Unbelievers, four classes of, iv, 173 Unchangeableness of God, how to be understood, i, 416, 417 Understanding, its blindness, iii, 280 Undervaluing ourselves, wherein it con- sists, i, 112, 113
Union of the Godhead of Christ with the manhood, the denial of, leads to the denial of his mediation, iii, 385 Unitarian, remarks on the term, iii, 400 Unitarians, two sorts of, iii, 400, 401-
their concessions concerning the Holy Ghost, iii, 484
Unity of God, not incompatible with the doctrine of the trinity, and the divini- ty of Christ, iii, 405, 406, 543, 544, 557-560-maintained by the Mo. hammedans, iv, 226
Vanity described, iii, 288 Vegetable kingdom, reflections on the, iii, 444
Vernet, a quotation from, iii, 192 Vespasian mentioned, iv, 226 Vessels, honourable and dishonourable,
ii, 91, 113-of wrath and mercy, what, ii, 101-103
Virgilius, Bishop, anecdote of, i, 36 Virgins, ten, parable of, referred to, ii, 117
Virtues, natural, often pass for Divine, iii, 128
Vocation to the holy ministry, what, iii, 22, 23
Voltaire, iv, 41-refuted, iv, 225-re-
ferred to, iv, 234-his prayer cited, iv, 235-quoted on the madness of war, iii, 299-the absurdity of his no- tions on toleration, iii, 204, 205-a quotation from, i, 444-his observa- tions on religious contentions, ii, 359 Vossius, how an advocate for predestina- tion to glory, ii, 209
Wakes, their origin and evil, iii, 296 Walsh, father, a popish monk, referred to, i, 131, 132
War, the inhumanity of, iii, 299-ori- ginates in ignorance, iii, 207-with America, the cause and object of, iv, 505-529
Way to salvation, described, iv, 22 Watts, Dr., reference to, iii, 322—a quo- tation from, ii, 291-his "Orthodoxy and Charity" recommended, ii, 295, 352
Wesley, Rev. John, a defender of prac- tical religion, i, 24-the propriety of vindicating his character, note, i, 287, 288-his thoughts on necessity, note, ii, 188-his candour, ii, 344-his "Plain Account of Christian Perfec. fection," quoted, ii, 613-an excellent
quotation from, ii, 646-648-publish. ing his "Calm Address," defended, iv, 459, 460-his diligence recom- mended, iv, 349-a general view of his doctrines, i, 11-27-Rev. Charles, candid concession of, i, 185 Whitefield, Rev. George, referred to, i, 222, 223-referred to, note, i, 511- his "Inextricable Dilemma" obviated, ii, 231-233-his account of the carnal man, (Rom. vii,) ii, 550-no enemy to Christian perfection in the early part of his ministry, ii, 551—quoted, ii, 560 Whitby, Dr., his Treatise on the Five Points, highly commended, ii, 211 -214
Wickliffe, what he said of necessity, note, ii, 232
Williams, Dr., his " Gospel Truth," quoted, i, 224, 225
Will, its obstinacy, iii, 281, 283-the freedom of, proved, i, 90-92-its free- dom, the effect of grace, i, 321- God's secret and revealed, by some absurdly distinguished, i, 190, 293- its choice of evil does not prove its in- ability to choose good, i, 322-its li berty to choose good restored through Christ, i, 323-of God, how far it in. fluences our salvation, i, 411, 412
free, how the exercise of, deter- mines our future state, i, 500, 501- observations on, ii, 27-30-the first cause of what is evil, ii, 32-how it co-operates with free grace, ii, 58-62, 171-176-may improve or neglect our redemption, ii, 67-70-perverse, the spring of all sin, ii, 76-the an- cient fathers, advocates for, ii, 199 -208-maintained by Cranmer, ii, 215-and free grace, the union of, maintained by the articles, liturgy, &c, of the Church of England, ii, 216-218-how subject to free grace, ii, 226-228-what Mr. Toplady rashly said of, ii, 231-its union with free grace illustrated by marriage, ii, 241 -247-of God, secret and revealed, what, note, ii, 237
Woman, in the revelation, imports the Church, iv, 243
Word of God, how it endures for ever, i, 417, 418-what it imports, iii, 418 -420-a name given to Christ, iii, 485-Divine, not annihilated by its union with the human nature, iv, 231 "Working for life," the import of, i, 30 -34, 166-193
Works, meet for repentance, what, i, 53 -55-good, the necessary fruit of a lively faith, i, 185-good, not dung, dross, and filthy rags, i, 263-266- hypocritical, compared to filthy rags,
&c, i, 265, 266-good, what, i, 268, 269-good, why a Christian should do them, i, 481-483-good, how eternal life is suspended on, i, 490 -494-good, originate in faith, i, 545 -548-excluded in our justification, what, i, 295, 296-of piety, justice, charity, &c, what, i, 472-of faith, to be performed in hope of the pro- mised reward, i, 506—in what light viewed by Baxter and many other divines, i, 515, 516-inward, what, i, 548-the honour of, ii, 39-41-what St. Paul generally means thereby, note, ii, 572
Worldly mindedness, the folly of, iv, 80-82
Worship, Divine, commanded to be paid to Christ, iii, 461-474, 493—the dis- tinction between supreme and subal-
tern, not founded in Scripture, in 472, 473 Worthiness, Gospel, what, ii, 435, 436 Wrath, how evidenced, iii, 289-free, none in a just and good God, ii, 105 Young, Dr., quoted, iii, 318, 321
Zaleucus, his remarkable prayer, iv, 236 Zeal distinguished from fanaticism, iv, 233
Zechariah, the prophet, prophesies of Christ, iii, 529
Zelotes, the character and partiality of, ii, 9, 24
Zephaniah, the prophet, foretels the coming of Christ, iii, 528, 529 Zeno, an anecdote of, ii, 472 Zuna, what it declares respecting Jesus Christ, iv, 227
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