Joy, in Christ, a proof of his Deity,
167, 168; the christian's, 278-
281; distinguished from that of
hypocrites, 336, 387.

Judgment, description of, a proof of

Christ's Deity, 138, 139. 171; all
committed to Christ, 171. 231,
232; love to him, the grand dis-
tinguishing criterion of it, 164.
555, 556; how according to men's
works, 55. 261. 550-553; the
solemnities, discoveries, and con-
sequences of this final decision,
546-557; the Spirit's office to
convince of judgment, 320.
Justice, remunerative, an essential
perfection of Jehovah's character
and government; 62–65. 67. 186.
203-207, 254; see Harmony;
of God in the condemnation of the
wicked, 114, 115. 556; perfect,
required of men by the divine law,
96, 97; conscientious regard to it
produced by evangelical princi-
ples, 422-426.
Justification, meaning of the term,
239-241. 243; implies far more
than pardon, 241-243; by faith
alone, 245-260; how to be ob-
tained? A most important ques-
tion, 262, 263; the privilege of
every believer, 252, 253. 371-
373.

K

KING OF KINGS, title of Christ, 231.
Kingdom, of Christ, over all crea-

tures for the benefit of his Church,
138, 139. 229. 233; distinguished
from the absolute dominion of God
as Creator, 174. 233; of God,
what meant by seeking it first, 120.
Kings, duties of, 481-486.
Knowledge, of God from revelation,

5. 21. 40; in and by Christ, 68,

69. 132-134. 154, 155; by the
Spirit, 325.

L

LAMB, Christ worshipped by Angels
under this Title, 144; of God, why
Christ is so called, 211, 212. 225.
Law, moral, its precepts distinguish-
able from positive institutions, 70;
its spirituality, 71-73; a brief
exposition of it, 74, &c; cannot
justify a sinner, 105, 106. 245—
248. 332-335; Curse of, what
meant by, 105; the moral, intended
in the words, "by the works of the
law shall no flesh be justified," &c.
244, 245; immutable, 330, 331;
its uses in subserviency to the
gospel, 329, &c; "dead to the
law," what meant by, 332, 333;
rule of conduct to believers, 337
-339; written in their hearts, and
delighted in by them, 339-341.
358, 359. 399; hated by all unre-
generate men, 340; bad effects of
the want of a clear knowledge of
its nature and uses, 343, &c; com-
parison of his heart and life with
it teaches the christian humility,
341, 347. 394; Ceremonial, evi-
dently typical of Christ and his
mediation, 192, 193. 196-200;
Municipal, christianity contains
none, 444; mitigated, or new and
milder, groundless notions concern-
ing, 249, 250. 331.
Liberality, duty of, 426, 427. 495-
496.

Life, short, uncertain, and trouble-
some, 108, 109. 117; its grand
business, 118-121; spiritual, dis-
tinct from animal, and from rati-
onality, 278; see Christ, Spirit,
Holy.

Light, Christ, how that of the world,
234.

Lock, Mr. quotation from, 253.
Lord's-day, how to be observed, 84
-87, 475.

Lord's Supper, a proof of the doctrine
of the atonement, 213, 214; its
institution, 527, &c; absurdity of
literally interpreting Christ's words,
528; profession implied by receiv-
ing it, 530-532; preparation for
it, 533-535; the guilt and dan-
ger of being unfit to receive it,
535; receiving, the duty of all
christians, 536, 537.

Lotteries, evil of, 101, 102.
Love, the requirement of the law, 72,
73; the Apostle's definition of,
436; of God to us, 63, 64. 67, 68;
shewn in providing a Mediator,
181-184. 187; in giving his Son
a sacrifice for our sins, 205, 206.
225; see Grace, Mercy; of Christ
to us, 185-189. 214, 215. 223,
224. 230. 243, 244. 477; especi-
ally remembered in the Lord's
Supper, 530-553; to God, what
it implies, 72, 73. 77. 404-406;
that required for Christ implies
his Deity, 163-165. 405; springs
from regeneration, 275, 276. 404;
excited in the heart by the Holy
Spirit, 322, 323; constrains to obe-
dience, 405. 416. 440. 477; of
mankind, 87-102; influenced by
evangelical principles, 418-420;
of the brethren, a peculiar evi-
dence of conversion, 420, 421;
distinguished from attachment to a
sect, 421; particularly noticed at
the day of judgment, 555; to the
wicked consistent with a decided
protest against their principles, and
hatred of their sins, 429-433;
see Affections.

