sinners in the Mediator of the covenant of grace, cat. 32. Confession of sin always to be made in private to God, con. xv. 6 And is to be joined with prayer, cat. 178. When to be made to men, con. xv. 6. Upon confession the offending brother is to be received in love, ib. Conscience.

See Liberty of Conscience. Peace of conscience a fruit of the sense of God's love, con. xviii. 1, 3. cat. 83. Believers may fall into sins which wound the conscience, con. xvii. 3. xviii. 4. The wicked are punished with horror of conscience, cat. 28, 83. Contentment.

Submission to God is our duty, cat. 104. Discontent at his dispensations is sinful, cat. 105. A full contentment with our condition is our duty, cat. 147. Discontentment with our own estate

a sin, cat. 148. Controversies. It belongs to synods and councils ministerially to determine controversies of faith, and cases of conscience, con. xxxi. 3. The Spirit speaking in the scriptures is the supreme judge of all controversies in religion, con. i. 10. The original text of the scriptures is that to which the church is finally to appeal, con.

i. 8.

Our Conversation ought to be in holiness and righteousness, answerable to an holy profession, cat. 112, 167.

Corruption of nature, what, con. vi. 2, 4. cat. 25. A consequence of the fall of man, ib. Actual sin a fruit of it, con. vi. 4. cat. 25. How it is propagated, con. vi. 3. cat. 26. It doth remain during this life in the regenerate, and all its motions are truly sin, con. vi. 5. xiii. 2. cat. 78. But it is pardoned and mortified through Christ, con. vi. 5.

Covenant. No enjoying of God but by way of covenant, con. vii. 1.

Covenant of works, what, and with whom made, con. iv. 2. vii. 2. xix. 1. cat. 20, 22. Perfect, personal, and perpetual obedience, the condition of it, con. vii. 2. xix. 1. cat. 20. It is called a law, and a command, con. iv. 2. and a law given as a covenant, con. xix. 1. and a covenant of life, of which the tree of life was a pledge, cat. 20. Covenant of grace, what, con. vii. 3. cat. 30, 32. It was made with Christ as the second Adam, and with all the elect in him, as his seed, cat. 31. In it God requireth of sinners faith in Christ, that they may be justified and saved, con. vii. 3. cat. 71. Faith being required as the condition to interest them in Christ, cat. 32. Who is the Mediator of this covenant, con. viii. 1. cat. 36. Why it is called a testament, con. vii. 4. It was differently administered in the time of the law, and in the time of the gospel, con. vii. 5. cat. 33. How it was administered under the law, con. vii. 5. cat. 34. How under the gospel, con. vii. 6. cat. 35. Councils or Synods ought to be, con. xxxi. 1. They may be called by the civil magistrate, con. xxiii. 3. xxxi. 2. When ministers may meet without the call of the civil magistrate, con. xxxi. 2. What power councils have, con. xxxi. 3. What submission due to their decrees, ib. Not infallible since the apostles' time, con. xxxi.

Creation of the world, con. iv. 1. cat. 15. Of man, con. iv. 2. cat. 17. Of angels, cat. 16. Creatures. Dominion over the creatures given to man, con. iv. 2. cat. 17. They are cursed for our sakes since the fall, cat. 28. Religious worship to be given to no creature, con. xxi. 2. cat. 105.

Curiosity. Bold and curious searching into God's secrets discharged, cat. 105. Curious prying into God's decrees forbidden, cat. 113. Curious or unprofitable questions are to be avoided, ib.

The curse and wrath of God, man liable to it, both by original and actual sin, con. vi. 6. cat. 27. How it may be escaped, con. vii. 3. cat. 153.

Cursing sinful, cat. 113.

DANCING.

cat. 139.

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Lascivious dancing forbidden,

Dead not to be prayed for, con. xxi. 4. cat. 183.

Death, being the wages of sin, con. vi. 6. cat. 28, 84. It is appointed for all men, cat. 84. How it is an advantage to the righteous, cat. 85. The state of believers immediately after death, con. xxxii. 1. cat. 86. of the wicked, ib.

