criticisms on Matt. iii. 16, and vii. 3, noticed, 54, 110-on the charge given to the blind men, when restored to sight, 141-his distinction between parable and apologue, mentioned, 190 -on the commandments of men, 219 -on Elias coming to restore all things, 247 on the question, whether our Lord ate the passover before he suf- fered, 380-on the ministry of John the Baptist, 539
Canaan, woman of, why so called, her strong faith, and the trials to which it was put, 223, 224-the triumph of cha- ritable feeling towards a Canaanite over the Jewish prejudices of the disciples, 223-her apparent rejection by our Lord, ib.-her perseverance, affection, importunity, humility, and success, re- corded, 224-reasons why her faith was subjected to so severe a trial, 225 Capernaum, where situated, and why called by Christ his own city, 62-the connexion of Christ with this city, stated, 132-reason of the charge which was given to the blind men who were restored to sight in this city, 141 -the peculiar privileges with which this city was favoured, 170-the awful doom denounced against it by our Lord, ib.-why more miracles were wrought here than at Nazareth, 580-- a great thoroughfare through this city to Jerusalem, 610
Care, anxious care, dangerous and sinful, 105, 106-altogether useless, 106, 107 -the care of God over all his works, noticed, 640
Celibacy, the popish doctrine of, not founded on scripture, 126, 127—under what circumstances it was commended by our Lord, 271
Censoriousness, the nature and evil of, stated, 109-it is not enough that we see clearly the mote in the eye, we must also see clearly how to cast it out,
Census, a term used for the enumeration
of the people, and the capitation tax imposed on the Roman provinces, 314 Centurion, a Roman officer, his authority stated, 123-character of him who is mentioned by St. Matthew, 123, 597—
his singular and approved faith in the reason he has assigned why our Lord need not enter his house to heal his servant, considered, 124-testimony of the centurion at the crucifixion to the innocency of Christ, 431, 432 Cestius Gallus, prefect of Syria, men- tioned, 345
Xaλkos, explained, 509
Charger, the, on which the head of John the Baptist was demanded, described, 209
Chariots of war forbidden to be used by the Jews, 294
Chazan, one of the ministers of the syna- gogue, 577
Chief Priests, what persons were included
under this term, 34, 238-one of the three orders who composed the Sanhe- drim, 238
Children, the holiness of pious ancestors will not supersede the personal regene- ration of their children, 49-in their education attention should be paid to circumstances, habit, &c., 138—child- ren of wisdom, who they are, 169- motives to maintain a conduct con- sistent with this designation, ib.-in what respect disciples are to become as children before they can enter the kingdom of heaven, 254, 255, 489, 490 -the metaphor of a child employed to denote the humility of rea! disciples, 260-the notion that the children who were brought to Christ, were to be healed of some infirmity, refuted, 272 -the salvation of little children, stated and proved, 260, 261, 272—the phrase, "Of such is the kingdom of heaven," explained, 272-why the children who were brought to Christ were not bap- tized, 272-Matthew's quotation from the Psalms, when referring to the songs of the children in the temple, illus trated, 300, 301-their praises typical of the disciples, making the praises of the glory of God in the redemption of the world fill the whole earth, 300, 301 -the sufferings of helpless children and females during the invasion of Judea, noticed, 345-the interest which our Lord took in children bears a fa- vourable aspect upon infant baptism,
490-the reason why the Jewish wo- men were anxious for a numerous off- spring of children, 541-boys received their names at circumcision, girls at the time in which they were weaned, 550-when Jewish children came under the yoke of the law, 566—the practice of the Jews, who, at an early period, accustomed their children to religious observances, applauded, ib. XITOV, explained, 88, 148 Xopros, explained, 107 Xoλn, explained, 424
Chorazin, its situation, privileges, and guilt, noticed, 169-in what the wicked- ness of this place consisted, 169, 170— why greater in moral turpitude than Nineveh, 170
Xwpew, explained, 270
