The great mystery of godlinesse opened being an exposition upon the whole ninth chapter of the epistle of Saint Paul to the Romans / by the late pious faithful servant of Jesus Christ, Mr. Edward Elton.

A Table for the Ninth Chapter of the Epistle to the Romans.

A

• ABrahams true seed who they are, page 69
• Acts of God have special and particular ends, page 143
• Adoption external, what it signifieth, page 26
• Anabaptists confuted, page 37, 86
• Anabaptists and Familists confuted, page 137
• Anathema, what it is, page 18
• Arminians confuted concerning Election and Ʋniversal Redemption, page 84, 86
• Astrology judicial censured, page 78, 79, 80.
• Assurance of Salvation how attained, page 206, &c.

B

• BLame of sin apt to be laid from our selves, page 160
• Blindnesse of minde the misery of it, page 141
• Blindnesse of 'the world in misjugding of the state and condition of Gods children, page 225
• Bring born under the same position of the stars preventeth not difference of disposition, page 78

C

• CAlled some at one hour, some at another, page 101
• Calling effectual an evidence and token of one in Covenant with God, page 61
• Calling effectual a ground of good assurance of Salva∣tion, page 205
• —A special evidence of Election, page 206
• —without respect of persons or qualification, page 209
• Calling wrought by the word and Spirit of God, page 216
• Called ones have a special work of the word upon their Souls, page 222
• Cavil against the Godhead of Christ answered, page 40
• Censuring of any rashly, especially to be Reprobates, taxed and reproved, page 60
• Children of God their honourable estate, page 35, use 2.
• Children of Godly Parents are not therefore Gods chil∣dren, page 56
• Children of such how said to be holy, page 56, 57
• —admonition to such page 57
• Children of the flesh and of promise, page 62, 63
• Christ incarnate and and became true man, and why, page 36, 37
• Christ brought not his body from Heaven, page 37
• Christs incarnation comfortable to his, page 38
• Christ true God proved, 39 use of it, page 41
• Christ both God and man in one person, page 43
• Christ to be thought and spoken of with reverence due to his name, page 44
• Christians described, page 53, 54.
• Christians their spiritual duty, page 60
• Comparing our selves with God is useful and beneficial, page 167, 168
• Chosen ones of God differ not from others till God distin∣guish them, page 59
• Conscience, why placed in the soul of man, viz. to be witnesse and register, page 8, 9
• Conscience not right till sanctified, page 10
• —erroneous and unsanctified taxed, page 11
• Contentment one special ground, of it, page 99
• —a necessary Christian duty, page 175
• Continuance in sin dangerous, page 189
• Covenants what they are, page 27
• Churches enemies can do nothing but what God hath appointed, page 143
• Curiosity the danger of it; page 170

D

• DAvids respect to Saul though wicked, page 30
• Daies their superstitious observation reproved, page 123
• Decrees of God concerning Election and reprobation most just, page 116
• Drawn to Christ how men are, page 91
• Different estates of men in the world, ordered by Gods decree and appointment, page 98.
• Dignity of Gods children discovered, page 224, &c.

E

• ELection is the chusing of a certain number to salva∣tion and not of all, page 84
• Election reprobation▪ depend meerly upon the good plea∣sure of God, and not of man, page 85
• Election daependeth not upon good works or upon faith foreseen, page 93
• Comfort to such as are assured of their Election, page 87, 91
• Election of God is sure and unchangeable page 89
• —The doctrine of Election must be rightly applyed, but not abused, page 91
• Election a sure and true note of it, page 92
• Election the Decree of it most effectual, page 100
• Election, assurance of it possible to be atttained, page 101
• —assurance of Election, how attained, page 101, 102
• Elected ones special Characters of them, page 111
• —their condition whilst remaining in their natural estate, page 220
• Enemies of the Church can do nothing against it but by Gods permission and appointment, page 144
  • and yet are justly blamed and punished, and why, ibid.
• Erroneous opinions justly to be abhorred, page 118
• —proceed chiefly from carnal Reason, page 158
• Excellencies in others, are duly to be acknowledged and reverenced, page 29
• Final estate of any not rashly to be judged, page 101
• Freewill the doctrine of it confuted, page 131, 132

G

• GLory and happinesse of the Saints in heaven is whol∣ly of Gods free mercy, page 202
• —assurance of interest in it how attained, page 203
• Glory of God ought to be dearer to us then our own sal∣vation; and why, page 22, 23

• God, the title of it never given to any one man in Scrip∣ture; Magistrates how called gods, page 40
• God in every act of his hath a particular end, page 143
• God hath lawful power over man to dispose of him at his pleasure, as the potter over the clay, page 179
• God no tyrant, nor unrighteous, ibid, & page 180
• Gods Infinite power against sin and sinners will be one day manifested, page 192
• —Reasons and uses of it shewed page 191
• Gods power, saving and destroying, ibid.
• Gods revenging power irresistible, page 192
• Grief; Christians ought to grieve for the misery of others, especially of their souls, page 11, 12
• Grief, whether lawful for such as suffer justly by the Magistrates for evil doing, page 34

