72. What are the rules and end of church discipline?
What is the nature and design of excommunication?
73. What are the qualifications necessary to a minister of Christ?
74. In what does the happiness of heaven consist?
INDEX.
The volumes are denoted by a, b, c, and d.
- A.
- Abraham offering Isaac, c 544
- Absolute free-will, a 498
- Adam, his temptation, b 102
- not a mediator, b 164
- Acts of faith, direct and reflex, c 132
- Actions sinful, d [66]
- Adoption, c 145
- Adultery, d [9]
- Affections, government of, d [10]
- Afflictions, relative, b 156
- All-sufficiency of God, consolatory, a 129
- Amen, d [468]
- Angels, their creation, b 25
- their nature, b 27
- their power, b 28
- their employment, b 68. 30
- providence of God toward them, b 62
- Anger is heart-murder, c 548
- Antinomians, c 418
- Anti-trinitarians, a 388
- Apostacy, considered, c 225
- Apostles, b 572
- Arius, his error, note, a 208
- Arminians, b 128
- Ascension of Christ, b 464
- Assurance of salvation, c 243
- how lost, c 273
- what essential to faith, c 270
- Atheism, its absurdity, a 24. 29. 38 c 439
- Atonement, b 187. 275. note. 276. 280
- value of it, b 282. 285
- design of it, b 285
- propriety of it proved, against Deists, b 299
- vindicated against christian errors, b 303
- extent of the purchase, b 301
- for whom specially intended, b 316. 321
- how sufficient for all men, note, b 349
- modern opinions on, b 276. b 280. 292. 297
- Author of sin, God is not, in note, d [433]. [435]
- B.
- Baptism, an ordinance, d [174]
- Backbiting, instances of, d [48]
- Being of God proved, a 21
- Believers, sons of God in Christ, c 146
- Benevolence, disinterested, a 19
- Blindness of mind, b 146
- Borrowing and not paying, d [23]
- whether Israel was guilty of it, d [24]
- Bread, daily to be prayed for, d [407]
- Burnet, his scheme of the Millenium, b 369
- C.
- Call of the gospel, c 16
- Character of sacred writers, a 101
- Charity to the poor, d [20]
- Child-like dispositions required in us, d [364]
- Christ, typified by Melchizedec, b 264
- his humiliation, b 396
- betrayed, denied, condemned, slain, b 424. 426. 429. 433
- descent into hell b 440
- 1 Pet. iii. 18. explained, note, b 442
- his resurrection, b 444
- his ascension, b 464
- his intercession, b 473
- his coming to judgment, b 481
- Christianity, reasonable, note, a 1
- Church, the word how used, b 510. note 515
- Church, its testimony, a 116
- Church, invisible, c 9
- its union to Christ, c 10
- Commandments, rules to interpret, c 428
- Communion with God, by innocent man, b 77
- with Christ in grace, c 65
- in glory, c 280
- with Christ in grace, c 65
- Conflagration, b 387
- Conflicts of flesh and spirit, c 187
- Conscience, horror of, b 153
- distinguished, b 154
- Contentment a universal duty, d [50]
- motives to it, d [51]
- Contingency of events, a 517
- Corruption of nature, forbidden, d [56]
- not from traduction, &c., b 128
- how, b 131
- Covenant of grace, divisible or not, b 165
- with whom made, b 167
- how, a testament, b 169
- eternity of it, b 272
- acceptance by elect, b 184
- Covenant of works, more than a law, b 78
- its extent, b 80. 88
- its seals, b 88. 90
- violation of, b 74. 93
- not a promise of salvation, b 164
- Covetousness and its aggravations, d [58]
- excuses for it answered, d [59]
- Creation, work of, b 6
- immediate, b 7
- mediate, b 7
- time of, b 8
- design of, b 15
- not instantaneous, b 17
- its progression, b 19. 23
- at what season of the year, b 24
- its goodness, or perfection, b 25
- of man, b 34
- Creed, account of, b 440
- Critical examination of 1 John v. 7, a 329
- D.
