means to treasure up wrath, iv. 407. What are true, vi. 133 ; gracious experiences or testimonies of the
favour of God, ib. ; knowledge, ib. ; faith, ib. ; good works, 134;
why these are riches, ib. And honour do not hurt faith in themselves where there is a fTacious
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heart to manage them, xiv. 407.
It is a hard matter for such as abound in, to enter the kingdom of heaven, xvii. 26 ; the point explained, ib. ; whence this difficulty ariseth, 29 ; are apt to breed atheism, ib. ; keep men from being broken-hearted, 30 ; make men take up their rest here, and sit down satisfied with the world as their chief est good, 31.
Trusting in, there is such a sin shown from scripture, xvii. 37 ; it is a very common and secret sin, 38 ; the heinousness of it, 39 ; the mis- chievousness of its effects, 40 ; signs and discoveries of it, 42 ; reme- dies against it, 45.
Whether we may desire and pray for, xviii. 194. Riddle, scriptural ; before we are able to speak, we speak lies, vi. 87. Might, a gracious way of, established between God and his people, according to which they may expect mercies, viii. 371 ; understood by compari- son of the two covenants, ib. See Covenants, two. Righteous, none of the sons of Adam are, before the throne of God, xviii. 4. Righteousness, superficial, keeps men from Christ, ii. 53.
Of Christ, threefold, iii. 444 ; essential and divine as he is God, ib. ; absolute and personal as he is mediator and God-man, ib. ; dispensa- tion and relation wrought out for us, 445 ; in his personal, two things remarkable — the sincerity of his spirit, and the innocency of his con- versation, ib. ; imputation of, denied by Papists and Socinians, 447 ; of the righteousness of his active obedience, denied by others, 448 ; in- terest in, Cometh by union, ib.
A care of, bringeth peace with it, iv. 323.
Of God, put for the whole perfection of the divine essence, vi. 423.
God's promise a word of, viii. 264 ; because God hath in his promises pawned his truth with the creature, and so giveu us a holdfast upon him, ib. ; because none that depended on God's word were ever dis- appointed, 265 ; because God standeth much on the credit of his word, ib.
Of God, what it is, viii. 438 ; sometimes put for the whole rectitude and perfection of the divine nature, ib. ; particular, with respect to his dealings with the creature, especially man, ib. ; as absolute lord, his righteousness is nothing but the absolute and free motion of his will concerning the estate of all creatures, ib. ; as governor and judge, his righteousness consists in giving all their due according to his law, 439 ; his governing justice is legislative or judicial, 440 ; judicial is remu- nerative, ib. ; or vindictive, 441 ; proved from the perfection of the divine nature, 442 ; from his office as governor and judge of the
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world, ih. ; from his giving Jesus Christ that he might be known to be a just God, ih. ; from the divine nature infused into us, 44:3. Righteoiisness, all righteousness, and nothing but righteousness, to be found in the word of God, Lx. 261 ; no virtue which it commendeth not, no duty which it commandeth not, no vice which it condemneth not, ih. ; the more the gospel is preached, the more righteousness is spread in the world, 262.
Of God in the condemnation of the world, though they remain in their blindness, xi. 114; because God hath done enough, ih. ; they have not done their part, 115; in the reward of the righteous, 116 ; en- gaged by Christ's merits, ih. ; by God's promise, 117; by positive ordinances, ih.
In what sense it may be taken, xiii. 307 ; of Christ, the meritorious cause of our being made the righteousness of God in him, 311.
Arguments to quicken us to seek after, xiiL 487 ; the fruit and benefits of, 488 ; means, 489.
Of Christ, application of, to ourselves a means of justification, xiv. 3 ; how to be applied, ih. ; to justify is not to make righteous, but to account or accept as, 9 ; none accounted righteous but those that are indeed so, ih. ; every righteousness will not serve the turn, but such only as will satisfy the justice of God, ih. ; God's justice can never be satisfied till the law is satisfied, 10 ; the law can never be satisfied but by active and passive obedience, ih. ; this satisfaction only to be had in Christ, ih. ; there is no having this righteousness in Christ but by imputation, 1 1 ; there is no imputation but by union, ih. ; there is no union but by faith, ih.
By faith opposite to the righteousness of the law, and to any act, virtue, or grace of our own, xiv. 217 ; is called a heritage because of its dig- nity and excellence, 218; to note the largeness of our portion and spiritual estate, ih. ; to show the nature of our tenure, 220 ; to show the condition of our present state, 221 ; our title to this heritage is evidenced by faith, 222.