H

• HAtred, how God hated Esau, shewed, page 106
• Hardnesse of heart a most grievous judgement, page 141
• —God must not be provoked to inflict it, ibid.
• —Gods children shall not be given up to it, page 142
• Hardening of some a free act of God, page 153
• Hardening of some according to Gods will, page 154
• How God hardeneth the heart, ibid.
• Whether Gods Hardening do justly excuse hardened sin∣ners yea or no, page 163
• Hearers of the word, their special duty, page 129, 130
• —Directions for profitable hearing of the Word of God, page 115
• Heart hard a grievous judgement, see hardnesse.
• Heart soft and melting a special mercy, page 155
• Heart so qualified, how attained, page 155, 156
• Hierusalem, how and in what respect an holy City, page 224
• —folly of Popish Pilgrimages thither, ibid.
• Hope of salvation where to be placed, page 132
• Humility one special ground of it, page 177

I

• IMpudency of some discovered, page 170
• Indifferency in matters of Religion not good, page 118
• Inferiors ought to be obedient to supeirours, page 30, 31
• Israelites all are not, that are so called, page 52
• Israelites indeed righly described, page 26, 47
• Jewish people most honourable and why, page 36
• —our duty towrds them, ibid.
• Justice of God (in case of Election, &c.) vindicated, page 179
• Justice of God (in destroying the wicked) is to be mag∣nified, page 195

K

• KIndred in the flesh our duty towards them, page 25
• —especially to seek and endeavour their salva∣tion, ibid.
• —neglecters of their kindred reproved, page 26
• Kindred and race of Gods servants honourable, page 34

L

• LOve, if true, begetteth grief for the party beloved, page 15
• Love to the people of God, the tryal of it, page 16
• Love whether due to the none Elected, page 21
• Love wisheth well to the souls of the beloved, page 21, 22
• Love of the father in sending of Christ, page 38
• —How God loved Jacob expounded, page 105
• Love of God eternal cause of all good to his, page 106
• Love of God to us how it differeth from our love unto o∣thers, page 107
• He should endeavour to see the love of God in all that we enjoy, ibid.
• Love of God to his, Eternal, 1••8, and how, page 109
• —how God loveth his Elect when enemies, ibid.
• Lump, expounded, page 176

M

• O MAn, what is meant by it, page 166
• Mary the blessed Virgin saved not by bear∣ing Christ in her womb, but in heart by faith, page 28
• Merit of works the doctrine of it confuted, page 94
• —see more, 201, 2. use, 202, 1. use.
• Mercy of God towards his chosen, dependeth onely on the good pleasure of his will, page 124, 125
• Mercy of God to his then sweeeest, when compared with his wrath on thewicked, page 196
• Mercy of God to his Elect and Chosen, shall be one day manifested, page 198
• —the special uses of that point, page 199
• Mercy of God to his Elect and Chosen, is directed to his own glory, page 200
• Mercy of God is to be magnified, page 201
• Mercy of God the ground of our happinesse in heaven, page 202
• Ministers of God are to manifest both love and wisdom when they deliver harsh things to the hearers, p. 3.
• Ministers must yet take heed of daubing or man pleasing, ibid.
• Ministers must take care to apply the word of God to the hearers aright, page 51, 128
• —How they assure men of salvation, page 129, use 1.
• Ministers of the word must use to deal plainly with the hearers, page 228

N

• NAtural estate a miserable condition, page 220
• Natural estate of the Elect considered, ibid.
• Necessity is twofold shewed, page 110
• Nicodemus his carnal reasoning, page 158

O

• OBservation of times lawful and unlawful, page 79
• —superstitious Observation of dayes reproved, page 122
• Opinions false and erroneous drawn from misconceit, are very hardly left, page 71
• Opinions false and Erroneous to be disclaimed and utter∣ly abhorred, page 118
• Opinions Erroneous arise chiefly from fleshly and carnal Reasoning, page 158

