tion, 76-81. The great averseness of
men to any costly, troublesome, or
self-denying duties, 96-102. Par-
ticularly in case of any suffering,
102, 103. How self-denial is to be
tried, in order to ascertain whether
it is sincere, 117-119. In what
respects self must be denied, 120-
124. More particularly,
1. Selfish dispositions must be denied;
as, self-love, XI. 125-127. Self-
conceitedness, 128-138. Self-will,
139-147. Selfish passions, 148-
150. Self-imagination, 150, 151.
And inordinate appetite, 152-158.
II. Self-interest must be denied, XI.
158, 159. Especially the pleasures
of taste, 159-163. The gratification
of lustful inclinations, 163-165.
Wanton discourse, songs, &c., 165
-168. Idle and worldly talk, 168—
175. False stories, romances, and
other tempting books, 176, 177.
Vain sports and pastimes, 177-182.
Vain company, 184-188. Pleasing
accommodations, buildings, gardens,
houses, &c., 184-188. Apparel,
when used for carnal ends, 188-194.
Ease or slothfulness, quickness and
worldly peace, 195–201. The de-
light of thriving and prosperity, how
to be denied, 201-204. Children
and relations, how to be denied, 204
-210. Also selfish passions, 211,
212. New, vain histories and other
men's matters, &c., 212-214. Un-
necessary knowledge and delight
therein, 214-219. Factious desires
of the success of our own opinions
and parties, as such, &c., 219-222.
What carnal liberty is to be denied,
223-229. Our native country and
habitations, when to be denied, 229
-231. Bodily health and ease from
torments, 231-236. Natural life to
be denied, 236-241. Twenty rea-
sons for denying life, 241-264. On
self-denial of the world. See Cruci-
fying of the world.

III. Of self-denial in point of honour
and pride:-Ambition, or the climb-
ing into high dignities or places,
must be denied, XI. 273–277. The
love and good word of others, 278,
279. The reputation of riches, 279,
280. Comeliness and beauty, 280,
281. Strength and valour, 282.
Wisdom and learning, 283. The re-
putation of gifts and spiritual abili-
ties, 284-289. How far the reputa-
tion of being orthodox is to be
denied, 289-291. And also, how
far the reputation of godliness and

honesty, 291-298. A renowned and
perpetuated name to be denied, 298
-308.

IV. Cases and questions respecting
self-denial: - - Whether self-denial
consists in renouncing propriety (or
property), XI. 309, 310. Whether
it lie in renouncing marriage, 310-
312. Or in solitude and renouncing
secular affairs, 312. Or in renouncing
public offices or honours, 313, 314.
Whether it be a denial of our rela-
tions, 314, 315. Whether it requires
that we should relieve strangers be-
fore kindred, 316, 317. How and
with what degree of love self-denial
requires us to love our neighbours,
318. Whether self-revenge and
penance are self-denial, 318, 319.
Is self-denial to be without passion,
320. How far we must deny our
own reason, 320, 321. Must we be
content with afflictions, with the
permission of sin, or the church's
sufferings, 321, 322. May God be
finally loved as our felicity and por-
tion, 323-325.

V.

Motives to self-denial :-Selfishness
is the grand idolatry of the world,
XI. 325-328. The enemy of all
moral good, 328-334. It is con-
trary to the state of holiness and
happiness, 335-337. As self-seek-
ing is self-destroying, self-denial is
our only safety, 337-341. Selfish-
ness is the powerful enemy of all
ordinances, 341-346. The enemy
of all society, relations, and common
good, 347-354. It corrupts and
debases all that it disposes of, 354-
356. Self must be denied, or you
will deny Christ, 356-358. It deals
worse with God than with Satan,
358, 359. To be left to self is the
heaviest plague on this side of hell,
359, 360.

VI. Ten directions to get self-denial,
XI. 361-368. Concluding address,
368-373. Dialogue on self-denial,
between the flesh and the Spirit, 373
-380.

