Several works of Mr. Iohn Murcot, that eminent and godly preacher of the Word, lately of a Church of Christ at Dublin in Ireland. Containing, I. Circumspect walking, on Eph. 5.15,16. II. The parable of the ten virgins, on Mat. 25. from ver. 1. to ver. 14. III. The sun of righteousness hath healing in his wings for sinners, on Mal. 4.2. IV. Christs willingness to receive humble sinners, on John 6.37. Together with his life and death. Published by Mr. Winter, Mr. Chambers, Mr. Eaton, Mr. Carryl, and Mr. Manton. With alphabetical tables, and a table of the Scriptures explained throughout the whole.

The first Alphabetical Table, containing the prin∣cipal heads, and matter in the foregoing Trea∣tise of The Parable of the ten Virgins.

• ...
  A
  • ADmissions into Christs fellow∣ship and communion, they who are stricter herein then Christ would have them, are to be blam∣ed, pag. 93
  • Affections in man are dull, 22
  • Afflict his people, Christ is not for∣ward so to do, 86
  • Afflictions are said to be a cry, 201
  • Allegory, what is it, 2
  • Angels, what are they called, 192
  • Angry, sometimes Christ is with his people, yet not properly, 81
  • Antichrist, that we are delivered from him, we should bless the Lord for it, 308
  • Arch-angels voice, the fore-runner of Christs general coming to Judgement, is understood to be a cry, 200
  • Awake, the time of it, 188
  • Awake, that the people of God have been kept so in a time of need, is double and treble mercy, 195
  • Awakened, to be by God, should sweeten his severest dealings to∣wards us, 205
  • Aims, our own, they must be as high as heaven, 253
• ...

• ...
  B
  • Beginners, young, are to look that they be able so to run, as to obtain, 382
  • To Believe things, men are exceed∣ing slow, 21
  • Believers profession may decline, 240
  • Believers profession growing low, it is their duty to renew it, 256
  • Breaches, take heed of making them, 98
  • Bride, who this is, 35
  • Bridegroom, Christ stands in that re∣lation to his people, 33
  • Bridegroom, Christ Jesus is he, if you consider,
    • 1. His Birth.
    • 2. His Beauty.
    • 3. His Riches.
    • 4. His Honour.
    • 5. His Power.
    • 6. His lovely disposition, from
    p. 38 to 40
  • Bridegroom and Bride, the causes that concur to the making up their re∣lation between them, 41
  • Bridegrooms coming is to be desired, 81
• ...
  C
  • Change in us to true wisdom must be great, 118
  • Christ and the Church are related. See Bridegroom.
  • Christ Redeems his people, and woes them, from p. 41. to p. 44
  • Christ hath satisfied all that can be demanded, 49
  • Christ makes the soul give up it self to him,
    • 1. Considerately.
    • 2. In truth sincerely.
    53
  • Christ laies his people in his bosom, 63
  • Christ owns many before they own him, 97
  • Choice, what is it, 74
  • Choose not the prosperity that is ex∣pected to accompany Christ, 74
  • Nor his graces, but himself first, 75
  • Church visible hath two sorts in it, 9
  • Church visible compared to ten Vir∣gins, ibid. & p. 10
  • Church visible is made up of visible Saints, 87
  • Church and the world, they are too blame that make no difference be∣tween them, 92
  • Church visible hath in it some good, and some bad, 94
  • Church, what she should do when Members become scandalous, 99
  • Closing, not with Christ, the danger, 69
  • Closing, with Christ; the Motives to perswade, 70
  • Coming of Christ, that he doth de∣lay, it is proved by Scripture, 120
  • Coming, what is meant, 121
  • Coming, in what sense Christ is said to delay it, p. 122. and in what

