ii. 277 ; cautions regarding, ib. Must we in no case speak, of another 1 vi. 420 ; be sure that it is not a downright slander, ib. ; speak not of him, but to him, 421 ; if of him, it should be with tenderness and grief, ib. Must be kept at a distance, as it is evil, and contrary to the holy nature and will of God, viii. 28 ; must refrain from every sinful course, ib. ; not only from notorious sins, but those that are plausible and of reputation in the Avorld, 29 ; from outward and inward, ih. ; from profitable and pleasant, ib. ; from sins against either table, ib. ; from great sins and small sins, 30 ; from evil though done out of a good intention, ib. ; from our own special sins, 31 ; from the sins of the times wherein we live, ih. ; from all the occasions and ajjpearances of, ib. ; reasons, 32 ; sins will weaken our graces, ib. ; and weaken our comforts, 33.
Evil-doers, separation from, is necessary for a conjunction with God, viii. 177.
Evil-speaking is either whispering or backbiting, iv. 380.
Evil dines, sad symptoms of, vii. 353 j when reformation is rejected, and corruptions settle upon their own base, ib. ; when our deliverance is likely to prove a mischief and a misery, because we are not pre- pared to receive it, ib. ; when there is a damp upon the spirit of prayer, and men give over seeking to God for deliverance as a hope- less thing, ib. ; when God is upon his judicial process, and no course is taken to reconcile ourselves to him, 354 ; when dispensations tend, or seem to tend, to the removal of the candlestick, ib.
208 INDEX.
Evils of this life, ho^v far God hath undertaken to keep his people from, i. 240. Better borne when they are undeserved and involuntary, when we fall into them, rather than draw them upon ourselves, iv. 26. Exact or circumspect walking, the duty of God's children, xix. 346 ; have a strict rule, ib. ; a holy God, 347 ; he is our witness, ih. ; and our approver and judge, ib. ; are children of light, 348 ; helps to, 356. Exaltation of Christ began with his resurrection, x. 191 ; advanced in his ascension, ib. ; his sitting at the Father's right hand, ih. ; useful fur our comfort and our instruction, 193. Example of Christ of great support to us in all our troubles, ii. 34-5. Of Christ, the heavenliness of it and the courage of it, x. 385. Examples of suffering saints in the word a comfort in affliction, vii. 34.
Good, should be given and taken, xx. 116; responsibility for others, 117 ; encouragements to follow good, 118 j caution against evil, 119 ; helps to make us exemplar}', 120. Excellency of Savixg Faith, ii. 140.
Excuse, none against a Speedy Obeying Christ's Call, ii. 121. Excuses, common, for putting off acceptance of the gospel, ii. 124; the difficulty of religion, ib.; the danger of it, 125 ; want of time to attend to it, ib.; want of power to do good, ib. ; insufficiency of,. 126. Always the sign of a haughty heart,, ix. 206.
For negligence in God's service, ix. 476 ; carnal men are ill versed in the art of excusing evil, and that which they think maketh for them usually maketh against them, 477 ; argue an ill spirit and an unwilling heart, 478 ; specimens of, 479. Exhortations, to mingle, with prayer, a great abuse, i. 25. Existence, Christ's Eternal, i. 413.
Expectation of the promised future blessedness must be serious and earnest, vii. 364; lively, ib.; constant and unconquerable, ib,; sure and cer- tain, as built upon God's truth and faithfulness, ih. Experience, hope wrought by, produceth not only a conditional certainty, but an actual confidence of our own salvation, ill 159. Comfortable, that flows from obedience, vii. 10 ; peace, ib. ; joy in the Holy Ghost,, ib. ; particular, when borne out in conf«ssioa of truth in time of trial, 11. Of God's grace in preserving us from sin and danger should encourage us in his ways, viii. 206; because of the obligation, ib.; this is such a mercy as gives us hojje of more mercy in that kind, 207. Of former times, an encouragement to trust God for the future, ix. 123. Experiences, of the saints,, carnal men nut fit to judge of, vi. 267.
How the word is accompHshed in the course of God's providence, and
inward feelings of our own hearts, to be observed, vi. 403. Of the Lord's quickening and awakening our hearts will be remembered, vii. 434 ; and should be, 435. Exposition, Practical, of the Fifty-third Chapter of Isaiah, iii. 187. Exposition, avith Notes, of the Epistle of James, iv. 1. Exposition, with Notes, on the Epistle of Jude, v. 1. Expositions, false, confuted by inspection of the context, scope of the writer,
comparing of obscure places with clear, iii. 25. Externals, in religion, either commanded by God, ii. 47 ; or invented by men, 48. Over-doing in, is usually an undoing in religion, ii. 96. Eyes, lifting up of, implies faith, hope, and patience, viii. 268.
Lifting up to heaven, indicates the raising of the heart to God in