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Ability of the Lord to save his people Angels, the existence of, discovered by
from all sin, i, 122 Abstinence, what, i, 246
Abyssinia, state of, in regard to religion, ii, 436
Account, which every one must render to God, i, 453
Actions of men, none of them purely in- different, i, 456
Adam, the representative of all men, i, 46 sentence of God upon, ii, 33 Adamic Perfection, what, ii, 168 Addison, quotation from, ii, 232, 346, i, 418
Adoption, Spirit of, described, i, 81 Adrian, the emperor, address of, to his soul, ii, 131, 425
Advice proper to be given to an awaken- ed person, i, 145
Affliction, advantages of, ii, 481-the voice of God, ii, 525
Africans, wretched state of the, ii, 122 Ayarn, explained, ii, 280 Ayabocoyev, explained, i, 266
Age, the effects of, ii, 35
faith, ii, 407-the nature of, ii, 134, 140-address to the, ii, 490
Angelic Perfection, what, ii, 168 Anger, a disease of human nature, ü,
310-the sin of indulging, i, 189-sin- ful, a cause of spiritual darkness, i, 411-inconsistent with Christian zeal, ii, 291-engendered by gay apparel, ii, 260
Animals, creation of, ii, 28 Animals, our ignorance of many of the, ii, 120
Animated Nature, future state of, ii, 86 Annesley, Dr., quotation from, ii, 381 Antinomirnism, what, i, 176, 225—in the primitive Church, ii, 61-practical, not uncommon, i, 321 AvonTous, explained, ii, 251 Av@pwvos, explained, ii, 213 Apathy, not Christian meekness, i, 188 Aravyaopa, explained, i, 210, 309 Apostates, misery of, i, 214-possibility of their finding mercy, ii, 247 Apparel, costly, to be avoided, ii, 259
Aged people, duty of, to avoid public di- Arians, deny the imputation of Christ's
Αγιον, το, what, i, 283
Ayun, explained, i, 310
Αγωνίζεσθε εισελθειν, explained, i, 290 Air, original state of the, ü, 27-our ig- norance of its nature, ii, 119-state of, in the new earth, ii, 84 Αλαζονεια, what, ii, 188, 252
, explained, i, 238 Almost Christian, the, described, i, 20 Alms, to be given with a pure intention, i, 233
American Indians, state of the, ii, 122 American war, misery of the people, during the, i, 517
Ananias and Sapphira, the case of, ii, 60 Ancient writers, prejudices in favour of, ii, 358
Avespapnuev, explained, i, 103
Angel, no proof that one attends every man, ii, 142
righteousness, i, 174-know Christ after the flesh, ii, 442 Armour of God, what, ii, 146 Arrogance, to be avoided, ii, 346 Artificers, guided by reason, ii, 128 Assembly's Catechism, quoted, ii, 430 Assizes, description of an, i, 126 Astronomers, contradictory calculations of, ii, 118
Athanasian Creed, remarks upon the, ii, 21
Atheism, described, ii, 483-a disease of human nature, ii, 309, 474-inculcated under various names, ii, 433- tical, produced by riches, ii, 398 Abɛot, whɔ, i, 394; ii, 192 Atheists, account of two, ii, 483 Atmosphere, original state of the, ii, 28 Atonement, cannot be made by the sin- ner, i, 182
Atterbury, Bishop, anecdote of, ii, 278
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
Baronet, a rich, annoyed by a puff of smoke, ii, 257, 400
Barroλoynotre, explained, i, 235 Baxter, striking quotation from, ii, 89— 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-
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
| Business, best way of transacting, ii, 269 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 Chadsey, Eliz., case of, ii, 216 Characters of all men will be unfolded in the day of judgment, i, 129 Xapaкrno, 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
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,
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, 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, i, 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 Aoke, 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
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 Δελεαζόμενοι, 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, i,
Desire of ease, produced by riches, 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
ignorance of many things belonging to the, ii, 119-inherited by the meek, i, 190-future state of, ii, 86-new, what, ii, 86
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 Exßariv, explained, ii, 216 EKλvoμEvo, explained, ii, 220 Election, the sense in which some con- tend for, i, 482
