profession of respect and esteem to Christ, xiii. 227. Protection, divine, set forth under the notions of a hiding-place and a shield, viii. 166 ; extends to the soul, which is in danger of Satan and his temptations, 167 ; and the body, ib. ; a hiding-place to keep us from danger, a shield to keep us in danger, 168 ; arguments to depend upon, 174; every one must have a hiding-place, ib. ; our hearts will not be kept in safety unless we make God our strong defence, ib. ; it is a thing we owe to God by virtue of the
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fundamental article of the covenant, ib. ; this trust ever succeedetli well, 175 ; no hurt can come to us without God's leave, ib. ; God hath expressed his singular affection, and his care and providence over his people, ib. ; many arguments to work us to this trust, 176. Protestantism the way of truth, vi. 299 ; compared with Popery, 300. Froud, God professeth open defiance and hostility against, iv. 353 ; judg- ments upon, very shameful, ib. ; reasons, 354.
Creatures, the worst sort of, are those who err from God's command- ments, vi. 194.
Wicked men and persecutors frequently so called, vii. 322 ; because they shake off the yoke of God, and will not be subject to their maker, ib. ; because they are drunk with worldly felicity, and never think of changes, ib. ; they affect a life of pomp, sense, and carnal greatness, and despise the afflictions and meanness and simplicity of the people of God, 323 ; because of their insolent carriage towards the Lord's people, 324. Providence^ the success and event of all endeavours depends on, ii. 319.
Doctrine and leading of, to be observed in dubious cases, ii. 332.
God's, all things come within the guidance of, ii. 332 ; to be submitted to, 333.
God meant to copy out all dispensations of, in the life of Christ, iii. 365.
A vain thing to promise ourselves great things without leave of, iv. 389 ; principal ways of doing so, ib. ; undertaking things without prayer, ib. ; being too confident of future contingencies and events, ib. ; setting man's endeavours in God's stead, promising a time to repent hereafter, ib.
Eebukes of God's, upon impenitent sinners, of great use to the saints, vi. 203 ; arguments of his displeasure against the proud and im- penitent, ib. ; a proof and document how tender God is of his word, lb.
God's, establisheth the authority of his law, vii. 51.
God's, cannot be understood till his work be done, vii. 258.
Of God, observation of, will lead a gracious heart to love the word of God more than before, viii. 228.
Excepting against, from the evils in the world, is vain and frivolous, xii. 266 ; cautions against misconstruction and non-improvement of, 267.
Faith a key to the mysteries of, xiii. 357.
How far we are to submit to the will of God in, xv. 249 ; the grounds of our submission, 254 ; helps to it, 256.
As a subject for meditation, xvii. 339. Providences are blessed to christians through the merit of Christ, ii. 210.
Of God, all as fuel to keep up the fire of love, ii. 246.
God's, a comment on the scriptures, vi. 119.
The day of the church's conflict is mixed, and yieldeth great variety of, XV. 415 ; the reasons of this, 416.
Use and benefit of observing God's, xix. 240 ; to cure atheism, 241 ; to make us more cautious of sin, ib. ; to make us more earnest in deprecating the wrath of God, and suing out our pardon in Christ, 242 ; to make us thankful for our mercies and deliverances by Christ, ib. ; cautions regarding the observance of, ib. Prudence of God. See Wisdom.
The queen of graces, v. 358.
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Frtidence and wisdom required to know how to converse profitably and christianly with all we have to do with, vii. 205.
Psalm cxix., dependence of the verses in, neither to be neglected nor too curiously sought after, vii. 95.
Psalms, singing of, an ordinance of God's worship under the gospel, xix. 408 ; needs the help of the Spirit, 409 ; other songs, if grave and godly, may be sung in the church, 411 ; singing a clear and un- questionable duty, 414; a delectable ordinance, 415; a profitable ordinance, ib.
PuBLTc Thanksgiving, Sermon Preached on a Day of, xviii. 383.
Punishment of the wicked may be a comfort to the godly, not as it im- porteth the calamity of any, but because the snare and allurement to sin is taken away, vii. 55 ; their derision and mockage of godli- ness ceaseth, ih. ; the impediments of worshipping God are taken away, ih. ; way is made for the enlarging of Christ's kingdom, ib. ; God's justice is manifested, ih. Of the wicked a just recompense for their disobedience to God, and for their opposition to them that would obey God, xx. 220.
Punishments and rewards, how far they may be reflected on as incentives in duties of religion, xiii. 459.
Picnon, in Idumea, the place where the brazen serpent was lifted up, xvii. 459 ; Sylvanus and thirty-nine others martyred there, ib.
Purgatory unknown to Paul, i. 495.
P urijication, the necessity of, in several respects, xvi. 2G0 ; the manner of it, 262 ; those that are purified are reckoned God's treasure and peculiar people, 265 ; meaning of /.aog crsaroitr/o?, ib. ; reasons why they are so esteemed, 266 ; exhortation to carnal men to look after purification, 269 ; to the people of God to walk as his peculiar ones, 272.