Purity and perfection of the scriptures, viii. 337.
They who liate, can never love God and his ways, till their hearts
be changed, viii. 487. And cleanness of heart becometh christians, xix. 195 ; they are con- secrated to the service of a holy God, ih. ; they profess the most holy faith, 196. Of life, the hope of a blessed estate hereafter should put us upon a serious endeavour after, xx. 471 ; with respect to God, 481 ; with respect to the ordinances, 483 ; with respect to graces, 484 ; direc- tions as to the nature of the purity we should seek after, 485 ; means and helps, 487. And charity true notes of a believer, xxi. 82.
Quakers by their practices bring religion into contempt, xiii. 118. Qualifications, gracious and good, wrought in us, we may mention, vi. 94 ;
not by way of boasting, 95 ; nor pleading of merit, ib. ; but for God's
glory, ib. ; for our comfort, ib. ; our vindication, ib. ; as an argument
in prayer to obtain further grace, ib. Quenching of the Spirit, when men do not stir up the grace that is in them,
iii. 217 ; when they return to their old ways, 218. Questioning of conscience, good for humiliation, faith, and obedience, iv.
190. Quickening noteth the renewing of comfort, vi. 239 ; the actuation of grace,
ib. ; God's children need, 240 ; by reason of their constant weakness,
ib. ; and their frequent indispositions and distempers of soul, ib.
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Quickening is put for regeneration or infusion of grace, vi. 395 ; and for the renewed excitation of grace, ib. ; in the latter sense it includes comfort in afflictions, and is opposed to fainting, ib. ; and enlivening in duty, 39G ; necessity of, ih.
Is used in scjfipture for regeneration, or the first infusion of the life of grace, vi. 435 ; and for the vitality and vigour of grace, when the spiritual life is in good plight, ib. ; this vitality depends on the degree and measure of our faith, ib. ; and of our love, 436 ; they who long after God's precepts see a need of, ib. ; because of the diseases incident to the renewed state, ib. ; because, without quicken- ing grace, they cannot serve God cheerfully, or do anything to pur- pose in the heavenly life, 437 ; because it is both uncomfortable to themselves to act without quickening grace, and very hateful to God, ib. • hindrances to, ib. ; heinous sin, ib. ; immoderate liberty, or vanities of the world, or pleasures of the flesh, ib. ; slothfulness and negligence in the spiritual life, 438 ; vain and dead-hearted company and converse, ib.
Twofold, when from dead we are made living, or when from cold, and sad, and heavy, we are made lively, vii. 429 ; the word the only means of, 431 ; it contains the most quickening considerations, 432 ; the quickening Spirit delights to work by this means, 433 ; though the word be the means, the benefit comes from God, ib.
Put for regeneration, or the first infusion of the life of grace, viii. 103 ; or for quickening in duties, ib. ; or for quickening in afflictions, 104.
Is either restitution to happiness, or the renewing and increasing the vigour of spiritual life, ix. 84 ; we should be sensible of the temper of our hearts, and see whether they want quickening or no, ib. ; when they want it, we must ask it of God, ib. ; ask it earnestly, ib. ; ex- pect it in and through Jesus Christ, who came from heaven for this end, ib. ; consider how God worketh it in us, by the Spirit acting, the habit of grace or new nature acted on, and the word and sacra- ments the instrument and means, 85 ; consider how willing God is to grant, ib. ; know when you have received, ib. ; signs of, 86 ; more sense of indwelling sin as a heavy burden, ib. ; appetite after Christ, his graces and comforts, ib. ; activity in duties, ib. ; why the children of God see a need to ask so often and so earnestly, ib. ; they know that God will be served in a lively manner, ib. ; they know the need of it, because of the instability of their hearts, ib. ; and the constant opposition of the flesh, 87 ; and the change wrought in us by our outward condition, ib. ; because we sin away our life and strength, 88 ; because God giveth out by degrees, and would keep us in con- stant dependence, ib.
Rahab, the harlot, her justification, iv. 2Q5 ; much faith in her actings in the
matter of the spies, 267. Raising up of Jesus refers not to his resurrection, but his exaltation, ii. 23. Ransom paid by Christ, not to Satan, but to God, i. 420 ; why necessary,
ib. Rational creatures, God works on us as, ii. 240. Reading and meditation, scarce an instance of any converted by, that neglected
prophesying when it was to be had, v. 22. Reason showeth certainly that there is eternal life and death, or torment and
bliss, after this life, ii. 362.
302 LSDEX.
Reason, carnal, faith's worst enemy, iv. 51.