Secret [see Pra'ier] prayer is most soul-en- riching, ii. 183 ; is a Christian's refuge in times of affliction and persecution, ii. 190, 191 ; our near and dear relation to Go(l calls aloud for, ii. 194, 195 ; God hath set a special mark of favour ui)on those that liave prayed in, ii. 1115, 196 ; Satan is a great enemy to, ii. 193, 197 ; sins, ii. 184, 185 ; four arguments to take heed of, ii. ii. 253-256 ; God reveals his, only to his people, ii. 185, 186 ; there are three sorts of divine, that God reveals, ii. 1S6, 187 ; the saints only are the Lord's secret ones, ii. 185; praver, a dutv, in five things, ii. 165, 166.
Secrets, three kinds of, ii. 186-189.
Seeking God, vain thottglits in, i. 86 ; self- seeking, i. 118 ; leads to many sins, ib. ; abases man, i. 118, 119 ; curses and woes against, i. 119 ; are self-destroyers, i. 120 ; examples of self-dcuiers, i. 120, 121 ; shews emptiness, i. 122 ; early seeking of God, i. 185.
Self, natural, i. 238 ; religious and sinful, i. 239.
Sirvant-<, being, not to hinder secret prayer, ii. 210-216 ; may be a means of doing good to others thereby, ii. 216, seq.
Sotices, necessity, not difficulty of, i. 74 ; recpiired, i. 77 ; peremptory in, i. 87 ; ini- pcrfection of, i. S9 ; unable to sujiport in trouble, i. 90; assurance often given on entering \ipon difficult, ajid reasons, ii. 350, scq.
Sharers, Christ and the saints, and saints and Christ, iii. 71-75.
'Shifts' to escaiio affliction, i. 322, 323; God blasts, i. 325, 326.
Shine, desjiised sliall, i. 82.
Shut out and shut in, i. 56.
Signs, twelve, whereby men may know whether God be tiieir portion or no, ii. 82- 106 ; four of the gracious presence of God with us, v. 562, 563.
Silence, seven-fold, i. 295 ; stoical, ib. ; politic, i. 295, 2%; foolish, i. 296; sullen, 296, 297; forced, i. 297; despairing, 297, 298; prudent, i. 298-306; what it doth not ex- clude, i. 306, seq.; why saints must be, i. 312, seq. ; helps other graces, i. 328 ; es- teemed by God, i. 3J9; if not, fighters against prayer, i. 330; makes all easy, i. 330; gives possession of the soul, i. l\^^.
332; commands in the Word on, ib. ■ mercy nearest, i. 333, 334.
Sileiitium, A/tuin, I. Ixix.
Sin, end of, I. Ivii. ; shun, I. Isiii. ; Mrs P.rooks on, I. Ix.xix. ; sjiecial sins used by Satan, i. 3, 4 ; one, i. 14 ; a bitter-sweet, i. 14; losses of, i. 15; deceitfulness of, (6., bewitching, i6., painted, i. 16; light names to, i>)., not lessened by, ih., the more dangerous, i. 16 ; how to look at, i. 17 ; in eternity, i. 17 ; cost Christ's blood, ih., extenuating of, i. 19 ; called little but not so, ib., progress of, L 20; great- est danger in small sins, i. 21 ; weight of least, i. 23 ; more evil m Iccist than in affliction, i. 23 ; S.itan shows best men's sins, i. 24 ; trade of, saints will not, i. 2.5; God punishes saints for, i. 25 ; landmarks, i. 27 ; awful to take encouragement from saints' sins, i. 27 ; judgment is not to be resisted in, i. 27 ; against mercy sorest punished, i. 23 ; better to be kept from than to repent, i. 36 ; encouragenient to, from mercy provoking, i. 43 ; thougli not so great as others, yet perdition in them, i. 55; poring on, i. 91 ; presence of, not power of, i. 91; molesting not reigning, i. 92 ; pro- mises of remission of, i. 92 ; all charged on Clirist, i. 93; believer's soul against, i. 104, 105; universal, i. 105; relapses into, i. 110; yield not to tlie least to get rid of tempta- tion, i. 117 ; against law of God and nature, i. 118 ; greatness and vileness of, i. 139 ; more need of a Saviour, ib. ; of the aiints, on the day of judgment, i. 220, seq. ; blot- ted out, i. 220, 221 ; not remembered, i. 221 ; cast behind God's back, i. 221 ; par- doned, i. 222 ; covered, i. 222, 223 ; not imputed, i. 223 ; to reveal on the day of judgment, unsuitable to solemnity thereof, i. 223 ; to near relations of Christ, ib. ; to what is required here, ib.; glory of man to 'pass over,' i. 224; covenant with, i. 2.53 ; an eneniv, ib. ; bonds, i. 255 ; fire, i. 255-258 ; a thief, i 258, 259 ; a burden, i. 2.59 ; a tyrant, i. 260, 261 ; in the life, i. 270 ; allurements to, i. 272; encourivge- mcnt to, taken from God's mercy, i. 273, 274; aiHict saints, i. 308; more evil in least than in affliction, i. 319, 323; morti- fying of, i. 350 ; heail sin compared to re- moving skin of a rabbit, i. 351 ; of sin and sinful shifts, eight great sins, prosperity lays man oi)en to, ii. 42, scq.; how to find out a particular sin, answered, ii. 1.50 scq. ; spared, ii. 151 ; read in your punishment, ii. 151, 152 ; secret, ii. 283-292 ; cherishing a secret, darling, impediment to assurance, ii. 391 ; motives to dissuade from this, ii. 302 ; evidence sincerity, ii. 392 ; renders otiier concjuests easy, ii. 392 ; damage done by, ii. 393 ; yields more joy than all sin, ii. 39."{, 394 ; duty to do every day what we would wish to do on our dying-day, ii. 394; till done, fears and doubts will haunt the soul, ii. 395 ; mnans to mortify, ii. 395-397; little, iii. 17, 18 ; seed of all in heart, iii. 37, 38 ;" great mischief of, iii. 39, 40; how slain, iii. 70-72 ; saint will not willingly commit, iii. 79 ; pardon of, a gift of God, iii. 106; eight arguments to arm us against the appearance of sin, iii. (see under rfcniiH- ionnnd Jill ili )!(]:' a universal willingness to be rid of all sin. is an infallible evidence of the truth of grace in the soul, iii. 308-.309 ;