ABBADIE, Dr., quoted, iii, 434, 449, 472, 473
Abel, why God had respect to him and
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
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,
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,
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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