A Brighter Day Begins with His Word.

Brooks, Thomas, 1608-1680 • SECTION 255

Section 255

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Heart 'fat,' I. sliii ; no divine tiling ours till in our, I. Ixxiii ; God's heart not to be judged of by his hand, i. 42, 197, 198; instances, ih. ; grace makes carefid of, i. 101 ; an ignorant, an evil, i. 137 ; ' dear hearts,' a form of address, i. 169, 287, iii. 3; Christ's, set on sinners, i. 245, 246 ; drawn to God in affliction, i. 342 ; proves bad under enjoyment of mercies, i. 352, 353 ; such as have God for their portion should never set their lieaits upon earthly por- tions, ii. 54-56 ; if God be thy portion, then he carides thy heart from all other things ; the portion always carries the heart with it, ii. 90-92 ; not to be set on earthly por- tions, ii. 54-.56 ; joy of, in knowing God is a portion, ii. 78, 79 ; God seeks our, ii. 256, 257 ; in best frame, ii. 430 ; ready in, for every work imposed, iii. 169, 170 ; he whose heart does not condemn him in such things may have confidence towards God, iii. 26S ; where the constant standing frame of a man's heart, desires and endea- vours are set for God, Christ, grace, holi- ness, there is a most sure and infallible work of God upon that man's soul, iii. 331, seq. ; a gi-acious, is an uniform, iii. 354-356 ; a gracious, sets himself most against his darling sin, his known sin, his consti- tution sin, &c. , iii. 356 ; he that has given up liis, and life, to tlie rule, authority, and government of Christ, he has a saving work of God upon him, iii. 382, 383 ; that man that will cleave to Christ with full purpose of, shall certainly be saved, iji. 383 ; that man that makes it his principal duty, his main business, and his work of works, to work, to watch, to reform his heart, that man doubtlessly hath a saving work of God upon his, iii, 383, seq. ; ten ways shewing how men should keep their, iii. 386, seq. ; there are many that are j:reat strangers to their own, iii. 471 ; a holy, mourns for sin as sin, iv. 131 ; is put in mind of his own bad, ib. ; mourns for others' sins, ih.; regards sin as the crucifier of Christ, ib. ; seeks to keep off wrath, iv. 131, 132 ; looks on sin as bringing judg- ments, iv. 132 ; looks on sin as chains, ib.; upright, four things on, vi. 340, scq.

Heat, degrees of, i. 95.

Heaven, on earth, i. 396, 397; ii. 301, seq.; glory, ii. 3, 4 ; ten arguments to prove that unholy persons have no mind to go to, iv. 78, 80 ; the more holy any man is, the more actually ripe for, that man is, iv. 351 ; that there are degrees of glory in, that some saints shall partake of more

gloi-y in, than others sliall, is proved by hscripturo and argument, iv. ."jtJG, seq.; ob- jections against degrees of glory in lieaven answered, iv. 379, srq. ; is a city that is built upon a five-fold foundation, vi. 283 ; resemlilince betwixt, and a city holds in nine respects, v. L'84, scq.

Heir, real holiness is a sure evidence that thou art an, of glory, iv. 420, seq.

Hell, without sin, i, 13 ; not so hot to some, yet certain, i. 5.") ; unquenchaVde, i. 324 ; delay lands tliousands in, ii. 124 ; unholy persons are doomed, adjudged, and sen- tenced to, iv. 74, seq.; iis nature, v. 104, seq. ; that Clirist's soul after liis passion upon the cross did not really and locally descend into tlie place of tlie damned, is made evi- dent by several arguments, v. 103, seq. ; ol)jections .against Christ's suffering of hellish torments answered— (1.) v. 106, 107; (2.) v. 107; (3.) v. 107, 108; (4.) v. 108-110; (.5.) V. 110-112; that there is a hell is proved at large by Scripture and argument, v. 113, seq. ; hellish torments are matchless, easeless, and endless, v. 126, seq. : there are ten things in hell, v. 128, seq. ; a five-fold improvement of hell- ish torments, v. 135 ; of the place where hell is, v. 141, xcq.

Helps against Satan, i. 1.58, seq.

Hid, none can be so against the saints as to hinder them from Ijeiug, in au evil day, v. 512, 51.3.

Hiding of end, i. 12.

Hinher and higher, I. Ixiii ; aim high, i. 40, 41.

Hindranee, self a, i. 122.

Histories, none like Scripture, ii. 319.

Hold on, 1. Ixvi ; in ways of God, vi. 354, seq.

Hold-fast, i. 59 ; departed saints, held on, i. 71 ; a man that hath God for his portion will hold fast his portion, and rather part with everything than with his God, ii. 87-89.

Holiness, all men are fallen from tlieir pri- mitive, iv. 4, 5 ; there is a sixfold, iv. 38 ; without, can never be hajipy, iv. 47, seq. ; without, are strangers to God, iv. 51 ; without, are in fellowship with Satan, iv. 53, 54 ; the unholy full of contrariety to God, iv. 53, 54 ; without communion with God in the world, iv. 54, 55 ; reasons why without, there can be no happiness, iv. 77, seq. ; is it possible to know whether you have tliis real holiness or not? iv. 96 ; a momentous point, iv. 97, 98; willing- ness to make this trial, a favourable thing, iv. 08 ; many deceived about, iv. 98-100 ; much counterfeit, iv. 99-100; if really pos- sessed, a great blessing, iv. 100, seq. ; really holy persons shewn, and trial offered, iv. 102, .w/. ; one wlio really lias holiness is much in ailmiration of the holiness of God, iv. 104, 105 ; is the honour and the glory of the creature, iv. 159, stcq.; is very at- tractive, drawing, and winning, iv. 161, seq. ; is the excellency of all a man's excel- lencies, iv. 163, seq. ; is an honour and an ornament both to the person tliat has it and also to the very places where they were born, iv. 16 {, .ic/. ; is the vei^y ear-mark, the very livei-y and badge of Christ's ser- vants and subjects, iv. 166, 167 ; a man of, is a common blessing, a public mercy, iv. 167-169 ; is of greatest antiquity, iv.

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