Elyxos, explained, i, 35; ii, 425 Exeyxos avevμaros, 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
Evepys To, what, ii, 235 Ενεργόμενη δι αγαπη, what, i, 350 Enlightened, what, i, 214 Enoch, translation of, ii, 34 Evoxos, explained, i, 65, 189 Enthusiasm, a word of uncertain etymo- logy, i, 330-defined, i, 330 Enthusiasts, different sorts of, i, 331, 332, 335-vilify reason, ii, 126-ad- monished, i, 332
ETEIKIA, what, ii, 326, 398 Epiphanius, quoted, ii, 440
Epitaph, on an infidel and gamester, ii,
Exupia, explained, ii, 432 Επιθυμίας ανόητος, what, i, 261 Error, incident to the best of men, ii, 73] Eternal life, how Christ is, ii, 180 Eternal world, discovered by faith, ii, 408-entrance of the soul into the, ii,
Eternity, what, ii, 13, 15
Eternity of God, ii, 13, 429-incompre- hensible to man, ii, 117
EUTELOns, explained, ii, 326, 398 Eunpoocopov, explained, ii, 192 Europeans, general state of, in regard to religion, ii, 122 Ευτραπελια, what, i, 21
Eve, sentence of God upon, ii, 33 Evil, the origin of, explained, ii, 31, 70 Evil, penal, produced by God, ii, 525 Evil angels, the nature of, ii, 140-united under a common head, ii, 141-their employment, ii, 142-temptations from, ii, 215
Evil eye, what, i, 258; ii, 447
Evil passions, excited by Satan, ii, 144 Evil speaking, defined, i, 280, 433 Evil spirits, probable employment of, in a separate state, ii, 469
Evil tempers, perfect Christians freed from, i, 366
Evil thoughts, the effect of Satan's influ- ence, ii, 143-how far perfect Chris- tians are freed from, i, 365 Εξελκόμενος, explained, i, 168, 242 Εξεμυκτηρίζον, explained, ii, 415 Expenditure, useless, the sin of, i, 445; ii, 489-how to be regulated, i, 447 Experience, confirms the doctrine of ori- ginal sin, i, 394
Experience, Christian, confirms the doc- trine of the witness of the Spirit, i, 96 Experience of believers, proves that there is sin in them, i, 110 Extroversion, what, ii, 196
Eye, desire of, ii, 186. See Desire Eye, single, what, i, 257; ii, 446
Faith, defined, i, 35, 50, 149, 386; ii, 156, 383-the true Christian, i, 23, 155; ii, 386-the, through which we are saved, i, 14; ii, 385-the, by which we are sanctified, i, 390-why appoint- VOL. II.
ed the condition of justification, i, 52 -in what sense we are justified by, i, 387-in what sense imputed for righteousness, i, 320-in what sense we are sanctified by, i, 388-effects of, ii, 484-produces power over sin, i, 155-produces peace of mind, i, 156 -the remedy of human folly, ii, 18- a medium of divine light, ii, 426-does not supersede the necessity of holi- ness, i, 319-not produced by reason, ii, 129-sometimes substituted for love, ii, 283-insufficiency of, without love, ii, 285-supplies the defect of sense, ii, 407-the discoveries of, ii, 407, 466 walking by, what, ii, 423- attacked by Satan, i, 379-often in- jured by riches, ii, 256, 397-impaired by the neglect of self denial, i, 431- implied in the circumcision of the heart, i, 149-implied in the service of God, ii, 301-designed to re-esta- blish the law of love, i, 325-tried by spiritual heaviness, i, 423-weakened by intercourse with ungodly men, ii, 207-the loss of, precedes the com- mission of outward sin, i, 168-the loss of, i, 408-of adherence and assu- rance referred to, i, 387-necessary for public reformers, i, 464-the ex- ercise of, enforced, i, 514; ii, 125 Faith and repentance answer each other, i, 124
Faith, the, of a child of God, ii, 386, 409 -of a servant of God, ii, 385, 409- of the apostles before the death of Christ, i, 14-of a Protestant, ii, 385- of a Roman Catholic, ii, 385-of a Jew, ii, 383-of a Mohammedan, ii, 384-of a Deist, ii, 384-of a Material- ist, ii, 384--of a heathen, i, 13; ii, 383, 384-of a devil, i, 14, 155
Faith in Christ, the only foundation of
good works, i, 152-a consequence of the fall, ii, 44
Fall of man, what, i, 46; ii, 32, 359, 405, 478-circumstances of, explained, ii,
Fall in Adam, nature of our, ii, 531-ad- vantages of, to mankind, ii, 43 False prophets, who, i, 293-the 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-the 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
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