ALPHABETICAL TABLE.
543
We are pressed out of mcnsure above strength, 2 Cor. i. 8 ; ami, God is faithful, and will lay no more upon you than vou shall be able to bear, 1 Cor. X. 13, 116. 117."
5u/r<Tm5f.— The sufferings of Christ abound in us, or God's saints are subject to many suffer ngs, wliy, 78 ; all Christians suffer, how, 104 ; a threefold suffering in the church since Christ's time, 80, 81 ; the sufferings of Christians are the sufferings of Christ, and why so called, 82, S3; Christ's sufferings twofold, 82 ; differences be- tween the sufferings of Christ and ordinary crosses, 83 ; motives to suffer for Christ, 83, 84, 85 ; how the sufferings of saints do good, or are profitable to others, 101 ; God's children part;ike of the sufferings of others, how, 107 ; suffering must precede comfort, and why, 108, acq ; those that suffer as they should are sure of comfort, lo8. (See more in Aflliction, Persecution, Tri- bulation.)
Suspicion. — Man's nature is prone to suspicion, 3.39, 485 ; grounds of suspicion, from whence it ari.seth, 34'i, 485, 486 ; suspicion, what, 340, 4S5 ; how to arm ourselves against suspicion, 340 ; how to know when suspicion is evil, 341; sus- picion is more than fear, less than judgment, 485; suspicion makes the worst construction, 485, 486 ; why the devil cherisheth suspicion, 486 ; mi.schief from suspicion, 486.
Sicearinc/^What meant by the prohibition, Swear not at all, 357, 404, 495 ; to swear by none but God, 493 ; sweaiing lawful, 494, 495 ; ordinary swe.iring condemned, 357, 358, 494, 495, 496 ; objections for common and ordinary swearing answered, 495, seq. ; original causes for ordinary swearing, 496, 497 ; motives against ordinary swearing, 497, 498 ; means against ordinary swearing, 497, 498 ; ordinary swearers curse themselves, 497.
Thankfulness — It is the disposition of God's people to be thankful for mercies received, 22 ; we are to be especially thankful for spiritual favours, 24 ; means to become thankful, 24, 25, 26, 196, 197; a carnal man unthar.kful, why, 25; motives to thinkfulness, 26, 19S, 199, 2U0 ; not only verbal, but real, thanksgiving is required, 290. (See Bless, Praise.)
Trii aiion. — Popish faith is built upon traditions, 522, 23.
Treasury. — The pope's treasury, what, 99 ; the pope's treasury confuted, 99 ; Christ is the only treasury of the church, 99.
Tribvlation. — God's children are subject to tribula- tion. 52, 65, 79. (See Affliction, Persecution, Suffering.)
Trud.— QoA'a children are prone to trust in tliem- selves, why, 128; not to trust in anything but in God, 132, 133, 134, seq.; signs of tru.sting in these outward things, as I'iclies, i-c.. 129, 1.30; It is a dangerous thing to trust in ourselves, or in the creature, why, 132 ; popery to be detested, because it teacheth men to trust to their own ■works, satisfactions, &c., 133 ; we must not trust our own graces, 133 ; creatures may be trusted to subordinately, 135, 136 ; worldlings trust in tlic creature above God, yea, against God, 1,35 ; how to cure false confidence, or trusting in our- selves and in the creature, 136, 138 ; to trust in God a lesson hardly learned, 139 ; God, to make ns trust in him, is fain to cast us out of ourselves, 139 ; God is the sole and proper object of trust, 144 ; God in Christ the object of trust, 144 ; it is a man's duty to trust in God, 145 ; trials of trust in God, or signs whereby to know whether we trust iu God, 146, 147, 148 ; helps or means to
trust in God, 149 : trust in God, how to be exer- cised in great afiiictions, 152 ; trust in God, how exercised in the hour of death, 153 ; God, to strengthen our trust, hath given us his. (1.) pro- mise, (2 ) seal, (3 ) oath, (4.) earnest, (5 ) a pawn, (6.) seisin, 154; objection against trusting in God answered, 155 ; a Christian may trust or rely on (Jod for the time to come, 168 ; trust what, .305. (See Confidence ) Truth.— Tvnih may not be spoken at all times, 2.33, 234 ; God is true and faithful, how, 36) ; objec- tion against this answered, 361 ; how to know the word of God to be true, 306, 373 ; it is a mat- ter of comfort to believe the word of (Jod to be true, 367, ■•>eq.; the word of God. or evangelical doctrine, is most tiue and certain, 373.
Vain — Ministers' labour is not in vain in the
L(n-d, 7. Vthement — Carnal men are vehement, 353. Unbelief — The heart of man is full of unbelief, and
can hardly be settled in the persuasion of divine
truth, 464, 466. Uniformitji. — A Christian is uniform, 301. Union — There is a threefold union, viz., (1 ) of
Chiist and our nature, (2 ) of Clirist and his
members, (3.) of one member with another, 108.
Wait. —Grounds of waiting upon God for deliver- ance from trouble, or motives thereunto, 163, \f)i,seq., 410.
Way. — It is a commendable custom for Christians to bring one another on their way, 338.
TT eai-.— The weakest creatures have the stronge.st shelters, 430.