The Death of Christ, con. viii. 4. cat. 49. In it he saw no corruption, con. viii. 4. cat. 52. The divine nature having sustained the human from sinking under the power of death, cat. 58. By his obedience and death, he made a proper, real, and full satisfaction to the justice of the Father, con. xi. 3. cat. 71. Through the virtue of his death and resurrection, believers are sanctified, con. xiii. 1. Believers have fellowship with Christ in his death, con. xxvi. 1. And from his death and resurrection they draw strength for the mortifying of sin, and quickening of grace, cat. 167. The Lord's supper is a memorial of his death, con. xxix. 1. cat. 168. And in that sacrament worthy communicants meditate affectionately on his death and sufferings, cat. 174. And receive and feed upon all the benefits of his death, con. xxix. 7.

The Decalogue. See Commandments. The Decrees of God, the nature, end, extent, and properties of them, con. iii. 1, 2, cat. 12. The decree of predestination, con. iii. 3, 4. Of election and reprobation, con. iii. 5, 6, 7. cat. 13. How God executeth his decrees, cat. 14. How the doctrine of decrees is to be handled, and what use to be made of them, con. iii. 8. Curious prying into God's decrees forbidden, cat. 113.

Desertion. Wilful desertion unlawful, cat. 139. Such as cannot be remedied by the church or civil magistrate, is cause sufficient of dissolving the bond of marriage, con. xxiv. 6.

Despair sinful, cat. 105. Believers always supported from utter despair, con. xviii. 4. cat. 81.

Devil, all compacts and consulting with him sinful, cat. 105.

Diligence in our calling a duty, cat. 141.

Divorce, lawful in case of adultery after marriage, or of such wilful desertion as cannot be remedied, con. xxiv. 5, 6. A publick and orderly course of proceeding is to be observed in it, con. xxiv. 6. Dominion. See Sovereignty, Creatures, Sin. Doubting of being in Christ, may consist with a true interest in him, con. xvii. 3. xviii. 4. cat. 81, 172. And therefore should not hinder from partaking of the Lord's supper, cat. 172.

Drunkenness forbidden, cat. 139.

Duty to God by the light of nature, con. xxi. 1. Duties required in the first commandment, cat. 101. In the second, cat. 108. In the third, cat. 112. In the fourth, cat. 116. Duties of inferiors to their superiors, con. xxiii. 4. cat. 127. What is required of superiors, con. xxiii. 2. cat. 129. Duties of equals, cat. 131. Duties of the sixth commandment, cat. 135. Of the seventh, cat. 138. Of the eighth, cat. 141. Of the ninth, cat. 144. Of the tenth, cat. 147.

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ECCLESIASTICAL powers not to be opposed upon pretence of Christian liberty, con. xx. 4. Ecclesiastical persons not exempted from obedience to the civil magistrate, con. xxiii. 4.

Effectual calling, what, con. x. 1. cat. 67. It is of God's free grace, not from any thing foreseen in man, con. x. 2. cat. 67. All the elect, and they only, are effectually called, con. x. 1, 4, cat. 68. The elect united to Christ in their effectual calling, cat. 66. Election, out of God's mere free grace, con. iii. 5. cat. 13. From all eternity in Christ, ib. Election not only to eternal life and glory, but also to the means thereof, con. iii. 6. cat. 13. All the elect, and they only, are effectually called and saved, con. iii. 6. x. 1, 4. cat. 68. Though others may be outwardly called by the word, and have some common operations of the Spirit, ib. Elect infants, and other elect persons who are incapable of being called by the word, how saved, con. x. 3. What use to be made of the doctrine of election, con. iv. 8. And how men may be assured of their eternal election, ib. See Assurance. Envy sinful, cat. 128, 136, 142, 145, 148. Equals, their duties and sins, cat. 131, 132. Equivocation. Speaking the truth in doubtful and equivocal expressions, to the prejudice of truth or justice, sinful, cat. 145. Eucharist. See Lord's Supper.

Exaltation of Christ, con. viii. 4. cat. 51. In his resurrection, cat. 52. In his ascension, cat 53. In his sitting at the right hand of God, cat. 54. In his coming to judge the world, cat. 56.

Self-examination, cat. 171.

