of Christ's conquest, iii. 471. Case of conscience about wishing for, x. 393.
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Death of Clirist, they do not improve ariglit who seek comfort from it, and not holiness, xi. 12.
Of Clirist recommended to us as a wonderful act of love, xi. IGS ; as a price and ransom for our souls and the blessings we staud in need of, 169 ; commemorated in the Lord's supper, not as a tragical story, but as a mystery of godliness, 170 ; was not only for our good, but in our room, 192 ; was not only to expiate our guilt, but to destroy the power of sin, ib.
Of Christ, serious reflection on, the sure way of subduing sin, xi. 197 • a pattern to teach us how to deny the pleasures of the senses, ih. ; an act of love, which should beget in us love to God, and so make us tender of sinning, 198; the best glass wherein to view the evil of sin, ih. ; showeth us what a great benefit mortification is, ib. ; the sins of christians, who profess a communion with his death, are more criminal and scandalous than the sins of heathens, 199 ; a christian's living in sin is a greater injury to Christ than the persecution of the Jews who crucified him, ib. ; was the merit and price by which grace sufficient was purchased to mortify and subdue our old man, 200.
With Christ, a condition absolutely necessary to obtain subsequent grace, xi. 213.
And life, both endless, xi. 370 ; are the final issue of men's several ways, 371 ; equally certain, ib. ; the one wages, the other a gift, ib.
Temporal, the fruit of sin, xi. 373 ; eternal, consisteth of loss and pain, 374; the wages of sin, ib.; the righteousness of it, ib. ; the certainty of it, 375.
Its suitableness to sin, xi. 414 ; the certainty of its connection with sin, 415 ; terribleness of, 416.
There is a twofold end and use of, to those that are in Christ, xii. 14; Christianity affordeth the proper comfort against, 17.
Preparedness for, christians must be prepared to give their lives for the maintenance of their religion when God calls them to it, xii. 385 ; Christ requireth it, ib. ; such have been the trials of God's children in all ages, ib. ; it is neither strange nor grievous, 386 ; it is necessary to manifest the truth and reality of our graces, our faith in Christ, and love to him, and hope of salvation, ib. ; it may be for the pro- fession of particular truths or particular duties, 388 ; considerations to press us to be prepared for death, 391.
The comfort of a well-spent life to a dying christian, xiii. 133.
Of Christ, its cause, xviii. 329 ; its occasion, 330 ; its effects, 331.
Of Christ for his people, its end was to sanctify and cleanse them, and make them a holy and peculiar people unto God, xix. 481.
A great gain and advantage to those who dedicate their lives to Christ, XX. 188 ; as soon as a man dieth, he is capable of this gain, ib. ; be- cause the soul is distinct from the body, 189 ; can live and exercise its operations apart from the body, 190 ; the souls of saints do so live, ib. ; are in a blessed state, 192 ; pardon from all misery, ib. ; freedom from sin, 193 ; the vision of God, ib. ; full fruition of God, ib. ; comfortable adjuncts, 194 ; nothing lost but will be made up, 195; friends, ordinances, communion with God, comforts, 196. Debt, sin comes under the notion of, i. 168; in respect of danger, 169 ; God our creditor, partly as a creator, partly as a lawgiver, and partly as a judge, ib. ; we are bound to him as the debtor to the creditor, 170 ; he hath his book of account, ib. ; a day of reckoning will come, ib. ; after the reckoning there is execution, ib.
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Debt, difference between sin and all other, i. 171 ; none so great, ih.', no day of payment is set, ib. ; the whole person liable for this debt, ib. ; there is no shifting or avoiding the danger, ib. ; all other debts cease at death, but not this, ib. Sin comes under the notion of, in respect of the method of delivery, i. 172 ; Christ comes under the notion of a surety, ib. ; he made full satisfaction, ib. ; all who have interest in his death are set free from the great debt owed, ib. ; Christ hath also procured favour for us, 173 ; freedom is proclaimed in his name, ib. ; all who come to God through Christ may plead with God about their discharge, ib.
Debtors, to be forgiven, are all whahave offended us in word or deed, i. 182. Believers are debtors not to the flesh but the Spirit, xii. 28 ; with respect to the order of nature, 29 ; by the condition of their spiritual being, 32.
Deceit is in the heart, in the moutli, or in practice ; none in Christ, iii. 367.
Dectilful dealing with God, an excellent way to discover, is to put the case in a sensible instance, or to parallel it with our dealings with one another, iv. 235.