the gospel, con. 7.5.cat. 33. How it was adminiftred under the law, con, 7.5 cat. 34. How under the gofpel, con. 7. 6. cat. 35. Councils or fynods ought to be, con. 31 I they may be called by the civil magiftrate, con. 23 3.31. 2. When minifters may meet without the call of the civil magistrate, con, 31.2. What power councils have, con. 31. 3. What submission due to their decrees, ibid. Not infallible fince the apostles times, con 31 4. But their determinations are to be tried by the scriptures, con 1. 10. How far they may meddle in civil affairs, con. 315 Creation of the world, con 4. 1. cat 15 Of man, con 4. 2 cat.

17. Of angels, cat. 16. Creatures. Dominion over the creatures given to man, con. 4. 2 cat. 17. They are curfed for our fakes, Gace the fall, cat. 8. Religious worship to be given to no creature,

con. 21. 2. cat. 105:

Curiofity, Bold and curious searching into God's fecrets, discharged, cat. 105. curious prying into God's decrees forbidden, cat. 113. curious or unprofitable questions are to be avoided, ibid.

The Curse and wrath of God, man liable to it, both by original and actual fin, con. 6. 6. cat. 27. How it may be escaped, con. 7.

3. cat. 153. Curfing, sintul, cat. 113.

The death of Christ, con. 8 4. cat. 49. In it he faw no corruption, con. 8 4. Cat. 52. The divine nature having sustained the human from fiaking under the power of death, cat 38 By his obedience and death, he made a proper, real and full fatisfaction to the justice of the rather, con 11.3. cat. 71. Thro'the virtue of his death and refurrection, believers are sancufied, con. 13. 1. Believers have fellowship with Chrift in his death, con 26. 1. and from his death and refurrection they draw trength for the mortifying of fin and quickning of grace, cat. 167. The Lord's fupper is a memorial of his death, con 29 1. cat. 168. and in that facrament, worthy communicants meditate affectionately on his death and sufferings cat 174and receive and feed upon all the benefits of his death, con. 29 7. The Decalogue, See commandments. The Decrees of God, the nature, end, extent and properties of them, con, 3. 1, 2. car. 12. The decree of predestination, con. 3. 3. 4. of election and reprobation, con 3 5,6, 7. cat. 13. How God executeth his decrees, cat 14. How the doctrine of decrees is to be handled, and what use to be made of them, con. 3.8. Curious prying into God's decrees, forbidden, cat. 113. Desertion. Wilful desertion, unlawful, cat: 139. Such as cannot be remedied, by the church or civil magiftrate, is cause fufficient of diffolving the bond of marriage, con 24.6.

Despair, finful, cat. 105. Believers. always fupported from utter despair, con. 18.4 cat 81. Devil, all compacts and confulting with him, finfal, cat 105. Diligence in our calling, a duty, cat. 141. Dipping in baptifm, not neceffary, Mm4

con. 28. 3. Decontent at the dispositions of God's providence, fintul, cat. ος, 113. Difcontentment with our own eftate, finful, cat. 148.

Divorce, lawful in case of adultery aster marriage, or of fuch wilful detertion as cannot be remedied, con, 24, 5, 6. A publick orderly course of proceeding is to be observed in it, con 24 6. Dominion. See fovereignty, crea ture fin

Doubting of being in Christ, may confist with a true interest in him, COD 17 3. 18.4. Cat 81, 172 And therefore should not hinder from partaking of the Lord's supper, cat. 172.

Drunkennefs forbidden, cat 139. Duty to God by the light of nature, con. 21. 1. Duties required in the first commandment, cat. 104

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the fecond, cat 108 In the third, cat. 112. In the fourth cat 116. Duties of inferiors to their superiOrs con. 23 5. cat 27 What is required of fuperiors, con. 23 2. cat. 29. Duties of equals, cat. 131 Duties of the fixth command. ment, cat. 135 Of the seventh cat. 138. Of the sight, cat. 141. Of the ninth, cat, 144. Of the tenth,

Election, out of God's mere free grace, con 3.5. cat. 13. From all eternity in Chrilt, ibid. Ele&ion not only to eternal life and glory, but ali to the means thereof, con. 36 cat. 13. All the elect, and they only, are effectually called and faved, con 3.6 10.1.4. cat. 66. Tho' others may be outwardly called by the word, and have fome common operations of the Spirit, ibid. Elect infants, and other elect perions who are incapable of being called by the word how faved, con. 10. 3. What use to be made of the doctrine of election, con. 4. 8. And how men may be affured of their eternal election, ibid. See affurance. Envy, finful, cat. 128, 136, 142 145, 148

Equals, their duties and fins cat. 131, 132.

