Richard Sibbes :: An Alphabetical Table

THE GLORIOUS FEAST OF THE GOSPEL
The Marriage Feast
Between
Christ and His Church

An Alphabetical Table

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• A
  • APPETITE.
    • Spiritual Appetite, how it may be gotten. 16, 17, 18, 19
• B
  • All is of the best in Christ. 8
  • BOUNTY
    • God’s Bounty cause of promises. 111
    • We should honor God’s Bounty. 29
• C
  • Great is the Cheer at the Gospel Feast. 8
  • Spiritual Cheerfulness. 25
  • CHURCH
    • The Church is an excellent society. 3
    • The Church compared to a mountain. 4
  • Christian’s estate best. 27
  • Holy Company. 20
  • Comfort of the Scriptures. 101
  • Controversies judged by the Word of God. 100
  • Scriptures are preserved from Corruption. 103
  • God can affect things by Contraries. 153
• D
  • Spiritual Digestion. 23
  • DEATH
    • Death is the King of Fears. 56
    • Death spares none. 56
    • Death is armed by sin. 56
    • Death is attended on by Hell. 56
    • Death is terrible to wicked men. 64
    • Death is a friend to the godly. 66
  • Death of Christ hath conquered Death. 59, 60
  • Death is conquered though a believer die. 63, 64
  • Duellists, their sin and folly. 65
• E
  • Divine Efficacy of God’s Word. 101
  • Emnity between two seeds. 91
  • Emptiness of soul fits for Christ. 32
  • Of spiritual Exercise. 19
  • Experience of God’s Word that it’s true. 101
• F
  • Gospel is a Feast. 6
  • God is Founder of this Feast. 6
  • Christ in Jewish Festivals. 15
  • Spiritual Famine. 20
  • Fear of Death unbecomes a Christian. 62, 63, 67
• G
  • Guests invited to the Gospel Feast. 7
  • Christ’s righteousness our wedding-garment. 12
• H
  • Largeness of heart fit for this Feast. 16
  • In Heaven full performance of promises. 122, 123, 124
  • Hope upholds the heart in waiting. 125
• I
  • Ignorance on all men naturally. 35
  • Infidelity shameful. 105
  • Interest in God, cause of joy. 150, 151, 152
• J
  • Joy in God. 158, 159
  • Joy and grief consistent. 88
  • We must justify God in all. 25
• K
  • KNOWLEDGE
    • True knowledge is transforming. 52
    • Desires to know more. 51
    • What we know. 49
• L
  • LIGHT
    • Natural men want (lack) light. 36
    • Naturally their light is without heat. 39
• M
  • Majesty of the Scriptures. 101
  • Christ compared to Manna. 13
  • Religion makes not melancholy. 26
  • Christians have a mixture here. 81
  • Church compared to a Mountain. 4
  • Mysteriousness of Scriptures. 101
• P
  • Plenty at the Gospel Feast. 11
  • Preparation for this Feast. 16
  • We must purge the soul of sin. 16
  • Practice of what we know. 49
  • Of God’s promises and their performance. 107
  • Promises free and full. 112
  • Promises long before performed, and why. 113, 114
  • Promises shall be surely performed. 121, 152
  • Time of performance in God’s hand. 152
  • God’s time best of performance. 154
  • Reason of God’s performance. 152
• R
  • Of the Rebukes of God’s people. 89
  • Christ and his Members subject unto Reproaches. 90
  • Christ will roll away Reproach. 93
  • How to carry ourselves under Reproach. 94, 95
  • How we must Relish the Word. 22
  • Scriptures may be proved to be the Word of God by Reason. 103
  • Christ a Rock. 14
• S
  • Sacrament of Lord’s Supper a Feast. 15
  • Sense of sin. 18
  • Soul hath her senses. 21
  • Men naturally want (lack) sight. 36
  • We must not judge by sight. 79
  • Holy Scripture Word of God. 99
  • Are Supreme Judge. 100
  • Searching power of the Word. 102
  • Spirit indicted (wrote) and interprets the Word. 106
  • Sin greatest cause of Sorrow. 85
  • No Sorrow in heaven. 84
  • Comfort in Sufferings. 81
  • Natural men see not things spiritually. 38
  • Spiritual things are mysterious. 35, 36
  • Church excellent society. 3
  • We must walk in the strength of Spiritual Refreshment. 23
• T
  • TASTE,
    • Of Spiritual Taste. 22
    • We have but a Taste here of what we shall have hereafter. 115
  • TEARS, vide weep
    • God will wipe away Tears. 77, 78
    • Signs of right Tears. 86, 87, 88
  • THANKFULNESS to God:
    • For removing veil. 25
    • For Christ’s Conquest over Death. 62
    • For accomplishment of promises. 156
  • God’s Time of performance set, best. 154
  • Types of the Gospel. 12, 13, 14, 15
• U
  • Unbelief in overt sin. 41
• V
  • A veil over men’s hearts. 35
  • Unbelief is that veil. 40
  • God only can take away the veil. 42, 43
  • Means to have the veil removed. 46, 47
  • There is variety in Christ. 10
  • Christ’s victory over death. 55, 57
• W
  • WAITING
    • Our duty to wait upon God. 115
    • It’s hard to wait on God. 119
    • Waiting overcomes all. 118, 120
    • Many graces exercised in waiting. 116, 117
    • Why God will have us to wait. 150, 151
    • Encouragement to wait. 153, 154
  • WEEPING
    • Good men apt to weep. 72, 73, 74, 75
    • Though we cannot weep, yet we must mourn. 86
  • Spirit witnesses that the holy Scripture is God’s Word. 101
  • WORD
    • God’s Word is to be heard as the Word of God. 104
    • God will make all his Word good. 16

FINIS.