man, unfit for the work of the Ministry, 21.
• Great safety in attending to the Ministery of the Word, 205.
• The honour and dignity of the Ministery, And why so? 212.
• A wanting Ministery will soon become a con∣temptible Ministery, 224.
• Men of other Callings not to meddle with that of the Ministery, 239.
• The least Man in the Ministery, not to be con∣temned, 366.
• Four sorts of Men undertaking the work of the Ministery, 549.
• Miracles, why ceased, 39.
• Popish miracles, condemned, 597.
• Moderation little set by, 178.
• The fore-runner of peace, 622.
• Christian Modesty commendable, 296.
• Morning-prayers, commended, 292.
• Mortalitie's memorandum, 108. 211.
• The greatest of Men, subjects of Mortality, 123.
• Mortality of the sinners life to be considered and deplored, 126.
• All men and things, subject to Mortality, 194.
• Sin mortified, the Devils terrour, 2.
• Mortification of sin, br••edeth sense of sin, 127.
• Mortification, the excellency thereof, 391.
• The great necessity thereof, 401.
• A great fault in Mothers, not to nurse their own children, 426.
• The greatnesse of Motherly affection to an onely son, 532.
• Every Motion towards God, is not a true mo∣tion towards God, 16.
• The godly and ungodly, their different mo∣tions in goodnesse, 129.
• Murmuring at Gods doings, the prejudice thereof, 558.
• Uncertainty of the Multitude, 36.
• The inconsiderate Multitude, 167.
• The Multitude, not to be guided by them, 426.
• The Multitude always desirous of change in government, 467.
• The Vanity of an unguided Multitude, 606.
• The giddy uncertain disposition of the Mul∣titude, 629.
• Tyranny, oppression, Murther, &c. not long•• lived, 9.

N.

• THe Name of God to be had in reverence, 285.
• Christians, to walk worthy the Name of Christ, 599.
• A good Name once lost, very hardly to be re∣covered, 137.
• Men to stand up for the good Name and credit of their places, 333.
• The good Names of Gods people, though now obscured, yet hereafter will be cleared, 371.
• The excellency of a good Name, 576.
• Men to keep up the credit of their proper Names, 394.
• Proper Names, not to be so much regarded as Appellative, 475.
• How the humane Nature, may in some sort be said to excell the Angelical, 465.
• Nature cannot work out peace of Conscience, 566.
• Our own natural corrup∣tion, the cause of sin, 608.
• Nature of Man altogether sinfull, 19.
• Sathan's policy to ensnare us by observance of our Natures, 180.
• Men, easily drawn by their Natural corruptions, 295.
• ...

• Men by Nature, desirous of things unlawfull and prohibited, 490.
• Natural perswasions, the invalidity of them in the point of true believing, 536.
• Men by Nature looking more to their bodies then their Souls, 573.
• Man by Nature lawlesse, and ill advised, 623.
• State of Nature, an absolute state of impo∣tency, 638.
• For all its specious out-side, a state of Friendship with Hell, 638.
• Negligent hearing of Gods Word, condemned, 486.
• A negligent Christian, no true Christian, 65.
• Negligence in the wayes of God, reproved, 394.
• A good Neighbour, a great blessing to all men, especially to a Minister of God's V Vord, 6.
• Every Man to speak truth to his Neighbour, 11.
• In the loving our Neighbour, we love God, 91.
• Every Man to labour that he may be a New Creature, 313.
• Daily amendment of life enjoyned to the making up of the new Creature, 382.
• New Testament, an exposition of the old, 145.
• Neutrality in Religion, enmity of Religion, 81.
• Neutrality in Religion, dangerous, 221. Reproved, 605.
• Neutrality in Church or State, condemned, 657.
• Man's Nothingnesse, 618.
• Affectation of Novelty in the wayes of Reli∣gion, reproved, 591.

O.

• Oath, or Covenant-breakers, not to be trusted, 335.
• Men to be carefull how they make Oath in Judicature, &c. 524.
• Universal Obedience unto God, enjoyned, 551.
• True obedience, 617.
• The obstinate Sinner deserving eternity of punishment; And why so? 12.
• Occasions of sin, to be avoided, 530.
• To passe by the offences of our brethren, 309.
• Officers to be honest in their places, 31.
• Under-Agents and Officers to be looked unto, 314.
• Opportunity of sinning to be avoided, 159.
• To make good use of Opportunity, 233.
• Tyranny, Oppression, murther, &c. are not long-lived, 9.
• Order both in Church and State commanded and commended, 101.
• God bringing Order out of confusion, 274.
• All out of order, 361.
• How every good Christian is to order his life, 413.
• Order to be in the Church of God, 465.
• An Orthodoxal Christian hath a like esteem of all Gods Ordinances, 129.
• To attend upon God in his Ordinances, 321.
• Lewdn••sse of the Preachers life, no warrant to sleight the Ordinance of preaching, 418.
• Men, to be forward in frequenting Gods or∣dinances, 436.
• The true love of God will cause love to his ordinances, 446.
• Variety of gifts in the Ordinance of preaching, 540.

P

• THe differences betwixt Papists and Pro∣testants, not so easily reconciled, 186.
• The Papists blind Zeal discovered, 189.
• Papists and Sectarians, abusing their follow∣ers, 316.
• Pardon of Sins, the onely comfort, 110.
• The readinesse of God to pardon poor Repentants, 325.
• Gods pardoning other repentant sinners, a great motive to perswade us, that he will pardon us also, 641.
• The relation of Parents, Wife, Children, to be sleighted, if they once appear in com∣petition with the Commandements of God, 603.
• Though the graces of godly Parents cannot avail for bad children, yet their good ex∣ample may, 66.
• Parents care, onely to enrichtheir Children, reproved, 179.
• Parents not to be over-carefull to make their children rich, 252.
• Parents, to be carefull what they say in pre∣sence of their children, 279.
• Parents, to be carefull in the education of their children, 363. 533.
• Not to be much dejected for the death of an onely son or child, 408.
• Parents, not to be forsaken of their children, though they be wicked and infidels, 449.
• Parents to shew good examples to their chil∣dren, 471.
• ...

