Men may go far in religion, yet come short of true grace, xvi. 410 ; instance in the rich young man in the gospel, ib. ; what was com- mendable in him, ih. ; nature of the question put, ib. ; the kind of person, 412 ; the reasonableness, necessity, and profit in God having our first and best, ih. ; the manner of his address, 415 ; wherein lay his defect, 416 ; cautions against resting in a common work, 418; Christ's answer, 421 ; his expostulation, ih. ; his instruction of him, 423 ; why Christ referred him to the commandments, 434 ; why the commandments of the second table only are mentioned, 436 ; why ' defraud not ' and ' deprive not ' is put for the last commandment, 437 ; the young man's reply, 444 ; why Jesus loved him, 456.
They prosper best in, that most faithfully and diligently use the means, xviii. 423.
Objective and subjective, distinguished, xxi. 67 ; the operation of sub- jective grace in enabling believers to avoid sin, ib. Graces, perfection of, not discovered till we are put on heavy and great trials, iv. 35.
Pretended, are fruitless and unprofitable, iv. 232.
Directions how to reflect upon, as evidences of our estate, iv. 248 ; be loyal to Christ, ih. ; go to work evangelically, and with a spirit suit- ing the gospel, 249 ; go to work prudently, understanding the nature of marks, and the time to use them, ib. ; be humbly thankful, be- cause all is from God, 250.
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<?r«c«, fundamental radical, are love, faith, and trust, reverence and fear, vii. 89. Of tiie Spirit, comprised under faith, and repentance, ix, 33G. Of the Spirit both an ornament and a defence, xii. 460. Gracious heart seeth all things in God, and God in all things, vi. 139. Gradation of evil, v. 282.
Greatness of mind, to be able to live above the creature, ii. 435. Of station, the ascrravation of baseness, iv. 182. Worldly, entitled to civil respect, iv. 189. Great ones of the world have most of God's bounty, and give him the least
acknowledgment, i. 156. ■Grief to see God's law broken argueth a good spirit, vii. 56 ; for the sin that is committed, 57 ; and the punishment that is incurred, ib. ; argueth that they have a due sense of things, which others have not, 60 ; a due sense of the evil of sin, ih. ; of the wrath of God, ih. ; of the certainty of the threatenings, 61 ; of the bane which cometh to communities from the increase of the wicked, ib. ; cometh from a good cause, ib. ; in the general, argueth a good constitution of soul, ib. ; a deep resentment of God's dishonour, ib. ; compassion to men, 62 ; produceth good effects, ib. ; deterreth us from sinning ourselves, ib. ; puts us upon mourning and humiliation, ib. ; maketh us more care- ful to reform others, ib. ; justifieth our zeal in reproving, 63 ; delivers us from the common judgment, ib. Groaning, of the creature, what it is, xii. 177 ; in what sense the creatui'e is said to groan, 179 ; how we are concerned in this groaning, ib. ; how we become aware of the groaning of creation, 184 ; lessons to be de- rived from it, ib. What it implies, xii. 187; why we should groan and long for a better
estate than that which we now enjoy, 189. Exhortation to rouse up our languid and cold affections to more earnestly groan and long for heavenly things, xii. 195 ; directions how we may attain to this frame of heart, ib. The groans of believers more than the pompous petitions of hypocrites, xii. 252. Groan, those that sincerely believe and wait for a blessed immortality do also groan for it and earnestly desire it, xii. 451 ; the reasons for this groaning, ib. ; because of sin and misery, ib. ; the excellency of our future estate requireth it, 454 ; the three theological graces imply it, ib. ; the Holy Ghost stirreth up these groans in us, 455 ; these desires are necessary because of their effect, ib, ; the state of the present world sets the saints a groaning, 456. Gr%idgings, mutual, between brethren, a usual forerunner of judgment,
iv. 425. Guilt, nothing but an obligation to punishment, i. 197.
Of their own miscarriages, men would fain transfer to others, iv. 83 ; and to God himself, ib. ; blaming his providence, 84 ; ascribing sin to the defect and faint operation of divine grace, 85 ; laying miscarriages upon fate, &c., ib. ; being angry they know not why, ib. ; most grossly, when they think he useth any suggestion to their soul to persuade and incline it to evil, 86 ; when they suppose his decree to necessitate sin, ib. To be avoided as carefully as shame, iv. 303, Gunpowder Plot, two grounds of thanksgiving usual on the anniversary of : that the devices of the plotters came to nought, that the mischief returned back on themselves, viii. 130.
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'■Hallowed he thy name,^ why this petition put first, i. 66.
Hands, cleanness of, noteth good works, as pureness of heart implieth faith and holy affections, iv. 371.
Happiness, false imaginary, keeps men from God, ii. 53.