Equivocation, speaking the truth in doubtful and equivocal expreffins, to the prejudice of truth or justice, finful, cat 145

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Eucharist See Lord's Supper. Exaltation of Chrift, con. 84. cat. 51. In his refurrection, cat. 52 his afcenfion, cat. 53 In his fitting at the right hand of God, cat. 54. In his coming to judge the world, cat. 56.

Self-Examination, cat 171. Excommunication, con 10 2,54 Expiation. Sin cannot be expiated but by the blood of Chrift, cat. 152.

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FAITH, what, con. 14. 2 cat. 72. God requireth nothing of finners that they may be juftified, but faith in Chrift, con. 11.1 cat, 61 Which he requireth as the condition to interest them in the mediator of the covenant of grace, cat. 32. It justifies a finner in the fight of God only as it is an inflrument by which he receiveth Chrift and his righteousness, con. 11. 2. cat 73.

Faith is the gift of God, con. 11 I cat 71. It being the work of the Spirit, con 14. I cat 59.72. It' is ordinarily wrought by the miniftry of the word, con. 14 1 Increated and strengthned by the word, facraments and prayer, ibid. Often weakned, but alway's gets the victory, con. 14 3. Growing up in many to a full affurance. con. 14.13.cat. 8० Good works the fruit and evidence of true faith, con, 16 2 cat. 52 Which is never alone, but always accompanied with all other saving graces, and is no dead faith, but worketh by love, con 11 2. cat 73

Fall of Man, the nature and effects of it, con, 6 cat. 21. 23, 25, 27, 28. 29. Why permitted, con. 6. How all mankind concerned in

it, con. 6: 3. cat, 22. Falling away, lee preseverance. Family worship daily, required of Gơn, còn 21.6.

Fafting, Religious fasting, a duty, cat. 108. Solemn tasting a part of religious worth p. con. 21 5. Fellowship, See communion. Foreknowledge, all things come to país infallibly according to the foreknowledge of God con. 5. 2. Forgiveness, See pardon. Fornication committed after contract of marriage, a just ground of diffolving the contract con 24. 5. Fortune. To ascribe any thing to fortune, is finful, cat 105. Free will. See will. Frugality, a duty, cat 141.

The glory of God, the end of his decrees, con. 3. 3. cat. 2 The glory of his grace the end of election, con. 2 5. cat 13: The glory of his justice the end of the decree of reprobation, con. 3 7. cat. 13. The glory of his eternal power, wifdom and goodness, the end of the creation, con 4. I The manifeftati: on of the glory of his wisdom power, justice, goodness and mercy, is the end of all God's works of providence, con. 5. 1. cat 18. The end of God's appointing the laft judgment is the manifestation of the glory of his mercy and justice, con. 32. 10. To glorify God is the chief end of man, cat. I. God is glorified by good works, con. 16. 2. Gluttony, a fin, cat. 139. God. The light of nature sheweth that there is a God, con. 21 [. cat, 2. What it declares concern

con. 1. 1. cat. 109. To glorify God and fully to enjoy him for ever is the chief end of man, cat. I. Good works. See works. Goipel. How the covenant of grace is administered under the gospel, con. 7.6. cat. 35. Without the gospel no falvation, cat. 60 con 10 4. In it Christ doth not diffolve, but ftrengthen the obligation to the obedience of the moral law, con. 19. 5. Believers under the gospel have a greater boldness of access to the throne of grace, than believers under the law did ordinarily partake of, con. 20. 1.

