of the word, II. 141. 1. When Christ appointed it as a sacra- ment of the New Testament, ib. 3. Difference between the bap- tism of John and the baptism dispensed by the apostles, after Christ's ascension, ib. 6. 8. Prov- ed, that it is rightly administer- ed by sprinkling, 142. 15. An- alogy betwixt the sign in bap- tism and the thing signified, 143.20. The ends and uses of baptism, 144. 28-35. The effi- cacy of it, wherein it consists, 145. 48. Why but once admi- nistered, 147. 12. Baptize, why did not Christ bap- tize any himself, II. 142. 12. Blasphemy, what, II. 54. 3. The aggravations of it, ib. 4. Blasphemous thoughts, three ways whereby to know when they are suggested by Satan, II. 187. 31. Blood of Jesus, why called the blood of sprinkling, I. 114. 43.
Body that Christ had; a true and
real body, proven, I. 103. 17. Why Christ's body was not created immediately out of no- thing, ib. 19,
Bodies; four properties of the bo-
dies of the saints, at the resur- rection, explained, I. 176. 19— 23.
Bondage; a twofold right that
Christ had to be our Redeemer from spiritual bondage, II. 27. 32. Books; four books will be opened at the day of judgment, I. 135. 94, &c.
Brazen Altar: See Altar.
C Cain, why not put to death for the murder of his brother, II. 83. 25.
Candlestick, what it signified, II. 14. 62.
Chastity, what, II. 84. 1. Three ways whereby to preserve our own chastity, 84. 6. Cherubims of glory, what repre- sented by them, II. 16. 82.
What was signified by the pos- ture of their faces, ib. 86. Children; six duties incumbent upon them to their parents, II. 75. 20.
Christ; why he is not the cause of election, I. 86. 7. Why called the last Adam, 88. 26. As a pro- phet, hath revealed the will of God two ways, 109. 12, &c. As a surety made under the moral law, 123. 12; and that as a co- venant of works, proven, ib. 14. How Christ is offered, and to be received, in three particu. lars, II. 116. 46–56. Circumcision, when first institut- ed, II. 139. 2. The spiritual meaning of it, ib. 4. Cleansing; the difference betwixt cleansing by the blood, and cleansing by the Spirit of Christ, in two particulars, II. 142. 18. Concourse; God's immediate con- course with every action of the creature, proven, I. 57. 20. How he concurs with the sinful ac- tions of men, without sin, ib. 21. Connection between the preface and the first commandment, II. 28. 6.
Contentment with our own con- dition, what, II. 101. 6. Four cross dispensations, under which it is required, ib. 10-14. Corruption of the whole nature, what, I. 78. 19. Wherein doth it appear, ib. 20. How proven from scripture, ib. 22. Four in- ward evidences of the universal corruption of nature, ib. 24. Covenant of grace, why so called, I. 87, 18. How made with Christ, 88. 27. Why made with him as the head, 89. 40. The proper condition of it, what, 91. 59. Difference between the covenant of grace, and covenant of works, illustrated in nine particulars, 96. 111-120. The principal part of the Sinai tran- saction, though the covenant of works was most conspicuous, II. 19. 26.
Covetousness, what, II. 102. 2, D
Death; how it may be proved, that the precise moment of every one's death is fixed in the de- cree, I. 46. 24. The difference betwixt the death of believers and that of the wicked, in five particulars, 84. 28. Death of Christ, what about it should we remember in the sup- per, in three particulars, II. 153.33--36. Four always where- by we should show forth his death in that sacrament, 154. 37-41.
Debts, why sins are so called, II. 182. 3.
Decrees; why God's eternal pur- pose is called his decrees in the plural number, I. 44. 5. The absurdity of conditional decrees, 45.-13. How the decree is per- missive, and efficacious at the same time, 46.30. Delighting in the glory of God,
whether it is to be reckoned our chief end, I. 11. 46. Deliverance of Israel out of Egypt, represents our spiritual redemp- tion, in four particulars, II. 43. 23. Despair, what, II. 188. 35. Three ways whereby Satan labours to drive persons to despair, ib. 36 -39.
Dipping, not necessary in baptism,
Eternity; the difference betwixt God's eternity, and the eternity of angels, and the souls of men, I. 24. 6. Eutychians, their error, I. 100. 28.
Exaltation of Christ, what, I. 126.1. Excellency, the incomparable ex-
cellency of the scriptures, in four articles, I. 17. 51. Extent of the grant that God makes of himself to us, illustrat- ed in nine particulars, II. 24. 11.
Faith, the place it has in the co-
venant of grace, I. 92. 74. What right it gives to the promise, 93. 84. the difference between saving and justifying faith, 156. 59. How connected with salva- tion, II. 113. 20. Four kinds of faith mentioned in scripture, 114. 1-9. The appropriating persuasion, in the nature of faith, necessary to answer the gospel offer, what,118.58. Why this appropriating persuasion is necessary to the nature of saving faith, ib. 59. Three evidences of a strong faith, 119. 64. Three evidences of the weakness of faith, ib. 65. Three marks of a true faith, however weak, ib. 66. Three ways in which faith views its objects, 120, 74-77. What is it for the worthy receivers of the sacrament of the supper, to partake of the body and blood of Christ by faith, 150. 66. Four ways how we may know if we have that faith which feeds on Christ in the word and sacra- ment, 158. 20.
