ABSENCE from the body, see Death. Adam, see Man, Law.
Adams, Mr. Richard, his character, 976. Adoption, what it is, 111. among the Romans, pub- lic and private, both alluded to in Scripture, 297. of grace, 834.
Advice, to those who fear they shall perish, 799. Aflictions, wherein to be counted joyous, 709. im- provement of, desired, 713. See Diseases. Bene- fit of, to good men, 1008.
Angels, why we have so little intercourse with, not to be accounted for by reason, 86. redemption contemplated by, 92. reasons of mercy to us, and not to the fallen, 95. their stability owing to Christ, 103. reasons for Christ being made their Lord, 321. not so suitable to be employed in sa- ving men, 989. sometimes employed in the affairs of the church, 1000. their kind propensions to- wards men, 1020. saying of, at the birth of Christ, opened, 1258.
Anecdote, of Rev. Mr. Roger's method to fix atten- tion, 1085.
Apostacy, of mankind general, see Corruption. Meditating a revolt is seminal, 336. of mankind total, 525. contentment a preservative from, 819. Apostleship, of Christ, end of it, 271. how far Paul made his peculiar for his willingness to stay lon- ger on earth, 1025.
Armageddon, battle of, 568.
Assurance, no common thing, 242. unwillingness to die for want of, 291, 1025. of divine truth, God's illumination necessary to, 356. of understanding, what, 474, 481. not the privilege of all God's chil- dren, 951.
Atheism, religion better defended against by prac tice than by argument, 8. unreasonable, 42. un- comfortable, ib. unaccountable, 43. madness, 284. Jews secured against, 350. encouragement against, 569.
Baptism. sign of entrance into the Christian state, 110. insufficiency of, to salvation, 232. should be followed with personal dedication, 361, 417, 430, 949. sign of the cross in, see Confor mity. On exclusion of parents in, see Cove- nant.
Bates, Dr. William, his character, 983,
Barter, Mrs. Margaret, her character, 1029. Benefactor, God to be considered our greatest,
Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, 443. Blessedness, of the righteous, a treatise on, 191. subject of, see Righteousness. Nature of, 198. season of its commencement, see Death, Resur rection. Patience in expectation of future, see Patience.
Body, marks of wisdom in the structure of man's
and other animals, 17. inordinate concern for, 267, 287. glorified, see Death. Influence of, on the mind, 815. absence from, 1021. over indulging of, 1027, creation of, 1178. union of with the soul,
Calamities, public, what provokes God to inflict them, 596. removal of the causes of, ib. Cares, unlawful, see Thoughtfulness. Carnality, remains of, hinders the soul tending God-ward, 401. of religious contention, 457. Catholicism, see Communion, Union, Party. Certainty, of faith, difference between divine and that of reason, 356. sufficient in religion without papal infallibility, ib.
Change, necessary to salvation, see Regenera- tion.
Charity, excellence of it unspeakable, 483. uni- formity bat of little service to the church with- out it, ib. that to our union with each other, which piety is to our union with God, ib. neces sary to the very being of the church, ib. want of it the most destructive schism, ib. in reference to other men's sins, 484. root of all the duty of the second table, ib. rejoices not in iniquity, 485.
Children, comfort under the loss of good, 306. of God, his relation terminates on their spirits, 333, 947. of believers, to be considered among visi- ble Christians while in their minority, 458, 1010. when capable of making a profession, no longer to be considered in their parents, 1010. address to, from the doctrine of universal depra- vity, 1248. effect of sin on birth of, 1252. disposi- tions with which their loss should be borne, ib. Choice, in our fallen state chiefly regards our end or chief good, 239. wisdom of a righteous man's, ib. Christ, became a temple, to make us temples to God, 77. aptness of his constitution and appoint- ment to the attainment of this end, ib. influence of his Godhead in man's recovery, 112. his do- minion over the invisible world, 309. living in his people, 823. the Sun of righteousness, 1257. ef- fects of his undertaking, tb. final end of his incar- nation, ib.
