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TO THE

PRINCIPAL SUBJECTS, &c.

ABBADIE, Dr., quoted, iii, 434, 449, 472,
473

Abel, why God had respect to him and

his offering, ii, 523

Abraham, his works of faith, i, 436-his
justification, ii, 304–306
Academy, Royal, of Paris, the judicious
award of, iii, 402

Acceptance with God, the condition of,
i, 39-41-different degrees of, i, 160,
161

Account of Mr. Fletcher's conversion,
iv, 48-53

Adam, his sin not necessary to the
manifestation of the eternal Word, ii,
403-his moral state before his apos-
tasy, iv, 104

Addison, Mr., quoted, note, ii, 312
Address to earnest seekers of salvation,
iii, 376

Adonai, the import of, iii, 431

Advent of Christ, the difference between
the first and second, ii, 295
Advocate, what, iv, 350, 351
Affections, their disorder and irregu-
larity, iii, 282, 283

Afflicted persons, suitable advice to, iv,
333, 334, 355, 356
Afflictions, the utility of, iv, 331
Agency, moral, consistent with natural
and revealed religion, i, 17-free, of
the Checks, does not cross the designs
of God, ii, 227-free, does not make
man independent of God, ii, 404-406
-does not represent God as disap.
pointed when he says, "I would and
ye would not," ii, 405-407-free, how
it applies to God, angels, and glorified
saints, ii, 440-442-involuntary, ren-
ders sinners excusable, ii, 442
Agony of Christ, what, iv, 260, 261
Air, reflections on the, iii, 444
Alban's, St., archdeacon of, mentioned,
iii, 388

Alexandrinus, Cyrillus, ascribed man's
sin to himself, ii, 204-Clemens, his
thoughts on man's free agency, ii,
204

Alienation from God, evidences of, iii,
284, 285

VOL. IV.

Alipius charged with the rebuilding of
Jerusalem, iv, 226

Alleine, Joseph, a quotation from his
Alarm to the Unconverted, i, 378
Alms-deeds, their importance, i, 220,
221

Alpha and Omega, titles given to Christ,
iii, 437

Ambition, what, iii, 288
Ambrose, St., a strenuous defender of
the second Gospel axiom, it, 202
America, the case of, widely different

from that of Ireland and the Palati-
nate of Chester, iv, 457, 458
Animal kingdom, reflections on the, iii,
444, 445

Amos the prophet, foretold the coming
of Christ, iii, 526

Anabaptists, German, their Antinomi-

anism, i, 438-the turbulent spirit of,
in the time of Cromwell, iv, 464, 468-
471-how Cromwell served them, iv,
471-some mild and moderate, iv, 504
Anecdotes illustrative of the incompre-
hensibility of God, iii, 402
Andrews, Bishop, his judgment of the

doctrine of the fathers respecting
election and reprobation, ii, 208
Angels, the fall of, i, 432-and men
made to enjoy a day of salvation, ii,
467, 468

Anger of God, what, i, 179
Ammianus Marcellinus, referred to, iv,
226

Antinomianism, a gigantic foe to Chris-
tianity, i, 99, 100

Antinomianism defined, i, 100; ii, 134
-its prevalence among congregations
and ministers, i, 103-111-practical,
few professors free from, i, 118-123-
more danger from this than from
Pharisaism, i, 130-why good men
fall into it, i, 232-the principal er.
rors of, i, 232, 233-Scripture and
experience, antidotes against, i, 233
-inseparably connected with Calvin-
ism, i, 283 of hearers, often occa-
sioned by that of preachers, i, 427--
separates faith and works, i, 439-
nearly allied to popish Pharisaism, i,

36

440-drives men into Socinianism,
infidelity, and fatalism, i, 444-defiles
the sounder part of the Romish and
Protestant Churches, i, 446-unmask-
ed, what, ii, 585, 586
Antinomians, their execrable persecu
tion of the Quakers, i, 439-deceive
the simple by fair speeches, note, i, 470
Anti-evangelical, what, note, i, 459
Apostasy, the possibility of, proved, i,
184, 185-and misery of man proved
from Scripture and reason, iv, 414–
436

Apostates, what the inspired writers say
of, ii, 153-158

Apostle, what it signifies, iii, 90
Apostles, false, the portrait of, iii, 82-86
Appeal to matter of fact, its design, iii,
376-the last, to be made to Scrip-
ture, in proof of any article of faith,
iii, 397

"Appointed to be disobedient," the true
sense of, ii, 104, 105

Aquinas, Thomas, leaned toward the
doctrines of Augustine, ii, 275
Arianism, what, ii, 278

