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received, ib. ; to excite and quicken the habits of grace, ib. ; to strengthen us in work, ib. ; to sustain the grace that we have against tlie assaults and temptations, and varieties and casualties, of the present life, ib. ; necessary because of the natural changeableness of our spirits, ib. ; and of the daily assaults of Satan, 190 ; because of the great impression which our temporal condition makes upon us, ib. Grace, sustaining, to be asked earnestly of God because of our necessities, viii. 193; care lest it be forfeited by presumptuous sins, ib. ; must not expose ourselves to temptation, seeing it is not at our beck, ib.
Sustaining, must be sought with all earnestness and importunity, viii. 202 ; they will do so who have a sense of their own weakness, the evil of sin and the comfort of perseverance in obedience, 203 ; must be asked, because God will show his sovereignty, ib. ; renewed prayer is itself a means of perseverance, 204 ; constant safety of God's people lies in, 205.
The great privilege of the covenant of, is to be taught God's statutes, so as to have a real impress of them upon the heart and mind, viii. 284.
Daily and hourly, necessity of, viii. 383 ; appears from the strictness of Christianity, ib. ; the necessity of the word of God, 384 ; they who make it their business to please God in all things, and take his word for their rule, soon see a need for divine direction, and establishing grace, 385 ; value of the blessings, 386 ; the children of God sensible of their need of, and cannot choose but pray for, 388.
Throne of, set up everywhere in the church, ix. 112.
A saving work of, is an inward principle of life, and that in such a degree and measure as the unsound, though the most glorious pro- fessors of the gospel, do not attain unto, ix. 333 ; expressed some- times with respect to the original author, pattern, and fountain of it, which is God, and so called the divine nature, 334 ; sometimes with respect to the meritorious and procuring cause, and so Christ is said to live in us, &c., ib. ; with respect to the immediate author and fountain, which is the Spirit who dwells in us, 335 ; with respect to the instru- ment, the word of God, called the engrafted word, ib. ; effects of, 337 ; a habitual inclination of heart towards that which is good, ib. ; towards a godly life, ib. 3 not only an inclination, but a readiness, and prepared- ness, 338 ; an earnest impulsion, which quickeneth us to all holy endeavours of obedience, 339 ; a habitual aversion to all that is evO, ib. ; not a bare abstinence from sin, but a hatred of it, 340 ; a hatred of sin as sin, ib. ; this so strong, that sin is thereby more and more weakened and subdued in the soul, 341 ; how to be got, 345 ; from Christ, ib. ; in the use of the means of grace, ib.
They who have most, have none to spare, ix. 387 ; with respect to our great hopes, ib. ; our great temptations, ib. ; our comfort, ib. ; to the nature of grace, ib. ; a sign we have none if we think we have too much or enough, 388 ; all is too little to stand before the Lord, ib. ; every one is to be considered according to his own advantages, ib. ; the greatest have often the greatest corruptions and temptations to wrestle with, 389 ; may easily have too little, cannot have too much, ib. ; because of the conformity that should be between us and Christ, begun on earth, perfected in heaven, ib. ; because a little is not so honourable to God, ib.
Means of, are sprinkled with the blood of Christ, xi. 12.
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Grace does not depend upon foresight of faith, works, or perseverance, xi. 111.
Followed with grace, xi. 214 ; and with glory, ih. ; life of, not matter of sense, but of faith, 216.
Three doctrines of, apt to be abused, xi. 300 ; the free pardon or exemption from condemnation which the new covenant hath pro- vided for sinners, ih. ; the liberty and exemption from the rigour of the law, ib. ; the doctrine of perseverance, ih. ; vindication of these doctrines, 302.
Its work, xi. 320 ; the doctrine of the gospel is in conversion imprinted on the heart, ih. ; the fruit of this imprinting is obedience, 323 ; this obedience is from the heart, 324.
It is much for the glory of God that he can maintain, in the hearts of his people, xi. 489.
It concerneth us more to act, than to know whether we have, xiii. 173.
The earnest of glory, xiii. 331.
Necessary to receiving the testimony of the Spirit, xiv. 15.
Of God, what it is, xvi. 38 ; the moving cause of all the blessings of the covenant, 39 ; doth not exclude faith nor works, 41 ; error of Papists as to the merit of works through grace, ih. ; reasons why grace is the original cause of all the blessings we receive from God, 42 ; cautions against abuse of grace, 44 ; the darkness there was in the world as to the knowledge of grace before its discovery in the gospel, 49 ; what and how much of grace is now discovered, 50 ; is the great means of salvation, 56 ; reasons, ib. ; motives and en- couragements to a greater regard of the gospel, 59; directions, 63; the salvation which the grace of God bringeth is free to all, 65 ; reasons, ih. ; grace teacheth us holiness by way of direction, argu- ment, and encouragement, 68 ; grace and corruption draw inferences and conclusions from the same premises, 69 ; the first thing grace teacheth is the renunciation of evil, 71.