Christianity, end of, restoration to the divine like- ness, 220. interest of, not that of a party, 326. evil of considering the doctrines of, which con- cern regeneration less Gospel than such as refer to privilege, 400, enmity to it, owing to sensuali- ty, 433. folly of treating ludicrously, ib. unrea sonable to require more than the standing evi- dence of, 434. whether there may not be equiva lent evidence now with that of primitive time, 454. glory and success of, in its primitive simplicity, 460. lamentation over its declension, ib. best means to unite interests of, see Union. God has not made it the measure of men's civil rights, 499. dispute about essentials of, 597. apprehension that it must undergo a temporary death previous to its revival, 987.
Christians, disagreements among, unnatural, 526. gracious habits of, need continual influence, 544. obligations of, to good works, 549. fault of, if they walk not in the Spirit, 553. the part they have to do in the divine life, 655. impotency without the Spirit, 556. growth of, scriptures referring to it, 577. primitive, great spirituality of, 580. when troubled, not distressed, 705. exhorted not to sleep us do others, 731.
Church, national, no proof that God has appoint- ed such, 173. guides of, no power to exclude from, ib. parochial, if persons obliged to com- mure with, see Conformity. Prosperity of the Christian before the end of time, 562. state of per- manent happiness promised to, 564. in a cala- mitous state for many ages, ib. retraction of the Spirit from, ib. was become despicable when Mahomet arose, 565. prosperity of, for a thou- sand years, 568. this should be pleasing to us, though it be not in our time, 570. increase of scriptures referring to it, 576. ohjections to, answered, 578. its influence to produce favour able opinions of religion, 581. promoted by re- moval of public calamities, 586, times and sea- sons respecting, reserved in God's own power, 701. Communion, a reciprocation of loves, 281. with God, pleasure attending it, 360. all to be re- ceived to, whom Christ would receive, ib. sin for any persons to make terms of, which Christ hath not made, 457. mischiefs to the church from changing Christ's terms of, 458. no less a sin than to change the terms of the covenant, ib. Christian or ecclesiastical, what is to be the measure of it, 931.
Compassion, Christ's in curing diseases, 1004. See Театв.
Conformity of persons to the established mode of worship, 392. differences among those who do not, may be accounted for, ib. Confidence, madness of self, 1197. Conscience, name of, little known among pagans, 242. apprehension of, concerning future judgment, 313. pleasure of a good, 360. inconvenience of a scrupulous, 384. sinning against, 393. ministers to appeal to, 427. of other men not to be judged by us, 469. to commune with, recommended to christians, 554. ministers commending themselves to every man's, 757. Consideration, necessity of it in religion, 236, 414. Constantine, his victory over Maxentius, 568.
Contemplation of God, see Delight, Meditation. Contention, about religion, occasion of great mis- chief, 188. necessary for important truth, ib. per- nicious when a man's element, ib. carnality of religious, 457. considerations why Christians should lay it aside, 471.
Contentment, the best way to attain it, 28. Chris- tians should endeavour to grow in, 256. Conviction, necessary to reconciliation, 945. Corruption of human nature, evidence of, 72. sense of several pagans about, ib. Gospel account of, more distinct than any previous, 438. different degrees of observable, see Enmity.
Covenant, our entering into with God gives no new right, 90. of grace, amplitude of, 108, sum of the Mosaic, 109. our part of, summed up in faith and repentance, 451. difference between God's and human, 467. author of, 821. media- tor of, 822. children entered into by their pa rents, but when capable to enter into themselves,
Creation, not impossible, 66. perfections of God seen in, 1058. first of God's external acts, 1158. objects of, 1160. agent in, 1162. ascribed to each person in the Trinity, ib. distinct agency in, ib. act of, 1163. of all things out of nothing, 1164. atheists' objection to, answered, 1167. better to be understood by faith than by rational search, 1169. use to be made of the doctrine of, 1171. of man, see Man. New, see Regeneration. Creeds, a Christian society may agree, in, 459, use of, ib. words of, not to be deemed sacred, ib. communion not to be restricted by, 460. Curcellaus, his arguments against the divine im- mensity, 54. 78.
