vi. 44. The matter of, not so much to be regarded as the manner, vi. 195. Of others, may we not speak of in any case? vi. 212; a very hard matter to do so without sin, ib. ; speak not of, but to the offender, 213 ; if at all, with tenderness and grief, ib. The power of, stands in the love of it, vi. 370. Knowledge of, by the law, quoad naturum peccati, viii. 63 j quoad sub-
jectum, 6 4 ; quoad reatum et magnitudinem j^eccati, ib. Dominion of, is either more gross and sensible, viii. 389 ; or more secret and close, 390 ; there is a predominancy of one sin over another, and a predominancy of sin over grace, 391 ; is habitual or a«tual, ib. ; reigns with a full and plenary consent, or with reluc- tancy and contradiction, 392 ; is a great evil, ib. ; because it is a renouncing of the government of Christ, ib. ; it is a sure note of a carnal heart, 393 ; it is mischievous, 394 ; it is uncomely, and mis- becoming the new estate, wherein we have so many helps and encour- agements to resist sin, ib. ; the saints should deprecate, 395 ; because there is stiU sin in us all, and it is always working and striving for the mastery, ib. ; fearful estate of them that lie under, 396. Hatred of, if it be right, is universal, ix. 183 ; implacable, ib. ; still growing, ib. ; constantly watching and striving against it, ib. ; must be strong, utter abhorrence, 184; sin deserves such, ib. ; no other will serve the purposes of grace, ib.
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Sill, being dead to, referreth to the baptismal engagement, xi. 154 ; to take occasion from free grace to live in, is most absurd, unjust, and blas- phemous, ih. ; yet the corrupt heart of man is apt to draw such a consequence, ib. ; we all affect liberty to a degree of licentiousness, 155 ; the flesh taketh all occasions to indulge itself, and catcheth at every pretence to countenance it, {6. ; this consent is strengthened, because many that profess Christianity live licentiously, 156 ; Satan abuseth the weakness of some teachers, and the ignorance of some hearers, to misapply the grace of the gospel, ib.
The law discovereth the multitude and heinous nature of, xi. 157 ; gives an awakening sense of the punishment due to, ib.
Freedom from, the consequent of our dying with Christ, xi. 203 ; nature of this freedom, ib. ; we quit the evil disposition and temper of our souls, ib. ; we renounce our former course of living, ib. ; the degree of it, 203 J all the converted are freed from the reign of sin, ib. ; the more obedient we are to the motions of the sanctifying Spirit, the more power we have against, ib. ; if we fall into heinous, wilful sin, God manifesteth his displeasure by withdrawing his Spirit, 204 ; when the work is really begun and duly submitted unto, it still in- creaseth towards perfect blessedness, ib. ; value of freedom from, 205 ; sin the cause of all the controversy between God and us, ib. ; is a defacing of God's image in us, and a bringing in of the image of the devil, ib. ; disableth us for God's service, 20G ; setteth our hearts against it, ib. ; is an evil always present with us, ib. ; makes ease and comfort impossible, 207.
Why said to reign in the body rather than the soul, xi. 237 ; not that sinful lusts are only in the body, or have their original in the body, ib. ; because these lusts mostly manifest themselves in the body, and belong to the body and the flesh, ib. ; because they are acted and executed by the body, and are therefore called the deeds of the body, ib. ) because the disorder of the sensual appetite is the great cause of all sin, 238 ; reigns, when it is not opposed, or but slightly opposed, 241, 259 ; when we obey and follow it, and do that to which it enticeth us, 242 ; christians strictly obliged to prevent its reign over them, 243 ; by the light of nature, ib. ; by christian piety, or the tenor of our religion, ib.
Dominion of, distinguished from its being, xi. 259 ; reigns when it is not opposed, ib. ; when it is opposed weakly, and with a faint resist- ance, 260 ; it doth not reign, though there are certain unavoidable infirmities which the saints cannot get rid of, 261 ; though there are a smaller sort of sins, as the sins of daily incursion, ib. ; by the sway of great and headstrong passions, some that make conscience of their ways in the general may fall into sins more heinous, ib. ; but they do not make a trade of it, or settle in an evil way, 262 ; as sin in gene- ral should not bear sway, so no one sin should have dominion over us, 262 ; dominion of, is more gross and sensible, or more secret and close, ib. ; there is a predominancy of one sin over another, and the predominancy of sin over grace, 264 ; the dominancy of, is either habitual, 265 ; or actual, 266. There is still in christians a liability to fall under the dominion of, xi. 266 ; because there is still sin in us, ib. ; it is always working in us, and striving for the mastery, ib. ; it is always warring, as well as working, 267 ; the more it acteth, the more it getteth strength, ib. ; heinous nature of reigning, 268 ; it plucketh the sceptre out of God's