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Christ, called Lord and Jesus ; he came to rule, and he came to save,, v. lol.
More able to save than Adam to destroy, v. 475.
In believers, notwithstanding death, a sure pledge and earnest of eter- nal life, xii. 11 ; a true christian doth not only profess Christ, but hath Christ in him, ib. ; Christ is in us two ways, objectively and efifectively, ib. ; some notes of Christ's presence in us, 12,
Death of, laid the foundation of a large superstructure of grace, freely dispensed to all having interest in him, xii, 337 ; how the death of Christ laid this foundation, ib. ; considerations which might have moved God to withhold his Son, 338 ; the persons concerned in this act of grace, ib.; the act itself, what it consisted in, 339; the superstructure of grace built on this foundation, 340 ; the largeness of It, ib. ; the strength and sufficiency of this foundation demonstrated, 341 ; the persons interested, 343.
The dignity of his person, xii. 3G8 ; the unity of his office and sacrifice, ib. ; the greatness of his sufferings, ib. ; his resurrection an assurance of forgiveness of sin, 370 ; his exaltation a confirmation of the truth and dignity of his office, ib. ; the peculiar benefits arising from his resurrection, 371 ; his intercession a notable prop to faith, 373 ; the abundant cause we have of glorying in Christ, 374,
His delight in the creatures, xiii. 10.
His interest concerned in the truth of the resurrection and a future state of punishment and reward, xiii, 49 ; his qualifications as a judge to judge the world, 51 ; the nature in which he exercises this judgment, 60.
A notable instance of preferring God's honour above all other interests, xiii. 136.
Represented as a common person (Eom. v. 14), xiii. ISO; as made sin (2 Cor. v. 21), ib. ; as made a curse for us (Gal. iii. 13), ib.
Death of, Christ dying, one for all, the great instance and argument to be improved by us, xiii, 179 ; what dying one for all signifieth, 180 ; proveth two things, the verity of his satisfaction, and the sufficiency of it, ib. ; how the great love of God appeareth in this, 183 ; how suitable this argument is to beget in us that love which God expects, even a thankful return of obedience, 185 ; from the end of Christ's death, ib. ; the right which accrueth to the Redeemer by virtue of the price paid for us, ib. ; the pardon ensuing and depending on his death, ib. ; the greatness of his sufferings, ib. ; the terribleness of God's wrath, 186 ; but above all, from a grateful sense of our obliga- tion to God and Christ, ib. ; ho^v all this must be improved, ib. ; ex- hortation to affect our hearts and thoughts with the greatness of this instance of the love of God, 187.
"Was that to us in grace which Adam was in nature, xiii, 193,
Death of, the sacrifice of atonement, xiii. 259, 261.
The benefits we have by, distinguished, xiii. 272.
His prophetical office as necessary for our comfort as his sacerdotal, xiii. 283,
Spirit, ministry, this conjunction must not be separated, xiii, 289.
How he must be esteemed, xiv, 463 ; reasons why this esteem must be such that Christ's worst may be better to us than the world's best, 465.
What it is to sit down under the shadow of. xv, 359 ; the acts of faith in seeking shelter in Christ, 361 ; what the fruits of Christ are, 362 ; why called his fruits, 364 ; their sweetness, 365,
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Chrisf, the true notion of his doctrine is that of a testimony, sv. 380 ; the nature of it, ib. ; the vahie of it, 381 ; the use of it, 384 ; the respect tliat is due to it, 385 ; its reception as a testimony is a ratification of the truth of God, 387 ; the manner of ratification, ib. ; the matter,. 388.
Wiiy he is called God, xvi. "230 ; that he is God proved from the nature of his offices and work, and from scripture, 234 ; why he is called a Saviour, 237 ; his willingness to suffer for fallen man demonstrated, 241 ; the grounds of his willingness, 243 ; the necessity of it, ib.
Why and how he loved the rich young man in the Gospel (Mark x.), xvi. 45G.
In some respects loves those that are influenced by moral virtues merely, xvi. 462.
Holiness of, as to his person and office, xvii, 408 ; as to the particular functions of his office as prophet, priest, and king, 410 ; the unction which is the consequent and fruit of Christ's holiness, 412 ; its author, 413; the privilege itself, 414; the persons anointed, 415; exhorta- tion to holiness, 416.
The seed of the woman, the necessity of his becoming, xvii. 243.
As a physician, prescribeth repentance as the means of cure, xviii. 4 ;. his work is with sinners, 5 ; all are now in a state of lapse from primitive integrity, none are righteous till he calleth them, ib. ; out of this state man is unable to deliver and recover himself, ib. ; those who are sensible of this are nextly called, 6.