• ...
  • sense not to delay it, 124
  • Coming of Christ, such as abuse and mock at it, reproved, and a word to mind them, from 130, to 137
  • Coming of Christ, something noted thereupon, 198
  • Coming of Christ ordinarily is at mid∣night, 208
  • Communion in this life is twofold, 353
  • Conditions, two there are that usually wither mens professions, 245
  • Conscience hath yet some stirring, 158
  • Cry goeth before Christs coming, what this is put for, 6
  • Cry, what is it taken for, 197
  • Cry, what is noted by it, 199
  • And what it is, ibid.
  • Cry, its relative consideration, and wherefore there is such before Christs coming, 201, 202
  • Cry of such before the coming of Christ, what use to be made there∣of, 206. and the danger if it be not done, ibid.
• ...
  D
  • Day of the Lord must be waited for by the Saints, 137
  • Day of the Lord, how sinners must wait for it, 139
  • Day of Christ coming is like to be nearest, when least expected, 214
  • Day, what is concerned by it, 279
  • Declinings may be in the people of God, even near their end, 243
  • Declinings in Gods people, should teach us many things, 246
  • Delay, See Coming.
  • Deliverance, whence doth it come, 156
  • Discouragements of the world are to be armed against, 251, 252
  • Dividing, upon every occasion take heed of it, 98
  • To Do what a man knows he is slow, 23
  • Door of heaven will be shut against all such as are not ready to enter in with Christ, 363
  • Door is twofold, ibid.
  • Door, that it is not shut against us, what have we to bless the Lord for, 371
  • Dulness, we are to be humbled for it, 26
• ...
  E
  • Entrance, abundant into glory, as a preparation unto it, what is requi∣red, 328
  • Espousals, the manner of it between Christ and his people, 46
  • Espousals of Christ, The difference between this, and those espou∣sals between men and women, 86
• ...
  F
  • Faithful, the soul must be unto Christ, 8
  • Fall away from grace is to be repro∣ved, 254
  • ...

• ...
  • ... Favourites of heaven, that we are made so, let us admire it, 351
  • Feast, what is it taken for, 339
  • Feast, may be looked upon two waies 340
  • Feast, in it the Communion of the Saints shall be heightened in hea∣ven, p. 343. and it must needs be so, 345
  • Feast, how Christ brings the Saints in unto it, 347
  • Feast, into it, none else can bring but Christ, 348
  • Feast, to it sinners are invited, 353
  • With two cautions, ib d.
  • Feast, the sinners that say they have it already, answered, 355
  • Feast, to come to it, laies a necessity upon you, 357
  • Feast, as many as are admitted to the beginning of it, labour to pre∣pare for it in heaven, 358
  • Feast, to those that enter in with Christ to it, comfort, 360
  • Fellowships. See Admissions.
  • Folly of formal professors, wherein it appears, 111
  • Folly, as many as are guilty of it re∣proved, 290
  • Folly, wherein it doth consist, 299
  • See Wisdom.
  • Formality, if no more doth fail a man, 263
  • Formalists, to all them a terrible word, 402
• ...
  G
  • God for his own glory comes in a time unknown, 210
  • God the Father giveth his people to his Son, and giveth his Son to them, 41
  • God and the world are of two minds, 114
  • Gods goodness to his people is to be taken notice of in awakening them, 204
  • Gospel, its preaching to all the world understood to be a cry, 199
  • Gospel, if men refuse and reject it, no wonder if they be shut out of heaven, 369
  • Grace distinguished, 99
  • Grace, its largeness to sinners, 97
  • Grace, its act Saints may loose, but not its habit, 172
  • Grace, its throne, what need there is to ply it, 194
  • Grace is not to be abused, 255
  • Grace, if once in the heart, it is ne∣ver lost, ibid.
  • Grace, for it, what shall be rendered to the Lord, 256
  • Grace, its getting being put off till the last day, is very great folly, 286
  • Grace, the going to the creature for it, is a note of great folly, 298
  • Grace, they that go to the Saints for it, are like to be denyed, 302
  • Grace, there are none that have any surplusage of it, or more then will serve their turn, 309
  • Grace, to as many as think they have enough of it, a reproving word, 311
  • Grace, to such as think they have

