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to require a more extensive elucidation, and to involve more important consequences than I have met with in other expositions of this important event; and I have thought it necessary to shew, what has hitherto been overlooked, that the nature of the gospel dispensation, viewed as the complete and final revelation of the scheme of human redemption, seemed to require such a symbolical display of the glory of Christ, and of his followers, as is the ultimate object of all the "means of grace," and the accomplishment of all our "hopes of glory."

INDEX.

A.

ABRAHAM, his great possessions, 105.
Angels, good and bad, their existence

not sufficiently adverted to by be-
lievers in revelation, 211, 212. 218.
22; how the good angels are said
to" desire to look into" the things
that relate unto the salvation of
man, 212. 218, 22. 276.
Ascension of our Lord, observations
on, Sermon xxvii. 415.
Atonement of Christ, necessity and
effects of it, Sermon xviii. 268, 78;
signification of the word "Atone-
ment," 274.

Attributes of God to be carefully dis-
tinguished from his offices, 3.

B.

Babylonish captivity, remarkable ex-
emplification of divine Providence
in the predictions concerning it,
134, 6; and Appendix, note 9.
Baptism, necessity of it, 176; bap-
tismal regeneration, review of the
opinions which prevail on the sub-
ject, Sermon xii. 172.
Bethany, why our Lord staid there
during the Wednesday before he
suffered, 332.

Body, the soul not affected by its
weakness or decay, 370; from the
abundant provision for its wants
and enjoyments, we may justly in-
fer that the interests of the soul
are amply provided for, 370, 1;
view taken by St. Paul of the re-
surrection of the body, 403.

C.

Chance, no indication of it observ-
able in the operations and works
of nature, 113.

Charity, christian excellence and ne-
cessity of it, Sermon xxx.
Christ, resignation of his mediatorial
kingdom a proof of his divinity,
Sermon i. p. 1; his "divine na-
ture," what, 7; his divinity proved
from the attribute of eternity, 8,
9; and from the act of creation, 9,
10; necessity of his mediation,
117, 118. 154, 5; 268, 278. his
forgiveness of the penitent thief a
proof of his divinity in the lowest
state of his humiliation, Sermon
xi. 158; his incarnation, Sermon
xiv. 208; nature of his government,
214, 18; nature and objects of his
Temptation, Sermon xv. 219; ne-
cessity of it, 223; not a visionary
transaction, 226; parallel between
our Lord's temptation and that of
Adam in Paradise, 229, 30; mean-
ing and object of his Transfigura-
tion, Sermon xvii. 250; his tri-
umphant entry into Jerusalem,
Sermon xix. 284; his character as
king of his spiritual Israel, 297;
his sufferings and death, vide Pas-
sion Week; remarkable change in
his language and demeanour on
the approach of his death, 316;
how the son of David, 325; strong
testimony to his innocence, col-
lected from the conduct of Judas
Iscariot, 337, 8; reasons why our
Lord did not go to Jerusalem on
the Wednesday before his cruci-
fixion, 333, 342; his sufferings
willingly undergone, 373; restores
life to the dead, under every state
of the decay of the body, as in the
case of Jairus' daughter, the wi-
dow's son, and Lazarus, 390, 1.
Christian Church, early, nature of it,
88, 9.

Children "born in sin," meaning of Church of England, its doctrines and

this, 180, 1.

discipline, 93, 5.

Church of Rome, corrupt doctrine
maintained by it, 91, 2.
Corruption of human nature, children

subject to it, 180; cause of it, 238.
Creation of the world, reflections on,
111; the simultaneous and uni-
versal agency of God manifested in
it, 115.

D.

David, his conduct during the sick-
ness, and after the death, of his
child, 26, 9; Christ his son, how,
325.

Death of our friends, how to be re-
garded, 19, 20. 364. 411, 12;
thoughts which occupy the Chris-
tian at the approach of death, 24;
three meanings in which the word
is understood in Scripture, 149;
death denounced against our first
parents, nature of it, 150; view in
which the Christian is to regard
the death of the body, 154, 5. 364,
368.

