Season of receiving good to be improved, xix. 363 ; of doing good, 364.
Secret, that God seeth in, is the hypocrite's fear and the saint's comfort, ix. 68. Sins, their aggravations, xv. 376.
Of the Lord, with the righteous, xviii. 382 ; knowledge of his will, ib. ; direction in duty, and satisfaction in his dispensations, 383 ; inti- mate familiarity between God and them, ib.
Secure sinners, exhortation to, iii. 284.
Security, careless, prevents men believing in Christ, iii. 199.
Carnal, and solid assurance, difference between these, xx. 80 ; in the grounds, the effects, and the way whereby they are gotten and main- tained, ib.
Seducers in the early church, to them we are indebted for the fulness of the scriptures, v. 103. Wicked, usually of a turbulent and impetuous spirit, v. 285.
' Seed of God,' what is meant by, xxi. 64.
Seeking after God must be the business of those who would be blessed, vi. 21 ; presupposeth our want of God, ib. ; is seeking union and com- munion with him, ib. ; consists in the exercise of grace, 22 ; and in the use of ordinances, ib. ; motives to, 23 ; directions, 25 ; must be with the whole heart, 26. G-od, general, for relief of our sinful and wretched condition by nature, vi. 91 ; particular, in our exigencies and straits, ib. ; in all our businesses and affairs, ib. ; constant observance of him in the use of his ordinances, 92 ; should be with sincerity of aim, ih. ; in- tegrity of parts, 93 ; uniformity of endeavours, 94. God, what it is to seek God, xix. 160 ; is stirred up in us by God's grace and the help of his Spirit, 161 ; must be the great business of our lives, 162; the nature of this faith, 164 ; the influence it hath on our obedience and service, 165 ; encouragements to seek after God, 166 ; reproof of those that do not, 168 ; motives to seek God, 169. '
Self, several sorts of, i. 67 ; carnal self, ib. ; natural self, 68 ; spiritual self, ib. ; glorified self, 69. To be given up to, worse than to be given up to Satan, i. 134.
Self-a^njidence prevents men believing in Christ, iii. 201.
In spiritual things discovereth itself by venturing on temptations without a call and warrant, vi. 76 ; by neglect of the means where- by graces may be fed or comforts supplied, ib. ; by going forth to any work or conflict without an actual renewing of dependence upon God, ib. ; by boasting ®f courage before we are called to a trial, ib. ; cure, ib.
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Self-deception, how to be avoided, iv. 155.
Self-Denial, a Treatise of, xv. 175.
Self-denial a fruit of faith, ii. 149.
One of the first lessons in Christ's school, iii. 310. The great trial of faith is in acts of, iv. 268.
The first lesson required of the creature in the new life, xiii. 211; never powerful and thorough unless animated by the love of God, 213 ; of Christ an example, 217. The duty of all Christ's disciples, xv. 181 ; how far self is to be denied, 182 ; reasons why this duty is incumbent on all chris- tians, 187 ; notes and signs of self-denial, and also of the absence of it, 193 ; means whereby this work may be made more easy, 197; general observations concerning this duty, 200; particular kinds of, 205; self-righteousness, 206 ; self-wisdom, 214; self-de- pendence in spiritual things, 224 ; self-dependence in temporals, 232 ; self-will, 240 ; self-love, 258 ; self-seeking, 279 ; reproof of self-lovers and self-seekers, 291.
Self-dependence in spiritual things, importance of the duty of self-denial in, XV. 225 ; how far spiritual strength is to be denied, 226 ; signs of depending on our own spiritual strength, 231 ; in temporal things, that there is such a sin evidenced from scripture and experience, xv, 232 ; the heinousness of it, 234 ; signs by which it may be dis- covered, 236 ; means of remedy and cure, 238.
Selfishness is a kind of self-excommunication, i. 108. Unlike God, iv. 349 ; injurious to him, ib.
Self-love, how far criminal, xv. 259 ; the kinds of it, ih. ; the persons to whom it is incident, 260 ; how it discovers itself, 261 ; its odious- ness, 262 ; some remedies against it, 263, 275 ; the experiences by which this disposition is to be measured, 268 ; the acts of it, 271 ; th« state of it, 274 ; means to avoid, 277.
Self -lovers and self-seekers, reproof of several sorts of, xv. 291.
Self-reflection, Pythagoras and Seneca as to, xvii. 436.
Self-righteousness not to be trusted in, xiii. 489 ; considerations to draw us off from, 490. Notes by which we may discover, in ourselves, xiv. 5. The example of Paul in regard to, xv. 206 ; the difficulty of bringing men off from, 207 ; the danger of it, 209 ; rules for the discovery of it, 211 ; helps and remedies, 213. The causes of, are ignorance, error, self-love, negligence, and security, xvi. 450.
•Self-seekers many times the greatest losers, xiv. 445.
Self-seeking, what it is, xv. 279 ; notes for the discovery of, 283 ; the danger of it, 284; remedies by way of consideration and practice, 285. Or seeking great things for ourselves, a sin very unbecoming the people of God, xxi. 481.