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Richard Sibbes • SECTION 388

Section 388

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Good, Godliness, all comes from God, ii. 404 ; no saving good from man, ii 403 ; why good works cannot merit, ii. 404, 405 ; converse with, ii. 452 ; God's children do good in every condition, iii. 105 ; good by others' afflictions, iii. 101 ; sufferings of saints do good to others, iii. 101, (see Afflictions) ; in all ill God intends good. Hi. 142 ; a good man a public good, iii. 258 ; should take occasion to do good, iii. 336; the good of the wicked not blessings but curses, iii. 395 ; how, iii. 395, 396 ; good things in love, iii. 396 ; done to others, iv. 122 ; all from the Spirit, iv. 295 ; in Christ, iv 3.31 ; look to as well as ill, iv. 401 ; special, intended God's people, iv. 157 ; goodness of God, v. 2S2; godli- ness, what, V. 460; what breeds it, v. 460 ; Christ to be imitated in doing good, iv. 523; bounty for the good specially, iv. 525 • good men ought

to be beloved, why, v. 49, 50; unknown, v. 51 ; good in our actions though defiled, vi. 192 ; are advanced to the greatest good by Christ, v. 245, (see Generation) ; ' good it is,' vii. 87 ; all good given to Christians, vii. 185 ; good men not to be shamed, vii 186 ; all, from God, vil. 188 ; god, man a, to himself, vii. 199. Goodwill, of God, ground of all, v. 16, vi. 350 ;

what learn from here, v. 17. Gospel, and law, how they differ, i. 29, 59 ; ministry of the Spirit, i. 23 ; in rejecting it we reject God, 1. 387, 388 ; sin against worse than against the law, i. 389 ; it lays open Christ, i. 393; disobedience thereunto a great .sin, i. 388 ; how known, i. 392 ; first and second spring of it speedy, ii. 337 ; hiddenness of, iv. 156 ; ministers of, iv. 158 ; excellency above the law, iv. 201-305 ; properties and prerogatives of, iv. 203 ; ministration of the Spirit, iv. 204 ; of righteousness, iv. 204 ; remaineth, iv. 204 ; plain, iv. 204 ; efficacy, iv. 205 ; difference from law, iv. 341 ; a treasure, iv. 342, 343 ; for time to come, iv. 344 ; powers of God not of man, iv. 360 ; no gospel in nature, iv. 159 ; our affections to, v. 478 ; manner of publishing, v. 606 ; double spring of, v. 510, 511 ; what use to make of, v. 610, 611; sins against, v. 512; esteem of, sign of peace, vi. 343, 344 ; why It converts, iv. 520 ; why disesteemed, vi. 311 ; Spirit effectual in, vi. 312 ; punishment for slighting, vii. 529 ; the ground of faith, vi. 526 ; Success of, vii. 280-287. Government, of Christ over his people, 1. 79 ; victorious, i. 84, 91 ; we should all submit to it, 1. 91 ; is opposed, i. 96 ; reasons, i. 96 ; well- ordered, i. 80 ; mean gifts not neglected but cherished by Christ, i. 49 ; good to be under Christ's, i. 393, ii. 120 ; all inferior creatures under, iii. 275. Governors, examples avail, 1. 331 ; of families ought to ba good for the sake of those under them, ii. 356 ; gracious governors will com- municate grace to their family, ii. 366. Grace, in a small measure at first, i. 49 ; much in worth, i. 49 ; doth not waste corruption all at once but by degrees, i.50; Christ cherishes weak beginnings, i. 51 ; should be imitated therein, 1. 52, 53 ; God looks at the truth of grace, not the measure, i. 58 ; often scarcely discernible, 1. 50 ; yet discerned, as fire by light, i. 59, 60 ; direction, i. bO ; delight, i. 60 ; is active, i. 61 ; pliable, communicative, i. 61, 62 ; working up- ward, i 62 ; spreading, growing, i 62 ; as grace increaseth, so doth the sense of sin, i. 62, 63 ; means how Christ preserveth, i. 74 ; exercise thereof, means to keep it alive, i. 76 ; why growth is insensible, i. 90 ; shall in the end be a glorious and visible conqueror, i. 84 ; of the Spirit make way to heaven easy, i. 399 ; deliver- ing, needed against temptation, i. 323 ; grace needed for grace, ii. 8, 9, 10 ; where he begins he will perfect, ii. 8, 9, 10; still desires Christ's presence, ii. 13 ; Lord delights in the graces of his children, ii, 27 ; are acceptable to Christ, ii. 27 ; ought to be rejoiced in, ii. 30 ; compared to myrrh, spice, honey, milk, ii. 31, 32 ; God's children never totally fall, ii 106, 107 ; all from Christ, ii. 104 ; of God are sweet, ii. 105, 106 ; to be judged by the value, not quantity, i. 118 ; grows stronger by opposition, ii 102 ; a sure argument we are in state of, ii. 122 ; our rel sh of the word, ii. 155; though small it grows, il. 165 ; error of papists touching the efficacy of grace in congruity, i. 16 l ; compared to dew, ii. 331 ; of God free, ii. 331 ; comes insensibly and invisibly, ii. 331, 332 ; works mildly, ii. 332 ; cheers and comforts the soul, ii. 332 ; makes barren souls fruitful, ii. 333 ; irresistible, ii. 333 ; barrenness in, ought not to discourage, ii. 333 ; means to increase, ii. 334 ; wrought in the soul is an evidence of pardon, ii. 3-34 ; all from God, ii 334, 335 ; how to be attained, ii. 3.35 ; compared to olives, ii. 347 ; how to be rooted in, ii. 343 ; why some more thin others.

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