vii. 343, 346 ; banisheth trouble, vii. 346 ; establislieth the heart, vii 347 ; stirs grace, vii. 347; how it easeth the soul, vii. 349; objec- tions against, vii. 352 ; makes things present, vii. 508.
Faithfulness, of God to be trusted in, i. 412 ; he is faitliful, i. 411 ; we must be faithful in what he trusts to us. i. 424 ; of God, ii. 441 ; to con- victions, ii. 468.
Fuithfal, privileges of, v. 249-285.
Falling, the way to fall is to be confident, i. 94 ; falls of Christians not to be rejoiced in, ii. 115 ; of God's children made their gain, ii. 340 ; re- covery from, ii. 204; why suffered, vi. 246, 329; strengthened by, iv. 391, 392, vu. 222; best may be overtaken, vii. 410
False, falsehood, iii. 300, 301 ; evidence against ourselves, iv. 143.
Fame, commit to God. i. 30,31.
Family, all under it the better for a godly gover- nor, ii. 355, vii. 197.
Fancy, to be limited and restrained, i. 188 ; pro- per use of, i. 183.
Fasting, vi. 89 ; Rabbinical story of, vii. 3.34.
Father, God a father, ii. 239 ; God specially mer- ciful to the fatherless, ii. 294 ; God as the father of Christ to be praised, iii. 26, 27 (see Praise) ; our Father and the father of mercies, how, iii. 26, 27 ; why God is so called, iii. 28 ; why not of mercy but of mercies, iii, 28, 29; uses to be made of this title, iii. 31-34, seq (see mercy) ; bless God as being our father in Christ, iv. 3.J2 ; the Father, all goodness, v. 252, 253 ; Christ's Father, vi. 450, 461 ; what may expect, vi. 451, 453; 'my,' 'our,' vi. 464, vii. 215; comfort of, vi. 460, 461 ; consideration of, what fatherhood of God should work, vi. 202 ; who meant by fathers, vi. 512 ; when we die we are put to our fathers, vi. 512.
Fathers, ancient, not always to be relied on, i. 42, 43.
Fathomlei^s, wisdom, vii. 188.
Faults, extenuate not, iv. 87, v. 184.
Favours, how to preserve some of God's favour, i. 276 ; former make the soul more sensible of contrary, i. 131 : how to know we are under God's favour, iv. 516 ; praise God for, iv. 473 ; spiritual, eternal, vi. 9; of God to be sought first, vi. 128 ; endeared, vi. 179 ; God's favours, vii. 1S5, 186.
Favourite, Spiritual, at the Throne of Grace, tL 91-108.
Fear, disturbs peace, i. 421 ; is a means to pre- serve the soul awake, ii 68, 69; ashamed of, ii. 475 ; God above all, vi. 10 ; Christian dies, vii 208 ; what it is, v. 11, 12 ; all done in fear of God, V. 12; properties, marks, and signs, v. 13 ; with love, v. 283 ; with trembling, vi. 47 ; place of, vi. 177 ; faith keeps out base, vi. 265, 256 ; done away in God, vii. 77.
Feast, feasting mutual between Christ and his church, ii. 32 ; of Christ more sumptuous in some ages than others, ii. 36 ; Glorious, of the Gospel, ii. 437-518 : choice things, ii. 447 ; variety, u 447 ; sufficiency, ii, 447 ; com- pany, ii. 448 ; choicest garments, ii. 448 ; passover, ii, 448 ; manna, ii. 448 ; rock, U. 449 ; former feasts, ii. 450 ; sacrament, ii. 4.50; prepare to partake, ii. 450, 461; large hearts, ii. 451 ; appetite, ii. 451 ; purge, ii. 462 ; maintain trade of Christianity, ii. 452 ; converse with the good, ii. 452 ; life short, iu 462 ; spiritual disposition, ii. 453 : bring some- thin g, ii. 458 ; Lord's Supper not an ordinary feast, iv. 61 ; glance of heaven, or a precious taste of a glorious feast, iv. 151-2 jO..
Feeding, need as well as breeding, ii. 188, 189 ; why continual, ii. 189 ; Christ feeds his flock plentifully, ii. 190 ; how to know we hare fed on Christ, vi. 369 ; motives to feed on, vi. 372.
Feeling, v. 4!j6 ; Christians may want, vii. 418.
Few, God's children few, vi. 233.
Fight, must be before victor 1. 95, 96, 97 ; viL 278.
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Fire, a symbol of the Spirit, iv. 213, 214.
First-horn, death of, a great judgment, vii. 524.
Fitted, gradually, ii. 500.
Flax, smoking, Christ will not quench, i 51 ; rules to know whether we are, i. 58 ; general rules of trial, i. 59 ; particular signs, i. 61.
Flesh and blood are not to be consulted with, ii. 91 ; what, iii. 2(52, 316 ; carnal wisdom, why called flesh, iii. 316 ; to purpose and consult according to the flesh, a ground of lightness, iii. 348 ; how to know whether we do so, iii- 349 ; signs of not being led by the flesh, iii. 349, 350 ; hew to avoid fleshly wisdom, iiL 350, 351 (see Wisdom) ; backward, iv. 221, 222 ; what meant by Christ manifest in the, v. 47!) ; desires and appetites of the flesh not to be satisfied, v. 131, 132 ; and Spirit, vii 217.
Food, Christ and his benefits, why called, vi. 364 ; difference of spiritual and corporal, vi. l;66.