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tween the sacrament and the thing
itself, ib.; referred to, 445 n.; speaks
of the Lord's supper as a sacrifice,
and in what sense, 451n.; referred
to, 456n.; declareth that the sacra-
ments do take their effect of the word
of the Lord, 459, 60.

his death, 318, 19; what we may
learn from the conduct of the women,
who brought spices for the burial of
our Saviour, 320, 1.

B.

Babylon, kingdom of, 34; captivity at,
a figure of the captivity of sin, 400;
deliverance from, what signified by,
ib.

Baptism, instituted by Christ, and en-
joined on his Apostles, 78; Christians
planted in the church by baptism,
370; through baptism we receive
Christ, 410; we receive Christ, and
have forgiveness of our sins through
the grace and gift of Christ, ib. ; the
water in baptism cannot cleanse the
soul from sin, 411; not instituted
by Christ in vain, ib.; not neglected
by the faithful, ib.; in baptism we
professed and bound ourselves to fight
under the standard of Christ, 495;
the badges and signs of baptism tes-
tify that we are sworn unto him
never to forsake him, ib. See SA-

CRAMENTS.

Belief, nature and condition of true

belief, 344; true believers partakers
of everlasting life, 249; keep God's
commandments, ib.

Bernard, quoted, 120, 165, 181.
Bread and wine anciently offered in the
Lord's supper, 451; not agreeable
to the institution of Christ, ib.
Bull, Bishop, on the opinions of the
Docetæ, referred to, 21 n.
Burial of Christ, reflections on, 316
21; the description of by the Evange-
lists, necessary for the assurance of
our belief in his death and resurrec-
tion, 317; his burial must needs be
honourable, foretold by Isaiah, ib.;
we must learn with Christ to die
from the world, and to be buried in

C.

Caii Fragmenta, referred to, with re-
gard to the death of Peter, 362n.
Casaubon adv. Baronium, quoted with

regard to the meaning of τὸ τέλειον,
as applied to the Eucharist, 203.
Ceremonies, outward of the Jews, sa-
craments of heavenly things, 445;
why God ordained them, 447; no
ground for the abuses introduced by
the Romanists into the Lord's sup-
per, 461; not all ceremonies to be
disapproved, which serve to honesty
and public order, whereby the more
reverence is gained to the sacrament,
ib.

Checkmate, to set at, explained, 50n.
Christ, the seed of the woman, explained,
21;
all true Israelites trusted in
Christ, 50; all holy prophets point
unto Christ, 59; all God's elect saved
by, 70; the only salvation of all the
world, 72; temptation of in the wil-
derness, 73; Christ's doctrine, special
points of, 74; the patient suffering
of, 75; the fruit of Christ's death,
ib. 220; his power saveth all, 77;
held nothing back from his Apostles,
ib.; our example, 201; the true
paschal lamb, 211; the bread of
life, which came down from heaven,
212; we must learn humbleness from
the example of, 213; foreknowledge
of Christ exemplified in his predic-
tion of the treachery of Judas, 214;
we must learn patience from the ex-
ample of, 219; meekness, ib.; Christ,
the only way, 221; divinity of, proved
by his doctrine and miracles, 222;
testified by the scriptures of the Old
and New Testament, ib.; by his own
declaration, that we must believe on
him, ib.; because he was before Abra-

ham, ib.; because he hath all power
in heaven and earth, ib.; from the
declaration of Thomas, My Lord and
my God, ib.; because he created all
things, ib.; because he came in the
flesh, ib.; because he took on him
the seed of Abraham, 223; because
he was in the bosom of the Father,
ib.; because he came down from hea-
ven, ib.; because he is declared by
St John to be God, ib.; and the true
God and eternal life, ib.; comfort
from the ascension of, 229; with the
faithful in adversity, 230; our great
high-priest, 247; the way to God,
248; proved to be God from his re-
surrection, 346, 348, 406; why it
behoved Christ to die and to rise
again, 368, 9; sitteth at the right
hand of God, King and Lord of all
things, our faithful Advocate and
Mediator, 384, 5; sendeth his Spirit
to his church, 385; that Christ is the
Saviour of the world, is the sum of
the christian faith, 408; proved from
his ascension up to heaven, and send-
ing the Holy Spirit, 407, 8; all things
should give way to the glory of,
494.