Arius, what he taught concerning the
Father and the Son, iii, 399
Arminius, James, an asserter of general
redemption, i, 16-what concession
he ought to have made, i, 400-
deemed a heretic by Antinomians, i,
439, 440-made a noble attempt to
restore the doctrines of justice, ii,
277-condemned by the synod of
Dort, ii, 276-attempted to find the
right way between Pelagianism and
Calvinism, ii, 282-maintained an
unconditional election of grace, note,
ii, 343

Arminianism, what, i, 455-secures to
God the honour of all his perfections,
ii, 228, 229-maintains that free will
is dependent on free grace, ii, 229-
its popularity in the reign of King
James and Charles the First, ii, 276
-Bible, the ground of, ii, 296-299-
what, ii, 320-335-rigid, the error of,
ii, 334-Bible, and Bible Calvinism,
how united, ii, 339, 340
Arminians, rigid, who, note, ii, 343
-unjustly accused of robbing the
trinity, ii, 467, 468-unjustly ac-
cused of encouraging infidelity, ii,
468

Armour of God recommended, iii, 25—
of Satan, what, iv, 68

Arnobius, his thoughts of man's free
agency, ii, 205

Articles, Lambeth, maintain absolute
election and reprobation, i, 16
Article ninth of the Church of England
anugnant to Calvinism, i, 345, 346

Articles ninth and fifteenth, the sense
of, ii, 506-509

Assurance essential to the faith of the
Christian dispensation, i, 429
Assurance contended for by the Puri-
tans as well as Methodists, i, 580
Atheism originates in pride, iv, 233
Athenagoras quoted, iii, 441
Atonement, finished, the propriety of
using that term, i, 200

Aversion, natural, of the human mind
to good, iv, 39

Augsburg Confession of Faith, i, 438—
extract from, iv, 33

Augustine, a quotation from, i, 171
Augustine asserts the doctrine of gene-
ral redemption, ii, 71-asserts the
liberty of the human will, ii, 205,
269-his opinion of God's foreknow-
ledge, ii, 206, 207-his inconsisten-
cies accounted for, ii, 214-main-
tained the doctrines of free grace and
free wrath, ii, 272-his views of the
seventh chapter to the Romans, ii, 549
-wherein right and wherein wrong,
ii, 606, 607-a fatalist, note, ii, 185
Axiom defined, ii, 268-Gospel, the
first, what, ii, 268-the second, what,
ii, 269-observations on the first, ii,
167

Axioms, Gospel, the two first, their
happy union, iii, 373-376-main-
tained by Mr. Wesley, i, 18, 19—the
importance of maintaining both, ii,
168-170-the mischievous effects of
separating them, ii, 250, 252, 273

Baptisms of the Spirit necessary to pu-
rify and perfect a believer, ii, 632, 633
Baptism, an outward sign of regenera
tion, iii, 332

Barnabas believed the doctrine of the
Scripture Scales, ii, 221

Basil, St., wrote in favour of free will,
ii, 201

Baxter, Rev. Richard, a quotation from,
ii, 157-his opinion of 1 Peter, iv, 8,
ii, 222-his opinion concerning cha.
rity covering a multitude of sins, note,
ii, 222-history of his life and times
quoted, iv, 467-472-an able defender
of practical religion, i, 24-his
thoughts on the doctrine of merit, i,
52, 53, 95-his aphorisms on justi-
fication quoted, i, 174-176-his can-
did concession, i, 490, 491
Bailey, Dr., proposed as a curate to Mr.
Perronet, iv, 397

Beasts, their rebellion against man, iii,
265, 266

"Beasts of the people," the import of
the term, note, iv, 473

Believers, the happiness of, iv, 93, 94—

an address to, i, 571, 572-"shall
not make haste," iv, 330
Believing, how far in the power of sin.
ners, iv, 327-how far in the power
of convinced sinners, iv, 327, 328
Benson, Mr., proposed as a curate to
Mr. Perronet, iv, 397-his reason for
finishing the "Vindication of Christ's
Divinity," iii, 385, 386

Berkeley, Dr., the absurdity of his sys-
tem of the non-entity of matter, iii, 392
Bernard, St., concerning the human
will, ii, 204

Bernon, Mr., the happy death of, iv, 312
Bethel, the import of the word, iii, 463
Beveridge, Bishop, a saying of, i, 173-
his thoughts on our election, ii, 161,
162-referred to, iii, 487

