Weak, Christians, how they must be heartened with tenderness, i. 45, 53 ; a caution for them, i. 62 ; may sometimes be dealt with more roughly, I. 65 ; men should not pry into their
weaknesses, i. 56; means to work us to receive them, i. 61, 62; weakness, what, 1. 65 ; doth not debar from mercy, i. 65 ; what actions to be im- puted to weak Christians, i. 69; In whom sins of infirmity, i. 69, 70 ; weak faith, how it pre- vail.s, i. 90; Clirist help.s, i. 90; thechurch com- pared to weak things, i 43 ; prayers accepted, i. 65 ; why, i. 65 ; faith, how strengthened, i. 32S ; Christians not to be discouraged, ii. 362 ; the weakest creatures have the strongest shelters, iii. 430; weakness of God's servants, v. 265; whence we respect, v. 503 ; how to judge of, vi. 530 ; weak, iv. 80, vii. 186 ; means advance God's glory, iv. 390, 391; weaknesses, vii. 227.
Weapons, of Satan, vi. 392, 393.
Wedding, garment, iv. 72.
Weep, ii 480, 486 ; weeping, vi. 62 ; for other things, vi. 71 ; over much, vii. 117.
Weigh, not number, v. 154.
Wicked, Sword of, i. 103-118 ; their end, 1. 385 ; confidence of their torment should wean us from the world, i. 386 ; they are reserved to further plagues, i. 419, 420 ; shall not prevail over the godly, i. 302 ; though for a time over their per- sons, yet not over their cause, i. 303 ; get no- thing by persecuting the church, i. 304 ; in their enterprises they are but to work God's will, i. 304 ; their plots against the church miscarry, 1. 305 ; as fools, i. 305 ; how said to be cedars, Ii. 154 ; thorns, ii. 170 ; wickedness never wanted pretexts, ii. 90, 91 ; condition of, fading, ii. 342 ; are abominable, ii. 352 ; most miserable, iii, .398 ; all against God, angels, good gifts, V. 267 ; unhappy, v. 269 ; degrees of, vii. 8 ; out of hell, vi. 82, 83 ; made friends, vii. 207 ; to be trodden down, vii. 176, 177.
Wilderness, vii. 195.
Will, of man hath a sovereignty, 1. 174; of the godly conformable to God's will, i. 247 ; of itself cannot be rectified but bv the understanding, i. 373 ; God's, that men suffer, how, i. 402 ; wil- fulness aggravates sin, i 297 ; how men made their own wills and wits idols, ii. 384 ; worship no slight matter, ii. 387 ; every one placed in his calling by the, of God, iii. 8, 9 ; the more the greater sin, iii. 236 ; wiUingness to be searched, v. 414 ; there is a, to do good, v. 14, 15 ; of God known and not done aggravates sin, vi. 503 ; worship, why forbidden, vi. 199 ; free in sin, vii. 524 ; to be left free, a great judgment, vii. 524 ; when accepted for the deed, vii. 14 ; will, iv. 224, 225 ; chooses, iv. 225 ; apprehends, iv. 225, 226 ; enlargement, iv. 226 ; given up to, vii. 185 ; desires in, vii. 137 ; increases sin, vii. 194.
Winds, wicked men blown away as, vi. 198 ; false, V. 298.
Wisdom, the ways of God as ways of, i. 80 ; spirit- ual, great help unto us in our Christian course, i. 83 ; carnal, is folly, 301, 302, 305 ; truly wise but few, ii. 412 ; all men desire to be thought in Christ, ii. 412, 413 ; heavenly, definition of, ii. 413, 414 ; signs of, ii. 414 ; manifold, iii. 260,
261 ; what, iii. 261 ; carnal or fleshly described, iii. 261, 262, 263 ; why called fleshly, iii. 261,
262 ; where is no simplicity or sincerity, iii. 262 ; God's children not ruled by, iii. 263, 274, 275 ; mischief of carnal, iii. 264, 265 ; hinders our joy and comfort, iii. 273, 274 ; popery founded on carnal, iii. 522, 523 ; how to avoid fleshlyflii. 350, 351 ; a Christian needs, iii 377; may be had, iii, 278 ; should go to God for, iii. 278, 279 ; gives, for the things of this life, iii. 279 ; true toucheth conversation, iii, 280; divine truth is, v. 461 ; what violence may stand with, vi. 303 ; in man corrupted, v. 232, 233 ; spiritual to be begged, vi. 138 ; who are truly wise, vii. 7 ; wisdom, iv. 351 ; spiritual, V. 430 ; justified by experience, vii. 69, 86, 285, 286 ; taught by afBiction, vii. 142 ; highest, vii. 283, 284 ; children of, vii. 284, 285.
Wit, wicked men witty in their generation, vi.
138 (see Wisdom). Witness, and comfort, v. 439 ; of water and the
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Spirit, V. 439 ; of salvation, vii. 367-385 ; t-wo, who, vii. 376 ; three, who, vii. 376, 377.
Woman (see Affections).
Wonders, i. 4-S ; shallow things wondered at, i, 8 ; how to cease wondering at worldly things, V. 475 ; Christ's incarnation matter of, v. 485 ; learn wonder of the angels, v. 497.
Word, Spirit given in, i. 23, 24 ; of God, judg- ment, i. 27 ; the breath of the Spirit, i. 74, 75 ; like himself, i. 412 ; papists' objection how to know that the word is the word of God, ii. 57 ; why so many apostatize under, ii. 57 ; when Christ's word is entertained Christ himself is, ii. 65 ; woeful estate of those who obey not the ministry of, ii. 68, 69 ; our state in grace may be discerned by our relish for, ii. 155 ; though for the present not effectual, yet it will be, ii. Ill ," we ought to be in love with, ii. 168 ; is perfect, ii. 419 ; to be believed, ii. 419 ; without the Spirit ineffectual, ii, 415 ; salva- tion to the godly, perdition to the ungodly, ii. 431 ; not to be thought worse of because wicked men are made worse by, ii. 431, 432 ; preaching of, accompanied with God's Spirit, is able to convert the most wicked, iii. 10, 11 (see Ministry and Preaching) ; vital to believe the word true, certain, and immutable, iii. 367, seq.; judge of all controversies, iii. 363 ; Christ the, iii. 390, 446 ; of God is most true, certain, and infallible, iii. 373 ; how to know it true, iii. 366, 373 (see Scripture) ; power of, iv. 360 ; how know to be, iv. 363 ; defend, iv. 364; a voice of waters and thunder, iv. 375, 376 ; why not always powerful, iv. 376, 377; operative, iv. 384,' 385 ; names of, v. 254 ; how may be known, v. 65 ; is the word of life, V. 32 ; why must not be neglected, v. 33 ; written, the rule of our service, vi. 499 (see Power and Tremble) ; words, more than, v. 133 ; Spirit goes with, vii. 193 ; when in our heart, vii. 195 ; (3) before Scripture, vii. 197 ; neglectors of, vii 199 ; source of comfort, vii. 200 ; how know to be, vii. 226. Works, justify not, i. 388 ; want of ought not to hinder our conversion or justification, ii. 421, 422; good, why they cannot merit, ii. 404 ; the Christian's work, v. 1-34 ; how good, are loss, V. 84, 85 ; papists, not protestants discourage, V. 86 ; Christians must labour and, v. 6, 7 ; our, must be performed in obedience and sincerity, V. 7 ; motives to the Christian, v. 10 ; by whose power, V. 14, 15 ; how God and we co-operate, y. 14, 15 ; matter and manner good, v. 61 (see