XIX. 139. Councils have no such
power as the Apostles had, 137.
Counsellors, duties of, XVII. 374-376.
Cousins-german, marriage of not un-
lawful, IV. 33, 34. Their duty,
when, after being married, they en-
tertain doubts of the lawfulness of
their marriage, 34.

Covenant (Christian), defined, V. 39.
The parties to it, ib., 40. The matter
of it on God's part, 40; and on man's
part, ib., 41. What are the terms of
it proposed by God, and where, 41,
42. The necessary qualifications of
it, on man's part, 42, 43. Its fruits
and benefits, 43. Its special reasons,
ib., 44. The baptismal covenant ex-
plained,44-47. Of renewing the cove-
nant, 47, 48. Who are sincere in the
Christian covenant, XVI. 161–163.
Covenant of grace, heartily to be con-
sented unto, II. 43, 44. Direction
for the present performance of it, 44
-48. Sum of the covenant of God
with man, 200. The baptismal co-
venant, how to be explained to chil-
dren and servants, IV. 273-275.
Heads of it, V. 526. In what manner
a truly-converted man will covenant
with God, VII. 101-103.
Covenant (Church). See Church Cove-

nant.

Coventry, inhabitants of, dedication of
the third part of The Saint's Rest'
to, XXII. 359.

Covetousness described, III. 70, 71.
The malignity of this sin, 71, 72;
and its worst sorts, XIX. 251. What
counterfeits of the contrary virtue
hide this sin from the eyes of world-
lings, III. 74-77. What false appear-
ances of covetousness cause many to
be unjustly suspected of it, 77-79.
Directions and cautions against it,
79-94.

Coxe (Mrs. Mary), funeral sermon on
the death of, XVIII. 91-100. Her
character, 101-105. Practical im-
provement of it, 105-112.
Coxe (Dr. Thomas), dedication to, of
Mrs. Coxe's funeral sermon, XVIII.
89, 90. Address to him and to his
children, 107-110.
Creation, the works of, to be regarded
with faith, XII. 181-183. Cate-
chetical history of the creation,
XVIII. 528-531; and explanation
of it, XIX. 66, 67. The creation of
all things out of nothing, vindicated
from infidel objections, XX. 434.
Creature, vanity and vexation of, a
motive to the love of God, II. 372,
373. Helps for discovering the

sinful love of, III. 262-264; and
for mortifying it, 264-268. How
far swearing by creatures is sinful,
493, 494. Whether any and what
degree of religious worship may be
given to a creature, V. 468-472.
Credibility of history, observations on,
XIII. 376-378. Of the Gospel,
briefly proved, XIX. 41-53. Proved
from the character of the spectators,
who were not deceived themselves,
XVIII. 436. Nor were the Apostles
and Evangelists deceived by others,
436-438. Nor are we deceived by
any false historical tradition, 438-.
443. The credibility of the Scrip-
ture history vindicated from all ob-
jections, XXI. 358-363.

Creed of profane men, heads of, II.
156, 157.

Creed of the Apostles, VII. 469. Its
use and authority, V. 528. Whether
really of the Apostles' framing, ib.,
529; XV. 68, 69. Their practice
imitated by the churches, V. 530.
Observations on the omission of the
clause respecting Christ's descent
into hell, by Mr. Baxter and others,
XIV. 380-386; and on the ancient
Western creed, 386-390. Cate-
chetical explanation of the Apos-
tles' creed, XIX. 61-121. Bre-
vity of the ancient creeds, XXIII.
143, note t.