Bias, the precept he gave to his disci-
ples, iv, 234

Bigotry, deaf to argument, &c, iii, 290
Birth, new, described, iv, 141

Blood of Christ, how it cleanses from
all sin, ii, 554-558

Bonnet, Mr., some account of, iv, 17
"Book of Life," what it imports, ii, 125
Books, many written on the prophecies,
iv, 249

Bradwardine, his famous argument an-
swered, i, 411

Bull, Bishop, referred to and quoted, iii,
440-442, 487, 511
Bunyan, John, an unguarded saying of,
ii, 42

Burgess, Rev. Anthony, a remarkable
quotation from, i, 226

Burkitt, Mr., concerning the Epistle to
the Ephesians, ii, 122

Burnet, Bishop, his history quoted, iv,
464, 465-quoted, iii, 415, 416-re-
ferred to, iii, 482, 483
Calvin, John, his inconsistency, i, 141-
termed absolute reprobation a horri-
ble decree, i, 152-did not go so far
in speculative Antinomianism as some
modern Calvinists, i, 439-his Insti-
tutes quoted, i, 561-sometimes main-
tains general redemption, ii, 71-a
heated controversialist, ii, 274-his
two articles against civil enthusiasm,
iv, 466

Calvinism, the danger of leaning to, i,
23-the prolific source of Antino-
mianism, i, 234-overturned by the
Checks, i, 324-its perfect agreement
with speculative Antinomianism, i,
339, 340-the fatal effects of, i, 441-
443-renders the death of Christ in a
great measure useless, ii, 107, 108-
reflects dishonour on all the Divine
perfections, ii, 235-237-destroys the
second Gospel axiom under pretence
of exalting the first, ii, 247, 248-

prevalent in the reign of Queen Eli-
zabeth, why, ii, 274-276-the ten-
dency of, ii, 279-281-implies that
some men shall be saved do what they
will, and others damned do what they
can, ii, 417-420-irreconcilable with
the holiness of God, ii, 420-432-Bi-
ble, the ground of, ii, 296-299-what,
ii, 300-320-rigid, destroys God's im-
partial justice, ii, 322-equally hos-
tile to the doctrines of grace and those
of justice, ii, 332-rigid, its error cen-
tres in denying evangelical liberty, ii,
333, 334-rigid, must be distinguish-
ed from the many good men who
have embraced it, ii, 332, 333-rigid,
confounds the covenants of creating
and redeeming grace, ii, 338, 339—
Bible, and Bible Arminianism, how
united, ii, 339-strangely inconsist-
ent, ii, 249-often subversive of the
morality of the Gospel, ii, 249, 250-
and Antinomianism, the absurdity
and unreasonableness of, i, 241, 248
Calvinists, rigid, who, ii, 343-incon-

sistent in using hymns on perfection
while they deny it, ii, 652, 653
Gandidus, the character of, ii, 9
"Carnal and sold under sin," when
properly applied, ii, 540-544-in
what sense the Corinthians were so,
ii, 541, 542

Catechism of the Church of England
contains her genuine doctrines, ii,
129, 130

Catholic faith, concerning the Father,
Son, and Holy Ghost, a view of the,
iii, 398-402-a view of the sources
whence the infidel philosophers draw
their arguments against the, iii, 402–
406

Cause of justification, what, note, i, 469
Causes, the distinction between trusting

in primary and secondary, ii, 164-167
-the doctrine of first and second, il-
lustrated, ii, 239, 240-which con-
cur to effect regeneration, iv, 136-
which offended our Lord's disciples,
ii, 162

Celsus, what he said of the Word of God,
iii, 419

Cerinthus, denied the divinity of Christ,
iii, 416-what he taught concerning
Christ, iii, 608

Chapel at Madeley Wood, the building
of, iv, 350

Charity, the great importance of, ii, 357
-359-motives to the exercise of, în
relieving the poor, ii,36,37-mistaken
ideas about, iii, 285-287-how it re-
joiceth in the truth, i, 556-Chris-
tian, preached by the true minister,
iii, 154-169-the image of God, iii,

157-159-motives to the exercise of,
iii, 163, 164-of the good pastor dif
fers from that of worldly ministers,
iii, 155, 156-the most excellent,
what, iii, 46-does not consist in alms-
giving, iii, 156, 157-of worldly men,
limited to the necessities of the body,
iii, 157-without piety, a mere natu-
ral virtue, iii, 158-devotion, without
it, is mere hypocrisy, iii, 158-its two
parts, what, iii, 158, 159-faith with-
out it, void of any real worth, iii, 159
-a source of consolation, how, iii,
161-exemplified, how, iii, 161, 162—
the happy effects of its prevalence,
iii, 164