• How it is, that the sins of Parents are visited on their children, 523.
• Parentall counsel hath and ought to be preva∣lent with children, 543.
• Parity in the Church or State, not to be ad∣mitted, 28.
• Parsimony in times of publique danger, con∣demned, 289.
• To wait with patience Gods leisure, 119. 126. 541. 566.
• Patience of God provoked, turns to fury, 125.
• Gods wisdome to be attended with patience, 210.
• To expect the event of things with patience, 248.
• The heighth of Patience, 256.
• To be patient under Gods afflicting hand; and why so, 287. 557.
• To be patient at the time of death, and why so? 560.
• Men or Women painting themselves, con∣demned, 604.
• It is Peace that sets up Religion, 48.
• A prudential piece of State-policy for the continuance of Peace, 330.
• The people of God to be at peace one with another, 387.
• Peace with Men, will make our peace with God, 17.
• No Peace to the Wicked, 32.
• Peace of the Church, pretious, 32.
• The endeavours of Christ are all for Peace, 98.
• How it is, that we must follow the things that make for peace, 363.
• Not to be at peace with sin, 416.
• The Saints everlasting peace, 488.
• Men to be at peace one with another, 614.
• Peace linking the Church and Commonwealth together, 615,
• The true improvement of Peace, 617.
• The Peaceable man's comfort, 4.
• The peaceable disposition is a God-like disposi∣tion, 24.
• Magistrates, Ministers, and People, to be peaceably-minded, 138.
• Man to be peaceable, and why so? 143.
• Christian perfection to be attained by de∣grees, 443.
• People, to love their Ministers, 416.
• How it is, that the people are no competent Judges of the preacher and his doctrine, 337.
• People to shew love to their Ministers in vin∣dication of their credits, 388.
• Perjury attended by Gods Judgments, 277.
• To be ready to suffer persecution by Christ's example, 427.
• Perseverance is the Crown of all good acti∣ons, 109. 556.
• To persevere in goodnesse to the end, 272.
• Perseverance in goodnesse, enjoyned, 559. 672.
• The Pharisee and the Publican, differenced, 208.
• Philosophy to be subservient to Divinity, 57.
• The downfall of Piety and learning to be de∣plored, 118.
• Piety, not promotion, that makes up a godly Minister, 433.
• Progresse in Piety to be endeavoured, 515. 589.
• Piety and policy, not inconsistent, 589.
• Carnal pleasures to be changed into spiritual pleasures, 26.
• How to take pleasure safely, 27.
• The very thoughts of former pleasures add to present sorrow, 86.
• Temporal pleasures, a great hinderance to spi∣ritual joyes, 87.
• Pleasures of the World, counterfeit pleasures, 90.
• Pleasures here in this life, usually attended with pains hereafter, 94.
• How to take our pleasure, and serve God too, 127.
• Momentany pleasure attended by sorrow eter∣nal, 168.
• Pleasures of sin, the misery of them, 386.
• Plots and contrivances of the Wicked turn∣ing to the good of Gods people, 553.
• Worldly policy, not to be prejudiciall to the honour of God, 468.
• Not to prejudice the truth of a good Con∣science, 469.
• Not to be in any thing prejudiciall to com∣mutative Justice, 470.
• Policy above strength, 3.
• Prudence and Worldly Policy uncertain, 154.
• The Pope's policy to advance his Holinesse, 177.
• A prudential piece of State-policy for the con∣tinuance of Peace, 330.
• Satan's policy in keeping Men off from timely Repentance, 392.
• Honesty, the best policy, 679.
• Polititians spoyled in the height of wicked designs, 380.
• The wicked Polititian discovered, 583.
• The State-Polititian's Religion, 616.
• The State-Polititian siding with all parties, 616.
• ...

• Charity to the Poor, to be reall, not verball, 8.
• A poor child of God comforted with the hopes of Heaven, 13.
• Alms given to the poor, are the givers gain, 31.
• Christ, the poor Mans object as well as the Rich mans, 253.
• The persons of poor men, not to be sleighted, 474.
• The poors relief, Heavens treasure, 495.
• Rulers, Magistrates, &c. to stand up for the cause of the poor and needy, 667.
• Popery, a meer heap of confusion, 441.
• Popular Government, popular confusion, 49.
• Great Men not to depend upon popularity, 50.
• The vast difference betwixt Gods and Mans power, 619.
• How it is, that God is more powerfull then all the Creatures, 623.
• The benefit of spiritual poverty, 503.
• How a Man may be said to pray continually, 25.
• When it may be said to be the best time to pray, 516.
• Men to pray for others as well as for them∣selves, 541.
• Prayer and endeavour, to be joyned together, 578.
• Prayer, the onely means to supply all defects, 272.
• The danger of distracted prayer, 275.
• God onely heareth and answereth the prayers, of his people, 303.
• Prayer turning Earth into Heaven, 309.
• Not the length, but the fervency of Prayer, required, 316.
• Sinful prayers, not heard by God, 322.
• Rash, inconsiderate Prayers, reproved, 521.
• Prayer, a special prevailing sword, 638.
• Worldly thoughts in time of prayer, con∣demned, 2.
• Prevalency of servent prayer, 3.
• The difference betwixt carnal and spirituall prayer, 5.
• The blessed Trinity co-operating in the Righteous mans prayer, 30.
• Prayers and tears are the weapons of the Church, 52.
• Immediate-addresses unto God by prayer find acceptance, 60.
• Prayers to be made for all Men, 86.
• Prayers of a Sin-regarding sinner not heard of God, 86.
• Prayers of the godly, the unanimity of them, 109.
• Prayers not prevailing at present with God, how to be regulated, 116.
• The certain prevalency of prayer, 143.
• The great return of a faithfull prayer, 178.
