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A77355	The works of William Bridge, sometime fellow of Emanuel Colledge in Cambridge; now preacher of the Word of God at Yarmouth. The first volume. Viz. I. The great Gospel-mysterie of the saints comfort and holinesse, opened and applyed from Christs priestly office. II. Satans power to tempt; and Christs love to, and care of his people under temptation. III. Thankfulnesse required in every condition.	Bridge, William, 1600?-1670.; Yates, John, d. ca. 1660.; Greenhill, William, 1591-1671.; Adderley, William.	1649 (1649)	Wing B4445; Thomason E471_1; ESTC R6919	182,218	262

so taking all together as one presents it unto God the Father for our acceptance And this he does now as our High-Priest for if we look into this book of the Hebrews we shall find That the Apostle speaking of the High Priest relating unto Jesus Christ saies in the 5. Chapter and the 1. verse That it was his work to offer Gifts That he may offer both Gifts and sacrifices And so in the 8. Chapter and the 3. vers Every High-Prist is ordained to offer Gifts and Sacrifices Thus we have another great work of our great High-Priest which is To offer up all our Prayers our Duties our Gifts unto God the Father which if ye will we may call another part of Christs Intercession but I handle it distinct Now that I may open cleer this great Gospel-Mystery I shall endeavour to discover First What Jesus Christ our High-Prist doth when be does offer up our Gifts unto God the Father Secondly What abundance of favour and acceptance this our great High-Priest himself hath in Heaven Thirdly That he doth improve all that his own acceptance for our acceptance planting all our Duties upon his own acceptance upon that acceptance that he hath with the Father Fourthly What abundance of acceptance therefore we have in all our Duties by him Fiftly How this doth conduce to our Grace and to our Comfort First Quest 1 What doth our Lord and Saviour Christ our great High-Priest when he offers up our Gifts unto God the Father First Answ 1 He doth take our persons and carries them in unto God the Father in a most unperceivable way to us He knows that if our Person be not first accepted our Duty cannot be accepted Love me and love my Duty love me love my Service hate me and hate my Service In the Covenant of Works God did first accept of the work and then of the Person the Person for the work But in the Covenant of Grace God doth first accept of the Person and then the Work Now therefore that our Work and our Duty may be accepted with God the Father The Lord Christ our High-Priest doth first take our Person and our Name and carries them into the presence of God the Father This was plainly shadowed out unto us by that of the High-Prest Who went into the Holy of Holiest with the Names of all the Tribes upon his breast Which the Apostle speaks out plainly Eph. 3.12 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 In whom we have accesse with boldness The word Accesse as some observe is Manuduction Hand-leading In whom we have an Hand-leading or by whom we are led by the Hand unto God the Father As a child having run away from his Father is taken by the hand of a friend or of his Elder brother and brought again into the presence of his father So all we having run away from God are taken and led again into the presence of the Father by the hand of Jesus Christ He is that ladder that Jacob saw upon whom we do ascend into the bosome of God and go into Heaven Our High-Priest Jesus Christ doth first take our Persons and lead us into the presence of God the Father That is the first Secondly As he doth take our Persons and lead and carry us into the presence of God the Father So when we do perform any Duty he doth observe what evil or failing there is in that Duty and draws it out takes it away before he presents the Duty-unto God the Father A Child that would present his father with a Nose-gay or Posie goes into the garden and he gathers flowers and weeds together but coming to his mother she takes them and picks out the weeds and binds up the flowers by themselves and so it is presented to the father Thus it is with us We go to Duty and we gather weeds flowers together But the Lord Jesus Christ he comes and picks out the weeds and then he presents nothing but flowers unto God the Father And this we have plainly set forth unto us by that of the High-Priest taking away the iniquities of the Holy things of Gods people in the 28. Chapter of Exodus Thou shalt make a plat-form of pure gold at the 36. verse and grave upon it like the ingravings of a signet HOLINES UNTO THE LORD And thou shalt put it on a blue lace that it may be upon the Mytre upon the forefront of the Mytre it shall be Then at the 38. verse And it shall be on Aarons forehead that is the High-Priest that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things which the Children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy guifts and it shall be alwaies upon his forehead that they may be accepted before the Lord. Thus taking away the iniquity of their holy things So it is said concerning our Saviour Christ in the 3. Chapter of Malachy the 2 3 4. verses Who may abide the day of his coming plainly understood of Christ as appears by the first vers Then at the 3. He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver and he shall purifie the Sons of Levi and purge them as gold and selver