folly of being a
Christian
for worldly happiness, vi.
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lots, 261.
Is given gratuitously, 32, 130, 242,280; ii. 217; iii. 430, 437; iv. 67; v. 108. bv alone can man return to God, iii. '317, 430; iv. 67; v. 435. all good to he attributed to grace, ii. 363; iii. 276; iv. 362; v. 426; vi. 91, 190, 253, 288. they who claim the merit of good works spoil them, iii. 449. man cannot renew himself, ii. 274; iv. 393; vi. 202, 289. all good comes from God, not from man's self, 183, 192 iii. 159, 227, 40S,
427, 477 v. 130, 330, 386, &c. vi. 137. nothing man's own but sin,
III. Bona. God's good gifts two fold, temporal and eternal, 408. the one kind he gives to enemies too, the other to friends alone, iii. 72, 224, 298, 473; iv. 165, 195. no reason why the good should fear the
'loss of temporal goods, iii. 299. God will not let us lose His spiritual good things, save wilfuliy, 194. (see Gifts, Benefits. )
The true good things of the Lord, their excellency, 207. the good things of the heavenly Jerusalem,
iii. 261; vi. 35,46. its chief blessing, peace, vi. 48. the wicked cannot
v. 393. worts, Do good, good
with, vi. 294, Sec. on Ps. cxliv. en
Apostles, ii. 300. four Gospels be cause four quarters of the world, v. 100. the piece of money in the fish's mouth, how figure of the four Gos pels, vi. 189. St. Paul's Gospel the same as the others, v. 233. many minister the Gospel selfishly, iv. 492. the duty and blessing of providing for those who preach the Gospel, v. Ill vi. 375. tsee Preachers. )
titled, To David against Goliath. ' Gospel, the tidings of salvation, v. 186; vi. 190. revealed the grace which was veiled in the Law, vi. 296. was distributed but not divided the
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The benefits of God's Grace, i. 310; ii. 21", 235; v. 39, 205; vi. 126. its first effect confession of sin, ii. 122. it works first forgiveness, then strength, iv. 51. mates men do for love, what fear could not, v. 432 makes men brave in trials, v. 404. makes stops in men's hearts for them to ascend to God, iv. 158. aids in all sorts of temptations, v. 192, &c.
Veiled in Old Testament, unveiled in the New, vi. 296. the law drives men to grace, v. 425. angels need grace as well as men, iii. 437.
Psalm 81, especially a Psalm of grace, iii. 405, &c. (see Law, Works. )
Hair, the, superfluities, which we can cut off without feeling, ii. 395. how w e may wipe the Lord's Feet there with, vi. 243.
Hallehiia, means, ' praise the Lord,' vi. 416. is the song of the future life, which we should practise now, ib. always sung at Easter-tide, ib. i. 158 ; v. 189. meaning of the double Halleluia, v. 190.
Hunt, the land of Egypt, v. 158.
Hand, used for vengeance, iii. 350. for good works, -vi. 291. meaning of stretching out the hands, iv. 233.
reason of lifting up hands in prayer, iii. 224. how we are to wash our hands in the blood of the sinner, iii. 125. * in the hand,' means ' in . the power,' vi. 443. hand of the sinner, his ill advice, i. 419.
Of God, (see God. )
Bight-hand used for preference, v. 214. left-hand this life, right-lnnd eternal life, vi. 171. temporal safety
and eternal, vi. 188. earthly good and heavenly, v. 481. the wicked put the left-hand for the right, v. 480; vi. 312. meaning of the left- hand not knowing what the right- hand doeth, v. 4S3; vi. 171.
INDEX. 479
Grass, used for mnn, v. 60. the wicked,
grass, the good, gild, both tested by
the fire, iv. 420 ; v. 1-24 for earthly
things, vi. 374. grass on the house Happiness, of this world, a stream of
tops, the works of the wicked, vi.
59.
