How to interpret, xii. 266.
Direction in, to avoid customariness, irreverence, and deadness, and to beget confidence, xiv. 142 ; how we may keep our hearts in, under a sense of God's being, so as to conceive of him aright, 144 ; must renew and revive our faith in God's essence and presence, ib. ; there must be no carnal conceit and representation of God in our minds, 145 ; must conceive of him according to his praises in his word, 147 ; must have such thoughts of him as may increase our reverence, not weaken our delight, ib. ; considerations to keep the spirit awe- ful, 148 ; considerations to keep the heart cheerful, 149 ; rules to be observed in forming fit notions of the Trinity, 151.
To God, must be reverent both as to the frame of the soul and the gesture of the body, xiv. 402.
The kind of faith required in, xv. 146 ; what it is to ask according to the will of God, 148; the necessity of praying in faith, 150; re- proof of those that pray with little or no faith, 151 ; exhortation to faith in prayer, 152 ; how we may know that we pray in faitli, 15.3.
The ends for which this duty was appointed, xv. 298 ; causes why men neglect it, 302.
The nature of, xvii. 491 ; the kinds of, distinguished, 492 ; what it is to pray without ceasing, 492 ; reasons why constant and frequent prayer is a duty incumbent on all true christians, 496 ; reproof of those who are infrequent in prayer, 500 ; wherein lieth a prayerful temper of heart, 502.
The birthplace or proper rise of, is in the heart, xviii. 63 ; inducements to, 64 ; a sense of our wants, ib. ; esteem and value of the blessings asked, ib. ; desire, 65 ; habitual inclination of the mind towards God, ib. ; encouragements to, 66 ; God's merciful nature, ib. ; his great love, ib. ; his bountiful providence, ib. ; his promises, 67.
The terms in which God invites and encourages us to prayer, xxi. 193 : how we should ask in order to ensure success, 194 ; success in prayer distinguished, 197; several ways of receiving answers to
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prayer, 198; answers to prayer notable confirmations to faith, ex- citements to love and obedience, and encouragements to pray again, 200. Prayers, failing of the pharisees in their, i. 4.
Long, not forbidden, i. 25 ; yet, in the general, prayer should be short, ib. ; affectation of prolixity is naught, ib.
Should all be mingled with a thankful sense and acknowledgment of God's mercies, vii. 1G5; thanksgiving is the kindly way of petitioning, 166.
Of Christ, why he prayed, x. 113; this was the agreement between God and him, that he should first establish a right, and then sue it out in court, ib. ; that we might have a copy of his intercession, ib. ; that his prayers might be a constant fountain and foundation of spiritual blessings, ib. ; to commend the duty of prayer, 114; that our prayers might be effectual, ib.
Christ's, all believers, and they only, are interested in, xi. 17.
To be directed to Christ with confidence, xi. 129; and with earnest- ness, 130. Praying, manner of, should be with reverence, self-abhorrence, and submis- sion, i. 252.
In the Holy Ghost, what it is, v. 337 ; the right manner of, is with affection, 339; with confidence, 340; with reverence, ib.
For grace yet sinning against it, is like those that sacrificed to Esculapius, praying for health, but kept up their riotous feasts, xiii. 464. Preachers, all christians not called to be, but all are on meet occasions to declare the judgments of God's mouth, vi. 121 ; in their own fami- lies, ib. ; in their converses, 122 ; reasons, ib. ; the lips and tongue are God's, and must be used for him, ib. ; it is the glory of the tongue to serve God in this kind, 123; every creature has a voice peculiar to itself, and so should the new creature have, ib. ; good is communicative, 124 ; it discovereth knowledge and good esteem of the word, ib. ; it is for our benefit to be talking of good things to others, 125. Preacher's best commendation is the hearer's life, iv. 153.
Who are strict in doctrine and loose in practice, reproof of, vii. 17. Preaching of the word, men not to adventure upon, till they have a good spiritual furniture, or are stored with a sufficiency of gifts, iv. 133.
Should be suited to the wants and circumstances of the hearers, v. 103. Precepts, show not what man will do, but what he ought to do ; are not measures of strength, iv. 369.
Should be turned into prayers, vi. 47.
Meditation on God's, and walking in God's ways, connection between, vi. 138.
Keeping of God's, is legal or evangelical, vii. 96 ; benefit of keeping, 97 ; peace of conscience, 98 ; joy in the Holy Ghost, 99 ; increase of grace, ib. ; gracious experiences and manifestations of God vouchsafed to us in the way of obedience, 100; protection in our work, 101; preservation in public and common judgments, ib.; so much of sanctified prosperity as is good for us, 102 ; these benefits should be seen and observed, ib. ; to increase our esteem for God's grace, ib. ; to justify God against the reproaches of carnal