that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness Then shall the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord as in the dayes of old Then shall their offerings be pleasant When when he hath purg'd their sacrifices and their offerings This in the daies of his flesh and now much more This is the Second thing that the Lord Christ our great High-Priest doth in offering up our Gifts unto God the Father He takes out the weeds Thirdly As he takes away the iniquity of our holy things So he observes what good there is in any of our Duties or Performances and with that he mingles his own Prayers and Intercessions his own Intense and presents all as one work mingled together unto God the Father This we have so fully in the 8. Chapter of the Revelation that I need name no other place Another Angel at the 3. verse stood at the Altar having a golden Censer and there was given unto him much incense that he should offer it with the prayers of all Saints upon the golden Altar which was before the Throne And the smoke at the 4. verse of the incense which came with the prayers of the Saints ascended up before God out of the Angels hand This must needs be understood of Christ for no Angel does intercede but Christ who is called The Angel of the Covenant 'T is said here He stood at the Altar having a golden Censer Which none of the High-Priests had and there was given unto him much incense and this he offered with the prayers of all the Saints and the smoake of the incense came with the prayers of the Saints and ascended up before the Lord. He alludes unto the way and custome of the Jewes and the High-Priest shewing that the Lord Jesus Christ doth

for ever keep me from opposition to the good wayes of God I have said sometimes may a wicked man say concerning godly mens duties That it was their Hypocrisie And I have said concerning such and such Professors This is your Pride and this is your Singularity and I have opposed with all bitterness and earnestness the prayings and wrestlings of some of Gods people But is this true That the Lord Jesus Christ takes every Prayer of the meanest of Gods Children and carries it into the bosom of God the Father and shall I spit upon that that Christ owns shall I dare to oppose that that the Lord Jesus Christ presents unto his Father The Lord in mercy pardon me I have sinned and done foolishly and for ought I know I may have spoken evill of that Duty that Christ hath carried into the presence of God the Father Oh! through the Lords grace then for ever will I leave to make any opposition against any of the good waies of God again and I will never speake one word against the persons meetings or supplications of the godly again Again In case a man be Ungodly a wicked man Here is mighty incouragement for to come unto Jesus Christ I and to come presently For is Jesus Christ the ladder that Jacob saw by whom we go up to Heaven doth he take all our Duties and Prayers and present them to God the Father for acceptance Then till I do come to Christ all is nothing all is lost if I be a Drunkard and will not come to Christ Prayer is all lost if I be a Swearer and will not come to Christ an Unclean wretch and will not come to Christ all my Prayers and all my Duties are lost Oh! the Lord pity me may many a poor soul say I have lost too many Prayers already through the Lords grace now I will lose no more Oh! I come to Christ Lord I come I come This is a mighty incouragement to make every man now for to come unto Jesus Christ because the Lord Jesus our High-Priest takes every Duty and carries it into the bosom of God the Father for acceptance Thus for Ungodly Secondly In case a man be Godly this truth doth conduce to our further Holiness and growth in grace If I be Codly Then here I see infinite reason why I should be much in Duty not only pray but be much in prayer Why for the Lord Christ taketh all and carries all into the bosom of the Father mingles his own odours intercessions with it although it be but a sigh and a groane The Apostle upon this account makes this use of it having spoken of Christ our High-Priest Therefore saith he let us come with boldness vnto the Throne of grace Heb. 4.16 The word signifies to speak all ones mind let us come speaking all Having such an High-Priest indeed as will carry all into the presence of God the Father for acceptance every sigh and every groan then who would not be much in prayer speak all to Christ be free with Christ come with boldness There 's many a poor soul that is much discouraged and he dares not go to prayer many times afraid to go to the Throne of grace The reason is because he looks upon his Prayer or Duty as it lies upon his own heart or as it comes from himself Whereas my beloved 't is with your Prayers and Duties as it is with fire Your kitchin fire is troubled with abundance of smoake and there is filth about it fire upon the hearth hath much smoake but fire above in the Element of fire there 's no smoke So your Prayer when it lies upon your own hearth as I may say there 's a great deal of smoke but when it gets once into the hands of Jesus Christ there 's it's Element and it is freed from all it's smoke Or as it is with a mans Body so long as he lives here upon the earth he is feeble and weak and many times sickly assoon as he is come into Heaven all his weakness is taken away and his body being in Heaven 't is presently glorified and strength put upon it and all his diseases are gone So 't is with our Prayers So long as they are here below in our own bosoms they are full of weakness but assoon as our Prayer is out of our mouth 't is in the hand of Christ 't is in Heaven 't is glorified the weakness is now done away Oh! 