P

• Painting of faces abominable, and why, page 174
• Patinece of God towards the wicked, and Reprobate shewed, and the reason of it. page 185, 186
• —the end and use of Gods patience therein, page 187, 18
• Patience of God abused, very offensive to him, page 188
• —Motives not to abuse the patience of God, page 190
• Papists can be no true friends to Protestant States, page 32, use
• Papists overthrow the truth of Christs humane natures, page 37
• Popish slander answered and confuted, page 41, 78
• Popish doctrine confuted, page 94, 132, 133
• Popish practise observed and reproved, page 103
• Papists abuse the written word, and how, page 121, 137
• Papists impudent cavil answered, page 172
• Popish Pilgrimages censured and reproved, page 224
• Peter, whether ever Bishop of Rome, questionable, page 35
• Piety, the great force and power of it noted, page 34
• —of Parents beneficial to children, page 35
• Places distinction, taken away under the new Testament, page 223
• Pharaoh King of Egypt, why raised up of God, page 135
• —How God is said to harden his heart, page 136
• Preachers in applying the word may fitly and lawfully say, this is a word of comfort, &c. page 71
• Preachers must apply general truthes of God to particu∣lar cases and concernments, page 128
• Presumption how best beaten down in us, page 167
• Pride one special ground of it discovered.
• Priviledge none whatsoever outward can make graceless persons accepted of God, page 28

• No outward Priviledge to be rested in, no not outward profession of Religion, ibid.
• Promises misapplyed are not comfortable, page 50
• Promises, Rom. 9. what meant by them, page 27
• Promises of God firm and stable, page 48, 49
• —comfort to such as are interested in them, ibid.
• Promises of two sorts, page 71
• Promises made good, all the sorts of them, page 72
• Profane Proverb reproved, page 35
• Man fitly compared to Potters vessel, with the use of it, page 177, 178

Q

• Quarrelling with Gods will very abominable, page 173.
• Questioning the will of God, great impudency, page 169
• —not tolerable to do it, page 171
• Questioning of God, a weaknesse in the Saints, ibid.

R

• REason carnal apt to gather false conclusions from true principles. page 157
• —the ground of Erroneous Opinions, page 158
• Carnal Reason apt to abuse Scripture, page 159
• Religion the glory of a Nation, page 32
• Reprobation, the decree of it from Eternity, page 109, &c.
• Reprobates how they sin of necessity, page 110
• —what things cannot be found in them, page 111
• Reprobation, the doctrine of it revealed in Scripture, page 139
• Reprobates, hardened by God, and how, page 140
• —Gods highest end in their destruction, page 194
• Revelation besides, or against Scripture to be rejected, page 137
• Revenge not to be sought by Christians, and why, page 193

S

• SAdnesse of Gods children reproved, page 49 use
• Salvation of man wholly in Gods hand, page 133
• Stars, their position not to be observed, page 78, 79
• Separatists reproved and confuted, page 52, 53
• Similitudes in Preaching must be of things known, page 177
• Scripture, if obscure in one place, is usually explained and made plain in another, page 63
• Scripture best expounder of it self, page 65
• Scripture sufficient to resolve all doubts, page 77, 136
• —used by the Apostles to prove doctrines, page 103
• Scripture, sufficient in fundamentals, and why? page 137
• —how known to be the word of God. page 138
• Scripture, expresse words not alwaies necessary to be used in preaching, proved, page 215
• Scripture apt to be perverted by wicked men, page 65
• —but ought not to be abused, page 215
• Successions of persons, without truth and piety, nothing, page 35
• Swearing lawful, p. 5. but vain reproved, ibid.
• Swearing must be by the true God onely, p. 6, 7

T

• TRuths of God how to be delivered, page 113
• —subject to be perverted, page 114
• Truth in word and heart go together, p. 7

V

• VIrginity, whether justly to be preferred before Mar∣riage yea or no, page 28
• Vessel of clay is man even the strongest, page 177, 178
• Vessel of wrath explained, page 183
• Vessel of wrath and child of wrath differ, page 183
• Elect and Reprobate both Vessels, page 184
• Vessels of mercy how known, ibid.

W

• VVEaknesse of Saints discovered, page 171
• Wilful sinners dangerous condition, page 193
• Will of God (in Predestination) Independent, page 180
• —Will of God irresistible, page 163
• Will of God ever backed by his power, page 164
• —the right use of it, ibid.
• Will of God in all things just and holy, page 122
• —not to be opposed by carnal reason, page 123
• Will of God overthroweth not the freedom of mans will, page 164
• Will of God not to be questioned, page 169
• —not to be quarrelled against, page 172
• Quarrellers against Gods will noted, page 174
• Wish of the Apostle, Rom. 9.3. lawful, page 19
• —the extent of that wish weighed, page 20
• Wishing the welfare of Souls, necessary, ibid.
• Witnesse none can sin without it, p. 9. use, 2
• Wrath of God furious more to be feared then hell, page 190
• Word written, a speaking word, page 121
• —abused by Papists, ibid.
• Word of God misapplyed, not his word, page 50. 51
• —must be rightly applyed by all, page 51
• Word of the Gospel an effectual word, page 66
• —power of it not to be withstood, page 68
• —how profitably heard, page 115
• Word of God not to be cavilled against, page 142
• —why some are not softned by it, page 155
• Word of Gods predictions should not offend us when fulfulling, page 214
• Word of God subject to be wrested and perverted, page 114