Abbey, meditation on the sight of the ruins of one, xi. 122

Abilities, presumption of them frequent and dangerous, vi. 355

to be exactly surveyed in order to cure presumption of them, vi. 357 Abound, the difficulty of knowing how to do this, and the ill consequences of not knowing it, vii. 40 Abraham denies his Wife, i. 30

his Circumcision, i. 31 and Sarah a lively pattern of strong and weak faith, i. 30

his and Sarah's laughter, i. 30 the trial of his Faith concerning Isaac, i. 31

his Purchase and Employment of a Burying Place, Sermon on, v. 402

his Purchase of Ground, v. 402 the employment of his purchased Ground, v. 404

his faith, No. 78. viii. 186 Absolution before Satisfaction, the Novelty of it, ix. 363

Abstinence, benefit of it, i. 121 Abuse of God's mercy, in giving and forgiving, leads to Security, vi. 347 Abuses, power of reforming them given to the Church, and the issue of the neglect of it, x. 95 Accordance heavenly, Soliloquy on, viii.

crite, v. 369

Fools' and Wise men's measure of Good ones, No. 43. viii. 14

speak plainer than Words, No. 51. viii. 39

all subject to the eye of evil Men, or evil Spirits, No. 73. viii. 80

good, not well done, when we are glad that they are done, No. 52. viii. 108 difference in the nature of God's

and ours, No. 58. viii. 109

the best, do not escape the censure and misinterpretation of men, No. 81. viii. 188

the difference of, Soliloquy on,

viii. 260

to refrain in them from all sin and to perform all duty, a Means of Peace, vi. 34

to do nothing doubtingly, vi. 35 or Manners of Men, not to draw them to the prejudice of their cause, a Rule of Moderation, vi. 447 Admonition, a fruit of Christian union, vii. 260

Adonijah, his second plot defeated, i. 470 Adoration, inward, what; wherein it consists, and how to be wrought, vi. 329 of the Infinite Greatness of God; in the Creation and Government of the World, vi. 330

vi. 198

Adversaries not to be branded without
just reason, xi. 267

-

Christian, the limits of approach
or remoteness with respect to them,
vi. 453

Adversity, more beneficial than Prosperity,
No. 6. viii. 31

Advertisements to the Reader, by the
Author, v. 326; vii. 507; ix. 23, 25;
xi. 493; xii. 136
Ærius, the heretic, the only primitive
opposer of Episcopacy, x. 237, 309.

a vindication of those Fathers,
who, it is pretended, second his opinions
on Episcopacy, x. 238
Affectation a great enemy, No. 86. viii. 24.
Affection, its blindness, i. 238

Saints on earth united therein,

vii. 256
Affections deceitful, v. 140

heavenly, to be simple; earthly,
to be compounded, No. 94. viii. 51

then only safe and right, when
they are deduced from God, No. 2.
viii. 135

vi. 312

to be well ordered, vi. 14
well employed become Virtues,

to compose them towards unity
and peace, however our judgments may
differ in lesser verities, a rule of modera-
tion, vi. 458
Affliction calls home conscience, i. 58
a sign of strength, No. 40.

viii. 14
Man under it, the more he
strives, the more he is entangled, No. 1.
viii. 30

profitable, especially to some
dispositions, more than other, No. 21.
viii. 149

to be viewed as Derived from
heaven, vii. 526

the Intent of God in sending it,
to be considered, vii. 527

designed for trial and probation,
and for bettering of the soul, vii. 528

in the Nature of it, a fatherly
chastisement to God's children, vii. 530
the main comfort thereof to be
expected from the Issue, vii. 531

the soul cheering itself under it,

vii. 532
no absolute freedom from it to
be expected in this world, viii. 555
of Body, lawful to mourn for it,
v. 548
Afflictions, a Man must give thanks for
them; but not pray for them, No. 16.
viii. 99

difference in Men's dispositions
under them, No. 63, viii. 174

viii. 291

old, Comforts against its incon-
veniences enumerated, vii. 192

its illimitation, and the miseries

that attend it, vii. 192

a blessing, vii. 193

its advantages enumerated, vii. 194
Agent, God an omnipotent one, in giving
peace, v. 201

Ague, quartan, Meditation on, xi. 176
Ahab, his repentance, ii. 67
Ahaziah, enquires of Baal-zebub, God of
Ekron, in his sickness, ii. 75

God's message to him, ii. 76
fire from heaven consumes his
Messengers, ii. 77

his death, ii. 80
Allegiance, Oath of, Epistle on the just
sufferings of those who refused it, and
on the Increase of Popery, vi. 216
Allurement, Ten of Satan's Temptations,
of this nature repelled, vii. 341
Almighty, his sure protection, a comfort
under public calamities, vii. 154
Amalek, the sin of, i. 331
Ambition steels the heart, i, 221
hath no bounds, ii. 229

the torment of it, No. 95. viii.

26
Ambitious, The, Character of, vi. 118
Man his own enemy, No. 25.

viii. 11
Ambrose, not against Episcopacy, x. 240,
not in favour of Lay-Elders, x.

