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hands, and giveth it to some vile and base thing which is set up in God's stead, ib. ; turneth the man upside down, and degradeth and depresseth him to the rank of beasts, 269 ; is burdensome as well as base, 270 ; rendereth sincerity questionable, and when it is habitual, is a sure note of a carnal state, ib. ; unsuitableness and uncomeliness that it should reign in christians, 271 ; encouragements to conflict with, 274 ; the undertaking of our blessed Redeemer, ib. ; the new nature put into us, 275 ; yet to be remembered that there is the back-bias and cor- ruption of the flesh, 276 ; that grace is operative indeed, but doth not work necessarily, but voluntarily, 277 ; the Spirit of sanotification still dwelling and working in us, 278 ; the promises of the gospel, which secure this benefit to us, 281 ; the ordinances whereby this grace is conveyed to us, 282 ; the sanctification of providences to this use, 283. Sin, no solid benefit or profit to be gotten by, xi. 344; doth not answer expectation, ib. ; the profit will not countervail the loss, 345 ; nor the pleasure the pain, ib. ; if there be any fruit of sin singly, yet com- paratively it is as none, ib. ; makes us loathsome to ourselves, in- famous to others, odious to God, 350.
Its heinousness aggravated by the proportion of its object, xi. 372.
Reasons why the body is dead because of, xii. 13 ; the meritorious cause of death, ib.
The sad consequences of letting sin alone, xii. 63 ; instances in Judas, Gehazi, Ananias and Sapphira, David, and Solomon, ib.
Abundance of, remaineth with the regenerate, xii. 65 ; as there is abundance of sin, so it is active and stirring, ^'o ; manifests itself in several ways, 67 ; its pestilent and mischievous influence, ib. ; directions for rooting it out, 68.
Viewed through the spectacles of Satan, and after the anointing of our eyes with the salve of the Holy Spirit, xii. 74.
Sometimes the punishment of sin is called sin (Gen. iv. 13), sometimes a sacrifice for sin (Hosea iv. 8), xiii. 181.
The notions by which it is set forth in scripture, xiii. 190.
Pardon of, one great branch or fruit of our reconciliation with God through Christ, xiii. 262 ; the nature and worth of the privilege, ib. ; is an act of great grace and favour on God's part, 263 ; and a matter of great privilege and blessedness to the creature, ib. ; the manner how this privilege is brought about and applied to us, 265 ; is a fruit of our reconciliation with God, 268 ; why those that are reconciled to God have yet need of prayer for pardon, 269.
The greatest aflfliction better than the least, xiv. 450 ; reasons, 451.
Without the washing of the soul from sin there can be no communion with God in Christ nor interest in him, xv. 452 ; with respect to the nature of God, ib. ; with respect to our natural estate, 454 ; with respect to the new covenant, 454 ; with respect to the types of the law, 457 ; the necessity of this washing, 458.
Even in God's children, may cost them very dear, xvi. 388 ; instance in Moses and Aaron at the waters of Meribah-kadesh, ib. ; the state and quality of the persons, 390; the nature of the crime, 391 ; the punishment, 392 ; sins of the godly are most provoking, 393 ; the effects of their sins, 394 ; reasons why God should punish them in this world, ib. ; lessons to be derived from the history, 395.
The sinfulness of, as a subject for meditation, xvii. 314.
The great aggravation of, that for temporal trifles men lose eternal joys.
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and even tlie hazard of eternal pain, for the ease, mirth, and pleasure of a moment, xviii. 282. Sin and wrath, the whole world, in its natural estate, lieth under, xviii. 486 ; is a burden too heavy for us to bear, 487 ; none can take it off but Jesus Christ, 488 ; he taketh it away by bearing it in his own person, ih. ; hath procured both justification and sanctification for us, 489 ; accomplished by degrees, 490 j carried on with respect to his threefold oflSce, 491.
Washing from, the great instance of Christ's love, xix. 86.
The light of nature imperfectly shows its turpitude, xix. 326.
The heinousness of, as it is a transgression of the ]aw, xx. 4d3 ; its folly, as it is a deviation from the best rule, 499 ; its disobedience and re- bellion, 500 ; its shameful ingratitude, 501 j it is a disowning God's propriety in us, 502 j a contempt of God's holiness and purity, ib. ; a denial of the goodness of God, 503 ; a depreciation and con- tempt of God's glorious majesty, ib. ; it is a questioning, if not a flat denial of, God's omnisciency and omnipresence, 504 ; it is a breach in the moral order and harmony of the world, 507 ; a disbelief of the promises and threatenings, ib. ; a slighting all the providences of God, 508 ; the slenderness of the temptation, 509 ; the folly of those who make a mock and sport of sin, ib. ; the folly of those that not only make light of sin themselves, but think God makes little account of it also, 510 ] the justice of God in appointing eternal punishment as the fruit and reward of sin, ib. ; the necessity of our entering into the gospel covenant, 511.