- Day of grace, what, b 331
- Death, appointed of God, c 293
- its effect on the spirit, c 300
- of Christ, design of it, b 285
- for whom, b 290
- perversion of the doctriner, b 291
- a true and proper sacrifice for sin, b 292
- of some saints, c 285
- Decrees of God, a 417. 430
- proved, a 422. 452
- not stoical fate, a 516
- misrepresentations of it, a 465
- Deists, b 494
- Deity of the Son, proved, a 295
- by divine names, a 296
- by divine attributes, a 342
- by religious worship, a 377
- improved, a 414
- Diligence, d [20]. [21]
- Discontent, remedies against, d [61]
- Dispensations of the covenant, b 199
- Delusions, b 147
- Dominion of man in innocency, b 74
- Duels, c 542
- E.
- Eden, garden of, where situated, b 70
- Effectual calling, c 39
- Elect, to what chosen, a 438
- included in Christ, b 132
- ransomed by him, b 316
- peculiarly, b 322
- Election, what, a 529. 434
- objects of, a 436
- proved, a 447
- its design, a 461
- its properties, a 469
- knowledge of, a 470
- free, a 476
- unchangeable, a 481
- objections to, a 507
- distinct from fate, a 516
- Elijah, whether guilty of falsehood, d [36]
- Elisha reproached at Bethel, d [43]
- Endor, witch of, c 451
- Enlightened conscience, c 184
- Errors, of Arius and Sabellius, a 208
- Eternal generation of Christ, a 259
- Eternity of the covenant of grace, b 172
- Eutychus, who he was, note, b 223
- Eve, the manner of her temptation, b 100
- F.
- Faith, how, a condition, b 189
- how above natural ability, b 193
- various kinds of, c 121-125
- justifying, c 98. 125
- how it justifies, c 110
- a duty, b 193
- a means of salvation, d [76]
- Fall of man, b 74-93
- Father, God is to men, d [360]
- to be addressed as in heaven, d [365]
- Food of man in innocency, b 72
- Foreknowledge of God, a 452
- Foreordained whatsoever comes to pass, what is meant, d [433]
- Forgiveness of sin, c 70. d [417]
- Freedom of divine decrees, a 432. 433
- Free will, absolute, absurd, a 498
- doctrine of, examined, a 501
- Frugality, d [17]
- G.
- Genealogy of Christ defended, a 88
- Genuineness of the scriptures, a 79
- Glorifying God, what is meant by it, a 13
- Glory of God, how things are disposed, d [382]
- Glory of Christ as Mediator, b 244
- God, proofs of his being, a 22-48
- is a Spirit, a 123
- his unity, a 194
- holy, a 159
- not the author of sin, a 424. 523. 530
- is infinite, a 126
- all-sufficient, a 127
- eternal, a 129
- immutable, a 135
- incomprehensible, a 138
- omnipresent, a 139
- almighty, a 140
- omniscient, a 145
- most wise, a 152
- just, a 164
- true, a 186
- merciful, a 168
- even in punishing, note, a 170
- how glorified, a 14
- is a Spirit, a 123
- Goodness, ibid
- Gospel, how offered to all, b 332
- faith in it the duty of all, b 336
- Government, civil, c 524
- Grotius, on the authority of the scriptures, in note, a 97
- Grace, of God, in providing a Mediator, b 187
- Guilt of Adam’s first sin, b 119
- its consequences, b 196-259
- H.
- Happiness of saints, future, c 399
- Hardness of heart, b 149
- causes of, b 150
- in believers and unbelievers, b 151
- Hearing the word, d [158]
- Heathens, b 491. c 163
- Hell, descent of Christ into, b 440
- Heinousness of sins not equal, d [67]
- Holy Ghost, procession of, a 260
- his Deity proved, a 295
- his titles, a 400
- attributes, a 404
- works, a 405
- worship, a 408. 414
- Holiness of God, a 159
- motives to, c 160
- Holy places, c 424
- times, c 427
- Holy Spirit, implants all graces, b 197
- applies salvation, b 237
- Humiliation of Christ, b 396
- in his birth, b 398
- in his life, b 401
- by temptations, b 410
- by sinless infirmities, b 422
- in his death, b 423
- in being betrayed, b 424
- forsaken, b 425
- condemned, b 429
- Humiliation of Christ, in being tormented, b 431
- crucified, b 433
- in his burial, b 437
- Human nature of Christ, b 421
- Hypocrisy, sin of, d [39]
- whether Paul and Daniel guilty, d [40]
- I.