Curse, how Christ made a, for us,
Darkness, deliverance from the power of, 956. Day of grace, those who live under the Gospel have a, 438. not of equal clearness to all, ib. greater, in some respects, to the Jews in Christ's time than to us, ib. greater to the Jews and Gen- tiles at the first publication of the Gospel, ib. has its limits, 442, duty of those who have rea- son to hope it is not lost, 447. and of those who have reason to fear it is past, 448. advice to them, 449.
Death, happiness of saints at, 221. wrong induce ments of desiring, 266. reasons why Christians should be reconciled to, 302. Christ's dominion over, 311. of friends, submission to, 319. of rela- tives, 968, 997. of Lazarus, 979. not so formidable a thing as commonly supposed, 1026. God's de- termination to put a perpetual end to, 1031. ef- fect of the fall, 1212. spiritual, what it compre. hends 1216. degrees of misery in, 1225. inferences from doctrine of, 1227. directions concerning, 1230.
Debts, how far punishment to be considered as, see Punishment.
Decrees of God, definition of the term, 1133. Dedication, advantages of, 359. of ourselves to God, 413. nature of, 414. personal, recommended, 417. inducements to, 419. See Covenant, Yield- ing to God.
Defeats and delays in religion, cautions against,
Delight in God, treatise on, 350. in him as the chief good, 351. act of, explained, 373. sensitive, 375, contemplative, 376. both a privilege and a duty, 378. expostulations on the neglect of, 389. invita tions to, 398.
Depravity, universal, 504. wretchedness of, not understood, 525. remedy of, not apprehended, 526. see Fall.
Desire, after heaven, fruit of regeneration, 233. af- ter God, pleasure resulting from it, 360. fruit of love, 373. inordinate to know future events, see Thoughtfulness.
Despair, cautions against, to good men, 387. to sin- ners under conviction, 399. no ground of, 793. to precede hope, 837. should of our own strength, 838.
Diseases, how far inflicted by Satan, 1004. Christ's power in removing, 1003.
Divine nature, the perfection of, 30, 1103. attri- butes, of life, 14, 1110, omnipotence, 14, 52, 1112. wisdom, 14, 1117. infinity, 34. goodness, 29, 53, 969, 1122 unity, 37, 1085. knowledge, 51, 1115. om nipresence, 53. holiness, 207, 1120. to be studied, 849. all-sufficiency, 1106. general remarks on the, 1119. justice, 1121. See Justice. Faithfulness, 1121.
Divine will, acts of, 1133. distinctions of, 1134. ge- neral propositions concerning, 1135. particular, ib. counsel of, concerning the general affairs of men, 1146. nature of, 1148. does not exclude human prudence, 1149. nor prayer, 1150. instruction to be derived from, 1153. directions for practice, 1155. See Decrees.
Dominion, sentiments and absurdity of papal church concerning, 185. of Christ, see Christ. Dreams, rules for interpreting ridiculous, 346.
Education, advantages of a pious one, 325. neglect of, lamented, ib.
Encouragements to sinners under the Gospel, 792. Enmity of unconverted men, explained, 938. proved, 939. reflections, 942. See Corruptions, Recon- ciliation.
Epicurus, sentiments of, considered and confuted, 23. saying of. 240.
Epicurean Deity, short account of, 45. Epictetus, saying of, 588.
Eternity of the world, disproved, 13, 64, 1166. Examination, concerning religion, propriety of, 9. paper of the author's on an important subject, xiii. of ourselves, 236, 241, 364. See Conscience. Example of Christ, representation of divine holiness, 82. inducements to conform to, ib. Expiation, see Sacrifice.
Face of God, meaning of the phrase, see Vision. Fainting in the ministry, disavowed, 774. encour agements against, ib.