• ...
  • but little, a word of Comfort, 313
  • Grace, its day, such as do trifle away, the time will come, when pity shall arise from none, 315
  • Graces must be had, gotten and kept in a lively frame, 218
  • Graces, how they must be acted, 219
  • Grow, how to do it, 249
• ...
  H
  • Heart of man is unconstant, 23
  • Heart must not be trusted in the highest frame, 194
  • Heaven, men may come very neer it, and yet be shut out, 379
  • Heaven, what will become of them who never set foot towards it, 380
  • Heaven, in it the Saints Communion will be heightned, 343
  • Holiness real what is it, 366
  • Honoured, wherein Father and Son are, 69
  • Hypocrisie deep may lie in the hearts of men, 95
  • Hypocrites, Christ coming to judge at midnight is like an evil snare, 212
  • Hypocrites when Christ comes upon them unawares, it will be a Ter∣ror, 215
  • Hypocrites may go very far towards heaven and Salvation, from 122 to 231
  • Hypoctites, how many men know whether they be such or no, 234
  • Hypocrites never have respect to all Gods Commandments, 236
  • Hypocrites profession will not carry them through all conditions, 262
  • Hypocrites lean upon two Pillars that will fail them, 266
  • Hypocrites may long lie hid from themselves, 268
  • Hypocrites ordinarily are not diligent, or laborious in searching within, 272
• ...
  I
  • James King, what once he said, 173
  • Jealousie, what is it, 68
  • Jeroms resolution, 297
  • Jerusalem had her day of grace, 279
  • Jesus is to be magnified, we to be humbled and convinced of folly, from 389 to 391
  • Infants of Believers are external Saints, 94
  • Justice satisfied, See Christ.
  • Justice and Mercy, upon what ac∣count they are to be magnified, 322
• ...
  K
  • Kingdom of heaven what is it taken for, 87
  • Kingdom of Heaven is compared to a Feast, 339
  • Know, such as Christ doth not, shall never enter into his Marriage-feast, 396
  • Know them not, Christ will declare this at the day of Judgment unto Hypocrites, 399
  • ...

• ...
  • ... Knowledge of God in Christ, what is to be said of those that have none 231
  • Knowing of a soul by Christ, what is 〈◊〉〈◊〉 understood, 393
  • Known of Jesus Christ, many never are that profess him, and profess to know him, 392
• ...
  L
  • Lamps, what is meant by it, 11 103
  • Lamps of the wise Virgins, though they burn low, yet are they not put out 244
  • Lamps must be trimmed every day, 254
  • Lamps, what is it to trim them, 257
  • Lamps, their Motives to stir us up to trim them, 258
  • Lamps our own, what we should do to trim them, 260
  • Law requires absolute obedience, 69
  • Long-sufferance of God, what they treasure up that despise it, 134
  • Look unto two things, 383
  • Love transcendent of Jesus Christ, 54
  • Love of Christ to us should ever keep us low, 59
  • Love of Christ, the souls objections against it, answered, 78
• ...
  M
  • Magistrates who are the keepers of the Lords vineyard have slept, 155
  • Man, in him Christ sees nothing de∣sirable, 47
  • Man, in him a double principle, 146
  • Man or Men, though they will not come to Christ for Grace, yet will they come to him for Glory, 385
  • Marriage, what is meant by it, 338
  • Marriages used to be made with feasting, 53
  • Measures that are false, take heed of being deceived by them, 251
  • Members of Christs visible Church, to be one of them, is a great pri∣viledge, 98
  • Members unregenerated in a visible Church is a sad condition, 99
  • Memory in man is a leaking vessel, 21
  • Metaphor, what is it, 2
  • Midnight, what is meant by it, 208
  • See coming of Christ.
  • Ministers plea for putting the People in remembrance, 24
  • Ministers wisdom in pressing truths, 25
  • Ministers, what they do, 44
  • Ministers duty, 67
  • Ministers have slept, 156
• ...
  N
  • Novelties, take heed of affecting them, 28
  • Number our days, labour so to do, 117
  • Ordinances of Christ must neither

