Intermediate state, there are but two places of residence for the saints, either the place of exercise, that is, earth, or the place of reward and recom- pense, that is, heaven, xiv. 332.
Interposition of God in distresses, we have leave and encouragement to desire, viii. 251 ; from God's covenant, ib. ; God's affection, ib. ; our relation to him, 252 j our very running to him, and committing ourselves into his hands, engages him, ib. ; should desire only so as may be for good to us, 254 ; because then we pray according to God's under- taking, ib. ; and according to the new nature, ib.
Isaac, the occasion of his first interview with Eebekah, xvii. 263.
Isaiah, Practical Exposition of the Fifty-third Chapter of, iii. 187.
Isaiah, his fifty-third chapter may rather be called his gospel than his pro- phecy, iii. 191.
Israel of God, who they are, xxi. 452.
Invocation of saints, a sottish error, iii. 89.
Inventions sought out by men, xix. 50 ; insufficient to make us happy, ib. ; plunge us into further misery, 51 ; kinds of, 52 ; why many, 55.
Jacob an example of secret prayer, i. 13.
Jacob's ladder a type of Christ, i. 479.
Worshipping leaning on his staff reconciled and explained, xiv. 401.
James, Practical Commentary on the Epistle of, iv. 1.
James, divine authority of epistle of, iv. 9 ; some passages in Jerome and. Eusebius seem to infringe its authority, ib. ; denied by Cajetan, Erasmus, and Luther, 10; but Luther afterwards retracted his con- demnation of it, 11; who the author was, 1 2 ; James the Less, son of Alpheus, called the Lord's brother, ib. ; said to have been a hus- bandman, 13 ; to have died A.D. 63, ib. ; time of writing not ascer- tainable, ib. ; main object to refute those who held that a bare naked faith is sufficient to salvation, though good works be neglected, 14 ; why called catholic ? ib.
Jealousies of God, his people ought not to entertain, as if he watched oppor- tunities and advantages to punish them, xviii. 345.
Jehu an instance of partial zeal, ii. 12.
Jericho, why a curse was pronounced on the rebuilding of, xviii. 30.
Jerusalem still called the holy city in the time of our Lord, i. 277.
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Jesting, not all, unla-wful, xix. 206 ; a hard matter to keep within the bounds
of lawful and allowed mirth, 207. Jesiis Christ, true God and true man in one person, i. 476 ; proved by- testimonies of scripture, ih. ; by types, 479 ; by reasons taken from his office, 480. Jeios, in the time of our Lord, their different opinions concerning him, i. 364.
Why the first offer of the gospel was made to, ii. 201.
Stubbornness of their unbelief, iii. 194.
Had more of the carnal and outward blessino; of the covenant than believers under the gospel, iv. 236.
Were wont to write Deut. vi. 5 on their phylacteries and door-posts, and read in their houses twice a day, xiii. 169.
Abraham's seed after the flesh, not after the spirit, xiii. 225. Joab an example of loyalty, i. 78.
Joh was often impatient, yet God only makes mention of his patience, iv. 430.
His impatience forgotten, his patience commended, vi. 20.
His deprecation, ' Do not condemn me ' (Job x. 2), teaches that open and free dealing with God in trouble is better than smothering and stifling our griefs, or venting them in discontent on others, xxii. 63 ; the grievousness to a child of God to be condemned as a wicked man, 65 ; it is a good thing to inquire into the cause of our afflictions, 67. Joseph of Arimathea the subject of prophecy (Isa. liii. 9), iii. 363. Joy, a man's, distinguishes him, ii. 36 ; carnal, reproof of, 37 ; spiritual, is an act of love, 38 ; begotten in us by a sense of the love of Christ, ih. ; by it we delight in the grace of the Redeemer more than in all other things whatsoever, 41 ; may be without assurance, 42 ; but ig more abundant when our sight is cleared, 43 ; profit of, ih. ; helps or means towards, 45.
Carnal, to put away for godly sorrow, a good exchange, iv. 376.
Of a child of God in God's word, vi. 224 ; is real, ih. ; cordial, ih. ; great, 225 ; pure, ih. ; ends well,i6. j doth not pervert the heart, ih. ; overcomes the sense of affliction, 226 ; the word requires, ih. ; and ministers, ih.
Spiritual, warning against security of, vi. 268.
A christian's duty ; not his wages only, but his work also, vii. 4.
Of the blessed, ix. 455 ; in the beatific vision, ih. ; their own glorified estate, ih. ; the company of the blessed, 456 ; called the joy of the i Lord, either as provided by him, or as being such as he himself
possesseth, ih.
Great use of, in the spiritual life, to make us to do and to sufi'er, x. 355 ; to mar the taste of carnal pleasures, ih. ; is honourable to Christ, 356 3 is pleasing to him, ih. ; spiritual, ariseth more from hope than possession, ib. ; more felt in adversity than prosperity, ih. ; those have the highest feeling of, who have tasted the bitterness of sorrow, 357 ; feelings of, are up and down, yet when the feeling is gone, the sight remaineth, ih.