't is a glorified Prayer when once 't is gone from you 't is in the hand of Christ And therefore this is a mighty incouragement unto all those that are godly to be not only in Prayer but to be much in Prayer come with boldness unto the Throne of grace Again If ye be Godly yea if ye be Ungodly Here I see infinite reason why I should receive every Truth that comes from Christ though accompanied with many failings in him that speaks it The Lord Jesus Christ he accepts of every prayer and duty that comes from me though it have many weaknesses yea he takes my Prayer and carries it into the presence of God the Father for acceptance my poor Prayer labouring with many weaknesses Then when a Truth comes from Christ shall not I accept of it what though the Minister or Preacher that speaks it labour with this or that weakness There is Pride or there is some miscarriage in the delivery or the like Shall the Lord Christ take my Prayer labouring under infirmity and accept thereof and carry it into the presence of God the Father for acceptance notwithstanding all the failings of my Duty and shall not I accept of Truth that comes from Christ notwithstanding all the failings of the poor messenger that brings it Further The more Evangelical you are in your Obedience the more Holy ye are in your lives This truth that is now before ye well studied and considered will make you more Obedient in an Evangelical way And ye shall find therefore that the Lord himself from Heaven does make this use of it pray consult with the 17. of Matthew and the 5. verse This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased hear ye him Those words follow Hear him Hearing notes Faith and Obedience not a bare Hearing with the ear Compare this and the same speech together which ye have in the 3. of Matthew and the 17. verse Loe a voyce from Heaven saying This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased Heare ye him is not there in the 3. of Matthew but here in the 17. of Matthew these words are added Heare ye him What should the reason be that Hear ye him should be added here in the 17. of Matthew and not in the 3. of Mat. thew Give me leave to give you some reason for it so far as may make to our present purpose Not to say any thing of that which Moses said In his daies a Prophet will the Lord your God raise up

takes that lovingly that comes from love whatever it be though it be never so weak Well But suppose that a mans Duty Quest or Service be performed with many failings infirmities Hardness of heart Straightness of spirit distracting thoughts this is my case Oh! is there any acceptance for such a Duty as this is will the Lord Jesus Christ the great High-Priest take such a Duty as this is and carry it in unto God the Father and is there any acceptance for such a Duty as this We know how it was with Nicodemus Answ and the woman that came trembling and touched the hem of Christs garment And we must know that in every duty that we do performe there are Two things There is the Sacrifice and there is the Obedience in offering the Sacrifice Though the Sacrifice may be imperfect yet your Obedience in offering the Sacrifice may be perfect with Gospel-perction 'T is in regard of our Duties as in regard of our Persons never think that God will deal otherwise with our Duties than he deals with our Persons The Lord came and justified the ungodly when he justified you He comes and he finds a poor soul in a sinful condition he imputes his righteousness unto that soul and justifies an ungodly one not justifying him so as to go on in sin it is the word of the Apostle He justifies the ungodly So the Lord comes and finds a great deal of ungodliness in your Duty and he imputes his righteousness unto that Duty and he justifies the Duty which in your eye is an ungodly duty This indeed is the wonder of all that he should deal thus by us For did we ever hear of any garment that would make the crooked straight If a man have a crooked back come and put velvet upon him silk scarlet upon him it may make him handsomer but it will not change his back and make him strait But when the Lord Christ comes he finds all our souls crook-back't as it were and he puts on his righteousness and this garment makes that that was crooked to become straite it makes the very crook-back't Duty to become a strait Duty Did we ever hear or reade of any Seal that when it was set upon the wax would change the wax into gold or into silver like the seal it may leave it's impression but it does not change the wax into it's own mettall If there be a stamp set upon silver or gold the mettal remains as it was before But if a stamp be set upon brasse it don't make it silver or if it be set upon silver it don't make it gold I but when the Lord Jesus Christ comes unto a Duty and sets his own stamp and his own righteousness upon a Duty that which was brasse before full of failings and much unrighteousness before changes it into gold into silver He only hath the Philosophers stone as I may so speak all that Christ touches turns into gold turns all our Duties into gold and when he hath done so he presents them unto God the Father This our great High-Priest doth And this is the Fourth thing But how doth all this