Demoniacal possession, nature and
origin of, Sermon xvi. 235; in-
stances of it in the New Testa-
ment, 240, 2; nothing in the con-
duct of the possessed to indicate
insanity, 242, 3.

E.

Easter Sunday, reflections on the
events of the day, Sermon xxv.
383.
Elias and Moses, why they appeared
at our Lord's Transfiguration, 260,
266.
Enthusiasm, nature and mischievous
tendency of it, 177, 8.
Eternity, in what sense applied to
the Deity, 7.

Eternity of future punishment proved
from the nature of the human
mind, Sermon vii. 96, and Appen-
dix, note 7. Doctrine of revela-
tion respecting it, 98; arguments
from reason, 99. 102. and from the
scriptural character of God, 103.
Events of human life, two divisions
of them, 58.

Evil, origin of, difficulty of the in-
quiry, 238.

F.

Fig tree, the barren, the cursing of
it symbolical of the excision of the

Jews for their apostacy and impe-
nitence, 303, 311.

Future state, knowledge of each
other in, Sermon ii. 19; proofs of
this, 22; objections stated and an-
swered, 32, 33.

G.

Gethsemane, garden of, review of the
particulars of our Lord's sufferings
there, 356, 61.

God, his attributes, to be carefully
distinguished from his offices, 3;
his greatness no argument against
his providential government of the
world in the lesser affairs of life,
Sermon ix. 126; his mercy and
love strongly exemplified, 137.
Gospel, necessity of preaching it,
Sermon vi. 81; contrasted with the
Law, 86, 8; precise meaning of
the word where to be sought for,

90.

Greeks and Persians, remarkable
prophecy undesignedly fulfilled by
them, 135, 6, and Appendix, note
9.

H.

"He telleth the number of the
stars;" Bishop Horsley's interpre-
tation of these words, 128.

I.

Jerusalem, our Lord's triumphant
entry into, Sermon xix. 284;
meaning and object of it, 288; our
Lord's prediction of its utter deso-
lation, 327.

Infidelity, the folly of it, 17. 48, 49.

113; ordinary progress of it, 36.
Jonah, remarks on his miraculous
preservation, Sermon iii. 36; ob-
jections answered, 38; brief view
of Jonah's history, 40; design of
the miracle, 44; effects of it, 45,
47.

Joppa, nature of the idolatrous wor-
ship there, 42, 3; Appendix, note

2.

Joseph of Arimathea, remarks upon
his conduct after our Lord's death,
394, 5.

K.

"Kingdom of God," three meanings
of the expression in Scripture,
175, 6.

M.

Man, his fall, punishment, and re-
storation, Sermon x. p. 143.
Mediatorial kingdom, resignation of,
a proof of the divinity of Christ,
Sermon i. p. 1; nature of it, 11-
15; resignation of it, what, 16, 17.
Moses, law of, doctrines common to
it and the gospel, 86, 7; contrast
between it and the gospel, 87, 8;
system of worship enjoined by it,
88; Moses and Elias, why they
appeared at the Transfiguration of
our Lord, 260, 6.

"My Father is greater than I;"
meaning of these words, 3.

N.

Nature, works of, how they ought to
be regarded by the Christian, 68.

P.

Palm Sunday, observations on the
event which occurred on that day,
Sermon xix, 284.

Passion Week, Sermons on the suc-
cessive days of it.

Sermon xx.; Monday, the cursing
of the fig-tree, 301.
Sermon xxi.

Tuesday-Christ an-
swers and rebukes the Pharisees,
316.

Sermon xxii. Wednesday-Christ
is betrayed by Judas; reasons for
our Lord's not going to Jerusalem
on this day, 331.

Sermon xxiii. Thursday-Christ in-
stitutes the sacrament; his agony
in the garden, and is seized by the
Jews, 347.
Sermon xxiv. Friday-the crucifix-
ion, 364.

