Abel, 391
Abigail, 357
Abihu, 377
Abraham, 153, 154, 169, 170, 188
Adam, 169, 245, 275, 294, 295–296
affections, 27–28, 154, 248, 251, 254; aversation in, 264–265; decay of, 303–305; entangling of by temptation/sin, 64–65, 176, 181, 281–282, 291, 295, 298, 315–316, 327–331, 336; and performance of duties, 318; proper object of, 28, 331–332
afflictions, 72–73, 80, 90, 152, 182, 207, 222, 292, 360
Amalek, 381
arguments: “ab honesto,” 356; “ab incommodo,” 355; “ab inutili,” 355–356
Aristotle, 47, 47n6, 122, 122n71
Assyrians, the, 259
Babel, 345–346
baptism, into death, 137–138, 139
Baxter, Richard, 61n49
believers, 46–47; as captives to the law of sin, 287–288; habitual inclination of their wills unto good, 236–237; necessity of belief for mortification, 79–86; presence of evil within, 237–239
body, the, 47–48; deeds of, 48
Cain, 391
Calvin, John, 27–28, 34, 34n43, 113n64, 173n11
causes, Aristotelian types of, 47n6
chastisement of God, 88–80, 94, 99–100, 222
cogitatio morosa cum delectatione, 327–328
Communion with God (1657), 42, 42n5
conditionality, 45–46; and certainty, 46; and uncertainty, 46
conscience, the, 72, 106, 251, 315, 384, 399, 404
conversion, 81, 82, 84, 374–375
conviction, 62, 80, 81, 105, 122, 138, 353, 360, 394–396, 400
Corinthians, the, 218
cross of Christ, 332
David, 53, 64, 76, 90, 91, 97, 99, 100, 107, 109, 124, 125, 161, 163, 169–170, 174, 176, 180, 188, 197, 201, 202, 203, 255, 258, 275, 285, 289, 290, 308, 325–326, 330, 338–339, 345, 357, 358–359, 363, 364, 364–365, 366, 383, 384, 387
death, 297
deceit, 295–296
devil, the. See Satan
Dionysius the Areopagite, 358
Diotrephes, 176
disciples, the, 198, 201, 311–312, 375
Doctrine of the Saints’ Perseverance, The (1654), 31n30
duties, 60, 264, 266, 368, 374; mindless performance of, 314; the mind’s attending unto the ends of, 318–320; neglect of, 190–192; omission of, 190–192; as one of the ways God tempts, 154; the rule of duties, 316–318. See also meditation; prayer
Egyptians, the, 270
Eli, 367
Ephesus, church of, 366
Ephraim, 65, 82, 97, 217, 282, 286–287
eternal destruction, 100–101
Eve, 294, 295–296, 297, 321, 330, 338
evil, 153; presence of within believers, 237
faculties of the soul, 213n43
faculty psychology, 26
faith, 83, 115–116, 216–217, 317–318; and the expectation of relief from Christ, 133–139; and God’s promises, 195–196; and the killing of sin, 131–133; secret instinct in, 126; views of Christ, 120, 206
false prophets, 153
“flesh,” the, 271
fruits of the Spirit, 61, 65–66
God: being of, 114; faithfulness of, 212; glory of, 318–319; how we know him, 114–116; love of, 322–323; majesty of, 110, 111; meditation on, 307; renunciation of by unbelievers, 397–398; sovereignty of, 321; worship of, 318. See also temptation, God’s tempting
Goold, William, 141n1
gospel, the, 301, 337, 356; provisions of as the greatest preservative against temptation, 204–205. See also keeping the word of Christ’s patience
government. See magistracy
grace, 31, 32, 133, 207, 277–278, 301–303, 334–335, 343, 360, 371–372, 406; and believers’ wills, 236–237; in the heart of men, 153; mystery of, 336, 357–358; renewing grace, 94, 153–154, 153n5, 357–360; restraining grace, 94, 153, 291–292, 352–357; sanctifying grace, 273; as a “treasure,” 250. See also preservation of the saints
Habakkuk, 110
Hagar, 370
hardening of one’s heart, 53, 57, 98–99, 197, 198
heart, the, 27; corruption in, 153; as deceitful, 253–255; habitual inclination of toward evil, 272–275; as unsearchable, 251–253; use of the term in Scripture, 250–251; watching of, 201–208. See also affections; conscience, the; mind, the; will, the
heaven, hope of, 396
hell, fear of, 396
Heman, 63
Herod, 354
Hezekiah, 153, 170, 176, 188, 190, 363, 364, 365, 377, 384
Hobab, 298
holiness: God’s call to, 26; perfection of, 55–57
Holy Spirit, 33, 33n36; continuing work of in the life of the believer, 33–34; and the conviction of sinners, 395; efficacy of, 213; grief of caused by sin, 101–102; love of, 356; and prayer, 308–309; the sin against, 397; work of in mortification, 47, 53–54, 57–63, 80, 138–139
humility, 26, 268–269, 282–283, 300, 368
hypocrisy, 70, 87, 92, 279, 311, 382, 404
ignorance, of the will of God, 340–341
