Taste, spiritual, object of, the' word of God, viii. 48 ; in order to taste its sweetness, there must be a sound belief of it, ib. ; serious considera- tion, 49 ; close application, ib. ; a palate qualified, a hungry con- science, ih. ; mortified affections, 50 ; a good evidence of the new nature, ib. ; gives assured knowledge of the truth and worth of spiritual things, z7>. .; life of grace mightily depends on, 51; will make us more useful to others, ib. ; may be lost, 52. Teaching, divine, necessary for all that would walk in the way of God's statutes, vi. 341 ; we have lost our way to true happiness, ib. ; we can never find it of ourselves till God reveal it to us, ib. ; besides the external revelation, there must be an inward teaching, 342 ; this inward teaching must be renewed and continued from day to day, ib. ; is earnestly desired by God's children, 345 ; all must be directed to practice, 346. Divme, outward by the word, viii. 41 ; inward by common illumina- tion, ib. ; by special operation, 42. Temple at Jerusalem, a sacramental place, and type of ■Christ, i. 58 ; God present in it symbolically, ib. ; analogy between it and heaven, 62. Temporal things insufficient for blessedness, by reason of their want of ful- ness, vi. 114 ; sincerity, ib. ; eternity, ib. Things, the heart destitute of grace is wholly carried out to, vi. 372 ;
by natural inclination, ib. ; by inveterate custom, 373. Blessings not to be absolutely expected, vi. 443.
Loss, none which can accrue to us by the violence of evil men should make us forsake our duty to God, vii. 153 ; we entered on the pro- fession of Christianity on these terms, 154; on this condition we possess and enjoy the good things of this world, 155 ; our gain in Christ is more than our loss in the world 156 ; the wicked never overcome but when they foil us of our innocency, zeal, and courage, ib. ; fainting argues weakness, if not nullity, of grace, 157. Blessings, we have liberty to pray for, viii. 399.
Blessings, the work of faith respecting, xv. 85 ; why these are so often expressed in the covenant, 92 ; how dependence on God for, is to be manifested, 93. Temporaries, graces of, are for matter true, but slightly rooted, and therefore
not sound, vii. 340. Temptation and Tkansfigueatton, Christ's, i. 255.
Temptation, the nature of, i. 200 ; is of God, when he trieth what of grace is in us, ib. ; or what of corruption, 201 ; this he does by offering occasions in the course of his providence, ib. ; by withdrawing his grace, 202 ; by permitting the temptations of Satan and his instru- ments, ib. ; God's, is not to inform himself, but to discover his
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creatures to themselves and others, ih. ; his tempting always good, and for good, in mercy or judgment, 203 ; he tempts no man in the sense of soliciting to sin, ib. ; from God's temptations or trials we do not seek exemption, but only a removal of the judgment of them, ib. ; in his trials of his people he hath a good deal of care of them under their trials, 205 ; though in trials we manifest weakness as well as grace, the weakness is to be done away, and the grace strengthened, ib. Temptation by Satan, permitted by God for his glory and our good, i. 205 ; the devil tempts by propounding objects, 206 ; by the persuasion of instruments, ib. ; by internal suggestions, ib. ; by stirring up the humours of our body, ib. ; special temptations, 207.
Why God permits it, i. 213 ; for his own glory, to discover the power, the freeness, and the riches of his grace, ib. ; for the trial of the grace which he hath wrought in us, ib. ; to humble us, 214 ; to conform us to Christ, ib. ; to mortify sin, ib. ; to make us more meek to others, 215 ; to give us experience of the care and providence of God, and the comfort of his promises, ib.
Cannot come to us without the will of God, i. 225 ; nor be overcome but by his power, 226.
How God to be treated with by those under, i. 229 ; as the author and giver of grace, ib. ; as the sovereign giver and disposer of it accord- ing to his own will, 230 ; as a judge, correcting some former sin by present temptation, 231.
To be kept from the evil of, a greater mercy than to be kept from the trouble of, i. 240.
Of Christ not merely a phantasm, i. 258.
Of Christ, the time of, i. 260 ; presently after his baptism, ib. ; after a testimony from heaven, ib. ; immediately before he entered on his prophetical office, ib.
Of Christ, why he submitted to it, i. 261 ; that the parallel between the first and second Adam might be complete, ib. ; that he might conquer Satan in the nature which was conquered, 262; that the saints might have comfort in their temptations, ib. ; that he might be an exact pattern of obedience to God, 263; manner of his defence' by scripture and by resolution, 264.