Mirth, excess in it represented by two much sail in a storm 275
Miry-ground, represents the incurable state of many souls 54
Mother, the mournful state of one mentioned in the gospel 608
' Christ's compassionate counsel to a mourning one 610
Mourning, (for dead relations) ought to be moderated 612
How far it should be allowed of 614
When it is excessive and sinful 616
What comfort may be given unregenerate sinners under it 624
Twenty considerations for comforting God's children under
Several pleas for excess in it answered 654
Seven rules prescribed for moderating of it 663
Mourners, a discourse called a token for them 607
For the death of godly friends, comforted by the covenant
Comforts by the hope of the resurrection 638 Solaced by the present happy state of their piously departed
friends 640 Quieted by God's ability to make up their losses 643 Comforted by considering that God has better things to be- stow 644 Their grief allayed by considering the good which may be got by losses, 649. And how much more others as good as ourselves, have lost 650 Comforted by their relation to God, and the nearness of
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Page ^^AViGATioy^ the excellency of tliat which is spiritual 209
Motives pressing to the serious study of that which is spiri- tual 21S" Trading by it is an emblem of Christian communion 241
Oaths, the evil and danger of profane ones 219
Have an imprecation expressed or implied in them 308
Vide Sicearing. Ocean, how it is an emblem of God's mercy and eternity 221
The monstrous things in it, render it an emblem of man's cor- rupt heart 224 Rocks in it are an emblem of God's church 244 The multitude of creatures fed therein, should encourage our
The sweet waters drained from it, are an emblem of the saints
God's limiting bounds of it spiritually improved. 253
The ebbing and flowing of it, is an emblem of the world's un- certainty 258 The depth of it an emblem of God's judgment 283 The multitude of men buried in it, shall certainly be raised again, 285. Vide Sea. Oppressors, represented by the greater fish devouring the
Only Son, Advices to parents lamenting the death of one 607
The death of such a one no sufficient ground of excessive sor- row %S^
Pilot, his skill most peculiarly discovered in a storm 281
How the wisdom of God is shadowed forth by his skill 284»
Pleasures of sin, considerations to prevent the power of them 299
Ploiving, represents the convincing of sinners 61
Reflections, and a poem on the spiritual sense of it QQ
Posy, a meditation upon a withered one 201 Posterity, a spiritual improvement of the husbandman's care for
Prayer, what influences it has in the obtaining of mercies 350
How that of others conduces to our benefit 851
The great evil of neglecting it, or performing it slightly 553
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Prayer^ Strong motives to be frequent and earnest in it 355
How it may be answered, though the mercies prayed for be
withheld, or taken away ^5^
Presence of God, what is included in it 371
Prosperity not to be ascribed to our own abilities, but God's
Five things necessarily included in it 363
The several ingredients in it depend upon God's pi-ovidence 364
Useful inferences from its dependence on God's blessing 365
Providence^ the evil of those who depend upon means in the
nefflectinfj of it ihid.
jRaiNj the necessity of it to the earth 74?
Eight things wherein the gospel is compared to it 75
Reflections upon it as an emblem of God's word 79
Rams, how professors are resembled by two fighting 193
Reaping', the same we sow, how to be spiritually improved 122
Reflections upon it profitable for sinners and saints 124 & 125 Resurrection of the dead, how represented by the springing
How the hope of it supports those who mourn the death
Serious reflections on the certainty of it 92
Ripeness of corn, a useful meditation upon it 110
Rods in the sea, how an emblem of the church in this world 244
Rose, how an emblem of creature-enjoyments 203
Relations, doubting about their state when dead considered 659
Trouble for over-pitying, or undervaluing them, considered 660
Saints shall probably know one another after it 640
Sails, too much spread, how an emblem of carnal mirth 275 Salvian, a remarkable expression of this ancient writer 315 Satan, how the fisherman's skill is an emblem of his subtiity 269 Sea, its purging itself, an emblem of the regenerate " 209 The ebbing and flowing of it represents the world's uncer- tainty 258 The waves of it should awaken sinners to repentance 261 How Christ's filling its waves is a comfortable consideration 265
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Page Sea, The riches gained from it, call for great thankfulness 267
Vide Ocean. Seamen^ two serious epistles to them 206, 209
Their watchfulness teachable to us 229
Their dangers discover God's power and goodness 234;
Their prudence in shifting their sails teachable 237
Their care not to lose their wind, spiritually improved 239
How the dangers they run are instructive to us 246
Their chief danger near land considered and improved 287
Their coming safe to shore, an emblem of saints getting to
A catechism for them 333
A serious address to them 34^
What mercies they should chiefly pray for when going a
Reproved for neglecting prayer at their going to sea 35^
Especially rebuked for their oaths and blasphemies 3o4»
Motives exciting them to begin their voyages with prayer ^^55 Their preservation in storms a wonderful providence 359
Sharply reproved for forgetting and neglecting God's won- derful mercies 365 Useful instructions to them 368 Some account of their privilege and duty 334, S^c. When and how they are peculiarly obliged to be thankful
Sec7'esy^ People often induced to sin from the hope of it 3'J3
The vanity of hoping for it, in sinning 375
The non-expectation of it improved against temptations 378
The wickedness of those who sin without regarding it 380
Security^ The vanity of hoping for it in sinning against God 371
Seed-corn^ principles of grace compared to it 67
Reflection, a poem concerning it 73
Its corruption and springing, an emblem of the death and
resurrection of saints 89
Seed-time, meditations on springing-weather after it 75
Vide Rain. Seeth the sins of men, how God does it 37
Vide Knozvledge. Ship, launching of it an emblem of the first and second birth 217 The helm of it an emblem of conscience 231
]\Ieditation upon the means used to preserve it in a storm 263 Spreading its sails unseasonably, an emblem of carnal mirth 275 A neglected leak in it represents the danger of indulged sin 277 Shore, the danger of a ship near it spiritually improved 287
Joy of making it, represents that of the saints coming to hea- ven 290
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SJwre, It was usual for the ancient Christians to pray there 344j
Sin, the nature and evil of it explained and improved 381