of the Jews. x. 6, &c. The freedom of his converfation vindicated, vi. 19. Chrift vindicated from the charge of profaning the fabbath, vi. 20. X. 113, &c. An anfwer to the Jews objection, That none of the Rulers believed on him, vi. 20. X. 112. His doctrine fuperfeding the religion of the Jews, no objection against it, vi. 21. His hu Christ's commiffion to the Apostles, the import of it, vi. 133. vid. Apoftles. St. Francis's mistake about it, ibid. Chrift's coming, what meant by it in fcripture, viii. 133. Christ, In what sense called the first-fruits of them that slept, and the first-begotten from the dead, viii. 162. His divine authority, how evidenced to thofe that heard him, ix. 391, &c. to the 9th fermon. How evidenced to thofe that heard his doctrine from the Apostles, x. 63. How evidenced to after-ages, x. 68, &c. Falfe Chrifts foretold by our Saviour, X. 19, 35, 51 This prediction confidered and defended, against the objections of atheists, x. 59. Proofs of his prophetick fpirit, x. 10, &c. x. 49. &c. Chrift and his doctrine, why called light, x 82, &c. Chrift, His mediation, iv 156, &c. vid. Mediator. mility, vi. 9. viii. 242. His charity, viii. 241, 244. His peaceable temper, viii. 246. His contempt of the world, viii. 243. The humanity of his behaviour, viii. 258, His patience, 263. How far in these virtues a pattern for our imitation, 243, &c. His fufferings, vid. Sufferings. Encouragements to fuffer for him, iv. 327, 330. The danger of denying him for fear of it, iv. 337, 338. His gospel defigned for the good of the whole world, x. 101, &c. How the author of eternal falvation, vid. Salvation. Christians, Why called the children of God, vi. 64. obligations to holiness, iv. 228. The aggravation of their fins, iv. 229, 230. v. 237. vi. 89. viii. 11, 68, 375. ix. 364. Their Christian, The marks of a true Chriftian, viii. 425. X. 159. Chriftians, Their degeneracy, v. 168. Christian, The character of a speculative, of a formal, and of an hypocritical Christian, v. 389, 390, &c. The lives of wicked Chriftians, how a reproach to Chriftianity, vi. 55. This argument enforced, vi. 56, &c. What it is to dy a true Chriftian, iv. 344. viii. 160. Christian religion. The fin and danger of adding to it, vid. Addition. The defign of it, vi. 25. ix. 48, &c. The clear evidence of the truth of it, iv. 281. vi. 5, 6, 8, 35, 37. viii. 372. ix. 331, 339, 388, &c. This a reproach to The Its to wicked Chriftians, ix. 341. Want of demonstration to confirm it, no objection against the truth of it, vi. 27. Its excellency and advantages above any other, iv. 278. vii. 221, &c. ix. 91, 364, &c. x. 103. The danger of rejecting it, x. 106, 124. A perfuafive to the firm belief of it, vi. 59. Its innovation confidered, vi. 23, 26. fimplicity of it vindicated from the exceptions of the Gentiles, vi. 26, &c. The prejudices of the present age against it confidered, vi. 30, &c. Its doctrines authentically tranfmitted down to us, x. 67, 68. Its effects upon mankind, an evidence of its divinity, x. 69. The danger of not living up to it, x. 79, &c. Christianity, How it fulfilled the law of Mofes, vi. 21. tendency to advance the practice of holiness, v. 279, 280, vi. 46, &c. ix. 46, &c. The powerfulness of its motives, vi. 54. ix. 376. The reasonablenefs of it, ix. 323, 324, 390. The difficulty of converting infidel nations, hence, viii. 304, 359, &c. How well attefted by miracles, ix. 342, &c. The restraints it lays upon us, no objection against it, vi. 37. The wicked lives of Chriftians, no objection against it, vi. 44. The belief of it, how a remedy against worldly trouble, ix. 157. How valuable upon that account, ix. 187. Its effects upon the lives of the primitive Chriftians, iv. 271. vi. 46. The different effects it now has, accounted for, iv. 282. vi. 49, 50. X. 70. The good effects it still has upon mankind, iv. 51. Christmas, How to be celebrated, iv. 230. x. 