Cross, the sign of, in baptism, whether
to be received in any case, V. 366.
See Crucifying, Glorying.
Crosses, external, directions to persons
labouring under, IX. 25, 26.
Crucifying of the World by the Cross of
Christ-What is not the crucifying
of the world, by way of caution, IX.
344-349. In what respects the
world must be crucified to us, as to
the object, 349-362; and as to our
acts, 363-374. How we are to be
crucified to the world, 375. The
difference between this and natural
death, ib. Our undue estimation of
the world must be crucified, 376;
also our inordinate agitations, 378;
and our affections, ib. Particularly
our love to the world, ib.; our de-
sires, 379; expectations, ib., 380,
381; and our delight in the world,
381, 382. The contraries to those
affections must be crucified, as dis-
plicency and hatred, &c., 382-385.
Our inordinate labour for the world
must be crucified, 386. Plausible
objections to this stated and refuted,
387-389. How the cross of Christ
doth crucify the world, 381. How it

is done by the cross as suffered by
Christ, 389-393; how by the same
cross believed in and considered, 393
-395. And how by the cross which
we suffer, in obedience and confor-
mity to Christ, 395-399. The abso-
Jute necessity of being crucified to the
world, and the world to us, 399–402.
Uses of this doctrine, 402. First, to
inform us that it is the use of the
cross of Christ to crucify the world,
406-411; and that wherever the
cross of Christ is effective, the world
is crucified, 412-414.

Secondly,

what it is to be a Christian indeed,
and at what a distance real Chris-
tians are from the world, 414-456.
Thirdly, a use of exhortation, espe-
cially to gentlemen, 456-483. Di-
rections for successful crucifying
the world, 483. Make use of the
cross of Christ hereto, 483. Receive
not a false picture of the world, but
think of the creature truly as it is,
486. Crucify the flesh, which is the
master-idol, 488. Keep your minds
intent on the greater things of ever-
lasting life, 491. Understand the
right use of the creatures, and em-
ploy them accordingly, 492. Keep
sensible of the enmity of the world,
and of your danger, 495. Be much
in the house of mourning, 496.
Study to improve afflictions, ib. Be
very suspicious of prosperity, and be
more afraid of the smiling than of
the frowning world, 497. Keep it
under mortifying means by keeping
a constant guard upon the senses,
505. And thoughts, 506-508. Make
not worldly-minded men your com.
panions, 508. Fourthly, a use to the
sanctified, to use the world as a cru-
cified thing, by seeking it only as a
means to higher things, and not for
itself, 511. Be not too eager for it,
513. Suffer it not to crucify you
with cares and sorrows, 515. Let it
not thrust out God's service, nor be
made an excuse for negligence in re-
ligion, ib. Use no unlawful means
to get the world, 518. Improve ill
for good, 521. Fifthly, a use of
consolation, with the benefits of be-
ing crucified to the world, 536-551.
Curiosity, presumptuous, in inquiring

into the secret things of God, to be
avoided, XII. 172–174.

Custom, in sinning, a hinderance of
conversion, II. 286, 287. Direction
against it, 287, 288.

Customs, the evading of the payment
of, is a violation of the eighth com-
mandment, XIX. 232.

D.

Damned, time, how esteemed by them,
III. 142, 143. Directions against
temptation, caused by the thought
why God will damn so many in hell,
XIX. 433-444. Objections against
the number of the damned being in-
consistent with the goodness of God,
XXI. 322-328. And against those
who live honestly and soberly, and
do nobody any harm, being damned,
330. Most of the world not damned
by God's will, without any remedy,
557-572.

Dancings, what opinion to be formed
of them, III. 622.
Danger, sinfulness of apprehending,
IX. 124-129.

David, Psalms of, lawfulness of using
them, V. 496. How they are to be
used, 497.

Day of Grace' defined, III. 333.
Whether it may be said to be past,
334, 335. Is never past in this life,
VI. 520.

DEATH, in what consists a readiness
for, XIX. 540. How much it is our
interest, 540-542. It is our chiefest
work, 542, 543. Directions for a
preparation for death, 287-292.
Particularly in health, 543-558.
And in sickness, 558-564. Direc-
tions for a comfortable and peaceful
death, IV. 416-420; XVIII. 7—9.
Observations on death-bed repent-
ance, IV. 411, 412. The death of
relations, whether good or bad, how
to be borne, 449. Considerations
against inordinate grief for the death
of relations, 450, 451. Answer to
the doubts of those who fear death,
XI.264-266. Directions to be will-
ing to die, 267-273. Arguments
and helps against inordinate fears of
death, 402-405. Directions how to
die by faith, XII. 574–578. Self-
ignorance causes men to neglect
preparation for death, XVI. 55.
Death the last enemy to be destroy-
ed, XVII. 527. How it is an enemy
to nature, 529, 530. To the soul,
530, 531. And to the work of grace,
531-537. Yet it is an enemy which
will be destroyed, 538. It is con-
quered meritoriously by Christ's
death, ib. Who conquered death by
his resurrection, 538, 539. By the
gift of his justifying and sanctifying
grace, 539. Antidotes against the
enmity of death: First, Saving
faith, ib., 540. Secondly, The par-

