Contents
« Prev | Suject Index | Next » |
AN INDEX
TO FIND A PSALM SUITED TO PARTICULAR SUBJECTS OR OCCASIONS
If you find not what word you seek in this Index, seek another of the same signification: or seek it under some of the more general words, such as God, Christ, Church, Saints, Psalm, Prayer, Praise, Affliction, Grace, Deliverance, Death, etc.
Adam, the first and second, their dominion, 8.
Afflicted,
and tempted, supported, 55, 145, 146;
saints happy, 73, 94, 119, 14th part.
Afflictions,
support and profit, 119, 14th part;
instruction by them, 94, 119, 18th part;
sanctified, 94, 119, 18th part;
courage in them, 119, 17th part;
submission to them, 39, 123, 131;
from men, see Persecution;
in mind and body, 143;
trying our graces, 66, 119, 17th part;
without rejection, 89;
of saints and sinners different, 94;
gentle, 103;
moderated, 125;
Aged saint's reflection and hope, 71.
All-seeing God, 139.
Angels,
all subject to Christ, 89, 97;
praise the Lord, 103;
present in churches, 138.
Appeal to God
against persecutors, 7;
concerning our sincerity, 139,
our humility and submission, 131.
Ascension of Christ, 24,47, 68, 110.
Assistance from God, 138, 144.
Atheism,
punished, 10.
Attributes of God, 36,111, 145, 147.
Backsliding soul
in distress and desertion, 25;
restored, 51;
Blessing of God on the business and comforts of life, 127.
Blessings
Blood of Christ cleansing from sin, 51, 69.
Book of nature and Scripture, 19, 119, 5th part.
Britain's prosperity, 67;
delivered from slavery, 75;
happiness, 147.
Brotherly
love, 133;
reproof, 141.
Business of life blest, 127.
278Care of God over his saints, 34.
Charity
mixed with imprecations, 35.
Chastisement, see Affliction.
Children
praising God, 8;
Christ,
the second Adam, his incarnation, his dominion, 8;
his all-sufficiency, 16;
the church's foundation, 118;
his coming, the signs of it, 12;
his condescension and glorification, 8;
covenant made with him, 89;
first and second coming, or his incarnation, kingdom, and judgment, 96, 97, 98;
his death and resurrection, 16, 22, 69;
the eternal Creator, 102;
exalted to the kingdom, 2, 8, 21, 72, 110;
our example, 109;
faith in his blood, 51;
God and man, 89;
his Godhead, 102;
his incarnation and sacrifice, 40;
the King, and the church his spouse, 45;
his kingdom among the Gentiles, 72, 87, 132;
his mediatorial kingdom, 89, 110;
his obedience and death, 69;
his personal glories and government, 45;
praised by children, 8;
Priest and King, 110;
his resurrection on the Lord's day, 118;
our strength and righteousness, 71;
his sufferings and kingdom, 2,22,69;
his sufferings for our salvation, 69;
his zeal and reproaches, ibid.
Christian
church made of Jews and Gentiles, 87.
Church,
the birth-place of saints, 87;
built on Jesus Christ, 118;
delight and safety in it, 27;
destruction of enemies proceeds from thence, 76;
gathered and settled, 132;
God fights for her, 10, 20, 46;
God's presence there, 84, 132;
God's special delight, 87, 132;
God's garden, 92;
going to it, 122;
the house and care of God, 135;
of the Jews and Gentiles, 87;
its increase, 67;
prayer in distress, 80;
persecuted, see Persecution;
restored by prayer, 85, 102, 107;
its safety in national desolations, 46;
is the safety and honor of a nation, 48;
the spouse of Christ, 45;
its worship and order, 48;
wrath against enemies proceeds thence, 76.
Colonies planted, 107.
Comfort,
holiness, and pardon, 4, 32, 119, 11th and 12th parts;
from ancient providences, 77, 143;
of life blest, 127;
and pardon, 130.
Communion with saints, 106, 133.
Compassion of God, 103, 145, 147.
Complaint
of absence from public worship, 42;
of sickness, 6;
desertion, 13;
pride, atheism, oppression, etc., 10, 12;
of temptation, 13;
general, 102;
of quarrelsome neighbors, 120;
of heavy afflictions in mind and body, 143.
