Visible, so mixed that the greater part of it is unsound, viii. 224 ;. judgments upon, are to leaven the dross from the gold, 227.
Visible, contains members that are wise, and others that are foolish, who will come short of the blessedness that they expect, ix. 323.
Duty of, to the word, x. 450 ; to see that it be published to the present age, and transmitted pure to the next, ib. ; hath witnessed in all ages to the truth, by tradition and by martyrdom, 451.
If we would aim at God's glory we must seek the good of the church,, xiii. 122.
Compared to an army, a house, and the human body, xiii. 425.
Many vicissitudes and changes in the outward condition of, xviii. 26. Churches, particular, are not many bodies, but members of one body, i. 454. Circumcision, Description of the True, ii. 23.
Civility, or a fair demeanour in the world, usually accompanied with igno- rance and little knowledge of God's institutions, v. 35 ; little of Christ in such souls, ib. ; usually some great prevailing sin, 36 ; greater care about actions than lusts, ib. Coldness in duty and boldness in sinning come from unbelief, vi. 402. Combinations of wicked men are a faction and conspiracy ; of christians, a-
brotherhood, iv. 58. Comfortable diOQ,ixme?> of scripture, vii. 32 ; concerning particular providences, ib. ; God's fatherly care over his people, 33 ; his unchangeable love to his people, ib. ; the true doctrine about afflictions, the author, cause, and end of them all, ib. Coin/art, God hath given to all true believers solid grounds of perpetual and endless, iii. 151 ; the comforts propounded are of an everlasting ten- dency and benefit, ib. ; they depend on everlasting foundations, 152; they are sufficient to do their work, 154,
AU true and solid is of God, iii. 167 ; what it is, ib. ; our natural refresh- ment and support in troubles, ib. ; God can give his people, in the
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greatest tribulations, 168 ; there is a special allowance of comfort for God's children in their afflictions, ib. ; our comforts carry proportion with our sorrows, ib. ; the heart the proper seat of spiritual comfort, ib. ; IS of God when it is allowed by him and warranted by him, 169 ; when the matter is provided by him, 170 ; when it is wrought in us by him, ib. ; God challengeth as his own right to comfort the heart of men, 171 ; his Spirit alone can comfort the heart, ib. ; he is ready to comfort poor afflicted creatures that humbly submit to him, 172 ; his comforts come with authority, ib. ; are full and strong, ib. ; follows holiness as heat doth fire, 173 ; a singular way of, beside the word, not to be expected, ib. ; to be sought in the use of God's ordinances, 174: ; end why God giveth us, to fortify us against the enemies of our salvation, ib. ; hath a latitude in it, including support, peace, and joy, 176. Comfort apt to divorce from duty, iv. 8.
Sometimes put for the object or thing comfortable, as deliverance and temporal blessings, pardon of sins, &c., vii. 304 ; sometimes subjec- tively, for the strengthening of the mind when it is apt to be weak- ened by doubts, fears, and sorrows, 305 ; by patience we are kept from murmuring, by comfort from fainting, ib. ; peace is a fuller degree of, ib. ; joy the fullest, 306 ; though not absolutely necessary to salvation, yet conduces much to the weU-being of a christian, ih. ; follows holiness, as heat doth fire, ib. ; is a pledge of more to ensue, ib. ; is to be asked of God, for it is his proper gift, ib. ; conveyed through his word, 307 ; received on our part by prayer, 308 ; is all from mercy, and tender mercy, 310. Comforts, under temptation, i. 217 ; Christ hath overcome all his enemies, and we are interested in his victory, ib. ; he hath a tender sense and know- ledge of our estate, 218 j he is engaged in the battle, and fights with us, ib. ; he will reward us when we have done, ib. ; even before the battle, the believer may be sure of victory, 219.
Worldly, a glut and fulness of, much more dangerous than hunger, i. 274.
We cannot have perpetual, i. 411.
When God has laid in a great store of, against sufi"erings, usually there is a time of expense to lay them out again, iii. 62.
Carnal, God hath many ways to blast, iv. 405.
In affliction, all others are nothing to those which we have from the word of God, viL 28 ; they are divine, 29 ; strong, ib. ; full in mea- sure, ib. ; full in matter, 30 ; reviving, 31 ; are applied by the Spirit and received by faith, 35.
When God's children ask, they also beg grace to receive them acceptably, viii. 416.
The word holds out, to us in affliction, ix. 23 ; the privileges of the afflicted, ib. ; the blessedness of another world, ib. ; what is acceptable to God, ib. ; notable precepts that ease the heart, ib. ; many promises of God's being with us, and strengthening us, and giving us a gra- cious issue out of all our troubles, ib.; bindeth faith, which fixeth thd heart, 24 ; afflictions do rather increase than diminish, ib.