314

254

their Apparitions, viii. 369
the Respects which we owe to

them, viii. 374
Angels, good and evil, how differently used
as instruments, No. 53. viii. 75
Angels of the Seven Churches, Episco-
pacy supported by a right view of them,
x. 331

Anger, the misery accompanying this pas-
sion, vii. 21

the Moderation of this passion en-
forced, vi. 412

its violence and ill effects, vi. 412
zealous, enforced, vi. 413
vicious, when it offends in the
Cause, or in the Quantity, vi. 413

offends in the Cause, when occa-
sioned by a good, indifferent, or trivial
thing, vi. 413

offends in the Quantity, when
either too long or too vehement, vi. 414
Arguments for its mitigation, vi.

415

Anger and Madness, no difference betwixt
them but continuance, No. 80. viii. 114
Animals, man accountable to God for his
treatment of them, i. 156

Anselm and Dunstan prohibit, in England,
the marriage of Ecclesiastics, ix. 273
Answer, a short one, to a difficult Question;
and a tedious one, to an easy Question,
unsuitable, No. 28. viii. 35
ANTHEMS FOR THE CATHEDRAL OF EXE-
TER, xii. 315

Antiquity, several arguments out of it for
the Superiority of Bishops, x. 223
Apocryphal Books, opinions of the Old
Church and of the Present Church of
Rome, on their authority, contrasted,
ix. 5

APOLOGETICAL LETTER TO A PERSON OF
QUALITY, viii. 501
Apologue, xi. 29

Apostolic Age, its testimony to Episco-
pacy, x. 221

Apostolic Institution, what constitutes
such, x. 159

best determined by
the universal practice of the Church next
the Apostolic Times, x. 161
Apparitions, of Good Angels, viii. 369
of Evil Angels, viii. 407
Appearance, the Deceit of, Sermon on, v.
127

29

in his sickness sought not to the Lord
but to Physicians, ii. 31
Assurance of Salvation, attainable, but
with difficulty, vi. 355

Atheists, the World full of them, No. 71.
viii. 112

Attendant, wise and religious one, benefit
of such, i. 310
Augustin, his rule for ascertaining what is
of Apostolic Authority, x. 164
Authority, divine, Satan's Temptation not
to submit thereto, repelled, vii. 291
Awe more fit for thoughts of Judgment
than Fear, vii. 211

Awful disposition of Heart required towards
God's infiniteness, No. 16. viii. 147

Back, Fashions profusely heaped upon it,

v. 254

Baguley, H., his Letter to the Author, on
his Sermon on " The Glory of the Latter
House," v. 171

Balaam's Ass speaks, i. 155
ill counsel, i. 158
BALM OF GILEAD: Or, COMFORTS FOR THE
DISTRESSED; BOTH MORAL AND DIVINE,
vii. 109

Banishment, Comforts against, enume-
rated, 'vii. 173
Baptism, Epistle to Lady Honoria Hay, on
its Necessity, and the Estate of those
which necessarily want it, vi. 247

how to be received, vi. 503
Bargain, The Best, Sermon on, v. 150

Barrenness, Comforts against, enumerated,
vii. 184

Basest things ever most plentiful, No. 71.
viii. 21

Bat and Owl, Meditation on the sight of
them, xi. 164

Beasts wherewith St. Paul conflicted, v.
291

Beauty a snare, i. 384, 427
Bedell, Bp., Verses to, xii. 329
Bedlam, the spiritual, soliloquy on, viii.
256

Beech-tree, Meditation on the sight of one
full of nuts, xi. 104

Bees fighting, Meditation on the sight of,
xi. 108

Beggar, Meditation on the sight of an
humble and patient one, xi. 78

Meditation on hearing an impor-

tunate one, xi. 180

Belief, the multiplication of the Articles
of, a chief cause of dissension, xi.
239

Believers die with Christ, who die in him,
v. 338

Bellarmine, Card., Latin Verses on, xii.
330

Bell, Meditation on the sound of a cracked
one, xi. 102

Bells, Meditation on hearing a ring of, xi.

Blind men, the cheerfulness of some, a
comfort under the loss of sight, vii. 180
Blind and Lame, Meditation on the sight
of them, xi. 168

Blackmoor, Meditation on the sight of one,
xi. 86

Body, the prison of the Soul, No. 5. viii.
31

a vigorous one, a snare to the soul,
No. 80. viii. 45

vile; but, in some respects, honour-
able, No. 48. viii. 231

of Subjection, Soliloquy on, viii. 252
undue Mortification of it, in respect
of apparel, lodging, and recreation, re-
probated, vi. 372

Liberty allowed in respect of attire,
sleep, lodging, recreation, vi. 378

Satan's Temptation to disbelieve its
Resurrection, repelled, vii. 297
Boldness, puts Men forth before their time
and ability, No. 22. viii. 10

of those Men, who, knowing
they must shortly die, yet dare do those
things which will draw upon them
eternity of torments, No. 18. viii, 218
Bond, cancelled, Meditation on the sight
of one, xi. 142

