Circumcision, The covenant of it not the same with that of in-
nocency, 507. Vide Covenant. Committing ourselves to God, what is included in it 292
What encouragement believers have to it 294
A remarkable instance of a mother's doing it in reference to her child 29S
Conditional, how the covenant of grace is so explained 524
Five arguments proving the covenant of grace to be so 5^5
Vide Covenant. Covenant of cijxumcision, four arguments to prove it not the
same with Adam's covenant of works 513
Covenant of grace, the question stated about its conditionality 524
The nature of its condition explained 526
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Page Covenant of grace. The conditionallty of it proved and vindi- cated 535 Seven Theses concerning the interest of infants in it 541 Covenant of Sinai, the absurdity of making this the same with that of innocency 499 Wherein it differed from that made with Adam before tlie fall ih'id. How it is said not to be of faith 515 Courage, some eminent examples of it 298 Creature, Vide new Creature. Crisp (Dr.) the author's preface concerning his \yorks 413
Death, How we may sweeten it to ourselves 11
Signs of being prepared for it 12
Holy persons should not be terrified at the approach of it 96
The necessity of union with Christ before it comes 98 How prejudicial it is to be distracted about earthly things
in it ibid. How good Christians may argue themselves into a desire
of it 102 The great and happy change it makes in the state of behevers 96
Why Christians are so often unwilling to submit to it 107 What poor comfort a great estate yields a guilty sinner
in it 177 The terrible change it makes in the state of wicked people 179 How much better than life it is to a good Christian, espe- cially if suffered for Christ 302 Doors, what shutting them means, in (Isa. xxvi. 20.) 326
Education, a bad one is the high- way to destruction 98
Three directions to prevent the mischief of a wicked one 184 Examples, following those which are bad, an usual cause of
Three considerations to prevent the malignity of evil ones 191 Excuse, Vid. Apology.
Errors, (mental) several Hebrew words explained, by which they
They bind the conscience, as well as truth 429
The exceeding danger of the mind's being affected with them 532
The specious pretences often made for defending them 433
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Page Errors^ Providence has in every age prepared some to oppose
One usually draws into another 436
They commonly spring up, and thrive most in a time of
A weak defence of truth tends to increase them 438
Not to be cured by force, but rational conviction 439
When pertinaciously held by Christians, they prove a great
They always, in the end, bring loss and shame to their au- .
• thors and abettors 441
Means to prevent God's permitting us to fall into them 443
Five rules to prevent them, under pretence of the obscurity
Abuse of Christian liberty, an occasion of them 446
Means to prevent them, by a right use of Christian liberty 448 Slothfulness an usual cause of them 449
How to prevent them by a diligent search of scripture 452
Instability of mind, a frequent cause of them 454
Four rules to prevent them, by fixing the mind 455
An over eager desire of peace of conscience sometimes occa- sions them 457 Means to prevent them, by a right method of peace 459 Rules to prevent their springing from over great credulity 460 A prevention of them from vain curiosity 462 Remedies against them, when springing from the arrogancy
Defensatives against them, when rising from rash zeal 467
The principal impulsive cause of them is Satan 469
Four rules to prevent Satan's leading us into them 471
False teachers, the devil's instruments in propagating of them 472 Means to secure us from being led into them by false teachers 474 Means to prevent their springing from the abuse of ordinances 477 Rules to prevent their arising from an irregular liberty of
Means to prevent their promotion by enthusiasm. Directions
to secure young Christians from being infected with them .486 Over hasty determinations about disputable matters an occa- sion of them 487 Five remedies against their springing from hasty resolutions 488 Six usual consectaries concerning them 490
Formal hypocrisy^ a great ruin to souls 214
Means to prevent the destructive effects of it 215
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Page Faitlifulness of God, what it is, considered absolutely 363
Five evidences of it 364,
The assured grounds we have to believe it 365
A view of it, as it relates to the divine promises 366
A short view of it, as exerted in God's providences 367
This is one chamber of security, in which believers should enter 370
Fear, that which is natural is common to all men 245
Several things which render it useful 24S
A description of that which is holy 252
The usefulness of natural fear 253
The good use which God makes of sinful fear 254
Three excellent uses of religious fear 256
Fear, (sinful) springs from ignorance, 258. From guilt upon the conscience, 260. From unbelief, 263. From ob- serving the promiscuousness of providence, 266. And from an immoderate love of life . 268
It causes distractions in duty, 271. Occasions hypocrisy, 273. Strengthens temptations, 274. Produces cow- ardliness, 276. Is the root of apostasy, ihid. And puts under great bondage of spirit * 277
None but good Christians may in this life be released from
it, nor they perfectly 281
Bemedies against it, are studying the covenant of grace ibid. Considering the mischiefs of it, 285. Being prepared for sufferings, 288. Trust in God, 291. Having our affections mortified to the world, 295. Observing the examples of eminent sufferers, 298. A comfortable sense of pardoning mercy, 301. A good conscience, 304. Recorded experiences of God's care and faith- fulness, 306. Consideration of Christ's providential kingdom, 308. Subjecting our reasonings to faith, 309. The fear of God ruling in the heart, 310. Vide Slavish Jear. Flavel (Mr. John) His preface concerning Adam's and Abra- ham's covenants 419 Flood of sin, a presage of an inundation of sufferings 339
Gob, the various ways of seeing him 46
Guilt, for sinners to be secure under it, is a deplorable case 201
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Habitation, who are prepared for the heavenly one 18
Heaven, There are comparatively but few in the way to it 219
Striving is necessary to obtain it 222
What foretastes of it have been enjoyed 57
Hell, the dreadfulness of it 129
Several names of it, with the reason of them 131
Why it is called a prison ibid.
The terribleness of it shown in six propositions 133
Twelve ways to it discovered, and methods proposed for
A bad education, one usual way to it barred up 184
Affected ignoi'ance leads to it, 186. This way shut up 188
Means to prevent evil examples from leading to it 190