Fearlessness in owning the testimonies and ways of God before any sort of people in the world, incumbent on us, vi. 491 ; holy boldness in confession a special gift of God, ib. ; a duty contained in our first dedi- cation and resignation of ourselves to Christ, ib. ; confirmed in us by faith, 492 ; love to God, il. ; fear of God, ib. ; a deep sense of the world to come, 493.
Felicity, temporal, christians are not to reckon on, i. 333.
Fervency in prayer arises from a broken-hearted sense of our wants, and a desire of the blessing we iieed, i. 37.
Filthiness, all sin is, iv. 14S •, but chiefly covetousness, lust, anger, and malice, ih.
'Finished, it is,' in what sense said, xix. 31 j all the scripture prophecies which spake of Christ's death and sufferings were now accomplished, ib. ; the substance of the types was accomplished, 33 ; all was finished that was necessary to make him a fit pattern of patience to us, ib. ; all was fulfilled which God determined to be done for the expiation of sin, 35.
First-born from the dead, a title of Christ, i. 455.
First-fruits oi the Spirit, what they are, xii. 186 ; what use they serve, 187; they that have received the first-fruits of the Spirit groan and wait for a better estate than they now enjoy, 188 ; they are more apprehensive of the misery of this life than others are or can be, 190; more sensible of sin as a burden, 191 ; they are confirmed in the belief of the certainty of this better estate, 192 ; do in part know the excel- lency of it, ib. ; are prepared and fitted for it, ib. ; and their right and title to it is assured, 193 ; none but those who have the first- fruits of the Spirit will hope for eternal life, 194. Of faith, in what they consist, xiii. 330.
* First shall be last,' not universally and necessarily, but for the most part, xxii. 42 ; not only persons, but nations and communities, ib. ; is to be understood with respect to matters of religion, ib. ; and last may be first, 48.
Flesh, confidence in, what it is, ii. 46 ; trusting in external privileges and performances, ib. ; this confidence natural to men, 49 ; why a good christian should have none, 51. Lust of, means the inordinate motions of corrupt nature, ii. 285 ; derived to us from Adam in his apostasy, 287 ; prompts to do those things which are most acceptable to sense, or agreeable to worldly or carnal ends, ib. ; still remains in the christian, though not in full force,
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288 ; is importunate to be pleased, 289 ; lusts of, different in differ- ent men, 292.
Flesh and spirit, mean corrupt nature and the new nature, xi. 392 ; both serve, to those who are influenced by them, as a guiding and inciting principle, ih. ; those who are under the prevaleucy of the one principle cannot wholly obey and follow the other, ih. ; every christian hath these two principles in himself, the one by nature, the other by grace, 393 ; though both be in the children of God, yet the Spirit is iu predominancy, ih. ; the prevalency of the principle is known, not only by the bent and habit of the will, but by the settled course of the life, ih. Or spirit, all men are after the one or the other, xi. 438 ; there is a twofold original, 439 ; producing a twofold principle, ih. ; supported and assisted by contrary powers, ih. ; under a distinct covenant, ih. ; issuing into two places or eternal states, heaven and hell, 440. Things of, are either things manifestly evil, as all vices and sins, xi^ 441 ; or things good in their own nature, but immoderately affected, ih. • minding of, what ? 443. What is meant by, xii. 37 ; what it is to live after, ih. ; what is the death threatened to those who so live, 39 ; its consistency with the justice, wisdom, and goodness of God, 40 ; the certainty of its accom- plishment, 44 ; the folly of those who would reconcile God and the flesh, 46 ; dissuasives from living a fleshly life, ih. ; means to come out of this estate and course of sin, 49. Knowing Christ after the, not the respect he looked for while on earth,, but by faith, in the spirit, xiii. 222 ; there is a knowing Christ after the flesh since his ascension into heaven, 224 ; by a naked profession of his name without conformity to his laws, ib. • by acts of sensitive affection in reading or meditating on the stoiy of Christ's sufferings, or when you hear his passion laid open in a rhetorical manner, 225 ; by expressing our respect more in pomp and pageantry than serious devotion, or a hearty obedience to his laws, or worshipping him ia spirit and in truth, 226 ; by herding with a stricter party whilst yet our hearts are unsubdued to God, 227 ; reasons why this knowing Christ after the flesh will do ns no good as to the salvation of our souls, ih. ; reproof of those who please them.selves with this deceit of the heart, 228.