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411-Redeemer and Saviour of lost mankind, vi:
408-420-the Judge of the world, vi. 420—433—
his proper manhood proved, vi. 425-428-divine
worship paid to him, vi. 433-456, 487, 488;
vii. 139—his equality with the Father, vi. 477, 478
-how he emptied himself and became poor, vi. 479
-484-how in the form of God, vi. 479-481-the
three original promises relating to, in the book of Ge-
nesis, vii. 24-29—a spiritual king, vii. 30—35—his
glorious reign, vii. 35, 47, 48-the Captain of the
Lord's host, vii. 20, 21-Jehovah's Envoy, vii. 21,
22-a Prophet like Moses, vii. 28-30, 55, 56—the
Ruler of Israel, vii. 46-his Godhead asserted by St.
Paul, vi. 362-368; vii. 93, 94, 106-Alpha and
Omega, vi. 390-392-omniscience ascribed to Him,
vi. 392-395-omnipresence ascribed to him, vi. 393
-395-possessed of a divine nature, vi. 394-pos-
sessed of incommunicable attributes, vi. 394-a
shepherd, vii. 58, 59-eternity ascribed to Him,
vi. 395, 396-inimutable, vi. 396, 397-the messen-
ger of the covenant, vii. 49-very man, of a reason-
able soul and human flesh subsisting,-vi. 456-484
-his two natures distinct from each other, vi. 459—
470-called David, vii. 60, 61-the doctrine of his
divinity improved, vi. 485-494—his prophetic office
asserted, vi. 485, 486-his priestly office asserted,
vi. 486-his kingly office asserted, vi. 487-Jehovah,
our righteousness, and the Mighty God, vii. 56, 57,
64-74-his divinity, attested by the evangelists and
the apostles, vii. 75-93-Lord of the sabbath, vii. 79
-St Jude's doxology reculiarly belongs to Him,
vii. 82-the divinity of established by St. John,
vii. 85, 86-the Everlasting Son of the Everlasting
Father, vii. 88-" God over all," vii. 95-the source
of grace and peace, vii. 96-the invocation of his
name, a proof of his divinity, vii. 97-has the names
and titles given to him which are peculiarly ascribe d
to the true God, vi. 381-397—the Creator and Pre-
server of all things, vi. 397-408-the bruiser of the
serpent's head, vii. 24, 25-opposed to men, vii, 130

157-under what
Jews, vii. 174-
give of, vi. 353

-equal with the Father, vii. 131, 132-superior to
Moses, vii. 155-a high-priest after the order
of Melchizedeck, vii. 156,
character expected by the
the view which the apostles
-366-the true character of, as given by the apos-
tles in the passages which they apply to him out of
the Old Testament, vi. 366-381-the inspired wri-
ters ascribed to, the names, titles, &c. of the true
God, vi. 381-397-divine worship has been, is, and
must be paid to, vi. 433-456-—the humanity of,
proved, vi. 456-470-objections to the union of the
divine and human nature of, answered, vi. 471-484

"all in all" to the penitent believer, i. 180-186
-the glory of, in redemption, iii. 44-50-love to
and confidence in, v. 381, 382-the sum and sub-
stance of all the scriptures, v. 468-in him alone
salvation, vii. 287

Christianity, scriptural, what, note, ii. 579-580-not
to be charged with evils produced by other causes,
vi. 252, 253-the spread of, iv. 509
Christian philosophers, eulogy on, vi. 507

Christians, genuine, not persecutors, vi. 251-have
carried every virtue to a very high degree, vi. 252
Chrysostom, St. one of his sermons quoted, vi. 72—an
advocate for the freedom of the will, iii. 317

Church, Western, the state of, when Luther appeared,
ii. 336

Cicero, a remarkable saying of, iii. 32; iv. 520-main-
tained a particular providence, vi. 239

Claudius, the emperor, commanded all Jews to leave
Rome, iv. 505, 506

Clement, St. maintained the doctrine of Christian per-
fection, iii. 351-353

Codrus, king, how he testified his love to his subjects,
iv. 501, 502

Coles, Elisha, a remarkable saying of, i. 437

Colossians, Epistle to, asserts the divinity of Christ,
vii. 134 139 at what period written, note,

vii. 135

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Colonists, American, their case illustrated, v. 143
-148

Comfort, by the application of scripture promises, i.
187-205-how derived from a relation to a God in
covenant, v. 372, 373—for mourners, v. 393, 394
Complete in Christ," the import of the word, ii.
365; i. 496, 497

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Condemnation, who free from, i. 496, 497

Condescension recommended to ministers, by the ex-
amples of Christ and St. Paul, v. 555, 556
Condition, the meaning of the term, i. 275-278-ad-
mitted by the most approved Puritan divines, i. 276,
277-propriety of using the word, ii. 17, 18
Conscience, its inactivity when duty is concerned, i. 62
Consideration, godly and timely, vii. 270

