Inclinations, sinful, Satan observeth, and we should observe, xi. 455 ; should be weakened and subdued, 456.
Inconstancy of christians, ix. 116; in faith, ib. ; in obedience, ib. ; in opinions and professions, ib.
Increase, diligence is the means, and God's blessing the prime cause, of all, xviii. 425 ; of grace is given by degrees, 427.
Indtvelling oi Christ in his people is not contiguity, but union, xi. 142; not a mere congregation or placing together, ib. ; not representation only, ib. ; not an objective union, as the thing seen may be said to be in the eye, or the thing thought of to be in the mind, 143 ; not merely a relation, ib. ; not only consent or agreement, ib. ; not a
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union of dependence merely, such as is between cause and effect, ih. 3 not merely a communion in the same nature, ih.; not a mixture, 144; not a personal union, ih. ; is a union of concretion and evolution, ih. ; difficulties regarding, stated, 145 ; should be our chief care, 147.
Indwelling of the Spirit, what is meant by, xxi. 227 ; why this is a sure evidence of God's dwelling in us, 229 ; the operations of the Spirit as a proof of our communion with God, 232.
Indifferent, Things, a Peesuasive to Unity in, ii. 68.
Infants, salvation of, xiv. 81.
Inferences, immediate, from scripture, as valid as express words, iv. 348.
Ingratitude, danger of, i. 159.
Iniqiiities, to be turned from, a main blessing we have by Christ, ii. 203.
Mystery of, what ? iii. 50 ; opposed to the mystery of godliness, ih. ; the carnal life held in request and honour, 52 ; men turned from God to idols, ih. ; power usurped in Christ's name, 53 ; merits of Christ and his satisfaction lessened, ih. ; the new nature little thought of, ih. ; begun to work in the apostles' time, 54. Laid upon Christ by the Lord, abundant matter for faith to work on, iii. 318; because to the Lord belongeth forgiveness, 319 ; it is iie whom we have wronged, ih. ; it is he whose will and word alone is to be looked to, 320 ; the Lord hath so great an interest in Christ that he can deny him nothing, 321. To do, is to continue in wilful disobedience, vi. 30 ; in God's account they do none, who are renewed by grace, and reconciled to God by Jesus Christ, ih. ; they make it their business to avoid all sin, 31.
Injury, plenty begetteth, and when all things are possible, men think all things lawful, iv. 415.
Innocency, oppressed, will get clear again, iii. 347. Best tried by iniquity, iv. 30.
Giveth confidence in prayer, when we are molested and troubled with- out a cause, vii. 330.
Innocent, any concurrence to the destruction of the, brings us under the guilt of their blood, iv. 410. Should not be much troubled to be maligned and hated by those who contemn God's laws, vii. 390.
Instances both enliven and confirm faith, vii. 51.
Institution, what it consists in, xiii. 440 ; what it is to do a duty in respect of, 441.
Institutions, good to submit to God's, viii. 13.
Intention, good, does not make the action good, but its conformity to the rule, iii. 312. General good, not sufficient for a holy life, vi. 312.
Intercession, of Christ in heaven, is a pleading for the application of his merit, iii. 358. Christ's, for transgressors upon the cross, iii. 485 ; interceded as a holy, godly man, 486 ; and as a mediator, 487 ; the first for our imitation, ih. ; the second for our faith, 489. Of Christ, prevalence of, depends upon his person, x. 244 ; its dignity, ib. ; its dearness, ih. ; upon the value of his satisfaction, ih. ; the sublimity of his office, 245 ; the articles of the covenant, 246 ; is a part of his priestly office, ih. ; fruits and benefits of, 247 ; secures our justification and the pardon of our sins, ih. ; the acceptation of our persons, works, and services, ih. ; encourages us to come to the throne of grace with boldness, 248.
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Intercession, Christ's, his prayer in John xvii., a copy, model, or counterpart of, X. 353. Is the work of the Holy Spirit, xii. 254 ; the persons for whom he maketh intercession, ib. ', the nature of this intercession, 255 ; the manner of it, 256. Of Christ, coupled with his satisfaction, xix. 24 ; its nature, 25 ; its success, 26.
Intercessor, Christ the only, for poor sinners, iii. 492 ; none else would, ib. ; none else could, 492 ; carried on partly in heaven, ib. ; partly in the hearts of his people, 494.
Intercessory prayer commended by the example of Christ, x. 248.
Interest, God's, in his people, the ground of his care for their safety, vii. 449 ; secures his knowledge of them, ib. ; his care over them, and his affec- tion for them, ib. ; his preserving them for accomplishing the pur- poses which he designs to serve by them, 450 ; his being willing to employ for their use all that is his, ih. The Father's, in his people, to be pleaded as an argument in prayer, x. 204.