Probabilities when God is about to bring, on the church, x. 368 ; after God hath laid in many spiritual comforts, ih. ; after trials and re- formations, ih. ; when reformations stick in the birth, ih. ; when there are great differences between God's own people, ib. ; when libertines and fanatical persons increase in power and numbers, 369 ; when there is a decay of the power of godliness, and formality and contempt of the word take place, ib. • when religion hath re-
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ceived wounds in the house of her friends, ib. ; when professors grow worldly, ib. ; when they come, should not be thought strange, 370. Tkue Cikcumcision, Description of the, ii. 23. True nobility is to have a holy kindred, xiv. 394.
l^rust a part of faith, ii. 351 ; respects all Christ's offices, ib. ; is practi- cal, 352. In God, an exercise of faith, whereby looking upon God in Christ through the promises, we depend upon him for whatever we stand in need of, and so are encouraged to go on cheerfully in the ways wherein he hath appointed us to walk, vi. 449; how we ought to depend on liim for temporal supplies, 450 ; not to set him a task to provide meat for our hearts, ib. ; not to be faithless and full of cares about outward supplies, 451 ; cannot be absolutely confident of particular success in temporal, things, ib. ; must commit ourselves to God's power, and refer ourselves to God's will, ib. ; our duty, 452 ; benefits of, 453 ; marks of, 455.
In God binds him to his promises, vii. 23 ; for his own honour, ib. ■ with condescension to his people, 24 ; v/ith respect to their enemies, ib. ; may be pleaded in prayer, ib.
In God, what it is to trust ourselves in the hands of the Almighty, xxii. 23 ; how it is expressed and recommended to us in Ps. xci. 1, 26 ; how necessary a duty for all christians, 30. Trusting God, utility and profit of, xviii. 59 ; grounds of, ib. ; to be against carnal reason, 60 ; and carnal affection, ib. ; upon his gospel assur- ance, H). Truth, the good of the understanding, iii. 19.
Love of, what not to receive, iij. 79; in order to this love, the truth and doctrine of Christ must be made known, ib. ; it is not committed by bare weakness of understanding, 80; truth may be received in the light of it while not in the love of it, ib. ; this love must not be a slight affection, 81 ; just punishment of those who receive not love of the truth, 83.
Constancy in the profession of, requires conviction and assurance of the grounds of it, iv. 58.
Plain enough to those who wish to know, difficult enough to harden others to their ruin, iv. 107.
Pretences of, are a disadvantage, arguing a conviction of the, and yet a refusal of it, iv. 232.
Must not be violated for peace's sake, lest while we make peace with men we make a breach with God, iv. 316.
Good to know in its frame, iv. 351.
Honoured by a bold and resolute defence of it, v. 113 ; all should con- tend for, 119; private christians, ib. ; magistrates, 120; ministers, 121.
The perfection of a rational creature, v. 130.
The good of the understanding, vi. 130.
The way of, to be chosen on the evidence of reason, vi. 310 ; of scrip- ture, 311 ; and of the Spirit, i6.
God's, the instrument of sanctification, x. 418 ; God's way of working is by light, and in infusing grace he beginneth with the understand- ing, ib. \ it must be a true, and not a false light, 419 ; every true light will not serve the turn ; it must be the light of the word, 420 ; not every part of the truth worketh, but only the gospel, ib. ; the gospel worketh not unless accompanied with the Spirit, 421 ; it
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must not only be presented in the power and demonstration of the Spirit, but received and applied by faith, ib. ; sanctification by, is most suitable to God's honour, 422 ; and to man's nature, 423. Truth must be added to goodness and righteousness, xix. 285 ; because they cannot be preserved without it, ib. ; their life lieth in, 286 ; means of, 287. Truths, general, we often think we believe, when we do not at all, or not with such a degree of assent as we imagine, ii. 302.
Supernatural, in the word of God, are above natural light, but not contrary to it, iii. 23.
Great, never do well when perverted by fancy, iii. 271.
Of the word of God specially fitted for comfort in troubles and perse- cutions, vii. 331 ; God hath a fatherly care over us, 332; the humble soul, which casts itself into the arms of God's providence, shall either have a full and final deliverance, or present support, ib.; God doth wonderfully disappoint the designs of wicked men, ib. ; the proud are near a fall, ib. ; God will never leave us wholly desti- tute and in difficulties insupportable, ib. ; God's usual way is by contraries, 333 ; it is better to suffer than to sin, ib. ; holiness, faith, meekness, and patience are better treasures than any the world can take from us, ib.