Attributes of God, described, ii, 429-
destroyed by the doctrine of absolute
predestination, i, 488

Augustine, character of, ii, 110-quoted,
ii, 77, 107, 238, 366

Auto da Fés, account of, by Dr. Geddes,
ii, 286

Awakened Sinner, described, i, 78

Babe in Christ, experience of a, ii, 221
Babes in Christ, who, ii, 410-free from
the power of sin, i, 359
Backbiting, what, i, 433

ation, ii, 214, 480--difference between
a mortal and a glorified, ii, 510-our
ignorance of many things relating to
our, ii, 120-not to be transparent, ii,
85
Bodily disorders, a cause of spiritual
heaviness, i, 420

Bondage, spirit of, described, i, 78
Born of God, in what sense he that is,
sinneth not, i, 16

Brerewood, Mr., his calculations respect-
ing the state of the world, ii, 74, 436
Breathing, described, ii, 402

Backsliders, despair of many, ii, 239-Broad way, what, i, 287
may be restored, ii, 247

Balaam, address of, to Balak, ii, 378

Brute Creation, original state of the, ii,
50

Baptism, not the new birth, i, 404-Brutes, subjected to vanity, ii, 53—fu
grace of, often lost, i, 161, 406-does
not supersede the necessity of the new
birth, i, 160

Barclay, Robert, denied the imputation
of Christ's righteousness, i, 175
Barnabas, contention of, with Paul, i,
165, 195; ii, 281

ture state of, ii, 54-conjecture con
cerning, ii, 55

Building upon a rock, i, 301-upon the
sand, what, i, 299

Bull, Bishop, erroneous doctrines of, ii,
493

Burkitt, Mr., mistake of, ii, 456

Bunyan, John, inconsistency of, ii, 176
Burlomachi, Mons., treatise of, censured,
ii, 433

89-Business, best way of transacting, ii, 269

Baronet, a rich, annoyed by a puff of
smoke, ii, 257, 400
BarroλoynosTE, explained, i, 235
Baxter, striking quotation from, ii,
mistake of, corrected, ii, 295
Beggar, affecting case of a, ii, 419
Beggars, common, the question of re-
lieving, ii, 419

Behmen, Jacob, strange conceit of, ii, 85
Believing the Gospel, explained and en-
forced, i, 67

Believers, in Christ Jesus, who, i, 68
Bellarmine, dying saying of, i, 172
Beneficence, a source of enjoyment, ii,
230-recommended, ii, 452
Bengelius, calculation of, referred to, i,
491-his doubts respecting 1 John v,
7, ii, 21

Bentley, Dr., haughtiness of, ii, 346
Bereans, blessing of God upon the, in
searching the Scriptures, i, 141
Bible, various editions of the English,
mentioned, ii, 280

Bigotry, defined, i, 345-the evil of, i,

345

Birds, creation of, ii, 29—our ignorance
of, in several respects, ii, 120
Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, what,
ii, 245

Blasphemy of complaining that the terms
of the Christian covenant are too se-
vere, i, 153

Blessedness of those that hunger and
thirst after righteousness, i, 192
Boarding Schools, evils of, ii, 306
Body, human, description of the, ii, 402

entrusted to men by God, i, 450-
influence of, upon the soul, ii, 34-not
the seat of sin, ii, 172-imperfections
of, ii, 479-the four elements com-
bined in the, ii, 402-a source of tempt-

Called, what, ii, 40

Calvin, quoted respecting the imputa-
tion of Christ's righteousness, i, 173—
did not separate from the church, ii,
374-burned Servetus alive, ii, 21
Calvinists, prove that opinion is not re-
ligion, ii, 20

Campbell, Mr., opinion of, refuted, ii,
467

Cards, remarks upon playing at, ii, 272
Care, anxious, forbidden, i, 273
Cases of Conscience, solved by the help
of reason, ii, 129

Catholic Spirit, defined, i, 354-illustra
trated, i, 347-distinguished from La-
titudinarianism, and indifference to
congregations, i, 353

Catacombs of Rome, mentioned, ii, 358
Ceremonies, not true religion, i, 61
Chadscy, Eliz., case of, ii, 216
Characters of all men will be unfolded in
the day of judgment, i, 129
Xapakтno, explained, i, 210
Charles XII., death of, ii, 463
Charity, properties of, i, 193-the exer
cise of, a consequence of the fall, ii,
46

Chesterfield, Lord, infamous principles
of, ii, 345, 477
Children, the souls of, to be cared for, ii,
302-how to be instructed, ii, 304, 431
-right management of, ii, 310-pro-
per food of, ii, 314-obedience due
from, to their parents, ii, 317-re.
marks upon the dress of, ii, 321-the
bequeathment of property to, i, 446

China, the empire of, ii, 364
Χρησεύεται, explained, i, 193
Christ, the person of, ii, 533-the true
God, ii, 178-the Creator and Pre-
server of all things, ii, 178-eternal
life, ii, 180-condescension of, ii, 234
Christian, a, altogether, i, 23-character
of a, described, ii, 390
Christian's joy, ground of, i, 105
Christian Perfection, what, ii, 168.
Perfection