don of our sins and the justification
of our persons by the blood and
merits of Christ, 541. Thirdly, The
holiness of the soul, 541-543.
Fourthly, The gift of the Holy Ghost
as the Comforter of the saints, 543-
545. Death itself advantages our
felicity, 545, 546. It will be perfect-
ly conquered at the resurrection,
546, 547. Uses of this subject, 547
-595. Directions for overcoming
the fear of death, 562-576. Conso-
lation to fearful, doubting souls, 579
-588. Points of resemblance be-
tween death and the separation of a
minister from his charge, XVIII.
196-199. Points of dissimilarity
between them, 199, 200. It does not
annihilate the soul, 263. The great
change effected by death, XIX. 529,
530. Benefits of meditating upon
death to ministers, 533, 534. And
to others, 534-538. The sinfulness
of being unwilling to die, XXIII.
191, 192. Infidelity of it, 192. It
betrays the coldness of our love, 194,
195. And that we are not weary of
sinning, 195, 196. It shows an in-
sensibility of the vanity of the crea-
ture, 197-199. Our dissimulation,
199, 200. Remedies against unwil-
lingness to die, 200-212. Answers
to objections, 213–217. Our sum-
mons to die, the fittest season for
meditation, 328-331.

Debts, various cases of conscience
respecting the forgiving of, solved,
VI. 154-158.

Decalogue, observations on, XIX. 158
-160. Explanation of the preface
to it, 160-164. And of the ten pre-
cepts of which it consists, 164-253.
The lawfulness of kneeling at the
reading of, considered, V. 440. How
far binding upon us, XIII. 420. How
far the fourth commandment of it is
of perpetual obligation, 426, 427.
Whether every word in the decalogue
be of the law of nature, and whether
all that was of the law of nature,
was of the decalogue, 504-507.
Decays of grace to be diligently
watched against, II. 157.
Deceit by action, how far lawful, III.
531. And also the deceiving of
another by speech, 512, 513. Whe
ther children, servants, or subjects,
being in danger, may use deceit to
conceal their faults, 533. Directions
for escaping deceit in matters of re-
ligion, V. 134-151. Whether all
deceiving of another is sin, XIX.
240.

Declining in religion, different sorts

and degrees of, IV. 351–356. Signs
of it, 356-360. Directions to de-
clining Christians, 360-370. Aud
for preventing declension, 371–378.
Defamation. Sec Slandering.
Defence of truth against error, direc-
tions for, V. 139-151.
Deformed persons, how far they may
hide their deformity by their cloth-
ing, III. 629-630.

Degrees of consanguinity, prohibited,
for marriage, XIX. 225.
Delay, a hinderance of conversion,
VII. 300. Caution against it, ib.,
301.

Delight in God, nature of, II. 408,

409. How much of it is to be hoped
for on earth, 409. Directions for
delighting ourselves in God, 409-
421.

Demoniacs, why probably numerous in
the time of Christ, XX. 211, 212.
The circumstances of Christ's heal-
ing one explained, 212-216.
Departing to be with Christ, XVIII.
253. Necessity of believing this
doctrine, 254. Its certainty mani-
fested, 260-298. How believers
depart, in order to be with Christ,
306. They depart from body and
life, yet it is far better to do so, ib.
From all the fleshly pleasures of this
life, yet best, 310. From the more
mauly delights of knowledge and
books, 313. Of sermons, 318. Of
friends and conversation, 319. Of
God's word and worship, 321. Of
Theology, 322. Of notice of the af-
fairs of the world, 329. From our
service to the living, 331. Why such
departing is to be preferably chosen,
337. It is better, as it is the fulfil-
ling of God's will, and as tending to
the perfection of the universe and
the church, 338. It is better to the
individual as respects his own feli-
city, 339. This proved by general
reasons from the efficients and
means, 340. The final reasons, 344.
The constitutive reasons from the
state of the believer's intellect, both
as to the intuitive manner of know-
ledge, and as to the matter of that
knowledge, 349. He will know God
better, and also his works, 357, 358.
And Jesus Christ, 359. And the
church triumphant, 360. And all
God's word, 362. Also God's pre-
sent work of providence, 363. The
nature and worth of mercies, ib.
Himself, body and soul, 364. And
his fellow-creatures, 366. From
what evils and dangers he was deli-
vered, 367. He will also be freed