• The sloathful contractednesse of our prayers unto God, reproved, 184.
• Gods moderate answer to the prayers of his people, 186.
• Neglect of prayer unto God, condemned, 202.
• Prayers for the dead, unavailable, 213.
• Prayers of the Wicked, ineffectual, 218.
• The great power of fervent prayer, 219.
• The Devill most busie in time of prayer, 221.
• Drowsinesse in prayer to be avoided, 230.
• Preaching and prayer to go together, 238.
• To be fervent in prayer, 252.
• Prayers to be made unto God in Christ's Name, 265.
• To be deliberate in our prayers to God, 269.
• No comfortable return of prayer till sin be re∣moved, 411.
• How to think of God in prayer, 487.
• Fervency in prayer, the prevalency thereof, 533.
• Gods gracious return to his Peoples prayers in time of their distresse, 540.
• Prayers for others in the same condition with our selves, prevalent with God, 542.
• All things come from God, and therefore to be praised, 181.
• Ministers to be advised in the profitable me∣thod of Preaching, 381.
• Men through spirituall pride preferring one Preacher before another, reproved, 393.
• Preaching and Prayer to go together, 238.
• The sincere Preacher's courage, 228.
• The sincere Preacher's comfort, 227.
• Conscientious Preachers not to be sleighted, 207.
• Rash, inconsiderate Preaching, condemned, 117.
• Plain preaching is profitable, 73.
• Preaching Tradesmen, preaching-Souldiers, not sent of God, 77.
• The powerfull effect to Gods Word preached, 152. 178.
• The great danger of not listning to the Word preached, 153.
• The painful Preacher's poverty, the idle Im∣propriators plenty, 297.
• How to make a right use of the doctrine of Predestination, 603.
• God predestinateth to the means, as well as the end, 627.
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• Magistrates and Ministers, not to be forward for temporal Preferment, dignity, &c. 88. 654.
• Men seeking preferment, not fit to be enter∣tained therein, 578.
• Preparation to Religious duties must be free from Worldly distractions, 74.
• U••preparednesse for death, very dangerous, 102.
• Preparation necessary before Prayer, 132.
• Publique worship of God, not to be entered upon without due Preparation, 314.
• The difference of good and bad men in pre∣paration for death, 463.
• Pride, the complement of all sins, 107.
• The vanity thereof, 427. 565.
• The folly thereof, 572.
• A main engine of the Devill, 566.
• The vast difference betwixt Pride and humi∣lity, 567.
• Pride in Riches, honours, &c. the vanity thereof, 570, 621.
• In apparrel, condemned, 572.
• The printing of Learned Mens Works instru∣mental to Gods glory, 450.
• Men to be carefull of their Principles in Reli∣gion, 495.
• Heavenly Principles tend Heavenward, 48.
• The benefit of keeping close to good Prin∣ciples, 203.
• A Man not well principled in Religion, is un∣stable in all his wayes, 250.
• Profit is the Great god of this World, 198.
• Prosperity attended by cares and fears, 672.
• Prosperity of the Wicked, destructive, 31. 98. 191. 217.
• Prosperity divides, affliction unites the hearts of Christians, 81.
• Prosperity of the wicked, a stumbling-block to the Godly, 161.
• Unhappy prosperity of the wicked, 301.
• Uncertain prosperity of the Wicked, 302. 419.
• Men apt to be unthankfull in time of prospe∣rity, 323.
• Prosperity will discover what a Man is, 345.
• Not to be troubled at the prosperity of the Wicked, and why so? 349. 428. 532.
• Prosperity for the most part draws envy to it, 504.
• To promise much, and perform little, reprove∣able, 240.
• No promise to be made, but with reference to Gods will, &c. 320.
• How to make a right use fo God's promises, 327.
• Promises of God, the excellencies and com∣forts that are to be found in them, 329.
• Are for the most part conditional, 491.
• To be careful of our Vows and promises made in extremity, 491.
• The non-performance of vows and promises, &c. condemned, 615.
• Promises without ability of performance, not to be regarded, 468.
• The great danger of not standing fast in the profession of Religion, 657.
• Worldly professors of the Gospel, reproved, 652.
• The carnal Professor, described, 583.
• Men, not to be ashamed of their godly pro∣fession, though the wicked speak evill of them, 641.
• Profession without practice, not acceptable, 36. 194. 284.
• Not to be ashamed of the profession of Christ, 188.
• Profession to be joyned with practice, 270.
• Men easily taken off from their holy profession upon removall of Judgment, condemned, 386.
• How it is, that there are so many Professors of Religion, and so few practisers of Re∣ligion, 397.
• The tryall of true and false Professors, 472.
• Propriety in God, the onely comfort, 24.
• The onely comfort of a Christian is his pro∣priety in God, 72.
• Men to be provident Christians, 442.
• To be provident in the dayes of tryall, 47.
• The providence of God to be eyed in all things, 224. 512.
• God is not to be provoked to anger, 16.
• The proud Man's Memento, 565.
• Men not to be proud of their Lands and Li∣vings, 631.
• Prudentiall part of a Man, to do as well as he may, 653.
• God to be consulted at all times, but more especially in the beginning of all Publique concernments, 9.
• Publique Men to have publique spirits, 32.
• The proposal of punishments and rewards, ve∣ry usefull to the bringing in to Christ, 644.
• Punishments of the Wicked in this life, no∣thing in comparison of those in Hell here∣after, 671.
• The place of Purgatory, a meer dream, 489.
• Purity and the heart of Man seldome meet together, 508.

