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Ender of Subjects.

Abimelech, revelation to him respecting Abraham, 131
Abraham, a pattern of humility, 218

"the trial of, 278

Abuse of the holy scriptures, 123-130

Activity of divine grace in the heart, 259

"in the service of God, importance of, 302, 303
Adam's circumstances before the fall, 201

Adoption, spirit of, 136-139

Affections, holy, true religion chiefly consists in, 15-43
"what is intended by them, 15

"are of two sorts, 16

"the springs in all the affairs of life, 19

"about religious things, not all from grace, 37

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may be moved without benefit, 41

"should be subservient to religion, 41

"high, no proof of gracious, 45, 49

"which render one fluent in talking of religion, no
proof of sincerity or hypocrisy, 54–56

"not excited by our own endeavours, no moral
characteristic, 56-60

"signs of gracious, 108-303

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holy, arise from divine influence, 114, 118, 130
"gracious, are new perceptions, 116

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accompanied with divine knowledge,
160-164

soften the heart, 235

attended by spiritual conviction, 179
attended by the temper of Jesus, 223
increase a spiritual appetite, 248

"mistakes respecting the, 161-163
some, hide depravity of heart, 209
"false, harden the heart, 235

Affliction, saints tried in the furnace of, 277
Agur, remarkable words of, 301

All things are new to the regenerate, 168
Angels are lovely because holy, 152
Anger, remarks on the nature of, 141
Apostasy of false professors, 96-99

Apostates, evidence they were never renewed, 258
Appearances of religion fallible, 270

Approach to God, dispositions suited to a proper, 238
Assurance, remarks on its nature, as instanced in
scripture, 81-94, 271

"attainable in ordinary cases, 84, 85, 107

Balaam's discoveries, though great, were not holy,

121, 131

Beauty of religion seen in trials, 13

Beggars at the gate of mercy, the humble are, 217
Behaviour, religion best recommended by an amia-
ble, 302

Bible, its excellent glory not perceived by the carnal
heart, 187-189

Bitterness against men not Christian zeal, 229, 230,242
Blessed of Christ, who are the, 274, 275
Blindness, spiritual, its odious influence, 40

"to our own imperfections, an evidence of unsound-
ness, 243

Blossoms in the spring, professors resemble, 98
Boasters mere, some marks of, 204

Body, effects on the, no proof of grace, or the contra-
ry, 50-54

Boldness arising from pride, 229, 237
Bondage, spirit of, 137

Brain, impressions made on the, 177

Brokenness of heart, 24

Business, Christians make religion their chief, 253

Caleb and Joshua, sincerity of, 254

Carnal or natural, meaning of the terms, 109

Centurion, humility of the, 197

Charity is love, 27

Children, little, character of, 227

Christ, the beauties of his human nature, 154

"the virtues of his character, 225

"lives in the Christian, 226

Christians, their difficulties when low in grace,105-107
"the humble, see their pride more plainly than
their humility, 215
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Christians are Christ-like in temper, 225

"selfish and ill-tempered, not acknowledged in the
scriptures, 234

Christian experience and holy practice inseparable,293
Compassion, religious, 25

Conduct of professors best mark of their moral char-
acter, 266

Confidence, strong, may exist in true saints, and ap-
pear in hypocrites, 81-95

Conscience, grace quickens the, 238

Converse with God and Christ, its effects are lasting,223
Conversion, scriptural representations of, 220

"does not eradicate constitutional peculiarities, 221
"no profession of, to be believed without good
works, 264

"method of, not necessary to be explained, 267
Conviction, spiritual, the consequence of gracious af-
fections, 179, 180

"observations respecting persons under, 213, 214
Convictions of conscience different from mere terrors,
72, 73, 238

Counterfeits in religion, 65-69

Courage, Christian, what it is, 227, 228

Darius, affected by his views of the divine glory, 159
Darkness of providence, duty of saints in the, 90, 91
David, Paul, and John, their religion, 28-32
Day of judgment, the natural perfections of God will
be seen by the wicked in the, 158-160