Bosom Discourse, Soliloquy on, viii. 244
Bounty of God to Man, in the works of
Creation, No. 7. viii. 137

to us, No. 29. viii. 153
- divine, Soliloquy on, viii. 273
Boys playing, Meditation on the sight of,

xi. 88

Branch and the Stock, their relation a re-
semblance of the union betwixt Christ
and Christians, vii. 232
Breaches, passive, which follow upon the

Public calamities of any Nation, v. 439
BREATHINGS OF THE DEVOUT SOUL, viii.
211

Brethren, to comply with them so far as
we safely may, a way of Peace for a
Private Person, vii. 80

charitable affection towards
them, a fit disposition for Peace, vii. 70
Bright, Mr. H., Epitaph on, xii. 333
Brinsley's Ludus Literarius, Preface to,
xii. 339
BROWNISTS,

A COMMON
AGAINST THEM, X. 3

APOLOGY

Bucer and French Divines, their testimony
to Episcopacy, x. 205
Buchinski, Stanislaus, remarks on his Im-
prisonment, vi. 167

Epistle addressed to
him, on the Comfort of Imprisonment,
vi. 161
Bulls, the enemies of the Church are such,
for their ferocity and strength, v. 228
Burden, the light, Soliloquy on, viii. 254
Bur-leaf, Meditation on the sight of one,

xi. 158

Burning Bush, i. 74
Busy-body, The, Character of, vi. 105

Duty of doing this,

Advantage thereof,

Danger of not

making them sure, v. 581

Means by which
this must be endeavoured, v. 585

lawful and holy, not altered by ho-
nourable titles, &c. x. 175
Callings, Epistle on the Remedies against
Dulness and Heartlessness therein, with
Encouragements to Cheerfulness in La-
bour, vi. 259

the fear of God leads to a filial en-
deavour of obedience therein, vi. 346
Calves of the people, Enemies of the
Church, v. 228

Calvin, his attestation to the rite of Con-
firmation, x. 458

Canon, Apostolical, the Women ought to
have power on their head, v. 462.
Canons, Apostolical, their testimony to
Episcopacy, x. 219

Care, one of the Inconveniences which
commonly attend the great, vii. 16

Freedom from, one of the Benefits of
Poverty, vii. 18

Cares cast upon God, No. 13. viii. 60.
Carriage, Christian and Civil, Epistle to
All Readers, containing Rules of good
advice for it, vi. 296
Cart, Meditation on the sight of one loaded,
xi. 178

CASES OF CONSCIENCE, RESOLUTIONS AND
DECISIONS THEREOF. In IV. Decades,
vii. 369

Cassander, George, his opinion on Cor-
ruptions in the Church, xi. 279
Catechising, odrer for sure grounds to be
laid for it, a way of Peace belonging to
Public Authority, vii. 96

-its importance and necessity, ix. 307
CATHOLIC PROPOSITIONS, ix. 427
Caution, an incitement to more, to faster
adherence to God, vii. 148

369

dispensations respecting it com-
mon in the Church of Rome, ix. 170
the opinion of its necessity the
brand of Antichristianism, ix. 176
CENSURE, CONSOLATORY LETTER TO ONE
UNDER, vi. 299

Centurion, his confession at the Cruci-
fixion of Christ, ii. 599
Ceremonies, unjustly objected against by
Separatists, x. 89

CERTAIN IRREFRAGABLE PROPOSITIONS,
x. 135

Cham exposing his father's shame, i. 25
Change, shall be in our Renovation, v. 73
and Renovation, shall be in our
perpetual fruition of the inseparable pre-
sence of God, v. 73

Change, all things subject to it, v. 199
Changes, although to the better are trou-
blesome at the time, No. 35. viii. 104

of Estate, God to be submitted

to therein, vi. 341

the inevitable necessity thereof,
and God's over-ruling of them, a com-
fort under public calamities, vii. 154
Character of Rev. John Downe, in a letter
to Dr. Hack will, xii. 342

Charge, St. Paul's, to Timothy, v. 103
Charity, an evidence of our Calling and
Election, v. 586

and Patience require forgetfulness
of evil Deeds and Accidents, No. 67.
viii. 42

the practice of, urged on all that
love Christ in sincerity, viii. 325

to be preferred to contention for
indifferent opinions; with Examples
thereof, xi. 245

to be exercised in weighing the
opinions of others, xi. 249

a grace requisite for duly receiving
the Lord's Supper, vi. 504
Chastisement necessary, No. 11. viii. 32
Chastisements, Satan's Temptation to ac-
count them judgments, repelled, vii.

324

Chastity in Marriage, enforced, vi. 373,
374, 379, 386.
Cheerfulness, Christians wrong themselves
who do not encourage it, No. 7. viii.
58

Christian, Epistle to Mr.
George Wenyffe, Bp. Hall's Father-in-
Law, exciting thereto, vi. 170
Chemnitius, his attestation to the rite of
Confirmation, x. 457

Child, Meditation on one crying, xi. 146
of God like his Father, v. 531
bears a filial love to his Fa-

ther, v. 532