indwelling sin, 27, 50–53, 187; actings and operations of, 262–360; —, aversation, 263–270, 311; —, opposition, 263–293; as always abiding, 50–51; danger of, 98–101; deceitfulness of, 293–306; effect of in the lives of believers, 363–387; effect of in the lives of unbelievers, 388–398; enticing and entangling role of, 326–331, 394; evils of, 101–103; as fighting and warring, 276–283; as found in believers, 235; foundational text on, 233–239; guilt of, 97–98; the heart as its seat and subject, 249–256; how it endeavors to stop or taint the springs of gospel obedience, 376–387; as a law, 233–235, 245–249; 277–293; natural properties of: —, as constant, 262; —, as enmity, 257–259; —, as enmity against God, 259–260; —, as universal, 260–262; and the production of soul-destroying sins, 52–53; rage and madness of, 288–293; resistance of to the power of law, 398–407; as still acting, 51–52; success of in leading the soul captive, 284–288. See also lust; mortification; temptation
inveterateness, 90–91
Isaac, 376
Jehoshaphat, 347
Jeroboam, 346
Jesus Christ, 348; blood of, 356; as crucified and slain, 136–138; deliverance of believers from temptation, 207–208; and gospel revelation, 117; grace of, 212–213; as our High Priest, 134–135, 373; as our life, 317–318, 371; temptation of, 183, 216, 274–275. See also cross of Christ
Jews: as “Abraham’s children,” 91; and performance of duties, 312, 320
Job, 110, 115, 120, 198, 321–322
Joseph, 90, 93, 204, 300, 321, 357
Joseph’s brothers, 95, 339, 348–349, 355–356
Josiah, 345
Judah, 65
Judas Iscariot, 155, 169, 173, 181, 188, 190, 391
judgment. See chastisement of God
justification, 64
keeping the word of Christ’s patience, 208; cautions to take in order to do so, 219–220; coming short of doing so, 218; and knowledge, 210; —, as a word of consolation, 211; —, as a word of grace and mercy, 210; —, as a word of holiness and purity, 210; —, as a word of liberty and power, 210–211; as a means of preservation, 212–218; and personal obedience, 211; and valuation, 211
knowledge: carnal knowledge, 286–287; knowledge that “puffs up,” 386
Laban, 353
law, 233–234; dominion of, 243–244; efficacy of to provoke, 244–245
law of God, 103–104; pedagogical function of, 117; provisions of as a preservative against temptation, 204; resistance of indwelling sin to, 398–407
law of sin. See indwelling sin, as a law
legalism, 62
living things, Aristotelian types of, 122, 122n71
love: of God, 322–323, 356; to the saints, 217
lust, 51, 73–76, 86, 88, 270–276, 286, 294, 310, 383–384; dangerous symptoms attending or accompanying it, 89–96; of the eyes, 327; and temptation, 176–177, 179–181
“lusts of the flesh.” See lust
magistracy, 351–352
Manton, Thomas, 61n49
Marcus Tullius Cicero, 79, 79n17
meditation, 31, 136, 307; neglect of, 385
mercies, 292
metonymy, 48n9
mind, the, 251, 253–254; aversation in, 265–266; darkening of, 74, 175–177, 290–291, 340, 341, 378, 384; duty of, 299–306; as our spirit, 316; sin’s effect on, 295–296, 298–326, 336; spiritual slothfulness of, 324–325; steadfastness of, 315
mortification, 33, 34, 95, 244, 281; as the daily work of believers, 49–57, 255; directions for the work itself, 131–139; exhortations to, 62–63; foundation of, 45–49; general (preparatory) directions for, 79; —, be a believer, 79–86; —, be obedient, 86–89; particular (preparatory) directions for, 89; —, consider the occasions and advantages your distemper has taken to exert and put forth itself, and watch against them all, 109; —, consider what dangerous symptoms your lust has attending or accompanying it, 89–96; —, consider whether the distemper is rooted in your nature and increased by your constitution, 107–109; —, constantly long and breathe after deliverance from the power of sin, 106–107; —, do not speak peace to yourself before God speaks it, but hearken to what he says to your soul, 118–127; —, get a clear and abiding sense of the guilt, danger, and evil of your sin, 97–103; —, load your conscience with the guilt of sin, 103–106; —, rise mightily against the first actions and conceptions of your distemper, 109–110; —, use and exercise yourself to such meditations as may serve to fill you at all times with self-abasement and thoughts of your vileness, 110–118; results of neglecting it, 54–55, 56–57; and the spiritual life of believers, 63–66; what it is, 73–78; what it is not, 69–73. See also Holy Spirit, work of in mortification
