Relateth to God's benefits, as praise to his excellencies, xix. 417 ; by way of commemoration, *6. ; by way of adoration, 418; in what sense to be always, 419 ; to be for common and temporal mercies, 420 ; for spiritual mercies, 421 ; for ordinary and extraordinary mercies, 422 ; for our personal mercies, and other men's, ib. ; for public and private mercies, ib. ; for our mercies in hand and mer- cies in hope, 423 ; for things prosperous and thin^^s adverse, ib. ; a necessary dutv^ 42.').
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Thieves, allegories of the anci(3nts as to Christ's being crucified between two, iii. 477.
' Things not seen,' what they are, xiii. 353 ; various renderings of the words, 433.
Thirst, Christ's, on the cross, xix. 30.
Thomas, his doubt, conviction, and confession, i. 485 ; two things consider- able in his confession — appropriation and dedication, 490.
Thorn in the flesh, by that expression the apostle intendeth some bodily distemper and racking pain, suppose the stone, gout, strangury, inward ulcer, or some like disease, iv. 451.
Thought, sins of, vi. 145; uncleanness, revenge, envy, pride, covetous- ness, ib. Sins of, are least regarded by the world, viii. 155 ; especially if there be not apparent wickedness in them, 156 ; hateful to every one who loves God's law, ib.
Thoughts, vain, are either vain arguings and reasonings, viii. 157, vain musings, 158; or vain inventions and devices in the heart, 160; sins most usually committed in thought are uncleanness, ih. ; revenge, ib. ; envy, ib. ; pride, 161 ; covetousness, ib. ; distrust, ib. ; on what grounds we are to make conscience of, ib. ; because they are irregularities contrary to the law of God, ib. ; God hath declared much of his displeasure against them, ib. • the most con- siderable of all sins in respect of the subject, ib. ; from their nature, t6. ; their kind, 162; their number, 163; remedies against, 165. Three sorts of, in which the flesh and spirit bewray themselves, xi, 460 ; discourses and musings, ib. ; musings, 460 ; counsels or devices, ib.
Threatenings, the lawful use of, xii. 45 ; their necessity during the law of grace, ib. Danger of slighting God's, xviii. 30.
Time and eternity, things of, compared, xiv. 468.
And season, duty of christians to look to the due improvement of,
xix. 361. To be employed for glorifying God, xix. 365; for saving our own souls, i6. ; encouragements to redeem, 367; too much time hath been spent already, ib. ; we are accountable to God for time, ib. ; that only is ours which is spent well, in pleasing God, and doing good, 368; not ours to dispose of at pleasure, ib. ; a precious com- modity, worth looking after, ib. ; the present is the best, ib. ; none but may be serviceable to some good use, 369 ; we have much work to do, ib. ; the slight price we are to give for, 370 ; many things are apt to steal away and engross, 372.
Tiines, evils of those in which Dr Manton lived, v. 392.
Special, should be set apart for converse with God, ix. 74; rather than fail, should be taken from sleep, ib.
Titles of God in scripture, always suited to the matter in hand, xi. 114,
Toleration by the magistrate should be wider than by the church itself, ii. 70. Indiscriminate, a great prejudice to religion, v. 407.
Tongue, \ix\^\mg of, an important part of religion, iv. 170; why James doth pitch so much weight upon, ih. ; because it is a chief part of our respect to our neighbour, ib. ; because of the natural proneness that is in us to offend with the tongue, ib. ; because it was the
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special sin of the age, ib. ; because it seemeth so small a sin, 171 ; because it is usually the hypocrite's sin, ih. ; because there is such a quick intercourse between the tongue and the heart, and the tongue is the best discovery of it, ib. ; bridling of, is restraint of lying, swearing, cursing, railing, ribaldry, 172.
Tongue, to be able to bridle, an argument of some growth and happy pro- gress in grace, iv. 278 ; how to be done, 293. Evil, is like a fire (James iii. 6), iv. 28G ; for the heat of it, ib. ; the danger of it, 287 ; the scorching, ib. ; kindled from hell, ib. ; evils of, of large and lantversal interest, diffusing themselves into all con- ditions and estates of life, 288. Sins of, xviii. 389 ; lying, ib. ; railing, 390 ; ribaldry, ib. ; self-boast- ing, ih. ; cursing and swearing, ib. ; scorning and deriding at the power of godliness, 391 ; idle discourse and foolish garrulity, ib. Is our glory, xix. 202 ; because thereby .we can express the concep- tions of our minds for the good of mankind, ib. ; and to the glory of God, 203 ; sins of, 204 ; filthy speaking, ib. ; foolish speaking, 205 ; jesting, 206.
Tradition, unwritten, hath no evidence of its certainty, iii. 25. Doctrine of Christianity is necessarily, iii. 127. No rule of faith, v. 494 ; yet not all to be rejected, 498.
Traditions, Unwritten, Scriptukes sufficient without, v. 485.