these are light, proportion or ta- lents ib. and mercy 326, &c. Judgments (national,) the erroneous and the just light in which they should be viewed ii 378, &c. four erroneous dispositions in which they are viewed ib. &c. God is not only the author of all judgments, but he determines their ends in three respects 379 a provisional or particular judg- ment on every man as soon as his soul leaves the body i 321 the judgment or opinion must often be suspended ii 76 Justification, Anselm's mode of expressing on that subject i 301
five reasons why our knowledge is circumscribed man cannot know as God knows, which is an adequate apology for the mysteries of faith 362 L Latitudinarianism, or Deism ii 359 Law, offending in one point, &c. refers to ca- pital offences, not to daily frailties, mo- mentary faults and involuntary pas- i 352 it refers to wilful and presumptuous sins, which virtually sap the foundation of the whole law in three respects 354 the law requires us to consider God as a sovereign, a legislator, and a father ib. the excellent design of God's law in four arguments 381 Lawyers, their method of false pleading ii 73 Learning and knowledge should be acquired by Christians i 219 Legends, a specimen of them ii 140 Lent, apparently observed with great reve- rence by the author's hearers i 187 this festival is strongly recommended ii 164 Levitical law supported by three classes of persons ii 213 i 52
Libertines, their objections against revelation refuted in four arguments Liberty, (Christian) described Liberty described in five points: in the power of suspending the judgment, in having the will in unison with the under- standing, the conscience superior to the control of the senses, superior to our condition in life i 268 Liberty is incompatible with sin 269 Life, arguments on its shortness and uncer- tainty ii 215 the life of men divided into six periods
Life, the viscissitudes of life
reflections on it
we should value the good things of life ib. some men hate life, through a disposi- tion of melancholy through a principle of misanthropy 66 through discontent and disgust ib. and through an excessive fondness of life ib.
rectitude and delicacy of conscience pro- mote disgust of life
Live, how shall we, the expression beautifully 69 applied Louis XIV, a cruel, superstitious and enthu- siastic man i 389 his monarchy obviously alluded
Martyrs, a fine apostrophe to them
the Jews believed in their resurrec- tion
the moral martyrs are sometimes ac- cused of rebellion
ii 19 they have a fourfold reward 21 arguments of support to martyrs 13 the fear of martyrdom Marvellous, the, a caution against it Mary, the mother of Christ Materiality of the soul refuted Maxims of the world
Mediator, Christ in this office is one with God in three respects ii 157 Merchants, apprised of a heavenly treasure ii 217 Messiah, a comfort to the church under the idea of the Jewish captivity i 76 Metaphysical mode of reasoning, concerning Ministers or casuists, cautioned ii 50. 71. 107 spirit and matter i 58 humility must be their character 93
his secret policy against the neighbouring states 395 his glory, and the humiliation of his pride ii 108
Love, the energy of the love of Christ i 291 the sinner is exhorted to enkindle his heart with love 292 effects of Christ's love on the heart 294 his love is an inexhaustible source of
consolation in all the distresses of life, and in the agonies of death 295 it is a source of universal obedience ib. Love to God described
i 396. ii 350 portrait of the infidel who shall presume to govern a king- dom on those principles 367 ii 217 ii 355
Magistrates addressed Mahomet, character of that monster Maimonides, this learned Rabbi agrees with St. Paul, Rom. xii. 2. that God requires our persons, not our sacrifices i 288
Malachi, character of the people to whom he preached ii 192 and the character of the priests 196 Malebranche, his admirable exposition of the passions ii 73 Man, in the simplicity of youth admires the perfections of God, and the theory of religion ii 278 man is born with a propensity to vice
St. Paul divides them into three classes
Ministers should be distinguished by love 151 their glory in the day of the Lord 97 an address to them
their duty when attending profli gate men in their last moments 249
woe, woe to the faithless ministry
Ministers must strike at vice without respect 259 to persons Ministry, the little success of Christ's ministry accounted for by five considera-
the christian ministry excites digni- fied enemies attendance on it must make us either better or worse it was greatly abused by the Jews
ii 8 a striking transition from preaching the most tremendous terrors, to the ministry of consolation ii 250 an apology for the ministry of ter. ror to certain characters 224 were performed in the most public place and before the most compe- tent judges i 197
the folly of asking miracles while we live in sin Miser, a, his reflections at a funeral but tran-
sient i 208 Molinists, an opinion of theirs censured ii 7 Montausier (Mons. de) his confession Morality, its principle, the love of God is i 405 always the same, its variations therefore are simply the effect of superior light
the nature, obligations and motives of morality i pref. xxxv
it has five characters: it
it is distinguished by dignity of principle
by equity of claims
by being within our reach 21 and by the power of its motives 22
Morality, the morality of a soldier, of a states- | Origen, his avowal of the Godhead of Christ man, of a merchant, of a minis-
Moral evidences, its difference from mathe- matical ii 183 i 56
Moses, his advantage as a preacher
he is the reputed author of the xcth Psalm
his ideas of hell Original sin, or seed of corruption, attributed to the depravity of nature i 215 ii 281. 397