Fairclough, Mr. Richard, his character, 965. Faith, the Spirit received by, 107. refers to God as our sovereign Lord, and as our sovereign good, 108. excellence of, above sense, 238. subserviency of to joy, 261. connexion with hope, and distinc- tion from it, 295. in the promises, how to be exer- cised in dedicating ourselves to God, 415. in Christ, necessary to peace, 437. in the future tran- quillity of the church, 566. the necessity of, 835. imparted by God, 854. nature of, 868. properties of, 869 infers devotedness to God, 871. liberty towards God, 875. obligations, 876. connexion with adop- tion and regeneration, 882. includes assent, 885 founded on divine testimony, ib. true and false distinguished, 888. influence of, on the will and af fections, 891. fragment of particular, in prayer, 1039, creation an object of, 1159. Fall of man. 1192. sin of, 1193. how it came to pass,
194. inferences from, 1197. death consequent upon, ib nature of, considered generally, 1200. univer- sality of, 1205. aggravations of, 1206. inferences from, 1209. God vindicated in the permission of,
Family religion, six sermons on, 608. Father, endearing representation of God as our, 1104. name, how to be thought of, 1106. Fear, of God, corresponds with his greatness, 255. pleasure attending it, 360. of hell, often a preser- vation from it, 387, 450. not useless, 820. Fire of the city of London, short account of, 736. Friendship, what it signifies, 354. with God, nine
Funeral, rites, decency of, 1012. sermons, see titles.
God, existence of, 9, 11. conversableness with men, 10, 45. self-activity of, 13. glory of, manifested in heaven, 206. mistakes concerning, 211. advanta- ges of, ib. goodness of, see Divine nature. Like- ness to, its reality, 358. instruments in effecting, ib. nature of, 359. objections to, answered, 367. hi- ding of his face, what, 563, justified in hiding the Gospel from some, 788. friendship with, 851. coun- sels from, 853. communications, 854. forgives free- ly, 858. brings into covenant with himself, 859. holds fellowship with his people, 860. secures their growth in grace, ib. restores backsliders, 861 kind- ness in not withdrawing his Spirit, 863. heals the soul, 864. inquired after, ib. grace of, in man's re- covery, 1255. general good will of, to man, 1252. Gog and Magog, opinion of some concerning, 567. Good, God the chief, 351. difference between spiritu- al and external, 929.
Gospel, its not being more known owing to the wickedness of men, 120. men's dislike to its con- stitution, folly of, 235. preaching of, will be more universal, 603. recommends itself by its truth, 759. by its precepts, 762. by its prohibitions, 763 minis try of, to be addressed to the conscience, 766. how hidden to souls that are lost, 780. Government, human, cannot be absolute, 13. di- vine, we are incompetent judges of, 86. proper there should be arcana in, 87. See Prescience. Civil, see Magistrates.
Grace, common and vincible, 100, 105. of the Spi- rit, disposes the heart to blessedness in God, 243. hope for special, in the use of common, 247. no diminution of free, to use means to obtain a saving change, 248. sufficient to comply with the terms of the Gospel to be obtained, 440, objection
to all men's not obtaining, answered, 441. if ex- pected to follow any thing done by us, ib. day of, see Day,
Gregory Nazianzen, saying of, 569.
Glory, greatness of God's, in designing his people for heaven, 234. of God, eminently signified by his name in Scripture, 493. future, to be meditated on, 841. of heaven, 842. of the body, at the resur- rection, 843. of the divine presence, ib. Gnostics, some account of, 675.
Hades, signification of. 309. Happiness, future, 828. Hearing, folly of placing religion only in, 381. Heart, of man, only way of access to, 776. Heathens believing in Christ not a duty of, till they hear of him, 437. may have favourable impressions concerning God, but faint compared with the Gos- pel revelation, 438.
Heaven, vast amplitude of 321. number of its inha- bitants, ib. glorious employ of, 844. difference be- tween and paradise, 1189.
Heresy, in what sense the term used, how distin- guished from error, 463.