Lying, 98, 99; renounced by such
as are influenced by evangelical
principles, 423, 424.

M

Magistrates, their duties, 481-486.
Man, his situation in this present
world, 104. &c; new and old con-
trasted, 354.

Marriage, instituted by the Creator,

93. 441, 442; by what dissolved,
443, 444; some form of solemni-
zation necessary, 444, 445; how
it should be entered into, 446;|
duties of parents to their children
respecting it, 463.

Masters, their duties, 473-475.
Mediator, doctrine of, grand pecu-
liarity of revelation, 123; office
and qualifications of one, 177—
180; need of one, between God
and man, 181-184; Christ alone
capable of sustaining that office,
185-189; no one, self-appointed
could sustain it, 187; Christ's way
of performing it, 190-193; Christ
the only Mediator in behalf of
mankind, 194; his office naturally
divided into two parts, 219; shews

Oaths, false, most atrocious; often
the consequence of being need-
lessly multiplied and irreverently
administered, 82, 83.
Obduracy, judicial, 117.
Obedience, believers bound to, by
most endearing obligations, 233,
234. 337-341; disposed to it by
evangelical principles, 398, 399.
437-441; impossible that any ra-
tional creature should be freed
from obligations to, 330, 331;
sincere, an ambiguous and abused
term, 249, 250.
Objections, to the doctrine of Christ's
Deity considered, 172-175; te

that of the atonement, 208-210;
to that of justification by faith,
260-262; to that of the Trinity,
296---299.

Oracles, of God, 201; of reason, ori-
ginally from revelation, as far as
true in matters of religion, 32.
P

Pardon, see Forgiveness.
Parents, duties of, 457-464.
Partiality, of parents, of bad conse-
quence, 465.

Patience, of God, 67; a motive to
patience towards each other, 427
-429; under sufferings, 400—
403.

Peace, Christ our, 193. 377; the
King of, 229; with God, the be-
liever's privilege, 376-378; a
christian temper, 427. 433-436.
Pentecost, day of, 311, 312. 315.

321.

Perjury, 82.

Persecutors, to be loved, 430-433.
Perseverance, of believers, 387-
389.

Person, meaning of the term as ap-
plied to the Deity, 287-289.
Philanthropy, of those who are cen-
sured as uncharitable, 144; pro-
moted by evangelical principles,

306. 418-421.
Philosopher's Deity, 58.
Polygamy, contrary to the original
ordinance of God, and the spirit
of christianity, 93. 443–445.
Poor, believers assured of temporal
provision, 382-384; evangelical
principles teach contentment to
the, 400-402. 410-418; duties
of, to the rich, 475.

Pope, Alex. the tendency of the prin-
ciples advanced in his Universal
Prayer, 52.

Praise, to God, required by the law,
74, 75; an anticipation of heaven,
498.

Prayer, should accompany reading
the scriptures, 48; to Christ, evi-
dent instances of, 141-143; its
use in our spiritual warfare, 364
-368; the believer's privilege,
381. 384-386; for enemies, 435;
for relatives and others, 228, 229.
450. 457. 461, 462. 473-475;
the duty of, 498-506; what it
implies, 498-504; why men are
so averse to it, and unable to per-
form it, 502, 503; accepted only

through Christ, 224-228. 504
506; encouragement to, 506-
509; efficacy of it, 511-514;
various ways in which it is an-
swered, 512, 513; the blessings
enjoyed by means of it, 513, 514;
the difficulty of engaging and per-
sisting in it, 514; divided into
publick, social, and secret, 514,
515; best helps to, 516.
Pride, kept down by comparing our
conduct with the law of God, 341.
342; inconsistent with evangelical
principles, 392--398.
Priest, high, under the law a type
of Christ, 180, 181. 221, 222.
Priestly, office of Christ, 220. 229.
Privileges, of true christians, 370, &c.
Promise, of the Spirit remarkable in
the New Testament, 286.