Self-destruction of man proved, VII.
436-441. The heinous aggravations
of this sin, 441–443.
Self-examination, recommended, II.
539; VI. 529. Directions for self-
examination before the Lord's sup-
per, IV. 325-327. Self-examination
urged as a means of coming to a
certainty of our title to the saint's
rest, XXII. 489, 490. Impediments
to it, 498-505. Exhortation and
motives to self-examination, 517-

524. The sweet effects of it, 524-
528. Directions for it, 529-540.
Fine remark of Seneca on this duty,
529, note.

Self-ignorance, shamefulness of, XVI.
36, 37. Evils of :-It cherishes
Atheism, 37-40. Causes ignorance
of the life to come, 40. And of the
evil of sin, ib., 41. Keeps the soul
from true humiliation, 41. Makes
Christ undervalued, ib. Makes a
holy conversation vilified, 42. Makes
men cheated by the world, 43.
Causes pride, 44. Makes men run
into temptations, 35. Makes temp-
tations prevalent, 46. Makes men
quarrel with God's word and minis-
ters, ib. Destroys charity, 47. Causes
church divisions, 48-51. Makes
men troublers of the state, 51.
Causes errors, 52. Makes men un-
just, 53. And unthankful, ib. It is
an enemy to true peace and joy, ib.
Makes men repine at God's provi-
dence, 54. Lose their time, and
neglect preparation for death, 55.
Self-ignorance detected by men's
unhumbleness, 59-61. By the
abounding of hypocrisy, 61, 62. By
the love of flatterers, and impatience
of plain reproof, 63-65. By men's
partiality to their own faults, 65-
67. When every man would be a
rule to others, 68. By the great
change made by approaching death,
or by other awakening providences,
69-72. By men's quarrelling with
others in their sufferings, and over-
looking the great cause in them-
selves, 73-77. Self-ignorance unfits
us for being useful to others, 101-
103. It causes the regenerate not to
confess sin as they ought, 169. And
not to pray against it, or for grace,
as they ought, 170. Makes them
negligent in their watch, ib. And
seek not help, 171. They lie in un-
observed sins, 172. The self-igno.
rant little think, while they are
orthodox, into what errors they may
fall, 176. Or in adversity, what sins
prosperity may draw forth, 177.

Or

how soon the resolutions of affliction
may decay, 178. Or, when the
heart is warm and heavenly, how
quickly it may cool and fall to earth,
181. And, in prosperity, they little
think what sins adversity may detect
or occasion, 188. Or what pride
may appear in those who are hum-
ble, 189. Sin surprises the self-ig-
norant more dangerously, and the

remedy is neglected through self-
ignorance, 198, 199.
Self-interest prevailing with a corrupted
will, a cause of falsely-pretended
knowledge, XV. 157, 158.
Self-judging, motives to, VI. 526.
Questions of conscience respecting
it, 527. Directions for self-judging
as to our actions, 528, 529. And as
to our spiritual state, 530-536.
Self-knowledge, different degrees of,
XVI. 34, 35. See Self-acquaintance.
Self-love, nature of, II. 460. How far
it is lawful or sinful, 461, 462; XIX.
245. How far we may love God for
ourselves, and whether more for our-
selves than for himself, II. 471-493.
Self-love a binderance to conversion,
VII. 288, 289. Directions against it,
289, 290. The blindness of self-
love, a hinderance of self-acquaint-
ance; XVI. 270. Its remedy, 271-
273.

Self-murder, various causes of, VI.
138, 139. Advices and cautions
against it, 139–142.

Self-resignation, nature of, described,
XVII. 353, 354. The duty and be-
nefits of, 11. 203-206. Helps to
this duty, 206, 207. Self-resignation
enforced, VIII. 147–155.
Self-revenge, how far lawful, V. 453.
Self-sufficiency of God, proved, XX.475.
Selfishness defined, XI. 58-CO.

Its

nature and sinfulness, VI. 241–243;
XIX. 246-248 Is contrary to
friendly fidelity, XIII. 310. Direc
tions against it, VI. 424, 425. A
general complaint of the prevalence
The
of selfishness, XI. 82-87.
prevalence of selfishness in all rela-
tions, 87-93. The power of selfish-
ness upon men's opinious in religion,
93-96. And upon the partiality of
their judgment in their own cases,
103-109. The great power and
prevalency of selfishness discovered,
110-115. Consectaries of this doc-
trine, 115-117. On the denial of
selfishness, see Self-denial.
Selling, cases of conscience respecting
justice in, VI. 306–314.
Seneca, a fine remark of, on self-
examination, XXII. 549, note.
Sense, not to be made a judge of mat-
ters which are above it, III. 351, 352.
Contradictions of sense by the
Romish church, 353. Especially in
the doctrine of transubstantiation,
XV. 37. Refutation of Bellarmine's
assertion, that sense is no judge of
substances, but only of accidents,
39-41.