• ...
  • be neglected, nor slighted, 253
  • Ordinances, many that think they can get grace from them, reproved, 300
  • Ornaments, look unto them, and get them ready, 81
  • Oyl, what is meant by it, 14, 104
  • Oyl, there is need to cha••e it in our hearts, 32
  • Oyl, Motives to have it in our Ves∣sels, 115
  • Oyl of grace, how to know we have it, 118
  • Oyl in your vessels, must surely be had in readiness, 217
  • Oyl, they that go to the Saints for it, are like to have a denyal, 302
• ...
  P
  • Papists reproved for taking upon them to sell grace, 306
  • Papists are like to foolish Virgins, 299
  • Parable, what is it, 1
  • People of God have slept, 156
  • People of God, that make profes∣sion of Jesus Christ, an exhortati∣on to them, 232
  • People of God have considerations to stir them up to cut off all delayes, 293
  • People of God that are guided by the Spirit, it is a comfort to them, 318
  • Perfection in this life there is not, 192
  • Plots and-Purposes, how it comes to pass that many are taken away in the midst of them, 213
  • Prayer, we are to be much in it, 253
  • Profession without the enjoyment of the Spirit is but folly, 104
  • Professions, all are full of folls, 115
  • Professors formal, what such are to know, 265
  • Professors formal, a startling word to them, 280
  • Professors real, to them a word of Exhortation, 282
  • Professors trifling, a warning word to them, 316. Their doleful conditi∣on, 371. See Saints. Formalists.
  • Promises, from them conclude that Christ will not put away any soul, 84
  • Prophecyings, they that despise them, what to remember, 24
  • Put away from Christ, the souls ob∣jections answered, 85
• ...
  R
  • Readiness, labour to maintain it, 337
  • Reaidness, what is meant by it, 326
  • Ready, such as are when Christ com∣eth, do enter with him into glory, 325
  • Ready a child of God may be before he desire it, and desire it before he be ready, 329, 330
  • Ready soul is in a blessed condition, 332
  • Ready are we, put this question, 333
  • Ready to enter, what need there is to

• ...
  • look to it, 372
  • With Directions what to do, 373 374
  • Refuges, how hard it is to beat a man off from them, 319
  • Refuges, what they should teach those that are brought off from them, 321
  • Rejoyce in Christ, the soul must, 79
  • See willing.
  • Resurrection of the dead, a Saint falls short of this, though he have ne∣ver so much grace here, 311
• ...
  S
  • Saints seeming and real, in what re∣spect called, and compared to Vir∣gins, 10
  • Saints real and formal, the things that do distinguish them, 14
  • Saints priviledges, 60
  • Saints ought to communicate their experiences each to other, 305
  • Saints may have a good esteem of hy∣pocrites, 229
  • Saint-ship, what is requisite to it, 89
  • Similitude is the mother of mistakes, 271
  • Sins greatness, wherein it lies, 151
  • Sin, how to know whether the con∣flict of it be right or no, 238
  • Sinners hearts are full of self-confi∣dence and presumption, 383
  • Sleep, what kind is it, 145
  • Noted by two degrees, ibid.
  • Sleep, the causes of it, 147
  • Sleep of Formalists and Saints do dif∣fer, 1••7
  • Sleep, considerations to stir us up out of it, 163
  • Sleep, they that are in it will find no ease, 169
  • Sleep that we are kept from it, con∣siderations to heighten our praises, 177
  • Sleep, we are apt to be, when most need to be awake, 187
  • Sleep, what it argues, 192
  • Sleep is matter of deep humiliation, ibid.
  • Sleeping, the sad effects of it is mat∣ter of mourning, 155
  • Sleeping, cautions against it, 171
  • Sleepy, the end why God leaves his people in such a frame, 153
  • Slumbering and sleeping, what is meant by it, 12, 145
  • Slumbering and sleeping, the time con∣siderable, 143
  • Slumbering and sleeping, incident to the best of Saints, 144
  • Slumbering and sleeping, argues an hour of need to watch in, 196
  • Sorrow for sin, how to know whether it be right or no, 235
  • Souls dejected, have arguments set before them to close with Christ, 58
  • Soul of man hath two things in it considerable, 106
  • Souls evil or loss, 112
  • Souls doubting, to them a word of encouragement, 407
  • Spirit of Christ is the greatest woer, 44
  • Spirit of grace, there is need to keep in with him, 195
  • ...

