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Baptism and the Lord's supper
not mysteries, 132
Baptism, connection of, with the
whole of church history, 298-
Mr. Robinson's history of, de-
scribed, 293
Baptists, history of, undertaken
by Mr. Robinson, 291-calvi-
nistic, deserted, 292-Mora-
vian, intended union of, with
the Poles, 294-5-instructed
by women, 295-antitrinita-
rian, but an honour to religion,
295-Boscowickz, Lady, a tea-
cher among the Moravian bap-
tists, who preserved them from

the errors of trinitarian wor-
ship, 295-fund of tyrannical
imposition, satyrized and con-
demned, 306-7-history of
the modern, little and unim-
portant, 308-history of the
old, edifying, 309
Beza, a friend to the Supralap-
sarian scheme, 228

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Calvin, the last will of, quoted,
173-friendly to the Sublap-
sarian scheme, 229--the bloody,
properly described, 292
Cambridge, state of religion a-
mong the dissenters, when Mr.

Robinson first went there, 283
Cambridgeshire, historical ac-

count of the dissenting churches
of, 257-286
Children, doubts concerning their
state, 116

Christ, laws of, cannot be parted
with, 24-righteousness of,
seen in the gospel, 26-glory
of, what meant by, 35-second
coming of, a favourite topic
with the first christians, 40
predicted to be a prophet like
Moses, 42-3
Christian, a wall instructed, de-
scription of, 31
Christianity, what

persons the
glories of, 37-corruptions of,
exposed, 55-by whom objec-
ted to, 172
Church-history, described as one
long lie, 293
Cicero, compared with St. Paul,
139-quotation from, 155

Clement, of Alexandria, quoted,

138

Clerk Le, quoted, 132.175
Conscience, evil, like abankrupt's
book, 104-government of by
the pope, a specious tyranny,
compared with that exercised
by the baptist fund, 306
Conversion, meaning of the term,
90

Converts, born into the spiritual

world as children into the na-
tural, 241
Conviction, in religion, meaning
of, 90

Covenant-church, form of one,
drawn by Mr. F. Holcroft, 258
Creation, works of, a conceal-
ment rather than a display of
the infinite excellencies of
God, 20

Critic, a true, how described, 301
Cyrus, histories of, very much
differ, 154

D.

Death, description of, 92
Deity, the denial of a, and all is
mystery, 131
Dissenting interest, injury done
to at Cambridge, 282
Doctrine of Christ, imposition
upon, 66-not incredible, be-
cause inconceivable, 132
Doctrines, lofty, raised on a san-

dy foundation, 176
Duties of man, different kinds of
required by God, 50
Dying persons, in what the mi-
sery of consists, 32—the plea-
sures of, ib.

E.

Election, doctrine of considered,
211

Ely, bishop, conduct of the, in
licencing dissenting places of
worship, 274

Errors, vulgar, tend to obscure
the truth, 174

Expletives, frequently used in the
Greek language, by way of
elegance, 176

F.

Faith compared to animal life,
67-saving, includes three
ideas, essential to its nature,
137

Fancy, proof of, 145
Foreknowledge and foreappoint-
ment are the same, 194

Fulbourne, village of, the place
in which public baptisms were
performed, 276

G.

Genius, not destroyed by the
gospel, 145-
-and judgment
compared, b.
God, speech of, distinguished
from all other speeches in the
world, 3-speaks of the future,
ib.-goodness of, and its ef-
fects, 80-what the scriptures
teach concerning, 110-innu-
merable plans of, 194-de-
crees of, how understood, 196
-perfections of, ib.-will of,
assigned as a ground of his de-
crees, 230

Gospel, spirit of the, what meant
by, 16-righteousness of the,
18-goodness of the, to the
heathen, 85-teaches men their
dignity, ib.-points out God,
86-teaches benevolent prin-
ciples, ib.-importance of the
right reception of the, 94-of
Christ, a body of truth, 97-
of Christ, received in vain, if
it do not administer comfort,
100a rule of conduct, 101
primitive, described, 292
Gownsmen, how treated by Mr.
Robinson, 283

Grace of God, meaning of the

phrase explained, 96—not to
be expected by those who neg- ·

lect the use of their reason,
96 when received in vain, 97

H.

Harper, Mr. character of, 277
Heathens, disputes respecting
their future condition, 116
History, evidence that God speaks

6

ty, 19-every country has it
own, ib.

Jerusalem, opinion of the church
concerning, 154
Jesus, character of, 6-history
of, very plain, 21-Christ, the
plainest man in the world, 61
the laws of the apostles of, 73
a man who was just in every
station, 102
Jew, every, a bible guarantee of
Immortality of man, evident from
the truth of revelation, 130
Independents, of Cambridge,
his genius &c. 141
where and when settled, 267
Infidels, have recourse to false
statements, 23

K.