92, &c. Church of Rome. The only true infallible church. This do&trine confidered, v. 34, c. Church, Chrift's promise to the pastors of his church, vi. 141, 143. The conditions of it, vi. 150. How far being members of the true church will avail to falvation, vi. 171. Church of Chrift, how protected, viii. 343, Úc. ix. 183. The peace of it, how zealously to be endeavoured, ix. 92. Church, Its ancient difcipline, vi. 93. Circumcifion, Not neceffary under the gospel, v. 292. Why Chrift fubmitted to it, v. 291. Civility, Motives to it, vi. 184. Cloud, Chrift taken up in a Cloud, what represented by it, viii. 337. Commandment. The meaning of the tenth commandment, v. 60. The fecond, why left out of the Popish catechisms, iv. 129. X. 137. Communication, The evil of corrupt communication, ix. 130, c. vid. Difcourfe. Communion in one kind, iv. 78. ix. 363. Conception, How Chrift called the Son of God, upon the account of his conception, vi. 63. Con Conditions of the gospel, the poffibility of our performing them, vi. 114. Confeffion of fin, what it implies, vii. 227, 244. How far neceflary, vii. 245. Confeffion to God, the nature and neceffity of it, vii. 234, &c. 245. The reafon of its neceffity, vii. 249. How far available, vii. 237, 245. An exhortation to it, vii. 240. Confeffion to men, in what cases necessary, vii. 228, 233, 245. How this practice encouraged among Protestants, vii. 234. The Papifts abuse of it, vii. 247. Confeffion to the Prieft, as practifed by the church of Rome, vii. 228. Their arguments for it examined, vii. 229. This practice not of divine inftitution, ibid. Its antiquity confidered, vii. 231. Its univerfality confidered, vii. 233. The mischiefs of it, ibid. Confeffion auricular, vid. Auricular. Confidence in ourselves, cautions against it, v. 198. vi. 88. The danger of a groundless confidence in God's goodness, vii. 42, 43. Confidence, no fign of a good argument, iv. 64. The Conformity to Chrift in his refurrection, what, viii. 327. Confcience, The value of a good confcience, iv. 213. anguifh of a guilty confcience, vii. 302. The danger and mifchief of a misguided confcience, iv. 386, 395. How far this extenuates a crime, iv. 381. 396. obliged to act according to it, iv. 386. informing it aright, iv. 401. Confent, The general confent of mankind about good and evil, v. 232. This one means of directing us in our duty, ibid. How far we are The neceffity of Confideration, The usefulness of it, viii. 407. A remarkable ftory concerning this, vii. 408. The want of it one of the greatest causes of mens ruin, iv. 53. vii. 408. Motives to it, iv. 148. vii. 408, viii. 93, 297. Confideration, The wisdom of confidering our latter end, vii. 405. How this a means to prevent mifchiefs, vii. 407. Conftancy in the profeffion of our faith, in what case our duty, iv. 67, &c. In the true religion, recommended, iv. 37. vi. 95, 96. Against the confidence of men, iv. 71. gainst the allurements of the world, iv. 79. Against the terrors of it, iv. 82. Againft vain promises of a more certain way of salvation, iv. 84. Against the cunning arts of bufy feducers, iv. 87. A Conftancy, How neceffary in our Chriftian course, vi. 160. Conftancy of the primitive Chriftians, iv. 173, &c. Contentedness, a remedy against covetoufnefs, v. 97. Our Saviour an eminent example of it, vii, 261. Motives to it, ibid. vii. 47. viii. 228. Con Contingencies, Future, foreknown to God, vi. 331. Objecti-› Controverfies in religion, no neceffity of an infallible judge for the decifion of them, v. 40, 44. Controverfies of the church of Rome, v. 44. Converfation, The baseness and corruption of mens ordinary converfation, iv. 13, 197. Converfion, In what fenfe called a new creation, v. 293, 295. Not always effected by irrefiftible grace, v. 300. Men not merely paffive in it, v. 306. This doctrine cleared from Pelagianifm, v. 309. The ill confequence of the contrary doctrine, v. 