• ...
  • ... Spirit must not be grieved when we have his presence, 254
  • Spirits prophane, reproved, 135
• ...
  T
  • Teachers false, and their waies are to be taken heed of. 250
  • Teachers of God have a pattern set before them, 24
  • Temptation hath an hour. See Awak∣ing.
  • Things, the same inculcated upon Be∣lievers, bespeaks somewhat more to be learned, 28
  • Time is to be made good use of, both by Saints and Sinners, 139 140
  • Time unknown, what is it put for, 208
  • Truth, for the abusing of it, a word for conviction, 130
  • Truths divine, have cautions against the nauseating of them, 27
• ...
  V
  • Vessel, what is meant by it, 15
  • Virgins, why so called, 10
  • Virgins foolish, their request to the wise Virgins, 262, 286
  • Virgins wise, their answer to the foolish Virgins, 301, 314. See Lamps.
  • Ʋnderstanding in man is very dull, 20
  • Ʋnion between Christ and his people, so sure that it cannot be shaken, 87
  • Ʋnreadiness, what is meant by it, 365
  • Ʋnready, two or three persons likely will be found, 367
  • Ʋnregenerate estate. See Mem∣bers.
• ...
  W
  • Watch, what is the end of such men as do, or do not, 18
  • Watch, the reason wherefore, 211
  • Watch, to it men are perswaded, 216
  • Willing to close, They whom Christ hath made so, should labour to make it sure, 75
  • Wisdom, wherein it lies, 105
  • Wisdom, for the compleating of it hath three things, 106
  • Wisdom of a pretended and real Saint, compared, 108
  • Wisdom of a Saint and a fool, where∣in it appears, 113
  • Withdrawing between Christ and us, their difference, 87
  • World. See Church.
  • Workers of iniquity, what is under∣stood by that, 398
• ...
  Y
  • Yield up themselves to Christ. To such a word of comfort, 86

The second Alphabetical Table, containing the principal heads, and matter in the foregoing Treatise of Christ the Sun of Righteous∣ness hath healing in his wings.

• ...
  A
  • ACquaintance we gain with God by prayer, 625
  • Afflictions outward, from them there is freedom, 505
  • ...

    From

    • 1. The fear of them.
    • 2. The presence of them.
    • 3. The evil of them, from, 506, to 507

  • Arise, when Christ doth upon a soul, he brings enlargement to it, 479, 508
  • Arising of the Sun of righteousness on them, what is meant by it, 434
• ...
  B
  • Bondage, the Authors of it, 486
  • Bondage there is,
    • 1. By Captivity, 487
    • 2. By sale, ibid.
    • 3. By birth, 489
    • 4. By tenure and usurpation, 490
  • Bondage to sin, its consequences, 492
  • Bondage, the guilt of sin is a part of it, 494
  • Bondage, sinners that are in it, ex∣horted to close with the promise of going forth, 529
  • Bondage, what God requires of them that are set free from it, 536
  • Bondage unto men, be not brought under, 544
  • See Sin.
• ...
  C
  • Ceremonies of men, from these there is freedom, 508
  • ...