Greek, the, of the Septuagint more to
be trusted than the Latin Version,
v. 371.
Groaning, of the heart, and of the flesh,
Babylon, vi. 162. a dream, iii. 484; vi. 95. the flower of grass, iii. 13. the happiness of the wicked, real unhappiness, vi. 62.
folly of being a Christian for worldly happiness, vi. 25. such an one belongs to Ishmael, v. 468. Christ has not promised ii. 11. the folly and sin of preferring to eternal happiness, v. 480; vi. 171, 312. a pitfall to sinners, iv. 364.
ii. 81. of the godly, the work of the
Holy Ghost, i. 191. belongs to the
miserable, i. 201. will cease with
the misery of this world, ib. was
not in Paradise, is now because we
are outcasts, will cease when we are
restored, i. 228. why the faithful
groan, vi. 2. the most advanced have
cause for groaning at their imper
fection, ii. 189. the servant of God
groans in secret, even when outwardly
smiling, ii. 83. God searches out our
secret groaning, i. 406. there is
groaning which produceth joy, v. 4.
our groaning iu deed, our comfort in
hope, i. 228; vi. 5. we must, groan
as sojourners, if we would rejoice as
citizens, vi. 419. the folly of those ii. 70 iv. 377 vi. 201. the wicked
who groan for an evil cause, v. 7. H.
Hagarens, means ' aliens,' iv. 142. Haggai, prophesied the restoration of
Jerusalem, v. 262; vi. 386. Hail, mystical meaning of, iv. 69.
unhappily happy, the martyrs happily unhappy, vi. 36. martyrs endured, because they saw true happiness before them, vi. 33. temporal happi ness, not real happiness, iii. 419. the happiness of the wicked unreal, their punishment will be real, iii. 22. (see Bliss, Prosperity. )
snare, v. 545. earthly happiness and unhappiness both dangerous, iii. 517; iv. 151. earthly happiness more to be dreaded than misery, ii. 369; iii. 354. unhappiness cannot crush, whom happiness corrupteth not, iv. 151. God sometimes gives earthly happiness, that men may have leisure to seek Him, v. 164.
meant as consolation in our pilgrimage, ii. 356; vi. 306. happi ness in this woild chequered with trials, lest we forget the true happiness,
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Hare, represents the weak and timid, v. 121. the rock, i. e. Christ, their refuge, ib.
Hatred, is inveterate anger, i. 177 ; iii. 33. anger a straw, hatred abeam, ib. hatred quencheth the eye, ib. i.
254. love is li^ht, hatred darkness, iii. 33. love, life; hatred, death, ih. in love, breadth; in hatred, straiten ing, vi. 122. they who hate their brethren, men of blood, vi. 215. he who hates, a murderer, i. 177- Chris tians should learn from Christ to be hated without a cause, iii. 365. wrongful hatred, a dangerous tempt ation, ii. 92. we are not to hate the
wicked, iii. 29. perfect hatred, to hate the sin, love the sinner, vi. 216. in the wicked we are to hate the sin, to love God's work, v. 417; vi. 220. if we hate what God hates, we are His friend, ii. 245. hatred of sin makes us like God, iv. 182. we should hate not persecutors, but the devil, who worketh in them, vi. 165, 273.
God's hatred, in what in consists, i. 27.
Head, Christ the Head of the Church. Union of the Head and Body; (see Christ, Church. ) the devil the head of the wicked, vi. 224. how Christ will break in pieces the heads of His enemies, iii. 341. heads of dra gons, pride of demons, iii. 504.
head cf the calf cast into the fire by Moses, meaning of, iii. 195. Christ became the Head of those who wagged their heads at Him, v. 70. lifting up the head a mark of pride, ii. 66.
Hear, true hearing, with the ears of the heart, ii. 303. is understanding, i. 182. hearing called eating, vi. 322. by hearing we believe, by be lieving we shall see, ii. 254. we must hear first, we shall see after wards, ii. 294. hearing without doing, building on sand, not to hear,
not building at all, v 63. he who heareth good things, and doeth evil, produces thorns from sweet rain, v. 29. to hear God's word better than to speak it, vi. 233.
