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Richard Sibbes • SECTION 377

Section 377

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Comfort, Christ is a complete and all-sufScient comforter, i. 70, 72 ; consolation to weak Chris- tians, i. 86 ; that our victory lies with Christ, not ourselves, i. 97 ; who fit for comfort, i. 48 ; in the church's troubles, i. 244, 261 ; amiss, sought in sanctification, i. 138 ; have and hold comfort, grow up in holiness, i. 139 ; a sin not to comfort the afflicted, i. 195 ; how comfort tendered doth no good : miscarriages, i. 196 ; if not found in one means is to be sought in another, ii. 123 ; comfort, ii. 213, 221, 222, 241, 457 ; abused, prove snares ; ii. 397 ; naturally accompanies good actions, ii. 364; of Christians, ■why not apprehended by them, ii. 340 ; comfort or consolation, what, iii. 44, 45, 86 ; God the God of comfort, how, iii. 44, 45 ; what this title attributed to God implies, iii. 47 ; whatever the means, God is the spring and fountain, iii. 49 ; God can create comfort out of nothing, iii. 47 ; can raise it out of contraries, iii. 47,48 ; what use to be made of this that God is the God of comfort, iii. 48, 49, 54, 55, seq ; reasons or grounds why Christians are uncomfortable, iii. 60 ; God com- forteth his people in all tribulation, iii. 61, 52, 63, 54 ; objection against this answered, iii. 52, 74 ; God applieth comfort answerable to all miseries in this life, iii. 52, 53 ; to comfort, what, iii. 64 ; how to derive comfort from the God of comfort, iii. 55 ; no comfort for such as go on in sin, iii. 56 ; for those that are relapsed, iii. 57 ; general comforts should be had for all kind of calamities and maladies, and which be they, iii. 67, 68 ; means for obtaining comfort, iii. 57, 59-64 ; to keep a daily course of com- fort, how, iii. 59, 60 ; Christ in Scripture is set forth by all comforting terms, iii. 60 ; means whereby we may comfort others, iii. 65, 66, 69, 70 ; all God's children have interest in divine comforts, why, iii. 66 ; divine comforts are not Impaired by being communicated, iii. 66 ; God conveys comfort to men by men, iii. 67, 68 ; we should be willing, ready, and able to comfort one another, iii. 67, 68, 69, 75, 76 ; experience a great help to comfort others, why, iii. 76, 77, 78 ; objections of such as complain of want of comfort answered, iii. 74; our comforts and consolations are proportionable to our sufferings, Iii. 86 ; greatest comfort follows greatest suffer- ing, why, iii. 86 ; what hinders comfort in affliction, iii. 90 ; no comfort for wicked men, Iii. 9u ; comfort and consolation abound by Christ, iii. 91 ; why Christians are no more comfortable, iii. 92 ; suffering a necessary pre- cedent to comfort, why, iii. 108 ; those that suffer as they should are sure of comfort, iii. 110 ; course in want of, iv. 140, 297 ; in dejec- tion, iv. 370 ; reserved, iv. 434 ; in greatest misery, iv. 438, v. 198 ; all, in Christ, iv. 463 ; ground of, v. 216 ; saints above all, v. 272 ; why justified always in comfort, v 366 ; more than others, v 296 ; spring of, vi. 17, 18, 21 ; Saint's, vi. 169-180 ; extent of, vi. 465 ; to comfort others an angelical work, vi. 320, 321 ; God's love In Christ, ground of, i. 12, vi. 352 ; when to be stored up, vi. 227 ; ground of, for weak Chris- tians, vi. 297; fundamental, vi.468; earthly, wears away, vii. 45, 46 ; present, defects in, vii. lol ; returns, vii. 160 ; belongs to God's chil- dren, vii. 168; not to snatch, vii. 200; source of, vii. 200 ; no comfort, what to do, vii. 208^; maintain, vii 353 ; double ground of, vii. 485.

Comforters, in way of humanity, many : few in way of Christianity, i. 192 ; graces necessary in a good, i. 193 ; method of comforting, i. 193, 194,

Coming, the bridegroom's second, vi. 535 ; will be,

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vi. 544 ; why the church desires, vi. 547 ; what benefit by the first, vi. 550 ; prepare for, vi. 550, 551 ; ' not so desirous as I ought,' vi. 554 ; look for, vii. 124 ; of Christ, vii. 306-316 ; there must be a second, of Christ, vii. 538 ; the church desires, vii. 539 ; in heaven desires, vii. 541 ; Christians not always fitted for, vii. 643; direc- tions how to desire, vii. 543.

Command of God over all things, vl. 147 ; God's commandments to be obeyed, ii. 420 ; com- mand, vii. 379.

Commendation, a man may speak In commenda- tion of himself, and in what cases, iii. 2u4, vii. 218, 219.

Com^merce, lawful, vi. 521.

Commonness, of sin is a sign it Is ripe, i. 379 ; common matters, vi. 78 ; things, vii. 199 ; ' common ' all, correction, iv. 38.

Communication, of all good things, Ii. 20 ; God's goodness communicative, vi. 113.

Communicative, grace is, i. 61, 62.

Communion, with God, i. 75 ; with saints, i. 75; with God, to be sought, how Christians have continual ground of it, i. 249 ; of friend.s, in watching over one another, i 189 ; in comforting one another, i. 190 ; with God, to be laboured for, ii. 267 ; none between God and idols, ii 291 ; with God makes us hate sin, ii. 373 ; bond of, iii, 432; commu- nion, iv. 185, 240, 418, 461, v. 278 ; recover, vi. 3, 4 ; with Christ, vi. 66 ; with God, man's happiness, vii. 71, 72 ; increases, vii. 76 ; lost, vii. 208.

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