The Roman Numerals refer to the Volumes; the Arabic Figures to the Pages.
Ability of the Lord to save his people from ¦ Avispaçnuer, explained, i. 133
all sin, i. 161
Abstinence, what, i. 344
Abyssinia, state of, in regard to religion, ii. 678
Account, which every one must render to God, i. 643
Actions of men, none of them purely in- different, i. 647
Adam, the Representative of all men, i. 49-sentence of God upon, ii. 97 Adamic Perfection, what, ii. 291 Addison, quotation from, ii. 382, 547, 829
Adoption, Spirit of, described, i. 100 Adrian, the Emperor, address of, to his soul, ii. 237, 663
Advice proper to be given to an awakened person, i. 196
Affliction, advantages of, ii. 742-the voice of God, ii. 805
Africans, wretched state of the, ii. 224 Ayan explained, ii. 451
Ayalopy, explained, i. 374
Age, the effects of, ii. 100
Angel, no proof that one attends every man, ii. 254
Angels, the existence of, discovered by faith, ii. 636-the nature of, ii. 242, 251-address to the, ii. 754
Angelic Perfection, what, ii. 290 Anger, a disease of human nature, ii. 494, 495-the sin of indulging, i.262 -sinful, a cause of spiritual dark- ness, i. 581-inconsistent with Christ- ian zeal, ii. 467-engendered by gay apparel, ii. 423
Animals, creation of, ii. 91
Animals, our ignorance of many of the, ii. 221
Animated Nature, future state of, ii. 174 Annesley, Dr., quotation from, ii. 599 Antinomianism, what, i. 242, 316-in the primitive Church, ii. 139-prac- tical, not uncommon, i. 453
Avonros, explained, ii. 410 Avegwivos, explained, ii. 356
Apathy, not Christian meekness, i. 260 Anavyaoμa, explained, i. 294, 436
Aged people, duty of, to avoid public Apostates, misery of, i. 298—possibilty
diversions, ii. 811
Ayiov, ro, what, i. 397
Ayn, explained, i. 437
Ayari109E Hour, explained, i. 409 Air, original state of the, ii. 88—our ignorance of its nature, ii. 220-state of, in the New Earth, ii. 171 Αλαζονεία, what, ii. 319, 411
, explained, i. 333 Almost Christian, the, described, i. 11 Alms, to be given with a pure intention, i. 327 American Indians, state of the, ii. 225 American war, misery of the people during the, ii. 826
Ananias and Sapphira, the case of, ii. 136 Ancient writers, prejudices in favour of, ii. 565
of their finding mercy, ii. 403 Apparel, costly, to be avoided, ii. 422 Arians, deny the imputation of Christ's righteousness, i. 240-know Christ after the flesh, ii. 687 Armour of God, what, ii. 259 Arrogance, to be avoided, ii. 546 Artificers, guided by reason, ii. 233 Assembly's Catechism, quoted, ii. 670 Assizes, description of an, i. 167 Astronomers, contradictory calculations of, ii. 219
Athanasian Creed, remarks upon the, ii. 80 Atheism, described, ii. 745-a disease of
human nature, ii. 493, 733---incul- cated under various names, ii. 674- practical, produced by riches, ii. 624 A0101, who, i. 558; ii. 325
Atheists, account of two, ii. 744 Atmosphere, original state of the, ii. 90 Atonement, cannot be made by the sinner, i. 252
Atterbury, Bishop, anecdote of, ii. 448 Attributes of God, described, ii. 668-
destroyed by the doctrine of absolute predestination, ii. 10
Augustine, character of, ii. 208-quoted, ii. 160, 203, 392, 576
Auto da Fés, account of, by Dr. Geddes, ii. 460
Awakened Sinner, described, i. 96
Babe in Christ, experience of a, ii. 368 Babes in Christ, who, ii. 640-free from the power of sin, i. 507 Backbiting, what, i. 614 Backslulers, despair of many, ii. 294- may be restored, ii. 403
Balaam, address of, to Balak, ii. 595 Baptism, not the new birth, i. 572- grace of, often lost, i. 220, 575-does not supersede the necessity of the new birth, i. 219
Barclay, Robert, denied the imputation of Christ's righteousness, i. 241 Barnabas, contention of, with Paul, i. 226, 270; ii. 453
Baronet, a rich, annoyed by a puff of smoke, ii. 417, 627 Βαττολογήσετε, explained, i. 330 Baxter, striking quotation from, ii. 178 -mistake of, corrected, ii. 473 Beggar, affecting case of a, 654 Beggars, common, the question of re- lieving, ii. 654
Behmen, Jacob, strange conceit of, ii. 172
Believing the Gospel, explained and en- forced, i. 79
Believers, in Christ Jesus, who, i. 82 Bellarmane, dying saying of, i. 236 Beneficence, a source of enjoyment, ii. 379-recommended, ii. 701 Bengelius, calculation of, referred to, ii. 14-his doubts respecting 1 John v. 7, ii. 81
Bentley, Dr. haughtiness of, ii. 516 Bereans, blessing of God upon the, in searching the Scriptures, i. 189 Bigotry, defined, i. 488-the evil of, i.
