AARON, a good priest, 148. Absolon, his rebellion, 407.
Abuses in attire, diet, &c. to be re- pressed, 49.
Adrian the emperor, 173. Æmilius oppressed Egypt, 135. Afflictions, common to all, 376; pe- culiar to God's elect, 377; on the body of the church, 378; on particular and principal members, 379.
Alexander the great, 169; answer made to him by a pirate, 226. Alliaco, Petrus de, 249. Alms, duty of giving, 265.
Amasis, his law against idleness, 117. Ambrose mentions Herod's burning books of the Jews, 16; touches bishops of his time with simony, 44, 136; brought emperor Theodo- sius to repentance by ecclesiastical discipline, 72; says pride is the greatest sin, 137; describes true re- pentance, 140; says Christ is handled and seen by faith, 153; reprobates unthankfulness towards God, 156; shews the evil result of forbearing things lawful, 316; his testimony that the cup was given to the laity, 455; says that a virgin is dependent on the judgment of her parents in respect to marriage, 455.
Ammianus Marcellinus referred to, 347.
Amphilochius, zealous against the
Arians, 41, 73, 232. Anabaptists, 191, 266. Angels, their office, 267.
Antichrist, sells for money, 11; and Christ, difference between, 12, 20, 28; his destruction already begun, 389.
Antigonus, his speech when he should
put on a diadem, 36. Antiquity, argument from, made by Romish foxes, 66. Apollonius falsely accused, 129. Apostates notorious, 362.
Apostasy of the reformed, what, 389. Arcadius, not saluted by Amphilo- chius, 232.
Aristotle says, seven hours' sleep suffice the body, 395.
Arius banished by Theodosius, 41; his dreadful end, 362. Armour of light to be put on, 214. Assemblies, solemn, ordained in church for special benefits, 55; christian, when they may be secret, 191, 192. Athanasius, falsely accused by Arians, 129.
Attire, sobriety in, 394.
Augustine says, it cannot be grace which is not every way free, 11; requires a doctrine to be recited from scripture that it may be believed, 14; Petilian's charge against him, 16; says, princes must forbid things whereby the commands of God are broken, 41; speaks of those com- pelled to come in, 46; says, pastors must recall wandering sheep to the fold, 72; quotes the opinion of So- crates on worship, 87; asserts that by faith we eat the body of Christ, 88; says, we must hear only, This saith the Lord, 95; shews we must be ready to excuse our brethren, 106; condemns the flatterer's tongue, 132; defines the ability of free-will, 133; his desire that God give what he commands, and command what he will, 133; says, there is no virtue but obedience, 145; says, it is some- times cruelty to spare, 148; mentions three causes of funerals, 161; consi- ders order of burying, &c. as comforts to the living, and not helps to the dead, 162; asserts that as every man departs hence, so shall he be judged at the last day, 162; recommends men to look for death, 171; says that remedies are too late when death is near, 173; asserts that he cannot die ill who has lived well, 173; says,
prayer is a sacrifice to God, a scourge to the devils, 263; enforces brotherly love, 286; says, grace is so called because given gratis, 297; compares Abraham with John Baptist for ho- liness in respect of marriage, 322; says, the mother's consent must be asked for a damsel's marriage, 326; explains why the knowledge of the time of the world's end is kept from us, 352; explains the meaning of nations (Luke xxi. 25), 364; says, sufferings are no argument of right- eousness, 378; warns that if faith fall asleep we are in danger, 382; the verses he wrote over his table, 399; says, the sacraments are called by the names of the things they sig- nify, 453, 454; declares sacraments signs of things, being one thing and signifying another, 454. Authorities must be prayed for, 82. Aylmer, succeeds Sandys in the see of London, xxii.
Babington's and Ballard's conspiracy,
sermon preached on occasion of, 403. Baldwin, or Baudouin, an apostate, 362.
Baptism, by the sacrament of, we are in- corporated into the church of Christ, 87; of persons delayed till their death- beds, 152; outward washing of the flesh in, declareth inward purging of the spirit, 302; private, of women, disliked by Sandys, 433, 448. Baronius, referred to, 193. Bartie, a fellow prisoner of Sandys, xii.
