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constant heavenliness and lioliness of heart, ib. j practise frequent solemn meditation, ib.
Distraction and ruin, men usually most secure and carnal before their own, iv. 408.
Diversity of rank and degree, rich and poor, high and low, an act of the will of God, xxi. 140 ; this onght the more to move us to attend to the wants of the poor and needy, 148.
Divine things, good to illustrate, by similitudes taken from earthly, iv. 282. Truths are received and improved by sound belief, serious consideration, and close application, xii. 319 ; they challenge our faith, 320; we should «ot pass them by with a few running and glancing thoughts, ib. ; their application is both direct and reflexive, ib. ; "we should awaken ourselves to more earnest and serious consideration on par- ticular occasions, 321.
Divinity of Christ, no greater proof of, than his resurrection, iii. 351. Of Christ proved, v. 161.
Division and dissentiency among God's people a great cause of the decay of godliness, v. 433.
Doctrine, the drawing of the bow, application the hitting of the mark, iv. 357. Corrupt, produceth corrupt fruits, v. 280. Perverse, and a perverse aim are seldom severed, x. 219. None so sound but a corrupt heart will abuse it, xi. 306.
Doctrines and points of divinity, we should not precipitate our judgment concerning, iv. 135. Fundamental, and necessary for salvation, are plain, viii. -348.
Dominion, God's sovereign, a great prop to fuith, i. 328.
Double-minded man, one that hath two souls, may imply either a hypocrite or one that is distracted and divided in his thoughts, or one whose mind is tossed to and fro with various and uncertain motiv-es, iv. 55.
Doubt, not a duty, iii. 281.
Doubtfulness of mind, the cause of uncertainty in life and conversation, iv. 57.
Doubting, doctrine of, keepeth conscience on the rack, and leaveth men to the torment of their own distracted thoughts, iv. 51.
Drawing near to God, what it is, iv. 367 ; how efiected, 368 ; special acts in, ib.
Dreams, waking, two sorts of, v. 231 ; of opinion, when Ave hug error instead of truth, ib. ; of hope, when we cherish presumption instead of faith, 232.
Drunkenness, nature of, xix. 391 ; heinousness of, 3-93 ; a wasteful pro- fusion of the blessings of God's providence, ib. ; of our fame, ii. ; of our bodies, ib. ; of our souls, 394.
Duties, Preference of, ii. 5.
Duties, Holy, how we may Cure Distractions in, v. 441.
Duties, particular and private, not to be done in public, i. 5. We may use accustomed, but not out of custom, i. 21. Preference of, ii. 6 ; all that God commandeth must be respected, ib. ; yet all are not equal, nor all sins equal, 7 ; simple of the first table greater than of the second, ib. ; moral and substantial take precedence of ceremonial observances, though these belong to tbe first table, 8 ; ■when the breach of a ceremonial precept bringeth with it the trans- gression of a moral precept, then we are not to transgress in the smallest externals, 10 ; if the externals of God's Avorship, instituted by
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himself, must give place to mercy, much more ought externals of human institution, 11. Duties, slight, suit best with a heart that is unwilling to come under the power of religion, ii. 16.
Performed by the christian as a thank-offering rather than a sin-offer- ing, out of love to God rather than fear, ii. 55.
Of Christianity, cannot be rightly discharged while the heart cleaveth to earthly things, ii. 134.
All human, must give place to the duty we owe to God, ii. 122.
Praiseworthy to be easy to be entreated in, but not from, ii. 329.
A christian never turns second-table into first-table, ii. 373.
Must be done, events referred to God, ii. 382.
Christ honoured in, when we look for their acceptance in him, iv. 19 ; when we look for assistance from him, ib.
Commendation of, is the ready discharge of them, iv. 131 ; when the soul deliberateth about, it neglecteth, ih.
Done truly when done in God's sight, iv. 378.
Whether we are to do, under deadness and indisposition, vi. 240 ; in- fluence of grace not the warrant of duty, but ^he help, ib. ; sinful indisposition cannot excuse us, 241 ; natural men commanded to pray and perform duties, therefore renewed men, ih. ; outward acts of duty commanded as well as inward, ib. ; we are to wait humbly in the use of means for the power of grace, ib. ; acting in spiritual duties fits us for them, ib. ; a supply cometh in ere w^e are aware, 242 ; we are to rouse ourselves, ib.
To be done, though we be in a state of deadness, indisposition, and straits of spirit, vi. 334.
How we honour Christ in performing, xiii. 438.
Where faith gives a willing mind, bodily infirmities will be no let or hindrance, xiv. 404. J)uti/, three things incline the soul to : a forcible principle, a mighty aid, a high aim, ii. 233 ; all these are where faith is, ib.
And privilege, connection of, ii. 348.
A great part of man's, dependeth on prayer seriously performed, iii. 136.
In the institution of, there is a word of command and a word of pro- raise, iv. 128.