from temptations of the flesh, the
world, and the devil, 368. There
will be nothing in his will against
God, his neighbours, or himself,
ib. His will will be conformed to
God's will, 370. He will behold
God's glorious image in the perfec-
tion of God's image, 372. And the
church triumphant, including Jesus
Christ, the angels, and holy souls,
373-389. And there will be better
work in heaven than here, 389-
394.

Deriding of godliness, directions

against, III. 557-577.
Desire, sinful, how to be ascertained,
III. 268. Directions against it, 269

-277.

Despair or desperation defined, III.
329; IX. 114, 115. In what cases a
duty, III. 329. When sinful, 329,
330. Directions against sinful de-
spair, 330-344. What is commonly
called desperation in Christians,
shown not to be so, IX. 115–120.
Arguments and helps to patience
under temptations to despair, XI.
450-460.

con-

Devil, or Satan, proofs of the exist-
ence of, from his temptations, XXII.
319, 320. From apparitions, 320-
324. By possessions and disposses-
sions of evil spirits, 324-327. And
by his contracts with witches, 327—
329. Various appellations given in
the Scriptures to the devil, II. 259,
260; XX. 337-339. The temptations
whereby he hindereth men's
version, stated, with the proper reme-
dies against them, II. 62-98. How
he works in the warfare against the
soul, 261, 262. The Christian's arms
against him, 262, 263. The matter
and grounds of his temptations, 263
-265. His succours and auxiliaries,
and principal means, 265-268.
What instruments used by him, 268
-270. How he labours to keep off
the forces of Christ, which should
resist him, 271-274. Christ's me-
thods against him, 274-276. Temp-
tations by the devil to particular sins,
with directions for preservation and
remedy, 276-284. His method in
applying his prepared baits, 285-
309. And his temptations to draw
us off from duty, 309-324.
activity of Satan, a motive for the
redeeming of time, III. 140. Direc
tions against the sinful fear of, 302
-304. Deliverance from the power
of Satan, a benefit of conversion,
VII. 190-193. Answer to the ques

The

Difference in judgment, in matters of
religion, rules for conducting, IV.
134, 135. Duty of a wife in case of
such difference with her husband,
155. The differences of the godly,
not about essentials in faith or prac-
tice, XVI. 476-482. Refutation of
the objection against Christianity,
from the differences alleged to exist
among Christians as to the rule of
faith, XXI. 363, 364. And also con-
cerning the reasons and resolution of
their faith, 364, 365.
Diligence, excellency of, III. 605-
607. Motives to it, 608-611.
Disagreements in matters of religion,
address to those who complain of
them, XVI. 371–378.

Disciples of Christ; how sorrow goeth
before joy with them, XVIII. 201—
209. Christ's death and departure,
the cause of his disciples' sorrow,
209, 210. The sorrows of Christ's
disciples, short, 210-218. They
will be again visited by Christ, 219
-225. Who will turn their sorrow
into joy, 225-229. And their joy
shall be such as no man can take
from them, 229, 230.
Discipline in families, nature of, IV.
66, 67. In the church, how far
Scripture is the law or rule of it, V.
27-29. What power the civil ma-
gistrate has in it, VI. 53, 54. Ex-
hortation to the practice of ecclesi-
astical discipline, XIV. xxvii.-xxx.
Necessity of enforcing it, xxx., xxxi.
By whom it is to be performed,
xxxii.-xxxvi. How it is to be ad-
ministered, 105-114. Importance
of discipline, 117, 118. Pretences
alleged to justify the neglect of
church discipline, 184-188. An-
swered 188-198. So much disci-
pline to be exercised as is clearly

their duty, 242-245. See also Mi-
nister, IV. 4.