Becon's works referred to, 456. Bede, his interpretation of the sun and moon being obscured, 357; his opi- nion of the dissolution of the heavens and the earth, 366.
Benefits by which God allures men,
Benjamin, a tailor, helps Sandys to escape, xiii, xiv.
Bernard calls idleness the mother of toys, 117; says, prelates are changed into Pilates, 168; speaks of the time of death as most uncertain, 170; says, it is nowhere safe to be secure, 210;
calls good works not the causes of, but the way unto the kingdom, 214. Bertram, or Ratramnus, says the ele- ments remain after consecration the same in substance as before, 89. Bill, Dr, ii, v.
Bingham's Orig. Eccles. referred to for accounts of different notions respect- ing matrimony, 322. Bishop's charge, its weightiness, 331; its hardness, 332; peril of discharging and not discharging duty of it, 333; many good men have endeavoured to avoid it, 333.
Bishops, not made by chance, 334; orders for, 434.
Bishopric of London, Sandys took unwillingly and willingly, 334. Bland, Sandys' schoolmaster, i. Boasting, nothing in us to authorize, 102.
Bondage, we are redeemed from by Christ, 179; of Romish servitude, Christ hath delivered us from, 180. Bondmen, all men are by nature, 178. Bountifulness, a fruit of mercy, to be shewn, 229, 230.
Bourne, Sir J., his dispute with Sandys, xviii.
Bowler, converted by Sandys and Brad- ford in prison, vii, viii.
Bradford, in prison with Sandys, vii, viii.
Brotherly concord, St Paul exhorts to, 92; arises of unity in religion, 97; illustrated by a comparison, 98, 99; -kindness, we must abound more and more in, 424, 425. Brutus, 110; spared not his own sons, 227.
Burghley, Cecil, lord treasurer, instru- mental in Sandys' promotion, xix; Sandys writes to him, xx, xxi, xxiii, XXV, xxvi.
Cards, dice, &c., recreation with, 118. Care for others, a mean to maintain
concord, 107; in some merely pre- tended, 107, 108; must be hearty, 108; specially concerns princes, coun- sellors, &c., 108-110. Cartwright, Sandys complains of, xx. Chaderton, bishop, letter to, 436, 439. Change, desired of all, 167; of this
mortal life, all subject to, 168; to be daily looked for, 171; dangers of not expecting, 172. Charity, exhortation to, 398; hideth sins, how, 399; prone to hospitality, 400; communicates gifts and graces to others, 401.
Charles IX., funeral sermon for, 161. Children, not to marry without their parents' consent, 50, 281, 282, 325, 326.
Christ, foretold, 7; his coming and designations, 8; men invited to him, 8, 9; thought highly of office of a minister, 35; died for all, 79; alone purges our hands and hearts, 139; his second coming, tokens of, 171, 172; and his ministers, how received in the world, 236; Lord of all, 284; sent from God to preach peace, 284; peace throughout the world at his coming, 286; died to procure peace, 288; ordained judge of quick and dead, 288; honoured by us, but not by Papists, 289, 290; why the mul- titude followed, 338, &c.; diligent in his office, 343; pitiful, 344; good that he should sleep and we be troubled, 384; the foundation, 386; his coming joyful to God's children, 390; his righteousness to be imputed to us, 422; his coming near, 438, 441; by his merits alone Sandys looked for salvation, 446, 447. Christians, their sacrifice, 413, &c. Chrysippus, 36.
Chrysologus reprobates drunkenness, 137.
