Of God, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, one true and only God ; besides this, there is the kingdom of Christ considered as mediator, xix. 213.
Christ's, the title or right to the privileges of, is by way of inheritance, xix. 214. Kingly office of Christ requires that he be God and man, i. 482, 490.
Office of Christ little exercised on earth during his humiliation, x. 468. Kings, princes, and magistrates, necessary for them to know God's testimonies, vi. 488; as men, ih. ; as rulers and potentates, ib. ; that they may understand their place and duty, ib. ; that they may be carried through their cares, and fears, and snares, 489 ; so they shall be a double blessing to the people, ih.
Christians are made, xix. 90 ; here spiritually, in proportion as they vanquish the devil, the world, and the flesh, ib. ; hereafter, visibly, gloriously, and eternally, ib. Kinsman, great comfort that Christ is, by his incarnation, ii. 294 ; and by our regeneration, 295 ; as kinsman he is our redeemer, ib. ; pays the price and ransom of his captivated brethren, ib. ; revenges the quarrel of his slain kinsmen upon the murderer, 296. Knowledge, the first radical act of faith, iii. 415. See Faith.
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Knowledge, true, is considerate, iii. 425 ; convincing, U). ; wise, prudent, and directive, 426 ; affective, ib. ; practical, 427 ; spiritual, 428.
Of God in Christ, means of growth in, iii. 433 ; reading the word, hear- ing, prayer, meditation, laying aside prejudices, 434.
Enables to bear trials, iv. 28.
Of scripture, and delight in it, must be directed to practice, vi. 107.
Of the things of God, degrees of, vi. 165 ; simple nescience, as in the heathen, ib. ; a grammatical knowledge, but not a spiritual, 166; dogmatical knowledge, ib. ; gracious illumination, ib.
Reproof of those who desire, only to inform their judgments or satisfy their curiosity, vi. 347, 352.
Sound saving, is such as doth establish the heart against all delusions, and keepeth us on truth's side, vi. 256 ; such as causeth the soul to lie under the dominion, life, and power of the truth, and aweth and commandeth the heart into obedience, ib. ; when it giveth us pru- dence how to practise, ib. ; excellency of, 257 ; vastness and latitude of, ib. •. profit that cometh by, 258.
Man not led by, but by judgment, vii. 204.
God's grace free in making a difference between man and man as to measures and degrees of, viii. 11 ; sovereignty of his distribution, 12; equity and proportion, ib. ; God giveth to whom he pleaseth, yet so that those who meditate most thrive most, ib.
Saving, a benefit that must be asked of God, vii. 183 ; God is the pro- per author of it, ib. ; it is a singular favour to them on whom he bestoweth it, 184 ; prayer is the appointed means to obtain it, ib. ; cannot be too often, or sufficiently often, asked of God, 185.
In the general, is man's excellency, ix. 30 ; divine, is better than all others, 31 ; of the knowledge of God, practical is better than speculative, ib.; of practical, the best is transforming, regenerating, saving, 32 ; to be sought not only by beginners, but grown christians, ib. ; that we may escape the deceits of a subtle devil, 33 ; that we may serve a holy God with such exactness and diligence as doth become his excellency, ib. ; that we may be prepared for an everlasting estate by degrees, ib.
Christ's, of his people, is as they fall under the purposes of his grace, ix. 405 ; as they are under the care of his special providence, 406 ; as they are the subjects of his rewarding grace, ib.
Of God, the way to life eternal, or life eternal begun, and is the root and foundation, x. 140, 142.
Means to grow in, x. 144 ; wait upon the preaching of the word, ib. ; read the word with diligence, ib. ; read with prayer, 145 ; study the creatures, 146; spiritualise every outward advantage, ib. ; purge your heart more and more from carnal affections, ib. ; beware of novelism, ib. ; directions, 147 ; progress in knowledge is rather in degrees than in parts, ib. ; fundamentals in the scripture are clear and certain, ib. ; these necessary doctrines must be entertained without doubt and hesitancy, ib. ; we must be zealous for lesser truths when we have received them upon certain grounds, 148 ; take up no practices nor principles but upon full conviction, ib. ; no other knowledge but that of God and Christ sufficient to life eternal, ib. ; this is suflRcient, 149.
Before faith, in faith, and after faith, x. 236.
Of God, the only way to blessedness, xi. 118; because the foundation of the eternal state must be laid in this life, ib. ; there is no serving
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or enjoying of God but by knowledge, 119 ; none without the know- ledge of Christ as mediator, 120 ; because God will accept no honour from the creature but in and through Christ, ib. ; because God, out of Christ, is not comfortable, but terrible, ib. Knowledge, God's, of his people, importeth his eternal election of them before all time, xviii. 140 ; his gracious conversion of them in time, ib. ; his particular notice of them in the course of his providence, 141 ; the intimate familiarity that is between God and them in holy ordinances, and the whole course of their conversation, ib. ', acknowledgment of them at the last day, 142. J ' A form of,' what it is, xix. 381 ; a grammatical and memorative knowledge, ib. ; dogmatical and opinionative knowledge, ib. ; such as produces some touch upon the heart, but slender and transitory, ib.