Charters granted to the American colo-
nists, iv, 512-517-of Pennsylvania
and Massachusetts Bay, an account
of, iv, 458

Checks, the design of, iii, 376
Cheerfulness recommended, iv, 325
Childbearing, its sorrows and pains a

melancholy proof of sin, iii, 261, 262
Chit-chat, religious, remarks on, iv, 320
Chrestus, a name given to Christ by the
Pagans, iv, 225

Christ, his person mysterious, iii, 380-
his offices clearly revealed, iii, 380-
to whom made known, iii, 381-often
appeared to the patriarchs and pro-
phets under the Old Testament dis-
pensation, iii, 422-431-the Son of
God, how, iii, 412-414, 537, 547-
how the image of God, iii, 560-how
the first-born of every creature, iii,
420-superior to angels, iii, 420-422
-called an angel, messenger, or en-
voy, iii, 430-Divine titles given to
him, iii, 435-437-the end of his
death, iii, 447, 448-Redeemer and
Saviour of lost mankind, iii, 446-453
-the Judge of the world, iii, 453-461
-his proper manhood proved, iii, 456
-458-Divine worship paid to him, iii,
461-475, 493, 582-his equality with
the Father, iii, 487, 488-how he
emptied himself and became poor, iii,
488-491-how in the form of God,
iii, 488, 489-the three original pro-
mises relating to, in the book of Ge.
nesis, iii, 515-517-a spiritual king,
iii, 518-521-his glorious reign, iii,
521-528, 529-the Captain of the
Lord's host, iii, 512-Jehovah's en-
voy, iii, 512, 513-a Prophet like
Moses, iii, 517, 518, 533-the Ruler
of Israel, iii, 527-his Godhead as
serted by St. Paul, iii, 420-423, 555,
556, 563-Alpha and Omega, iii, 436,
437-omniscience ascribed to him,
iii, 437-439-omnipresence ascribed
to him, iii, 437-439-possessed of a

Divine nature, iii, 438-possessed of
incommunicable attributes, iii, 438-
a shepherd, iii, 535, 536-eternity
ascribed to him, iii, 439-immutable,
iii, 439, 440-the messenger of the
covenant, iii, 529-very man, of a
reasonable soul and human flesh sub-
sisting, iii, 475-491-his two natures
distinct from each other, iii, 476–483
-called David, iii, 536-the doctrine
of his divinity improved, iii, 491–497
-his prophetic office asserted, iii, 492

-his priestly office asserted, iii, 492
-his kingly office asserted, iii, 492,
493-Jehovah, our righteousness, and
the mighty God, iii, 533, 534, 538-
544 his divinity, attested by the
evangelists and the apostles, iii, 544-
555-Lord of the Sabbath, iii, 547—
St. Jude's doxology peculiarly belongs
to him, iii, 549-the divinity of, esta.
blished by St. John, iii, 550, 551-the
everlasting Son of the everlasting
Father, iii, 552-"God over all," iii,
556-the source of grace and peace,
iii, 557-the invocation of his name
a proof of his divinity, iii, 557—has
the names and titles given to him
which are peculiarly ascribed to the
true God, iii, 431-440-the Creator
and Preserver of all things, iii, 440–
446-the bruiser of the serpent's
head, iii, 514-opposed to men, iii,
577-equal with the Father, iii, 578
-superior to Moses, iii, 592-a high
priest after the order of Melchizedec,
iii, 592-under what character ex-
pected by the Jews, iii, 602-the view
which the apostles give of, iii, 414-
422-the true character of, as given
by the apostles in the passages which
they apply to him out of the Old
Testament, iii, 422-431-the inspired
writers ascribed to, the names, titles,
&c, of the true God, iii, 431-440-
Divine worship has been, is, and must
be paid to, iii, 461-475-the human-
ity of, proved, iii, 475-483-objec-
tions to the union of the Divine and
human nature of, answered, iii, 483-
491-"all in all" to the penitent be.
liever, iii, 356-359-the glory of, in
redemption, ii, 35-38-love to, and
confidence in, iv, 314, 315-the sum
and substance of all the Scriptures,
iv, 361-in him alone salvation, iv,
166

Christianity, Scriptural, what, note, i,
585-not to be charged with evils
produced by other causes, iii, 218, 219
-the spread of, iv, 228
Christian philosophers, eulogy on, iii, 14
Christians, genuine, not persecutors, iii,

