Examination of ourselves, feveral motives to it Examination of our felves, rules to prevent Chriftians from being over fevere in it Pag. 207 211 Rules to prevent hypocrites from deceiving themselves in it 215 Several useful advices in relation to it, 217. Vid. Trial. F Faith, the neceffity of strengthening it, to prepare for fufferings How it ftrengthens the believer for difficulties Questions and anfwers concerning this and obedience Erfon, a remarkable obfervation of his GE 342 344 345 423 404 489 400 348 350 351 296 463-480 God, his nature and attributes explained and improv ed He is prefent with his people in their afflictions two ways 412 Gold, true grace fitly compared to it for its excellency 131 Vid. Grace. Good men, how their death fhould not be lamented 437 438 441 Useful advices to those who are mourning for the death of fuch 446 Goodness of God, the properties and evidences of it explained Grace, Wherein it excels the most excellent gifts 474 131 133 is tried Useful inferences concerning the precioufnefs of it A difcourfe of its trial, is attended with various diffi- Divers ways enumerated, by which the fincerity of it Profperity is a great trial of the truth of it 136 137 140 141 143 What probation adverfity makes of it 149 Grace, How indwelling 'fin difcovers the foundness or unfoundness of it Pag. 158 186 How it is tried by the performance of religious duties 176 198 *199 Want of trying it, is the ruin of many profeffors 328 333 'Clear evidences of it are neceffary to prepare for fuf ferings 335 339 Rules prescribed for attaining the evidences of it Η HEart, a general account of the keeping of it How keeping it conduces to the honour of God How it may be kept humble in profperity How it may be kept from 'defponding in adverfitý How it may be preserved from distracting fears in pub- It 12 14 1.5 25 291 34 41, σε Helps to its trufting God in a time of want 48, &c. How it may be kept from vain thoughts in religious duties 55 Eight remedies against its revengeful motions under injuries How it may be kept meek and patient under great pro vocations Means of fecuring it under ftrong temptations and doubts Means of keeping it stedfast in sufferings for religion Ten motives to engage our diligence in keeping it How much the keeping and fearching of it excels all Pag. Holiness of God, the nature of it explained and improved 472 Hypocrify, the vanity of thinking to hide it 184 Six things thought, without ground, neceffary figns of it 192 Queries for discovering of it Six falfe tokens of being clear from it Seven directions to preferve the foul from it Hypocrites, how far they may be like fincere Christians I Ncarnation of Chrift explained and improved IN 7 Indwelling fin, how it discovers the foundness or un foundness of our hearts How far a hypocrite may be restrained from it How differently God's children and others oppose it The lamentation made for him expounded 214 215 217 17 i 39 503 158 159 161 162 165 169 173 465 434 436 Juftice of God, the properties and evidences of it explained 473 K Keeping the heart, feveral things included in it Several properties of this work How it conduces to the honour of God, and the fincerity of our religion It puts a beauty on our profeffion, and yields comfort The improvement of our graces depends upon it Vid. Heart. L Lamentations, why to be made at the funerals of good men 8 12 16 18 22 23 24 438 Laodicea, its woful diseases, and remedies for curing them 115 Loveliness of relations, no fufficient ground of exceffive Mortification, to earthly intereft, neceffary to prepare for fufferings Several things wherein it is chiefly to be exercised Pag. 353 356 Mother, the mournful state of one mentioned in the gospel 226 Chrift's compaffionate counfel to a mourning one Mourning, (for dead relations) ought to be moderated How far it should be allowed of When it is exceffive and finful 229 231 233 236 What comfort may be given unregenerate finners under it 245 Twenty confiderations for comforting God's children For the death of godly friends, comforted by the cove nant of grace 258 262 265 268 270 Comforts by the hope of the refurrection Solaced by the prefent happy state of their piously departed friends Quieted by God's ability to make up their loffes Comforted by confidering that God has better things to beftow Their grief allayed by confidering the good which may be got by loffes, 275. And how much more others, as good as ourselves, have loft Comforted by their relation to God, and the nearness of eternal joy Four confiderations to fupport them Seafonable advices to fuch Ation, what fins are tokens of its approaching misery 306 Ne, God's being fo, explained and improved 478 Only Son, Advices to parents lamenting the death of one 225 The death of fuch a one, no fufficient ground of ex ceffive forrow 283 Original fin, the nature of it explained, with improvements 494 Some account of man's mifery flowing from it P Paul, (the apoftle) how he was ready to fuffer 496 '298 Power of God, the nature of it explained, with inferences 471 Prayer, how it may be answered, though the mercies prayed for be withheld, or taken away X X X 2 281 Pag. Prayer, How the due performance of it prepares for fufferings 3,68 Means of improving in it 379 Conduces to ftability in a day of trial 319 It evidences love to Jefus Chrift, and fubmiffion to the divine will ibid. Is very pleafing to God, and alleviates a fall under them, 329 The neceffity of a real converfion in order to it, fhewn in fix particulars It is wofully wanting among profeffors Several motives perfuading to it Divers encouragements to thofe who ftrive for it Prefence of God, inftances of three kinds of it 323, &c. 377 382, &c. 388, &c. 412 Providence,a confirmation, explication, and improvement of it 486 Relations, doubting about their state when dead confidered 288 Trouble for over-pitying, or undervaluing them, confi dered Beft in the day of evil, is either of deliverance, or of con tentation Refurrection, how the hope of it fupports those who mourn the death of godly friends Saints fhall probably know one another after it S 289 312 262 265 2 3 Scandals of profeffors, the fight of them matter of grief Care in keeping the heart, a good evidence of it Seven counfels for maintaining and increafing it |