- Idolatry, c 443. & a194
- Image-worship, c 461
- Immortality of the soul, c 302
- asserted and denied by heathens, c 303
- Imputation, what, c 85-95
- Imputation of Adam’s sin, b 107. 113
- Inability of sinners to believe, note, b 193
- to keep the commandments, d [62]
- Incarnation of Christ, b 227
- the time of, b 231
- duration of, b 234
- Incarnation, necessity for, b 235
- Independency of God, a 124
- Infants, their state, b 138
- Inferiors, duties of, c 520
- Innocency, man’s condition in, b 72
- Inspiration of scripture, a 110
- Integrity of the church in all ages, b 199
- Interest in Christ, b 189
- J.
- Jesus, why so called, b 244
- Judgment, final, c 359
- Justice, in our dealings, d [19]
- Justification, c 67
- its foundation, c 73
- not before faith, c 117
- not by works, c 101
- not by repentance, c 101
- K.
- Kingdom of Heaven, c 399
- Kingly office of Christ, b 351
- its exercise, b 352
- submission to, b 357
- opposition to, b 360
- times of exercise, b 364
- in the Millenium, b 366
- on earth, b 381
- duration of, b 392
- the two-fold states of, b 396
- in humiliation, b 399
- L.
- Law, moral, c 421
- judicial, c 422
- ceremonial, c 423
- Law-suits, when unjust, d [26]
- Liberty, c 34
- Life, bounds of fixed, a 508
- to be preserved, c 540
- Light of nature, a 21. 230
- Light of revelation, sufficient, b 206
- increased by the gospel, b 214
- Long-suffering of God, a 176
- in harmony with justice, a 181
- improvement of, a 183
- Lord’s supper, d [234]
- a gospel ordinance, d [236]
- what the elements and actions, d [237]. [238]
- to whom to be administered, d [237]. [245]. [263]
- examination previous to, d [246]-256
- who to be debarred from, d [263]
- meditation at, d [269]
- what to be done at, d [270]. [273]. [275]
- vows may be made at, d [278]
- frequent attendance on, d [280]
- how it differs from baptism, d [281]-284
- Lie, definition and kinds of, d [33]
- M.
- Magee’s, two discourses on the atonement, note, b 298. 317
- Man, his creation, b 34
- his twofold nature, b 39
- in the divine image, b 42
- his mutability, b 44
- providence of God toward him, b 70
- employment in Paradise, b 72
- fallen, b 117
- his misery, b 136
- Marks of grace, c 260-262
- Marriage, its institution and design, b 75
- Masters, duties of, c 533
- Means of salvation, d [76]
- Mediator, his office generally, b 186
- his intercession or satisfaction, b 186
- who he is, b 216
- his sufficiency, b 218
- his incarnation, b 221
- why called Jesus Christ, b 244
- Melchizedec, who he might be, b 264
- Messiah of the Old Testament is Christ, b 200
- the substance of the ceremonial law, b 201
- Jesus of Nazareth, b 245
- his commission, b 248
- his offices, b 249
- prophetical, b 252
- priestly, b 259
- kingly, b 351
- Millenium, b 366-382
- Moral obligation, foundation of, c 405
- Moral law, c 421
- civil, its origin, b 127
- Mortification, c 155
- Moses, no astrologer, c 454
- killing the Egyptians, c 545
- Murderers do not escape, c 547
- Musical instruments unauthorized in gospel worship, d [85]
- Mystery, scriptural, a 215. 217
- Mysteries, Dr. Bates Aon, in note, a 217
- N.
- Name of God, what meant by it, d [369]
- Natures of Christ, b 235
- why two-fold, b 242
- without confusion, b 243
- O.
- Oaths, religious, c 472
- profane, c 470
- Objections, to the harmony of the scriptures, a 88-93
- to the doctrine of election, a 507
- to the divine predetermination, a 509
- Obligation, moral, c 405
- Offences, their aggravations, d [67]
- Officers of the, church, b 572
- Offices of Christ, their number, b 249
- suited to the state of man, b 250
- not to be confounded, b 251
- their order, b 252
- Office, prophetical, b 254
- for whom intended, b 255
- how executed, b 256
- when, b 257
- the priestly, b 259
- Officers among the Jews, d [139]
- Ordinances of the gospel, d [83]
- Original righteousness lost, a 121
- Original, transgression, b 105
- sin, what, b 118
- its transmission, b 129. 132
- its punishment, b 141
- P.