Chrysostom says that he who lives other than he speaks teaches God to punish him, 71; asserts that if we were spiritual we should not need corporal signs, 87; says that mercy without justice is folly, 147, 148; speaks of men deferring baptism to their death-beds, 152; says, we pay, not give, tribute to magistrates, 200; enforces reconciliation, 229; thought an evil-gotten groat would be a can- ker, 231; compares Moses with Elias for holiness in respect of marriage, 322; compares a pastor to one that wrestles naked, 332; blames parents who make little account of their
children's sin, 339; thinks the hill on which Christ sat may represent the kingdom of God, 340; his view of the signs mentioned by Christ, 352; thinks the church represented by the ship into which Christ went, 371; describes a wolf, 397; cautions against sparing a wolf, 413; defines a sacrifice, 414; says, we must view all mysteries with inward eyes, 454; declares that we make in the eucharist not so much a sacrifice as the com- memoration of a sacrifice, 454; says, there is in the eucharist not the true body of Christ, but the mystery of his body, 454; his testimony that the cup was given to the laity, 455; says that parents must provide wives for their sons, 455.
Church, called a vineyard, 57; means used by foxes to destroy it, 65; purged, and use thereof, 236; by whom to be reformed, 237, 238; figured by a ship, 370; whence such storms arise as trouble it, 380. Church of England, purged of idolatry and superstition, 58, 59; nothing in it ordained wicked or contrary to the word, 95; mercies of God towards it, 217, 218;-ill-requited, 219; no reason sufficient to withdraw from it, 338; doctrine in it the whole counsel of God, 447; rites and ceremonies in it not ungodly, though in some points might be bettered, 448.
Church robbers under name of church visitors, 122. Cicero, 45, 110. Claudius, 169.
Clemens Alexandrinus declares the doctrine of Christ most absolute, 222.
Comfort, exhortation to, 427, 428. Commodities received by coming to water of life, 31.
Conspiracy, who are mostly contrivers of, 405, 406.
Constans wrote a menacing letter to Constantius, 109.
Constantinus required that matters might be decided according to things which were written, 15; enjoined the
synod to order all things by book of God, 40; his inauguration cele- brated by a sermon by Eusebius, 56; wrote letters in behalf of Chris- tians persecuted in Persia, 109; Athanasius accused before him, 129; disburthened the church of heretics, 248; shewed favour to Christians, 373.
Constantius said those who were faith- less to God could not be faithful to their prince, 97, 261, 438, 441; re- ceived a menacing letter from Con- stans, 109; would not suffer a dis- sembler in religion to be about him, 121.
Contention, a hinderance of unity, 100;
vain-glory the breeder of, 101. Cornelius, his character, 256, &c.; he had faith, 260.
Corpus Juris Civilis, 281.
Cotelerius, referred to for passages against second marriages, 322. Counsel, evil, has wrought ruin, 39. Covetous men serve mammon and are idolaters, 182.
Creatures, religious honour not to be given to, 272.
Cross, to be taken up, 377. Crossing on the forehead, 433.
Crying to the Lord will bring help in trouble, 384. Curtius, 53, 110.
Cyprian says he is not joined to the church who is sundered from the gospel, 94, 457; declares the founda- tion of all religion to be laid in the word of God, 222; says, bishops are not made without the providence of God, 334; his testimony that the cup was given to the laity, 455. Cyrus, 53.
Dandelot, said to have been poisoned, 66. David, why he wrote Psalm 1v., 403; alleges his innocency, how to be un- derstood, 404.
Death, our state not changed after, 162; all subject to, 168.
Deering, suspended, xxi.
Deliverance from popery, God's mercy the cause of our, 180.
Demosthenes, 36.
Diligent man blessed, 337. Diogenes, 278.
Disciples question Christ about the destruction of Jerusalem and end of world, 351.
Discipline ecclesiastical, 71, 72. Dissent from church of England to be lamented, 95.
Doctrine pernicious of heresy or schism, those which teach are soul-murderers, 246. Donatists, 191.
Double-minded men, 130, &c. Drunkenness reproved, 137. Durandus, his Rationale Divinorum Officiorum, 224.
Duty of holiness and righteousness owed to God, 177.
Ecclesiastical orders to be made by learned men, 433.
Egyptians, a custom of at feasts, 171. Election requires holiness, 190. Elizabeth queen, her character, 57, 58, 80, 81; prayer for her, 415, 416. Emulation a bane of the heart, 138. End of all things certain, 387; consi- deration of it makes the heavy joyful and godly watchful, 387; time of it uncertain, but by signs may be thought to be near, 388. Enemies, against whom we must strive, 166.