·Propensities, natural, often assume
the appearance of gracious affec-
tions, 437, 438.
Prophecies, already fulfilled, prove
the divine inspiration of the scrip-
tures, 19-21. 144. 200.
Prophetick, office of Christ, 234-

237.

Providence, kingdom of, administered
by Christ, 229-233; reliance on
the believer's privilege, 382-
384; submission to, the believer's
duty, and disposition, 400-403.
410-418.

Punishment, future, of the wicked,
eternal, 111-114. 557; justice
of this, 115.

Purity, of heart, the object of the
divine commandment, 88-96.
Purgatory, doctrine of, contrary to
scripture, 114.

Q
Qualifications, requisite in the Medi-
ator, 177, &c; for the enjoyment
of happiness, 280)~283.

R

Reason, the religion of, more proper
than natural religion, 32; some
revealed truths coincident with its
deductions, 32-34; those religious
truths which could not be disco-
vered by it, most important, 34-
37; its insufficiency, 5, 6. 51-59;
no part of revelation contrary to
it, 22, 23. 71. 87. 172-174. 195,
196. 209, 210. 296-299; oracles
of, opinions so called derived, (as
far as true) originally from revel-
ation, 32.

Redeemer, his dignity end sufferings,

205-208; see CHRIST.
Redemption, the grand display of the
divine glory, 68, 69. 186, 187.
203-206. 209, 210.
Reformation, not regeneration, 268,
269.

Regeneration, precedes true faith,

39.246; doctrine of, considered,
264, &c; what meant by it, 267-
271; it communicates no new fa-
culties, but a disposition to use all
our faculties aright, 271; defined
and illustrated as to its nature and
effects, 271-280; necessity of it,
280-283; the work of God yet
connected with the use of means,
283-285; explained away by
numbers, 346.

Relations, inferior, not appointed
judges of the superior, 88; see.
Duties.

Repentance, cannot compensate for
transgression, 105; connected with
saving faith, yet distinct from it,
250, 251; the effect of regenera-
tion, 275. 320, 321; habitual, the
result of evangelical principles,
393-398.

Resignation, see Patience.
Resurrection, of Christ, evidence of,
15-18; ends answered by it,
219; from the death of sin, 278;
general, 545-547; objections to
it considered, 547-549; order
of, 549. 557.

Revelation, alone can discover to us
true religion, 55-59; comparative
value of its different parts, 31-
37; grand design of, 407, 408.
Reviling, unchristian, 431, 432.
Reward, of righteousness, more than
pardon, 207.

Riches, vanity, and danger of, 118,
119.382. 410-418. 493; a talent
capable of improvement, 493-
495.

Righteous, none among men, but
pardoned sinners, 509.
Righteousness, (see Justice) without

works, what meant by, 241-243;
of Christ and of God, 207, 208.
252, 253 258, 259; imputed, 253;
faith accounted for, 257-262; the
spirit convincing of, 320, 321;
submission to that of God, 399;
see Self-righteousness.
Rome, Church of, succeeded in some
claims by modern socinians, 149.

Rulers, see Duties.

S
Sabbath, obligations of, 84; how to be
observed, 84-87.

Sacrament, meaning of the word,
517; the nature of one, 518, 519;
see Baptism, and the Lord's Supper.
Sacrifices, human, many still offered,
56; expiatory, all originally from
revelation, 195; of the Mosaic
law, nature of, 196-199; typical
of the atonement of Christ, 196—
202; why they could not take
away sin, 203–205.

Saints, prayer to them idolatry, 78,
79; all in heaven ascribe their
salvation to the blood of Christ,
214, 215.
Sanctification, progressive from rege-
neration, 39; by the agency of
the Holy Spirit, 320—327; the
genuine effect of evangelical prin-
ciples, 391, &c.