- Parable of the debtor, c 238
- Paradise, where, b 71
- after death, c 318
- Parents, duties of, c 531
- Papal doctrines, a 162, d [315]
- Pardon of sin is from God only, d [417]
- Pelagianism, b 125
- Perfection, absolute, not in this life, c 178
- at death, c 312
- Perfections of God, a 121-142
- Perseverance of the saints, c 194-197
- proved, c 201-217
- objections to answered, c 220
- Person, Calvin on the word, in note, a 207
- Person of Christ, why God and man, b 235
- Personality in the Godhead, a 207. 244
- Pharisees, d [140]
- Polygamy was ever unlawful, d [11]
- Praise, d [82]. [85]. [95]
- Prayer, to be made to God, d [299]
- to be in the name of Christ, d [300]. [301]
- Spirit’s aid in, d [303]-306
- for whom to be made, d [309]-312
- for whom not to be made, d [315]-318
- for what we may pray, d [322]
- how we are to pray, d [323]
- faith in, d [329]
- promises of help, d [331]
- to an unchangeable God, in note, d [397]-402
- discouragements in, removed, d [336]
- rules for our direction in, d [338]-356
- Predestination to sin, not scriptural, a 530
- Preaching the word, how to be done, d [151]
- Priestly office of Christ, b 259
- like that of Melchizedech, b 264
- necessity of it, b 272
- Priestly, Dr. his disingenuity, in a note, a 397
- Procrastination, in note, d [78]
- Procession of the Holy Ghost, a 260
- Profanation of the Sabbath, c 508
- Promises of temporal and spiritual blessings, d [344]-350
- annexed to the fifth commandment, c 537
- Prophets, a 56
- Prophetical office of Christ, b 252
- when executed, b 257
- Providence of God, what, b 45
- immediate or mediate, b 46
- over good actions, b 51
- over evil actions, b 52-58
- objections to answered, b 59-62
- toward angels, b 62-69
- toward man, b 70
- Publicans, d [140]
- Psalms of David, proper to be sung, d [89]
- scripture and hymns preferable, d [96]
- Punishment of sin, b 136
- original, b 137
- in the world to come, b 158
- proved by reason, note, b 161
- when not stayed by sacrifice, b 262
- Purgatory, c 313
- Purpose, eternal, a 507
- Purpose of God, its certainty, b 5
- Q.
- Qualifications of preachers of the word, d [147]
- Quenching the Spirit, what, a 414
- when committed, a 50
- R.
- Recovery of man, its moving cause, b 162
- Redemption, intended, b 161
- for whom, b 316
- for whom not, b 322
- application of it, b 323
- not universal, b 324. 326
- special, b 329. 338
- covenant of, b 178
- Regeneration before faith, c 26
- man passive in it, c 48
- Remember, import of, in the fourth commandment, c 512
- Repentance, what, c 167
- the effect of grace, c 169
- how by the word, c 169
- a means of salvation, d [76]
- Representation, note, b 77. 103. 114
- Reproach, differs from reproof, d [42]
- Reprobation, decree of, a 486
- not of sovereignty, a 490
- but of justice, a 491
- Restitution, a duty, d [27]
- Resurrection, b 383. 389. c 326
- proved from the Old Testament, c 332
- the first, b 383. 388
- Revealed will of God, c 408
- Revelation, necessary, a 71
- not impossible, a 71
- Righteousness, original, lost in Adam, b 121
- S.
