148 ; it should be the care of Christians to study the several excellencies of Christ, ii. 148,
149 ; signs of Christ that God shews to the souls of Christians, ii. 149 ; sights of faith which the soul frames to itself of him, ii. 149 ; why compared to an head of gold, ii. 149 ; he hath clear eyes, able to discern all things, ii. 151 ; his doctrine is sweet and sound, ii. 153 ; aU his actions are precious, ii 163 ; his ways are all constant and firm, ii. 154 ; everyway he is 'altogether lovely, ii. 156; most lovely in his abasements for us, ii. 157 ; his righteousness ought to be perfectly trusted in, ii. 157 ; he is the best object for our best affections to be placed on, ii. 157 ; how to know we love him, ii. 157 ; a desire of the appearance of him is a sign of our flaming love to him, ii. 159 ; how to attain to an high esteem of him, ii. 75, '76 ; ends of the church's setting forth his excellencies, ii. 162, 163 ; his excellencies meditated on will justify our pains in the exercises of religion, ii. 163 ; Christians have more cause to boast of their portion in him than worldlings of the world, ii. 165 ; he will not be long absent from his church, ii. 171 ; we must be first united to him before we can receive comfort and com- munion of his graces, ii. 173 ; Christ and Chris- tians have a mutual property in each other, ii. 174 ; there is a mutual love, familiarity, and likeness between Christ and Christians, ii. 174, 175 ; they have a mutual care of each othei-'s good, ii. 174, 175 ; there is a mutual com- placency between Christand the church, ii. 174, 175 ; they that are Christ's will be resolute in owning his cause, ii. 174, 175 ; in order of nature he is ours first, though not in order of knowing, ii. 177 ; how he comes to be oui's, ii. 177, 178; being ours, we have all things, ii. 1'77, 178 ; being ours, it should make us be con- tented with our condition whatsoever it be, ii. 178 ; his excellencies to be studied, ii. 178 ; how we come to be his beloved, ii. 179 ; our giving ourselves up to him is an evidence that he is ours, ii. 180 ; reasons why he must be first given to us before we can give our- selves over to him, ii. 182, 183 ; he hath the same care of every particular Christian as of the whole church, ii. 184 : how to be enabled to love and embrace him, ii. 184 ; love to him, how it may stand with love to other things, ii.
185 ; he feeds his church among fat pastures, ii. 188 ; he feeds as well as breeds his church, ii. 188, 189; he feeds his church plentifully and sweetly, ii. 190 ; motives to entice those who are not yet in Christ to come in, ii. 187 ; Christ never asked others to pray for him, ii. 94 ; he is to be loved, ii. 201 ; he belongs to all Chris- tians equally, ii. 202 ; foretastes of his love, ii. 203 ; further desires of, ii. 203 ; his love manifested, why, ii 204, 205 ; riches of, ii. 2o4; sight of him, ii. 205 ; take no nay from him, ii. 206 ; communion with him, ii. 207 ; cannot requite, ii. 208 ; power of God in Christ, ii. 474 ; his fear of death, ii. 475 ; he will come, ii. 517 ; Christ three ways taken in Scripture, iii. 82 ; is the main object of preaching, iii 369 ; is all in all to us, iii. 371, 372 ; how to think of him, iii. 371 ; God's love founded in him, iii. 385, 3S6 ; how to get into him, iii. 396 ; a prophet, priest, and king, iii. 446 ; the Scripture sets forth Christ by all comfortable terms, iii. CO; a priest, and king, iv. 103; grand object of preaching, iv. 115 ; covenant in, iv. 118 ; Christ that Spirit, how, iv. 205, 206, 208 ; be like Christ, iv. 214; study him, iv. 214, 215, 261 ; he redeems, iv. 218 ; the only Redeemer, iv. 243, 244 ; learn to be friends, iv. 262 ; gentle, iv. 262 ; obedient, iv. 262 ; kind to his enemies, iv. 263 ; see all in Christ, iv. 269 ; the Spirit comes from, iv. 294 ; lay open Christ, iv. 303 ; designations of, Christ, iv. 324, 325 ; God in Christ is sweet, iv. 325 ; discovers the Father, iv. 326 ; rich, 496; poor, why, iv. 497, 498; made sin, iv. 499 ; example of, iv. 520 ; is our Lord, and how, V. 59; 143 ; who chose Christ, v. 91, 92 ; how excellent he is in himself, and how profitable for us, V. 89, 90, 91 ; how he may be obtained, V. 90 ; how we are in him, v. 93 ; how we may be united to, v. 94 ; how and wherein we are conformable to him, v. 97, 98 ; how he apprehends us, v. 103 ; he first appre- hends us, then we him, v. 104, the Spirit of God subjects all things in us unto Christ, v. 105, 106 ; he shall come again, and this his second coming is expected of his children and desired, and why, v. 140, 141, 142 ; he is able to subdue all things unto himself, v. 150 ; he is risen ; v. 197, 198 ; life, how Christ is, v. 209 ; how know this, v. 211 ; what we are to Christ, V. 212 ; eternal Son, v. 253 ; love to, v. 277 ; Lord specially applied to, v. 308 ; excel- lency of, V. 309, 310 ; side with, v. 320 ; lose nothing by, v. 321 ; exaltation purchased by humiliation, v. 323-356 ; he died as a public person, as second Adam, voluntary, as surety, V. 326, 327 ; rose, v. 327 ; revived, v. 330 ; near at death, v. 354 ; high valuing of, v. 365 ; spe- cial and peculiar love, v. 387 ; extent of Christ's atonement, v. 388, 389 ; all-sufficiency, v. 407 ; slighted, V. 420 ; the scope of the Scriptures, v. 479 ; when conceived in the heart, v. 486 ; motives' to get into, v. 502 ; no intercourse with God without Christ, vi. 3f0, 341 ; God's love only in Christ, and why all from Christ, ■vi. 251, 351 ; misery of men out of, vi. 351 ; act of Christ, vi. SS5 ; God loves, vi. 386 ; God's love to us in him, vi 387 ; comprehensive prayer of, vi. 397 ; in all believers, how, vi. 402, 403; how know so, vi. 403-405; how to keep Christ, vi. 409 : beg him to stay, vi. 410 ; to perfume our souls, vi. 410 ; appearances of, vi. 418 ; our brother, vi 433 ; labour to get hold of, vi. 434 ; thank God for what he hath done to Christ, vi. 462 ; when God was his God, vi. 463 ; promise of, vii. 108 ; Emmanuel, vii. Ill, 112; human and divine, vii. 110, 111, 112; condescension of, vii. 113 ; conception of, vii. 119, 120; previous presences of Christ, vii. 120; the sun of righteousness, vii. 169 ; our pattern; vii. 192, 193, 198; a public person, vii. 192, join reasoning with contemplation of, vii. 192 : come to God by, only, vii. 198 ; enters the soul, vii. I<j9, 22S ; lowliness of. vii. 202 ; our