fall, &c. ix. 1067. the sentence on him, x. 197. reflects on the immortality of the soul, &c. x. 782. his resolution against the advice of Eve to commit suicide, x. 1028. behaviour on receiving the mes- sage for their expulsion, xi. 263
Adramelech and Asmalia, (fallen angels) their defeat, vi. 365
Amaranth a flower, transplanted to Heaven, iii. 352 Ambition censured, ii. 482
Angels obey God from choice, v. 535. engagement of the celestial party against Satan, vi. 202 634. their song on the creation, vii. 180 252 557 602. their re-ascent to Heaven on Adam's fall, xi. 17. appointed to drive Adam from Paradise, xi. 127. execution of that office, xii. 626
Angels, (the fallen) their names, i. 374. pursuits, ii. 528. engagement, vi. 202. defeat and expulsion from Heaven, vi. 831-877, transformed into ser- pents, &c. x. 519 547
Apostles, their mission, &c. xii. 439. their successors described, xii. 508
Azazel, Satan's standard bearer, i. 534
Conjugal love praised, iv. 750 765. difinition of it, viii. 589. a reciprocal duty, ix. 357
Conjugal union, its reasons and obligations, viii. 494. ix. 955 961
Conscience, the umpire of God in man, iii. 194. its terrors, iv. 23. x. 842. censure of laws to enforce it, xii. 515
Creation, the universal, description of it, iii. 708. vii. 221
Creatures in Paradise described, iv. 340. their dis cord a consequence of the fall, x. 707
Dagon, (a fallen angel) some account of, i. 457 Damned, description of the vicissitudes of their torments, ii. 596.
David, why his throne is eternal, xii. 320
Day and night in Heaven, description of, vi. 4 Death and Sin, their post at the gates of Hell, before the fall, ii. 688. their union, x. 249. their meeting with Satan on his return to Hell, x. 326. their arrival at Paradise, x. 585. subsequent conduct in the world, x. 610
Death, description of, ii. 666. its parentage, ii. 727. its birth, ii. 777. its answers to sin, x. 264 596 Death, of the body, its causes and variety, xi. 466 to 493. its terrors more imaginary than real, xi. 469. the gate of life, xii. 571
Death, eternal, considerations on, x. 808 Deluge, see Noah
Despair, its degrees, &c. iv. 108
Devils, why excluded from grace, iii. 129
Discord censured, ii. 496. the daughter of Sin, x. 707 Dominion, absolute amongst men, unjustifiable, xii. 64 Dreams illusory, iv. 799. natural, v. 110. divine, xii. 611
Eagle, a bird of prey, one effect of Adam's fall, xi.
185 Earth, its creation, iii. 715. vii. 231. its separation from the waters described, vii. 276, speculations on its motion, or that of the heavens, censured,
viii. 70. an universal paradise at the coming of the Messiah, xii. 463
Eden, see Paradise
Egypt, plagues of, xii. 173
Election asserted, iii. 183
Elements, their dependence upon each other, xi. 415 Enoch, his story, translation, &c. xi. 664 700 Eve, see Adam and Eve
Eve particularly described, &c. iv. 712. v. 379. viii. 46 470 482 596. ix. 386 431 457 489 538 603 896. her formation from Adam, vlii. 460. her be- haviour on seeing him, viii. 500. discourses with Satan, ix. 552 732. her temptation of Adam, ix. 856. her speeches and answers to Adam on being accused, x. 909 937 966. xi. 162. xii. 610 Evening described, iv. 598
Evil, blameless, if unapproved by thought, v. 117 'Experience, a guide to wisdom, ix. 807
Faith in Christ, what kind of, is eternal life, xii. 420 censure of laws to enforce it, xii. 515
Fancy, its office, v. 100. a faculty of the soul, viii. 460
Fame, censure of the common idea of it, xi. 688 Fate, the will of the Almighty, vii. 170
Fig-tree, that from which aprons were made de- scribed, ix. 1101
Firmament described, vii. 261
Fish, their creation described, vii. 391
Flaming sword, description of, xii. 632
Flood, or deluge, see Noah
Freedom, effects of its loss, upon virtue, &c.
Free-grace, defined, &c. iii. 173 227
Free-will asserted, iii. 95. v. 235 520. viii. 635. ix.
350. x. 43. the image of God, viii. 440
Fruition, carnal, its passion censured, viil. 579
Glory, or fame, the general idea of it censured, xi. 688
God the Father, contemplating his works, &c. iii.
56. his speech to God the Son on the designs of Satan, iii. 80. proposes the manner of redemption, iii. 203. and decrees his resurrection, 303. attri- butes of God the Father, iii. 372. his speech to the celestial hierarchy, v. 600. his speeches to the Son, the Angels, &c. v. 719. vi. 29. vii. 139. x. 614. xi. 84 99
God the Son, at the right hand of the Father, iii. 62. the second Adam, iii. 285. his attributes, iii. 383. the Messiah, vi. 718 881. his answers to Adam, the Father, &c. vi. 733. viii. 369 398 437. x. 68. his re-ascent and intercession for Adam, x. 224 God, what kind of adoration most acceptable to him, iv. 736. to be contemplated in the works of the creation, v. 508. his absolute decrees, omnipre- sence, &c. xi. 311 335. to obey and depend on him, the sum of knowledge, xii. 557
Gospel, how it is to be understood, xii. 511 Grace of God, its object, and why devils are ex- cluded from it, iii. 129. the spirit of it, &c. xii. 525 Gratitude, when exerted, a discharge of its debt, iv. 55 Gunpowder, guns, &c. their invention attributed to the devil, vi. 478 484
Heaven and earth, their final renovation by fire, xi. 898. xii. 547. subsequent happiness therein, xii. 463 549
Heaven, its joys described, iii. 344. its gate, iii. 501. v. 253. passage thence to the world, iii. 526, its creation, iii. 716. the study of it how necessary, viii. 66. speculations on its motion censured, viii. 70. its situation with respect to the world and hell, x. 320
Hell, description of, i. 60 228. ii. 587 618. its gates, ii. 645. its situation, &c. x. 322
Hierarchies of heaven, before the revolt, described, v. 579
Holy Ghost, its diffusion, &c. at the creation, vii.
195. promised and given to all believers, xii. 518 Hymns to light, iii. 1. to God the Father and Son,
Idolatry, its origin, i. 364. that of the postdeluvian world, xii. 115
Jealousy, the hell of lovers, v. 449
Innocence, its state described, iv. 312 492 738. v. 211 303 443. viii. 40 510
Invocations of the author, i. 6. iii. 51. vii. 1. xi. 20 Israelites, relation of their bondage and release, xii. 163. their settlement, &c. in the wilderness, xii. 223. in Canaan, xii. 260. their captivity in Babylon, xii. 335. on their return, till the birth of the Mes- siah, xii. from 345 to 359
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