Lieth in a sensible sight of sin and deserved wrath, xviii. 228 ; such an apprehension of God's mercy in Christ as maketh us turn to him, ib. ; a grieving for and forsaking of our sins, and giving up ourselves to his service, ib. ; encouragements to, 231,
Mistakes regarding, xix. 218; not some trouble for sin while we go on to commit it, ib. ; not some faint resistance or striving against sin, ib. ; not a hope to cry God mercy on a death-bed, ib.
In what it consists, xxi. 263 ; why this is a special means instituted by God for the cure of wounded souls, 265 ; directions, 268 j the duties required in the work of, 270. Reiyetition, Popish, in prayer, condemned, i. 32,
Ue2jetitions vain (i3a'zro7.oyia), what they are, i, 22 ; a heathenish custom, 23 ; inconsistent with the true nature of God, ib. ; a sin needlessly to affect, ib. ; two extremes — shortness, out of barrenness or shghtness, and length, out of affectation, 24 ; all are not vain, ib. ' Reproach of Christ,' meaning of the phrase, xiv, 461. Beproaxhes for Christ matter for thanksgiving rather than discontent, iv. 65.
A usual, but yet a great and grievous, affliction to the children of God, vi. 205 ; such as light upon religion itself, ib. ; or our own persons, 206 ; a grievous affliction, 207 ; upon a natural account, because a
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good name is a great blessing, ib. ; upon a spiritual account, ib. ; why God permits, 209 ; a proper cure for the sin of pride, ib. ; for carnal walking, ib. ; for censoriousness, 210 ; for trial of faith, ib. ; of pati- ence, ib. ; of uprightness, 211 ; comfort under, 213. lieproaches, a usual affliction of the people of God, vi. 410; a grievous affliction, 411 ; as against nature, ib. ; and against grace, 412. Permitted to fall upon christians to humble them, vi. 413 ; for the cure of pride, 414; careless walking, 415 ; censoriousness, 416; and for trial of faith, ib.; mortification, 418 ; patience, ib. ; uprightness, 419 ; and for sanctification, ib. ; are like soap, which seems to defile the linen it cleanseth, ib. ; comforts against, 422. Reprobation, God's sealed book, iii. 333.
Doctrine of, opened, v. 128; it is an eternal decree, ib. ; a decree and pre-ordination, not a naked foresight of them that perish, ib. ; this decree of God founded in his own good-will and pleasure, ib. ; con- tains preterition and pre-damnation, ib. ; the former merely from the good pleasure of God, 129 ; the latter presupposeth consideration of the creature's sin, ib. ; those who are passed by, never attain to saving grace, ib. ; being left of God, and destitute of saving grace, they freely and of their own accord fall into such sins as render them obnoxious to the just wrath and vengeance of God, ib. ; God's decree concerning such persons immutable, ib. ; doctrine proved from scrip- ture, ib. ; vindication of the doctrine, 130 ; application of the doctrine, 133. Doctrine of, stated and vindicated, x. 88. Reproof, brotherly, is a necessary duty, which all are bound to practise as well as they can, xix. 112 ; by the law of nature, which requires us to reduce to the right way those who have gone out of it, 113 ; posi- tively commanded by God, 114; is a necessary precept, which we must obey, 115; bindeth all, even inferiors to their superiors, 116; yet the 'admonisher should have a calling to it, by some relation between him and the offender, 117 ; distinctions regarding, 119. Of those that err and go astray from duty to be more in compassion than in passion, xx. 121 ; Paul's example in, ib. Reproofs must be managed with compassion and holy grief, v. 357 ; must be administered gently to the ignorant and seduced, ib. ; to those that slip of infirmity, 358 ; to the afflicted in conscience, ib. ; to those that err in smaller matters, ib. ; to the tractable, and those of whom we have any hope, ib. See Severity. Resignation of ourselves to God, signs of, i. 55 ; when we choose and cleave to him as our all-sufficient portion, ib.; when we set apart ourselves to his use, ib. Of ourselves to God, motions to, vii. 445 ; we owe ourselves to God, and therefore should give ourselves up to him, ib. ; God offers him- self to us, and it is reasonable we should give ourselves to him, ib. ; there is no such enjoyment as in giving ourselves up to God, 446 ; we cannot give other things to him unless we give ourselves, ib. ; it is our honour t<:) be in relation to him, ib. Of ourselves into Christ's hands should be whole and absolute, x. 214; must be an advanced act, 215 ; must still be accompanied with some confidence, ib. ; there must be a care of obedience, ib. ; must arise from a chief care of our souls, ib. ; must be of the body as well as the soul, 216. To the will of God, the nature of it, xxi. 442 ; the grounds of it, 443 ;
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