Excommunication, con. xxx. 2, 3, 4.

be justified, but faith in Christ, con. xi. 1. cat. 71. Which he requireth as the con

dition to interest them in the Mediator of the covenant of grace, cat. 32. It justifies a sinner in the sight of God only as it is an instrument by which he receiveth Christ and his righteousness, con. xi. 2. cat. 73. Faith is the gift of God, con. xi. 1. cat. 71. It being the work of the Spirit, con. xiv. 1. cat. 59, 72. It is ordinarily wrought by the ministry of the word, con. xiv. 1. Increased and strengthened by the word, sacraments, and prayer, ib. Often weakened, but always gets the victory, con. xiv. 3. Growing up in many to a full assurance, con. xiv. 3. cat. 80. Good works the fruit and evidence of true faith, con. xvi. 2. cat. 52. Which is never alone, but always accompanied with all other saving graces, and is no dead faith, but worketh by love, con. xi. 2. cat. 73.

Fall of man, the nature and effects of it, con. vi. cat. 21, 23, 25, 27, 28, 29. Why permitted, con. vi. 1. How all mankind concerned in it, con, vi. 3. cat. 22. Falling away. See Perseverance. Family worship daily, required of God, con. xxi. 6.

Fasting. Religious fasting a duty, cat. 108. Solemn fasting a part of religious worship, con. xxi. 5.

Fellowship. See Communion. Foreknowledge. All things come to pass infallibly according to the foreknowledge of God, con. v. 2.

Forgiveness. See Pardon.
Fornication committed after contract of
marriage, a just ground of dissolving the
contract, con. xxiv. 5.

Fortune. To ascribe any thing to fortune is
sinful, cat. 105.
Free-will. See Will.
Frugality a duty, cat. 141.

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GAMING. Wasteful gaming forbidden, cat

142.

Glory. The communion in glory with Christ, which believers enjoy in this life, con. xviii. 1, 2, 3. cat. 83. Immediately after death, con. xxxii. 1. cat. 86. At the re surrection and day of judgment, con.xxxii. 3. xxxiii. 2. cat. 87, 90.

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The Glory of God the end of his decrees, con. iii. 3. cat. 12. The glory of his grace the end of election, con. iii. 5. cat. 13. glory of his justice the end of the decree of reprobation, con. iii. 7. cat. 13. The glory of his eternal power, wisdom, and goodness, the end of the creation, con. iv.

The manifestation of the glory of his wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy, is the end of all God's works of providence, con. v. 1. cat. 18. The end of God's appointing the last judgment is the manifestation of the glory of his mercy and justice, con, xxxii. 10. To glorify God is the chief end of man, cat. 1. God is glorified by good works, con. xvi. 2. Gluttony a sin, cat. 139.

the blood of Christ, cat. 152.

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FAITH, what, con. xiv. 2. cat. 72. God requireth nothing of sinners that they may

is a God, con. xxi. 1. cat. 2. What it declares concerning him, and of our duty to him, con. i. 1. xxi. 1. It is not sufficient to give that knowledge of God, and of his will, which is necessary unto salvation,

con. i. 1. cat. 2. The attributes or perfections of God, con. ii. 1, 2. cat. 7, 101. "There is but one only God, con. ii. 1. cat. 8. There are three persons in the Godhead, distinguished by personal properties, con. ii. 3. cat. 9, 10. The co-equality of the persons proved, cat. 11. To him is due from all his creatures, whatsoever worship, service, or obedience, he is pleased to require, con. ii. 2. Our duty to God, cat. 104, 108, 112, 116. What contrary to it, cat. 105, 109, 113, 119. Religious worship is to be given to God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, and to him alone; and that only in the mediation of Christ, con. xxi. 2. cat. 179, 181. God is to be worshipped in that way only which he hath instituted in the scriptures, con. xxi. 1. cat. 109. To glorify God, and fully to enjoy him for ever, is the chief end of man, cat. 1. Good works. See Works.