Q.

• THe vanity of needlesse and intricate Questions, 61.
• No Quietnesse in the Soul, till it come to Christ, 19.
• The good of Quietnesse, and evill of conten∣tion, 331.

R.

• RAnters, Roaring Boys, their Conversion to be endeavoured, 358.
• The Ranters Religion, 439.
• Hell broke loose by swarms of Ranters, 512.
• How to read with profit, 235.
• Reason must submit to Faith, 125.
• Reconciliation with God in Christ to be made sure, 290.
• To be made with all Men, 488.
• Recreation, the necessity thereof, 247.
• Lawful recreation the benefit thereof, 250.
• The high price of Mans Redemption, 620.
• Men to labour that they be regenerated, 614.
• Regeneration, the excellency thereof, 611.
• Carnal, unregenerate Men, unserviceable in Church o•• State, 534.
• An unregenerate Man, a carelesse Man, 135.
• Regeneration, the necessity thereof, 263.
• Regeneration, the onely work of Gods Spirit, 264.
• Corruption of Nature left even in the most Regenerate to humble them▪ 355.
• To rejoyce with trembling, 157.
• No true cause of rejoycing in this World, 293.
• Relapses into sin, dangerous, 89.
• Gods delight in a relapsed Sinner's repentance, 155.
• To beware of relapses in sin, 279.
• A cheap Religion, the Worldlings best Reli∣gion, 42.
• A cheap Religion, the best Religion with most Men, 8.
• Religion and Unity, the onely supporters of Church and State, 16.
• Protestant Religion, the on••ly comfortable Religion to dye in, 21.
• Peace sets up Religion, 48.
• A seeming Religion, no saving Religion, 61.
• Not lawful to fight for Religion, 77.
• The Christians inside Religion and outside to be all one, 95.
• Talk••rs and not doers of Religion, condemn∣ed, 98.
• Religion pretended, mischief intended, 130. 493.
• Religion, not Reason, is the square of all good actions.
• Englands distractions as to the matter of Re∣ligion, 169.
• Sin attendant on the best of Religious perfor∣mances, 170.
• How to walk circumspectly or Religiously, 206.
• Religion wasted by the want of Maintenance, 209.
• Not to give occasion that Religion be ill spo∣ken of, 258.
• Religion consisting in duty both to God and Man, 398.
• The way of Religion irksome in the begin∣ing, but comfortable in the end, 417.
• Men to be forward in promoting the cause of Religion, 435.
• Religion, not to be made a stalking horse to policy, 471.
• Satan's aym at those that have most of God and Religion in them, 649.
• Truth of Religion lost, as it were, in the crowd of many Religions, 654.
• Life, lib••rty, estate, &c. to be undervalued, when Religion is in danger of losing, 658.
• Women-Reformers intollerable, 516.
• Reformation pretended, deformation intend∣ed, 116.
• Ignorant Reformers, whether in Church or State, reproved, 580.
• Knowledg very useful in the matter of Refor∣mation, 4.
• The Church robbed of her maintenance up∣on pretence of Reformation, 17.
• A bad Reformation of the Church, is the de∣formation of the Church, 26.
• To find out the impediments of Repentance in our selves, 557.
• The great danger of Repentance put off till old age, 552.
• Repentance not to be put off till old age, 329. 414. 489.
• The true R••pentant Sinn••r's encouragement, notwithstanding all his former Wicked∣nesse, 349.
• The great folly of late Repentance in any thing, 17. 248.
• What true Repentance is, 29.
• The time of Repentance not to be deferred, 34.
• The vanity and danger of late Repentance, 68.
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• Nationall Judgments call for National Re∣pentance, 68.
• Repentance to be Universall, 91. 154. 631.
• Our whole life to be a life of Repentance, 95.
• Seasonable Repentance is safe Repentance, 122.
• The fruits of Repentance are to be as well outward as inward, 146.
• True Repentance will not admit of any sin, 160.
• The prevalency of Repentant tears, 167. 446.
• Christians not to revile and reproach one an∣other, 445.
• How to bear the Reproaches of Men, 446.
• Reproaches, to be born chearfully, and why so? 447.
• Reproaches and sufferings for the Name of Christ, are marks of Salvation, 449.
• Reproaches and sufferings made honourable by God, 451.
• Faults in manners, and errours in doctrine, to be distinguished in the matter of Re∣proof, 257.
• The Ministers partiality in the reproof of sin, condemned, 262.
• Reproofs of a Wise Man, not to be sleighted, 523.
• Ministers to be carefull in the reproof of Sin∣ners, 529.
• Resurrection of the dead, asserted, 515.
• Gods i••finite power in the Resurrection of the body, 14.
• Resurrection of the body proved by demon∣stration, 148.
• The happy meeting both of body and Soul in the Resurrection, 176.
• The comfortable Resurrection of Gods poor people, 311.
• Resurrection of the just, asserted, 406.
• Excellency of Resolution in the cause of God, 378.
• Resolution in the cause of God, very requisite, 232.
• The Resolved Christian makes way through all difficulties, 105.
• The Resolved Christian, 50. 647.
• Restitution, the necessity thereof, 290.
• Neglect thereof condemned, 479.
• Revenge above all other passions is of a grow∣ing Nature, 80.
• Not to be hasty therein, 545.
• The grand impostory of pretended Revela∣tions, 476.
• Reverence to be used in the service of God, 25. 466.
• Reverence of Man more then God, a true sign of a decaying State or Kingdome, 211.
• Reward of Heaven, will make amends for all, 136.
• God regardeth and rewardeth his People, 209.
• God rewarding the least of good done to his people, 434.
• Faithful and seeming servants of God, diffe∣renced by way of reward, 461.
• Certainty of the good Man's reward, 584.
• God himself, the reward of all good endea∣vours, 486.
• The fulnesse of reward, reserved till after this life, 620.
• The powerful effects of Rhetorical elocution, 109.
• Gods Rhetorick in the delivery of the Law, 133.
• Riches avail not in the day of Wrath, 3.
• Riches honours, preferments, &c. transito∣ry, 5.
• Riches, the deceitfulnesse of them, 15.
• Riches have wings, 29.
• Riches without content, yield no comfort, 54.
• Riches oft-times prove pernicious to the own∣ers thereof, 55.
• Riches without grace yield no true comfort, 87.
• Riches are snares, 89.
• The safest way is to trust God with our Ri∣ches, 95.
• The Vanity of heaping up Riches, 99.
• The readiest way to get Riches, is to trust God for them, 128.
• The dangerous effects of Riches being not well used, 131.
• Riches ill gotten, seldome prosper, 138. 495.
• How to use Riches, 192. 590.
• Riches, honours, &c. the Devil's bayts, 201.
• Riches ill gotten, never prosper, 303.
• Riches, beauty, &c. in comparison of God, are lying Vanities, 319.
• How to become true possessors of Riches, 357.
• A blessed thing to have Riches, and a heart to use them aright, 377.
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• Riches, the gr••at danger of them, if not well used, 401.
• The great danger that attends them, 497.
• Very dangerous in getting of them, 583.
• Riches, honours, &c. the different use that is made of them, 570.
• The uncer••ain comfort of Riches, 601.
• Riches their uselesnesse in point of calamity, 646.
• The dangerous use of Riches, 651.
• Riches of Christ, inexhaustible, 652.
• A Rich Man had rather part with God then his gold, 39.
• A Rich F••ol described, 71.
• A vain Rich Man, 125.
• A Rich Man is Gods Steward, 129.
• Rich poor Men, 165.
• The unprofitable Rich Man, 242.
• Rich Men, to consider their beginnings, and be thankfull, 334.
• The wicked Rich Man's sad condition at the time of death, 376.
• Rich Men, to be mindful of what they have received, 456.
• How to be made truly rich, and truly Hono∣rable, 463.
• An uncharitable Rich man, no Heavenly-minded, 482.
• Better to be honestly, then hastily rich, 496.
• A Rich Man pleading poverty, condemned, 531.
• Riot and excesse, condemned, 291.
• Rulers and Governors are the supporters of a Common-wealth, 29.
• Rulers actions exemplary, 32.
• Rulers sins hasten the ruine of a State, 38.
• A good Prince or Ruler, no advantage to a bad People, 106.
• Rulers and Men in Authority, subject to ma∣ny failings in Government, 405.
• Rulers, Magistra••es, &c. to be men of pub∣lique spirits, 651.

S.