Senses, ends of, III. 345. General di-
rections for the due government of
them, 346-358. Captivity to the
senses, one cause why Christ and
salvation are made light of, XVI.
514-516.

Sensuality, or voluptuousness, charac-
teristics of, III. 112, 113. Evil of
this sin, 105-110. Pleas brought
in favour of it, stated and answered,
110-112. Counterfeits of the con-
trary, by which sensualists flatter
themselves, 113, 114. False sigus
of sensuality, by which many are
wrongfully accused of it, 115. Di-
rections and cautions against sensu.
ality, 115-119. The baseness of it
to be inculcated on children, IV.
181, 182.

Separation of husband and wife, vari-
ous cases respecting, considered, IV.
155-175. Sinfulness of separation
from the universal church, II. 119,
120. What kind of separation is a
duty, V. 162, 163. The separation
of Protestants from the Romish
church, a justifiable separation, 175,
176. And their duty, 265, 266.
Seriousness, constantly to be maintain-

ed, II. 544. Importance of, to minis-
ters, XIV. 126, 127.

Sermons, whether a wife may go to
hear them, when forbidden by her
husband, IV. 153, 154.
Serpent's temptation of Eve explained,
XX. 436, 437.

Servants of Christ, who are, I. 320;
XVIII. 126, 127. Their duty, and
directions for faithfully serving him,
I. 324-332. Difference between
the servants of Christ and those of
the devil, 261, 262.
Servants:-Requisites to constitute a
fit servant, IV. 40. Religious and
moral qualifications of, 41, 42. Di-
rections to servants in their choice

of masters, 43-47. The special
duties which they owe to their mas-
ters, 203-208; XIX. 210. And
those which are due to them from
their masters, IV. 209-211; XIX.
209. 499. Their duties to one
another, IV. 220-223; XIX. 499,
500. Directions for their holy con-
ference or conversation, IV. 224-
229. Whether a servant may dwell
with an employer who will command
them to spend much of their time in
trifles and vanities, to please a proud
and curious fancy, X. 429-431.
Directions for the right teaching of
servants, IV. 270-281. Whether
they are to forbear weekly lectures,
at the command of their masters, V.
VOL. XXIII.

467, 468. A short prayer for ser-
vants, VII. 464–466.

Set forms of prayer. See Form of Prayer.
Shooting, as a recreation, question
concerning, VI. 330.

Shrewsbury, inhabitants of, dedica-
tion of the Fourth Part of the Saint's
Rest to, XXIII. 171.

SICK persons, arguments and helps to,
for patience, XI. 398–401.
1. General directions to sick persons:-
How they are to prepare for death,
XII. 576-578; XIX. 568–572.
[i.] For the unconverted, in their sick-
ness-Their sad state, IV. 403-
406. For examination, 406-408.
For repentance, 408. For faith in
Christ, ib., 409. For a new heart,
love to God, and resolution for obe-
dience, 409, 410. Whether late
repentance will be accepted, 411,412.
[ii.] Directions to the godly, for a safe
departure, IV. 412-414. Tempta-
tions to which they are exposed,
and how to be resisted, 414-416.
[iii.] Directions how to profit by sick-
ness, IV. 416-420. Sick persons
are specially bound to redeem time,
III. 169. And also those who are
recovered from sickness, 171.
[iv.] Directions for a comfortable or
peaceful death, IV. 420-433. And
for resisting the temptations of Satan
in the time of sickness, 433-438.
[v.] Directions for doing good to others
in our sickness, 439-443.

2. Directions to the family of the sick,
who are about them, IV. 443-446.
Whether it is a duty to make known
to the sick their danger of death,
446. Must we tell bad men of their
sin and misery, when it may exas-
perate the disease by troubling
them, ib., 447. Or may cast them
into despair, 447. What is to e
done in so short a time, ib., 448.
And in doubtful cases, 448. Direc-
tions to them for speaking to the
ignorant and ungodly when the time
is so short, ib., 449. The state of
men's souls not to be judged of, by
their behaviour in sickness, 449. Di-
rections against indulging excessive
sorrow for the death of friends, even
of the worst, 449-452. Form of
exhortation to the ungodly in their
sickness, 452-464. And to the
godly, 465-480. What makes us
partakers in the sins of a church, V.
195.

3. Prayers for sick persons:-For one
where there are hopes of recovery,
XV. 500-502. For those who are
unprepared for death, XIX, 639—
00

641. Of a dying believer, 564-568.
For women drawing near the time of
child-bearing, XV. 502. Thanks-
giving for them afterwards, 503,
504. And for those restored from
dangerous sickness, 502, 503.
Simon Magus, account of the heresy
of, XX. 279-282.