Consolation for parents when bereaved of their chil-
dren, v. 450-how administered by true ministers,
v. 525, 526

Constantine, mentioned, iv. 535

Constitution, British, the excellence of, v. 15, 16, 38,
62, 182

Contentions, religious, their mischievous effects on
infidels, iii. 580-582

Contingencies, future, what, iii. 208

Controversy, its utility, when properly conducted, i.
421, 422-the good derived from it by the author of
the Checks, ii. 312-315—the subjects of, between
the Calvinists and Arminians stated, iii. 200, 201;
ii. 471, 472-the occasion of the Calvinian and Ar-
minian, iii. 423, 424-the Pelagian and Augustinian,
iii. 436, 437-political, the author's reasons for en-
gaging in it, v. 3, 4-the probable effects of the
Calvinian and Arminian, ii. 170-173—may be main-
tained without injuring the christian temper, vi. 309
Corinthians, Epistle to, asserts the divinity of Christ,
vii. 114-123

Conversion of sinners, the great importance of, i. 75

-not always distinguished by uncommon circum-
stances, v. 500, 501-of Mr. Fletcher, account of,
vii. 329

Co-operation of man with divine grace conceded by
Mr. Whitefield, note, iii. 201

Cornelius, why his prayers, &c. were more acceptable
than those of the Pharisees, iii. 521, 522
Corruption of mankind, universal, i. 140, 141

Corruptions of Christianity, Priestley's History of,
censured, vi. 313

Covenant of God with Adam, what, ii. 358-of grace,
what, ii. 362, 371-of justice, what, iii. 42—of grace,
salvation by, ii. 372, 378-new, how better than the
Mosaic, iii. 66-71-its blessings to the obedient,
iii. 71-73—everlasting, what, iii. 213—Mosaic, its
blessings, iii. 71-73

Covenants of promise, what, iii. 489-497-the three
principal promises, what, iii. 545, 547
Covetousness, what, i. 72

Council of Trent called to stop the Reformation,
iii. 442

Cranmer, Archbishop, his thoughts on free-will, iii. 340
-renounced absolute predestination, iii. 340-re-
stored the balance of the gospel axioms, iii. 439, 440
Creation, the work of, ascribed to Christ, vi. 397
-408

Creature, new, described, vii.231-how constituted, iv.
514, 515

Creatures, rational, by what law made to be ruled,
iv. 155, 156

Creed, Apostles', reflections on, vi. 237, 238-of a con-
sistent Calvinist, what, ii. 51-56-fictitious and
genuine for Arminians, what, ii. 281-311-Atha-
nasius's, remarks on, ii. 589, 590

Crisp, Dr., his doctrine grossly Antinomian, f. 298-
quotations from, i. 390, 392-his errors condemned
by seven eminent divines, ii. 3-5-in a happy mo-
ment bore witness to the truth, ii. 260-262
Cromwell, Oliver, how he attained to supreme power,
v. 49, 50-Baxter's account of, v. 171-173
Crousaz, Professor, a quotation from, vi. 208, 209-
how he wrote of God, vi. 332

Crucifixion, darkness at the, vi. 564

Cure, spiritual, the method of, i. 173

Curtiuses, how they shewed their love to their fellow-
citizens, iv. 502

Cyprian, St., an advocate for free-will, iii. 317

Damnation, of sinners, of themselves, how, i. 231-
Christ the author and finisher of it, on the Calvinian
scheme, ii. 48-51, 257-259-finished, the counter-
part of the notion of finished salvation, ii. 89, 90-
wholly of ourselves, ii. 256-of sinners, not through
want of power in God to save, ii. 295, 296-the two
causes of, what, iii. 43-eternal, how of free-will,
iii. 431

Dancer, the awful death of a, note, v. 225

Danger and wickedness of sin, vii. 314

Daniel, the prophet, foretels the coming of Christ,
vii. 40, 41

Darkness, supernatural, at Christ's crucifixion, vi. 564
David, how a man after God's own heart, i. 493-his
person as well as sin displeasing to God, i. 489, 490
-not a true believer when committing adultery, &c.,
ii. 103-108-a name given to the Messiah, vii. 60,
61-prophesies of Christ, vii. 36

Davenant, Bishop, his judgment of the election of Peter,
and reprobation of Judas, iii. 329

Day of grace, how to be improved, v. 396

Death, the awful circumstances preceding and accom-
panying it, i. 48-52-spiritual, the import of, i. 458
-461

Deciuses, how they shewed their love to their fellow-
citizens, iv. 502

Decree of God, according to Calvinism, the cause of
moral evil, iii. 35, 36

Decrees of God, what called by Calvinists, iv. 186-
secret, the folly of speaking of, i. 436

Defence of Experimental Religion, vi. 519
Deists, three sorts of, vi. 326-have acknowledged the
corruption of human nature, i. 101-103-their cre-
dulity in believing the scriptures are a forgery, i. 113
-118-why they cannot be saved on the same terms

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