• SEven Sacraments of the Papists, not of di∣vine Institution, 27.
• A special Sacrament-duty to blesse God for Christs death, 76.
• Sacramental Bread and Wine, how better then ordinary, 104.
• How to receive benefit from the Word and Sacraments, 149.
• How to ben••••••t by the Sacraments, 152.
• Worldly thoughts to be set aside before the Sacrament, 171.
• Sacramental Bread and Wine, how differen∣ced from others, 267.
• The great danger of Sacriledge, 51. 438.
• Sacriledge never thrives, 60.
• Sacriledge cursed with a curse. 61.
• Sacriledge condemned by the example of Cy∣rus, 70. 588.
• Sacriledg justly rewarded, to take heed of it, 311.
• Sacrilegious persons condemned, 671.
• The safety of Gods people, 480.
• A singular Saint is a pretious Saint, 14.
• Saints in glory, what they hear and see, 189.
• Invocation of Saints and Angels, condemned, 554.
• Salvation is the Lords, 172.
• No salvation, but by the mercies of God in Christ Jesus, 423.
• Sanctification not perfected all at once, 94.
• Sanctification not wrought all at once; And why so, 144.
• Sanctification wrought by degrees, 181.
• The Schismaticks abuse of Scripture, 59.
• The excellency of the Scripture in its fulnesse, 70.
• Scripture-knowledge, the onely necessary knowledg, 89.
• Speciall places of Scripture marked with Gods speciall authority, 103.
• Harmony of the Scriptures, 116.
• The excellent connexion of the Scriptures, 138.
• The holy Scriptures not to be jested withall, 145.
• The power of Gods Word, the Scriptures, 158.
• How to read the Scriptures and Books Apo∣cryphall, 160.
• The Scriptures Rhetorick, 160.
• Manna, the Heavenly food of Gods Word, how to relish it, 114.
• Severall varieties to be found in Scripture, 220.
• The Scriptures are but a dead letter without the operation of the Spirit, 220.
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• The Papists abuse of Scripture by Traditions, &c. 223.
• Scripture-comforts, the onely true comforts, 264.
• Scripture-knowledge to be put in practice, 266. 283.
• Excellency of the Scripture-phrase, 280.
• The great usefulnesse of Scripture-phrase, 282.
• Scriptures, not to be plaid withall, 302.
• True comfort onely in the Scriptures, 325.
• The holy Scriptures to be made the rule of all our actions, 373.
• To be valued above all other writings, 436.
• How it is, that so many deceive themselves in their not rightly searching the Scrip∣tures, 384.
• The Scriptures discovering sin and Satan in their colours, 392.
• The Scriptures onely to be rested on, 510.
• The Books of Scripture to be preserved above all other books, 535.
• To blesse God for the revelation of himself in Scripture, 537.
• To keep close to the Word of God, especial∣ly in troublous times, 549.
• And in seeking after Christ, 643.
• Men and Women, to be knowing in the Scriptures, 605.
• The great danger of not keeping close to the Scriptures, 625.
• The praise-worthiness of reading and enqui∣ring into Scripture, 653.
• Scholers not to be unthankful to the Universi∣ty that bred them, 78.
• Scholers to mind their books, 40.
• No personal Security to be had in the time of publique danger, 9. 170.
• Security in time of danger, condemned, 101.
• The great danger of security in times of dan∣ger, 116.
• God chastiseth his Childrens security, 142.
• Carnal security, reproved, 249.
• Security, the cause of all calamity, 570.
• The Secrets of Gods Couns••ls, not to be pry'd into, 27.
• Dangerous to pry into Gods secrets and Counsels, 162.
• Not to consult with Gods secrets, but his r••••∣vealed Word, 335.
• Curious inquisitors into Gods secrets, deser∣vedly punished, 554.
• The Sectarian, schismatical seducers, to be avoided, 629.
• Sectarian subti••ty, Diabolicall delusion, 630.
• The doctrine of seducers, dangerous, 227.
• Selfishnesse condemned, 33.
• Self-praises condemned, 35.
• Self-examination required, 53.
• Self-tryal smooths the way to all other tryals, 112.
• Self-conceited Men, blame-worthy Men, 129.
• Self-conceitednesse, condemned as dangerous, 151.
• The giving up our selves, an acceptable sa∣crifice unto God, 154.
• The folly and danger of self-conceitednesse, 180.
• The benefit of Self-examination, 207.
• The danger of self-confidence, 275.
• Self-seeking Men, reproved, 277. 375.
• Men of self-ends, condemned, 278.
• How it is, that the self-conceited, vain-glorious Man deceives himself, 336.
• Self-conceitednesse in matters of Religion, con∣demned, 340.
• How far Self-safety may be consulted, 543.
• Self-denyall, the excellency thereof, 635.
• No Man a loser by giving himself up to God, 645.
• Men to be careful in the choyce of servants, 483.
• God hardly accepting of late service done him, And why so? 678.
• Men created for the service of God, 652.
• Backwardnesse in the service of God, repro∣ved, 398.
• No worldly thing must hinder the service of God, 575.
• How it is that Men fail so much in the service of God, 626.
• Service performed unto God, must be per∣sonal, 589.
• Service to God must be like Himself, 58.
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• Rash, inconsiderate service of God, condemn∣ed, 340.
• Service of God is persect freedome, 378.
• The Ministers repetition in Sermons, war∣rantable, 82.
• The difference betwixt Sermons preached, and Sermons printed, 110. 639.
• A Sermon preached many years before, may be the means of Salvation many years af∣••er, 115.
• A good Sermon not to be so much questioned, as practised, 183.
• A Sermon not done, till it be practised, 253.
• How to recover spirituall sight, 82.
• Sicknesse, immediately inflicted by God, 506.
• Commendable Silence, 332. 668.
• The Silent Christian, is the sound Christian, 23.
• Silence in the cause of Gods honour, con∣demned, 478.
• The Simonist, discovered, 627.
• Slandering of our brother, the danger thereof, 134.
• Slanders of Wicked Men, not to be regarded, 238.
• Slanderers discovered, 286.
• Not to be ••econciled to God before we sleep, is very dangerous, 83.
• The great danger of sleeping out Sermons, 552.
• The sloathfull Christian, described, 217.
• Sloathful••esse, and luke-warmnesse in Re∣ligion, fore-runners of evill to come, 334.
• Spiritual sloath in the wayes of God, repro∣ved, 398.
• Man to be a sociable, communicative Crea∣ture, 316.
• The different conditions of Men in the mat∣ter of Society laid open, 337.
• The sincere, upright man, described, 604.
• The scarci••y of such, 612.
• How to deal with sin, being once committed, 603.
• Wherein the poysonfull nature of Sin con∣sisteth, 608.
• Sins lethargy, 629.
• Sin, to be removed as the cause of all sorrow, 636.
• Sinne, the godly Man's hatred thereof, 642.
• The woful gradation of Sin, 659.
• The best of Men, not free from sin in this life, 470. 548.
• Sin of the meanest Man in a Nation, may be the destruction of it, 509.
• The extream folly of Sin, 510.
• Sin may be excused here in this World, but not hereafter, 514.
• Insensibility of Sin, the sadnesse thereof, 521.
• Sin in its original, easie to be found, 582.
• How sins may be said to ou••-live the Sinner, 585.
• Sin, the strange nature thereof, 596.
• All Sinne m••st be hated, and why so? 598.
• God, not the author of Sin, 599.
• How it is, that the singling out of one belo∣ved Sin, makes way to a full sight of all sin, 351.
• Sin, committed with deliberation, premedi∣tation, &c. greatly provoketh the Holy Spirit of God, 353.
• To take heed of smaller sins, as bringing on greater, 354. 649.
• Men covering their Sins with specious pre∣tences, reproved, 361.
• To beware of masked specious sins, 368.
• Beloved Sins, hardly parted withall, 376.
• When it is, that a Man is said throughly to forsake his Sin, 391.
• Men deluded by Satan in not taking the right notion of Sin, 395.
• Every Man to confesse, that his own Sin is the cause, though not always the occasion of punishment, 421.
• New inventions of Sin, condemned, 453.
• The great danger of living in any one known sin, 456.
• Sin unrepented of, heavy upon the Soul at the time of death, 456.
• Consideration of our secret sins, a motive to compassionate others, 457.
• No Man able to free himself from Sin, 240.
• The great danger of sleighting the least Sin, 256. 597.
• Sin not consented unto, excusable before God, 271.
• Sins of infirmity, how to be known from other sins, 273.
• Great Sins attended by great Judgments, 286.
• Sin, of a destructive Nature, 288. 531. 607.
• To be affected with the falling of others into Sin, 296.
• ...