See

Christian world, state of the, ii, 75
Christian Church, state of, in different,
ages, ii, 109, 360

Christian Revelation, overthrown by the
doctrine of absolute predestination, i,
486

Christians, character of real, ii, 423, 434

-two orders of, from the beginning,
ii, 267-real, the special care of divine
Providence, ii, 104-character of, in
Jerusalem, ii, 59-in the Turkish do-
minions, character of, ii, 75-profess-
ed, wicked lives of, ii, 65
Christianity, in its native form, i, 209-
essentially a social religion, i, 211-
difference between, and heathenism,
i, 397-different from morality, ii, 485
-causes of the inefficacy of, ii, 435-
existing in individuals, i, 34-spread-
ing from one to another, i, 37-cover-
ing the earth, i, 39
Church, peculiar meaning of the term,
i, 438-the ambiguity of the term, ii,
154-who constitute the true, ii, 155,
156-unity of, ii, 156-why denomi-
nated holy, ii, 160-state of, in the
earliest ages, ii, 60, 371-state of, in
modern ages, ii, 64—glory of, in the
latter day, ii, 81

Church of England, what, ii, 157-re-
marks on attending the service of, ii,
368-several of the members of, know
nothing of the imputation of Christ's
righteousness, i, 175-attachment of
the first Methodists to, i, 496
Church of Rome, idolatry of, ii, 185
Cicero, remarkable saying of, ii, 68-
quoted, on Providence, ii, 99
Clarendon, Lord, refusal of, to employ
spies, i, 519

Clarke, Dr. Adam, his account of one of
Mr. Wesley's Sermons, ii, 491
Clergy, the character of, in different
ages, ii, 370-ungodly, ministry of, ii,
372

Clergyman, wicked folly of a, ii, 449
Circumcision of the heart, defined, i,
148

Circumstances which will precede and
follow the general judgment, i, 126
Collier at Kingswood, remarkable ac-
count of a, ii, 244
Comets, our ignorance of their nature,
ii, 28, 118-matter pervaded by the,

ii, 364-heat of, when returning from
the sun, i, 132

Comfort, promised to Christian mourn-
ers, i, 186

Comparative Divinity, beautiful view
of, ii, 289, 292

Communion, duty of constant, ii, 350
Commandments, guilt and doom of those
who teach men to break them, i, 224
Commutation of duties, not allowed by
God, i, 190

Compliments, the term censured, ii, 278
Concupiscence, what, ii, 432
Condemnation, believers free from, i, 70
Condition of Justification, what, i, 50
Conference, debate in the, on leaving the
Church, ii, 369

Conformity to the world, what, ii, 258
Conscience, defined, i, 101; ii, 377, 479
-several sorts of, ii, 380-rule of, i,
102-good, the same as a conscience
void of offence, i, 102
Constantine, injury done to Christianity
by, ii, 63, 266, 361

Contemplation, holy, not the whole of
religious worship, i, 218
Contempt of inferiors, produced by
riches, ii, 400

Contests about religion, described, i, 169
Conventicle Act, put in force against the
Methodists, ii, 393

Convents, origin of, ii, 374
Conversation, uncharitable, Christians
guilty of, i, 119

Conversation, advice respecting, ii, 200
Conviction of sin, described, i, 78; ii,
483-produced by the law, i, 312-
manner in which it is generally pro-
duced, i, 145-why often ineffectual,
i, 431

Convincing speech, singular instance of
the power of, ii, 284
Conviction, of demerit and helplessness
in believers, i, 125
Correction, necessity of, in regard to
children, ii, 303

Corrupting the word of God, means of,
ii, 503

Corruption of the heart, described, i, 64
Courteousness, enforced, ii, 348
Covenant of works, what, i, 56
Covenant of Grace, difference between,
and the covenant of works, i, 56
Covetousness, described, ii, 490—in the
heart of a believer, i, 118
Cowley, quoted, ii, 261, 482
Creation, the work of Christ, ii, 178-
original state of the, ii, 25
Cross, taking up the, what, i, 429--ne-
cessity of, 1, 430

Cudworth, William, separation of, from
Mr. Whitefield, i, 497
Cure of evil speaking, what, i, 435
Custom, the Pharisees not governed by,
i, 227

Cyprian, St., testimony of, concerning | Discipline, Methodist, described, ii, 392
the church, ii, 371, 63, 361-striking
thought of, ii, 15, 365

Daily bread, what, i, 240
Dancing, remarks upon, ii, 271
Darkness, spiritual, the nature of, 1, 408
-the causes of, i, 410-widely differ-
ent from heaviness, i, 424-not need-
ful, i, 425-not profitable to the mind,
i, 416-consequent upon an evil eye,
i, 258; ii, 447-the cure of, i, 413
Daughters, remarks on the education of,
ii, 306

David, sin of, described, i, 165, 166-
sin of, in numbering Israel, i, 515—
grief of, at the sickness of his child,
ii, 499

