Occasion. — A good man must take all occasions to do good, 336.
Oil, Ointment. — The Spirit with its graces com- pared to oil, or ointment, 443, 446.
Oil. — Our religion is the old relit;ion, 375, 376, seq. ; popery no old, but new religion, 377, 378.
Oneness — -A Christian man is one man, he doth act one man's part. 301 ; there is but one faith, 375 ; one catholic church, 375.
Opinion. — It is good to cherish a good opinion ot others, 306, 307, 327. (See Conceit, Hope.)
Partake. — Those that partake in other men's sins, shall also partake in their sulTerings, 110.
I'aul — St Paul's prerogative above other apostles 8 ; St Paul's modesty and humility, 9 ; St Paul had a good ojiinion and conceit of the Corin- thians, 3il6 ; how St Paul could be deceived in his journey, and not in his doctrine, 355, 356 ; how 'i'imothy is called St Paul's brother, 10 ; St Paul's course to hold out in holy resolution to the end, 308.
Peace — True peace issues from grace, 20.
Persecution. — They that persecute the saints, per- secute Christ, 85. (See Affliction, Suft'ering, Tribulation.)
Perseverance — Resolntion to persevere, and hold out in a good course to the end, 307, 308 ; St Paul's course to persevere in holy lesolutions to the end, 308; God's children may be assured that tliey shall persevere and hold out to the end, 468, seq. ; he that is in the state of grace, shall pel severe in it to the end, 469.
Physician Physicians do ill in fl.ittering the sick,
and feeding them with hopes-e^4png life, when they are at the point of deathr"1r27 : we should open tl'e case of our souls .,ta- -our spiritual physicians, 513.
Policy — A Christian should avo(^J1V imputation of carnal policy, 347 ; not to suboidhiate religion to state policy. 279, 280. OJ
Pope, Popery.— Fopery crosses tlie Ttord of God. 365, 36 i ; the pope's treasury, %ilJStJ 99 ; popery founded upon traditions, 522, ,^^: popery a rotten and unsound religion, 583 l^iopish reli- gion is full of contradictions, 3GjH^)opish reli- gion is full of uncertainties, 36t)*567; how and wherein popish and protestant religion agree, and differ, 376, seq. ; it is safer to be a protestant than a papist, 379 ; whether a papist may be saved, 379, 380 ; popery to be detested, because it teacheth men to trust to their own works and satisfactions, 133.
Praise — God the object of praise, how, 26 ; God to be praised as he is the Father of Christ, 27; praise follows prayer; or, after prayer praises are due, 193 ; the praises of many are grateful and acceptable to tJod, 193, 194; how the un- reasonable creatures praise God, 195 ; we are to praise God for others ; for all sorts of men, 195 ; wherein praise consists, 196. (See more in Bless, Thankfulness.)
Prayer — Prayer is a means to convey all good, and deliver trom all ill, 178 ; God's cliildren can pray for themselves, 180 ; Christians ought to help one another by prayer, 181 ; people ought to pray for ministers, 182, 183, 189, 190; what is to be begged of God or prayed for for mi- Eisters, 190 ; CInistians have not the Spirit of prayer at all times alike, 182 ; prayer is not a work of gifts, but of grace, 183 : divers gifts in prayer, 183 ; prayer is a prevailing course with God, and why, 184, seq. ; how to know whether our prayers help the church, 188, 189 it is an ill condition not to be able to pray, 189, 190 ; God will deliver the ministers by the people's prayers, 190 ; it is a good thing to beg the prayei'sof othei's in sickness, 192 : the moie eminent men aiv, the more they are to be prayed for, 203.
Prcac/». —Christ is the main object of preaching, 869. (See Ministry, Word.)
Presence. — Personal presence hath a special power, 329.
Presumption. — Against presuming upon God's
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mercy, 32, 33. (sco Mercy) ; difference between fiiltli iind presumption, 42i.
7Vi'/<.— rriiln Is ti sin against all the comraand- niKuts, 2)7, 2J«.
J'riesl — Clirliitiiins are priests, how, 447, 448
Promise.— Gm\ deals with men by piomlses, 383 ; n promWe, what. 384 : all proinl.-*es made In Christ, 384 ; all the promises are yea and amen In Christ. 388, 389, >eq ; several kinds of pro- mises, 394 ; till a man be in Christ he hath no (rood bv the promises, 399 : what richt a man out of Christ hath to the promises, 400 ; com- fort from the promises to them that are in Chi 1st, 41)1, 4i)2, sf? : how t« make use of the promises, and to have comfort liy them, 4o4, seq. : what to do when in trouble we cannot call to mind any particular promise, 409 ; we stinuld make the promises f.iniiliar to us, 409, seq. ; Bi;;ns or evidences of believins the promises, 413, teq ; promises are legacies as well as promises, 41j ; God's promises called a testament, a will, 415 : necessity of application of the i)romises to ou selves, 420, seq. ; none have interest in the promises but sucli as find a change in them- selves, 452.