• The great danger of Sin, unrepented of, 298.
• How it is, that every Man hath one darling-sin or other, 327.
• The distemper of Sin, not easily cured, 332.
• Godly and wicked Men, their difference in the ha••red of Sin, 350.
• The more a Man is now troubled for Sin, the lesse shall he be troubled hereafter; and why so? 350.
• The sad condition of adding Sinne to sinne, 237.
• The least of Sinnes to be prevented, 46. 593.
• Sin to be renounced as the cause of Christ's death, 59. 649.
• Sin onely is the godly Mans terrour, 132.
• Sins of Infirmity in the best of Gods Chil∣dren, 143.
• Sin overthrowes all, 1••7.
• The retaining of one Sin, spoyleth a grea•• deal of good in the Soul, 149.
• One Sin never goes alone, 172.
• Strange Sinnes, strange punishments, 183.
• Not to be in love with sin, 199.
• One foul sin spoyleth a great deal of Grace, 203.
• When sins are at the height, they come to destruction, 205.
• The great danger of little sinnes, 218. 367. 659.
• The sense of sinne, is from God onely, 221.
• Sinne, of a dangerous spreading nature, 415.
• How it is, that one Man may be said to be punished for another Ma•••• sin, 419.
• Sin, to be looked on as the cause of all sorrow, 464.
• The slavery of Sinne to be avoided, 499. 625.
• Sin to be looked on as it is fierce and cruell, 535.
• Sin, and the Sinner, very hardly parted, 536.
• Some one sinfull quality or other, predomi∣nant, 548.
• The great danger and guilt of lying under the guilt of any one eminent sinne, 600.
• The sinsulnesse of sin, 601.
• As to beware of all sins, so of beloved sins, 602.
• The growth of Sin to be prevented, 10.
• How Sin is made the prevention of Sinne, 39.
• Sin trampleth on Christ, 50.
• Little Sins, if not prevented, bring on grea∣t••r to the ruine of the Soul, 56.
• Sense of Sin, is an entrance to the s••ate of Grace, 56.
• Impossible for a Man to know all his sins, 57.
• The difference of Sins as they are Men re∣generate, and unregenerate, 60.
• The weight of Sin to be seriously peysed, 77.
• Remembrance of sins past, the onely way to prevent sins to come, 83.
• Relapses into sin dangerous, 89.
• Every impenitent Sinner is his own tormen∣tor, 50.
• A sinful Man is a senselesse Man, 80.
• The Sinners estate miserable, 89.
• A gracelesse Sinner will continue to be a sin∣ner still, 92.
• The wrath o•• God best appeased, when the Sinner appear••th with Christ in his arms, 99.
• The Devils charge, and the Sinners dis••harge, 131.
• The Sinner's Meme••to, 204. Desperate madnesse, 639.
• The Sinner's security, 216.
• God's acceptance of Sinners through Christ, 217.
• The incorrigible Sinner's stupidity, 264.
• His desperate condition, 590.
• The secure, carel••sse Sinner, 509.
• Sinners crucifying the Lord of life daily, 537.
• The Devil's hard dealing with the ensnared Sinner, 594.
• How the wounded Sinner is to be cured, 595.
• An ungrations Son not worthy to be his Fa∣thers heir, 40.
• The excellency of Sonday, or Lords Day, above other dayes, 539.
• To be more strict in the holy observation of Sonday or Sabbath, then heretof••re; And why so 540.
• Sorrowes of this life, not comparable to the joyes of another, 162.
• The best improvement of Worldly sorrow, 185.
• Sorrow that is true, is for the most part si∣lent, 293.
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• The excellency of godly sorrow for Sinne, 362.
• For a Man to be sorry, that he cannot be sorry for sin, is a part of godly Sorrow for sin, 519.
• The least proportion of godly sorrow for sin, accepted by God, 520.
• Sorrow for sinne must be in particulars, 559.
• Must be proportionable, 560.
• Other mens sins, are the good mans sorrow, 581.
• A meer Souldier, an enemy to peace, 107.
• The truly noble Souldier, 336.
• The Soul••ier's Calling, honourable, 415.
• Wherei•• the true valour of a Captain or Souldier in War consisteth, 544.
• The devout Soul will admit of none but Christ, 10.
• More care for the body then the Soul, con∣demned, 11.
• No quietnesse in the Soul till it come to Christ, 19.
• If the Soul be safe, all's safe, 42.
• The Souls comfortable Union with Christ, 44.
• How the Soul lives in Christ onely, 44.
• The Souls sleighting of Christ offering mer∣cies, condemned. 37.
• The winning of a Soul unto God, very accept∣able unto God, 153.
• The health of the Soul, is the true health of the body, 162.
• To be careful for the Souls good, 182.
• To take especial care for the Souls safety, 348. 458.
• Men living as though they had not Souls to save, reproved, 368.
• How it is that Soul and body come to be both punished together, 377. 675.
• The captivated Soul restless till it be in Christ Jesus, 415, 420.
• The Souls comfortable enjoyment of Christ, 419.
• The Soul of Man, pretious in the sight of God, 462.
• Excellency of the Soul of Man, 502.
• A foul polluted Soul, the object of Gods ha∣tred, 503.
• The high price of the Soul, 503.
• The folly of Men in parting with their Souls for trifles, 504.
• The Soul, not to be starved in the want of means, 506.
• The Souls safety, and danger, 506.
• To be carefull in the keeping and present∣ing our Souls clean at the time of death, 514.
• Neglect of the Soul, reproved, 528. 666.
• To be much more careful of the Soul then body, 555.
• Men to set an high value on their Souls, 566.
• Christ, the proper object of the Soul, 648.
• The welfare of the Soul, to be preferred be∣fore any Worldly enjoyment whatsoever, 668.
• How the Spirit is said to be quenched in our selves, and in others, 18.
• Every Man, haunted with one evill spirit or other, 208.
• The silent coming of Gods Spirit into the heart of Man, 215.
• The blessed guidance of Gods holy Spirit, to be implored, 322.
• A reprobate and regenerate Man, their diffe∣rent enjoyment of the motions of the holy Spirit, 353.
• The motions of the Spirit in wicked Men tend onely to outward formality, 354.
• How it is to be understood, that the holy Spirit dwelleth in us, 354.
• The comfortable art of spiritualizing the se∣verall occurrences of the World, and observing Gods providences therein, 343.
• The supernatural workings of the Spirit, 632.
• How to demean our selves after we are sealed by the Spirit, 667.
• The danger of Stage-Playes, 197.
• The lawfulnesse of Stage-Player, questioned, 274.
• The sins of swearing and blasphemy, the commonnesse of them, 122.
• Gods goodnesse to us, to be a motive from vain-swearing, 451.
• To su••••er any thing for the cause of Christ, 633.
• Men to prefer suffering before sinning, 650.

T.