Confession
of our poverty, 16;
of sin, repentance, and pardon, 32, 38, 51, 130, 143.
Conscience,
its guilt relieved, 32, 38, 51, 130.
Contention complained of, 120.
Converse with God, 63, 119, 2nd part.
Conversion
and joy, 126;
at the ascension of Christ, 110;
of Jews and Gentiles, 87, 96, 106.
Correction, see Affliction,
Corruption of manners general, 11, 12.
Counsel and support from God, 16, 119, 6th part.
Courage in death, 16, 17, 71; in persecution, 119, 17th part.
Covenent
made with Christ, 89;
of grace unchangeable, 89, 106.
Creation and providence, 33, 104, 135, 136, 147, 148.
Creatures,
no trust in them, 33, 62, 146;
vain, and God all-sufficient, 33;
praising God, 148.
279Day of humiliation for disappointments in war, 60.
Death
and resurrection of Christ, 16, 69;
of saints and sinners, 17, 37, 49;
and sufferings of Christ, 22, 69;
deliverance from it, 31;
and pride, 49;
and the resurrection, 49, 71, 89;
the effect of sin, 90.
Defence
Delaying sinners warned, 95.
Delight
and safety in the church, 27, 48, 84;
in the law of God, 119, 5th, 8th, and 18th parts;
Deliverance
begun and perfected, 85;
from despair, 18;
from oppression and falsehood, 56;
from shipwreck, 107;
from slander, 31;
surprising, 126;
from temptation, 3, 6, 13, 18;
from tumult, 118.
Desertion and distress of soul, 13, 25, 38, 143.
Desire
of knowledge, 119,9th part;
of comfort and deliverance, 119, 12th part;
of quickening grace, 119, 16th part.
Desolations, the church's safety in them, 46.
Despair
deliverance from it, 18,130.
Devotion, daily, 55,134,141;
see Morning, Evening, Lord'a day.
Direction
and pardon, 25;
and defence prayed for, 5;
and hope, 42
see Knowledge.
Disease: see Sickness.
Distress
of soul, or backsliding and desertion, 25;
Dominion of man over creatures, 8.
Doubts and fears suppressed, 3, 31, 143.
Drunkard and glutton, 107.
Dwelling with God: see Heaven, Church, etc.
Egypt's plagues, 105.
End of the righteous and wicked, 1, 37.
Enemies overcome, 18;
Envy and unbelief cured, 37, 49.
Equity and wisdom of Providence, 9.
Evidences
of grace, or self-examination, 26;
Evil
times, 12;
neighbors, 120;
Exaltation of Christ to the kingdom, 2, 21, 22, 69, 72, 110.
Examination, or evidences of grace, 26, 139.
Exhortations to peace and holiness, 34.
Faith
and prayer of persecuted saints, 35;
in the blood of Christ, 32, 51;
in Divine grace and power, 62, 130.
Faithfulness of God, 89, 105, 111, 145, 146;
Falsehood, blasphemy, etc., 21;
and oppression, deliverance from them, 12, 56.
Family
government, 101;
love and worship, 133;
blessings, 128.
Fears and doubts suppressed, 3, 31, 34;
in the worship of God, 89, 99;
Flattery and deceit complained of, 12, 36.
Forgiveness: see Pardon.
Formal worship, 50.
Fretfulness discouraged, 37.
Friendship, its blessings, 133.
280Gentiles,
owning the true God, 47, 96, 98.
Glorification and condescension of Christ, 8, 45.
Glory of God in our salvation, 69;
and grace promised, 84, 89, 97.
Glutton, 78; and drunkard, 107.
God,
all in all, 127;
all-seeing, 139;
his being, attributes, and providence, 36, 65, 147;
his creation and providence, 33, 104, etc.;
our defence and salvation, 3, 33, 61, 115;
eternal, and sovereigu, and holy, 93;
eternal, and man mortal, 90, 102;
glorified, and sinners saved, 69;
governing power and goodness, 66;
great and good, 68, 144, 145, 147;
heart-searching, 139;
our only hope and help, 142;
his majesty, 97;
mercy and truth, 36, 89, 103, 136, 145;
made man, 8;
of nature and grace, 65;
his perfections, 36, 111, 145, 147;
our portion, and Christ our hope, 4;
our portion here and hereafter, 73;
his power and majesty, 68, 89, 93, 96;
praised by children, 8;
present in his churches, 84;
our refuge in national troubles, 46;
our shepherd, 23;
his sovereignty and goodness to man, 8, 113, 144;
our support and comfort, 94;
his vengeance and compassion, 68, 97;
his universal dominion, 103;
his wisdom in his works, 111, 139;
worthy of all praise 145, 146, 150.
profit men, not God, 16.
