to a believer's own heart, ii. 315-346 ; there are special reasons of giving, ii. 346, seq.; grounds and cautions regai'diug, ii. 347, seq.; first objection to the 'doctrine' of, answered, ii. 369, seq.; hindrances and impediments to, ii. 373, seq.; motives to provoke Christians to be restless till they have obtained, ii. 397, seq.; many in hell who have presumed on, ii. 398 ; many soul- flatterers, soul-deceivers, ii. 398, 399 ; wUl ease from a threefold burden, ii. 399, 400 ; a jewel of price, ii. 402, 403 ; believers' efforts aftei", contrasted with worldly men's efforts to make sure the things of this life, ii. 403 ; enables to bear a burden without a burden, ii. 404 ; commands of God regarding, ii. 404, 405 ; advantages I'edounding from, ii. 406-413 ; counterfeit, ii. 413 ; means to gain well grounded, ii. 414, seq.; inward work more than wages in seeking, ii. 414, 415 ; differences between true and coun- terfeit, ii. 512, seq.; handmaids atteudmg on, ii. 517, seq.; questions regarding, ii. 523, seq.; how to strengthen, ii. 524, seq.; woes attending loss of, ii. 527, seq.; com- fort to such as have lost, ii. 527, seq.; how to recover, ii. 530, seq.; counsels to those who enjoy, ii. 532, seq.; the sense and evidence of the least grace, yea, of the least degree of the least grace, may afford some measure of, iii. 259-261; that Chris- tians may more easily attain to a comfort- able, of their gracious state than many, nay, than most do apprehend or believe : this is strongly and fully made good, iii. 264, seq. ; there is a threefold, ui. 266 ; how to argue to, iii. 266, seq.; perfection of, in resjject of degrees not attainable in this life, iii. 286 ; is not to be expected by any extraordinary way of revelation, iii. 287, 2SS ; excludes not all fears, doubts, conflicts, &c., iii. 479, 480; is hindered eight ways, v. 33, seq.
Atheism, from a fly, i. 20 ; gross, practical, brings desolating judgments upon a people, vi. 59-61 ; famou.s atheists, vi. 60 ; in a strict and proper sense there never was such a creature in the world as an atheist, vi. 61, seq. ; there are the seeds of, in the best and holiest of the sons of men, vi. 63, 64.
Attributes, four glorious, of God, that are ascribed to Christ in the blessed Scrip- tures, V. 156-159.
Authors, that unholy persons are to be shut out fi'om special communion with the people of God, is made evident by the judgments of many learned and approved, iv. 69-71.
Babes in grace, the generality of Christians
are but, iii. 471. Backsliding, ii. 408. Balance, such as ixse the, of deceit run
counter-cross to eight things, vi. 73-75. Baptism, to whom to be administered, I.
xlviii, seq.; why refused, ih. Bearing up, the imputed righteousness of
Christ will best bear up the liearts of the
saints under the sense of their weakness
and imj)erfections, v. 247-251. Beasts, unholy persons are, yea, the worst of,
iv. 71, 72. Beauty of the world presented by Satan,
Bee and fly, I. xliii, 346 ; gathers honey from bitterest herbs, I. xlv; carry weights, i. 237. Believing, the one remedy, i. 143 ; necessity
of, i. 144. Bell, Mrs, an example of many Christian
graces, vi. 437, seq. Bellarmine's ^ Limhus Patrum,^ is a mere
fable, v. 145, 146. Best things reserved until last, i. 410; in- heritance in heaven, i. 414, 415 ; it is God's good-will to reserve, i. 435 ; to keep saints longing and waiting, i. 435, 436 ; because otherwise saints were of all men most misei-able, i. 436 ; for greater horror, and confusion of the wicked, i. 436, 4.37 ; save his honour and secure his glory, i. 437, 438 ; to make the saints temptation- proof, i. 438 ; not able to take in all the glory, i. 439; not come to full age, ih.; patiently wait for, i 440, 441 ; certain and sure, i. 432 ; therefore be not concerned at the wicked's outward prosperity, i. 441; let believers be contented, i. 442 ; judge not the saints by their present condition, i. 444 ; keep up a lively, hopeful expectation of, i. 444, 445 ; do nothing unworthy of the glory laid up, i. 445 ; long to be possessed of, i. 446, 447 ; let not the men of the world envy the saints whilst in the wilderness, i. 447 ; let not outward losses trouble, i. 448, 449 ; let not believers be unwilling to die, i. 4-50. Bestowed, God hath, himself on as great
sinners, ii. 120. Betimes, good, i. 178, 181 ; honour to be good, i. 205; prevents temptations, i. 215; things to be j)ractised as we would be good, i. 234, seq. Better, God, than his word, i. 111. Bewitching, sin, i. 15.
Blessings sought for readers, i. 5-7; God will
cei'tainly bless all a holy man's, to him, iv.
417, 418 ; some special, are always annexed
to the signal presence of God, v. 559, seq.
Blindness,-so\i\, i. 137.
Blood, sin costs Christ's, i. 17 ; all-sufBcient, i. 277 ; the least drop of Christ's, was not sufficient for the redemption of our souls, proved by five arguments, ii. 250-251 ; despair dishonouring to, ii. 379, 380 ; of Christ, a gift of God, iii. 105, 106 ; of souls, iii. 209, 210 ; shedding of the, of the just brings the jiidgmeut of fire, and lays all desolate, vi. 117-119 ; there are nine things that speak out the preciousness of the, of the just, vi. 119, seq.; great blood- shed, vi. 189. Bodies, glorifying of, reserved to the last, i. 432 ; like the gloiious body of Christ, ib. ; spiritual, i. 432, 433 ; free from all heats, colds, &c. , i. 433 ; agility, 1. 433, 434 ; per- fect subjection to the spirit, i. 434 ; im- mortal, incorruptible, i. 434, 435 ; body of Christ, of those special scriptures that speak out the cei-tainty and verity of Christ's, V. 168-171 ; that Christ had a perfect, entire, complete, and everything which is proper to a, v. 174. Boldness, the more holy any man is, the more bold and courageous he will be for God and godliness, iv. 360-362. Bonds, sin, i. 255.
Books, many, I. xxxviii ; six mentioned in Scripture : (1.) The book of nature, v. 407,
408; (2.) Of providence, wherein all partl- culai's are registered, even such as atheists may count triviid and inconsiderable, v. 408; (3.) Of men's afflictions, an entire book by itself, V. 408, 409; (4.) Of con- science, V. 409, 410 ; (5.) Of Scripture, the most precious, v. 410-412 ; (6. ) Of life, v. 412-414.
Boiv, none can be so against us as to bring us to their, v. 490-498.
Bow of God, long stretched, i. 47.
Bribcri/ brings desolating and destroying judijments both upon persons and places, vi. 70-73.
Burden, sin a, i. 259, 200.
Burial, to whom refused, I. lii.
Business, what ought to be, i. 6 ; multiplicity of, i. 89; not to hinder private prayer, ii. 202-210, seq. ; if we loved prayer as we love, ii. 234.
Cabinet of Jixcels, iii. 233, seq.
CaUinr/s, the sins that were to be found in the citizens, vi. 70, seq.
Calls to be good betimes, i. 184 ; general, i. 277.
Cannots, of several, there is a three-fold 'cannot, (1.) a natural, (2.) a contracted and habituated, (3.) a judicial, iv. 49, seq.;
' Captive,'' taken, explained, i. 12.