Government. See church, magistrate. The Grace of God Election of God's mere free grace, con. 3.5. cat 13. How the grace of God is manitefted in the fecond covenant, con. 7. 3. cat. 32 Effectual calling is of God's free and special grace, con. 10 2. cat. 67. Justification is only of free grace, con. 11 3. cat. 70. 71. adoption is an act of free grace, con. 12. cat. 74. The communion in grace which believers have with Chrift, cat. 69. all saving graces are the work of the Spirit, con. 13. 14. and 15. cat. 32, 72, 75, 76, 77. and do always accompany faith, con. 11. 2. cat. 73. Perseverance in grace, con. 17 cat. 79 Increase in grace, con. 13. 1, 3 cat. 75, 77. assurance of grace, con. 18. cat. 80. 81. H

Heaven, the state of the bleffed, con. 32. 1.33. 2, cat 86.90. Hell, the state of the damned, con. 32. 1. 33. 2. cat. 29, 86, 89. The meaning of these words in the creed, He descended into hell, cat. 50 Hereticks to be rejected, cat. :es. Holiness. God is most holy in all his couniels, works and commands, con. 2. 2 Man was created holy after the image of God, con. 4. 2. cat. 17. But by the fall he became wholly defiled, con. 6. 2. Believers are by the fanctifying spirit of Chrift, quickened and strengthened to the practice of holinets, con. 13. 1, 3. cat. 75. and are made porfealy holy in heaven, con. 32. 1. cat 86, 90. See fanctification. The Holy Ghoft equal with the Father, con. 2. 3. cat. 11. He is promised to the elect in the covenant of grace, con. 7 3. cat. 32. By him they are united to Chrift, con. 26. 1 For by him the redemption purchased by Chrift is applied to them, con. 8. 8. 11.4. cat 58, 59. By him they are effec. tually called, con. 10. 1. cat. 67. and have faith wrought in their hearts, con. 14. 1. cat 59. 72. Не is given to them in adoption, con. 12. cat. 74. and applying the death and refurrection of Chrift to them, by his powerful operation, they are sanctified, con. 13. I cat. 75. Having repentance wrought, and all other saving graces infufed into their hearts, con 13. 1. CAL. 32.75.76.77. Through the continual fupply of strength from him, believers grow in grace, con. 13. 3. eat. 75 The outward means are by him made effequal to the elect for falvation, con. 7.5.6.25. 3. cat 155.161. Prayer is to be made by his help, con, 21. 3. cat. 182. ability to do good works is from him, con. 16. 2. afsurance of faith is attained by his witnessing with our fpirits that we are the children of God, con. 18 2 cat. 80 By his abiding within believers, they are secured from falling totally away from the state of grace, and are kept by the power of God through faith unto falvation, con. 17.2 cat 79.

Hope of glory, con. 18. 1. cat 83. the hope of hypocrites, con. 18. 1. Humiliation of Chrift, con. 8.2.4. cat 46. In his conception and birth, cat. 47 In his life, cat. 48. In his death, cat 49. after death, cat. 50

Hypocrify, making profeffion of religion in hypocrify, or for finifter ends, fintul, cat. 113. The hypocrites hope, con. 18. r. Hypostatical. See personal.

them. cat. 71, 77Incarnation of Chrilt, con. 8. 2. cat.

37:39.

Inceti discharged, cat. 39. incestuous marriages, which are within the degrees of confanguinity or affini. ty, forbidden in the fcriptures, can never be made lawful, con. 24.4. Unjuft inclosures and depopulations forbidden, cat 142.

increase of grace, is from a continual fupply of strength from the farctifying Spirit of Chrift, con. 13. 1, 3 cat. 75,77. Innocency. The state of man in innocency, con. 4. 2. cat 17, 20. Intants, how faved, con. 10. 3. Infants of one or both believing pa. rents are to be baptized, con. 28. 4. cat. 166.

Ingroffing, Commodities to inhance their price, unlawful, cat. 142. Inspiration. The books of the old

and new Teftament are given by inspiration of God, con. 1. 2. But the Apocrypha is not of divine inspiration, con. 1. 3. Interceffion. How Christ makes in terceffion, cat. 55 It is a part of his priestly office, cat. 44. He makes interceffion, that the re. demption which he hath purchased may be applied to all believers, con. 8.8. cat 55. and their perfeverance depends upon his continual interceffion for them, con. 17 2. cat. 79. Joy in the Holy Ghost, the fruit of affurance, con 8. 1. 2. cat. 83. Believers, by falling into forme sins, may grieve the spirit, and be de prived of fome measure of their comfort, con 17.3. 18. 4. Judge Chrift the judge of the world; con 8. 1,4 18 4. How he shall come at the last day, cat 56. The Judgments of God upon finers in this world, con 5.6. cat 28, 83 How behevers may bring temporal judgments on themselve

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