Christian living, rules of, 506; we
must judge well of Scripture, not
doubting the promises of God, ib. ;
we must with a good courage enter
into the way of salvation 507; two
only ways, of salvation and perdition,
ib.; we must despise whatever lead-
eth from the way of Christ, 508;
Christ must be the end and mark of
our living, 509; we must ascend
from things visible to things invisi-
ble, 510; we must follow Christ in
his saints, ib.; we must not go back
from the truth, 513; in Christ is
found true nobility, pleasure, strength,
praise, and wisdom, ib.; we must be
climbing up unto godliness, 515; we
may not despair in God, 516; we
must ever keep watch, 517; we must
neither be faint-hearted nor presump-
tuous, 518; we must of temptation

take occasion of virtue, ib.; we must
compare the bitterness of the fight
with the pain that followeth sin and
the sweetness of the victory, 519; we
must exercise ourselves in the cross
of Christ, 520; we must consider the
misery of sin and the dignity of man,
521; we must consider the goodness
of God and the malice of the devil,
ib.; we must consider the end of
faith, present tranquillity and quiet-
ness of mind, and everlasting salva-
tion in heaven, 522; also of sin,
perpetual grief and disquietness of
soul in this life, and everlasting death
in hell, ib.

Christian man, opinions meet for, 514.
Chrysostom, quoted, 356n.; speaks of

the Lord's supper as a sacrifice, and
in what sense, 451 n.

Church, division of members by Au-
gustine, 202-6; tried by affliction,
128; four marks of, 412-20.
Cicero quoted, 177.

Clemens Alexandrinus quoted, 21.,
203 n.

Consolation, grounds of, in our spiri-
tual trials, 496, 7.
Creation, the, 14.
Cyprian referred to, 456n.

D.

David, a prophet, 53; his faith in
Christ, ib.

Death, in us the punishment of sin, in

Christ, obedience and love, 230.
Death of Christ, considerations on, 308
-10; concluded and determined in
the counsel of God, 403; yet the
Jews not less guilty in putting him
to death, 404.

Desert or dizzard explained, 4, 284.
Denmark, account of the reformation
of Church in, 424; order in for the
administration of the Lord's supper,
470-8; mode of consecration of
elements, 476; received kneeling, ib.;
order for ministration of baptism in,

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Faith, christian, antiquity of, 4, 14;
foundation of, 18; older than the
Jewish faith, 35.

Faith defined, the substance of things
hoped for, the evidence of things
which do not appear, 5; the scrip-
ture hath imputed unto it our justifi-
cation before God, ib.; not without
other virtues following, but without
any other work or deed justifying, 6;
of Adam, 25; of Noah, 32; of Abra-
ham, 34, 5; of Isaac and Jacob, 36;
of Moses, 38; necessary for the re-
ception of the sacraments, 80; sup-
port of in adversity, 102; confirmed
and increased in adversity, 125;
power of in adversity, 173; strength-
ened in affliction, 317; nature of
true faith explained, 344, 5.
Fall of man, 17.

Fathers, the, looked beyond the sacri-

I.

Inheritance, the eternal, to be attained
through the cross and trouble, 340.
Irenæus referred to, 21 n.

Isaiah, testimony of Jerome concern-
ing, 66.

J.

Jerome says that Isaiah is not only a
prophet, but an evangelist, 66.
Joel, prophecy of, contained in chap. ii.
28-32, explained, 399, &c.

John the Baptist foretold, 63; mis-
sion and preaching of, 74.

Joshua, a type of Christ, 50; in the
destruction of the heathen nations
acted by the command of God, 51.

K.

Keys (Matt. xvi.), meaning of, 373, 4.

L.

Lamb, passover, a type of Christ, 39,
211.

Law of Moses leadeth unto Christ, 37;

giving of the law, 39; the deliverance
out of Egypt a type of the redemp-
tion by Christ, ib.; that contained
in the Ten Commandments required
of the fathers before the law, 40;
the law, why given, 43; given to
further the promise, ib.; laws cere-
monial, 47; judicial, ib.
Laws given to Noah, 33.
Life of man a warfare, 495.
Love, evidence of faith, 234; the com-
mandment of Christ, 236; the be-

ginning and end of the commandments
of Christ, 417.

Luther, review of the controversy be-
tween Luther, Zuingle, and Ecolam-
padius on the Lord's supper, 463—5.

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Peter, denial of Christ, considered, 272
-4.