Goodness of God, 8, 103, 111, 145, 146.
Gospel,
its glory and success, 19, 45, 110;
worship and order, 48.
Government of Christ, 45;
from God, 75.
Grace,
its evidences, or self-examination, 26, 139;
above riches, 144;
and providence, 33, 36, 135, 136, 147;
preserving and restoring, 138;
truth and protection, 57;
tried by afflictions, 17, 66, 125;
pardoning, 130.
Guilt of conscience relieved, 32, 38, 51, 130
Happy saint and cursed sinner, 1.
Health,
sickness, and recovery, 6, 30, 31;
Heart known to God, 139.
Hearing of prayer and salvation, 4, 10, 66, 102.
Heaven
of separate souls and resurrection, 17;
the saints' dwelling-place, 24.
Holiness,
pardon, and comfort, 4;
professed, 119, 3rd part, 139.
Hope
and prayer, 27;
for victory, 20;
and direction, 42;
Hosanna
of the children, 8;
for the Lord's day, 118.
Household: see Family.
Humiliation-day, 10;
for disappointment, 60.
Humility and submission, 39, 131.
Hypocrites and hypocrisy, 12, 50.
281Idolatry reproved, 16, 115, 135.
Jews: see Israel.
Images: see Idolatry.
Imprecations and charity, 35.
and sacrifice of Christ, 40.
Infants, 139:
see Children.
Instruction from God, 25;
from Scripture, 119, 4th and 7th parts,
in piety, 34.
Instructive afflictions, 94.
Intemperance punished, 78;
and pardoned, 107.
Joy of conversion, 126:
see Delight.
Israel
saved from the Assyrians, 76;
saved from Egypt, and brought to Canaan, 77, 105, 107, 135, 136;
rebellion and punishment, 78;
punished and pardoned, 106, 107;
travels in the wilderness, 107, 114.
seat of God, 9.
Justice of Providence, 9;
and truth towards men, 15.
King is the care of Heaven, 21.
King William and King George, 75.
Kingdom of Christ: see Christ.
Knowledge desired, 19, 119, 9th part.
Law of God, delight in it, 119, 5th part.
Life
and riches, their vanity, 49;
short and feeble, 89, 90, 144.
Love
of God to the righteous, and hatred to the wicked, 1, 11;
to our neighbor, 13;
of Christ to sinners, 35;
of God better than life, 63;
brotherly, 133;
and worship in a family, 133.
Luxury
punished, 78;
and pardoned, 107.
Magistrates
qualifications, 101;
raised and deposed, 75.
Majesty of God, 68:
see God.
Man, his vanity as mortal, 39, 89, 90, 144;
dominion over creatures, 8;
mortal, and Christ eternal, 102;
wonderful formation, 139.
Mariner's psalm, 107.
Marriage, mystical, 45.
Master of a family, 101.
Meditation, 1, 63, 119, 5th and 6th parts.
Melancholy
reproved, 42;
and hope, 77;
removed, 126.
Mercies,
spiritual and temporal, 103;
innumerable, 139;
everlasting, 136;
recorded, 107;
and judgment, 9;
and truth of God, 36, 89, 103, 136, 145, 146.
Merit disclaimed, 16.
Messiah: see Christ.
Midnight thoughts, 63, 119, 5th and 6th parts, 139.
Ministers ordained, 132.
Miracles in the wilderness, 114.
Morning
and hope, 89;
282Nation's honor and safety is the church, 48;
blest and punished, 107.
National deliverance, 67, 75, 76, 124, 126;
desolations, the church's safety and triumph in them, 46.
Nature
and Scripture, 19,119, 7th part;
of man, 139.
New England psalm, 107.
Obedience,
better than sacrifice, 50.
Old age,
death, 90;
Omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence, etc.: see God.
Pardon,
holiness, and comfort, 4;
of backsliding, 78;
and direction, 25;
and repentance prayed for, 38;
and confession, 32;
of original and actual sin, 51;
plentiful with God, 130.
