practice, «'&. Departing of mankind from God fitly represented by the straying of sheep,
iii. 300 ; implieth that we are brutish in our sin and defection from
God, ih. ; proneness to err, ib. ; inability to return, 301 ; readiness
to follow evil example, ib. ; exposure to danger, ib. Dependence upon Christ, persuasions unto, i. 391 ; nothing can be done without
him ; all things can be done by him for the good of his redeemed
ones, ib. Is that which keepeth up the acknowledgment of God in the world,
i. 451.
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Dependence iTpon God implietli a committing ourselves to his power, vii. 54 ; submitting ourselves to his will, ib. ; tarrying or waiting for Lis leisure, ib. Description op the True Circumcision, ii. 23.
Desertion of Christ by his Father the passion of his passion, ii. 264 ; what it was, 2G6 ; not in appearance or conceit only, but real, ib. ; not a separation of the Father from the Son, ib. ; nor a dissolution of the union of the two natures of Christ, ib. ; nor a cessation of God's love to him, ib. ; nor an abatement of his personal holiness, 267 ; nor an entire withdrawal of God's assistance and sustaining grace, ib. ; was a withdrawal of all happiness, 268 ; such desertion possible notwith- standing the union between the two natures, 2G9 ; was incomparably grievous, 270 ; carrieth a suitableness and respect to our sins, 271 ; our punishment, 272 : our blessedness, 273.
Of Christ on the cross, what it was, iii. 403 ; personal union, not dis- solved, ib. ; assisting and sustaining grace not wholly withdrawn, ib. ; he knew how to value the comfort of the union, ib. ; so near an inte- rest and relation to God, ib. ; his trouble more than a believer's, be- cause it was to be satisfactory, 404.
By God may be real or seeming, vi. 77 ; internal or external, ib. ; as to comfort or as to grace, 78 ; for correction or for instruction, ib. ; felt or not felt, 79 ; total or partial, ib. ; temporary or eternal, 80 ; reasons of, ib. ; incident to the most heavenly spirits, 81 ; directions regarding, ib. Of his servants by God is in appearance, through the misgivings of their hearts, viii. 409 ; or real when he is angry for sin, 410. Designs, God accompiisheth his greatest, by the most unlikely and de- spised means, iii. 242 ; that his glory may more appear, ib. ; that we may not see the end of his counsels, ib. ; that he may declare his displeasure against the pomp of the world, 243 ; that he may shame his enemies in their security, ib. ; that he may take off all cause of boasting from the creature, ib. ; that he may provide for tlie esteem of the meanest, 244, Desire after God one of the radical acts of love to him, ii. 236.
Of Christ, not for ease, but for the rare beauty and perfection that are found in him, iii. 236 ; effects of, ib. ; a holy impatiency in the want of Christ, ib. ; a holy indignation at anything that would rival him in the affections, 237 ; or anything that would hinder the enjoyment of him, ib. ; a holy waiting, 238 ; a powerful command over the whole man, ib.
Holiness the proper object of, vi. 424 ; temper and constitution of the heart seen in, more than in doing, 425. Desires, supreme end of, the glory of God, in conjunction with our own happi- ness, i. 3.
Much evil would ensue if all were granted, i. 379.
Against God's secret will not unlawful, when we afterwards submit to his revealed will, ii. 328.
Corrupt, make a corrupt mind, iii. 223.
When they mistake their object, miss their end, iv. 334.
A man is known by, as the temper of the body by the pulse, vii. 247. Despair, as there is a raging, so there is a sottish, xviii. 293. Despairing fears and blasphemous thoughts injected by Satan are not our
sins, but may be punishments for our sins, i. 231. Despised, God's people, when they are brought low, are usually, viii. 493 ; considerations to support under this trial, 494.
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Desjjondency under difficulties, condemnation of, viii. 101. Detraction ventetli itself either by whispering or backbiting, ii. 275 ; what it is, ib. ; an unjust violation of another's fame, reputation, or that good report which is due to him, ib. ; is a sin against God, 276 ; a wrong to man, ib. ; proceedeth from malice and ill-will, ib. ; or from uncharitable credulity, 277 ; comes through rashness and unruliness of tongue, ib. ; or from carnal zeal, ib. ; whispering is when it is done privily, 278 ; backbiting when more publicly, 280 ; heinousness of the sin, 282. Deuteronomy, Christ's answers to the three temptations taken from, i. 314. Deuteronomy vi. 5, one of the four paragraphs the Jews were wont to write on their phylacteries and on their door-posts, and read in their houses twice a day, xiii. 1G9. Devil, like a fly, which, if driven from one place, pitcheth upon another, i. 7. Fitly called the evil one, i. 232 ; every sin of his is a sin against the Holy Ghost, ib. ; unconverted men under his power, 234 ; God's children sometimes caught by his wiles, 235. Held in the chains of an irresistible providence, i. 259. Not lord of the world, i. 303 ; is the prince of this world, and the god