Gospel. How the covenant of grace is administered under the gospel, con. vii. 6. cat. 35. Without the gospel no salvation, con. x. 4. cat. 60. In it Christ doth not dissolve but strengthen the obligation to the obedience of the moral law, con. xix. 5. Believers under the gospel have a greater boldness of access to the throne of grace, than believers under the law did ordinarily partake of, con. xx. 1. Government. See Church, Magistrate. The Grace of God. Election is of God's mere free grace, con. iii. 5. cat. 13. How the grace of God is manifested in the second covenant, con. vii. 3. cat. 32. Effectual calling is of God's free and special grace, con. x. 2. cat. 67. Justification is only of free grace, con. xi. 3. cat. 70, 71. Adoption is an act of free grace, con. xii. cat. 74. The communion in grace which believers have with Christ, cat. 69. All saving graces are the work of the Spirit, con. xiii, xiv, xv. cat. 32, 72, 75, 76, 77. And do always accompany faith, con. xi. 2. cat. 73. Perseverance in grace, con. xvii. cat. 79. Increase in grace, con. xiii. 1, 3. cat. 75, 77. Assurance of grace, con. xviii. cat. 80, 81.

Heaven, the state of the blessed, con. xxxii. 1. xxxiii. 2. cat. 86, 90.

Hell, the state of the damned, con. xxxii. 1. xxxiii. 2. cat. 29, 86, 89. The meaning of these words in the Creed, He descended into hell, cat. 50.

Hereticks to be rejected, cat. 105. Holiness. God is most holy in all his counsels, works, and commands, con. ii. 2. Man was created holy after the image of God, con. iv. 2. cat. 17. But by the fall he became wholly defiled, con. vi. 2. Believers are, by the sanctifying Spirit of Christ, quickened and strengthened to the practice of holiness, con. xiii. 1, 3. cat. 75.

And are made perfectly holy in heaven, con. xxxii. 1. cat. 86, 90. See Sanctification.

The Holy Ghost equal with the Father, con. ii. 3. cat. 11. He is promised to the elect in the covenant of grace, con, vii. 3. cat. 32. By him they are united to Christ, con. xxvi. 1. For by him the redemption purchased by Christ is applied to them, con. viii. 8. xi. 4. cat. 58, 59. By him they are effectually called, con. x. 1. cat. 67. And have faith wrought in their hearts, con. xiv. 1. cat. 59, 72. He is given to them in adoption, con. xii. cat. 74. And applying the death and resurrection of Christ to them, by his powerful operation, they are sanctified, con. xiii. 1. cat. 75. Having repentance wrought, and all other saving graces infused into their hearts, con. xiii. 1. cat. 32, 75, 76, 77. Through the continual supply of strength from him, believers grow in grace, con xiii. 3. cat. 75. The outward means are by him made effectual to the elect for salvation, con. vii. 5, 6. xxv. 3. cat. 155, 161. Prayer is to be made by his help, con. xxi. 3. cat. 182. Ability to do good works is from him, con. xvi. 3. Assurance of faith is attained by his witnessing with our spirits that we are the children of God, con. xviii. 2. cat. 80. By his abiding within believers, they are secured from falling totally away from the state of grace, and are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation, con, xvii. 2. cat. 79.

Hope of glory, con. xviii. 1. cat. 83. The hope of hypocrites, con. xviii. 1. Humiliation of Christ, con. viii. 2, 4. cat. 46. In his conception and birth, cat. 47. In his life, cat. 48. In his death, cat. 49. After death, cat. 50.

Hypocrisy. Making profession of religion in hypocrisy, or for sinister ends, sinful, cat. 113. The hypocrite's hope, con. xviii. 1.

Hypostatical. See Personal.

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IDLENESS unlawful, cat. 139, 142. Idolatry, all the kinds of it forbidden, cat. 105, 109. All monuments of idolatry ought to be removed, cat. 108.

Jests. Perverting the scripture to profane jests, sinful, cat. 113.

Jesus, why so called, cat. 41. See Christ. Ignorant, not to be admitted to the Lord's table, con. xxix. 8. cat. 173.

Image. Man made after the image of God, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, con. iv. 2. cat. 17. This image is renewed by sanctification, cat. 75. And fully perfected in heaven, con. xxxii. i. cat. 86, 90. Image-worship of all kinds discharged, cat. 109.