Patience under afflictions, 39;
Peace
and holiness encouraged, 34;
with men desired, 120.
Perfections of God, 36, 111, 136, 145, 147.
Persecuted saints, their prayer and faith, 35, 44, 74, 80, 83.
Persecution,
victory over, and deliverance from it, 7, 53, 94;
courage in it, 119, 17th part.
Persecutors
their folly, 14;
complained of, 35, 44, 74, 80, 83;
deliverance from them, 9, 10, 94.
Perseverance, 138;
Personal glories of Christ, 45.
Pestilence, preservation in it, 91.
Piety, instructions therein, 34:
see Saint.
Pity to the afflicted, 41:
see Charity, God.
Pleading
Poor, charity to them, 15, 37, 41, 112.
Portion of saints and sinners, 11, 17, 37.
Poverty confessed, 16.
Power and majesty of God, 68, 89, 145: see God.
Praise
to God from children, 8;
for creation and providence, 33, 104;
to our Creator, 100;
from all creatures, 148;
for eminent deliverances, 34, 118;
for the gospel, 98;
to Jesus Christ, 45;
from all nations, 117;
and prayer public, 65;
for protection, grace, and truth, 57;
for providence and grace, 36;
for temporal blessings, 68, 147;
for temptations overcome, 18;
for victory in war, 18.
in time of war, 20;
and hope of victory, 20;
and praise, public, 65;
and hope, 27;
in church's distress, 80;
heard and Zion restored, 102;
and faith of persecuted saints, 35, 37, 56;
and praise for deliverance, 34;
for repentance and pardon, etc., 38:
see Complaint.
Preserving grace, 138.
Preservation
in public dangers, 46, 91, 112;
daily, 121.
Pride,
and atheism, and oppression punished, 10, 12;
and death, 49.
Priesthood of Christ, 51, 110.
Professions of sincerity and repentance, etc., 119, 3rd part, 139;
false, 50.
283Promises
and threatenings, 81;
Prosperous sinners cursed, 37, 49, 73.
Protection,
truth, and grace, 57;
by day and night, 121.
Providence,
its wisdom and equity, 9;
and perfections of God, 36;
its mystery unfolded, 73;
recorded, 77, 78, 107; in air, earth, and sea, 33, 65, 89, 104, 107, 147.
Prudence and zeal, 39.
Psalm
for old age, 71;
for husbandmen, 65;
for the Lord's day, 92;
before prayer, 95;
before sermon, 95;
for magistrates, 101;
for householders, 101;
for mariners, 107;
for gluttons and drunkards, 107;
for New England, 107;
for the 5th of November, 115, 124;
see Morning, Evening, etc.
Public
praise for private mercies, 116, 118;
for deliverance, 124;
worship, absence from it complained of, 42;
worship attended on, 122;
Punishment
and salvation, 78, 81, 106: see Afflictions.
Purposes, holy, 119, 15th part.
Qualifications of a Christian, 15, 24.
Quarrelsome neighbors, 120.
Quickening grace, 119, 16th part.
Rain from heaven, 65, 135, 147.
Recovery from sickness, 6, 30, 116.
Rejoicing in God, 18:
see Joy, Delight.
Religion
and justice, 15;
in words and deeds, 37.
Remembrance of former deliverances, 77, 143.
Repentance,
confession, and pardon, 32;
and prayer for pardon and strength, 38;
and faith in the blood of Christ, 51.
Resolutions, holy, 119, 15th part.
Resurrection and death of Christ, 2,16;
of the saints, 16, 17, 49, 71;
Revolution by King William, 75.
Riches,
their vanity, 49;
compared with grace, 144.
Righteous: see Saints.
Righteousness from Christ, 71:
see Salvation, Pardon, Christ.
Sabbath: see Lord's day.
Sacrifice, 40, 51, 69; incarnation of Christ, 40.
Safety
in public dangers, 91;
and triumph of the church in national desolations, 46;
in God, 61;
and delight in the church, 27.
Saints
happy, and sinners cursed, 1, 11, 119, 1st part;
the best company, 16;
God's care of them, 34;
patience and world's hatred, 37;
chastised, and sinners destroyed, 94;
die, but Christ lives, 102;
punished and pardoned, 106, 107;
conducted to heaven, 106, 107;
tried and preserved, 66,125;
afflictions moderated, 125;
judging the world, 149.