Fasting; religious fasting, what, II. 39. 22. Three arguments, proving it to be of divine ap- pointment, ib. 24. The occur- rences which call for it, ib. 27. Father, proven to be God, I. 41.
Not properly the fountain of the Deity, ib. 29. Three re- spects in which God is called Father with reference to men, II. 171. 6-9.
Fatherly chastisements, why they may not be called a penalty in the covenant of grace, I. 94. 88. Flesh, what meant by it, II. 189. 49. How it is the spring of temptation, ib. 50. Freedom of will, since the fall, what, I. 66. 21.
Glorifying God, why set before the enjoying of him, I. 10. 44. Glorifying God, what, II. 30.31. How we glorify him in his at- tributes, ordinances, word, and works, 174. 13-19. Glory; God's essential glory, what, I. 7. 8. His declarative glory, what, 8. 9. Four similitudes whereunto the future glory of believers is compared, 176. 22. God; how doth it appear from scripture and reason, that there can be but one only, I. 36. 1. 2. Why said to be living, 37. 15. Why called true, ib. 16. Godhead, the meaning of the word, I. 39. 8.
Golden pot, that had manna, what it signified, II. 15. 72. Goodness of God, what, I. 32. 1. His absolute goodness, what, 33. 3; his relative, what, ib. 4. How his goodness is manifested in the contrivance of redemption, ib. 13; how in the execution of it, ib. 14.
Gospel-offer, the faith of it, what, L. 146. 14.
Gospel precepts, the absurdity of making faith and repentance new gospel precepts, II. 30. 26,
Growth; believers grow four ways, I. 158. 12, &c. Four evi- dences of growth in grace, 172.
Son, as well as from the Father, I. 40. 19. His supreme Deity proven by four arguments, 42.
Holy resting on the Sabbath, what, II. 68. 19.
Human nature of Christ, why it never subsisted by itself, I. 102. 3. Difference between the hu- man nature, and a human per- son, ib. 7. Humiliation of Christ, what it was, I. 122. 1.
Idea; an imaginary idea of Christ as man, no way helpful to the faith of his being God-man, I. 104.30.
Illumination, saving; four distin- guishing properties of it, I. 148.
40. Image of God, wherein it consists, I. 54. 25. Immanuel, the import of the name, I. 100. 25, &c. Immensity, what, I. 23. 4. Immortality of the soul proven by four arguments, I. 54. 17. Imputation of Adam's first sin to his posterity, proven by two scripture-arguments, I. 77. 10. Incomprehensibility of God, what, I. 23. 3.
Infants, the right that the infants of such as are members of the visible church have to baptism, proven at great length, and ob- jections answered, II. 148. to
Infinite, what is it for God to be so, I. 23. 1.
Intercession of Christ, the nature of it described, I. 115. 51. The grounds of its perpetuity, 116. 64. difference between the in- tercession of Christ and the in- tercession of the Spirit, 117. 69.
sons of it, I. 170. 5. Four evi- dences of it, ib. 9.
High priest, a type of Christ, in Joy in the Holy Ghost, four sea- two respects, II. 12. 35. Holiness of God, what, I. 29. 1. How it appears in every thing | pertaining to God, ib. 6, &c. Holy Ghost, five arguments, prov- ing that he proceedeth from the
Journey, Sabbath day's, what, II. 67. 13.
Judge, four qualities of the Judge at the last day, I. 134. 82.
Judgment, that there will be a ge- | neral judgment proven, I. 133. 69, &c.
Justice of God, what, I. 30. 1. Justice, legislative, what, 31. 6; distributive, what, ib. 9; vindic- tive, essential to God, proven by four arguments, 32. 22. Justification and sanctification con- nected in six respects; I. 161. 7.--The difference betwixt them, in twelve particulars, ib. 9 to 21. Justify, what it is to justify a per- son, I. 151. 3.
Kingdom, the twofold kingdom of
Christ, essential and mediatori- al, explained, I. 119. 17 to 20. Kingdom of God and his righte- ousness, what meant by the ex- pression, II. 163.19. God's king- dom of grace, why so called, 176. 17. What this kingdom of grace is as to outward dispen- sation, ib. 15; what as to inward operation, 16. Kingdom of glory, what, 178. 39. Knowledge, God's. How doth it appear that God has a certain knowledge of contingent ac- tions, I. 27.9. How doth he know things only possible, ib. 10. How doth he know things future, ib. 11. Knowledge, man's saving know- ledge of God, wherein it con- sists, I. 22. 19, &c. Four eviden- ces of it, II. 29. 16. Three ways how we may know if the mea- sure of knowledge we have at- tained, be of a saving kind, 158. 16.
