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.
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-
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
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.
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,
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-
Inheritance, the eternal, to be attained through the cross and trouble, 340. Irenæus referred to, 21 n.
Isaiah, testimony of Jerome concern- ing, 66.
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.
Keys (Matt. xvi.), meaning of, 373, 4.
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.
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.
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.
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,
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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