Captivity, a blessing to the Jews, i. 48.
Care and cares, of inordinate, such as have God for their portion must away with all inordinate, for the things of this life, and that upon six grounds, ii. 02-66 ; the saints are a people of God's special, v. 546, 547 ; vi. 420, 421.
Caution, concerning the things that accom- pany salvation, ii. 511, 512.
Changing repentance, a, i. 31 ; of whole man, ib. ; to God, ib. ; from darling sins, ib. ; a man's condition, a godly man won't change with men of this world for ten thousand worlds, iii. 380, 381.
'Charge God' foolisldy, i. 320, 321.
Chastcyiing and teaching, I. Ixx.
Cherished, vain thoughts not to be, i. 87 ; interest in Christ to be, ii. 108, 109.
Ckerishivci sin, hinders assurance, v. 33, seq.
Child, a devout, ii. 108.
Children, death of, sometimes a mercy, i. 352 ; of God have the Spirit, ii. 225, 226.
Clioice, no man can choose God and Christ, grace and glory, holiness and happiness, as his chiefest good, unless he be i-eally good, iii. 3S1, .382.
Christ, 'none but,' I. lix ; Mrs Brooks on, I. Ix.wii, srq. ; wonder of his manifestation, i. 17, 18; contrasts of, i. 18; crucified, ib. ; discoveries of, i. 74, 75 ; hard things borne by, i. 75 ; rest in, i. 103 ; enjoyment of, ib. ; gave himself in prime of age, i. 206 ; young, i. 206, 207 ; everything in, i. 240, 241 ; mighty to .save, ib. ; most will- ing, i. 242, 243 ; a mediator, i. 243, 244 ; no way of salvation V)ut, i. 244 ; poor, i. 400 ; a man that would have God for his portion must t.'iko up Christ in his arms and treat witli God upon the credit of Christ, ii. 117-118 ; was much in secret prayer, ii. 169, 170 ; six reasons why, ii. 170, 171 ; is much delighted in the secret prayers of his people, ii. 185 ; what a friend
he is, shewn in ten particulars, ii. 185, ISO ; the chief of ten tliousand, ii. 425, 420 ; subject to, as a liead, ii 427. 428 ; a sliarcr with the saints, iii. 72, 73 ; saints share with, iii. 73-75 ; main object of saints' contemplation, iii. 79 ; want of, main sorrow, ib. ; saint weeps over dis- honour done to, iii. 80 ; saint's soul car- ried forth to, iii. 82 : gives himself, iii. 110 ; very rich, iii. 1.50, seq. ; why he is thus held forth, iii. 155, feq. ; notliing to be joined with in redemption, iii. 192, 193, 195 ; prized, will be delighted in, iii. 195, 190 ; obeyed, iii. 190 ; trust, iii. 198 ; for- sake not, iii. 199, 200 ; clear up interest in, and six means to this, iii. 200, seq. ; the end of his coming was to save sinners, iii. 203, 204 ; his affection for sinners as great in heaven as on earth, iii. 204 ; no previous qualification needed to come to, iii. 205 ; appointed and anointed to receive sinners, iii. 206 ; everything in, to encou- rage, nothing to discourage, iii. 206, 207 ; surest and shortest way to be saved is to cast ourselves at once on, iii. 207 ; the great duty of preachers to preach Christ, ib. ; how ministers are to do so : eleven rules for, iii. 211, seq. : that he was made a curse for us, v. 140-148, {see contents of Vol. III. J), vti. ;) Christ lays claim to all that belongs to the Father as God, v. 165, 160 ; Christ's especial deit}' proved at large by a variety of special arguments, v. 149, seq. ; that Christ had a true, human, and reasonable soul, v. 172-174 ; eleven infer- ences from tlie divinity and humanity of Christ, V. 182, seq. ; nine strong consola- tions that flow from the imputation of Christ's righteousness, v. 234, seq. ; take up with nothing short of, v. 271, seq.
Christian, Mrs Blake a, indeed, i. 405, 406.
Christians, carlv, i. 130 ; Mrs Blake, a, in- deed, i. 405," 406; lazy, ii. 387; and negligent, iii. 141.
Citii, burned citizens should make sure of a city that hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God, vi. 282, 283 : heaven is a, that is built upon a five-fold foundation, vi. 283, 284 ; the resemblance betwixt heaven and a, holds in nine particulars, vi. 284, 285.
Civil men, mere, shall not go to heaven, iv. 87, 88.
Clergy, the profaneness, lewdness, &c. of, Itrings the judgment of fire, vL 115, seq.
Combats, the comb.at between the Almighty and Jacob, ii. 178, seq.
Comfort, why none, I. xliii ; sin and, sepa- rated, I. xliv ; Hebrew word for explained, I. xliv-xlv ; gospel to be sparing!}' given to the profane, 1. xlv ; character of gospel, ib. ; lost, a device of Satan, i. 108 ; separ- able from grace, (7;. ; much remaining, ib. ; causes of, not always tlie same, i. 109 ; God restores, i. 109, 110; for iiresent, poor con- dition of believers, i. 466 ; for outward ab.asements, i. 466, 467 ; the sig^ial pre- sence of the Lord with his people in their gi-catest troubles yields them the greatest, V. 547, seq.
Commands, to love, i. 129; to be silent, i. 332, 3.33 ; delay, cross to Christ's, ii. 122, 123 ; he that liath a respect to all God's,
shall never be ashamed, iii. 266, 267. — (See Obedience.)
Commentaries reprinted, I. xv.
Committee, high esteem of Brooks, I. Iii.
Common, earthly portions, ii. 23.
Commons, House of, exhorted to hold on in the ways of God, vi. 346, seq.
Commnnioii. with God, i. 161, 253 ; ii. 80, 81, 134 ; how shall a man know when he hath real, with God in his closet, ii. 264, 265 ; six arguments to prove that all Chris- tians do not enjoy like, with God in pri- vate, ii. 264-26(3; keep up, ii. 305, 306; assurance heightens, ii. 408 ; there is no spiritual, with God in this world without holiness, iv. 54, 55 ; unholy persons are to be shut out from, with the people of God in this world, proved by an induction of particulars, iv. 64, seq. ; the more holy any man is the more will lae live with God, iv. 349, 350 ; none can be so against us as to hinder our, with the Father, Son, and Spirit, V. 500-502.
Compaiiions, evil, i. 271.
Company, wicked, a device of Satan, i. 61 ; reveals the character, i. 248 ; he tliat will be holy must keep, with the holy, iv. 218, 219 ; those who seek perfect holiness must be most in, with the holiest, iv. 387, 388.
Comj)ari.'ion with worse than selves, i. 54, 55, 233, 234 ; iv. 201, 202 ; to be made with the Word, i. 55; in, of God, all things are nothing, a man that would have God for his portion must trample upon all other portions in, of God, ii. 115, 116.
Compass, mariner's, ii. 92.
Complnininr/, in aflBictions, i. 312.
Compliances, away with, ii. 58, 59.
Conceedments of Satan, i. 24.
Concord, temple of, i. 427.
Condemning, heart. — (See Heart.)
' Condemnation, no,' i. 91 ; unholy persons are adjudged and condemned to hell, iv. 74, seq.
Condescension of Christ's love, iii. 194, 195.
Confession, the second part of true repent- ance lies in, of sin, iii. 401 ; there are eight properties or qualifications of true, peni- tential, iii. 403, seq.