Imputation. The guilt of Adam's first sin is imputed to all his posterity, con. vi. 3. The obedience and satisfaction of Christ is imputed to believers, con. xi. 1. cat. 70. His righteousness is imputed to them, cat. 71, 77.

Incarnation of Christ, con. viii. 2. cat. 37, 39. Incest discharged, cat. 139. Incestuous

marriages, which are within the degrees of consanguinity or affinity forbidden in the scriptures, can never be made lawful, con. xxiv. 4.

Unjust inclosures and depopulations forbidden, cat. 142.

Increase of grace is from a continual supply of strength from the sanctifying Spirit of Christ, con. xiii. 1, 3. cat. 75, 77. Innocency. The state of man in innocency, con. iv. 2. cat. 17, 20.

Infants, how saved, con. x. 3. Infants of one or both believing parents are to be baptized, con. xxviii. 4. cat. 166. Ingrossing commodities to inhance their price, unlawful, cat. 142. Inspiration. The books of the Old and New Testament are given by inspiration of God, con. i. 2. But the Apocrypha is not of divine inspiration, con. i. 3. Intercession. How Christ makes intercession, cat. 55. It is a part of his priestly office, cat. 44. He makes intercession, that the redemption which he hath purchased may be applied to all believers, con. viii. 8. cat. 55. And their perseverance depends upon his continual intercession for them, con. xvii. 2. cat. 79.

Joy in the Holy Ghost the fruit of assurance, con. xviii. I, 2. cat. 83. Believers, by falling into some sins, may grieve the Spirit, and be deprived of some measure of their comfort, con. xvii. 3. xviii. 4. Judge. Christ the judge of the world, con. viii. 1, 4. xxxiii. 1. How he shall come at the last day, cat. 56.

The Judgments of God upon sinners in this world, con. v. 6. cat. 28, 83. How believers may bring temporal judgments on themselves, con. xvii. 3. God is just and terrible in his judgments, con. ii. I.

The last judgment, what, con. xxxiii. 1. Appointed for angels and men, con. viii. 4. xxxiii. 1. cat. 88. The end of its appointment is the manifestation of God's mercy and justice, con, xxxiii. 2. Christ shall be the judge, con. viii. 4. xxxiii. 1. How

he shall come to judge the world, cat. 56. Why he would have us certainly persuaded of it, con. xxxiii. 3. Why the time of it is concealed, con. xxxiii. 3. cat. 88. The judgment of the righteous, con. xxxiii. 2. cat. 90. The judgment of the wicked, cor. xxxiii. 2. cat. 89. Judicial law. See Law.

The Justice of God fully satisfied by Christ's obedience and death, con. viii. 5. xi. 3. cat. 38, 71. It is manifested in the works of providence, con. v. 1. In the justification of sinners, con. xi. 3. In the last judgment, con. xxxiii. 2.

Justice in contracts and commerce between man and man, cat. 141, 142. Justification, what, con. xi. 1. cat. 70. All the elect, and they only, are justified, con. iii. 6. Whom God did from all eternity decree to justify, con. xi. 4. But they are not justified till the Holy Spirit doth in due time actually apply Christ unto them, ib. How justification is of God's free grace, con. xi. 3. cat. 71. Faith is necessarily required for justification, cat. 71. But it justifies a sinner only as it is an instrument by which he receiveth Christ and his righteousness, con. xi. 1, 2. cat. 73. The exact justice, and rich grace of God, are both glorified in the justification of sinners, con. xi. 3. Justification the same under the Old Testament as under the New, con. xi. 6. It is inseparably

joined with sanctification, cat. 77. How they differ, ib. Those that are justified are perfectly freed in this life from the revenging wrath of God, that they never fall into condemnation, con. xvii. 1. cat. 77, 79. But corruption remaining in them, con. vi. 5. xiii. 2. cat. 78. They fall into many sins, con. xvii. 3. cat. 78. Which God continues to forgive, upon their humbling themselves, confessing their sins, begging pardon, and renewing their faith and repentance, con. xi. 5.