Birds, creation of, ii. 92-our ignorance of, in several respects, ii. 222 Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, what,
Blasphemy of complaining that the terms
of the Christian covenant are too severe, j. 207
Blessedness of those that hunger and thirst after righteousness, i. 266 Bible, various editions of the English, mentioned, ii. 451
Boarding-schools, evils of, ii. 488
Body, human, description of the, ii. 629-
entrusted to men by God, i. 638— influence of, upon the soul, ii. 99- not the seat of sin, ii. 297-imperfec- tions of, ii. 740-the four elements combined in the, ii. 630-a source of temptation, ii. 357, 740-difference between a mortal and a glorified, ii. 784-our ignorance of many things relating to our, ii. 222-not to be transparent, ii. 172
Bodily disorders, a cause of spiritual heaviness, i. 594
Bondage, spirit of, described, i. 96 Born of God, in what sense he that is, sinneth not, i. 5
Brerewood, Mr., his calculations re- specting the state of the world, ii. 157, 678
Breathing, described, ii. 629 Broad way, what, i. 404
Brute Creation, original state of the, ii. 122 Brutes, subjected to vanity, ii. 127—
future state of, ii. 129-conjecture con- cerning, ii. 130
Building upon a rock, i. 425—upon the sand, what, i. 422
Bull, Bishop, erroneous doctrines of, ii. 760
Burkitt, Mr., mistake of, ii. 706 Bunyan, John, inconsistency of, ii. 302 Burlomachi, Mons., treatise of, censured, ii. 674
Business, best way of transacting, ii. 435
Called, what, ii. 107
Calvin, quoted respecting the imputation of Christ's righteousness. i. 238-did not separate from the Church, ii. 589 -burned Servetus alive, ii. 80 Calvinists, prove that opinion is not reli- gion, ii. 79
Campbell, Mr., opinion of, refuted, ii. 722
Cards, remarks upon playing at, ii. 439 | Care, anxious, forbidden, i. 383 Cases of Conscience, solved by the help of reason, ii. 234
Catholic Spirit, defined, i. 501-illus- trated, i. 491-distinguished from La- titudinarianism, and indifference to congregations, i. 499
Catacombs of Rome, mentioned, ii. 564 Ceremonies, not true religion, i. 72 Chadsey, Eliz., case of, ii. 361 Characters of all men will be unfolded in the day of judgment, i. 171 Xapaxrp, explained, i. 294 Charles XII., death of, ii 716 Charity, properties of, i. 268—the exer- cise of, a consequence of the fall, ii. 117
Chesterfield, Lord, infamous principles of, ii. 545, 736
Children, the souls of, to be cared for, ii. 484-how to be instructed, ii. 486, 670 -right management of, ii. 495-pro-
per food of, ii. 500-obedience due from, to their parents, ii.505-remarks upon the dress of, ii. 510-the be- queathment of property to, i. 630 China, the empire of, ii. 574 Xprsevera, explained, i. 269 Christ, the person of, ii. 816-the true God, ii. 305-the Creator and Pre- server of all things, ii. 305-eternal life, ii. 308-condescension of, ii. 386 Christian, a, altogether, i. 15-character of a, described, ii. 613 Christian's joy, ground of, i. 136 Christian Perfection, what, ii. 291. See Perfection.
