INDEX. Abasement of soul, 148, 324, 478, 486 Abstract theorems, truths of Scripture considered as, 377 Acts of faith, public benefits, 172 Achan, his wrong association of ideas, 612 Aching void, none to the Christian, 376 Adoration, 149, 388, 406, 426, 449 Adoption, Spirit of, 466, 468, 485, 496 Adam's, Rev. T., Private Thoughts, reference to, 79, 274 Advent, reference to, 590 Adventurers in religion, 567 Advice, of Mr. Cecil to Miss A., 43 Advancement in grace, 250-How manifested, 610 Afflictions, three sources of, 2 supported by Christian hope, 633 aspect of judgments, 128 blessings in disguise, 497 medicinals, 247, 529 Affliction, the post of honour, 129 design of, process of, 193, 529 purifying and sanctifying effects of, 245, 368, 370, 343 Afflicted Christian, address to the, 528 Allied armies, their entrance into Paris, 327 Alienation of heart from God, the greatest evil, 528 Allegorising Scripture, caution concerning, 48 Amanuensis, Mrs. Hawkes writes by an, 499, 508 Amusements, Rules concerning, 14-idle, 154 Animosity, occasioned by the Gospel, sermon, 584 Answer, made by one of the Fathers, 604 Antinomianism, the real christian in no danger of, 452 Apollyon, Christian's fight with, 11 Apostolical authority, Socinians object to the doctrine, 561 Approach of Christ, sometimes alarming, 130 Arbour of rest, in the Christian journey, 309 Arduous work, requires a fixed and single eye, 130 Arithmeticians, in a figurative sense, 376 Ark, used figuratively for Christ, 504, 599 Assurance, 17, 367, 373, 430, 452, 486, 488, 642 Assaults of Satan, 52-3, 139, 513, 551 Associations, holy, 609-right and wrong, 612 Asylum, chapel at the, 18 Attacks of Satan, 164, 497, 510, 548, succession of, 550, 553 Atoms, government of, 542-abuse of the doctrine, 545 Atheists, benevolence of, what, 659 Atheism, of the heart, 282 Atmosphere, of the world, hurtful, 84, 522 Atonement, resting on the, 470 Attainments, in religion, have humbling appendages, 609 Baptism of the heathen, 561 Barrel of meal wasted not, sermon, 540 Bates, Mrs. Ely, her letters to Mrs. Hawkes, 68, 187 Battersea Rise, Mrs. Hawkes goes to, 187 Beatific vision, anticipations of, 390, 423, 495 Beauty, resulting from a combination of excellences, 56, 515 Beggars, used figuratively for sinners, 159 Belle-vue-house, Mr. Cecil's last residence, 298 B--tt, Mrs., letter to, 349 Berridge, Rev. John, his letter to Mrs. Wilberforce, 476 Better days, how considered of, 262, 386 Betchworth, Mrs. Hawkes's removal to, 303 Behmen, Jacob, 340 Beulah, land of, 367 Beveridge, Bishop, his remark, 249, 307 Bible without notes, 38-a directory, 629-a standard, 642 present of a, 82 Bigots, complexion of their charity, 659 Birth of Moses, sermon on, 537 Birth of Mrs. Hawkes, 2 Birth-place, spiritual, St. John's chapel, 225, 439 Birthday, memorandums on her, 384, 399, 429, 445, 457, 468 Mrs. Hawkes goes to, 30, 31, 47, 107, 131, 141, 198, 221, 224 Bligh, Captain, 634 Blindness, judicial, 59 Blind leading the blind, sermon, 554 Boarding school, Mrs. H. has thoughts of opening a, 200, 259, 276 Bounty, his Majesty's armed vessel the, 633 Bradford, John, letter of to Mr. Traves, 76 Bridal chamber, tomb compared to the, 514 B--- Mr., kindness of, 453 letters to, 454, 455, 460, 493, 505 Broad Marston, Mrs. Hawkes's native place, 2, 24, 30, 46, 104 Buonaparte, reference to, 265, 327 Burn, Rev. Edward, his advice to Mrs. Jones, 7 Cæsar, loyalty to 555, 595 C Cancer, Mrs. Cooper's 30-Mrs. Hawkes's 511 Calculus, nature of Mrs. Hawkes's complaint, 511 Calcutta, Rev. Daniel Wilson, Bishop of, reference to, 324, 491, 503, 511 Camperdown, battle of, 210 Calamities of