of holiness has thiit m;in attained, iv. 406, 408 ; ten, to persuade Christians to keep the signal presence of God with them in the greatest troubles and deepest dis- tresses, &c., (1.) Consider the signal pre- sence of God with his people puts the greatest honour, dignity, and gloiy im- aginable npou them, v. 559, oGO ; (2.) Con- sider that nothing can make up tlie want of this signal presence of God, 5G1, 562 ; (3. ) Consider, if you do not labour to keep the gracious presence of God with you, you have high reason to question whether ever you have really enjoyed this signal Ijresence of God with you or no, v. 562, 563 ; (4. ) Consider the excellent proper- ties of the divine presence, v. 563-565 ; (5. ) Consider in j'our great troubles and deep distresses you will need most of the signal presence of God with you, which is evidenced by an induction of six par- ticulars, ergo, V. 565, 566 ; (6. ) Consider this signal presence of God will make you divinely fearless in the midst of your greatest troubles and deepest distresses, V. 666; (7.) Consider that there is in God a very great unwillingness to withdraw his presence from his iieople, v. 566-568; (8.) Consider that troubles will never trouble you if you can but secure the pre- sence of God with you, v. 568; (9.) Con- sider that the worst of men cannot fasten a curse upon you whilst you keep the pre- sence of God with you, v. 568, 569; (10.) Consider that the divine presence will make up the absence of all outward com- forts, V. 5()9, 570.
Mourners, such as are true, are blessed, iii. 269, 270 ; seven reasons why a holy man mourns for other men's sins, iv. 129, 130 ; he that wotild be holy must mourn over his own unholiuess, iv. 212-214 ; over the loss of holiness, iv. 334, scq.
Mourniiig, moderate, i. .309, 310 ; not im- moderate, i. 465 ; mourn over the loss of holiness, iv. 334, seq.
Multipliciti/ of worldly business, i. 89.
Multiiui/e, sin witli, must suffer with, i. 85.
Murmurcrs, i. 320 ; heinous and dangerous, i. 333, 334 ; shews a root of bitterness, i. 334 ; infamous, i. 334, 335 ; a mother-sin, i. 335 ; God-provoking, i. 336 ; the devil's image, i. 336, 337 ; mercy-imbittering sin, i. 337 ; mercy-desti-oying sin, i. 337, 338 ; unfits the soul for duty, i. 338, 339 ; time- destroying sin, i. 3.39 ; Christians least cause to be, i. 340 ; makes life invisibly miserable, i. 340, 341 ; adds to afflictions, i. 361, 364.
Mute Christian, i. 294, seei.; a great duty to be, i. 295.
Myrtle, i. 172 ; ii. 517.
Names given to the wicked in the Bible, i. 62 ; to Satan, i. 156; 'good,' i. 379; hardly recovered when lost, i. 380 ; of Jesus, i. 381 ; God wipes off reproach cast on good, i. 382, 383 ; many professors take up in a great, iii. 470 ; the several names which denote the essence of God are attributed to Christ also in the blessed Scriptures, v. 150, seq.
Natural, of men in their natural state ; a man in, -without God in the world, ii. 115.
Natures, of Christ two : of his eternal deity, v. 149, scq.; of Christ's manhood, v. 167, seq.; several reasons why Christ did par- take of both, V. 175, seq.; eleven inferences drawn from the deity and humanity of Christ, V. 182, seq.
Necessity, cursed, i. 25'; not difficulty, i. 74 ; of believing, i. 144 ; the, of holiness, iv, 150, seq.
Needy, wicked the most, i. 44.
Neglecting, he that willingly neglects private prayer, shall certainlj- be neglected in his public prayer, ii. 191-192 ; of ordinances, and omission of religious duties, impedi- ment to assurance, ii. 388, 389.
Neuters shall not go to heaven, iv. 89, 90.
Niceness, spiritual, iv. 23.
Nightingale, ii. 171.
Noble, the more bound to be holy, iv. 6. — (See under Bich and Miches. )
Notes, Brooks' own valuable, I. xvii.
Nothing we have, but what has been received, i. 125, 126 ; in Christ to discourage, and everything to encourage, i. 143.
Number our days, i. 180 ; of saints not di- minished, but increased by persecution, iv. 286, 287.
Obedience, ii. 427 ; a thing that accompanies salvation, ii. 432; what, or properties of, that accompanies salvation, ii. 468; cordial and hearty, ii. 468, 469 ; universal, ii. 469, 470; springs from inward spiritual causes, ii. 470, 471; ready, free, and willing, ii. 471-473; peremptorj', ii. 473; end of, is divine glory, ii. 473, 474; constant, ii. 474, 475; passive, ii. 475, 476; if from faith, then our estate good, an infallible work of God upon our soul, iii. 335 ; seven ways to know when ours is the, of faith, with the resolu- tion of some considerable questions about, worthy of serious consideration, iii. 335, scq.; Christ did iierform that active, unto the law of God which we should, but by reason of sin could not, perforin, v. 71, scq. ; a plea drawn up from the acti\ e, of Christ, V. 75, scq.; of the passive, of Christ, v. 76, 77. — (See Unitcisal.)
Objections, several, answered, ii. 119, scq.; against private prayer answered, in several particulars, ii. 202, seq. 01 j. (1.) We have no power to make ourselves holy, answered, iv. 241, seq.; (2.) But hereafter may be time enough to look after holiness, we may be spared to sj)end a few more years in pursuing after tlie profits, jileasures, &c., of the world, answered, iv. 246, seq.; (3.) If we should press and pursue after holiness, then w-e must take our farewell of all joy and comfort, of all deliglit and pleasu;e, &c., answered, iv. 249, seq.; (4.) We see that there are none so afilicted and persecuted as those who mind holiness, who follow after holiness, &c., answered, iv. 261, seq.; (5.) If we should labour after holiness, then we must resolve to be poor and mean, and low in the world, for we shall never grow rich by godliness, an- swered, iv. 300, seq.; (6. ) Should we pursue after holiness, it Avould be a disgrace and dishonour to us who are honourable, gi"eat, rich, and high in the world : we are high- born, we are gentlemen, and well-bi ed : and holiness seems to be too poor and too low a thing for such as we are to look after,