Heart, the, an abyss, ii. 193; vi. 140. the heart of the wicked, the bottom of the sea, iii. 264. a right heart, what, iv. 55, 369, 487; v. 264, 536. the right of heart and the crooked of heart distinguished, i. 301, &c. 308, 418; iii. 248; v. 536. the per verse of heart, would bend God's Heart to His own depravity, iii.
248. the twisted in heart, those who misinterpret God's doings, vi. 364. a bruised heart one that confesseth and punisheth its sins, vi. 365. a chaste heart, that which loves God for His own sake, iii. 72, 488. the heart made unspotted by the blotting out of sins, v. 398. a holy heart the tabernacle of God, ii. 251. the heart ruled either by God, or the devil, vi. 417. God dwells and works within the heart, vi 136. cultivates it and seeks fruit from it, iii. 148. puts His law in the heart, that it may be
loved with chaste love, v. 411. works avail not, unless done from the heart, iv. 55. the heart offers true sacrifice to God, vi. 136. to be en larged in heart, what, i. 18 ; v. 353. how to pour out the heart before God, iii. 199. the heart that grieves for loss of worldly things is ashes, v. 508. the heart the seat of good, the reins of evil, delights, i. 54, 181. the heart silent when love is cold, cries out when burning with it, ii. 82. the two leaves of the door of the heart, desire and fear, vi. 264. to be opened to God, shut to the devil, ib. the wings of the heart, faith, hope, charity, iv. 153. the mouth and tongue of the heart, vi. 6, 178. the heart, our closet, vi. 264. our house, v. 265. wherein we gladly
dwell, if we cleanse them from ini quity, iii.
Is given gratuitously, 32, 130, 242,280; ii. 217; iii. 430, 437; iv. 67; v. 108. bv alone can man return to God, iii. '317, 430; iv. 67; v. 435. all good to he attributed to grace, ii. 363; iii. 276; iv. 362; v. 426; vi. 91, 190, 253, 288. they who claim the merit of good works spoil them, iii. 449. man cannot renew himself, ii. 274; iv. 393; vi. 202, 289. all good comes from God, not from man's self, 183, 192 iii. 159, 227, 40S,
427, 477 v. 130, 330, 386, &c. vi. 137. nothing man's own but sin,
III. Bona. God's good gifts two fold, temporal and eternal, 408. the one kind he gives to enemies too, the other to friends alone, iii. 72, 224, 298, 473; iv. 165, 195. no reason why the good should fear the
'loss of temporal goods, iii. 299. God will not let us lose His spiritual good things, save wilfuliy, 194. (see Gifts, Benefits. )
The true good things of the Lord, their excellency, 207. the good things of the heavenly Jerusalem,
iii. 261; vi. 35,46. its chief blessing, peace, vi. 48. the wicked cannot
v. 393. worts, Do good, good
with, vi. 294, Sec. on Ps. cxliv. en
Apostles, ii. 300. four Gospels be cause four quarters of the world, v. 100. the piece of money in the fish's mouth, how figure of the four Gos pels, vi. 189. St. Paul's Gospel the same as the others, v. 233. many minister the Gospel selfishly, iv. 492. the duty and blessing of providing for those who preach the Gospel, v. Ill vi. 375. tsee Preachers. )
titled, To David against Goliath. ' Gospel, the tidings of salvation, v. 186; vi. 190. revealed the grace which was veiled in the Law, vi. 296. was distributed but not divided the
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Besides in Chiist abundantly, i. 130; ii. 235. Grace the virtue of the Sacraments, iv. 44. obtained by prayer, v. 435. by faith, v. 38(5, 404. with it man can conquer the flesh, ii. 169. it cannot be wrested from man save by his own fault, i. 192; vi. 344. all men have not grace, v. 153.