make for our Comfort Quest 5 or for our Grace Surely Ans we cannot but see already how it doth make for our Comfort Is it not a comfortable thing for a man to know that his Duties are not lost that his Prayer is not lost that his Hearing the word is not lost that his Searching the Scriptures is not lost that his Conference and Communion is not lost A man is unwilling to lose any thing and the more precious it is the more unwilling to lose it If we have a venture at Sea we are unwilling to lose our venture and the greater our venture is the more unwilling to lose it If a man have but a quarter of his Estate in a vessel he is unwilling to lose it more unwilling if he have half his Estate most if he have all and his children there in the vessel too Now as men are unwilling to lose their worldly venture So a man that is sensible of his soul is very unwilling to lose his souls venture to lose his Prayers and to lose all his Duties Friends here 's an Insuring-Office The Lord Jesus Christ is our great Insurer in this respect and he doth as he is our High-Priest offering up our Gifts unto God the Father assure us that none is lost not any lost Indeed if we had such an High-Priest as were not able to take notice of the Circumstances of our Duties much might be lost but this our Lord Christ our great High-Priest doth not only take notice of our Duty what ever it be but of all the Circumstances of our Duties and so presents them unto God the Father in the full latitude in all the gracious Circumstances of them Therefore saith he unto the Angel of the Church of Pergamos in the 2. of the Revelation and the 13. verse I know thy works Why but Lord though thou doest know our works yet it may be thou doest not take notice where our work is done Lord it may be thou doest take notice of my Prayer but Lord thou doest not take notice where I dwell and live and in what family I do pray unto thee Lord I am in a wicked and a wretched family that does oppose Prayer Lord may be thou doest take notice of my Prayer but thou doest not take notice of this Circumstance Yes saies he I know thy works and where thou dwellest even where Satans seat is Well and thou holdest fast my Name and hast not denied my faith even in those daies wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr who was slain among you where Satan dwelleth It 's remarkable The Lord Jesus Christ takes notice not only of our Duty but of every Circumstance of the Duty and so he presents it unto God the Father not only the Duty but the Circumstance of the Duty and therefore there is not a haire of your Duty lost not one graine of your Duty lost is not this an unspeakable Comfort unto a poor soul that it knows that nothing is lost of all the Prayers it hath made unto God that there is no losse at all The very pantings of our hearts at the Throne of grace are received into the bosom of our Heavenly Father Further Is it not a Comfort for a man to have liberty to go unto the Mercy-Seat and there for to meet with God 'T is said of wicked men That they sit in the seat of the scornful There is it seems then the seat of the scornful and there is a Mercy-Seat A Drunkard when he is with his drunken company and sits upon the Ale-bench it may be scorning and jeering at some of the godly making songs on them he is set upon the seat of the scornful that is a cursed seat I but there is another seat there is a Mercy-Seat and there is never a poor Saint and Child of God

is never more at work for thee than when thou art most tempted and assaulted by Satan What a mighty incouragement is here to al that hear the word of the Lord to get into Jesus Christ But if I be godly and al this be true Why should I question the love of God towards me in the time of my temptation Beloved ye know it in your Experience ye are never more apt for to question the love of Christ than in temptation and yet Christs love is never more at work for you than in temptation Oh! what an unworthy answering of Christs love is here Again If I be Godly Why should I not be contented and quiet under all my temptations though they be never so great Christ prayeth for me Christs love is most at work now I am most assaulted his bowels then yern towards me Yea If I be Godly Why should I not with Paul Triumph over all temptations and make my boast of Christ and say as he did Now know I that nothing shall separate me from the love of God in Christ not Principalities nor Powers nor Devils nor Temptations for when I am most tempted Christ is most at work in love for me Yea beloved in the Lord why should we not all warm our hearts with this love of Jesus Christ it's a mercy that the Lord Christ will cast but an eye or a look upon a poor soul under temptation that is a mercy I but I tell ye more than so Christ does not only cast an eye and a look upon a poor tempted soul but his love and mercy is never more at work than when you are most assaulted and tempted by Satan Ah what grace and heart-warming love is here If I be Godly again upon this account why should I give over so soon and lay down my weapon in time of temptation If a City be beleaguer'd besieged and know that help will come they will not give over And though I am thus besieged and thus tempted help will certainly come for Christ hath prayed why should I give over then in time of temptation And if these things be so if there be so much love in the heart of Christ towards poor tempted souls then beloved should we not all