war 159-from loss of ordinances, 204 Calling, effectual. of a Christian, 480 Calvin, his remark, note 378 Cares of a family, should not hinder prayer 259-rolled on Christ, 326 Carnal heart, offended at the gospel, 554 Carrion crow, a comparison, 660 Catalogue of sins, 160, 385, 449 Caviller, trifles at the door of Christianity, 599 Cavilling spirit, sermon on, 554 Caution against attending the theatre, 19 Cecil, Rev. Rich. Mrs. Hawkes goes to hear, 7 conversations of, 11, 32, 38, 47, 58, 65, 72, 83, 128, 139, 164, 195 letters of, 8, 114, 166, 172, 183, 202, 230, 238, 264, 274 illness of, 207, 286, 292 death of, 296 character of, as described by Mrs. Hawkes, 276, 297 Cecil, Mrs. her dangerous illness, 113 letters of, 117, 198, 243 Cecil, Mrs. death of, 479, 485 character described 177 Cecil, Israel, Mr. illness and death of, 291 Cecil, Rev. William 479-funeral service for Mrs. Hawkes performed by, 512 Chamber of death, solemn, 207 Change in Mrs. Hawkes's character, 8, 18 death, compared to a 157 Character made manifest by time, 534-false character detected, 556, 622 Charging God foolishly, sin of, 544 Charity, false application of, 555 Chastisement, form of, unimportant, 165-use of, 536 Children, how hidden from mischief, 538-of God, favoured in their education, 540 spirit of, 561 Chobham, Mrs. Hawkes goes to, 228 Choosing, happy to be kept from, 196 Christ, present with his church, sermon, 589 a shelter, sermon, 600 a hiding-place, sermon, 603 covenant head of all blessings, 300-Friend and high priest, 152 Christianity, evidence of, 545-peculiarities of, 585 Christianity invites to examination, 611 of some, cold, though clear, 566 Christmas-day, memorandums on, 155, 388 Christian biography, when useful, 34 communion, 51-with departed spirits, 71 cheerfulness, 151, 371, 447 experience, 32, 83, 108, 189, 367, 369, 383-Remarks on, 638 happiness, what constitutes, 467 hope, 300, 632 minister, holy calling of a, 480, 483 obedience, 66 paradox, 372 patience, nature of, 648 steadfastness, sermon, 624 secret, 161, 385, 526 soldier, 157, 162 temperance, what, 99 traveller, 134-sermon, 627 virtues, a chain, 185 walk, solitary, 433, 439 Church of England, former state of, Note, God never unmindful of his, 538 of St. Mary's Birmingham, 7 of St. Mary's Islington, 512 2 Church-partial views of its ordinances, 661 Clapham, Mrs. Hawkes visits, 187, 361 Closet duties, their importance, 489 Close of correspondence between Mrs. Hawkes and Mrs. Jones, 395 Collyer, Mr. Mrs. Hawkes removes to the house of, 240 Mrs. niece of Mrs. Hawkes, 311, 454 Comfort, too much sought after by hearers of the gospel, 47, 412 Comfortless state, 50, 77, 79 Commerce with the world, how to be conducted, 13, 439 Commission given to the disciples, 542, 558 Common place book, Mrs. H. resumes the use of her, 190 Communion with God 464-resulting from divine discipline, 343 Communion with departed spirits, 471, 662 Companion, death of Mrs. Hawkes's, 31 Company, uncongeniality of worldly, 95-bad, to be shunned, 553 Complaint, Mr. Cecil's 34, 68, 298 Mrs. Hawkes's, an internal tumour 212, 265, 386, 511 Complaints, no ground for, 536. Comprehension, practical 69 477 -tt, Mrs., letters to, 301, 305, 307, 315, 327, 328, 356, 363, 378, 393, 407, 423, Conflict, 148, 170-in death, 510 Conjectures, beware of vain, 644 Connexion, between one part of divine truth and another, 518 of moral duties with the perfections of God, 521 Consolation, mutual between ministers and converts, 35-divine, 138, 178 -, not to be trifled with, 137 Consequences of getting into a bye-path awful, 556 Constitution Row, Mrs. H. resides in, from 1802 to 1811, 