Or justice, the nature of it, xvi. 143 ; we should give every one his due, ih. ; do injury to no man, 144 ; make restitution, 147; bear injuries with patience, 148 ; in many cases not demand our own extreme right, ih. ; do as we would be done by, 149 ; public good to be preferred before private, ih. ; according to our power be useful to others, 150 ; the reason we have to look after the grace of righteousness, 151.
Of faith is the obedience and death of Christ apprehended by faith, xviii. 217.
Its office, xix. 268 ; to seek the peace and welfare of the communities in which we live, 269 ; to give every man his due, ih. ; fidelity in our relations, ih. ; Christianity advanceth these things to a greater height, 270.
All unconverted men have some counterfeit, wherein they please themselves, xx. 6.
Superficial, keepeth men from Christ, and maketh their conviction and conversion more difficult, xx. 10.
Paul's own, was by the moral law. xx. 42 ; and the ceremonial law, 43 ; this he disclaimed, ih. ; that which he affected was of the new covenant, ih. ; founded upon Christ's obedience unto death, 44 ; applied by faith and new obedience, ih. ; in the day of judgment, which will be a day of exact search and trial, none can appear before God with safety and comfort without some righteousness, 45 ;
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rigliteousness by tlie law of works we cannot have, 46 ; the loss of
legal righteousness we cannot repair, ih. ; Christ by his sacrifice and
ransom has provided a righteousness, ib. ; this he dispenses on his own
terms, 47 ; these terms are the new law of grace, ih. ; repentance,
faith, and new obedience, 48. Eighteousness, what it is, xxi. 33 ; what it is to do righteousness, ih. ; what
it is to be righteous, 34 ; in the way of sanctification, he, and he
only, is the upright christian that doeth righteousness, ih. ; reasons
why, ih. Of justification, what it is, xxi. 36 ; considered as to the threatenings
and promises, 37 ; the respect this righteousness hath to the life of
holiness, 38. EiTUALS, Morals befoee, ii. 5. Ritual, without serious devotion, but knowing Christ after the flesh, xiii.
226. Romans, overcome in many battles, but not in any war, so christians, L
177. Rome, church of, is it a church of Christ ? iii. 40.
State of, that necessitated the reformation, vi. 305. Root out of a dry ground, refers not to Christ's coming from the virgin's
womb, but from the decayed family of David, iii. 221. Royal law, so called, either because it is the law of God, the king of kings,
and of Christ, the king of saints, or because of its excellence, iv.
206 ; hath a kingly author, 207 ; requires noble work, fit for kings,
ih. ; there is royal wages, ib. Ruin, speedy, a special way to save a church and people from, is the repair- ing of decayed godliness, v. 419. Rulers, religious, and well affected to religion, a precious gift of God, vi.
219. Runninij the way of God's commandments, what it signifies, vi. 338.
Sahaoth, Lord of, equivalent to Lord of hosts, iv. 410.
Sahhath-hreaking a mark of ungodliness, xvi. 158.
Sahhath-day, a feast-day for souls, vi. 270.
Sabbath, rare to delight in, xviii. 152.
Sacrament, Preparative Sermon for Eeceiving the, xv. 329.
Sacrament, Sermons on the, xv. 342.
Sacrament Sermon, xv. 427.
Sacrament Sermon on Luke xxii. 20, xv. 475.
Sacrament, the Ends of the, Sermon on, xv. 487.
Sacrament, in those times in which. there is much care had about the right celebration of a sacrament, there are yet many that are unworthy, XV. 333 ; reasons of this, ih. ; the need of humbling ourselves for sacrament sins, 334 ; exhortation to pastors and people, 335 ; how a man is said to be worthy, 336 ; unworthy receivers described, ih. ; no cause why we should abstain from the use of ordinances because of wicked men communicating, 338 ; reasons why so many rush upon the ordinances notwithstanding their unpreparedness, 339 ; the heinousness of unworthy receiving, 340 ; the grievousness of the punishment, 341.
Sacraments of baptism and the Lord's supper respect the whole tenor of the covenant of grace, v. 465 ; on God's part, a sign and a seal; on ours, a badge and a bond, ih. ; give us great advantages above the word and bare proposal of the covenant, 466.
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Sacraments, a solemn means of our communion with, the death of Christ, xi. 163. See Communion, &c. And sacrifice, difference between, xiii. 444. Sacrifice of Christ, its value commended by the dignity of his person, the greatness of his suffering, and the merit of his obedience, i. 431, Every christian is, ii. 223; mortification is the salt wherewith it must
be salted, 226. Of Christ, the only true satisfactory and expiatory sacrifice for sin, iii. 387 ; because it was of God's own ordaining, t6. ; other sacrifices but types of it, ib. ; no other thing could be satisfactory and ex- piatory, ib. ; it complied with God's design of discovering the glory of the Trinity, his love to the souls of men, and the Spirit's efficacy, 388 ; and of magnifying his justice and displeasure against sin, ib. Instituted because of sin, xi. 427 ; the victims were substituted for the offender, and died for him, ib. ; the offerings presented to God in our stead were consumed and destroyed, ib. ; eflfects of, respect God, ib. ; or sin, 428 ; or the sinner, ib. Of Cain and Abel, the occasion of, xiii. 437 ; the warrant of, 439 ;