• A Man full of Talk, full of Vanity, 235.
• Dangerous to be seduced by false Teachers, 64.
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• More Teachers then Learners, 428.
• Repentant tears purging the heart from pol∣lutions of sin, 295.
• The condition of Temporizers, 25.
• The Temporiser, described, 93.
• Temperance cannot preserve a Mans life, when God calls for it, 171.
• To be temperate in meat and drink, 429.
• An idle Man subject to the least Temptation, 7.
• No Man free from Temptations, 373:
• Sathan's subtilty in laying his Temptations, 377.
• Temptations from within and without, how to be dealt withall, 672.
• Reall Thanksgiving to be made unto God for benefits, 553.
• How to be truly thankfull unto God, 448.
• Impossible but that a true Christian will be a thankfull Christian, 21.
• Gods goodnesse satisfied with Mans thank∣ful••esse, 37.
• The not returning thanks for Grace recei∣ved, is the ready way to be gracelesse, 83.
• To be thankfull unto God at all times, especially in the time of Prosperity, 181.
• Gods goodness ought to procure Mans thank∣fulnesse, 183.
• To be thankfull unto God in all Conditions, 201. 225. 468.
• The true cause of Christian thankfulnesse, 277.
• Good Christians are alwayes thankful unto God, 279.
• To commit our selves to God in all things, and to be thankfull to his holy Name, 331.
• Men to be thankfull for the li••tle strength of Grace that God affordeth, 371.
• Wo••ldly thoughts and distractions in the time of Prayer, condemned, 2.
• How to discover our thoughts in preparation to Prayer, 556.
• The very thoughts of former pleasures, add to pre••ent sorrows, 86.
• The misgiving thoughts of a Worldly-mind∣ed man, in reference to the enjoyments of Heaven, 458.
• How the Devil is said to know our thoughts, 461.
• Wicked thoughts, to be carefully washed off from the heart, 620.
• God's time the best time for deliverance, 5.
• Time to be well u••ed, 18.
• Shortnesse of Time, will not admit of long discourse, 40.
• Time well spent, 120.
• Time ill-spent, 128.
• No time to be mis-spent, 587.
• Not to make use of the present Time, dange∣rous, 133.
• Gods time the best time, 140.
• Time to be well husbanded, 161. 270.
• Multitudes of Time-servers, 200.
• Time present, to be well husbanded, 210.
• To take time while time serves, 244.
• The least moment of time cannot be assured, 250.
• Present occasion of time to be made use of, 358. 369.
• Time mis-spent, to be carefully redeemed, 438. 664.
• How it is that a prudent Man may lawfully comply with the times, 335.
• Government of the Tongue required, 22. 372.
• An ill Tongue never speaks well of any one, 55.
• Tongue prayer, not the onely prayer, 64.
• Study of the learned Tongues, to be encoura∣ged, 99.
• A Tongue nimble to evill, slow to goodnesse, reproveable, 103.
• Government of the Tongue, commendable, 146.
• The Tongue is the hearts interpreter, 205.
• The original and excellency of the Hebrew tongue, 403.
• The tongue for the most part, a mischievous member, 440.
• To be careful how we come under the revi∣ling of an evil tongue, 444.
• Men to be as well industrious in their trades, and Callings, as zealous in their devoti∣ons, 539.
• Every Man to follow his own Trade, 84. 33.
• Diligence in Trades and callings, required, 139.
• Trades and Occupations, the Wisdome of our Forefathers in the invention and keep∣ing them up, 308.
• The poorest Man in his Trade or calling, may do very good service unto God, 423.
• Deceipt in Trade and commerce, condemn∣ed, 455.
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• The danger of loose travell into forraign parts, 156.
• The just reward of Treachery and false deal∣ing, 304.
• One God and three Persons in the Trinity, faintly demonstrated, 46.
• The blessed Trinity co-operating in the Righ∣teous mans prayer, 30.
• The my••••ery of the blessed Trinity, uncon∣ceiveable, 286.
• Shadowed out in familiar resemblances, 462.
• Many are the Troubles of the Righteous, 67.
• Troubles not so much to be questioned, how we came into them, as how to get out of them, 79.
• The Souls breathing after Christ in time of trouble, 186.
• Faith in Christ, the onely support in time of trouble, 194.
• Easie to come into trouble, hard to get out, 204.
• Men not to run themselves into trouble, 246.
• Troubles and vexations of spirit, not to be al∣layed by wrong meanes and wayes, 345.
• God onely to be sought unto for safety in time of trouble, 360.
• Why God suffers his Children to be in want and trouble, 493.
• Times of trouble and danger distinguishing true Prof••ssors from false ones, 562.
• To depend upon Gods All-sufficiency in time of trouble, 676.
• The danger of trusting to Worldly great∣nesse, 6.
• To take heed whom we trust, 82.
• To trust God, who is the great Lord Pro••••ctor of ••is people, 190.
• To trust in God onely, 255. 623.
• God onely to be trusted unto in time of di∣stresse, 622.
• What it is to trust in God really and truly, 643.
• Man, not to be trusted unto, 660.
• Every Man to speak Truth to his Neighbour, 11.
• Truth seek no corners, 140.
• Ministers to stand up for the Truth, 147.
• Truth beloved in the general, but not in par∣ticular, 243.
• The telling of t••uth begets hatred, 245.
• Men of all sorts of stand up for the Truth, 246.
• God fetching testimonies of Truth out of the very mouthes of his Adversaries, 498.
• Truth commended, Falshood condemned, 588.
• How it is, that Truth doth not alwayes ap∣pear, 674.
• Tyranny, oppression, murther, &c. are not long-lived, 9.
• The sad condition of people under Tyrannical Government, 310.
• Tyrants, Infidels, &c. forced to acknowledg God, 583.
• Tyrants raising themselves by a seeming com∣pliance with the People, 617.
• How it is that Tyrants are usually long-liv'd, 2.
• The policy of Tyrants, in doing many good things for the publique, 233.

V.

• VAin-glory, remedy against it, 314.
• The Uncertainty of temporall Victories and successe, 489.
• The convenience of Virginity, 142.
• Prayers of the godly, the Unanimity of them, 109.
• Unanimity, the excellency thereof, 402.
• The Uncharitable Christian, described, 600.
• The Devils endeavour to darken the Under∣standing, 131.
• Not to be children in Understanding, 165.
• The Souls comfortable Union with Christ, 44.
• The great mystery of the Hypostatical Union in Christ shadowed out, &c. 333.
• The Union and Fellowship of Gods Children, &c. 499.
• Religion and Unity, the onely supporters of Church and State, 16.
• The excellency of Unity in Church and Com∣mon-wealth, 401.
• Unlawfull things, not to be asked of God in prayer, 561.
• God's goodnesse, Man's Unthankfullnesse, 596.
• Christians, not to upbraid, and revile one an∣other, 445.
• The great danger of use and custome in jesting at Religion and Piety, 378.
• The biting Usurer described, 682.
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• The griping Usurer and his Broker, characte∣rised, 329.
• The griping Usurer and the Devil compared together, 580.
• The fad condition of borrowing upon Usury, 598.

W.