Davis, Sir John, quoted, ii, 477; i, 326
Day of Judgment, will probably last
many thousand years, i, 128
Deacon, Dr., opinion of, concerning lu-
natics, ii, 469

Dean, a courtly, preaching at Whitehall,
ii, 261

Dear, impropriety of the term, when ap-
plied to Christ, ii, 443
Death, nature of, ii, 34, 404-certainty
of, ii, 34--the penalty of sin, i, 401-
of a wicked man described, ii, 227–
of a good man described, ii, 227—
certainty of, ii, 232-spiritual, conse-
quent upon sin, ii, 71-final destruc-
tion of, ii, 87-of beloved relations, a
cause of spiritual heaviness, i, 421
Deceit, a disease of human nature, ii, 310
Deceitfulness of the heart, what, ii, 475
Decrees of God, what, ii, 39

-neglect of, by Mr. Whitefield, in
America, i, 500

Discretion, what, ii, 277

Diseases, sometimes occasioned by Sa-
tan, ii, 145

Dissimulation, what, ii, 278-censured,
ii, 347

Dissipated man, character of a, ii, 193
Dissipation, what, ii, 191, 428
Dissolution of the universe, i, 131
Distillers of spirituous liquors, murder-
ers general, i, 443

Distraction of mind, what, ii, 191 -
Diversions, remarks upon, ii, 271-pub-
lic, the evil of, ii, 526

Doctrines, erroneous, held by the Uni-
versity of Oxford, ii, 492
Aokεt, explained, ii, 213, 276
Doxology, of the Lord's prayer, i, 242
Dream, what, ii, 461-a singular, ii, 217
Dress, costly, to be avoided, ii, 259—so-
lemn charge concerning, ii, 328-chil-
dren, remarks upon the, ii, 321
Drowned persons, apparently, instances
of, restored, ii, 340 ́

Drunkard, instance of a, reclaimed, ii,

92

Drunkenness, habit of, may be overcome,
ii, 92
Dryness, spiritual, sometimes occasioned
by the want of self denial, i, 431

Early rising, recommended, ii, 268
Earth, original state of the, ii, 25—our
ignorance of many things belonging
to the, ii, 119-inherited by the meek,
i, 190-future state of, ii, 86-new,
what, ü, 86

Deist, the faith of a, ii, 384-misery of
a, ii, 387-objection of a, to the Bible,"
ii, 446

Deists, extollers of reason, ii, 126
Achealouevo, explained, i, 168
Demerit of believers, benefit of the con-
viction of the, i, 125

De Renty, deep experience of, ii, 24-
conduct of, in affliction, ii, 217
Desire of the flesh, what, ii, 186, 207,
252, 399, 427, 431, 489-of the eye,
what, i, 118, 396; ii, 186, 207, 225,
252, 399, 427, 431, 489

Desire, evil, danger of indulging,
411

Desire of ease, produced by riches,
252

i,

ii,

Desiring to be rich, the evil of, i, 261
Despair, danger of, ii, 239-backsliders
destroyed by, ii, 240

Devil, his power in the world, i, 338
Devils, the existence of, discovered by
faith, ii, 407-in what sense they may
be cast out, i, 338

Devotion, should be solemn, ii, 444

Earthen vessels," described, ii, 479
Earthquake, in Sicily, i, 507-in Jamai-
ca, i, 507-in Lima, i, 509
Earthquakes, proved to be the works of
the Lord, i, 506

Eastern Church, state of the, ii, 436
Education, design of, ii, 305, 308-prac-
tical errors in, ii, 311

Edwards, Mr., success of his ministry,
i, 499

Effeminacy, produced by riches, ii, 257
Egyptians, ancient, character of, ii, 359
Exßaotv, explained, ii, 216
Exλvoμevoi, explained, ii, 220
Election, the sense in which some con-
tend for, i, 482

Elyxos, explained, i, 35; ii, 425
Eleyxos яvεvμates, what, i, 27, 386
Elements, future state of the, ii, 84
Eli, sons of, their character, ii, 369
Elijah, translation of, ii, 34
Eloquence, sometimes substituted for
love, ii, 282-vanity of, without love
ii, 284

Differences, among Christians, i, 341-Employment, the choice of an, ii, 449
End, of man's creation, ii, 405, 430

causes of the, i, 171

Fall in Adam, nature of our, ii, 531-ad-
vantages of, to mankind, ii, 43
False prophets, who, i, 293-tie garb in
which they appear, i, 294--how Chris-
tians should beware of, i, 296-admo.
nished, i, 297

False religion, described, ii, 432
Familiarity with God, irreverent, cen-
sured, ii, 444

Families, dispensations of Providence
towards, ii, 123

Family religion, importance of, ii, 300
Fasting, the nature of, i, 245-the grounds
of, i, 247-tho manner in which it
should be practised, i, 254-neglect of,
among the Methodists, ii, 440-to what
extent practised by the Pharisees, i, 227

Fixed stars, referred to, ii, 364-our ig- Good works, remarks upon, ii, 337-