a transcendent willingness, a superlative wUliiigness, to be rid of sin, is an infallible evidence of the truth of grace in the soul, iii. 309 seq. ; that soul that does not allow himself, or indulge himself, in a course of sin, or in the common practice of any known sin, that soul is certainly a graci- ous soul, iii. 312, 313 ; that soul that conflicts most with heart-sins, and is most affected and afflicted with spiritual sins, he is certainly a gracious soul, iii. 313, seq.; that soul that abstains from sin, and whose heart rises against sin because of the evil nature of it, &c., that soul has certainly a principle of grace, a seed of God in him, iii. 315, seq.; where there is an irrecon- cilable opposition in the soul against sin, there is a saving work of God upon that man's heart, iii. 318, 319 ; where the very prevailings of sin are oi'dinarily made ser- viceable to high and holy ends, there cer- tainly is a saving work of God upon that man's soul, iii. 319, 320 ; where a bare, naked command of God is commonly of that power, force, and authority with the soul, as to curb sin and restrain the soul from sin, and to fence the soul against the encroachments and commands of sin, there is certainly a saving work of God upon that man's soul, iii. 321, 322; constant desires, and earnest and constant endeav- ours to avoid and shun all known appear- ances of sin, evidences the truth and reality of grace in the soul, iii. 323, seq.; he that sets himself mostly, resolutely, habitually, against his bosom-sins, his eonstitutiou- sins, &c., he has certainly a powerful, a saving work of God upon his soul, iii. 331, 332 ; that soul that would not willingly, wilfully, resolutely, maliciously, wickedly, habitually, &c., sin against tlie Lord to gain a world, that soul is certainly a gra- cious soul, iii. 381 ; Paul lays down eight aggravations of his sins, and all to greaten and heighten them, iii. 408, seq. ; many indulge their lusts, iii. 470, 471, (see sorrow ;) there wei'e seven sins among the professing people in London, that ought to work them to justify the Lord though he hath burned them up and turned them out of all, vi. 51, seq.; [see under Atheism, Intemxierance, Callings, Jncor- rigibleness, Opjyression, Gospel, Lying, Fornication, Sabbath, Clergy, BuUrs, Messengers, Blood;] by fiery trials God will make a fuller discovery of his people's sins, vi. 37 ; designs the preventing sin, vi. 37, 38 ; the embittering of, to his people, vi. 38, 40 ; the mortifying and purging away, of his people's, vi. 40, 41 ; in the general brings the judgment of fire upon a people, vL 57, 58 ; of the several sins that bring the fiery judgment upon cities and countries ; firstly. It is that atheism that is rampant that reigns in the hearts and Uves of sinners as a prince reigns upon his throne, vi. 64 ; secondly, Luxuiy and intemperance bring desolating and destroying judgments upon places and persons, vi. 64 ; thirdly. The Bins that were to be found in the citizens' callings, vL 70, seq.; fourthly, Desperate incorrigibleness and unreformedness under former wasting and destroying judgments, brings the judgment of fire upon a people,
vi. 75, seq.; fifthly. Insolent and crael oppressing of the poor brings desolating judgments upon a people, vi. 77, seq.; sixthly, Rejecting the gospel, contemning the gospel, and slighting the free and gra- cious offers of Christ in the gospel brings the fiery dispensation upon a people, vi. 81, seq.; seventhly, A course of lying, a trade of lying, brings desolating judgments upon cities and people, vi. 89, seq.; The eighth sin that brings the judgment of fire is, men's giving themselves over to fornication and going after strange flesh, vi. 100, seq. ; the ninth sin that brings the judgment of fire upon a people is, profanation of the Sabbath, vi. 106, seq.; tenthly. The profaneness, lewdness, blindness, and wickedness of the clergy brings the judgment of fire, vi. 115. seq.; eleventhly. Sometimes the sins of princes and rulers bring the judgment of fire ujion persons and places, vi. 116, 117 ; twelfthly. The abusing, mocking, and despising of the messengers of the Lord brings the fieiy dispensation upon a people, vi. 117; thirteenthly. Shed- ding of the blood of the just is a crying sin that biings the judgment of fire, and lays all desolate, vi. 117, seq.; twelve observable things about, vi. 276, 277.
Sincerity, ii. 172 ; when a man's heart is sin- cere with God, V. 16, 17; labour for inward, rather than outward glory, v. 280.
Singular, to be, i. 269.
Sinners, appeals to, I. Ivi, seq. ; bold, book for, I. Ixxvi ; gi'eatest, have obtained mercy, i. 140 ; the greater the dearer, i. 142, 143 ; salvation of, God's delight, i. 277 ; greatest, stand in gi'eatest need, ii. 122; comfort for fioor, anxious, iii. 122, 123 ; nine principles to lead to seek and get an interest in Christ, iii. 203, seq.; the unworthy alone get an interest in Christ, iii. 204 ; Christ saves to the utter- most, ib. ; things not to be made sins which God doth not, iv. 21 ; the more a man con- flicts with heart-sins, the more holy he is, iv. 404-406; a holy heart rises (1.) against all sins; (2.) against secret sins; (3.) against the least sins ; (4. ) against bosom-sins, iv. 109, seq. ; sorrow and sadness often arises from sinning against God, iv. 260, 261 ; take heed of scandalous, iv. 323-325 ; five men's opinions how best to mortify, iv, 392 ; four ways to know when sin is in- dulged, V, 17, 18; thirteen arguments to prove that no gotlly man does or can in- dulge himself in any course, or way, or trade of, v. 18, seq. ; ten arguments to shew the folly, vanity, and falsehood of that opinion that is received and com- monly avoided by ministers and Christians, viz. , that every godly person hath his be- loved sin, his bosom sin, v. 24, seq. ; (1.) all wicked men have their beloved sins, their darling sins, &c., v. 30, 31; (2.) the elect before their conversion have had their be- loved sins, &c. , V. 31 ; (3. ) after conver- sion, the hearts of the elect are most set against those, which were once their be- loved, ib.; (4.) after conversion, a sincere Christian endeavours to be most eminent in that particular grace which is most con- trary to that sin which was once his be- loved sin, V. 31,32; (5.) though no godly
man hath any beloved sin, yet every god- ly man hath one sin or other, to which tliey are more prone than to others, v. 32, 33 ; eight remedies against keeping up any special sin, either in heart or life, against the Lord, or against the light and convic- tion of a man's own conscience, v. 33, seq. ; five-and-twenty arguments against keeping up of any special sin, in heart or life, against the Lord, or against the light of a man's own conscience, v. 41, scq.; a true penitential turning from all sin lies in sLx particulars, v. 26, 27 ; five-and- twenty arguments to make us to turn from all, v. 41, seq.; odious nature of, v. 205, seq.
Sizars and scholars, I. xxv.