218-have carried every virtue to a
very high degree, iii, 218
Chrysostom, St., one of his sermons
quoted, iii, 110-an advocate for the
freedom of the will, ii, 201

Church, Western, the state of, when
Luther appeared, i, 438
Cicero, a remarkable saying of, ii, 27;
iv, 534-maintained a particular pro-
vidence, iii, 210, 211
Claudius, the emperor, commanded all
Jews to leave Rome, iv, 225
Clement, St., maintained the doctrine of
Christian perfection, ii, 222, 223
Codrus, King, how he testified his
love to his subjects, iv, 223
Coles, Elisha, a remarkable saying of,
i, 145

Colossians, Epistle to, asserts the di-

vinity of Christ, iii, 580-582-at what
period written, note, iii, 580
Colonists, American, their case illus-
trated, iv, 523-526
Comfort, by the application of Scripture
promises, iii, 360, 372-how derived
from a relation to God in covenant,
iv, 310-for mourners, iv, 321, 322
"Complete in Christ," the import of the
word, i, 180, 181, 455

Condemnation, who free from, i, 180
Condescension recommended to minis-
ters, by the examples of Christ and
St. Paul, iii, 48, 49
Condition, the meaning of the term, i, 44
-46-admitted by the most approved
Puritan divines, i, 45-propriety of
using the word, i, 238
Conscience, its inactivity when duty is
concerned, iii, 282
Consideration, godly and timely, iv, 156
Consolation for parents when bereaved

of their children, iv, 352-how ad-
ministered by true ministers, iii, 31
Constantine mentioned, iv, 240
Constitution, British, the excellence of,
iv, 447, 460, 475
Contentions, religious, their mischiev

ous effects on infidels, ii, 359, 360
Contingencies, future, what, ii, 136
Controversy, its utility, when properly
conducted, i, 135-the good derived
from it by the author of the Checks,
i, 421-the subjects of, between the
Calvinists and Arminians stated, i,
520; ii, 130, 131-the occasion of
the Calvinian and Arminian, ii, 264,
265-the Pelagian and Augustinian,
ii, 272, 273-political, the author's
reasons for engaging in it, iv, 439—
the probable effects of the Calvinian
and Arminian, i, 330-may be main-
tained without injuring the Christian
temper, iii, 388

Corinthians, Epistle to, asserts the di-
vinity of Christ, iii, 568-573
Conversion of sinners, the great import-
ance of, iii, 353-not always distin.
guished by uncommon circumstances,
iii, 16, 17-of Mr. Fletcher, account
of, iv, 48

Co-operation of man with Divine grace
conceded by Mr. Whitefield, note, ii,

131

Cornelius, why his prayers, &c, were
more acceptable than those of the
Pharisees, ii, 323

Corruption of mankind universal, iii,
330, 331

Corruptions of Christianity, Priestley's
History of, censured, iii, 391
Covenant of God with Adam, what, i,
451, 452-of grace, what, i, 453,
458-of justice, what, ii, 34-of grace,
salvation by, i, 459, 463-new, how
better than the Mosaic, ii, 48-51-
its blessings to the obedient, ii, 51-
53 everlasting, what, ii, 139-Mo-
saic, its blessings, ii, 51-53
Covenants of promise, what, ii, 304–
309-the three principal promises,
what, ii, 337, 338

Covetousness, what, iii, 289
Council of Trent called to stop the re-
formation, ii, 276

Cranmer, Archbishop, his thoughts on
free will, ii, 215-renounced abso-
lute predestination, ii, 216-restored
the balance of the Gospel axioms, ii,
274

Creation, the work of, ascribed to Christ,
iii, 440-446

Creature, new, described, iv, 133-how
constituted, iv, 230, 231

Creatures, rational, by what law made
to be ruled, ii, 462, 463
Creed, apostles', reflections on, iii,
209, 210-of a consistent Calvinist,
what, i, 259-261-fictitious and ge-
nuine for Arminians, what, i, 403,
420-Athanasius's, remarks on, i,
403, 420

Crisp, Dr., his doctrine grossly Antino-
mian, i, 58-quotations from, i, 115,
116 his errors condemned by seven
eminent divines, i, 228, 229-in a hap-
py moment bore witness to the truth,
i, 286, 287

Cromwell, Oliver, how he attained to
supreme power, iv, 467-Baxter's ac-
count of, iv, 540, 541
Crousaz, Professor, a quotation from,
iii, 192-how he wrote of God, iii, 402
Crucifixion, darkness at the, iv, 46
Cure, spiritual, the method of, iii, 352
Curtiuses, how they showed their love
to their fellow citizens, iv, 223

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