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KEYS. The power of the keys, what, con. Xxx. 2. Committed to church-officers, ib. The civil magistrate may not assume this power, con. xxiii. 3.

King. Christ the King of his church, con. xxx. 1. How he executeth the office of a king, cat. 45. What meant by the coming of his kingdom, cat. 191. Knowledge. God's knowledge is infinite, infallible, and independent upon the creature, con. ii. 2. The knowledge which may be had of God and of our duty to him by the light of nature, con. i. 1. xxi. 1. cat. 1. The scriptures are only sufficient to give that knowledge of God and of his will which is necessary unto salvation, ib.

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LABOUR is to be moderately used, cat. 135, 136.

Land-marks not to be removed, cat. 142. Law. The Ceremonial Law, what, con. xix. 3. It is abrogated now under the New Testament, con. xix. 3. xx. 1. How the covenant of grace was administered under the law, con. vii. 5. viii. 6. cat. 34. The Judicial Law expired with the state of the Jews, con. xix. 4. And obliges no further than the general equity of it requires, ib.

The Moral Law, what, cat. 93. Given to Adam with a power to fulfil it, con. iv. 2. xix. 1. cat. 92. The ten commandments the sum of it, con, xix. 2. cat. 98. Though believers are not under it as a covenant, con. xix. 6. And are not able perfectly to keep it. cat. 149. Yet it continues to be a perfect rule of righteousness, con. xix. 2. Binding all, as well justified persons as others, con. xix. 5. Christ, in the gospel, having not abolished, but much strengthened the obligation to the obedience of it, ib. And although no man since the fall can, by the moral law, attain to righteousness and life, con. xix. 6. cat. 94. Which Christ alone hath purchased for the elect by his perfect obedience, con. viii. 5. Yet it is of great use to all, con. xix. 6. cat. 95. The use of it to the regenerate, con. xix. 6. cat. 97. The use of it to the unregenerate, cat. 96. Not contrary to the grace of the gospel, but doth sweetly comply with it, con. xix. 7. The Spirit of Christ subduing and enabling the will of man unto a free and cheerful obedience to the will of God, con. xix. 7. cat. 32. Unnecessary Law-suits to be avoided, cat. 141, 142.

Liberty. Christian liberty, what, con. xx. 1. Wherein it is enlarged under the gospel, ib. The end of Christian liberty, con. XX. 3. Liberty to sin inconsistent with it,

ib. It is not intended to destroy ecclesiastical or civil powers, but to support and preserve them, con. xx. 4. Neither are men thereby allowed to publish opinions, or maintain practices, that are contrary to the light of nature, or to the known principles of Christianity, or such as are destructive of the peace and order of the church, ib.

Liberty of conscience, what it repugnant to it, con. xx. 2.

is, and what Making men the lords of our faith and conscience unlawful, con. xx. 2. cat. 105. Life. Eternal life purchased by Christ's perfect obedience to the law, con. viii. 5. The tree of life was a pledge of the cove nant of works, cat. 20. The life of any not to be taken away except in case of publick justice, lawful war, or necessary defence, cat. 136.

Light of nature, what may be known of God and of our duty to him by it, con. i. 1. xxi. 1. cat. 2. It is not sufficient to make us wise unto salvation, con. i. 1. x. 4. xxi. 1. cat. 2, 60. It is of the law of nature that a due portion of time be set apart for the worship of God, con. xxi. 7. Wanton Looks sinful, cat. 139. Lord's prayer. See Prayer. Lord's supper. The institution, nature, and ends of it, con. xxix. 1. cat. 168. Christ not offered up to his Father, nor any real sacrifice for sin made in it, con. xxix. 2. The mass abominably injurious to Christ's one only sacrifice, ib. The outward elements in this sacrament are not to be adored, con. xxix. 4. They still remain truly bread and wine, con. xxix. 5. The doctrine of transubstantiation is repugnant not only to the scripture, but even to common sense, and has been and is the cause of gross idolatries, con. xxix. 6. How Christ hath appointed bread and wine to be given and received in the sacrament, con. xxix. 3. cat. 169. It is only to be administered by a minister of the word lawfully ordained, con. xxvii. 4. cat. 176. It is not to be received by any one alone, con. xxix. 4. It is to be received in both kinds, ib. What relation the elements in this sacrament have to Christ crucified, con. xxix. 5. How Christ is present there, con. xxix. 7. cat. 170. How believers feed on him therein, ib. What preparation is required for receiving it, cat. 171. Doubting may consist with an interest in Christ, con. xvii. 3. xviii. 4. cat. 81. And therefore should not hinder from partaking of the Lord's supper, cat. 172. But the ignorant and scandalous are not to be admitted, con. xxix. 8. cat. 173. What duties required in the time of receiving, cat. 174. What duties after receiving, cat. 175. Frequent attendance on it a duty, cat. 175, 177. The agreement and difference between the Lord's supper and baptism, cat. 176, 177. Lots, cat. 112, 113.

