Spouse, of Christ is the church, i. 390, ii. 23 ; sons by nature, ii. 24 ; how to know we are, ii. 26; directions for those who are not, ii. 26; her excellent condition, ii. 23 ; necessity of having Christ for our, ii. 26 ; weak as well as strong, the, ii. 183 ; her earnest desire, ii. 197-208 ; spouse, ii. 197-208.
Stability, of saints proved, ii. 77 ; of saints, where it ariseth, ii. 339, 347 ; comforts arising from, ii. 342 ; stabhshing grace necessary, iii. 422 ; Christ the foundation of, iii. 423 ; judgment will be stablished in Christ, iii. 424; only God can, iii. 426, seq. ; so he will, iii. 426, seq. ; sta- blishes by stablishing graces, 1. fear, 2. wis- dom, 3. faith, 4. peace,'^&c., iii. 431 ; means of, iii. 433, 437 ; signs, iii. 437, 438, seq. ; stability, iv. 124.
Staggering, whence, v. 476, 477.
State, of God's children, firm, ii. 341, 342 ; of the wicked, unstable, ii. 341, 342 ; difference be- tween, in Adam and Christ, ii. 405.
Stewards, vii. 189, 301.
Stitch, through, v. 304.
Stoicism, ii. 480.
Stones, of the temple, i. 5.
Strait, St Paul's, or Christ Is B«8t, i. M5-350.
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Strangers, God's people here, ril. 450 ; Christ a, vii. 452 ; have the affections of, vii. 452 ; wick- ed men, how, vii._453 ; bearing of, vii. 454. (See Pilgrim )
Stream, vi. 543, 544.
Strength, in affliction, ii. 204 ; of spiritual things, ii. 454, 467 ; how 2 Cor. i. 8 and 1 Cor. x. 13 may stand together, iii. 116, 117; depend not on our own, iv. 126 ; grace of, v. 182 ; in Christ, V. 189 ; in Christianity, why so few, v. 363 ; self- strength, V. 369 ; spiritual, t. 442, 443 ; strong- hold pulled down, iv. 361 ; best sense, vii. 190 ; from God, vii. 188 ; in Christ, vii. 205 (Ins).
Strictness of life forced from the gospel, iv 519.
Stud)/, Christ daily, vi. 355.
Stumbling-block, arm against, iv. 101.
Subdues, iv. 145.
Subjection, v 313 ; to Christ only, v. 350.
Success, Christians' endeavours successful, vl. 307 ; there is a succession of men, vi. 492 ; of the go.spel, vii. 280-287 ; success, vii. 188 ; suc- cession in love, vii. 2)4.
Suffering, with patience, i. 67 ; of the godly and ungodly differ, i. 373 ; it is best for God's chil- dren, i. 401, 402; comes when God will, i. 402, 403 ; must look from whence it comes, i. 403 ; well-doing before well-suffering, i. 404 ; not to be avoided by sin, i. 405 ; in well-suffering heap coals of fire on our enemies, i. 405, 406 ; we overcome by, i. 406 ; no by-respects in, i. 406 ; of Christ in himself, ii. 70 ; in his ministers, ii. 70, 71 ; our testimony of love for Christ, ii. lo8 ; reason of church's, and individual, ii. 180 ; love to Christ will enable us to suffer with cheerful- ness, ii. 188 ; those who will not suffer for Christ make him an idol, ii. 383 ; suffering, Christ, for man's sin, i. 335-369 ; of Christ abound in us, iii. 78 ; all Christians suffer, iii. 104 ; threefold Buffering, iii. 80, 81 ; of Christians as sufferings of Christ, why, iii. ; Christ's twofold, iii. 82 ; difference between and ordinary crosses, iii. 83 ; motives to, iii. 83, 84, 85 ; how the suffer- ings of saints do good to others, iii. 101 ; God's children partake of the sufferings of others, iii. 107 ; must precede comfort, iii. 108, seq ; those who suffer as they should are sure of comfort, iii. 108, (see Affliction, Persecution, Tribula- tion) ; what to look to in, iv. 405 ; for Christ's Bake, iv. 413, 414 ; suffer for Christ, v. 278 ; spi- ritual poverty in, vi. 247 ; service of God in, vi. 506, 508.
Sufficiency, ii. 447.
Suflcide, vii. 211, 212.
Sun, symbol of Christ, vii. 169 ; how know if Christ is our, vii. 170 ; use to be made of, vii. 171, 199.
Superstition, the source of it, i. ISO.
Supper, the Lord's, iv. 61 ; unworthy coming, Iv. 61, 77 ; often, iv. 62.
Supplication, vi. 470.
Supply, our, whence, i. 20.
Surprisal, by passion, v. 184.
Suspicion, man's (nature prone to, iii. 339, 485 ; grounds of, whence, iii 340, 4S5, 4S6 ; what, iii. 340, 485 ; how to arm against, iii. 340 ; how to know when it is evil, iii. 341 ; more than fear, less than judgment, iii. 485 ; makes the worst construction, iii. 485, 486 ; why the devil cher- isheth, iii. 486 ; mischief from, iii. 486.
Symmetry, of the soul most lovely, i. 167.
Sympathy, vi. 66.
Swearing, what meant by the prohibition, 'swear not at all,' iii 357, 494, 495 ; by none but God, iii. 493 ; lawful, iii. 494, 495 ; ordinary con- demned, iii. 357, 358, 494, 495, 49(3 ; objections answerpd, iii. 495, seq. ; original causes of, iii. 496, 497 ; motives against, iii. 497, 498 ; means against, iii. 497, 498; ordinary, curse themselves, iii. 497.
Sweetness, not lost, but translated, vii. 85 ; in the bitterest, vii. 203, 204.