Last day, why the day of judg- ment is so called, I. 134. 76. Law, natural, what, II. 8. 2. Some general principles of the law of nature, mentioned, 9.7. Dif- ference between the law of na- ture, and the moral law, ib. 11. Whether is the moral law of immutable obligation, 10. 16. How is it a schoolmaster to
bring to Christ, 11. 26. How Christ sweetens it to his sub- jects, I. 120. 36.
Lie, what is the formal nature of it, II. 97. 3. How it is aggra-
Three sorts of it,
and each of them described, 98. 8 to 18.
Light, why is God so called, I. 21. 10.
Long life, three things that tend to make it happy and comforta- ble, II. 78. 7. Lotting, what, II. 53. 65, 66. Why
only to be used in cases of ab- solute necessity, ib. 69. Love, why God is said to be love, I. 21. 11. Three marks of su- preme love to God, II. 22. 14. Three ways how to know if our love to Christ be sincere and unfeigned, 159. 24.
Lust, six remedies against all in- centives to it, II. 89. 39.
Man, how he ought to glorify God, I. 8. 12.
Marriage, why instituted before the fall, I. 53. 11. Three ends of its institution, II. 95. 13. Matter and form of an action, the
difference betwixt them illus- trated by an example, I. 58. 23. Mediator, why is he God and man in one person, I. 101. 40. Melchisedeck, order of, what, I. 112. 11. Why is Christ called a priest after this order, ib. 13. Mercy; four kinds of mercy which God shows them that love him, II. 47. 31. Mercy-seat, what signified by it, II. 16. 80.
Messiah, Christ proven to be the true Messiah, I. 98. 6, &c. Ministers, six duties incumbent upon them to their people, II. 76. 26. Miracle, what is the true notion of it, I. 59. 28. Morality of the fourth command- ment, wherein it consists, II. 60. 24. Murderer, is it lawful for the su-
preme magistrate to pardon or reprieve a wilful or convicted murderer, II. 82. 11.
Name, the former and present name of the adopted children of God, in three particulars, I. 159. 22. How a good name may be obtained, II. 96. 11. How it ought to be maintained, ib. 15. Names, three sorts of names, whereby God conveys the knowledge of himself to us, II. 48. 7.
Nature, Christ's human nature not represented in the first Adam, I. 75. 22; but legally derived, ib. 23. Necessity of a further revelation than nature's light, illustrated by five reasons, I. 13. 16. Nestorians, their error, I. 100. 29. 0
Oath, the definition of it, II. 48. 17. The definition explained, ib. 18 to 21. The three qualifi- cations of it, 49. 22 to 27. The obligation thereof, 51. 47 to 54. Oaths, distinguished into asserto- ry and promissory, both of which are illustrated, II. 50. 33 to 44. Obedience, Christ's active and passive obedience described, I. 154. 40 and 41. Difference be- tween the obedience due to God and to lawful superiors, II. 8. 11. Three qualities of accept- able obedience, ib. 14. Four rea- sons why the obedience of be- lievers is called new obedience, 124. 43 to 48. Three ways how to know if our obedience is in- deed new obedience, 159. 26. Offices of Christ, not the proper fountain of the promises, I. 107. 23.
Order of doctrine laid down in the
standards of the church of Scot- land, illustrated, I. 18. 4 to 18. Ordinances, nine religious ordi- nances mentioned from the Lar- ger Catechism, and explained, II. 31. 5 to 30.
Ordination, by presbyters, with- out a diocesan bishop, proven lawful and valid, II. 146. 2. Original sin, proven to be dam- ning, I. 80. 39. The evidences of it, antecedent to the com- mission of any actual transgres- sion, ib. 40.
Parents, five duties incumbent on them to their children, II. 75.
Passover, when first instituted, II. 139. 6. Why so called, ib. 7. What were the significant cere- monies in that sacrament, 140. 10 to 16.
Peace, three things to mar the
peace of believers, I. 169. 8. People, five duties incumbent up- on them to their ministers, II. 76.27.
Perfection not attainable by the saints in this life, proven by three arguments, 'II. 105. 12 and 13.
Perfections of God, why called
attributes, I. 22. 24. How dis- tinguished, ib. 25, &c. Perjury, what, II. 54. 7. The ag- gravations of it, 55. 11. Perseverance of the saints, six in- fallible securities for it, I. 172. 3. See also, II. 178. 38. Person in the Godhead, what is meant by it, 39.9. Four argu- ments, proving that there are three persons in the Godhead, ib. 13.
Pictures, or images of Christ, why to be abhorred, II. 41. 9, 10. Polygamy, what, II. 87. 8. How God has testified his displeasure against it, even in the godly, ib. 15.
Portion, what meant by a compe-
tent portion of the good things of this life, II. 181. 8. Three differences as to the manner in which the godly and the wicked hold their outward comforts, ib. 17 to 20.
Power of God, what, I. 28. 1.
How manifested in creation, ib.
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