Passover, Jewish, nature and object
of it, 349, 50; fulfilled in Christ,
350, 51.

Pilate, his conduct when our Lord

was accused before him, 376, 9.
Paul, 1; the account of his shipwreck
exemplifies the union of predesti-
nation and free will, 55, 8; his
remarkable boldness and disinter-
estedness in preaching the gos-
pel, 81-4; description of parties
to whom he preached, 84; his mi-
raculous conversion, Sermon xiii,
193. Appendix, note 10; object of
his Epistle to the Hebrews, 269.

K k

Persians and Greeks, remarkable
prophecy undesignedly fulfilled by
them, 135, 6, and Appendix, note

9.
Predestination and free will, union
of, Sermon iv. 51; exemplified by
reason, 52; and Scripture, 53;
difficult for ministers to avoid al-
lusion to the subject, 53; abuses
of the doctrine, 54; causes of di-
vision on these subjects, 62.
Prophecy, divine, nature of it, 134;
remarkable exemplification of it
in the case of the Babylonish cap-
tivity, 135, 6, and Appendix, note

9.

Providence of God, proofs of it, 119,

121; greatness of God no argu-
ment against his providential go-
vernment of the world in the lesser
affairs of life, Sermon ix. 126; ob-
jections answered, 133.

R.

Redemption, comprehensive view of
the divine plan of, 211-14.
Regeneration, reconciliation of oppo-
site opinions on the subject, Ser-
mon xii. 172; necessity of it, 173,
4; nature of it, ibid, and 179; two
opposite opinions on the nature of
it, 180.
Religion, outward observances of, ob-
ject of them, 177; beneficial influ-
ence of it upon the mind, 251;
causes for which the religion of
the New Testament has been
granted, 257, 8.

Repentance, no argument in support

of a death-bed, to be drawn from
the case of the penitent thief,
167.
Resurrection of the body proved to

Christians by the resurrection
of Christ, 258, 9. 397; enumera-
tion of the proofs of a resurrection,
385; a resurrection effected by
our Lord at every period of the
decay of the body, 390, 1; the re-
surrection expatiated on, according
to the view of St. Paul in 1 Cor.
xv. Sermon xxvi. 400.

Rich man and Lazarus, the parable
of, explained, Sermon vii. 96.
Roman soldiers who guarded the se-
pulchre of our Lord, animadver-
sions on their report, 396.

S.

Sabbath-day, sanctified by each Per-
son of the Trinity, Sermon v. 65;
objects of its institution, 66, 7;
duties to be performed on it, 71;
dangers of violating it, 78.
Sacrament, institution of it, 317. 353;
examination and advice previous
to the participation of it, 352, 53.
Sacrifice, signification of the word in
Scripture, 272; use of, under the
Patriarchal and Jewish dispensa-
tions, 279; no sacrifice for pre-
sumption, 281.

Scriptures, their evidence encreased
by scrutiny, 48, 49.
Serpent, the, his temptation of our
first parents, observations on, 146,
7.
Soul, the, not affected by the decay
and weakness of the body, 370;
that God has provided for its best
interests may be justly inferred
from His abundant provision for
the body, 370, 1; a belief in its
immortality never wholly extinct,

401.

T.
Temptation of our first parents, re-
marks on it, 145; reasons of their
exposure to it, ibid; temptation of
our Lord, nature and object of it,
Sermon xv. 219.

Thief, the penitent, the forgiveness
of him an assertion of his divinity
by our Lord in the lowest state of
his humiliation, Sermon xi. 158;
no argument to be drawn from it
in favour of a death-bed repent-
ance, 176; his conduct contrasted
with that of such professing Chris-
tians as delay their repentance,
169, 170.

Transfiguration of our Lord, mean-
ing and object of it, Sermon xvii.
250.

W.

World, its creation, preservation,
and destruction, Sermon viii. 111;~
particular remarks on its destruc-
tion, 122.

THE END.

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