The benefits of God's Grace, i. 310; ii. 21", 235; v. 39, 205; vi. 126. its first effect confession of sin, ii. 122. it works first forgiveness, then strength, iv. 51. mates men do for love, what fear could not, v. 432 makes men brave in trials, v. 404. makes stops in men's hearts for them to ascend to God, iv. 158. aids in all sorts of temptations, v. 192, &c.
Veiled in Old Testament, unveiled in the New, vi. 296. the law drives men to grace, v. 425. angels need grace as well as men, iii. 437.
Psalm 81, especially a Psalm of grace, iii. 405, &c. (see Law, Works. )
Hair, the, superfluities, which we can cut off without feeling, ii. 395. how w e may wipe the Lord's Feet there with, vi. 243.
Hallehiia, means, ' praise the Lord,' vi. 416. is the song of the future life, which we should practise now, ib. always sung at Easter-tide, ib. i. 158 ; v. 189. meaning of the double Halleluia, v. 190.
Hunt, the land of Egypt, v. 158.
Hand, used for vengeance, iii. 350. for good works, -vi. 291. meaning of stretching out the hands, iv. 233.
reason of lifting up hands in prayer, iii. 224. how we are to wash our hands in the blood of the sinner, iii. 125. * in the hand,' means ' in . the power,' vi. 443. hand of the sinner, his ill advice, i. 419.
Of God, (see God. )
Bight-hand used for preference, v. 214. left-hand this life, right-lnnd eternal life, vi. 171. temporal safety
and eternal, vi. 188. earthly good and heavenly, v. 481. the wicked put the left-hand for the right, v. 480; vi. 312. meaning of the left- hand not knowing what the right- hand doeth, v. 4S3; vi. 171.
INDEX. 479
Grass, used for mnn, v. 60. the wicked,
grass, the good, gild, both tested by
the fire, iv. 420 ; v. 1-24 for earthly
things, vi. 374. grass on the house Happiness, of this world, a stream of
tops, the works of the wicked, vi.
59.
Greek, the, of the Septuagint more to
be trusted than the Latin Version,
v. 371.
Groaning, of the heart, and of the flesh,
Babylon, vi. 162. a dream, iii. 484; vi. 95. the flower of grass, iii. 13. the happiness of the wicked, real unhappiness, vi. 62.
folly of being a Christian for worldly happiness, vi. 25. such an one belongs to Ishmael, v. 468. Christ has not promised ii. 11. the folly and sin of preferring to eternal happiness, v. 480; vi. 171, 312. a pitfall to sinners, iv. 364.
ii. 81. of the godly, the work of the
Holy Ghost, i. 191. belongs to the
miserable, i. 201. will cease with
the misery of this world, ib. was
not in Paradise, is now because we
are outcasts, will cease when we are
restored, i. 228. why the faithful
groan, vi. 2. the most advanced have
cause for groaning at their imper
fection, ii. 189. the servant of God
groans in secret, even when outwardly
smiling, ii. 83. God searches out our
secret groaning, i. 406. there is
groaning which produceth joy, v. 4.
our groaning iu deed, our comfort in
hope, i. 228; vi. 5. we must, groan
as sojourners, if we would rejoice as
citizens, vi. 419. the folly of those ii. 70 iv. 377 vi. 201. the wicked
who groan for an evil cause, v. 7. H.
Hagarens, means ' aliens,' iv. 142. Haggai, prophesied the restoration of
Jerusalem, v. 262; vi. 386. Hail, mystical meaning of, iv. 69.
unhappily happy, the martyrs happily unhappy, vi. 36. martyrs endured, because they saw true happiness before them, vi. 33. temporal happi ness, not real happiness, iii. 419. the happiness of the wicked unreal, their punishment will be real, iii. 22. (see Bliss, Prosperity. )
snare, v. 545. earthly happiness and unhappiness both dangerous, iii. 517; iv. 151. earthly happiness more to be dreaded than misery, ii. 369; iii. 354. unhappiness cannot crush, whom happiness corrupteth not, iv. 151. God sometimes gives earthly happiness, that men may have leisure to seek Him, v. 164.
meant as consolation in our pilgrimage, ii. 356; vi. 306. happi ness in this woild chequered with trials, lest we forget the true happiness,
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Hare, represents the weak and timid, v. 121. the rock, i. e. Christ, their refuge, ib.