Murray, John, 33
Nadab, 377
Nature, Power, Deceit, and Prevalency of Indwelling Sin, The (1667), 25; outline of, 225n1, 425–434; overview of, 225; text of the book, 229–407
Nero, 391
Nicodemus, 85
obedience, 31, 62, 86–89, 211, 299, 305, 356, 368; declension of, 384–386; as a means to prevent aversation, 267; reward for, 168; and the will of doing good, 237–239
Of Communion with God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost (1657), 32n32
Of Temptation (1658), 25; outline of, 141n1, 417–423; overview of, 141–142; text of the book, 145–223
Of the Mortification of Sin in Believers (1656), 25; outline of, 411–415; overview of, 37–38; text of the book, 41–139
ordinances of the gospel, 369
Owen, John, 24–25; book-length studies on his thought, 24n2; comparison of his thought with Calvin’s thought, 34n43; published biographies on, 24n2
Paul, 59, 70, 89, 112–113, 132, 139, 153–154, 161, 199, 206, 207, 212–213, 214, 358, 383
peace, 66, 173–174; false peace, 174; of God, 204–205; God’s speaking of, 118–127; loss of, 99–100
Peter, 89, 151–152, 161, 168, 170, 171, 172, 176, 188, 198, 199, 200–201, 203, 222, 267, 325, 334, 339, 348, 375, 387
Pharaoh, 270, 296, 343, 380–381, 401, 403
Philadelphia, church of, 168, 208, 212
prayer, 31, 136, 164, 167–168, 194, 196, 267–268, 279, 307, 308–310; neglect of, 384–386
preaching of the gospel, 80, 84–85, 95, 138, 168, 169, 392–393, 394
preservation of the saints, 31–32, 194–195, 212–218, 369
prodigal son, the, 131
providence, 154, 207, 292–293, 343–352
punishment. See chastisement of God
queen of Sheba, 113
reformation, 394–396
religiosity, 56–57
repute/esteem, love of, 172–173, 188–190
revelation, special, 117
Roman Catholicism, 58–60, 83, 85–86, 108, 206, 286, 406; doctrine of opera supererogationis, 58n18
Romans, the, 390
sanctification, 31, 32–35, 139; and God’s preservation, 31–32. See also mortification; vivification
Sardis, church of, 174, 191, 199, 222
Satan, 74, 204, 274–275; and God’s permission, 177; and the prevalency of sin upon the soul, 285–286; returns of to the soul of the believer, 379–380. See also temptation, Satan’s tempting
Saul, 313, 317, 319, 320, 348, 349
Scripture, 95, 117–118, 270, 370; and the conviction of sinners, 395; meditation on, 307
seasons, the, 197; a season of great spiritual enjoyments, 199–200; a season of self-confidence, 200–201; a season of the slumber of grace, of neglect in communion with God, of formality in duty, 198–199; a season of unusual outward prosperity, 197–199; seasons for the exercise of doing good, 237
security. See peace
self-examination. See mortification, particular (preparatory) directions for
self-knowledge, 29–31, 76, 201–208
Shakespeare, William, 190, 190n5
shame and reproach, 173
Simon Magus, 71
sin. See indwelling sin
Sodomites, the, 346
Solomon, 324
Song of Solomon, seventeenth-century interpretation of, 126n77, 191n8, 273n59
sufferings. See afflictions
synecdoche, 48n10
temperaments, 202–203
temptation, 74, 297, 337; conditions for entering temptation, 160–162; definitions of, 156; degrees of, 187–188; entering into temptation, 168–170; foundational text on, 151–152; general nature of, 152; great danger of, 192–194; God’s tempting, 177; —, the end for which God tempts, 153–154; —, the way God tempts, 154–155; and the great duty of all believers not to fall into it, 167–184; the “hour of temptation,” 161; —, how we know when temptation is in its hour, 162–164; how we know we have entered into temptation, 187–192; and human weakness, 171–172; means of preventing temptation prescribed by our Savior, 192–196; —, pray, 164, 167–168, 194, 196, 267–268; —, watch, 109, 164, 197–208, 220–223, 256, 267–268; power of, 175–177; private temptations, 179–181; public temptations, 177–179; Satan’s tempting, 160, 161, 163, 200, 285, 289; —, the way Satan tempts, 30, 155–156, 193, 198, 206, 295–296, 330, 380–381; special nature of, 152–156; what “entering temptation” is and is not, 159–160. See also Jesus Christ, temptation of; keeping the word of Christ’s patience
unrepentance, 387
Uzziah, 348
vivification, 34
will, the, 248, 251, 253–254, 286; consent of to sin, 333–337; effect of sin and temptation on, 291, 298, 384
works of the flesh, 48, 53, 379, 391
Zimri, 102