run to Christ in the time and hour of our temptation run unto him by prayer It may be there are some that will say Quest If Christ pray for us in time of temptation what need we pray But I pray look into this chapter Answ and you will find our Saviour carries it otherwise In the text saies he But I have prayed for thee that thy faith fall not At the 46. verse Why sleep ye saies he rise and pray lest ye enter into temptation So that though he had said That he prayed for them yet he cals upon them also to pray It 's good praying my beloved when mercy is coming and mercy is then coming when Christ is praying and when you are most tempted then Christ is at prayer But to end all What ever your temptations therefore be you that are the servants of God still think ye hear Christ saying to ye Man Woman be of good comfort I have prayed for you though thy temptations be very great I have prayed for thee thought thou canst not pray for thy self as thou wouldst I have prayed for thee when flesh fails and eyes fail and heart fails and all fails yet remember this Christ prayeth for you in the time of your temptation Christ prayeth for you think that ye hear Christ speaking to ye in the time of your temptation for certainly he does it as well to his Disciples now as he did to his Disciples then he does speak and say Be of good comfort man or woman though thy temptations be great yet I have prayed for thee and thy faith shall not fail FINIS THANKFVLNES Required in every CONDITION 1 THESSALONIANS 5.18 In every thing give thanks Preached at Margrets New-fish street March 23. 1645 for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you WHAT is written to the Thessalonians is written for our instruction What they are commanded as Christians we are commanded as Christians In the latter part of this Chapter several Exhortations were given to them among the rest this is one In which ye have The Exhortation it self In every thing give thanks And the Reason in forcing that Exhortation for this is the wil of God in Christ Tesus conerning you In every thing give thanks In Prosperity and in Adversity whether things go well or whether they go ill In every thing give thanks He had said before verse 16 17. Rejoyce evermore Pray continually Unto those Exhortations he adds no such Reason as here Because it may seem strange that a man should give thanks in every thing he adds also for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you So that plainly here lies this Observation or Truth upon the words It is the will of God Doct. even our father that we should be thankfull to him in every thing When we are Full it will be granted that then we are to give thanks to God Deuteronomy the 8. and the 10. But ye are not only to give thanks when ye are Full but when ye are Empty not only when ye are strong but when ye are weak not only when you are delivered from the hands of your Enemy but when you are delivered into the hands of your Enemy Job 1.21 Therefore Job saies The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away blessed be his Name Job was plundered by the Enemy and yet he does blesse the Lord Job was emptied of a full Estate and yet he does blesse the Lord Job had lost his dear Children and yet he does blesse the Lord Job in a great measure given up into the hands of Satan and yet he blesses the Lord for which he is commended So then It is our duty and the will of God our Father that we should not only be thankful but we should be thankful in every thing For Reas 1 there is alwaies excellency enough in God and Christ to entertain your Thankfulnesse to draw out your Thankfulnesse and Praises Indeed there is a formal or notional difference between Praising God and giving thanks to God Praises respect the excellencies of God himself Thankfulness respect the benefits we receive from God I praise God when I honour him for the Excellency that is in him I am thankful to God when I blesse him for those benefits I receive from him But now in Scripture these are put one for the other ordinarily and whatsoever our condition be whether high or low rich or poor full or empty there is enough Excellency in Christ for to draw out our Praises and therefore in every thing we are to be Thankful There is no condition so sad Reas 2 but somewhat is good that is mingled with it No darknesse so dark but-some light withal No misery so miserable

of your Interest in Christ and Union with him Assurance that all comes from love Assurance that all things work together for your good and then if the Tempter come and saies Wilt thou praise the Lord dost thou not see how all thy acquaintance hath left thee and all thy friends left thee you will answer again I but all this is for my good and all this comes out of love and so what ever fals out you will be thankful in every thing Desire not Much he that desires much will expect much and he that expects much he won't be content with little much lesse Thankful for every thing Jacob was a plain-hearted man he desired little he was content with less he was Thankful for every thing So must you be And if you do desire much let your eye be as much upon what ye have as upon what ye want The Covetous rich man having a desire to have more is not Thankful for what he hath if you come to borrow money of him saies he I have need to borrow of you I am a very beggar I have nothing His eye is so much upon what he would have he forgets what he hath So many times it fals