• ...
  • ... Children are made free by grace, not by natural generation, 518
  • Children may be free in the account of the Church, and yet be the ser∣vants of sin, 520
  • Children of Believers can grow, 581
  • Christ is to be valued by us, 423
  • Christ, of him there is great necessity, 452
  • Christ is the only pipe through which grace is conveyed, 568
  • Come to Christ, considerations so to do, 473
  • Communion of Saints, in it much growth to be gotten, 637
  • Converted ones, though suddenly dy∣ing, yet can grow in grace, 579
  • Covenant of works, from this there is freedom, 504
• ...
  D
  • Day of the Lord, what is meant by it, 412
  • Darkness is a part of bondage, 494
  • Darkness, what is meant by it, 495
  • Denyal of self, as that grows, so we grow, 594
  • Duties holy, labour to be more spiri∣tual in them, 615
• ...
  E
  • End, look unto it, 571
  • Enemies they are, who would pluck away Christ from us, 426
  • Enemies cannot be withstood, unless there be growing, 619
  • Errour, all the ground of it, 597
  • Experiences particular, of love, and tenderness of mind, 611
• ...
  F
  • Faculties of the soul, see whether we grow in them, 595
  • Faith, as it grows, so do we grow, 593
  • Faith, in this grace labour to grow, 607
  • Faith, what is it, ibid.
  • And wherein the nature of it lies, 622
  • Family, where they are all in Egy∣ptian darkness is a sad one, 422
  • Fear, all is not banished out of the soul, 553
  • Fear is a part of bondage, 499
  • Fear distractive, fear ought not to be in us, 554
  • Feared the Lord. See Them.
  • Fellowship with Jesus Christ is sweet, 422
  • Free-set, many think they are by Jesus Christ, and yet deceived, 517
  • Free-going in the acceptable year, three things did hinder, 530
  • Free-set, that we might be, what is to be done, 533
  • Freedom there is,
    • 1. Invisible. Both by grace, 518
    • 2. Visible.
  • Fruitfulness, what growth is there in this, 600
• ...

• ...
  G
  • God himself, is to be much dwelled up∣on, 635
  • Going forth, what is meant by it, 478
  • Gospel is an incomparable benefit, 526
  • Grace, the riches of it to poor sinners, 457
  • Graee is either, 1. Relative, 562
  • Or 2. Inherent, 564
  • Grace will grow by the opposition it meets withal, either from 1. With∣out, 601. Or 2. Within, 602
  • Grace relative, labour to grow more and more in the assurance of it, 616
  • Graces three, which respect the root Jesus Christ, 593
  • Grow as Calves of the Stall, the com∣parison wherein it stands, 559
  • Grow, when is any thing said so pro∣perly, 565
  • Grow up in Christ, before this be, there must be implantation into him, 567
  • Grow in Grace they do, though no sooner converted, but they die, 579
  • See Children.
  • Grow, if you do not, conclude one of two things, 558
  • Grow, many do worse and worse, 589
  • Grow, how to know it, 591
  • Grow, the Motives to it, 617
  • The Helps to it, 621
  • Grow we must, according to our mea∣sure, 638. And herein help each other, 641
  • Grow, many may though they per∣ceive it not, 627
  • Growing up into Christ, what is there in the expression, 570
  • Growing, to such as think they are not, Comfort, 643
  • Growth spiritual, the nature of it, 562, and the Arguments to prove it, 577
  • Growth, the greater it is, the more honour and service God hath, 583
  • Growth compared to Trees or Plants, 592
  • Growth is placed,
    • 1. In the Uuderstanding. 596
    • 2. In the Will. 598
  • Growth, wherein to look to it, 604
• ...
  H
  • Head, the Glory of it, wherein it lies, 571
  • Heal, if we could our selves, yet our wound is incurable, 449
  • Healing, what is meant by it, 438
  • Healing, what it brings, 440
  • Healing is not in us, 448
  • Healing concerns two sorts of Per∣sons, 470
  • Heart-softness, in this labour to grow, 614, &c. wherein it lies, ibid.
  • Humility, as it grows, so do we grow, 595
  • Humility, in this Grace labour to grow, 613
  • Hypocrites may grow in some things, 620
• ...