Christian world, state of the, ii. 158 Christian Church, state of, in different ages, ii. 207, 569
Christian Revelation, overthrown by the doctrine of absolute predestination, ii. 7
Christians, character of real, ii. 660, 675 -two orders of, from the beginning, ii. 432-real, the special care of divine Providence, ii. 199-character of, in Jerusalem, ii. 135-in the Turkish dominions, character of, ii. 158-pro- fessed, wicked lives of, ii. 144 Christianity, in its native form, i. 291- essentially a social religion, i 295- difference between, and heathenism, i. 562-different from morality, ii. 747-causes of the inefficacy of, ii. 677-existing in individuals, i. 32- spreading from one to another, i. 36 -covering the earth, i. 39 Church, peculiar meaning of the term, i. 620-the, ambiguity of the term, ii. 270-who constitute the true, ii. 274, 275-unity of, ii. 274-wby denomi- nated holy, ii. 279-state of, in the earliest ages, ii. 136, 584-state of, in modern ages, ii. 142-glory of, in the latter day, ii. 166 Church of England, what, ii. 276-re- marks on attending the service of, ii. 581-several of the members of, know nothing of the imputation of Christ's righteousness, i. 241-attachment of the first Methodists to, ii. 22 Church of Rome, idolatry of, ii. 315 Cicero, remarkable saying of, ii. 148— quoted, on Providence, ii. 193 Clarendon, Lord, refusal of, to employ spies, ii. 829
Clarke, Dr. Adam, bis account of one of Mr. Wesley's Sermons, ii. 757 Clergy, the character of, in different ages,
ii. 584-ungodly, ministry of, ii. 586 Clergyman, wicked, folly of a, ii. 697 Circumcision of the heart, defined, i. 200 Circumstances which will precede and follow the general judgment, i. 168 Collier at Kingswood, remarkable account of a, ii. 399
Comets, our ignorance of their nature, II.
91, 219-matter pervaded by the, ii. 574-heat of, when returning from the sun, i. 176
Comfort, promised to Christian Mourn ers, i. 258
Comparative Divinity, beautiful view of, ii. 465, 469
Communion, duty of constant, ii. 553 Commandments, guilt and doom of those who teach men to break them, i. 314 Commutation of duties, not allowed by God, i. 263
Compliments, the term censured, ii. 448 Concupiscence, what, ii. 672 Condemnation, believers free from, i. 83 Condition of Justification, what, i. 55 Conference, debate in the, on leaving the Church, ii. 582
Conformity to the world, what, ii. 420 Conscience, defined, i. 130; ii. 593, 739
-several sorts of, ii. 597-rule of, i. 131-good, the same as a con- science void of offence, i. 132 Constantine, injury done to Christianity by, ii. 141, 431, 569
Contemplation, holy, not the whole of religious worship, i. 304
Contempt of inferiors, produced by riches, ii. 627
Contests about religion, described, i. 232 Conventicle Act, put in force against the Methodists, ii. 617
Convents, origin of, ii. 528 Conversation, uncharitable, Christians guilty of, i. 156
Conversation, advice respecting, ii. 437 Conviction of sin, described, i. 96-ii.745 -produced by the Law, i. 441-man- ner in which it is generally produced, i. 195-why often ineffectual, i. 610 Convincing speech, singular instance of the power of, ii. 456
Conviction, of demerit and helplessness in believers, i. 165
Correction, necessity of, in regard to children, ii. 425
Corrupting the word of God, means of, ii 754
Corruption of the heart, described, i. 76 Courteousness, enforced, ii. 550 Covenant of Works, what, i. 64 Covenant of Grace, difference between, and the Covenant of Works, i. 64. Covetousness, described, ii. 755-in the heart of a believer, i, 156 Conley, quoted, ii. 424, 743
Creation, the work of Christ, IL 305– original state of the, ii 87
Crom, taking up the, what, i. 607-ne- cessity of, i. 609
Cudworth, William, separation of, from Mr. Whitefield, ii. 23
Cure of evil-speaking, what, 1. 616 Custom, the Pharisees not governed by, i. 318
Cyprian, St., textimony of, concerning to e
Church, ii. 584, 141, 570-striking | Discases, sometimes occasioned by Satan,