Christianity, the folly of asking for differ- ent and stronger evidence of the truth of, than that already vouchsafed, 59— Christianity maintained, exemplified and diffused, designed for the illumi- nation and salvation of all mankind, 74-requires positive as well as nega- tive virtues, 89-precepts of the religion of Christ stated, 90-Christianity con- trasted with Paganism in the publicity given to its doctrines, 111-its general truths to be fully declared, 111, 156— under what restrictions the deep things of God are to be made known, 111— illustrated, by the difference which is discovered in Paul's discourse at Athens and in his Epistles to the Greek churches, ib.—in the religion of Christ men are influenced not by passion but principle, 150-Christian- ity a perfect dispensation of moral duty, 263-character of the religion of Christ, and of the enmity manifested against it, 343-the hallowing nature and practical influence of Christianity considered, 367, 368-three great ends to be accomplished by the Christian religion, 370-important results to Christianity from our Saviour having been put to death, not privately, but publicly, 373-as there is a common Christianity, so there is a common cause among Christians, and he who
promotes it is on the side of Christ, 491-Christianity, as a revelation, not perfected until "fire was sent on the earth," 651—the fact established, that Christianity was the subject of ancient prophetic promise, a convincing and cogent argument to Jew and Gentile, 658-does not stand on the same ground as a system of human opinion and man's wisdom, 660-the scrutiny to which Christianity would be subject in the city of Rome, noticed, 666 Christians, their character and influence represented, 74-those who have lost the vital influence of piety, represented by salt which has lost its savour, 75— the sin and danger of being useless to mankind, ib.—Christians are the light of the world, ib.—are public as well as private characters, and are to commu- nicate as well as to receive, ib.—are to manifest sincerity in all verbal commu- nications, 87-not to revenge injuries received on account of their religious profession, 88--to exhibit positive as well as negative virtues, 89-to observe the form of external civility and cour- tesy, 91-the difficulties and dangers of a Christian's life, stated, 115-they have an equal right to claim the aid of the Holy Ghost in seasons of difficulty, with the apostles, 152-qualifications essentially necessary for entering the kingdom of God, 254, 255-those who receive the apostles' testimony and the ministers of the word as children, receive Christ, 255-are objects of the Saviour's peculiar love, 260-benefits flowing to those who forsake all for Christ, 281, 282-those who are most complaisant to the truth are generally the furthest from the kingdom of God, 305-the exclusive privilege of the Christian to be untroubled in troublous times, 341-were signally delivered from the calamities of the siege of Je- rusalem, 342, 345, 346, 353-the diffi- culty but not impossibility of seducing Christians from the truth, 348-the duty of preparing for future danger and trials of grace, illustrated, and the foolishness of an opposite line of con- duct, stated, 358-the necessity of deep,
personal, and persevering piety, incul- cated in the parable of the talents, 362 -every Christian has at least one talent to employ for the good of others, 362, 363-not abusing the talent is not sufficient, it must be used, 363-the great good which faithful Christians are capable of accomplishing, 364—a declension of religion may invariably be attributed to the slothfulness of pro- fessed Christians, 364—the conduct of unprofitable Christians, condemned, 365 -injuries received for the sake of reli- gion, not to be repelled by retaliative violence, 401-the usefulness of Chris- tians implied in our Lord forbidding the man out of whom a legion of devils were cast to accompany him, 466-the folly and sin of prohibiting others from doing good, whose order and manner of calling may be different from ours, 491-the nature of that instruction with which the early Christians were fa- voured, 535-the perfection which Christ enjoined on his disciples, 594, 595-in what respect the spiritual Israel are said to have their names written in heaven, 621-this phrase has no reference to predestination or election to eternal life, 621-how Christians may avoid the corrupting leaven of the Pharisees, 639, 640- their public recognition at the second coming of Christ, noticed, 641—mo- tives to trust in Providence, drawn from the character of Christ as a Shep- herd, and its consequent reward, 646 -constant preparation for the coming of Christ, powerfully inculcated, 647, 648-the Christians having all things common, peculiar to the church at Je- rusalem, and for a limited time, 647— Christians not the servants or slaves of Christ in the common meaning of the word slavery, 657-the interesting re- lation in which every Christian stands to God, 661, 662-the terms, "beloved of God," &c., not applied to the Chris- tians in the same sense as applicable to the Jews of old, 662 Chrysostom, quoted, on the credibility of
the Gospels, 7-on the parable of the wheat and tares, 200-on the foreknow-
ledge of God, 382-his observation on the style of Mark and Luke, 532 Church, the field where the good seed of
