Estate, Meditation on men's care for securing their tem- poral one 178 Trouble for want of heirs to enjoy it, considered 661 Examination of ourselves, several motives to it 592 Rules to prevent Christians from being over severe in it 596 Rules to prevent hypocrites from deceiving themselves in it 599 Several useful advices in relation to it. Vid. Trial 601
634 AN ALPHABETICAL TABLE FOIl THE FIFTH VOLUME,
Famine, of God's word, the nature and dreadfulness of it 82
Flnck^ a meditation upon the singing of a blind one 189 Finches, meditation on shooting two of them when fighting in
the air 188 Fishes, God's providence to be observed in the plenty and va- riety of them 267 The greater devouring the lesser, is an emblem of oppressors 273 Fishermen, their art is an emblem of Satan's subtilties 269 Flat' el, (the author) his epistle to Robert and William Savary,
esqrs. 2 Poems to him on his Husbandry Spiritualized 10 — 13
His epistle to the country reader 13
His poem to the reader 15
Flowers, a meditation on the sudden withering of them 202
Meditation on the tenderness of some choice ones 203
Fornication^ the great evil and danger of it 315
Frederick (Sir John) the author's epistle to him, &c. 293
Fruit-trees, a meditation on the ingraffing of them 141
Fruits, a meditation on gathering them in 150
Garden, meditation on the new modelling of one 199
A meditation on a heedless tread in a curious one 200
Goldfinches and sparrows, a meditation on their mixing together 186
Graff, a spiritual improvement of its union with the stock 145
Gold, true grace fitly compared to it for its excellency 528
Grace, Wherein it excels the most excellent gifts 528 The preciousness of that which is true, set forth in several
Useful inferences concerning the preciousness of it 532
How the trial of it is compared to that of gold 533
A discourse of its trial, is attended with various difiiculties 535
Divers ways enumerated, by which the sincerity of it is tried 537
Prosperity is a great trial of the truth of it 538
What probation adversity makes of it 543 How indwelling sin discovers the soundness or unsoundness
How it is tried by the performance of religious duties b&Q
How the sincerity of it is tried by sufferings for religion 574
"Why God exposes his people to so many trials of it 575
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rage Gt'oce, That Avbich is inherent, is not preserved by its own
Want of trying it, is the ruin of many professors 587
JHarvest^ a meditation on the patient expectation of it lOI;
The season of it spiritualized in several instances 105
Meditation on the joy occasioned by it 1^6
Helm of a ship, an emblem of conscience. Vid. Ship. -31
Hind, the hunting of it, an emblem of Christ's suffering 195
Horse, a meditation concerning one in a fat pasture 194?
Hiisbandinan, his industry, a lively emblem of the Christian life SJ7 The advantages of his diligence is an encouragement to a
His cheerfulness, how teachable to a Christian 37
His patient waiting for harvest spiritualized. Vid. Harvest. 104 A meditation upon his care for posterity 174
His diligence in proving and preserving his deeds, spiritually improved 178
Husbandri/, how fitly the church is called God's, shewn in
twenty-six propositions 17
Useful inferences from God's church being his husbandry S4 How we may spiritualize the several parts of it 26
Heart, a general account of the keeping of it 4.25
Six things included in the keeping of it 426
What kind of work keeping it is 428
How keeping it conduces to the honour of God 429
Vid. Keeping: How it may be kept humble in prosperity 437
How it may be kept from desponding in adversity 441
Means of settling it in the time of Sion's troubles 445
How it maybe preserved from distracting fears in public dangers 451 Helps to its trusting God in a time of want 457
How it may be kept from vain thoughts in religious duties 463 Eight remedies against its revengeful motions under injuries 469 How it may be kept meek and patient under great provocations 474 Means of securing it under strong temptations 477
How it may be kept from desponding under desertion and
Means of keeping it stedfast in sufferings for religion 487
How it may be reconciled to death in a time of sickness 490 The keeping of it hindered by fruitless controversies and
earthly thoughts " 496
Ten motives to engage our diligence in keeping it 498
A sixfold means for keeping it rightly 504
636 AN ALPHABETICAL TABLE FOR THE FIFTH VOLEME.
Heart, Encouragements to those who diligently keep it 507
How much the keeping and searching of it excels all other
Hypocrisy, the vanity of thinking to hide it 573
"six things thought, without ground, necessary signs of it 580
Queries for discovering of it 598
Six false tokens of being clear from it 599
Seven directions to preserve the soul from it 601
Hypocrites, How far they may be like sincere Christians 430
All their pains in religion are lost labour 450
Idle words, the evil of indulging ourselves in using them 307
Rules for avoiding them 316 Impotency, the unreasonableness of pleading it for the neglect of
Ingraffing of fruit-trees, a spiritual improvement of it 141 Indwelling sin, how it discovers the soundness or unsoundness
How far a hypocrite may be restrained from it 551
How God's children are* kept from closing with it 5BS
How differently the regenerate and unregenerate hate it 554
How differently bad and good men are troubled for it 55^
Difference between sinners and saints, in reference to the
How differently God's children and others oppose it 563
Knowledge of God, proved to extend to all secrets 371
Several useful inferences from the perfection of it 378
Keeping the heart, several things included in it 423
Several properties of this work ^ 426
How it conduces to the honour of God, and the sincerity of
It puts a beauty to our profession, and yields comfort to our
The improvement of our graces depends upon it 435
It is necessary to the stability of our souls 436
Special seasons which call for our utmost diligence 437
Labourers^ God sometimes blasts those men in their callings 396
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Page Launching of a ship, an emblem both of the natural and spi- ritual birth 217 Leeli, meditation on the pulling up of one 200 Lusts, of men, are represented by the monstrous things in the
sea 224 'Laodicea, its woful diseases, and remedies for curing them 514 Loveliness of relations, no sufficient ground of excessive sor- row for their death 654}
Magnanimity^ the necessity and nature of it shewn 265
Manton (Dr.) a remarkable citation from him . 288
Mariner's Compass, how it is an emblem of God's word 255
Maturity of grace, three signs of it mentioned 112
Of sin, six tokens which give evidence of it 113
Useful reflections upon that of grace and sin 114 Mediocrity, is the most desirable state, in reference to worldly