his sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not: and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them. -Job xiv. 19-21. My goodness extendeth not to thee: but to the saints that are in the earth.-Ps. xvi. 2, 3. But the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward, for the memory of them is forgotten: also their love and their hatred, and their envy is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.-Eccles. ix. 5, 6. Doubtless, thou art our father; though Abraham be ignorant of us; and Israel acknowledge us not.-Isa. lxiii. 16. CHAP. LXXIX. OF OUR LORD'S KINDRED ACCORDING TO THE FLESH. I AM become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children, &c.-Ps. lxix. 8. Then Joseph, &c. took unto him his wife, and knew her not till she had brought forth her first-born son. -Matt. i. 24, 25. out, desiring to speak with thee.— Matt. xii. 46, 47. Mark iii. 31–35. Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? and his sisters, are not they with us? Whence then hath this man these things?-Matt. xiii. 55, 56. She brought forth her first-born son, &c. When Jesus was twelve years old, Joseph and his mother went up to Jerusalem; and returning back, missed him, &c. They sought him amongst their kinsfolk and acquaintance, &c.-Luke ii. 7. 42-44. Matt. i. 25. After this he went down to Capernaum; he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples; and they continued there not many days.John ii. 12. His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judea, &c. For neither did his brethren believe in him, &c. But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, &c.-John vii. 3-5. 8-10. These all continued with one accord, &c. with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.-Acts i. 14. I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, &c. But other apostles saw I none, save James, the Lord's brother. While he yet talked to the people, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand with--Gal. i. 18, 19. 212 Acknowledge it to one another, 15. Add not to the afflictions of others, 20. Adhere to God stedfastly, 14. Admire God and Christ, ib. Admonish one another, 15. Advantage of afflictions, 20. See Antichrist, 73. Appearance of evil to be avoided, 14. Apostacy, to be watched against, 14. Assembly of saints for worship, 25. Associate not with the wicked, 17. Assurance. See Faith. Attributes of God, 2. Avenge not on enemies, ib. Avoid sin, and the occasions thereof, 14. Advantage of true wisdom. See Wise Men. Authority of the scriptures, 1. Advocate Jesus, 6. Adultery, 60. Affections of believers each to other, 15. Afflictions in general, 20. Afflictions the birthright of all, ib. Have been the portion of believers, ib. Comforts arising from them, ib. When greatest, then generally is deli- Intended for good in the end, ib. Shall have an end, God will deliver, ib. Almightiness of God, 2. Ambition. See Humility, and World. Anger in general, 14. Anger amongst brethren, 15. Its bounds and cure, ib. Even toward enemics, 20. Authority of magistrates. See Magistrates BABBLING. See Peace amongst Christians. Bear afflictions patiently, 20. Believers' fruits. See Character of saints, anger, affections, glory. Belief. See Faith, and Trust. Their failings, 11. Their privileges in general, 12. Beware of sin and apostacy, 14. See Praises. Blessedness of afflicted ones, 20. Blindness. See Ignorance of natural men. Blind zeal persecutes, 20. Boast and glory in God alone, ib. Breaking of Bread, the Lord's Supper, 25. Brethren, Christian, their extraordinary gifts, ib. Buckler, how applied to God. See Trusting Compassion of Christ, 5. in God. Burial. See Death. CALAMITIES, public or common, 21. Care to be cast on God in general, 14. Carnal-minded, 30. Cause of punishment, is sin, 14. Characters of true wisdom. See Wisdom. Charity in walking toward saints, 15. Cheerfulness under afflictions, ib. Censoriousness. See Judging of others. His excellency and dignity, ib. In his person and authority, ib. In his nature, ib. What he became, did, and suffered, to redeem mankind, 6. He took flesh upon him, ib. He was crucified, died, ib. He rose from the dead, ib. He ascended into heaven, ib. Christ's intercession, ib. Christ's coming to judge the world, 34. Christ the head of the church, 6. His kingship, ib. Our great Prophet, ib. Our all in all, ib. Company of the wicked avoid, 17. In affliction, 20. See Distribute. Confess sin one to another, 15. Confess Christ before men in general, 14. Confidence. See Trust in God. Conscience good to be preserved in suffer- Consideration in general, 29. Considerations supporting in afflictions, 20. Content with lawful governors, 22. Content with what we have. See World. Controversies among Christians, how ended, Conversation of believers in general, 14. Curse of the law, 4. Curse borne by Christ, 6. Curiosity above what is written, vain, 69. DAY of the Lord: or, judgment day, 34. Dead men ignorant of the things of this Death of Christ, 6. Death or mortality of mankind, 32. Christ's second coming to be waited for, 14. Deceivers, 28. Christianity, its importance, &c. 44. Church, what, 25. Coming of Christ to judgment, 34. Deeds of the law justify not, 4. Delays of amendment. See Time. Depart not from God and truth in the ge- Nor in time of afflictions, 20. Desire not the hurt of an enemy, 20. Desire God's presence. See Delight in God. Coming of Christ to be waited for by be- Determinations of controversies amongst lievers, 14. Commendatory letters, 25. Commission of the apostles equal, 54. believers, how, 25. Devices of Satan. See Satan the Devil. He cannot hurt without leave, 20. Devotion. See Worship of God. Difficulty in being really a Christian, 44. Dignity of Christ, 5. Dignity of the righteous, 12. Dignity of the church in general, 25. Diligence in improvements. See Time and Discipline in the church, 25. Discover treason, 22. Disobedience in general. See Obedience. Distrust of Israel while God was delivering Equivocating. See Lying. Eternal God, 2. Example of Christ and saints, follow. See Excellency of God, 2. Excellency of the righteous, 12. FAILINGS of God's children, 11. Its farther benefits, ib. Its fruits and operations, ib. Fall of Antichrist. See Antichrist. Fasting. See Prayer and common Calami- |