Meanness and want of outward pomp and splendour, the great pre- judice against the entertainment of Christ and the things of his king- dom, iii. 223 ; yet is by the special appointment of God, 228 ; willingly taken up by him in his birth, and life, and manner of appearing among men, 229 ; his meanness a great mercy to mankind, 231.
Means, none can avail without God's blessing, i. 276.
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Means, God worketb. by, both in naturals and spirituals, ii. 318.
Obligation to use, reconcilable with man's im potency, v. 482.
The Lord both sendeth and blesseth, vii. 210.
Whether moral or ritual, no further effectual than they are accom- panied by faith, iv. 454. Meat out of the Eatee, v. 377.
Meditation, occasional, an act by which the soul spiritualiseth every object about which it is conversant, vi. 139 ; set and solemn, 140 ; reflective, a solemn parley between a man and his own heart, ib. ; direct, when we exercise our minds in the word of God, and the matters contained therein, ib.
A duty, vi. 141 ; a necessary duty, ib. ; a profitable duty, 142,
And study necessary in order to obedience, vii. 18 ; to know the mind of God, and understand our duty, 19 ; to keep up a fresh remembrance of our duty, ib. ; to inkindle our afi'ections, ib. ; to show our love, ib.
On God's precepts, necessity of, vii. 333 ; truths lie hid in the heart, without any efficacy, till improved by deep, serious, and pressing thoughts, ib. ; God will not be served by-the-bye and at haphazard, 334 ; to divert our thoughts from other things, ib. ; to keep our prin- ciples in view and memory, ib.
On the word of God proceeds from love of it, vii. 478 ; and increases this love, 479 ; exhortation to, 481.
Three sorts of, viii. 12 ; of observation, when a man compares the word and providence, ib. ; of study and search, inquiring into the word of God to find out his mind, ib. ; of consideration, when we consider that which we read and hear, how it may be fit for use and practice, and of what moment it is for our eternal weal or woe, 13 ; private, must be joined with public hearing, ib. ; a great help towards gracious improvement, 14.
A necessary duty, ix. 78 ; a great help to our natural faculties, 79 ; to our graces, ib. ; to our duties, 80 ; exhortation to, ib.
The fuel of faith, xiii. 37G.
The fruits of, xiii. 406.
r^yp? a'boKiGyjiSai\ meaning of the word, xvii. 264 ; what it is, 267 ;
the necessity and profit of it, 274; rules to guide us in this holy work, 277 ; lets or hindrances, 281 ; helps and remedies, ib. ; the meditation proper to the sacrament, 288 ; the time for meditation, 298 ; the persons who are to meditate, 299 ; rules as to the choice of object, 300 ; the method and manner, 303 ; particular objects of meditation : the chief end of man, 306 ; the sinfulness of sin, 314 ; the excellency of the gospel, 331 ; providence, 339.
Mediator, Christ's office as, required that he should be God and man, i. 480. Owning and worshipping God by Jesus Christ as, is the sum of the christian religion, xviii. 260 ; necessity of, on account of our dis- tance from God, 261 ; and our disagreements with him, ib. ; none but Christ fit for this office, 262 ; comforts and duties resulting from his mediatorship, 264 ; who receive the benefit of his mediation, 266 ; those who take upon them the profession of being his servants and obedient subjects to Christ, ib. ; those who really enter into tiie evan2:elic estate, 267.
MeeJcness inviteth injury, but always to its own cost, iv. 417.
Meetness, God frameth his people unto that happy estate to which he hath appointed them, xii. 478 ; what this meetness implies, ib.
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Melchisedelc a type of Christ, i. 479.
Memory, a bad, one great defect that the people of God are troubled with, V. 307.
Sanctified, the Holy Ghost makes use of, bringing scriptures to our re- membrance as we have need, vi. 104. Men, Christ useth the ministry of, in the work of salvation, and that not out of indigence, but indulgence, x. 196 ; it is most for the glory of God, ib. ; it trieth our obedience, ib. ; it is the most rational way, ib. ; the surest way, 197 ; a comfortable way, ib. Merchants very liable to thoughts and discourses savouring of carnal pre- sumption and confidence, iv. 388. Mercies, common, God gives us possession of, i. 150 ; he gives a right and title to them, 151 ; he gives the continuance of them, 152 ; he gives us leave to use them, ib. ; he gives us ability to use them, 153 ; he gives us a sanctified use of them, ib. ; he gives the natural blessing on their holy use, 154 ; he gives us contentment with them, ib.
Common, a kind of election and reprobation in giving to some and with- holding from others, i. 162.
Common, the Lord's goodness to be acknowledged in, vi. 157.