Remedies

Discontent, remedies against, III. 269
-277.
Discouragements in religion, three
sorts of, II. 108, 109.
against them, 110-113.
Discourse, edifying, motives to, VI.
246-253. Directions for it, 254-
257. Wanton discourse to be denied,
XI. 165-168.

Disobedience, sad effects of, a motive to
obedience, II. 211, 212. The fruits
of former disobedience to be remem-
bered, 215.

Displeasure of God, the apprehension

of, no punishment like it, a criterion
of walking with God, XIII. 161, 162.
Disputation, rule for conducting it, for
confuting error, and defending the
truth, IV. 134, 135.

Dissensions between husbands and
wives, directions for avoiding, IV.
123-127.

Distinctions, minute, in some of Mr.
Baxter's works, his apology for, XV.
172.

Diversity, what, may exist among

churches and Christians, without
dissolving unity, V. 155, 156.
Divine, what it is to be truly so, II.
165. Whether divine things may be
discoursed on, by those whose hearts
are not sanctified, IV. 224-226.
Divines, sad effects of proud, unhum-
bled understandings upon, XV. 91—

94.

Divisions, what conduct to be pursued
by believers when they arise, II. 130
-134. The mischiefs of them, IV.
175. Christianity, in itself, not the
cause of the:n, VI. 79-92. Falsely-
pretended knowledge and faith, the
great plague and divider of the Chris-
tian world, XV.84-107. Directions
to the converted against temptations
occasioned by the existence of divi-
sions, XIX. 424-432. Various
causes of divisions, XXI. 404, 405.
The divisions of professing Chris-
tians into sects, no valid objection,
against Christianity, XX. 114, 115;
XXI. 374, 375. See Schism.
Divorce: Whether husband and wife
may consent to be divorced and

marry others, IV. 159. Is the party
injured by the adultery of the other
bound to divorce, or left free, 160.
Is it the proper privilege of the man to
put away an adulterous wife, or is it
also in the woman's power to depart
from an adulterous husband, ib.,
161. May the husband put away the
wife without the magistrate, or the
wife depart from the husband with-
out a legal divorce, 161, 162. What
is to be done if both parties commit
adultery, 162. Or if one purposely
commit adultery, in order to be di-
vorced from the other, 163.

Doctrines, in what order to be preach-
ed, with their proofs, V. 121-130.
Heads of doctrine, in which all
Christians are agreed, 155. The
doctrines of a future state, and of
the Trinity, revealed in the Scrip-
tures, a proof that they are from
God, XXII. 318-335. Summary of
the doctrines of Christianity, XXI.
159-162. The concise statement
of the doctrines of Christianity con-
tained in the sacramental covenant
of grace, 167. The image of God
visible in the doctrine of Christ, a
proof of its truth, 209-213. Alleged
difficulties in doctrine, no objection
to Christianity, 355-357.
Doing as we would be done by, extent
of the rule, VI. 289.
Dominicans, doctrine of, respecting a

physical, efficient, immediate prede-
termination, obliterates all divine
faith, XIII. 144, 145.
Dominion of God over us, duty of re-
membering, II. 203-207. On the
saving knowledge of it, grounded on
his creation and redemption, and
the practical uses thereof, XIII. 114
-120.

and

Doubting, causes of, among Christians,
XXII. 505. The weakness
small measure of our grace, and its
remedy, ib. Looking more at the
present cause of comfort or discom-
fort, than at future happiness aud
the way to attain it, 506-508. The
mistaking of assurance for the joy
that sometimes accompanies it, 508.
They know not the ordinary way of
God's conveying these expected
comforts, 508, 509. The expecting
a greater measure of assurance than
God usually bestows, 510.
taking up comforts in the beginning
upon unsound or uncertain grounds,
510, 511. The imperfection of na-
tural reason, 512. The secret main-
taining of some known sin, 512-514.

The