Why God is an enemy of, xxi. 411; what it is, 415 ; how it shows itself, ib. ; why it begins with the heart, 418 ; means to avoid, 421. Priesthood which we have by Christ concerneth our ministration in the heavenly temple, xix. 93 ; because a christian is conformed to Christ, and made like him in all things, ib. ; this suiteth with the other privilege, that of being kings, 95 ; thus we are qualified and prepared, ib. ; till then we have not the full privilege of priests, intimacy, full communion, nearness of access to God, and ministra- tion before him, 96 ; heaven is often represented as a temple, and therefore there must be priests, 98 ; the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving remain eth to be everlastingly offered by us, ib. ; the scriptures plainly express that our service is not ended with our lives, ib. ; our estate in heaven hath the notion of a day or time in which our priesthood is to be exercised, 99. Priestly office of Christ requires that he be God and man, i. 489.
Office of Christ, two acts of, oblation and intercession, x. 246. Principles, rank of, viii. 488 ; some false and rotten, as carnal example and custom, ib. ; some more tolerable, as the hope of temporal mercies, i6. ; some very good and sound, yet do not argue grace, as when duties are done out of the urgings of an enlightened conscience, ib. ; pure and excellent when we act with respect to God, 489. Carnal and spiritual, men draw opposite conclusions from the same, XX. 212. Prison and judgment, Christ taken from, many interpretations of, iii. 344; taken and assumed into glory from the prison of the grave, 345.
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Private spirit, evil of, vii. 285.
Privilege and duty of the godly, it is their privilege that they have a God to go to, their duty to make him their guardian and saviour in all their distresSj ix. 64. Privileges, inward, the best and most honourable ; spiritual kin to be pre- ferred before carnal, iv. 17. Offered in God's word are everlasting, ix. 7. Privy council of a child of God, God's testimonies, vi, 224; books the best counsellors ; and of all books God's testimonies have the pre-emi- nence, ih. Prize of eternal glory set before those whom God hath effectually called in
Christ, XX. 94 ; all christians deeply engaged to pursue after, 97. Profession showeth to what party we addict ourselves ; holiness, that we addict ourselves to God, iv. 246. Naked, in respect of true faith, is but as a dead body and carcase, iv. 270 ; noisome as a rotten carcase ; useless as to all the purposes of faith, ih. Of Christ not enough, v. 165 ; without answerable practice, maketh us in worse case than the heathen, ih. ; accompanied with some rash and fond afi'ection to Christ not enough, 166; means to discover false, 167. Necessity of, a matter intricate and perplexed, vi. 462 ; of great truths must be open and public, else Christ would not have a visible people in the world, 463 ; in the smallest matters we must do nothing to contradict the truth, ih. ; in lesser truths when they become testing questions, ih. ; when our non-profession would be interpreted as a denial, ih. ; when others are scandalised by our non-profession, ih. ; when an account of our faith is demanded, especially by magistrates, ih. ; when great opportunities are offered in God's providence, 464 ; to be forborne till you be fully persuaded of the truth you are to profess, ih. ; when the profession of a lesser truth proves an offence to the weak, ih. ; when the unseasonable venting of things will do more hurt than good, ih. ; how to made, ih. Not to be neglected, ix. 332 ; though never so glorious, should not be rested in without a saving work of grace upon the heart to maintain it, 333 ; will not serve for the present, ih. ; must fail for the future, ih. External, obligeth us to die unto sin, xii. 62.
AVithout conviction, but a knowing Christ after the flesh, xiii. 224. The making an open confession of the truth a necessary duty, xiv. 325 ; whether we are bound always to make this confession, ih. ; reasons why christians should more plainly discover the profession of their hopes, 326 ; how they should do so, ih. ; reproof of those that are Nicodemites, 327. A man may go far, and fall away at last, xvii. 14 ; reasons why, ih. ; trials a means of discovery of our profession, 17 ; carnal men will renounce Christ rather than the world when it comes to a trial, 18 ; yet be very sorrowful when they cannot win heaven in their own way, 22 ; worldliness a disease very incident to great men and per- sons of quality, 23. Progress in christian life is in three things — conquest over the enemies of God and our souls, devotion cf ourselves to God, and hope of the coming of Christ and our everlasting glory, ii. 104. They who have made furthest progress in Christianity are usually most sensible of their own imperfections, xx. 89 ; because as grace