Great, may come upon God's children, vi. 235 ; in their inward con- dition, ib.; or their outward, 236; to correct them for past sins, ib. ; to humble them, ib. ; to try their graces, ib. ; to awaken the spirit of prayer, ib. ; to show God's glory, and the riches of His goodness in their recovery, ib.
Unless the children of God were subject to, a full third of the scrip- tures would be useless, vii. 35.
Not to be slighted, vii. 232 ; their author is God, ib. ; their meritorious cause is sin, 233 ; their end is our repentance and amendment, ib. ; not to be fainted under, ib. ; to be valued, 234 ; to be watched, ib.
Faithfulness of God in, of his people, vii. 295 ; real and principal mercies promised absolutely in the covenant of grace, other things con- ditionally, ih. ; in order to make his people eternally happy, God is obliged in point of fidelity to use all the means necessary thereto, 296 ; one of these means is affliction, yea, sharp affliction, ib. ; God faithful in bringing on the affliction, and in guiding it, 297.
Make us understand the word more fully and clearly than before, vii. 334 ; purge the taste, and give a spiritual relish, 335 ; quicken the heart to duty, ib.
Of God's people may be long and grievous before any comfort or deliverance come, vii. 351 ; God does not give a gracious answer at the first call, to try our faith, ib. ; to awaken our importunity, ib. ; to make us sensible of our weakness, ib. ; for his own glory, and that his Avork may be the more remarkable and conspicuous, 352 ; it is the devil's design to tire and weary out the people of God, ib. ; men are unreasonable in their oppositions, and wiU not relent nor abate anything of their rigour, ib.
Why God's people suffer in this world, viii. 94 ; because they are not in heaven, 95 ; not in their eternal rest, ib. ; to purge out sin, ib. ; to humble them, ih.
Of God's peojjle may not only be many, but very sore and heavy, viii. 96 ; many and strong lusts are to be subdued, 97 ; that God may have the more experience and trial of his people, ih. ; that they may have the more experience of God, ib.
Will teach men to pray that never prayed before, ix. 62 ; good ones, that prayed before, will pray with greater earnestness and serious- ness, ib.
God's choicest servants in this world have, ix. 126; as men, ib. ; as
christians, ib.
150 INDEX.
A^lictiom. all have not Abel's cross, but usually have Isaac's, xii. 132 ; though
all suffer not, yet all must be prepared to suffer, ib. ■ when God seeth
tit, we must actually suffer the loss of all things, and obey God at the
dearest rates, ih.
It is not enough to be good in, we must get good by, xii. 267 ; they
come as a blessing when they are improved, 268 ; it is our part to
get benefit by, but God's to remove, 269 ; if our hearts were right,
we would desire to profit by, rather than to get rid of them, ib. ;
murmuring against, bewrayeth a despising of God and a despising of
holiness, 270; what profit may be got by afflictions, 271 ; that the
time of afflictions is a serious, awakening, learning, repenting, weaning
time, and a time of increasing our love to God, ib. ; the necessity
of, 275.
Are so far from infringing our happiness that they promote it, xii. 263.
A double argument why all, must turn to good, from the purpose of
God, and as in Christ so in us, xii. 301. The usual portion of a christian in the discharge of his duty, xii. 375 ; the primitive christians notable instances of this, ib. ; seven kinds of, enumerated, ib. ; reasons why afflictions are permitted to fail on the people of God, 376 ; we have no reason to doubt of God's favour and presence when exercised hj, 377 ; no excuse to exempt us from our dut}', ib. ; how thankful we should be if not called to severe trials, 378; what use we should make of this indulgence, z6. ; can never dissolve the union between Christ and believers, 380. See Sins incident to, &c.
Agabus, only mentioned as a prophet of evil, ii. 327.
Aggravations of sorrow, iii. 275 ; to have our woe brought about by those of our own family and cherishing, ib. ; to be forsaken of friends, ib. ; to be an object of common hatred, ib. ; to be denied the benefit of law, ib. ; to be handled with a degree of contempt, 276.
Aims of men, not regenerate or sanctified, are either carnal, or natural, or legal, V. 30.
Alienation from God natural to all, but increased more and more by evil practices and evil affections, iv. 366.
All, in what sense the iniquities of, laid on Christ, iii. 328 ; all men in some sort have benefit by him, ib. ; there is a sufficiency in his merits for all, 329 ; all conditions of men are included, ib. ; that no man might accuse God, as if he had not made a sufficient provision for his soul, 330 ; to denote the multitude that should come to Christ, ib. ; to denote the oneness of the reconciliation of all who are reconciled, 331.