Towards God, what it is, xxi. 185; the nature of the privilege, 186; the influence of a good conscience upon communion with God, 188. Conflict, the day of the church's, is mixed, and yieldeth great variety of pro- vidences, XV. 415 ; reasons of this mixture of providences, 416. Conflicts and trials of christians, God will give a happy end to, that he may be known to be pitiful and merciful, i. 326 ; and faithful, ib.
Eminent, those who come out of, are usually delivered by God in a glorious manner, i. 332. Conformity to Christ, the grounds of the conformity of believers are God's foreknowledge and predestination, xii. 301 ; the reason of this con- formity, that 'he might be the first-born among many brethren/ 302 ; exhortation to look after conformity to Christ, 308. Conquest of Christ, benefits we have by, iii. 468 ; banishment of distracting fears, ib. ; encouragement to the spiritual conflict, 469; joy unspeak- able and glorious, ib. ; hopes of glory, ib. ; great comfort in his exal- tation, 470 ; is a token, earnest, and pledge of our victory, ib. ; what he did in, he did for our sakes, ib. ; usefulness and serviceableness of all that befalls us, ib. Conscience, natural, usually smites more for sins of commission than of omis- aon, i. 1 4 ; yet omissions argue as great contempt of God's authority, 15 ; and as much hatred of God, ib. ; and are as much an argument of unregeneracy, ib.
One of God's books of record, i. 170.
A good, is entire and universal ; of hypocrites, partial, ii. 1 3.
The force of, usually felt after the fact, more than before or in the fact, ii. 179.
Hath a sense of eternal life and death, ii. 364.
Peace of, founded on Christ's satisfaction, but only found in his service, iv. 126.
Is a rule, a witness, and a judge, iv. 154 ; how to be used in. these oflfices, 155.
God alone can give laws to, iv. 384.
To keep a good conscience, and to be faithful with God, though our temporal interests be endangered thereby, requires a lively faith concerning the world to come, vii. 157 ; a sincere love to Christ, 158 ; a well-grounded resolution in the truth, ib. ; a contempt of the world, 159 ; a sound belief of God's providence, ib.
To smother and stifle the checks of, doth but increase our misery, xii. 106.
The testimony of, that we are the children of God, xii. 125 ; a secret spy within us, that observeth all our thoughts and actions, ib. ; called 'the candle of the Lord ' (Pro v. xx. 27), 126; the legal conscience conderaneth, but the evangelical conscience acquitteth, ib. ; by nature is blind, partial, stupid, but by grace is pure, tender, pliant, ib.
A good or a bad, the beginning of heaven or hell, xii. 465.
In the guilty, an evidence of the certainty of eternal punishment, xiiT, 49.
INDEX, 185
Conscience, its opereations in awakening to a sense of sin, xiii. 277.
The nature of, xvii. 431 ; is God's vicegerent and deputy, 433 ; our best friend and worst enemy, 434 ; is corrupt as well as other faculties, and from a judge may become an advocate, excusing our partialities, 437; how we should exercise ourselves that conscience may perform its office aright, 439. The nature and office of, xxi, 167 ; conduceth much to the glory of God and the safety of man, ih. ; the value of the judgment of, and how it should be regarded by us, 168 ; objections answered, 169. The influence of a good, upon our communion with God, xxi. 188. How keeping the commandments constitutes a gospel conscience, xxi. 205 ; reasons why this constitutes a good and quiet conscience, 20G.
Consent to receive Christ a part of faith, ii. 3-50 ; must be deliberate, ih. ; voluntary, ib. ; resolved, 351 ; total, ib.
Consequences, the use of, xiv. 331 ; doctrine not expressed in plain scripture may yet be deduced thence by just consequence, ib.
Consideixition, serious, necessity of, in order to repentance, vii. 125 ; of our past estate, 127 ; our present actions, ib. ; the tendency and issue of things, ib. ; who made thee, 128 ; why did he make thee, 129 ; how hast thou answered this end, ib. ; what is the character of such a course, 130 ; what will it come to, ib. ; how doth it concern 3''0u to come out of this condition speedily, ib. ; how happy will it be for j'-ou when you change your course, 131 ; what hopes by Christ, ih. ; necessity of, ih. ; special reasons foi', 134. God's, of the afflictions of his people, what it means, ix. 131. A great help to the improvement of spiritual truths, xiii. 186.
Consolation the fruit of assurance, xvi. 314 ; what is meant by, ih. ; how it ariseth from assurance, 316 ; how it is dispensed on God's part, and how far required on ours, 318 ; exhortation to look after, 325 ; how to get it, 328 ; how to keep it, 331.
Constancy of mind necessary to christians, iii. 19; what produces, 20; a clear conviction of the truth, ib. ; resolution to adhere to the truth, ib. ; opposite is levity and inconstancy, ib. ; its causes, 21.