regeneration, ib. Difference between that of the righteous and the wicked, xx. 62 ; a self- denying believer earnest to obtain the former, 63 ; blessedness of the saints in, 64. See Saints, blessedness of, &c. Is a Avork of omnipotency, xx. 173 ; required by the justice of God, 174 ; by his unchanging covenant love, ib. ; by the redemption of Christ, which extendeth to the bodies of saints, ib. ; by the honour which is put upon the bodies of saints, 175. Retaliation, God often uses, paying sinners in their own coin, i. 127. Returning to God, a people gone off from the ways of God are not easily brought to a sense of the necessity of returning to him, xv. 317 ; this is true of mankind in general, of nations, and of particular persons, ib. ; the shifts men use to divert a particular acknowledgment of sin, 320 ; it is but a notional, and not a real repentance, when we profess to return to God and know not wherein we should return, 323. Revelation, not rational to expect new, now the canon and rule of faith is closed, iii. 25-
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Revelation, necessity of, iii. 131 ; possible means of, ib. ; necessary to be com- mitted to writing, 132 ; both a safe and a full rule to walk by, ib. Book of, contains as many mysteries as words, v. 415. Special, desire after, a temptation to be resisted, vii, 426. Necessity of, x. 427 ; for the honour of God, that he should give man a rule, ib. ; for the safety of religion, that fallen man might not obtrude fancies on his neighbours, 428 ; in respect of man, to repair the defects of nature, ib. ; to satisfy the desires of nature, 429. God hath plainly revealed his mind concerning the duty of the creature by the light of nature and the word, xv. 395 ; the revelation of God's mind in the word consists of two parts, the moral and the evangelical, 396 ; whatever God hath so revealed is good, 397; several sorts of goodness distinguished, ib. ; in the revelation of our duty God exacteth nothing of us but what is good, proved from the design and structure of the christian religion, 398 ; God only requireth from us that which is amiable, pleasant, profitable, and horiourable, 402. The coming of Christ so called, xx. 234 ; reasons, 235 ; aj^proach of, 236 ; will bring his mighty angels with him, 240 ; terrible manner of, in flaming fire, 245. Revenge, sweet to nature, contrary to grace, i. 185. Is often disguised as zeal for God, i. 236. And injury differ only in order, vi. 211. Christians are never to pray for, xix. 20. .Revival of decayed religion, means of, v. 435 ; united and earnest prayer, ib. ; godly and peaceable walking before God and man, ib. ; stirring up ourselves, and provoking one another to more forwardness, 436 ; delighting in, and waiting on, the powerful ministry of the word, ib. ; by the ministry Christ must still be preached, 437 ; humbling doctrines must be duly pressed, 438 ; the duties of relations to be specially urged, ib. ; peace to be so compounded with purity, that neither may lose its due respect, ib. ; by the magistrates, 439 ; being holy and godly in their own persons, ib. ; giving encouragement to a godly ministry, ib. ; heartily establishing a holy government in the church, ib. ; countenancing godly persons, ib. ; honouring and sweetening religion by some release of the people's burdens, 440. Reuurd, not a sin to desire, v. 352.
Of faithful servants, is not only verbal commendation, but real remuner- ation, ix. 454 ; preferment and advancement to a higher place in the family, ib. ; the joy of their Lord, 455. God's people will have great cause to wonder at their final, x. 67; at the reason alleged, ib. ; at the greatness of Christ's condescension, 68 ; at the greatness of the reward, ib. Rewards and punishments, how far they may be reflected on as incentives iti
duties of religion, xiii. 459. Rich, with whom Christ's grave was made, was Joseph of Arimathea, iii. 363. Men usually persecutors or oppressors, iv. 202 ; others have the will, but have no power, ib. ; and riches exalt the mind and efi'erate it,^ ib. ; wealth often leads to pride, ib. ; the gospel is distasteful to rich men, because it puts all on the same level, ib. Should help the poor, reasons why, xvi. 477.
The difficulty of their salvation, xvii. 49 ; this difficulty ariseth because of the duties required of them in common with others, 49 ; so also because more is required of them than others, 53 ; reasons why this should be much pressed and seriously thought of, 55.
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Hich, to have a will to be, bewrayed by intention or scope, xviii. 189 ; and
by industrious prosecution, 190; danger of, 191. niches compared to a flock of wild birds, which perch in a man's field to
night, and are gone to-morrow, i. 152. Not altogether inconsistent with Christianity, iv. 67 ; in themselves are
God's blessings, 68. Hard to possess, without sin, iv. 399.
Given by God as a means to escape wrath, by a liberal and chari- table distribution of them to his glory ; should not be used as a