XXV. 1. cit. 64. Given to Christ

from all eternity, con. viii. 1 . The benefits which the members of ic enjoy by Christ, cat. 05, 66, 69, 82, 83, 86, 90. The catholick church visible, what, con. xxv. 2. cat. 62. Out of it no ordinary possibihty of salvation, con. xxv. 2. Its privileges, con. xxv. 3. cat. 63. Particular churches more or less pure, con. xxv. 4. The purest subject to mixture and error, con, xxv. 5. There shall always be a church on earth to worship God according to his will, ib.
Church-censures. See Censures.
Church-government appointed by tlie Lord Jesus in the hand of church- officers, distinct from the civil magistrate, con. xxx, 1. cat. 4. -7, 108. But they are not exempted from obedience to the magistrate, con. xxiii. 4. They have the power of the keys committed to them, con. xxx. 2. What that power is, and its use, con. xxx. 2, 3, 4. They are not to be oppo- sed in the lawful exeri-ise of their powers upon pretence of Christian liberty, con. XX. 4. See Councils. There are some circumstances con- cerning church-goverument, which are to be ordered by the light of nature and Christian prudence, according to the general rules of the word, con. i. 6.
Circumcision, one of the ordinances by which the covenant of grace was administered under the law, con. vii. 5. cat. 34.
Civil magistrate, or civil pjwers. See M.ixistratr:.
The Ten Commandments are the sum of the moral law, co;i. xix. 2. cat. 98. They are a perfect rule of righteousness, c&/f. xix. 2. Rules for understanding them, cat. 99. The preface explahied, cat. 101. The first Conimandment,cu/.l03,— 106, C c 2 The
The TABLE,
The second.
cat.
The third,
cat.
The fourth,
cat.
The fifth,
cat.
The sixth,
cat.
The seventh,
eat.
The eighth,
cat.
The ninth,
cat.
The tenth,
cat.
107,-110.
Ill,— -114.
115,-121.
123,-133.
134,-136.
137,-139.
140,-142.
143,-145.
146,-148. The sum of the first four com- mandments, which contain our duty to God, cat. 102. The sum of the other six, which contain our duty to man, cat. 122. No man is able to keep the commandments of God perfectly, cat. 149. The Communion. See The Lord\
Stififier. Communion of saints, wherein it consists, con, xxvi. 1, 2. The en- joyment of it is one of the privi- leges of the visible church, cat. C2>. In the Lord's stipper communi- cants testify their mutual love and fellowship each with other, cat, 168, That sacrament being a bond and pledge of believers' communion with Christ, and with each other, as members of his mystical body, con. xxix. 1. The communion of saints doth not in- fringe a man's property in his goods and possessions, con. xxvi. 3. Communion which the elect have with Christ, con. xxvi. 1. In this life, cat. 69, 83. Immediately af- ter death, cat. 86. At the resur- rection and day of judgment, cat. 87, 90. It is a consequence of their union with him, con. xxvi. 1. It doth not make them partakers of his Godhead, nor equal with him, con. xxvi. 3. It is confirmed in the Lord's supper, cut. 168. Unchaste Company not to be kept, cat. 189. Nor corrupt communi- cations to be used or listened to, ib. Condition. Perfect, personal, and perpetual obedience, the condition ©f the covenatit of works, con. vii. 2. lix. 1. cat. 20. God requires
faith as the condition to intercjt ; sinners in the Mediator of the co- venant of grace, cat. 32.
Confession of sin always to be made in private to God, con. xv. 6. And is to be joined with prayer, cat, 178. When to be made to men, c»n. XV. C. Upon confession the offending brother is to be received in love, ib.
Conscience. See Liberty tf Con" science. Peace of conscience a fruit of the sense of God's love, con. xviii. 1, 3. cat, 83. Believers may fall into sins which wound the conscience, con, xvii. 3, xviii. 4. The wicked are punished with horror of conscience, cat. 28, 83.
Contentment. Submission to God is our duty, cat. 104. Discontent at his dispensations is sinful, cat. 105. A full contentment with our condition is our duty, cat. 147. Discontentment with our own estate a sin,
Controversies. It belongs to synod* and councils ministerially to deter* mine controversies of faith, and cases of conscience, con. xxxi. S. The Spirit speaking in the scrip- tures is the supreme judge of all controversies in religion, con. I. 10. The original text of the scriptures is that to which the church is finally to appeal, con. L 8.
Our Conversation ought to be in holiness and righteousnees, answer- able to an holy profession, cat. 112,167.
Corruption of nature, what, «?«. vi. 2, 4. cat. 25. A consequence of the fall of man, ib. Actual sin a fruit of it, con. vi. 4. cat, 25. How it is propagated, con. vi. 3. cai. 26. It doth remain during this life io the regenerate, and all its motions are truly sin, con. vi. 5. xiii. 2. cat, 78. But it is pardoned and mor- tified through Christ, con. vl. 5.
Covenant. No enjoying of God but by way of covenant, con. vii. 1.