the kingdom is to be sown, 198-want of piety and attention to discipline tend to its corruption, ib.-the opinion, that the parable of the wheat and tares was delivered against carrying discipline too far in the church, considered and re- futed, 199-possesses its own legitimate power to reprove and separate offenders from its communion, 200-this power, though early exercised, was not always tempered with mercy, ib.—when the church was connected with the state, her ministers became the advocates of civil coercion in religious affairs, ib. -progress of persecuting edicts in the church, noticed, ib.-to separate men from the church to be punished is the work of Christ alone, ib.-the in- troduction of ceremonial and super- stitious observances in the church, with the loss of simplicity, induced pride, hypocrisy, bigotry, with loss of power and communion with God, 220-roots of error must be plucked up, not by coercion and violence, but by faithful and unsparing refutation, 221-in what respect Peter, as the representative of the apostles, is the rock upon which the church is built, 234-meaning of the term church, ib.-who constitute the true church, ib.-her security from extinction, by the ravages of death or the counsels of Satan, stated, 235- what forms the universal church of Christ, 262-great rules of church dis- cipline, laid down by our Lord, 262, 291-authority in the church, obtained by moral influence, 291, 292-how Christ is the foundation and corner- stone of the church, 307-the doors of the church should be open to all who accept the Gospel invitation, 311—the church will not be entirely purged from formalists and pretenders until the day of judgment, ib.-her danger from the licentious conduct of professors, no- ticed, 344-union of Christ with his church, represented under the figure of marriage, 358-compulsion or persecu- tion to repel the enemies of the Saviour,
or to increase the number of his adhe- rents, deprecated, 401-baptism, the rite of initiation into the church, no- ticed, 440-Christians having all things common was peculiar to the church at Jerusalem, and only for a limited time, 647-the interesting relation in which the true church stands to God, 661, 662-the distinguishing features in the constitution of the Jewish and Chris- tian church, 662-difference between the visible and the invisible church, ib. -the character of the church, as con- templated by the apostles in their epis- tles, ib.
Cicero, meaning given by him to the word
regeneration," noticed, 279 Circumcision, boys received their names
at their circumcision, 550-why our Lord submitted to this rite, 560-was regarded by the Jews as a pledge of their salvation, 691-the term used by St. Paul to denote that covenant-rela- tion of which it was a sign, ib.-the phrase," the circumcision," explained, 692-corporal circumcision unprofit- able, if spiritual circumcision were not experienced, ib.-in what spiritual cir- cumcision consists, ib.-the great ob- ject contemplated in the institution of this rite, ib.-its moral obligation, no- ticed, ib.
City, the narrow and wide gate of a, a metaphor applied to the doctrines, prin- ciples, and duties enjoined by our Lord,
Civil government, in the regular exercise
of acknowledged dominion, should be maintained by the tribute of the people, 315-none should take the benefits of government, without giving back the dues thereof, 316-a civil ruler has no right to interfere in those things which belong exclusively to Almighty God, ib. -governments must be upheld by tri- bute, 571-why Christ declined arbi- trating in civil causes, 642
Claudia Procula, the wife of Pilate, men- tioned, 418-the fact of her having obtained permission to attend her hus- band in the province, is proof of the veracity of the evangelist, noticed, ib. ―ancient and modern opinions respect-
ing her dream, ib.—many of which are intended to banish every thing super- natural connected with it, 418, 419- her dream not to be accounted for on natural principles, 419-the probability that she was ignorant of the person, character, and circumstances of our Lord, ib.-the supernatural character of the dream, and the design of God in ordering it, considered, ib. Clement of Alexandria, a saying of, no- ticed, 129-his testimony to the authen- ticity and genuineness of St. Luke's Gospel, 530, 531.
Clothes, rending of, a custom among the Jews on hearing blasphemy, 405-was followed by Caiaphas at the examina- tion of our Lord, 406-the linen cloth in which the body of our Lord was wrapped, described, 434
Cock, the crowing of, in what sense this term was used among the Jews, 393, 513-an apparent discrepancy between the evangelists respecting the crowing of the cock, reconciled, 393—this species of fowl found within the walls of Jeru- salem, accounted for, ib.