Daily bread, what, 336 Dancing, remarks upon, ii. 439 Darkness, spiritual, the nature of, i. 577|| -the causes of, i. 580-widely differ- ent from heaviness, i. 601-not need- ful, i. 601--not profitable to the mind. i. 589-consequent upon an evil eye, i. 362; ii. 694-the cure of, i. 584 Daughters, remarks on the education of, ii. 488
David, sin of, described, i. 225, 227-
sin of, in numbering Israel, ii. 824— grief of, at the sickness of his child, ii. 768
Davis, Sir John, quoted, ii. 736; i. 461 Day of Judgment, will probably last many thousand years, i. 170 Deacon, Dr, opinion of, concerning Lu- natics, ii. 725
Dean, a courtly, preaching at Whitehall, ii. 421
Dear, impropriety of the term, when applied to Christ, ii. 689 Death, nature of, ii. 98, 633-certainty of, ii, 100-the penalty of sin, i. 567— of a wicked man described, ii. 375— of a good man described, ii. 375— | certainty of, ii. 382-spiritual, con- sequent upon sin, 151-final destruc- tion of, ii. 174-of beloved relations, a cause of spiritual heaviness, i. 596 Deceit, a disease of human nature, ii. 494 Deceitfulness of the heart, what, ii. 734 Decrees of God, what, ii. 107
Deist, the faith of a, ii. 603-misery of a, ii. 607—objection of a, to the Bible, ii. 693
Deists, extollers of reason, ii. 231 Δελεαζόμενοι, explained, i. 230 Demerit of believers, benefit of the con- viction of the, i. 165
De Renty, deep experience of, ii. 85- conduct of, in affliction, ii. 362 Desire of the flesh, what, ii. 316, 348, 411, 625, 666, 671, 753-of the eye, what, i. 154, 561; ii. 317, 348, 373, 411, 625, 666, 671,753
Desire, evil, danger of indulging, i. 582 Desire of e case, produced by riches, ii. 412 Desiring to be rich, the evil of, i. 367 Despair, danger of, ii. 393-backsliders destroyed by, ii. 394
Devil, his power in the world, i. 478 Devils, the existence of, discovered by faith, ii. 637-in what sense they may be cast out, i. 476
Devotion, should be solemn, ii. 690 Differences, among Christians, i. 482- causes of the, i, 236
Discipline, Methodist, described, ii. 616 -neglect of, by Mr. Whitefield in America, ii. 27
Ia etion, what, il. 147
Dissimulation, what, ii. 447-censured. ii. 548
Dissipated man, character of a, ii. 327 Dissipation, what, ii. 325, 667 Dissolution of the universe, i. 175 Distillers of spirituous liquors, murderers general, i. 628
Distraction of mind, what, ii. 325 Diversions, remarks upon, ii. 438- public, the evil of, ii. 807 Doctrines, erroneous, held by the Uni- versity of Oxford, ii. 758 Aoxu, explained, ii. 356, 445 Doxology, of the Lord's Prayer, i. 340 Dream, what, ii. 713—a singular, ii. 361 Dress, costly, to be avoided, ii. 422-
solemn charge concerning, ii. 520-of children, remarks upon the, ii. 510 Drowned persons, apparently, instances of, restored, ii. 538
Drunkard, instance of a, reclaimed, ii. 182 Drunkenness, ii. 182 Dryness, spiritual, sometimes occasioned by the want of self-denial, i. 611
habit of, may be overcome,
Early rising, recommended, ii. 434 Earth, original state of the, ii. 87—our ignorance of many things belonging to the, ii. 220-inherited by the meek, i. 264-future state of, ii. 173-new, what, ii. 173
"Earthen vessels," described, ii. 740 Earthquake, in Sicily, ii. 37-in Jamaica, ii. 37-in Lima, ii. 40 Earthquakes, proved to be the works of the Lord, ii. 35
Eastern Church, state of the, ii. 678 Education, design of, ii. 488, 492-prac- tical errors in, ii. 495
Edwards, Mr., success of his ministry, ii.
Effeminacy, produced by riches, ii. 418 Egyptians, ancient, character of, ii. 566 Exßaav, explained, ii. 360 Exλvouevos, explained, ii. 365 Election, the sense in which some contend for, ii. 2
Exeyxos, explained, i. 33; ii. 662 Ελεγχος πνεύματος, what, i. 22, 546 | Elements, future state of the, ii. 170 Ei, sons of, their character, ii. 582 Elijah, translation of, ii. 100 Eloquence, sometimes substituted for love, ii 454-vanity of, without love, ii. 456
Employment, the choice of an, ii. 696 End, of man's creation, ii. 633, 670 Ενεργειν, το, what, ii. 367 Expyeμern di ayann, what, i. 495 Enghtened, what, i. 299 Enoch, translation of, ii. 100 Evoxos, explained, i. 77, 262
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