Deeds of love to the brethren, 280

Defects of saints low in grace, 105

Degree of religion, how to judge of the, 38
Delusions of hypocrites, 87-89, 199

"from false affections, 180-182

Desire, holy, 22

Desires for more grace mark the regenerate, 212, 250
"of hypocrites arise from motives different from
those of the saiuts, 250

Devotedness, entire, of the saint to God, 259
Dictators in religion, hypocrites desire to be, 203
Difference between saints and hypocrites, 241
Diligence included in Christian practice, 253
Discoveries, spiritual, what are not, 119-128
are transforming, 219

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Discrimination of true and false religious affections,

44-103

Divine things highly affecting in their nature, 48
Doddridge's remarks on the determination of the
will, 273, 274

Doubts of Christians, 92-94, 105-107

Dove, a symbol of the Christian spirit, 226, 228
Duties, performance of external, no certain sign of
grace, 77-80

"required of saints in the New Testament, 251

Earnest of the Spirit, 135

Elijah's holy reverence of God, 237

Emotions, strong, affect the body, 50-54

Enemies to free grace, 202

Enthusiasm and spiritual knowledge, totally diverse,
175-179

Enthusiasts, counterfeit self-denial of some, 199
Ephraim, hypocrites compared to, 241

Error of those who discard religious affections, 38
Essenes, their vain imaginations, 175-199
Evangelical humiliation attends holy affections, 196
Evil spirits, their counterfeit agency, 59, 60
Experience, when abused, 95, 149

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Christ, 95

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persons may be deceived respecting their own
and others', 95-103

66 our, may be spoken of with a proper spirit, 204
66 a relation of, remarks respecting, 268, 302, 303
Expressions of praise and gratitude to God, no cer-
tain mark of grace, nor the contrary, 81, 82

Faculties of the soul pervaded by the Spirit of God, 222
Faith, absurd notions of, 91, 92

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precedes holy joy, 126

"the consequence of gracious affections, 179, 180
"must be founded on real evidence, 182

"in order to be saving, must be spiritual, or holy,
182-192

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made perfect, or finished, 279-281

"without works vain, 264

Fear, godly, 21, 236

Fellowship with Christ, natural men have no, 115
"the peculiar privilege of the saints, 115

Figurative language misleads some ignorant persons,

120

Flavel's remark on the wheat and tares, 99, 100

Fluency in talking of religion no certain sign of piety,
302, 303

Forgiveness of injuries, necessity of the temper, 231
Fortitude of a Christian, 227, 228

"holy, Christ a pattern of, 228

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Christian, bears the mind above the displeasure
of friends as well as enemies, 229

Freeness of grace, mistake respecting the, 297
Fruit, tree to be judged by the, 99, 102

Fruits of the Spirit, scriptural evidence of grace, 77,136
Gaius, good works of, 263, 264

Galatians, Paul's direction to the, 272

Glory, Divine, view of the, convinces of the truth of
Christianity, indirectly, 192

God, chosen by the saints as their portion, 259
Godliness, the saints' gain and treasure, 252
Gospel, glorious, because holy, 154

"has its strongest evidence in itself, 192
"not given for learned men only, 189, 190
Grace, its implantation in the soul a supernatural ope-
ration, 57

"difficulties of those who are low in, 105
"is of the same nature as holiness in God, 113
"cannot be produced by any improvement, or
composition of natural principles, 116

"the seed of glory in the heart, 135

"the advantages of its lively exercise, 192, 193
"in all its actings, is humble, 219

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a prelibation of glory, 248

"active nature of true, 259

"two kinds of the exercises of, 273

Graces have their counterfeits in hypocrites, 100
Gratitude, exists in natural as well as spiritual per-

sons, 141-147

Guilt of conscience, consequences of, 106

Habit, fixedness and strength of the religious, 38
Hardness of heart, sin consists much in, 35-37

Hatred of sin, 22, 220

Heart, God only knows the, 104

Hearts of others cannot be known with certainty,

95-103

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