• THe sword of War, impartial, 452.
• The compleatest armed Man of War, naked without God, &c. 305.
• The direful effects of War, 81.
• The event of War, uncertain, 166.
• The rage of War, in the richest Countries, 647.
• Watchfulnesse of life, rewarded, 249.
• Christian watchfulnesse enjoyned, 530.
• God gives warning before he smites, 192.
• How to prevent wavering-mindednesse, 179.
• Gods Way, the safe Way to walk in, 5.
• The Way to God, crosse-way to the World, 100.
• The difference betwixt a spiritual & world∣ly Man in the wayes of God and goodnesse, 362.
• Non-proficiency in the wayes of God and Re∣ligion, condemned, 560.
• Though a weak Christian, yet a true Chri∣stian, 42.
• Stra••ge Women, Harlots, &c. the Devil's night-net to ensnare Men, 208.
• Laughter of the Wicked is but from the teeth outward, 52.
• God suffers wicked Men to torment his Peo∣ple, 161.
• The Wicked-worker hat••th the light, 172.
• Wicked Men, instrumental for the good of Gods children, 201.
• A wicked life hath usually a wicked end, 244.
• Wicked Men, made by God instrumentall for the good of his People, 418.
• Every wicked Man, a curse to the place he lives in, 42••.
• The implacable malice of wicked Men against prof••ssors of the Gospel, 426.
• Cruelty of the wicked, no prejudice to the godly, 524.
• How it is that wicked Men are said to be none of Gods Children, 561.
• Wicked Men see the miseries, but not the joyes of Gods people, 631.
• T••e Magistrate and Ministers duty in sup∣pressing Wickednesse and Vice, 614.
• A Wife and no Wife, 606.
• To be careful in the choyce of a Wife, 18.
• The Wi••e to be subject to her husband, 130▪ 480.
• Every Man to think the best of his own Wife, 427.
• A Wife to be an House-wife, 432.
• Folly to repent the choyce of Wife, marriage being past, 529.
• Wives to love their husbands cordially, 479.
• God onely able to work Man to will and to do, 569.
• To rest contented with Gods good Will and pleasure, 422. 584.
• To regulate our Wills by Gods Will, 342.
• Submission to the ••ill of God in all things, e••joyned, 323.
• The way to have our Will, is to be subj••ct to Gods, Will, 65.
• God accepts the Will for the deed, 81.
• To submit to Gods Will in all things, 152. 665.
• God wills not the death of a Sinner, 203.
• How God may be said to will and nill the death of a Sinner, 291.
• Wit, how to make a right use thereof, 579.
• Wisdome of Christ above all other Wisdome, even to admiration, 102.
• Wisdome of the World proves solly, 163.
• A Man to be wise for himself, as well as for others, 287.
• Every Man to be wise for himself, as well as others, 388.
• Wisdome, how to be regulated, 591.
• Good Works are not the cause, but the way to true happinesse, 78.
• Not to talk of our good Works, or deeds, 233.
• Works of Mercy, very rare to be found amongst us, 306.
• Men of few, and men of many words, their differ••nce, 522.
• The vanity of using many words, 521.
• To depend upon Gods bare Word, 407.
• Swelling big words of wicked Men, not to be regarded, 278.
• Riches cannot follow us out of this World, 6.
• Gods favour above the Worlds con••••ntments to a godly Man, 7.
• The things of this World, a great stop in the way to Heaven, 11.
• The true Christian takes no comfort in this World, 19.
• The World like a Fisher-mans net, 22.
• The works of God in the Creation of the World, are to and beyond all admiration, 53.
• The Worlds dangerous allurements, 70.
• In getting the things of this World, Gods way the best way, 124.
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• How to use the things of this World, 134. 500.
• The Worlds opposition, no obstacle to a child of God, 164.
• Gods people meet with many discourage∣ments in the world, 191.
• Love of the World, enmity to God, 223.
• A Child of God, preserved by God, though never so much sleighted by the World, 259.
• The World to be contemned in regard of Hea∣ven, 296.
• Why God suffereth the dearest of this Chil∣dren to want the outward things of this World, 301.
• How it is, that at the second coming of Christ to Judgment, the frame of the World shall not be consumed, but repaired new, 338.
• Not to grieve, or be troubled at the Worlds discourtesies; and why so? 342.
• The things of this World vain and uncertain, 358, 459.
• The Worlds deceitfulnesse, 477.
• Not to be trusted unto, 544.
• Things of the World not to be so highly pri∣sed, 494.
• How the Devil makes use of the World to de∣stroy Man, 592.
• Men, not easily brought to believe the Worlds vanity, 664.
• A Worldly-minded Man speaketh of nothing but worldly things, 69.
• Submission to the wisdome of God as con∣cerning Worldly outward things, required, 87.
• Worldly things dispensed by God in Wisdom, 89.
• Worldly Men look after Worldly things, 108.
• The danger of VVorldly-mindednesse, 155.
• The competency of Worldly things, the best estate, 165.
• A Worldly-minded Man, no publique-spirited Man, 210.
• Worldly-Men easily taken off from the service of God, 211.
• A Worldly-minded Man, no Heavenly-minded Man, 218.
• The secure Worldlings suddain ruine, 259.
• Worldly things cannot really help us, 267.
• Worldly things, their suddain downfall, 268.
• The sad condition of Worldly-minded Men at the time of death, 314.
• Worldly-mindednesse, a great hindrance to the comfortable enjoyment of spirituall graces, 351.
• Worldly-crosses turn'd into spiritual advanta∣ges, 357.
• All Worldly things, transitory, 357.
• The inconstancy of them, 497.
• The Worldling's inordinate desires, and why so, 367.
• The emptinesse of all Worldly delights with∣out Christ, 387.
• Men seeking after the vanity of Worldly things, reproved, 393.
• The vanity of Worldly temporal things com∣pared with those eternal, 439.
• The wicked Man's folly in his Worldly choyce, 479.
• The Worldling's woe, and the Just Man's joy at the time of death, 517.
• No true joy in Worldly things, 518.
• The uncertainty of VVordly things, 529.
• How the vanity of Worldly things may be ea∣sily discerned, 530.
• The moderate use of VVorldly things, 558.
• Worldly honours and greatnesse, their vanity to be considered, 571.
• Men in the midst of their worldly contrivan∣ces, prevented by death, 646.
• Worldly-minded men little think of Heaven; and why so, 663.
• The vanity of Worldly greatnesse, 667.
• The danger of trusting to Worldly greatnesse in time of distresse, 6.
• Dulnesse and drowsinesse in the service or Worship of God, reproved, 173.
• The anger or Wrath of God best appeased, when the Sinner appeareth with Christ in his arms, 99.

Y.

• THe folly of Youth discovered and repro∣ved, 187.
• The time of Youth to be given up to God, 250.
• Youth to be catechized, 422.
• Youth to be seasoned with grace, not giving the least way to the Devil, 507.

Z.

• ZEal and Knowledg must go hand in hand together, 15.
• Zeal in Gods, service, made the Worlds de∣rision, 51.
• Zeal Anabaptistical, condemned, 179.
• Preposterous Zeal reproved, 197.
• Want of Zeal in the Cause of God, repro∣ved, 251.
• Men, to be Zealous in God's Cause, 252.
• To be Zealous for the honour of Jesus Christ, as he is the eternal Son of God, 379.
• The danger of immoderate Zeal against those of another Judgment; And how so, 385.
• The Zeal of Heathens of their false gods, condemning that of Christians to their true God, 411.