Coin. Where the coin of a king is cur- rent, the inhabitants acknowledge the government of that king, 315, 316 Coming of Christ, the sense in which this phrase was understood by the disciples, 340-a threefold use of this phrase employed by our Lord, noticed, ib.- compared to the lightning, and why, 349-the second coming will not be in humility, but in glory, 368-nature of that acknowledgment which will be vouchsafed unto his people on that day, 641
Commandments, the obligation of man to obey the moral law, enforced, 79-the conflicting opinions of the Jews respect- ing which is the greatest command- ment, noticed, 320-our Lord's descrip- tion of the first and greatest command- ment, considered, 320, 321-why the second is like, but not equal to, the first, 321-in what respect the law and the prophets hang on these, 322 Commandments of men, what is meant by,
219-when taught instead of the truth are vain, unprofitable, and hurtful, 220
Commodus, the emperor, mentioned, 210 Compass. "Ye compass sea and land,”
a proverbial expression, explained, 329 Confess Christ, scripture meaning of the term, 158-what a confession of Christ includes, 641
Confession of sins was not made to John the Baptist, but unto God, 47-not an audible, but tacit, acknowledgment of guilt, as in the days of Ezra and Nehe- miah, ib.-the immense multitudes who flocked to the baptism prevented an individual and particular confession, ib. Confidence. The self-confident are reso-
lutely proof against the cautions of wis- dom, 394
Consolation of Israel, one of the titles of the Messiah among the Jews, 561 Consubstantiation, its meaning and ab- surdity, stated, 386
Contentious, the character of such, de- scribed, 684
Conversion, the New Testament definition
of the term, 195-the nature and neces- sity of, in order to enter the kingdom of grace and glory, 255
Corban, what, and how used among the
Jews, 218-the rapacity and impiety of the Pharisees connected with Corban, exposed, 219
Corn, plucking the ears of, a lawful act, 174-the hypocrisy of the Jews noticed, who objected to this act because it was on the Sabbath-day, ib. Covenant, the new, an appropriate descrip-
tion of Christianity, 3-to be preferred to the term "testament," 4—the phrase, "blood of the New Testament," ex- plained, 388-why the Christian dis- pensation is termed a covenant," and "the new covenant," 388-what pro- mised by the Most High, and what re- quired of man, in this covenant, 388, 389 Covetousness, described by our Lord, 643 -its dangerous consequences, ib.—why it ought to be guarded against, ib.- description of a covetous, though rich man, 644
Couriers, authority exercised by those em- ployed by the state in the east, noticed, 89 755, explained, 292
Crocodile, worship of, in Egypt, noticed, 675
Cross, a Roman punishment, 159, 406- the cross was borne by malefactors, previous to their crucifixion, 159, 423 -the idea of Grotius, that the phrase, "take up the cross," is from the Per- sians, who used that punishment, no- ticed, 160-used by our Lord in pro- phetic reference to his own death, ib. -the cross, a figurative expression for sufferings, 160, 240-Baxter quoted on taking up the cross, 240-crucifixion one of the most ignominious and cruel of deaths, 424
Cup, an ancient custom respecting the cups used at entertainments, noticed, 289-metaphorically employed for that portion of good or evil which befals men in life, 289, 395-the poisoned cup given to malefactors, alluded to, 280-in what respects James and John drank of the Saviour's cup, ib.-the cups used by the Jews at the celebra. tion of the passover, mentioned, 387- employed by our Lord in the institu- tion of the eucharist, 388-withholding the cup in this ordinance from the laity, as practised by the papal church, a manifest corruption of the rite, ib.- the administration of divine judgment often expressed under the figure of a cup, 395-what that cup was which our Lord prayed might pass from him, ib.
Daily bread, the phrase explained, 100 Dancing, among the Jews, notice of, 209 -that of Salome, the daughter of Herodias, described, 209
Darkness, the first miracle that attended the crucifixion of Christ, 427-in what respects it was remarkable, ib.—the conjecture, that this darkness extended over other countries than that of Judea, not sufficiently authenticated, ib.—it was designedly and strikingly em- blematical, ib.
David, Son of, a common title of the Messiah among the Jews, 294-com- pared to the stone rejected by the builders, which became the head of the corner, 307-a typical character, 543
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