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MR. WESLEY'S SERMONS.

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

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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

VOL. I.

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

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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.

482

Birds, creation of, ii. 92-our ignorance
of, in several respects, ii. 222
Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, what,

ii. 402

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,

thought of, ii. 73, 576

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

ii. 258

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.

26

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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