Pharaoh, his impenitence, 118.
Plato put two souls in one man, 503.
Pliny, the younger, quoted, 101.
Prayer, duty of in adversity, 125;
Christ an example of prayer to faith-
ful believers, that they in all afflic-
tions should have recourse to the
Father of heaven, 247; after what
sort we ought to pray, ib.; for our-
selves and for all that are given and
committed to us of God, ib.; how we
ought to pray, ib.; especially we
ought to pray, that our heavenly
Father may be glorified, ib.; for the
ministers of the word, 250; we ought
to pray that God would make us
one by his Holy Spirit in the faith,
253; that he will defend us from
the evil, ib.; that he will sanctify
our bodies, our souls, and our whole
lives to his service, ib.
Prophecy, the prophets preached the old
faith, 62; all holy prophets point to
Christ, 59, &c.; the prophets allow the
righteousness of God by faith, 62;
speak of the Godhead and manhood
of Christ, 63; of the office of Christ,
64; of the kingdom of Christ, ib.;
of the sacrifice, death, burial, resur-
rection, and ascension of Christ, 65,
6; and of the calling of the heathen,
66; the prophets sought salvation
in Christ, 67; prophecy of Daniel,
chap. ix. considered, 67, 8.
Psalm, the hundred and tenth, expo-
sition of, 53-58; the sixteenth, 8—
11; prophecy contained in, explained,
406, 7.

R.

Reformers, described by Augustine,

205.
Repentance followeth from the preach-
ing of the word, 409; fruit of the
Holy Spirit, ib.

Resurrection of Christ, doctrine of, 76;

described by the Evangelists, 322;

for the strengthening and stablishing
of our faith in Christ, 323; why
they do not speak all alike, ib. ; whoso
truly believeth the resurrection of
Christ is prepared to believe all that
concerneth Christ, ib.; what is sig-
nified by the earthquake which ac-
companied the death and resurrection
of Christ, 324; why the Evangelists
so distinctly describe the resurrection
of Christ, 327; why Christ at first
permitted his disciples to doubt his
resurrection, ib.; why Christ led
them gradually to the belief of his
resurrection, 328; why Christ would
not suffer Mary to touch him after
his resurrection, 330; why he ap-
peared to them so often after his
resurrection, 343; the resurrection a
proof that he is the true Messiah,
405; a strong argument to prove
his Godhead, ib.; why Christ ate
bread before them, 343; what we
learn from the doubting and con-
fession of Thomas, 345; our Saviour's
appearance to the disciples at the sea
of Galilee after his resurrection, 348,
&c.; reflections, 349, &c. ; what in-
structions we derive from the miracle
wrought by him on that occasion,
351, &c.; what instruction the mi-
nisters of the gospel derive from his
discourse with Peter, 355-61.

S.

Sacraments, special, instituted by Christ,
baptism, and the supper of the Lord,
79; to set before our eyes his heavenly
and invisible grace, ib.; with these
outward sacraments it pleased him to
set forth his grace and loving-kind-
ness,
ib.;
cleanseth and nourisheth
our souls with his flesh and blood,
ib.; is at one with us, and we with
him, 80; must be used with faith,
ib.; it was the will of Christ, through
preaching of the word and ministra-
tion of the sacraments, to gather his
church together, ib. ; instituted them

for a remembrance of his gifts, ib.;
exterior signs of his grace, that his
people might be associated together
in the unity of faith, 345; the grace
not to be ascribed to the outward
elements, ib.; those who are moved
by the Holy Spirit do not despise
the outward sacraments, 411; to use
them without faith profiteth not, ib.;
visible evidences of the promise and
grace of God, ib.; by whom used
devoutly and reverently, ib.
Sacrifice, divine origin of, 27; sacri-
fices figures of the sacrifice of Christ,
figures of things to come, 28; sacri-
fice of Abel considered, ib.
Salvation by grace, 42.
Sciences, liberal, not to be despised,

498; all manner of learning shall be
tasted under the correction of Christ's
doctrine, ib.

Scripture, original of, 48; given that
man might be led to salvation, 394;
expositors of, which to be preferred,

499.

Serpent, curse upon, 19; brasen ser-

pent a type of Christ, 44.
Sin, we must flee the occasions of, 504;

remedies against sins, 523; against
bodily lust, ib. ; against avarice, 524 ;
against ambition, 525; against pride,
526; against desire of vengeance,
527.

Spirit, Holy, office of, 226; qualifica-
tions necessary for receiving, 227;
all reading and doctrine in vain with-
out it, 228; peace of God through
the Spirit, 229; prayer to God for,
239; office of described, 239, 40;
promise of described, 383, 388;
earnest of our inheritance, 384, 8;
sending of described, 387, &c.; how
fully given, after our Lord's ascen-
sion, ib.; time of giving, 388; place
where given, 389; manner of giving,
ib.; explanation of the miracle, ib.;
life given by the Holy Spirit, 392;
the image of God restored by, 392, 3;
given to those who in fervent love
and unity are gathered together, 393;

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