Hoghton, John, his character, 323. Holiness, pleasure of its perfection in heaven, 216. God the author of, 857. of God, see Divine na- ture. Of the saints, effect of regeneration, 999. Holy Spirit, his influence intercepted by sin, 78. Christ obtained the power of communicating, by his sacrifice, 79. his agency is in a rational way, 80. in what sense communicated, 97. the builder and inhabitant of living temples, 101, 106. fulness of given mto Christ's power, 102, actually given by him, 101. his agency in producing joy, 262. his inward illuminations, 251. whence holy disposi tions called the, 267, what reasons sinners have to expect his grace, 441. sin against, 443. his work, in reference to particular persons. 503. various names of 507. how we are born of, 508. necessity of his work on the heart, 510, 511. not believed by many called Christians, 515. maintains the life of bis people, 529. in what manner, 532. certainty of this, 534. wonderful grace of, 537. hazard of with- drawing from, ib. walking in the, 538. privilege of doing so, 541. communications necessary to, ib. attainable by believers, 547. duty of, 549. du- ties connected with grace from, 550. some of the operations of, said to be our acts also, 553. causes of possessing so little of his influence. 554. means to attain more of, ib. neglect of, intolera ble sin, 561. work of, in reference to the Christian church. 563 influence of, on external prosperity, 566. how to be regarded, as he is a spirit of holi- ness and a spirit of prophecy, 574. efficacy of in- fluence to produce prosperity, ib. what needful to produce it, 575. union produced by, 593. suspen- sion of, to be dreaded. 605, sin and consequence of vexing. 717. his striving with sinners, 942. Hope, much of the present happiness of saints con- sists in, 238. its use, ib. connected with, but dis- tinct from faith, ib the great engine that moves the world, 247. of the perfect state pressed upon Christians, 260, makes patience necessary, 295, 840. how it maketh not ashamed, 727. nature of, 801. its influence on our salvation, 803, 808. objec tions to, answered. 811. before and after conver sion distinguished, 815, mark of sonship, 816. ad- vantages of, 817, 827. founded on the covenant, 821. attended with difficulties, 824. exhortation to, 831. new creature made up of, 841. Human nature, capacities of, to be studied, 848. Humility, towards God, should answer to his high excellency towards our inferiors, to his gracious condescension, 255. conduces to delight in God, 409. to accompany our dedication to God, 430.
Jesus, what the name signifies, 883. proofs that he is the Christ, 888.
Jews, their destruction, dreadful judgments in, 436. peculiar advantages of the, 438. Jerusalem, walls of, built in troublous times, ser- mon on. 734.
Image, worship of, against light of nature, 364. of God, in man, see Likeness to God. Immortality, see Soul, Life.
Impatience to be guarded against, 851. Infallibility, papal, cannot be proved, 426. Infidels, notional, 433. practical, ib. believers by accident. little better than, 434.
Infinity. God only capable of, 34. 65. difficulties of, too great for human understanding, 143. Intuition, advantages of, above reasoning, 208, and faith, 209. in a future state, 210.
Joy, to accompany our dedication to God. 190. in the prospect of future blessedness, 260. directions for attaining. 261. eminent Christian duty, see Delight in God.
Israel, how to be understood, 567. prophecies not fulfilled to natural. ib.
Judge, unjust, parable of, sermon on, 724. Judging, other men's consciences not allowable, 182, 469, 476. Judgments, presages of how to be regarded, 341. temporal, sometimes follow spiritual, 432. See Punishment.
Julian, persecution of, 569.
Justice, comprehends all God's moral attributes, 34. difference between human and divine, 89. regards the good of others, 90. punishment of sin, effect of, ib. preserves the peace of the world. 256. Justification, little difference between and pardon,
111. doctrine of, opposed in the apostolic age, 482. Paul's reasoning against its opponents, ib. in what Christians agree respecting, 465. differs in some things from that of human judicature, 467. inseparable from sanctification, ib.
Keys of hell and death, meaning of, 311. power ol,
312. Kingdom, of Christ on earth introductive to his in heaven, 322. of God, what, 510. none admitted to, but those born of the Spirit, 511. privileges of its subjects, 513. government of, 514. perpetuity of, ib. constitution of, spiritual, 526. a growing, 527. opposed to Satan's, 956. of darkness, deliverance from, ib.