Covenant
The TABLE.
of works, what, and with whom made, con. iv. 2. vii. 2. xix. 1. cat. 20, 22. Perfect, personal, and perpetual obedience, the con- dition of it, con. vii. 2, xix. 1. cat. 20. It is called a law, and a com- mand, con. iv. 2. and a law given as a covenant, »»». xix. 1. and a covenant of life, of which the tree of life was a pledge, cat. 20.
Covenant of grace, what, con. vH. 3, cat. 30, 32. It was made with Christ as the second Adam, and with all the elect in him as his •eed, c.;/. 31. In it God requirech of siniicrs faith in Christ, that they may be justified and saved, con. vii. 3. cat. 71. Faith being required as the condition to interest them ki Christ, cat. 32. Who is the Mediator of this covenant, con. viii. 1. cat, 36. Why it is called a testament, con. vii. 4, It v^'a« dif- ferently administered in the time of the law, and in the time of the gos- pel, con. vii. 5. cat. 33. How it was administered under the law, con. vii. 5. cat. 34. How under the gospel, can. vii. 6. cat. 35.
Councils or synods ought to be, con. xxxi. I. They may be called by the civil magistrate, con. xxiii, 3. xxxi. 2. When ministers may meet without the call of the civil magistrate, con. xxxi. 2. What power councils have, con, xxxi. 3. What submission due to their decrees, ib. Not infallible since the apostles' time, ocn. xxxi. 4. 3ut their determinations are to be tried by the scriptures, con. i. 10. How far they may meddle in civil affairs, con. xxxi. 5.
Creation of the world, con. iv. 1. cat. 15. Of man, con. iv. 2. cat. 17. Of angels, cat. 1 6.
Creatures. Dominion over the crea- tures given to man, con. iv. 2. cat. 1 7. They are cursed for our sakes lincp the fail, tat. 23. Religious
worship to be given to no crea. ture, con. xxi. 2. cat. 105.
Curiosity. Bold and curious search- ing into God's secrets discharged, cat. 105. Curious prying into God's decrees forbidden, cat. 113. Curious or unprofitable questions are to be avoided, ib.
The curse and wrath of God, man liable to it, both by original and actual sin, con. vi. 6. cat. 27. How it may be escaped, con. viv 3. cat. 153.
Cursing sinful, cat. 113.
D
Dancing. Lascivious dancing for- bidden, cat. 139.
Dead not to be prayed for, con. xxL 4. cut. 183.
Death, being the wages of sin, con. vi. 6. cat. 28, 84. It is appointed for all men, cat. 84 How it is an advantage to the righteous, cat. 85. The state of believers im- mediately after death, con. xxxii. 1. cat. 86. of the WiCked, ib.
The Death of Christ, con. viii. 4. cat. 49. In it he saw no corruption, con. vhi. 4. cat. 52. The divine nature having sustained the human from sinking under the power of death, cat. 38. By his obedience and death he made a proper, real, and full Satisfaction to the justic* of the Father, con. xi. 3. cat. 71. Through the virtue of his death and resurrecrion, believers are sanc- tified, co«. xiii. 1. Believers have fellowship with Christ in his death, con. xxvi. 1. And from his death and resurrection they draw strength for the mortifying of sin, and quickening of grace, cat. 167. The Lord's supper is a memorial of his deatli, con. xxix. 1. cat. 168. And in that sacrament worthy com- municants meditate affectionately on his death and sufferings, cat. 174. And receive and feed C c 3 upoB
The TABLE.
upon all the benefits of his death,
con. Xxix. 7. The Decalogue. See Commandments. Ihe Decrees of God, the nature, end, extent, and properties of them, con. in. I, 2. cot. 12. The decree of predestination, con. iii. 3, 4. Of election and reprobation, con. iii. 5, 6, 7. cat. ]3. How God ex- ecuteth his decrees, cat. 14. How the doctrine of decrees is to be handled, and what use to be made of them, con. iii. 8. Curious pry- ing into God's decrees forbidden, cat. 113. Desertion. Wilful desertion unlaw- ful, ca^ 139. Such as cannot be remedied by the church or civil magistrate, is cause sufficient of dissolving the bond of marriage, con. xxiv. 6: Despair sinful, cat. 103. Believers always supported from utter de- spair, con. xviii. 4. cat. 8 1 . Devil, all compacts and consulting
with him sinful, cat. 105. Diligence in our calling a duty, cat.
141. Dipping in baptism not necessary,
con. xxviii. 3. Discontent at the dispensations of God's providence sinful, cat. 105, 113. Discontentment with our own estate sinful, cat. 148. Divorce, lawful in case of adultery after marriage, or of such wilful desertion as cannot be remedied, con. xxiv. 5, 6. A publick and orderly course of proceeding is to be observed in it, con. xxiv. 6. Dominion. See Sovereignty^ Crea-
tares., Sin. Doubting of being in Christ, may consist with a true interest in him, con. xvii. 3. xviii. 4. cat. 81, 172. And therefore should not hinder from partaking of the Lord's sup- per, cat. 172. Drunkenness forbidden, cat. 139. Duty to God by the light of niiture, f#«. xxi. 1. Duties required in
the £rst commandment, cat. \04k In the second, cat. 108. In the! third, cat. 112. In the fourth, cat* 116. Duties of inferiors to their superiors, con. xxiii. 4. cat. 127J What is required of superiors, c xxiii. 2. cat. 1 29. Duties of equals^ cat. 131. Duties of the sixth com- mandment, cat. 135. Of the se- venth, cat. 138. Of the eighth, cat. \ 141. Of the ninth, cat. 144. Of ' the tenth, cat. 147.