• ...
  I
  • Inlargement promised to a soul, what is it, 481
• ...
  K
  • Knowledge, In this Grace labour to grow, 604
• ...
  L
  • Liberty spiritual,
    • 1. Its subject, 482
    • 2. Its causes, 483
    • 3. Its parts, 485
    • 4. Its degrees, 508
  • Light our, from whence comes it, 422
  • Love to Christ, works the soul to a kindly hatred of sin, 465
  • Love to Jesus Christ, herein labour to grow, 608. And that for several ends, 609
  • Love towards one another; herein labour to grow, 612
• ...
  M
  • Malachy, what it signifieth, 411
  • Members grow not alike in the same measure, 573
  • Mercy, in this Grace labour to grow, 613
  • Ministry all, for what end, 620
  • Ministers are to labour to grow, 639
• ...
  O
  • Obedience slavish is a bondage, 498
  • Ordinances, wait diligently on the Lord in them, 427
  • Ordinances being used conscienti∣ously and diligently tend to growth, 629
• ...
  P
  • People under the influences of the Sun of Righteousness are in a growing condition, 560
  • Planted in Christ, such as never were, grow worse and worse, 590
  • Prayer is a great means to increase Grace, 624
  • Prayer, what is it, 625
  • Professed the Name of Christ, many have, and yet are fallen, 589
  • Profession of Christ, such as make and grow not, are in a sad condition, 587
• ...
  S
  • Saints Communion is to build up each other, 637
  • Sin is a comprehensive evil, 442
  • Sin hath ill qualities and consequen∣ces, 444
  • Sin is the first general part of bon∣dage, 490
  • Sin the guilt of it, is a part of bon∣dage, 494
  • Sin is a grievous bondage, 512
  • Sin though it lie hard ••pon any soul,

• ...
  • yet shall it be overcome, 555
  • S••ns yoak, to such as are strugling under it, comfort, ibid.
  • Soul-distempers hinder growth, 632
  • Spirit, how he is grieved, 545. And therefore cautions not to grieve him, 546
  • Spirit properly is not grieved, ibid.
  • Sun, Christ is to his people, 414
  • Sun, wherein doth the resemblance between Christ and it hold, 416
  • Sun, they that have it risen upon them, are the children of the day, 421
  • Sun of Righteousness, against its shinings shut not the windows, 424
  • Sun, that God would give such, is cause of admiration, 427
  • Sun of Righteousness, why is Christ so called, 431
• ...
  T
  • Them that feared the Lord, what is meant by that, 429
  • Things best, in them labour to grow, 617
  • Truth will set a man free, 533
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  V
  • Ʋnderstanding; in this let us try our growth, 596
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  W
  • Walking holy with God, herein la∣bour to grow, 615
  • Wings of the Sun of Righteousness, what is meant by that, 435
  • Wings of the Sun of Righteousness, what are they, 436
  • Wings, why so called, 437
  • Word of God, to such as tremble at it, comfort, 475
  • Wounded, them that are so, Christ pittyeth, 463

The last Table, containing the general and parti∣cular Heads, as they follow in their order, in the foregoing Subject, Christ his Willing∣ness to accept humbled Sinners.