National dangers should especially affect those who are most exposed
Nativity of Christ, all nature rejoicing at his birth i 149 Nature and grace abound with marvels i 93 the study of it unsearchably sublime ii 100 Natural religion, the disciple of it embarrassed on contemplating the miseries of man, &c. but all these are no diffi- culties to the disciple of revealed religion i 213 the disciple of natural religion, is equally embarrassed in studying the nature of man in three respects 214
the disciple of natural, and the disci- ple of revealed religion, at the tri- bunal of God, soliciting pardon 216 fortifying themselves against the fear of death
the confusion of Pagan philosophers, respecting natural religion, in four respects Nebuchadnezzar, the rapidity of his conquest i 68 Nehemas, (Rabbi) his curious reply to a Ro- man Consul, who had inquired con- cerning the name of God i 328 Nicodemites described ii 406 Night, a christian seeking for the evidence of religion, is placed between the night of historic difficulties, and the night of his future hopes ii 173 the faith which respects the night of futurity Nineveh, the fall of that metropolis 364 Nobility of birth extravagantly panegyrized ii 343 a virtuous descent, the highest no- bility
it is hostile to truth and virtue 424 it disorders the soul with unholy dis- positions
the depravity of nature is increased by acts of vice
it descends from parents to children, and therefore is a strong argument for diligence in education (Isaac) a learned Jew
their belief in the presence of the
gods at their festivals, largely illustrated ii 194 their major and their minor myste- ries too abominable for description
their uncharitableness in denying sal- vation to all Christians out of their communion
i 375 they cannot be saved as idolaters 376 they are guilty of adoring the host, &c.
Passion, an apostrophe to grace for power Piety, it is incompatible with the whole de-
of taste and sentiment defined 384 the judgment we form of our state un- der privations
when privation is general, it indicates an unregenerate state Pilate, the baseness of his conduct his cruelty to the Galileans Plato, a sketch of his republic Plato's opinion of God Plague, an argument for fasting and tion
national plagues sevenfold appalling horrors of the plague Pleasure, mischiefs arising from unlawful in- dulgences i 47. 78 Politeness, as practised by bad men ii 19 Poor, (the) a fine series of arguments in beg- ging for them i 409 Pope, his kingdom compared with Christ's i 185 Popery, sketch of its corruptions, pref. i 5. 205 (see Papists) Poverty, God who quickeneth and arranges all things, often leaves his best servants in indigence and want i 180 Prayer, a source of consolation ii 152 Preachers, the liberty of the French exiles in that respect ii 84 Preachers, (the primitive) an admirable ad- vantage in addressing the heathen and the Jews i 197 Predestination, the impossibility of explaining it; but God, who cannot err, declares that he offers violence to no creature, and that our destruction proceeds from our- selves ii 116 Princes and judges, their qualifications ii 344 Principle, purity of principle must be the ba- sis of all our conduct ii 4 Prophecy, objections against it answered; its
Philosophical apathy, a great evil
character asserted i 152, &c. difficulties of affixing a literal meaning to the prophecies of the Messiah and his kingdom i 183 Prophecies respecting the fall of Jerusalem Prophecies respecting Christ's death, accom- plished by his sufferings 169 Prophets, how they conducted themselves at
Piety, its excellence
i 55 it is distinguished by knowledge, since- rity, sacrifice and zeal ii 35, &c.
Piety is productive of health
of reputation
of fortune
of happiness
i 399 Prophetic eloquence, its superiority i 379 Professional men, the conditions of their sal- vation ii.57 ib. Protestants of France distinguished by their attendance on public worship, and on the days of communion i 16"
the piety of Ephraim and Judah tran-
Proverbs of Solomon, some of them reconciled Reformation, the reformed obtain the free ex- ib.
with his assertions in his Ecclesi-
Providence has, after one hundred years, an-
ercise of religion
the massacre of Paris cruelly
plotted under a marriage with Henry of Navarre
Guise attempts to dethrone Henry III. by a league Henry IV. of Navarre, embraces
popery, and ascends the throne
the edict of Nantes the Jesuits founded by Loyola, no doubt with good intentions, at first, confounded by Riche- lieu with the Protestants xiii Louis XIII. persecutes the Pro- testants by Richelieu's advice ib. the final revocation of the edict of Nantes
the horrors and the exile of 800, 000 persons
charged on the French clergy; its impolicy exposed in forty arguments
the glory of Louis XIV. waned from that period
swered our author's question in Regeneration, character of it
i 315 (see Holiness)
its nature laid down in a change of ideas, a change of desires, a change of taste, a change of hopes, a change of pursuits its necessity
the necessity of regeneration demonstrated by the genius of religion, the wants of man, and the perfections of God ib. Religion, progressive in five classes of argu- ii 13. 16 its evidences were stronger to the scripture characters than to us ii 181 some have too much and some too little sorrow for sin i 97 possibility of a death bed repent- ance proved by six arguments 103
but the queen of Navarre be- comes its most zealous advo- cate ib. the duke de Guise commences a war with the Protestants, and 50,000 of them are slain x
on a death bed repentance 247 three objections answered two prejudices against a protract- 268 ed repentance
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