out spiritually let your eye therefore be as well upon what you have as upon what you want Lastly Be sure of this that you maintain the sense of your own unworthiness No man more Thankful than David no man more sensible of his unworthiness than David Continually thankful Continually sensible of his unworthines There is a Two-fold unworthines Creature-unworthiness and Sinful-unworthiness Accordingly a Two-fold sence of unworthiness One that arises from the apprehension of creature-unworthines of the emptines that is in us as Creatures And another that arises from sense of guilt of sin See them both in the 8. Psalm The Psalmist there praises the Lord O Lord our God verse the 1. how excellent is thy Name in all the Earth when I consider the heavens the work of thy fingers what is man that thou art mindful of him and the Son of man that thou visitest him He praises the Lord this Thankfulness was raised from the sense of unworthiness it was Creature-unworthiness Lord what is man O Lord our God how excellent is thy Name in all the earth Lord what is man Look into the 116. Psalm and there ye find the Psalmist praising God upon the sence of unworthiness too Gracious is the Lord and righteous yea our God is merciful verse the 12. What shall I render to the Lord for all his benefits towards me here 's his Thankfulness it was raised upon sence of unworthiness But what unworthiness Sinful unworthiness verse the 11. I said in my hast all men are lyars what shall I render to the Lord for all his benefits towards me He was sensible of his own unworthiness and it was a sinful unworthiness I said in my hast all men are lyars yet God is gracious to me What shall I render to the Lord for all his benefits So now it will be with you if ye can but keep the sense of your own unworthiness you wil say I was a wretched and a great sinner and though I have but little in the world yet any thing is too much for one that was such a great sinner as I was you will be Thankful for every thing in every thing Thankful maintain but this Beloved ye see how in all these troubles of these times God hath given us our lives for a prey As the Lord said concerning Job Only spare his life Job 2.6 So hath the Lord said concerning us spare their lives God did not deal so by our Saviour Christ when our Saviour Christ came into the world he met with hard dealing from wicked men and his life went for it he did not say Only spare his life his life went for it You have more in this respect than our dear Saviour had you have your lives given you for a prey in these evil times our Saviour had not Shall we not then be Thankfull in every thing having more than our Saviour had in this respect shall we not be Thankful for any thing for any thing that God gives us shall we not now be Thankful How many are there that walke directly contrary unto this Truth that I have spread before you In every thing Thankful and they in nothing Thankful in nothing contented Husband godly Children hopeful Estate comfortable and yet never contented Servants cannot please Children cannot please friends cannot please never contented Oh! is this a duty to be in every thing Thankful how do they lie in a sin and the breach of this commandement that are in nothing contented never pleased Beloved I don't now come to call for contentment and patience and quietness under Affliction but for Thankfulness and not for thankfulness only when all goes well with you but for Thankfulness in every thing Oh! therefore let us return unto our own souls consider how it hath been with us If there be ever a discontented man or woman reade this Sermon consider this Scripture The Lord saies be in every thing Thankful and thou hast been in nothing Thankful in nothing contented in thy condition Oh! how will you answer it at the great day Let me leave this Exhortation with you in your bosoms the Lord knows into what condition we may come whether into Affliction or Persecution or Desertion or of Temptation Remember here lies your duty before you lay it up in your hearts 'T is the will of God even our Father that we should be Thankful to him in every thing not in some things not when things go well only when we have Victory but in all things Thankful In every thing give Thanks unto God for this is the will of God our Father concerning you FINIS THE TABLE Of the First VOLVMNE A Absolution ABsolution of sin how obtained by Christ Page 90 Ability Difference between ability of sufficiency and ability of Idoniety Page 119 Acceptance see Duties Affliction Affliction and temptation used promiscuously in the New Testament Page 103 See Temptation Agreement There was an Agreement made between God and Christ before the world was made Page 57 Anointed Christ is anointed to be our High-priest Page 45 Antichrist Antichrist labours to derogate most from the priestly office of Christ Page 5 Argument The greatest argument to make us walk closely with God in Christ Page 50 Attributes Those Attributes of Christ which are most beneficial to the Saints are most opposed by the world Page 4 The same Attributes are given to the Devil for evil that are given to God for good Page 244 Avoid see Temptations B Bless What Christ doth when he blesseth men Page 80 Christ blesseth as God blesseth Page 82 Christs willingness to blesse men Page 83 How Christ blesseth ibid Christ doth not blesse as man blesseth Page 84 Whom Christ blesseth Page 86 Blessing What will make a man to be alwaies blessing