Followers of Christ, Faithful, must Expect Trouble, ii. 113.
Fool, none like the sinner, that ventureth his soul at every cast, and runneth blindfold upon the greatest hazard, iv. 300.
Forhearance towards erring brethren enforced by lowliness, meekness, long- suffering, and love, ii. 71 ; considerations to press to, 77. Brotherly, to be exercised towards those who hold the foundation, x. 331.
Forgiving our debtors not a meritorious cause of God's forgiving us, i. 182 ; nor a pattern or rule to him, 183; it doth not import priority of order, as if our acts had the precedency of God's, ih. ; it doth nots import an exact equality, but some kind of resemblance, 184; it is a condition or moral qualiflcation which is found in persons pardoned, ih. ; it is a sign or note of a pardoned sinner, ih. ; it is a necessary effect of pardoning mercy shed abroad in our hearts, ih. ; it is a duty incumbent on them that are pardoned, ih. ; it is an argument breed- ing confidence in God's pardoning mercy, 185 ; consists in forbearing
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others, ih. ; rooting out all desires of revenge, 18G ; and being ready- to do to them all offices of love, ib. ^forgiveness of sin includes the grant of a pardon, i. 177 ; the continuance of this privilege, 178 ; the sense of it, 179 ; the assurance of that sense, 180 ; the effects of pardon, or freedom from those evils which are the fruits of sin, ib. Of injuries, cases respecting, i. 189 ; not incompatible v?ith seeking reparation of wrongs in the way of justice, ib. ; yet this is to be done cautiously, 190. J^ecessity of treating with God about, i. 195 ; since man hath a con- science, a conscience inferreth a law, a law inferreth a sanction, a sanction inferreth a judgment, a judgment inferreth a condemnation, io the fallen creature ; there is no avoiding this condemnation, unless God set up another court; in that court our plea must be grace, ib. Invites to return to God, and inclines to serve him, ii. 186 ; lays the foundation for solid comfort and peace in the soul, ib. ; makes us capable of eternal happiness, ib. Of injuries implieth removal of inward grudges, and readiness to do all duties of love and kindness, ii. 376,
Form of God means the divine essence, as clothed with honour and glory, xviii. 124.
Formalist in the use of ordinances like a traveller, godly man like a mer- chant, vi. 23.
Formalists will make conscience of a tradition, while they dispense with a commandment, v. 443.
Formality proceedeth from want of due thoughts of God's majesty, i. 40.5.
Fornication, looked upon among the Gentiles as a thing indifferent, xix. 190 ; arguments against, ib. ; a common sin, 197 ; a grievous lie, 198.
ForsaTcing all things in the world cannot be without faith, nor faith without
it, ii. 159.
The world, how far this is to be esteemed a duty, xvi. 470 ; reasons
why we must do so when God by his providence calleth us to it, 473,
Is either outward, inward in point of comfort, or inward in point of
grace, xviii. 447.
Fortitude, christian, difference between, and military valour, xix. 3.
Foundation oi God (2 Tim. ii. 19), what it is, xviii. 349 ; a bond, obligation, or contract, 350 ; sure on God's part, ib. ; made sure on our parts, 351.
Frailty, the Lord considereth his people's, natural and spiritual, i. 327.
Frandulency and hypocrisy hateful to God, viii. 218 ; falsehood in ordinary commerce, ih. ; in matters of religion, ib.
Freedom of the redeemed is not from the duty of the law, but from sin and the curse, i. 423. From wrath and hell a privilege, from duty and obedience none, v. 145, I Free grace no novel doctrine, xiii. 374.
Friend, a true, is a foe to our sins, i. 345.
Friends, pious, loss of, aground of mourning, ii. 43 G ; comfort under, 437.
Frieiidsldp necessary for every one that would live in the world, i. 341 ; of the good should be with the good, ib. ; because like doth best sort with like, it). ; because friendship with the bad would make the good like them,
342 ; because love to God should put us on loving his jjeople, ib. ; because that love which is built upon holiness is the most durable,
343 ; though we owe, to all who fear God, yet some few may be chosen for intimacy and spiritual solace, 343 ; caution to be used in
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the choice of these, ih. ; duties must be faithfully discharged m> counsels and reproofs, 345 ; after all, but an outward help, 346.
Friendship, sinful, as drunkard with drunkard, robber with robber, vii. 181 ; civil, when men converse together for trade or other civil ends, 182 ; religious, which is built on virtue and grace, ib. ; must be to all who fear God, ih. ; yet to some more intimately, ib. ; our converse with these must be improved to the use of edifying, ib. And fellowship with the godly a great blessing, vii. 336.
Fruition of God in glory one of the prime blessings of the gospel, ii. 157.
Fundamentals and essentials in religion, ignorance of, damnable, and denial heretical, v. 118.