A Brighter Day Begins with His Word.

Flavel, John, 1630?-1691 • SECTION 257

Section 257

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Rest, It is promised to those that come to Christ 181

Three cautions premised for preventing mistakes about it 182

How it results from coming to Christ 183

Five useful inferences from its being in Christ 186

Rogers, (Mr. Daniel) a remark concerning his natural temper 100

Spirit of God, how he is given to believers 328

How the gift of him proves an interest in Christ 330

AN ALPHABETICAL tABLE FdR tHE SECOND VOLUME. 611

spirit, Rules for understanding the nature of his workings 333

Evidences of his dwelling in the soul 336

Of God, Doubts answered, in reference to his working 34?0

Seal, the first five apocalyptic seals briefly described 555

Sotd, The essence of it unknown by philosophers 488

The nature and original of it, learned from scripture 489

Proved to be a vital and spiritual substance 495

Shewn to be an immortal and understanding substance 501

It is endued with liberty and dominion 506

It is furnished with various affections and passions 509

It is naturally inclined to the body 510

Various opinions concerning its original 512

Proved to be created of God 514

Objections against its immediate infusion answered 518

The nature of it more clearly explained 522 It makes the death of man very different from that of other

It is capable of blessedness when separated from the body 5^^ How that of any man is naturally of equal dignity with all

Whence one excels another 528 How the evil of sin appears, by considering the excellency

How the consideration of it should influence parents 531

Necessity of its being quickened with a spiritual principle 533

No acceptable service can be performed to God without it 534

Useful inferences concerning it 545

It is knit to the body by the breath of our nostrils 541

Its immortality proved from the very nature of it 559

It is tenderly affected towards the body wherein it dwelk 589

Several ways whereby it expresses its love to the body 590

Teaching, (of God) how it is not to be understood 308 It consists in the holy Spirit's sanctifying impressions, and

gracious assistances 809

Twelve lessons peculiarly taught by this divine teacher 810

Eight excellent properties of it 818

What influence it has in bringing souls to Christ 820

The impossibility of coming to Christ without it 322

Several useful inferences concerning it 323

Signs, whereby it is distinguished from all other teachings 324

Trouble of mind, how intolerable a burden it is 192 Vol. VI. Q q

612 AN ALPHABETICAL TABLE FOR THE SECOND VOLUME.

Unbelief, deprives of all the benefits purchased by Christ 137

The nature of it opened 433

The misery and danger of it 436

Several useful inferences concerning it 437

The aggravation of it, when against light 440 Union between Christ and believers, shadowed forth by four

Its reality proved by several things 35

The nature of it opened 37

Useful inferences from the consideration of it 4^

The bands of it are the Spirit and faith 84

It is assuredly known by the in-dwelling of the Spirit 328

Our interest in it is proved by our being new-creatures 345 Between the two natures in Christ. Vid. Hypostatical.

Upton, (John esq.) The author s epistle to him %

Word of God, shewn to have a mighty efficacy on men's

Wherein the efficacy of it consists 296

Whence the efficacy of it flows 298

Useful inferences from the efficacy of it 800

Considerations to promote the efficacy of it 302

Advices to those who feel the power of it 304

YovNG People, How much it concerns them to be seriously

Page A.NGEL&, employed in transferring the souls of the righteous

AN ALPHABETICAL TABLE FOR THE THIRD VOLUME. 61 S

Angels, Whence we are now terrified at them 33

Atheism, an unusual cause of eternal destruction 204j

Vide Unbelief. Ahraham, The covenant made with him, not that of innocency

made with Adam 497 Theses to prove the warrantableness of infant baptism, from

the covenant made with him 541 Antinomianism, abundantly fenced against in the scripture 551 The probable occasions of the rise of it ibid. Several of the chief doctrines of it enumerated 555 A general confutation of the principal errors of it 558 The error about justification from eternity confuted 559 The false notion of it about justifying faith detected 564* That we ought not to question our faith, shewn to be a dan- gerous error in it 568 The notion that men ought not confess their sinsj refuted 569 The error, that God sees no sin in his people, detected 572 The notion, that God smites not his people for their sins,

disproved 574* That Christ was as sinful as we, and believers as righteous

as Christ, another gross error of it, confuted 578 That sin cannot hurt the elect, another dangerous notion of

it 584 That saints must do no duty for their own good, shewn to be

a corrupt branch of it 586 The error, that the covenant of grace is not made with us,

but with Christ, refuted 587 Denying sanctification to be an evidence of justification, an- other error of it, disproved 590

jBody of man, Why it is called a tabernacle 8 It is necessary for the soul to be separated from it by death 5 The reasons of its dissolution 7 Baptism of infants, grounded on the Abrahamatical covenant 496 Theses to prove the validity of it from the covenant of circum- cision 541

Cares of this world, bereave many of salvation 197

Five considerations to prevent our being destroyed by them 198

Civility, How dependence upon it is destructive to souls 216

6l4f AN ALPHABETICAL TABLE FOR THE THIRD VOLUME.

Civility, Considerations to prevent a soul-ruin dependence

Custom in sin, is a very useful cause in ruin 193

Means to prevent the danger of a wicked one ibid.

Care of God towards his people, proved from scripture-emblems, 344. From scripture promises, 349. And from scripture instances 350

How and why, it is exercised peculiarly in calamitous times 356 How variously this is expressed in scripture 384

Six reasons of it 385

It extends to the bodies, the souls, and all the concerns of

Several excellent properties of it enumerated 388

How it is engaged by the divine promises 390

How it is exercised in the divine providence 390

Cary (Philip) a refutation of his notion concerning the covenants 495

A smart rebuke to him, 493. Vide Covenant, Chambers of security for God's people, what is meant by them 323 The divine power is one of them in the most distressing times 353 How God's wisdom is represented under this notion ^55

How the divine faithfulness is another chamber of refuge 363 The unchangeableness of God opened, as another chamber

The divine care opened, as another chamber for securing

The love of God represented to us under this figure 392

None but God's people are admitted into them, and why 397 Of security for God's people. The misery of being excluded

What grounds Christians have to take comfort in them 402

Satan's projects to keep believers out of them 405

How we should get into them, and keep in them 406

Signs of our being in them 411

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