308, 316, 317. vid. Regeneration. How the grace of God operates in the converfion of a finner, V. 318, 324, 333. The feveral opinions about it confidered, ibid. Corruption of the best things, the worst, iv. 397. Covenant, The nature and conditions of the gospel covenant, ix. 309. Covetoufnefs, The nature of this vice, v. 59, &c. The danger of it, v. 54. The evil and unreasonableness of it, v. 64. Mens proneness to it, whence, v. 59. Covetousness, A cause of irreligion, v. 64, 68. The temptations to which it exposes men, v. 69, 71. The root of all evil, ibid. Covetousness, endless and infatiable, v. 73. That it hinders men from the enjoyment of what they have, v. 80, 81. Arguments against it, v. 64, 90. The folly of it, efpecially in old age, v. 92. The unprofitableness of this vice, vii. 256. Council of Trent, its rule of faith, iv. 84, 85. Its new articles of faith, v. 13. Council, The definitions of a general council, no fure help against error, v. 43, 45. Country, Being born in a particular country, no prejudice against a good man, vi. 17. X. III. Courage, The effect of religion, vi. 40. Cranmer (Archbishop) his fall, and glorious recovery, v. 186. Creation, An instance of God's goodness, vii. 13, 14. The wisdom of God in it, vi. 370. This a proper object of our praise, vi. 380. And an argument for our truft in God, vi. 381. Creation, or making fomething out of nothing, the difficulty of it cleared from contradiction, vii. 137, 138. Creatures, God's goodness to his creatures, vii. 12, &c. Their variety, order, and end, the effect of God's goodness, vii. 13. Their imperfections accounted for, vii. 28. The fuf ferings of brute creatures accounted for, vii. 29, 30. VOL. X. d Cre Credible witneffes, their testimony a sufficient ground of faith, x. 64. Credible relation, a fufficient ground of assurance, x. 69. Creed of Pope Pius the fourth, V, 13.1 Criminals, The repentance of dying criminals, the validity of it confidered, vii. 113, &c. Cross, Taking up the cross, what it fignifies, iv. 167. Cuftom, The power of it, vi. 162. D D Amn'd, No room for their repentance, vi. 204. Their ftate unalterable, vi. 205. Their misery, vi. 207. vii. 300. X. 178, &c. 186. David, That Jefus was of the feed of David, proyed against the objections of the Jews, ix. 399, &c. Day, Lord's day, how to be obferved, v. 107. iv. 417. Dead, The power of raifing the dead, why bestowed upon the Apoftles, ix. 347, &c. One rifing from the dead, for what reafon unlikely to convince men, ix. 352, &c. That Chrift was really dead before his resurrection, viii. 161, In what sense wicked men are faid to be dead, 297. X. 3. The fear of it unreasonable, iv. 210, 211. How made easy to us, viii. 231. Cato's difcourfe of death, viii. The wifdom and usefulness of meditating upon it, 217. viii. 219. What influence it should have upon us, viii. 220. Preparation for it, viii. 135, &c. 229. The folly of delaying it, ibid. Directions for it, ibid. This no argument för Death, Why called a fleep, viii. 154. the foul's fleeping till the refurrection, viii. 155. Death, The bleffednefs of good men after death, iv. 345. This a ground of comfort under prefent afflictions, iv. 347. This a great motive to piety, iv. 354, 355. Death, What meant by abolishing death, viii. 16. How this effected by Chrift, viii. 21. Death-bed, The fevere reflexions of finners at this time, x. 182, 183. Death-bed repentance, vid. Repentance. Death of Chrift, how difficult to human reason, viii. 360. How concealed by the Popish miffionaries, ibid. ix. 361. Death of Chrift, the design of it to promote holiness, ix. 52. How this a motive to repentance, vii. 224. Death of Chrift foretold by himself, x. 10. How this anargument of his prophetick spirit, x. 55. &c. Decrees of God, how to frame our opinions about them, vi. 264, 278. Degrees of our future happiness, iv. 350. ix. 115. This a motive to diligence, ibid. De |