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' increaseth, liglit increaseth, ih. ; as grace increaseth, their love to Gi)d increaseth, and so they hate sin more, ib. ; experience maketh theia wise and provident, 90 ; they know more of the vanity of the world, ib. ; they are more acquainted with themselves, ib. ; by frequent com- munion with God they know more of God, and so more of themselves, 91 ; their work is now to look to the degree, ib. Frolegomena to the commentary on James, iv. 8,
Promise, that it be immutable, three things necessary, iii. 152 ; that it be seriously and heartily made, ib. ; that the promiser continue in his purpose without change of mind, 153; that he is able to perform it, ib.
The accomplishment of one, confirms another, vi. 399.
Of mercy usually goeth before the bestowal of it, vii. 21 ; usually some time of delay between the promise and the fulfilment, ib. ; to try our faith, 22 ; our patience, ib. ; our love, 23 ; to enlarge our de- sires, ib.
Three things necessary that it may be certain and firm — that it be made seriously and heartily, with a purpose to perform it ; that the promiser continue in his purpose ; that he has the power to fulfil it, vii. 364; these concur in the promises of God, 365, 401.
Three things required in, viii. 263 ; Veritas, sincerity, or truth in mak- ing, ib ; fidelitas, faithfulness in keeping, 264; justitia, righteous- ness in giving to him to whom the promise is made what the pro- mise has made his, ib. See Righteousness, God's promise, &c. Fivmises, God's, their sufficiency and stability, i. 312.
How they make us partakers of a divine nature, ii. 216 ; from their drift, 220; their matter, ^'6. ; their conditions or terms, 221; the power which accompanies them, ib.
Particular application of general, is necessary, vi. 404.
There are in the word of God, that we may believe, and others because we do believe ; to faith and for faith, vii. 23.
Of scripture, comforting in affliction, vii. 34 ; particularly of par- don of sin, ib. ; of eternal life, ib. ; concerning our temporal estate, 35.
To be made much of, vii. 202.
The children of God make more of, than others do, because they value the blessings promised, and believe that they shall be fulfilled, vii. 361.
God may suspend the fulfilment of, not because he is unwilling to give, but because he will have us better prepared to receive, vii. 365 ; to awaken fervency of prayer, and that the blessing may be more earnestly desired and more highly valued, 366 ; to prove and exer- cise our faith, ib. ; that patience may have its perfect work, ib. ; be- cause the frame of his providence requires it, ib.
Some have been made to one generation and fulfilled to another, vii. 408 ; the same common, have been fulfilled to the faithful in all ages, ib.
God's, motives to take, for our heritage, viii. 144 ; every man hath some heritage, a chief good, ib. ; this is a portion which will go along with us wherever we go, ib. ; all other things will never satisfy, 145 ; this heritage sanctifies all our heritages, ib. ; it is a good sign of adoption, ib. ; this is a peculiar heritage, and always goes along with the favour of God, ib. ; they that refuse this heritage, the Lord's vengeance will seize upon them, ib.
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Fromises, God's, to believe, and have the sph-it of his saints, is enough for us, viii. 223. Meditation of, very seasonable, when the answer of our prayers is
denied, ix. 83. Of God are good, ix. 283 ; and sure, ih. ; as promises, ih. ; as the
promises of God, ib. Concern either this life or that which is to come, xii. 197. What they are, xiii. 328.
From what inconsiderable beginnings they have their fulfilment illus- trated in the case of Abraham, xiv. 250 ; not always made good in kind, ib. ; usually made good to the posterity of the faithful, 251. Are the overflowings of God's love, xiv. 293 ; the rule and warrant of faith, 294 ; a pledge of the thing promised, and must be held till performance come, ib. How we must believe, xiv. 410 ; helps to belief in, ib. The work of faith as to the, xv. 71, 58, 108.
Of assistance, acceptance, and reward, the work of faith, xv. 141. Though made upon particular occasions to some of God's people, yet
are of general use, xviii. 444. General, may be sought to be, applied to particular persons, rightly qualified, xx. 279. Property, should all, be in common? xvi. 146; have wicked men a right
in, or may they be spoiled as the Canaanites 1 ib. Prophecy, or preaching, an old ordinance, at least as old as Enoch, v. 291.
Light of, and the light of faith compared, xiii. 364. Prophecies of scripture evince the truth of it, v. 322. •
yV(;j9Aei, Christ the great, i. 393; his qualifications for this office, 394 ; absolute supreme authority, ib. ; all manner of sufficiency, and the power of God to execute the office, ib. ; power to make his doctrine effectual, 395. Prophetical office of Christ requires that he be God and man, i. 481 ; what he taught, 488 ; how he taught, ib. ; by what arguments he con- firmed his doctrine, 489 ; how he received this doctrine from the Father, ib. Prophets got some knowledge by ordinary means, and some by immediate revelation, vi. 340 ; the latter as prophets, the former as believers, ib. Proseh/tes of the covenant and of the gate, distinction of, xviii. 406. Prosperity and adversity have each their snares ; the former the more dangerous, i. 237. And adversity, subject to, in outward things, viii. 191 ; each has its own snares and temptations, ib. ; some that have held well in one condition have failed in the other, ib. ; to have these conditions succeed one another makes the temptation the greater, ib. Of the wicked, no cause of dismay, viii. 213 ; not to be envied, 222; they are of the earth, ib. ; the uncertainty of their condition, 223. npoffuzov, of the Jew, was his knowledge of the law ; of the christian, his