A

Sin defined, and the evil of it, II. 244
-248. The state of sin described,
19. Confession of sin a mean of
grace and salvation, 49, 50. The
sin against the Holy Ghost explain-
ed, 189, 190. Necessity of resisting
the first beginnings of, 219. How
sin first entered the innocent soul,
240. The common aggravations of
sin, 248, 249. The special aggrava-
tions of the sins of the children of
God, 249-251. Directions for think-
ing of sin as it is, 251-254. And
for obtaining a cure of it, 254-258.
Opportunities of sinning to be avoid-
ed, 291. Sin, no small or trifling
matter, 297. Not to be committed
though resolved to be committed no
more, 298. God needs no sinful
means to attain his ends, 300.
certain great duty not to be omitted,
because there may be a danger of
committing a small sin in doing it,
346-348. Various sins which are
produced by pride, III. 45-47. Is
it lawful for a man to suffer or con-
tribute to the known sin of his wife,
child, servants, or other relations,
IV. 167-173. Whether a man may
afflict himself by external penances
for sin, V. 452, 453. Forsaking of
sin, a consequence of true conver-
sion, VII. 104-109. Sin the cause
of most of the doubts felt by Chris-
tians, IX. 156-159. Ignorance of
the evil of sin, caused by self-igno-
rance, XVI. 40, 41. Sin, when most
unobserved, 173. Mortal sins, how
to be distinguished from infirmities,
III. 336, 337. Ten temptations
to take them for infirmities, and
declarations against them, II. 81–
88. For what sins a man may be
denied communion, 444, 445. Who
are guilty of being partakers of
other men's sins, VI. 241, 242. What
reparation is to be made by those
who have tempted others to sin,
514. Nature of sins of infirmity
opened, IX. 144-148. What sins
troubled Christians should most
search after, 159-172. How to have
faith against particular sins, XII. 405
-415. Aggravations of ministers'
sins, XIV. 65, 66. Some of the
greatest sins of Christians too little

observed and lamented, XVI. 191.
Particularly the remains of infidelity,
ib. The great imperfection of love
to God, ib. And want of love to one
another, 192. What sins may con-
sist with true grace, 203-205. The
doctrine of the Apostles' creed con
cerning the forgiveness of sins, ex-
plained, XIX, 102-108. Of the
intrinsic evil of sin, and of the per-
petual punishment due to the sinner
by the law of nature, XXI. 95—116.
See Confession, Pardon.

Sin against the Holy Ghost, judgment
of the fathers of the Christian church
concerning, XX. 217-220. Of the
Papists, 220. And of the reformed
writers, 221, 222. The judgment of
ancient and of later writers, whether
this sin be absolutely unpardonable,
223-225. And why it is more un-
pardonable, 225, 226. Mr. Baxter's
judgment what is not the sin against
the Holy Ghost, 226-235. And
what is this sin, XIX. 90; XX. 55—
57, 235-243. Whether the malici-
ous opposing of the internal illumi-
nation of the Spirit be this sin, 243
-246. Whether all total apostacy
be this sin, 246-251. Result of the
preceding discussion, 251, 252. The
sin against the Holy Ghost so unrea-
sonable and impious, that it is no
wonder if it be unpardonable, 370-
375. Mr. Lyford's objections to the
Treatise of the Sin against the Holy
Ghost examined and refuted, 380-
394.

Sincerity, five certain marks of, in
real Christians, IX. 63-65. Twenty
explicatory points for understanding
these signs, 65-80. When God has
discovered to a believer his sincerity,
he should fix it in his memory, 205
-209. Why the sincere can dis-
course so fully about heart affairs,
XVI. 116. And are so full in prayers,
while others are so empty, 117. In
what cases they may go on in sin
against knowledge, 142, 143. Di-
rections to the converted against
doubting their sincerity, XIX. 419.
The superior sincerity of the Chris-
tian religion, XXI. 175. A fuller
inquiry into the nature and marks of
sincerity, XXIII. 1–47.

Singing of psalms, the lawfulness of,
considered, XXI. 496. How to be
conducted, 497. Mistakes concern-
ing, corrected, VII. 322, 323.
Sinners, unconverted and graceless,
directions to, for the attaining of
true saving grace, II. 5-88. Custom
in sinning, a hinderance of their