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  • THe Text opened, 651
  • Out of which this Point of Do∣ctrine issues,
  • That the Lord Jesus will not cast out any poor soul that cometh to him, 652
  • Here is observed, First, That com∣ing unto Christ presupposeth,
    • 1. Hearing.
    • 2. Learning.
    ibid.
  • By Hearing is understood,
  • 1. The usual means of Salvation, 654
  • 2. Some whisperings, motions, and secret workings of the Spirit, ibid.
  • By Learning is understood, first the opening of the understanding, 655 and thus a poor soul is taught,
  • 1. That he is lost in himself,
  • 2. That he must not lie securely in this condition, ibid.
  • 3. That there is no help in the Creature, 656
  • 4. That nothing can skreen him from the wrath of God, but Jesus Christ, 657
  • 5. That Christ is willing to let out of his oyntments to heal, ibid.
  • Now for the Acts wherein it formal∣ly consists, are,
  • 1. In a desire of the soul after Christ, 658
  • 2. In passing all other stands and rests on this side Christ, 659
  • 3. In coming to him, 660
  • 4. In coming with heart-words, 661
    • 1. Words of Confession.
    • 2. Words of Petition. ibid.
  • 5. In closing with Christ, 662
  • The Second thing in the Doctrine,
  • What is meant by not casting out, 663
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  • 1. Not out of his heart, 664
  • 2. Not out of his Church, ibid.
  • 3. Not sending away empty, either at the first or after-coming, 665, 666
  • 4. Not out of heaven, ibid.
  • The Doctrine proved,
  • 1. From the promise of Christ, 66, 71
  • If otherwise, Then 2. from Christs being argued unchangeable, 668
  • 3. From Christs slighting of his Fa∣thers gift, ibid.
  • 4. From Christs failing in his trust, 669
  • 5. From Christs undervaluing of his blood, ibid.
  • 6. From undoing what the Father had done, 670
  • 7. From Christs bringing upon him∣self the imputation of delusion, 671
  • 1. Because of the many invitations made hy him to poor creatures, ibid.
  • 2. Because of his being contradicted of imposture, 672
  • 3. Because inconsistent with Christs bowels and tenderness, ibid.
  • The first Use is to lament the back∣wardness of our hearts in coming to Christ, 673
  • The second Use shews the grievous nature of the sin of unbelief;
  • By considering,
  • 1. The unreasonableness of this sin, 675
    • 1. In respect of our selves, 675
    • 2. In respect of Christ, 676
  • 2. The injuriousness of this sin, ibid.
  • 3. The unkindness of this sin, 678
  • 4. The danger of this sin, ibid.
    • 1. Binding the guilt of all other sins upon the soul, ibid.
    • 2. Bringing blood upon a mans own head, 679
    • 3. Bringing the blood of Christ upon a mans head, ibid.
  • The third Use serves for Exhortation to every poor soul to come to Christ, 680
  • From whence, several considerations against the many hard thoughts of coming to Jesus Christ. As,
  • 1. How injurious it is to grace, 681
  • 2. Christ leaves the soul altogether without excuse, ibid.
  • 3. How prejudicial to Jesus Christ, 683
  • 4. The experiences of all the Saints, ibid.
  • 5. The soul can have no evidence of being given to Christ, until it come, ibid.
  • 6. How willing to run at hazard, seeing there is so much certainty of speeding, 684
  • 7. Its a grief to Christ that the soul will not be perswaded of his good will, ibid.
  • The fourth Use exalts the riches of the grace of Christ to poor sinners, 685
  • The fift Use declares that there is no falling away from Christ, either from Justifying, or Sanctifying

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  • grace once received, 686
  • The sixth Use puts in a double cauti∣on,
    • 1. That impenitent sinners encou∣rage not themselves in an evil way, upon the account of Christs tenderness and mercy to poor sinners, 687
    • 2. That they that are in Christ, take heed they abuse not this grace to wantonness, 689
  • The seventh Use serves for a comfort to Gods people in all their fears and doubts, that Christ will never cast them out, 690
  • The first Objection. That the soul thought it came to Christ, &c. but saies he is cast off, and there∣fore concludes it was never truly in Christ, is answered, 691
  • The second Objection, that the soul knows not whether ever yet it came to Christ, and therefore is cast off, is answered, 692
  • 1. Though Christ seems not for a time to own the soul, yet he doth support it, 693
  • 2. When the heart is unsatisfiedly drawn after Jesus Christ, ibid.
  • 3. When the soul is willing to receive him as King and Saviour, ibid.
  • 4. When the soul is content to wait a while, 694
  • 5. When the soul is frequent in acting of faith, to receive Christ, ibid.

FINIS.