Erasmus says every body's dreams are at this day read amongst divine scriptures, 18.
Eucharist, we are fed by it, 87; how
inward grace is reaped in it, 88; a sign, memorial, figure effectual of body of Christ, 88; visible elements in it are not changed in substance, 89, 90; preparation required to the worthy receiving of it, 90; Christ's body and blood in it are in a mystery not represented only but presented to us, 302, 303; we must try ourselves before receiving it, 304; opinions of fathers respecting it, 453, &c.
Euchites or Messalians, a sect of here- tics, 263.
Eusebius referred to, 38, 109, 130, 218, 248; preached at the inauguration of Constantine, 56.
Evaristus declares marriage not wedlock if consent of parents be wanting, 50. Exiles, English, found many tokens of mercy, 296.
Faith cometh by hearing the word of God, 153; we are made partakers of peace by it, 290; we have remission of sins by it, 290; justification by it an old doctrine proceeding from pro- phets and apostles, 291; perfection in it to be sought, 424; victory only by it, 435.
False teachers, how they may be known, 396, 397.
Family of Love, a sect, 130, 191.
Families to be instructed in the fear of
Fathers do sometimes check and contra-
dict one another, 20; the first thing they did on their conversion was to proclaim defiance to paganism, 373. Fear must be joined with love, 186. Flatterer, his tongue is grievous, 132. Forgiveness of injuries a fruit of mercy, 229.
Foxes, enemies of the church so called,
62, &c.; the means they use to de- stroy the church, force and fraud, 65, &c.; must be taken and how, 69, &c., 437, 441. Free-will, 133.
Fulvius, his impartiality, 227. Funeral, Sandys' directions for his, 447. Funerals, causes of solemnizing, 161.
Gates, Sir John, ii, iv. Gelasius, pope, his testimony that the
cup was given to the laity, 455. Gentile and Jew, no difference between, 275, 277.
God, how to draw near unto, 134, &c; comfort in drawing near unto him, 143; to be sought and found by faith and prayer, 152-155; fruit of seeking him, 159; forsakes not whom he has chosen, 185; his messengers cruelly intreated, 187; must prescribe how he will be served, 189, 221; our duty to, is repent- ance and newness of life, 207; various ways devised of pacifying his wrath against sin, 219, 220; the true way of pacifying him, 220, 221; what it is to
walk with him, 231; walkers with him must walk on, 233; public serving of him in the church consists in hearing the word, prayer, and the sacraments, 252; will be served of all nations, 253, 254, 279; neither parentage nor vocation shuts us from his kingdom, 257; no accepter of persons, 278; his fear should be planted in the heart, 280; created men to serve and honour him, 293; as the perfect rule to be followed absolutely, 375.
Godliness, perfection in, to be sought,
Godly have always had a care for the church, 235.
Gospel, the little fruit of, a token that
the fear of God is wanting, 187; while persecuted, it is enlarged, 283; men may lawfully flee from persecutors of it, 335.
Grace of God free, 11, 21, 297; needed
that we may draw near unto God, 133; works a preparation to it, a popish error, 267; receiving it in vain, what, 297, &c.; offered by the word and sacraments, 299, &c.; time to receive it when offered by gospel, 305;-when God afflicts, 307, 308; right way of receiving it by repentance and walk- ing without offence, 309, &c. Graces and gifts grow in the hands of him that spendeth, 345.
Gratiani Decretum, quoted in regard to marriages without parents' consent, 281; quoted for decree of Gelasius, 455. Gregory Nazianzen says, a kingdom grounded on good will stands fast, 53; declares unity and peace the best thing, 93.
Gregory, pope, declares universal bishop a proud name, 101; explains why Christ entered into the temple, Matt. xxi. 12, 237. Grindall, archbishop, comes to England with Sandys, xvi; consecrated to see of London, xviii; translated to York, xix; granted some liberty to opposers of liturgy, xx; translated to Canter- bury, xxi; disagreement with Sandys, xxii; dies, xxv.
Hand, significations of, in scripture, 134, 135; must be cleansed, 134.
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