Hatred, is inveterate anger, i. 177 ; iii. 33. anger a straw, hatred abeam, ib. hatred quencheth the eye, ib. i.
254. love is li^ht, hatred darkness, iii. 33. love, life; hatred, death, ih. in love, breadth; in hatred, straiten ing, vi. 122. they who hate their brethren, men of blood, vi. 215. he who hates, a murderer, i. 177- Chris tians should learn from Christ to be hated without a cause, iii. 365. wrongful hatred, a dangerous tempt ation, ii. 92. we are not to hate the
wicked, iii. 29. perfect hatred, to hate the sin, love the sinner, vi. 216. in the wicked we are to hate the sin, to love God's work, v. 417; vi. 220. if we hate what God hates, we are His friend, ii. 245. hatred of sin makes us like God, iv. 182. we should hate not persecutors, but the devil, who worketh in them, vi. 165, 273.
God's hatred, in what in consists, i. 27.
Head, Christ the Head of the Church. Union of the Head and Body; (see Christ, Church. ) the devil the head of the wicked, vi. 224. how Christ will break in pieces the heads of His enemies, iii. 341. heads of dra gons, pride of demons, iii. 504.
head cf the calf cast into the fire by Moses, meaning of, iii. 195. Christ became the Head of those who wagged their heads at Him, v. 70. lifting up the head a mark of pride, ii. 66.
Hear, true hearing, with the ears of the heart, ii. 303. is understanding, i. 182. hearing called eating, vi. 322. by hearing we believe, by be lieving we shall see, ii. 254. we must hear first, we shall see after wards, ii. 294. hearing without doing, building on sand, not to hear,
not building at all, v 63. he who heareth good things, and doeth evil, produces thorns from sweet rain, v. 29. to hear God's word better than to speak it, vi. 233.
Heart, the, an abyss, ii. 193; vi. 140. the heart of the wicked, the bottom of the sea, iii. 264. a right heart, what, iv. 55, 369, 487; v. 264, 536. the right of heart and the crooked of heart distinguished, i. 301, &c. 308, 418; iii. 248; v. 536. the per verse of heart, would bend God's Heart to His own depravity, iii.
248. the twisted in heart, those who misinterpret God's doings, vi. 364. a bruised heart one that confesseth and punisheth its sins, vi. 365. a chaste heart, that which loves God for His own sake, iii. 72, 488. the heart made unspotted by the blotting out of sins, v. 398. a holy heart the tabernacle of God, ii. 251. the heart ruled either by God, or the devil, vi. 417. God dwells and works within the heart, vi 136. cultivates it and seeks fruit from it, iii. 148. puts His law in the heart, that it may be
loved with chaste love, v. 411. works avail not, unless done from the heart, iv. 55. the heart offers true sacrifice to God, vi. 136. to be en larged in heart, what, i. 18 ; v. 353. how to pour out the heart before God, iii. 199. the heart that grieves for loss of worldly things is ashes, v. 508. the heart the seat of good, the reins of evil, delights, i. 54, 181. the heart silent when love is cold, cries out when burning with it, ii. 82. the two leaves of the door of the heart, desire and fear, vi. 264. to be opened to God, shut to the devil, ib. the wings of the heart, faith, hope, charity, iv. 153. the mouth and tongue of the heart, vi. 6, 178. the heart, our closet, vi. 264. our house, v. 265. wherein we gladly
dwell, if we cleanse them from ini quity, iii.
