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Characteristic and luminous Idea which lies at the Foundation
of all our Saviour's practical Views,.....
27
SECTION I.
General View of the Kingdom of God, or Reign of Heaven upon
Earth,.
....
ib.
50
Meaning of the Expression, "The Kingdom of Heaven,"..
Extent of the Kingdom of God on Earth,....
Means employed for the Advancement of the Kingdom of God, 62
Views presented by Christianity of the future Progress of the
Kingdom of God on Earth,...
76
SECTION II.
Relative Powers and Places of Individuals in the Kingdom of
God upon Earth,
Means provided for making the individual Efforts of Men to
issue in the Production of general Good,...............
Coincidence of the preceding Views with the Representations
and Discoveries of Christianity,...
VOL. I.
82
888
..103
b
SECTION III.
Page
Trust committed to Individuals in the Kingdom of God on
.110
Preliminary Idea, that Life is not simply a Gift, but a Trust, ib.
Wherein consists the particular Trust committed to Indivi-
duals,
.115
Infinite Variety in the Trusts committed to Individuals,.................124
Men apparently left to their own Management of their indivi-
Our future Station in Existence depends on the Manner in
which we discharge our present Trust,.....
.131
Defective Notion entertained by the Generality of Men re-
specting the Value of their Trust,..................................
137
SECTION IV.
Aspects peculiar to the Kingdom of God on Earth,..
.143
That that Portion of the Divine Kingdom which is displayed
on Earth may be presumed to exhibit peculiar or character-
istic Features,........
The Kingdom of God,-in that Portion of it which is mani-
fested on Earth,-apparently a mixed Scene,..
.158
It is the Plan of Providence, even in that Portion of the Di-
vine Kingdom which we now see, to bring Good out of Evil,.175
That the Kingdom of God, in that Portion of it which is ex-
posed to our View, is a Kingdom of Grace,—or of Forgive-
ness to Sinners,
..179
That, in that Portion of the Kingdom of God which is mani-
fested on Earth, all Things are in a State of perpetual
Change,
.186
There is a dark Side of Providence,-or of the Arrangements
of that Portion of the Divine Kingdom which we see,—as
well as a bright Side,.......
.194
SECTION V.
Intimate Connexion of Events in the Kingdom of God,...203
No Action which a Man performs is altogether insulated,—but
rather is Part of a Series of intimately-connected Events,....208
The Consequences of human Actions invariably correspond
with the Character of these Actions ;-that is to say, good
Actions produce good Consequences, and bad Actions bad
Consequences,.......
.215
The Consequences of our Actions, both good and bad, spread
around us indefinitely,
.221
The Consequences of our good or bad Deeds are not, in most
Instances, entirely removed during this Life,................
The Consequences of all our Conduct in this Life follow us
into Eternity,.........
224
.227
SECTION VI.
Present and future Developments of the Divine Kingdom,-how
connected or related,.............................
234
PART SECOND.
Object proposed to Man as a Subject of the Kingdom of God.
Introductory Observations,.............. .251
Examination of the Maxim, that the Object proposed to Man,
as a Subject of the Kingdom of God, is Perfection,..........................268
A more distinct View of the Object proposed to Man as a Sub-
ject of the Kingdom of God,..............
..297
Completion of the Idea respecting the Object proposed to Man
.314
.339
as a Subject of the Kingdom of God,
Correspondence between the preceding Views and those exhi-
bited by Christianity respecting the Object proposed to Man,
in this Life, as a Subject of the Kingdom of God,.............324
What we are to understand by the Virtues or Graces,......
Virtues founded on the Connexion of Man, even in his pre-
sent State, with the higher Order of an invisible and Spi-
ritual World,—and with the Interests which belong to
that higher System of Being,.............
.358
.361
Virtues founded on the Relation of Man to the other Beings
gifted with a similar Nature, with whom he is associated
as an Inhabitant of this World, .
Virtues founded on that Aspect of the Nature and Condi-
tion of Man, in which he appears as a Being conscious
of Guilt, or as a Subject of the Kingdom of Grace or of
Forgiveness,...
Virtues founded on that Aspect of the Condition of Man in
which he appears chiefly as a Being exposed to Trials and
Sufferings,.
.365
.368
Virtues appropriate to Man as a Being furnished with many
lower Propensities and Passions, and living in a World
where there are many Solicitations to do wrong,.............371
Virtues founded on that Aspect of the Condition of Man
which represents him as a Being involved amidst many
pressing and progressive Interests, and contending not
merely for passing Advantages, but for some Good which
ever seems to him to be future,. ..372
Recapitulation,-Advantages of the preceding Mode of con-
sidering the Object proposed to Man as a Subject of the Di-
vine Kingdom,.......
.379
CONTENTS OF VOLUME SECOND.
PART SECOND-CONTINUED.
Religious Services, strictly so called,..
7
General View of the proper Nature of religious Services,-and of their Relation to the other Parts of the Duty prescribed
to Man,............
9
Correction of an imperfect Account of the true Nature of reli- gious Services,
20
Religious Services, viewed in Reference to the Characters in
which the Divine Being may be regarded as standing with
Respect to us,.
Application of the preceding Remarks to the Acts of religious
Service appropriated to Christian Worship,.......
Considerations showing the Importance of our religious Feel-
ings in the Economy of Providence,........
Excellent Effects which our religious Sentiments, when under
due Cultivation, are adapted to produce on the other Parts
of our Nature,.................
34* *
53
58
Mistaken Notions of devout Men respecting the true Nature
and Value of religious Services,.........
65
Further Directions of the Author of Christianity respecting the
best Mode of performing religious Services,........
80
On the Forms most suitable to religious Services, .
Importance of performing religious Services not from Fear,-
85