Traditions, &\ih&!: human or divine, iii. 123; unwritten not of authority now, 129 ; all not to be rejected, 134.
Trajan's testimony to the early christians (Tertullian), xiii. 383.
Transfiguration, Christ's Temptation and, i. 255.
Transfiguration of Christ, i. 337.
Tramfig^iration of Christ a solemn confirmation of his person and office, i. 337 ; a pledge of our glorious estate, ib. ; witnesses of, wliy three, why those three, 338 ; mountain of, supposed to be Tabor, ib. ', preceded by prayer, 339. Of Christ, a necessary and solemn act of his mediation and manifesta- tion to the world, i. 354 ; how his body, when transfigured, differed from his body at other times, ib. ; and how from his glorified body, 355 ; ends of, to show what Christ was, ib. ; what he should be, 356 ; and what we shall be, ib. The voice from heaven Christ's instalment in his mediatory office, and
showed his fitness for it, i. 392. The disciples' fear and astonishment, i. 402; their comfortable and gracious recovery by Christ, 408 ; event and issue of, 410.
Transgressors, Christ reckoned amongst, especially in his death and suffer- ings, iii. 477 ; by wicked men, ib. ; by godly men, ib. ; by God, ib.
' Treasure in heaven,' what it is, xvi. 481.
Tree of life, what it was to Adam, xxii. 16.
Trial, why God makes, of his people, iv. 30 ; not for his own information, but that we may know ourselves, ib. ; to convince the world by their constancy, ib. ; with a respect to the day of judgment, 31.
Trials, God's people are not to seek, but to submit to, when they come upon them, i. 204. The common lot of the saints, xiv. 355 ; sometimes to discover their weakness, sometimes to manifest their glory, ib. : are sent to prove their sincerity, faith, patience, and humility, 356 ; our obedience, contempt of earthly things, and our dependence and trust in God, 357; seeing we must have trials, we should look for and prepare
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for tliem, ih. ; Low we may prepare for them, 358 ; the greater the faith, the greater the trial, 359 ; how far God hatli a hand in them, 360 ; we are never tried to purpose till we are tried in our Isaac, 362 ; cases when we are put to such a trial as the offer of our Isaac, ih. ; the influence of faith on the heart in the midst of trials, 365.
Trials, the saying of Tertullian, that they were to be sought, an error, xvii. 4. The need and use of, xx. 328 ; the comfort of, 329.
Tribulations and persecutions often befall God's dearest and choicest servants, XX. 200 ; that they may be conformed to their Lord, ib. ; for the trial of their faith, ih. ; to show the excellency of their spiritual estate, which can aiford them joy under the saddest temporal condition, ib. ; because they need these sufferings, 201.
Trinity, doctrine of, stated and proved, x. 158.
Triumph over Death, the Saint's, ii. 439.
Triumph, Christ's, his sufferings the ground of, iii. 457.
Trouble, Faithful Followers op Christ must Expect, ii. 113.
Trouble, sins incident to a time of, i. 224 ; impatience, ib. ; murmuring and repining against the Lord, ib. ; a spirit of revenge against instru- ments, ib. ; fainting in duty, ib. ; closing with sinful means of escape, 225 ; despair and distrustful thoughts of God, ib. ; questioning our interest' in God, ih. Sincere followers of Christ must look for, ii. 115 ; proved from Christ's own example, ib. ; the nature of his kingdom, ib. ; the spirit of Christ, ib. ; the covenant of Christ, 116. The best way to ease, is a holy divertisement, vi. 221 ; of these, none so good as God's word, ih. ; for this end it must not be so liglitly read, but our hearts must be exercised in the meditation of it, 222. Deliverance from, is from the mercy of God, vi. 439. Sins incident to a time of, viii. 281 ; uncomely passion and unadvised speeches, ih. ; some indirect course to come out of, ib. ; private re- venge, or meeting injury with injury, ih. ; waxing weary of our duty, ib. ; despairing and distrustful thoughts of God, ib. ; questioning our interest in God by reason of the cross, ib. God seeth it necessary sometimes to exercise his people with a great deal of, ix. 16 ; in their collective body and community, ib. ; in par- ticular persons, 17; this trouble may breed much vexation and anguish even in a gracious soul, 19. Is a proper time for prayer, ix. 63 ; though trouble drive us to the throne of grace, we shall not be unwelcome, ih. ; in the greatest, crying will bring relief, ib. Of heart, christians should carefully guard themselves against, xvi. 345 ; in what it consists, ib. ; the causes of it, 347 ; the nature of it, 348, 353 ; why christians should not let their hearts be troubled, ib. j what we must do to prevent it, 350 ; faith a means to allay heart-trouble, 352 ; directions what to do in time of trouble, 361.
Troubles, God's people not exempted from, but comforted under, vii. 28. Should drive us to the word of God, vii. 335.