Love. Election is of God's free love, con. iii. 5. cat. 13. Which is unchangeable, con. xvii. 2. cat. 79. And therefore true believers can neither totally nor finally fall away from the state of grace, ib. The sense of God's love is attainable in this life, cat. 83. See Assurance. Love to God is a duty, cat. 104. Which the light of

nature sheweth, con. xxi. 1. To love the Lord our God with all our heart, &c. is the sum of our duty to him, cat. 102. Love to God is necessary to the right performance of the duty of prayer, con. xxi. 3. cat. 185. Love to God and the brethren is necessary to right communicating, cat. 168, 171, 174. True believers are never utterly destitute of the love of Christ and the brethren, con. xviii. 4. Wherein love towards our neighbour consists, cat. 135, 141, 144, 147. What contrary to it, cat. 136, 142, 145, 148. It is the sum of our duty to man, cat. 122. Lying sinful, cat. 145.

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MAGISTRATES appointed by God, con. xxiii. 1. For what end, ib. Lawful for Christians to accept the office of a magistrate, con. xxiii. 2. The duty of the civil ma gistrate, con. xxiii. 2. cat. 129. con. xx. 4. Read the scriptures letter. The sins of the magistrate, cat. 130, 145. He may wage war upon just and necessary occasions, con. xxiii. 2. His power in church affairs stated, con. xxiii. 3. The duty of the people towards their magistrates, con. xxiii. 4. cat. 127. Their sins against them, cat. 128. Ecclesiastical persons not exempted from obedience to the civil magistrate, con. xxiii. 4. The Pope hath no power or jurisdiction over magistrates, or their people, ib. The magistrate is not to be opposed in the lawful exercise of his power, upon pretence of Christian liberty, con. xx. 4. Infidelity or difference in religion doth not make void the magistrate's just and legal authority, con. xxiii. 4. Man, how created, con. iv. 2. cat. 17. His state before the fall, con. iv. 2. cat. 17, 20. His fall, and the effects of it, con. vi. cat. 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29. His state by the covenant of grace, con. vii. 3-6. cat. 30-35. Man's chief end, cat. 1. Man-stealing discharged, cat. 142. Marriage, the end of it, con. xxiv. 2. cat. 20. Between more than one man and one woman at a time unlawful, con. xxiv. 1. cit. 139. Lawful for all sorts of people who are capable to give their consent, con. xxiv. 3. And who are without the degrees of consanguinity or affinity forbidden in the scriptures, con. xxiv. 4. But marriages within those degrees can never be made lawful, ib. Protestants should not marry with infidels, Papists, or other idolaters, con. xxiv. 3. Nor such as are godly with those that are notoriously wicked, ib. A contract of marriage may be dissolved for adultery or fornication committed after the contract, con. xxiv. 5. The bond of marriage can only be dissolved for adultery after marriage, and such wilful desertion as cannot be remedied, con. xxiv. 5, 6. Undue delay of marriage, prohibiting of lawful, and dispensing with unlawful marriages, are sinful, cat. 139. Vows of perpetual single life are sinful snares in which no Christian may entangle himself, con. xxii. 7. cat. 139. Those who have not the gift of continency ought to marry, cat. 138. The duties of married persons, cat. 139, 141.

The Mass abominably injurious to Christ's one only sacrifice, con. xxix. 2. Means. God in his ordinary providence