Kings, different influence of, on the church, 575. Knowledge, God's, see Divine nature. Increase of, to be sought, 250 several sorts of, mentioned, ib. of things to come, immoderate desire of, 340. of God, desired, 354. means of attaining a more clear and distinct, 403, our's worth little without love, 471. imperfection of, in the present state, 1015. proper object of, 1016. perfection of, in hea- ven, ib. transforming influence of, tb. whole of re- ligion expressed by, 1017. what to be derived from creation, 1056. use to be made of, 1061, 1069.
Law, of nature, defined, 86. given to Adam, 105, 110, 132. of works and faith, 195. See Righteousness. Gospel does not abrogate, 878. 611. obscure in some things, in others clear, 612.
Letters, to Lady Russel. on the execution of Lord Pussel, xviii. to the Bishop of Lincoln, xxii. to his friends in and about London, &c. xxiv. to a friend, on the loss of an excellent wife, 1036. to a lady on the loss of a daughter, ib. two to a new- married couple, 1037. to a lady on the decease of her parents, ib. to the same on the death of a son, 1038, two to Mr. Spilsbury, ib.
Liberty, moral, of a saint, in what it consists, 216. perfection of, in heaven, ib. pleasure resulting from, 217.
Life, inordidate concern for, cautions against, 266, 316, 344. of man, vain. 27 practice becoming the expectation of a future. 284. indifference proper towards the affairs of this, 285. spiritual, in the soul, 530. influence which maintains it, 531. ex- cellence of, 536. misery of man without it, 537. words of this life explained, 996. wisdom of God in implanting strong love to our natural, 1021. Light of the Spirit, 538. communication of, im- plied in walking in the Spirit, 541. necessity of,
Likeness, to God, see God.
Longing to depart, effect of hope, 844. Lord, see Dominion.
Lord's supper, remarks on gesture at, 184. who have a right to, 457. unsuitable to join with those in, who have an uncharitable spirit, 480. disposi tions suitable to, 961.
Love, TO GOD, more impaired by sin than love to man is, 230, must be supreme, 269. makes patience necessary in expectation of future glory, 296, trial of by the question, if we could be content to be damned for his glory, unnecessary; the thought blasphemous, 407. differs from faith, 415. neces- sary in yielding ourselves to him, 429. character- istic of the regenerate, 527, what it is, 588. and our brother, seventeen sermons on, 650. various evi- dences of, 651. difficulties of, 653. reasons of these. 654. great obligations to, 661. vanity of excuses for not having, 662. sin not to, heinous, 670. seri- ous inquiry if we love him, what to be done after, 922 no medium between, and enmity, 945. - OF GOD, manifested in heaven, 206. greatness of, to his people, 234. assurance of, gives delight, 370. as a father, 534.
-, TO OUR COUNTRY, sentiments of pagans on, 940. TO MEN, impression of God's, 255, pleasure of it, when duly regulated. 362 effects of. 590, 599 -, TO SELF, irregular. 266. regular, 363, obligations of to love each other, 527, what it is, 589 inordi- nate effect of 692. whether it can be predominant in the Christian, 847. to God and ourselves con- nected, 848. among Christians, means of union, see Union.
- OF OUR BROTHER, how to be understood, 684. lit- tle of towards men or Christians, 691. a royal law, violation of, 692.
Magistrate, minister of God, explained, 932. derives his power from God, 933. designed for good of nien, 934. duty of those under government, to as- sist him in his station, 936.
Man, religion his distinguishing character, 9, 313 his state, by creation, sermon on, 132 made prin- cipally for God. 274. vanity of, as mortal, 275. what ends he should propose to himself, 278 in a state of probation, 292. indifference of, to etemi- ty, 516. misery of, in an unregenerate state. 521. apostacy of, total. 525. prone to artificial religion, 526. nature of, imperfect without spiritual life, 536. in a very lapsed state, 656. how said to be lost, 784. why, 786. cause of. 757. liable to be, from despair, 827, his heart softened by hope, 806. union of soul and body, mystery of, 1023. Mary, Queen, her character, 1019. Matter, not eternal, or necessarily existing, 10 proved against a French writer, 13.
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