284Salvation
of saints, 10;
and triumph, 18;
and defence in God, 61;
Sanctified afflictions, 94, 119, last part.
Scripture
compared with the book of nature, 19, 119, 7th part;
instruction from it, 119, 4th part;
delight in it, 119, 5th and 18th parts;
holiness and comfort from it, 119, 6th part;
variety and excellency, 119, 8th part;
attended with the Spirit, 119, 9th part.
Seamen's song, 107.
Secret devotion, 34, 119, 2nd part.
Self-examination, or evidences of grace, 26, 139.
Separate souls, heaven, 17.
Shepherd of saints is God, 23.
Shipwreck prevented, 107.
Sick-bed devotion, 6, 38, 39, 116.
Signs of Christ's coming, 12, 96.
Sin
of nature, 14;
original and actual, confessed and pardoned, 51;
and chastisement of saints, 78, 106;
universal, 14.
proved and rewarded, 18;
Sinner cursed, and saint happy, 1, 11;
and saint's portion, 1, 17, 37, 50;
hatred and saint's patience, 37;
destroyed and saints chastised, 94.
Slander, deliverance from it, 31, 120.
Song: see Psalm.
Sorrows: see Affliction, Sickness, etc.
Souls in separate state, 17, 146, 150.
Spirit
given at Christ's ascension, 68;
his teaching desired, 51, 119, 9th part.
Spiritual
blessings and punishments, 81;
see Saints, Grace, etc.
Spouse of Christ, the King, is the church, 45.
Spring
of the year, 65;
and winter, 147.
Storm and thunder, 29, 135, 148.
Strength,
repentance, and pardon prayed for, 38;
from Christ, 71;
of grace, 138.
to Christ, 2;
to sickness, 39.
Success of the gospel, 19,110.
Sufferings
and death of Christ, 22;
and kingdom of Christ, 2, 22, 69, 110.
Support
and counsel from God, 16;
for the afflicted and tempted, 55;
and comfort in God, 94, 119, 14th part.
Surety and sacrifice, Christ, 40.
in sickness, 6;
escapes from them 25;
of the devil, 13;
support under them, 3, 55, 94,
Tempter: see Satan.
Tender conscience, 119, 13th part.
Thanks, public, for private mercies, 116, 118:
see Praise.
Threatenings and promises, 81.
Thunder and storm, 29, 135, 136, 148.
285Trial
of our graces by afflictions, 66, 125;
Triumph
for salvation, 18;
and safety of the church in national desolations, 46;
at the last day, 149.
Troubles: see Afflictions, Temptations.
Trust in the creatures vain, 62, 146.
Truth,
grace, and protection, 57, 145, 146:
see God, Faithfulness.
Tumult, deliverance from it, 118.
Vanity
of man as mortal, 39, 89, 144;
of life and riches, 49.
Vengeance
and compassion, 68;
against the enemies of the church, 76, 149.
Victory hoped and prayed for, 20;
over temporal enemies, 18;
and deliverance from persecution, 53.
Vineyard of God wasted, 80.
Unbelief
and envy cured, 37;
punished, 95.
Vows
paid in the church, 116;
Waiting
for pardon and direction, 25;
for answer to prayer, 85, 130, 143.
War,
prayer in time of it, 20;
disappointments therein, 60;
victory, 18,
Warnings of God to his people, 81.
over the tongue, 39.
Weather, 65, 107, 135, 147, 148.
Wicked: see Sinner, Saint.
Wickedness of man, 14, 36, 51.
Wind: see Providence, Seasons, Storm.
Winter and summer, 147.
Wisdom and equity of Providence, 9; of God in his works, 111.
Word of God: see Scripture.
Works
of creation and providence, 104, 147, 148;
and grace, 19, 33, 111, 135, 136;
good profit men, not God, 16.
World's hatred and saint's patience, 37.
Worship
and order of the gospel, 48;
delight in it, 84;
in a family, 133;
Wrath and mercy from the judgment-seat, 9:
see more in God, Punishment, Sinner, Vengeance.
Zeal and prudence, 39.
Zion, its citizens, 15:
see Church,
286« Prev | Suject Index | Next » |