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UNION of Christians; urged by the prevalence of infidelity, i. 18. Its desirable-
ness, 131. Importance of it, 289. Its manifestation in the primitive ages,
322, 335.
Grounds on which separation is justifiable, 335. Increase of the
spirit of union in modern times, iii. 420.

VANITY. See PRIDE.

VANITY OF MAN; apart from his immortality considered, iii. 380-387.
VILLAGE PREACHING; charged with a political object by Bishop Horsley,
ii. 171. The charge repelled, 173-175. Answer to the insinuation that village
preachers vilify the established clergy, 179-184. Vindication of their labours
from the charge of fanaticism, 184, 185. Abstinence from political reflections
recommended, 194. Importance of inculcating the duties of Christianity, in
connexion with its doctrines, urged, 194, 195. Direct appeal to the con-
sciences of men advised, 195, 196.

VIRGIL; character of his writings, iii. (Mem.) 66.

VIRTUE; incapable of being sustained by infidelity, i. 26, 27. Remarks on
President Edwards's definition, 43 (note).

WAGES; their decline should always be proportioned to the actual deficiency in
the demand for labour, ii. 139. Injustice of lowering them beyond that pro-
portion, ib. Propriety of endeavouring to raise them by voluntary associations
and funds, 140, 141.

WALDENSES; their sentiments on baptism, i. 482.

WALPOLE, Sir Robert, ii. 63.

WAR; the most awful scourge of Providence, i. 59. The horrible waste of
human life which it occasions, 60, 61. Miseries endured in an invasion, 61.
Effects of war on the general prosperity of a country, 62. War founded in

injustice, 63. Its anti-moral tendencies and effects, 64, 65. Peculiar character
of the war of the French revolution, 66-68.

WARFARE, CHRISTIAN; its character, iii. 104–106.

wars of Israel with the Canaanites, 108-111.
WESLEY, Rev. John, iii. 217, (Mcm.) 82.
WHITFIELD, Rev. G., ii. 288, iii. (Mem.) 82.

Compared with the

WICKED, the; the ends answered by their destruction, iii. 58. Their temporary
prosperity, 112.

WILBERFORCE, W., Esq.; character of his work on "Practical Christianity,"
i. 96.

WILLIAMS, J. B., Esq.; remarks on his edition of the Life of Philip Henry, iii.

277.

WISDOM; distinguished from knowledge, iii. 121, 122. Importance of spiritual
wisdom, 123-125.

WORLD, the; comparison of the state and hopes of its votaries with those of
the Christian, i. 194-196. The world compared to a wilderness, iii. 373, 374.
Moral disorder of the world, 380. Renunciation of the world an essential part
of the Christian profession, 103.

WORSHIP; defined, ii. 156. Not to be controlled by the will of the magistrate,
ib. The claims of God upon man in this respect prior to all human laws,
197. The right to worship not resigned on entering into civil society, ib. No
danger to be apprehended from the universal acknowledgment of that right,
198. Answer to the objection, that fanaticism will be encouraged thereby,
195-199. Public worship greatly neglected in this country, i. 102. Its im-
portance, iii. 53.

XAVIER; anecdote of him, iii. 420.

YOUNG, the; their danger when exposed to infidel or impure associates, iii.
480-483. Urged to separate themselves from such connexions, 485-487.

"ZEAL WITHOUT INNOVATION;" review of, ii. 254-289. Professed
object of the publication, 256. Its party spirit and bigotry, 257. Lamenta-
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tions of the author over the success of the dissenters, 257, 258. Tendency
of his sentiments to produce pride and intolerance, 259, 260. Increase of
the dissenters owing to their superior piety and zeal, 260. Inefficacy of
creeds and confessions to perpetuate religious belief, 261, 262. Answer to
the charge that dissenting principles tend to democracy, 263, 264. Absurdity
of supposing that real religion would be promoted by the destruction of dissent,
264-266. Union among Christians only to be attained through the increasing
prevalence of genuine piety, 266, 267. The author's gloomy picture of the
state of religion in the established church, 268. The true reasons of that
declension assigned, 269. Exposure of the writer's ignorance and inaccuracy,
269, 270. Gradual decline of evangelical preaching in the Church of England,
271, 272. Its revival through the labours of Whitfield and Wesley, 272.
Virulent opposition of the clergy in general, 272-274. Sentiments and labours
of the evangelical clergy described, 274-278. Answer to the charge of enthu-
siasm brought against them, 279. Their attachment to the established church,
280. Unpopularity of the other clergy, 280, 281. Defence of the method of
preaching adopted by the evangelical clergy, 282-284. Malignant spirit of the
author exposed, 285. Injurious tendency of his censures, 286. His partiality,
ib. Unhappy effects of the needless exposure of the supposed failings or errors
of good men, 287. True character of Whitfield and his coadjutors, 288, 289.
Danger of excluding evangelical ministers from the established church, 289.
General character of the work, iii. 233.

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THE

WORKS

OF THE

REV. ROBERT HALL, A.M.

WITH A BRIEF MEMOIR OF HIS LIFE,

BY DR. GREGORY,

AND OBSERVATIONS ON HIS CHARACTER AS A PREACHER,
BY THE REV. JOHN FOSTER.

PUBLISHED UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF

OLINTHUS GREGORY, LL.D. F.R. A. S.

PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS IN THE ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

NEW-YORK:

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY J. & J. HARPER,

NO. 82 CLIFF-STREET,

AND FOR SALE BY THE PRINCIPAL BOOKSELLERS THROUGHOUT THE

UNITED STATES.

1833.

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