- Sabbath, its institution, b 76
- its morality, c 480
- its change, c 486
- Sabellius, his error, note, a 208
- Sacraments, d [161]
- Sacrifice of Christ, sufficient for all, note, b 349
- Sadducees, d [140]
- Saints kept by divine power, c 199
- Salvation, what, b 162
- its subjects, b 162
- the cause of, b 163
- for whom, b 164
- not universal, b 326
- Samaritans, d [140]
- Samson’s death, c 540
- Sanctification, c 152
- Sanctifying the Lord’s day, c 497
- Satan, the tempter, b 95
- his method and instruments, b 96. 97
- his empire in the unregenerate, b 144
- Satisfaction for sin, b 275-293
- Scriptures, genuineness of, a 79
- Self-interest, how far lawful, a 19. 20
- Self-murder, c 545
- Self-examination, c 256
- Sentiment, influence of, a iii
- Servants, duties of, c 593
- Similitudes of Trinity unlawful, a 235
- Singing praises, a divine institution, d [82]
- Sin, its origin, a 425
- daily committed, d [63]
- extent of the first, b 105
- exists in intentions, note, b 145
- its imputation, b 109
- its consequences, b 136
- punishment of, c 377
- its punishment in this world, b 146
- in the world to come, b 158
- what satisfaction is demanded, b 275. 280
- its desert, and the way of escape, d [74]
- unto death, what it is, d [318]-320
- not from God, a 423. d [433]-435
- Son, his divinity, a 295
- his personality, a 248
- Sonship of Christ, eternal, a 277
- Souls, origin of, note, b 41
- pre-existence of, a mere fancy, b 126
- after death, c 318. 325
- Spirit, the Holy, his procession, a 260
- his divinity, a 398. 410
- his witness to the word, in the heart, a 118
- his work in applying salvation, b 197
- Sufferings of Christ, and the design of them, b 284. 285
- why not eternal, b 296
- Sum of relative duties, c 514
- Superiors, duties of, c 518
- Supper, of the Lord, d [234]
- Supralapsarians, and Sublapsarians, a 445
- Suretyship of Christ, c 77, b 173
- Swearing, c 470
- T.
- Tables of the law, c 433
- Temptations of Christ, b 404-420
- Testament, and covenant, how the same, b 169
- how different, b 171
- how received, b 181
- implies the death of the testator, note, b 294
- Testimony of the Church, a 116
- Theatrical amusements, sinful in note, d [15]
- Theft, d [23]
- Thoughts, sinful, d [64]
- Tree of life, b 88
- why so called, b 89
- of knowledge of good and evil, b 92
- Trinity of persons, a 206
- important, a 210
- in what respects one, a 243
- not unreasonable, a 226
- proved, a 249-251
- Dr. Jameison, on the, in a note, a 243
- Truth of God, a 185
- Trust, breach of, d [23]
- Trust in Christ, c 121
- Types of Christ, in ceremonial law, b 202
- errors concerning them, b 203
- in persons and things, b 205
- their spiritual meaning, b 207
- misunderstood by some, b 209
- U.
- Uncleanness forbidden, d [10]
- Unction, or anointing of the Mediator, b 245
- Union, of divine and human natures, b 221
- denied by Nestorius, b 222
- without confusion or mixture, b 223
- by subordination of human will, b 223
- of a divine nature to real human body, b 224
- of a divine nature to real human soul, b 226
- necessary, b 235
- Universal redemption, b 326-341
- Unitarian objections answered, note, b 292. 297
- Unity of God, a 194
- proved by his works, a 197
- light of nature, a 200
- uncompounded, a 203
- proved by his works, a 197
- Universal expressions of limited meaning, b 239
- redemption considered, b 343
- Usury, d [27]
- V.
- Variety, but no contrariety in the will of Christ, b 226
- Vicarious death of Christ, b 292-297
- Vile affections described, b 153
- Virgin really predicted, Isa. ix. 6., b 228. 229
- Vivification, c 159
- W.
- War of plunder and oppression in it, d [25]
- Wicked, their prosperity, a 45
- how made for the day of evil, a 495
- Will of God, secret or revealed, a 471
- sovereign, a 476
- how can we pray for it to be done? d [403]
- Will, free in our first parents, b 94
- our averse to that of God, d [402]
- of the Mediator as man, subordinate, b 226
- Williams, Dr. on election, in a note, a 529
- Witness of the Spirit, c 266
- Words, sinful, d [66]
- Word of God, a 48
- World, not eternal, b 8
- its antiquity, b 11
- false accounts of, b 11
- Wrath of God is not passion, d [75]
- Writing, origin of, b 13
PRESBYTERIAL QUESTIONS FOR EXEGESES.
Vid. Form of Gov. c. xiii. sec. 3.
1. Quî Deus unus dicitur?