INDEX TO COMPARISONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS USED IN THIS WORK. Page. The folly of intolerance in regard to differences in religious opinions,... 30, 31 The way to reconcile apparent discrepances in a work of which the author is known,.. 41 The faithfulness of God, in his promises, is not dependant on the faith of man,. The injustice of holding a person to the consequences of a compact, m which he was not a voluntary party,. 58 66 Another illustration of the same point,... The law of God cannot be satisfied with what it does not require, The divine law does not comprise penalties which are adapted to defeat its own ends,..... The Creator would not have brought man into being, with the foresight that he should be endlessly miserable,..... 67 72 74 76 And provided he had so created him, he would have been justly chargeable with the consequences,... 77 God's relation to men, as Creator, a ground for his pity toward them,...... 78 Our unfilial conduct toward God does not change his relation to us, as our Father,..... 86 The endurance of God's paternal love,..... 87 He will not abandon his offspring to infinite ruin,.. 88, 89. The character of a ruler inferrible from the condition of his sub jects,..... 90, 91 A ruler is answerable for the avoidable evils which he wilfully admits into his dominions,.. 91, 92 94 The folly of deferring the business of retribution,.. 96, 97 97, 98. The perseverance of the good shepherd in saving lost man,..... 113 117 124 And with the early experience of every christian.. 125 133 262 349 The use of religion if our future salvation is unconditional,. . . . . ven,. Bad society in heaven,. .... .... Page 134 136 .......148, 149 According to endless misery there are many more rogues saved The same doctrine furnishes motives to murder,. 151 152 A peep into a universalian, and an endless hell futurity,......154, 155 And displeasing to men of prayer 191 192 The supposed remoteness of a day of reckoning for deeds perform- 198 199 The best, as the worst of men, must needs be changed after death The divine Being is not subject to the difficulties which beset hu- 236 God was not reduced to the alternative of creating some for mis- Forgiveness of sin does not (in the divine economy) imply ex- 239 Another illustration of the same point,.. 240 The advantages of forgiveness on this scheme,.. ib. If punishment is for our benefit, should we sin the more, in order The penalty of death for murder does not operate to prevent it— Difference between positive and moral punishments,.. But when conscience becomes seared, how then ?..... Except sin continue eternally, punishment, of a moral kind, can- Neither can that which is physical. The very consequences of an evil tend to effect its removal,: . According to endless misery punishment is both disproportionate and uncertain,. . . The probable origin of hell,. Page. .261, 262 .278, 279 The foreknowledge of events, prove also their forcappointment,. 282, 283 If sin is of God's appointment, I will commit as much of it as I please,...... ...... 283 No rational ground betwixt foreknowledge and foreordination,.. 285, 286 The foreappointment of ends implies also a foreappointment of means,............ I am a free agent, for I can do as I please,.. Why suffer we for sin if it is unavoidable?.. Facts prove that our advantages over others are not of our own making,.... .287, 288 290 God controls us by the agency of our will, not against it,. 294 295 297 298 .303, 304 309 Why are means necessary for bringing about a result which is unchangeably foreordained ?... Election does not necessarily imply reprobation,.. It were partiality in God to pardon some who are as guilty as others whom he executes,.. God is as accountable for what he permits, as for what he ordains, We cannot form an adequate conception of eternity,........ 310 312 315 319 326 If even there be no punishment in eternity, men may be advantaged according to their advancement in moral improvement in life,.... 332 INDEX TO THE SCRIPTURE TEXTS COMMENTED ON IN THIS WORK, WHICH ARE Prov. i. 26. I also will laugh at your calamity, etc... Page. 54 .110, 111 .......114, 115 Jude, verse 7. Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about Rom. x. 1. Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Ezek. xviii. 4. Mark xvi. 16. The soul that sinneth, it shall die,.. 116 135 ib. Gal. vi. 8. For he that soweth to his flesh, shall of the flesh reap 2 Cor. v. 10. For we must all appear before the judgment-seat ib. 136 Matt. xix. 16. What good thing shall I do, that I may inherit .140, 141 .Heb. xii. 14. Without holiness, no man shall see the Lord,.... 142 .....157-187 Mal. iv. 1-6. Behold the day cometh that shall burn as an oven, .162, 163 Matt. viii. 11, 12. Ye shall see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and 165 Luke xvi. 19-31. The rich man and Lazarus,. .167, 168, 184, 187 353 |