Holcroft, Rev. F. an account of,
257-motives of, for preaching
the gospel, ib.-accepts of a
living, 258-forms a congrega-
tional church, ib.-members
of his church, how admitted,
ib.-great zeal of, after he was
expelled by the act of unifor-
mity, 259-imprisoned, 260 John, apostle, successor of, 45
preaches from his prison, 262
death of, 263
Holy Spirit, promise of, Serm. I.
p. 3-its influence not to be
expected by those who abuse it,
9-work of, must be consis-
tent with the nature of, ib.-
is genuine virtue, ib.-must be
fitted to the persons wrought
on, 10-conformable to the
written word, 12.13
Horace, his opinion of Homer,

199

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Keene, Dr. (bishop of Ely) re-
mark of, concerning the state
of religion at Cambridge, 284

L.

Lactantius, fine passages of, 139

157

Law Dr. quoted, 185
Lazarus, some account of, 108
Leighton, Archbishop, quoted
Learning, uses of, 48

and commended, 185
Locke Mr. quoted and referred
Lie, a long, described, 293

to, 126

Logos, where personified, and the
consequences of, 293

M.

Mahomet, religion of, why re-
jected, 167,
Man, a good, description of, 31
-mind of, has its dimensions,
125-destitute of passions de-
generates into a reasoning ma-
chine, 152-formed for social

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Origen, genius of in manufactu-
ring mysteries, 133-what the

Pomp and ceremony, necessary
to religious worship, 71-from
whence they came, 72
Popery, destruction of, how ef-

fected, 42.45--47.50-the cause
of obscurity in revelation, 61
Predestination, dissertation con-
cerning, 190-doctrine of de-
fined, 192-providential, 210
-uses of the doctrines of, 225
-inexplicable, 226-applied
to every subject an abuse of the
doctrine, 239-doctrine of, un-
fit for children, the illiterate,
and people in business, 240.241
-a motive to obedience, not a
rule of obedience, 245
Presbyterians,of Cambridge, when
and where settled, 267
Prescience and influence, in what
they differ, 194

Priest, catholic, description of, 52
Prophecy, one of the pillars of
christianity, 5-one mark of
God's speaking, 9
Prophets, astonishing organs of
God, 164

Puritanism, rise of in Cambridge,
265

Q.

cause of his obscurity, 182 - Quintilian's account of an oration,

put scripture on the rack, 183
Original sin, disputes concerning,

112

P.

Palmer, Rev. Fysche, quits his
fellowship, 290
Passions, value of, to whom un-
known, 163
People of God, dealt with dif-
ferently with respect to tempo-
ral and spiritual blessings, 118
Pharoal, who prevailed at the
court of, 47-hardness of heart
of, explained, 234
Philosophy, not to be renounced
by christians, 140

134

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Rectitude, good for persons of all
ages, 34

Religion, how to judge of its' di-
vine origin, 5-in what it con-
sists, 109-Latural, its impor-
tance, 138
Repentance, essential to salva-
tion, 99

Reproof, of what productive, 7
Resurrection, of Christ, the clear-

est of all historical facts, 130
Revelation, walking in the light
of, 107-proved true, by the
existence of the Jews, 130-
its doctrines perspicuous, 131

its representation of God, 132
-superior to philosophy, 184
Revelations, book of, consists of
prophecies of remarkable e-
vents, between the ascension of
Christ and his second coming,
44

Righteousness, habitual, what
meant by the phrase, 26-the
only good, 34
Robinson, Robert, how, and by
whom recommended to the con-
gregation at Cambridge, 278-9
-first preached at Stone-Yard,
279-refuses the pastoral office,
ib.-conditions on which he
consented to be ordained pas-
tor, 280-great talents of, ex-
cite general notice, 281-me-
thod of preaching of, ib.-his
treatment of the students, 282
-lectures of, 283-extract
from his church-book, 285—
qualified according to the act
of toleration, 285-letters of to
Mr. (now Dr.) Toulmin and
others, 289, &c. - why de-
nounced a heretic, 290-hypo-
thesis of respecting "Mental
Error, 299 his six children
baptised, 303-his mode of
baptism, 304
Roman catholic church, how de-
scribed, 44

Rome, church of, its corruptions,
59-bishop of, his description
of the scripture, 63—picture of
the church of, 76

S.

province of, 220-sufficiency
of, not to be denied, 507
Scriptures, two sorts of events re-
corded in the, 115-reveal
causes, but do not tell us all
their effects, 116-abuses of,
considered, 226 to the end.
Servetus, finely characterized, 292
Shaftsbury, Earl of, quoted, 136
Simson, Mr. character of, 277
Sinners, tears of, how excited, 30
Society, cannot subsist without
religion, 168

Saurin, sermons of, quoted, 187-9
Scripture, prophetic, parts of,
highly coloured to excite men's
attention, 21-poetic parts of,
highly coloured to rouse the re-

ligious passions, ib.-typical
parts of, highly coloured as a
lesson for children, 21-doc-
trines of, easily understood,
48.49-made for man, 164-

Stoics, character of the, 152
Stone-Yard, proceedings of the
church at, 275
Sublapsarian and supralapsarian
schemes explained, 228-9
Sykes, Dr. character of, 300

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