Sanction, of the law, 105, 106.
Scepticism, 7; progress of it, 160.
Scriptures, proved to be divinely
inspired, 5, &c; their tendency,
23-26; their actual effects, 27;
duty of studying, and criminality
of neglecting them, 40-45; di-
rections for studying them, 43-
50; the only standard of religious
truth, 155, 156; this standard dis-
allowed by many, 31-37. 149.
199, 200. 291, 292. 294. 296, 297.
540.

Secret, actions, &c. to be accounted
for, 549, 550.

Self-denial, duty of, 216. 357, 358.

368. 415. 438. 450. 456.
Self-righteousness, nature and evil of
it, 332; effectual cure of it, 335.
344.
Self-will, 398-400; in children

should be early repressed, 458, 459.
Self-wisdom, danger of, 36. 235, 236.

taken away by him, 204-210.
253, 254, the evil of it, 183. 204
-210; shewn in the Cross of
Christ, 210; and by the teaching
of the Holy Spirit, 320; the source
of all misery, 103–113. 411. 422;
in-dwelling, hated and opposed by
all believers, 341. 357, 358; not
perfectly destroyed in this life,
347.359.

Sincerity, 99. 339. 540. 423, 424.
Sinners, their situation in this world,
104, &c; danger and folly of their
attempts to justify themselves, ac-
cording to the law, 105, 106. 244,
245 247. 332. 343, 344.
Slander, 98, 99. 424.
Slave-trade, 90.
Slavery, 466, 467.

Socinians, their interpretation of some
parts of Scripture, 144-149; their
views of the importance of their
sentiments, changed of late, 151,
152; their principles tend to infi-
delity, 160; some of their argu-
ments considered, 172-174. 199
-204. 208-210. 300-302.
Soul, its immortality, 111, 112; its
true value and dignity, 118, 119;
how and for what it is lost, 120,
121; it does not sleep from death
to the resurrection, 540-544.
Son, of man, how in heaven, when
Christ was upon earth, 131.
Speculating men, errors of, 57, 58.
62, 63.

Speech, how to be used and improved,

424. 479. 495.

Spirit, Holy, 117; the meaning of
the term, 134, 135; his office to
glorify Christ, 160. 167. 291. 321,
322. 386, 387; sent by him as our
Prophet, 134, 135. 234, 235; minis-
tration of, 286; fruits of, 326; coin-
cident with the requirements of the
moral law, 339; doctrine of, discuss-
ed, 286, &c; personality of, 286-
294; deity of, 294, 295; influen-
ces of, miraculous, 309-313; have
ceased, their end being answered,
312, 313; wicked men have been
the subjects of them, 314; ordi-
nary, 315-319; the effect of dis-
claiming them, 316, 317; convinc-
ing, 320, 321; sanctifying and
comforting, 321-327; effects of
neglecting any of them, 316, 317.
322-324. 327. 387; consolations

Terms, needful to use some not found
in scripture, 287, 288.
Terror, no proof of regeneration,
269, 270.

Testimony, almost all human affairs

conducted by it, 14, 15. 254; of
God to the resurrection of Christ,
17, 18; faith the belief of that of
God, 7. 34-37. 47. 155-157.
172.254-257. 300.

Text-books, often misused, 44.
Tillotson, quotation from, 213; his
argument against transubstantia
tion conclusive, 298.

Time, duty of redeeming and im-
proving it, 46, 47.496.
Toutines, 102.

Tradition, of the church, its weight,
as to the inspiration of the scrip-
tures, 9, 10.

Transubstantiation, 298. 528, 529.
Trinity, doctrine of, 69. 172, 173.
215. 296-306; its importance in
christianity, 304; emblematick re-
presentations of it not consistent
with the second commandment;
79.

Trust, in God, the believer's privil-
ege and duty, 382, 383. 402; in
Christ, 161-163. 256, 257.
Truth, importance of revealed, 31,
&c; its sanctifying influence, 38.
391, 408, 409; the causes and