265, 303 Contemplation, the right subjects for, 339 Contrition, 147, 155, 161, 435, 449, 457, 469, 509, 519 Controversy, to be avoided, 47 Conversation, Mrs. Hawkes gifted in, 516 Correspondence between Mrs. Hawkes and Mrs. Jones preserved, 19 of Mrs. Hawkes, a means of usefulness 255, 312, 322 compared to tracing the windings of a river, 323 Corrections, of God's children, various 165 Corruptions, how to be destroyed, 328 Country, Mrs. Hawkes's fondness for the, 180 Covenant renewed at Bethel, sermon, 606 everlasting, 149, 479, 467, 537 Curiosity, vain, 153 Cursory chit-chat, not the whole design of friendly intercourse, 443 Death-bed, no dissembling on a, 257-why awful, 281 Dead calm in Christian experience, 52 Deadening waters, vagrant thoughts compared to, 405 Decay, spiritual, 141 Deceitful bow, a comparison, 622 Deep waters, of trouble, 215, 419 Dedication of Mrs. Hawkes at her birth, 385-of her house at Holloway, 38 Dependence, a state of, painful, 253 reflections upon, 262 -, upon God, a fruit of grace, 185, 344, 382, 393 INDEX. Dependence, Mrs. Hawkes reduced to, 181 Depravity of the heart, 406 Depression, sermon on, 80 -, occasioned by paralysis, 292-by solitude, 305-by death of Mrs. Depressing dispensations, their design, 590 Despair, the last extinguisher of faith, 316, 636 Despondency, from misinterpretation of Providence, 535, 537 Design, of Christianity, 526 Device of Satan to sink the spirits, 589 Devotions, early morning, 50, 338, 490 Diary, Mrs. Hawkes begins to keep a, 10-inserts notes of sermons in her, 56-- discontinues the use of, 267-resumes, 190 Difficulties, pecuniary, 262, 264 Discontent, sin of, 250, 414 Discouragement, nature of, 87 Dispensation, design of every, 473 Dispute concerning Providence, 542 Disquietude from Satan's artifices, 513 Distrust, watch against, 547 Divine character, acquaintance with, 258, 374, 375 breath, influences of the Spirit, 86 Doctrine of the Cross, obstructions to the, 620 Doctrines of Christianity, Mrs. Hawkes's soundness in the, 155 Domestic trials, reference to, 60, 92, 130, 369, 383 Dover, Mrs. H. goes to, 174-letter to a friend at, 402 Dreams, how far to be regarded, 110 Dress, of a Christian, 13 Drowned, Mrs. Hawkes, in danger of being, 182 Drowsiness, a Christian has no time for, 328-an infirmity, 383 Drunkard, a, can tell of his "Experience," 638 Dudley, Mrs. Hawkes visits, 25-Mr. C. preaches at, 135 Duels, occasions of, 657 Dutch Fleet, surrender of, 210-Dutch Settlements, 634 Dwarf in the Christian life, 14 Dying friend, uncomfortable state of mind of, 276 E Eagles, Christians illustrated by, 140, 593 Early rising, Mrs. Hawkes in the habit of 180 Easter Sunday, memorandum on, 327 Eden, Mr.Thomas, father to Mrs. Hawkes-estate left by-Christian character of, 2 Eden, Mr. Henry, brother to Mrs. Hawkes, 24-his death, 46 Eden, Mr. Thomas, nephew to Mrs. Hawkes, 510 Ejaculatory prayer, letter on 502-see also, 259, 505 Elevation, of Mrs. Hawkes's mind, 71, 517 Elijah fed by the widow, sermon on, 540 Enemy, Satan, 163, 164, 165, 548, 579, 581, 604 the world, 162, 163 melancholy, 166, 320 Enemies, duty of loving, 62 Engagement to dine out, why declined, 75 Enthusiast, term of reproach, 585, 638-hope of an, fancy, 632 Enumeration of mercies, 260, 278 Error, danger of, 73, 258-query innocent? 564, 588 Errors, of sense corrected by faith, 536 Evidence, what, 17-in favour of religion, 525, 620 Exemplar of true piety, Mrs. Hawkes, 527 Experience, see Christian. Faculties, loss of, 129 F Failures, watch against, but despond not under, 12 Faith, removes mountains, 121-subdues corruption, 151 the Christian's sheet anchor, 450 |