EcctESiASTicAL powers not to be opposed upon pretence of Christian liberty, con. xx. 4. Ecclesiastical persons not exempted from obedi- ence to the civil magistrate, cen. xxiii. 4.
Effectual calling, what, con. x. 1. cat.
67. It is of God's free grace, not from any thing foreseen in man,' con. X. 2. cat. 67. All the elect, and they only, are effectually call- ed, con. X. 1,4. cat. 68. The elect united to Christ in their effectual callhig, cat. 66.
Election, out of God's mere free grace, con. iii. 5. cat. 13. From all eternity in Christ, ii. Election not only to eternal life and glory, but also to the means thereof, con. iii. 6. cat. 13. All the elect, and they only, are efl'ectually called and saved, con. iii. 6. x. 1, 4. cat.
68. Though others may be out- wardly called by the word, and have some common operations of the Spirit, i6. Elect infants, and otlier elect persons who are inca- pable of being called by the word, how saved, con. x. 3. What use to be made of the doctrine of election, con. iv. 8. And how men may he assured of their eternal election, i//. See Assurance.
Envy sinful, cat. 128, 136, 142, 145,
148. Equals, their duties and sins, cat. 131,
132.
Equivocation.
The TABLE.
Speaking the truth in doubtful ami »iqujvocal expres- sions, to the pnjuJi justice, &Iiiful, cat. rt5.
Eucharist. Sec Lord's Saftfier.
Exaltation of Christ, «»>». viii. 4.' cat, 51. Iii his resurrection, cat. 5'2. In his ascension, cat. 53. In his sitting at the right hand of God, cat. 54. In his coming to juJge the world, cat. oQ,
Self-examination, cat, 171.
Excommunication, can. xxx. 2, 3, 4.
Expiation. Sin cannot be expiated but by the blood of Christ, a?/.
F
Faitji, what, cm. xiv. 2. cat, 72. God requireth nothing of sinners that they may be justified, but faith in Christ, con, xi. 1. cat. 71. Which he requireth as the condi- ion to interest them in the Media- of the covenant of grace, cat. 2. It justifies a sinner in the sight of God only as it is an in- fitrument by which he receiveth Christ and his righteousness, con. xi. 2. cat. 73. Faith is the gift of God, con, xi. 1. cat, 71. It being the work of the Spirit, con. xiv. 1. cut. 59, 72. It is ordinarily wrought by the ministry of the word, con, xiv. 1. Increased and strengthened by the word, sacra- ments, and prayer, iS. Often weakened, but always gets the victory, con. xiv. 3. Growing up in many to a full assurance, t*/;. xiv. 3. cat. 80. Good works the fruit and evidence of true faith, con. xvi. 2. cat. 52. Which is never alone, but always accompa- nied with all other saving graces, and is no dead faith, but worketh by love, con. xi. 2. cat. 73.
Fall of man, the nature and effects of it, von, vi. cat, 21, 23, 25, 27, 28, 'J9. Why permitted, con. vL 1. How all mankind concerned in it, con. vi. 3. cat. 22.
Falling away. See Ptrjci'tra/ne.
Family worship daily, required of God, con. xxi. 6'.
Fasting. Religious fiisting, a duty, cj/. 108. Solemn fasting a part of religious worship, con. xxi. 5.
Fellowship. See Communion.
Foreknowledge. All things come to pass infallibly according to the foreknowledge of God, con. v. 2.
Forgiveness. See Pardon.
Fornication committed after contract of marriage, a just ground of dis- solving the contract, con. xxiv, 5.
Fortune. To ascribe any thing to fortune, is sinful, cat, 105.
Free-will. See IVill.
Frugality, a duty, cat. 141.
Gamino. Wasteful gaming forbl!- den, cat. 142.
Glory. The communion in glory with Christ, which believers enjoy in this life, con. xviii. 1 , 2, 3. cat. 83. Immediately after death/ cow. xxxii. I. cat, 86. At the resur- rection and day of judgment, con. xxxii. 3. xxxiii. 2 cat. 87, 90.
The Glory of God the end of la* decrees, eon. iii. 3. cat. 12. Thi* glory of his grace the end of elec- tion, con. iii. 5. cat, 13. The glory of his justice the end of the decree of reprobation, con. iii. 7. cat, 13. The glory of his eternal power, wisdom, and goodness, tho end of the creation, con, iv. 1. The manifestation of the glory oi his wisdom, power, justice, good- ness, and mercy, is the /.-nd of all God's works of providence, con.