The Roman numerals refer to the volumes; the Arabic figures to the pages.
Ability of the Lord to save his people Angels, the existence of, discovered by
from all sin, i, 122
Abstinence, what, i, 246
Abyssinia, state of, in regard to religion,
ii, 436
Account, which every one must render
to God, i, 453
Actions of men, none of them purely in-
different, i, 456
Adam, the representative of all men, i,
46 sentence of God upon, ii, 33
Adamic Perfection, what, ii, 168
Addison, quotation from, ii, 232, 346,
i, 418
Adoption, Spirit of, described, i, 81
Adrian, the emperor, address of, to his
soul, ii, 131, 425
Advice proper to be given to an awaken-
ed person, i, 145
Affliction, advantages of, ii, 481-the
voice of God, ii, 525
Africans, wretched state of the, ii, 122
Ayarn, explained, ii, 280
Ayabocoyev, explained, i, 266
Age, the effects of, ii, 35
faith, ii, 407-the nature of, ii, 134,
140-address to the, ii, 490
Angelic Perfection, what, ii, 168
Anger, a disease of human nature, ü,
310-the sin of indulging, i, 189-sin-
ful, a cause of spiritual darkness, i,
411-inconsistent with Christian zeal,
ii, 291-engendered by gay apparel,
ii, 260
Animals, creation of, ii, 28
Animals, our ignorance of many of the,
ii, 120
Animated Nature, future state of, ii, 86
Annesley, Dr., quotation from, ii, 381
Antinomirnism, what, i, 176, 225—in the
primitive Church, ii, 61-practical,
not uncommon, i, 321
AvonTous, explained, ii, 251
Av@pwvos, explained, ii, 213
Apathy, not Christian meekness, i, 188
Aravyaopa, explained, i, 210, 309
Apostates, misery of, i, 214-possibility
of their finding mercy, ii, 247
Apparel, costly, to be avoided, ii, 259
Aged people, duty of, to avoid public di- Arians, deny the imputation of Christ's
Αγιον, το, what, i, 283
Ayun, explained, i, 310
Αγωνίζεσθε εισελθειν, explained, i, 290
Air, original state of the, ü, 27-our ig-
norance of its nature, ii, 119-state of,
in the new earth, ii, 84
Αλαζονεια, what, ii, 188, 252
, explained, i, 238
Almost Christian, the, described, i, 20
Alms, to be given with a pure intention,
i, 233
American Indians, state of the, ii, 122
American war, misery of the people,
during the, i, 517
Ananias and Sapphira, the case of, ii, 60
Ancient writers, prejudices in favour of,
ii, 358
Avespapnuev, explained, i, 103
Angel, no proof that one attends every
man, ii, 142
righteousness, i, 174-know Christ
after the flesh, ii, 442
Armour of God, what, ii, 146
Arrogance, to be avoided, ii, 346
Artificers, guided by reason, ii, 128
Assembly's Catechism, quoted, ii, 430
Assizes, description of an, i, 126
Astronomers, contradictory calculations
of, ii, 118
Athanasian Creed, remarks upon the, ii,
21
Atheism, described, ii, 483-a disease of
human nature, ii, 309, 474-inculcated
under various names, ii, 433-
tical, produced by riches, ii, 398
Abɛot, whɔ, i, 394; ii, 192
Atheists, account of two, ii, 483
Atmosphere, original state of the, ii, 28
Atonement, cannot be made by the sin-
ner, i, 182
Atterbury, Bishop, anecdote of, ii, 278
Attributes of God, described, ii, 429-
destroyed by the doctrine of absolute
predestination, i, 488
Augustine, character of, ii, 110-quoted,
ii, 77, 107, 238, 366
Auto da Fés, account of, by Dr. Geddes,
ii, 286
Awakened Sinner, described, i, 78
Babe in Christ, experience of a, ii, 221
Babes in Christ, who, ii, 410-free from
the power of sin, i, 359
Backbiting, what, i, 433
ation, ii, 214, 480-difference between
a mortal and a glorified, ii, 510-our
ignorance of many things relating to
our, ii, 120-not to be transparent, ii,
85
Bodily disorders, a cause of spiritual
heaviness, i, 420
Bondage, spirit of, described, i, 78
Born of God, in what sense he that is,
sinneth not, i, 16
Brerewood, Mr., his calculations respect-
ing the state of the world, ii, 74, 436
Breathing, described, ii, 402
Backsliders, despair of many, ii, 239-Broad way, what, i, 287
may be restored, ii, 247
-Balaam, address of, to Balak, ii, 378
Brute Creation, original state of the, ii,
50
Baptism, not the new birth, i, 404-Brutes, subjected to vanity, ii, 53—fu-
grace of, often lost, i, 161, 406-does
not supersede the necessity of the new
birth, i, 160
Barclay, Robert, denied the imputation
of Christ's righteousness, i, 175
Barnabas, contention of, with Paul, i,
165, 195; ii, 281
Baronet, a rich, annoyed by a puff of
smoke, ii, 257, 400
Barroλoynotre, explained, i, 235
Baxter, striking quotation from, ii, 89—
mistake of, corrected, ii, 295
Beggar, affecting case of a, ii, 419
Beggars, common, the question of re-
lieving, ii, 419
Behmen, Jacob, strange conceit of, ii, 85
Believing the Gospel, explained and en-
forced, i, 67
Believers, in Christ Jesus, who, i, 68
Bellarmine, dying saying of, i, 172
Beneficence, a source of enjoyment, ii,
230-recommended, ii, 452
Bengelius, calculation of, referred to, i,
491-his doubts respecting 1 John v,
7, ii, 21
Bentley, Dr., haughtiness of, ii, 346
Bereans, blessing of God upon the, in
searching the Scriptures, i, 141
Bible, various editions of the English,
mentioned, ii, 280
Bigotry, defined, i, 345-the evil of, i,
345
Birds, creation of, ii, 29—our ignorance
of, in several respects, ii, 120
Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, what,
ii, 245
Blasphemy of complaining that the terms
of the Christian covenant are too se-
vere, i, 153
Blessedness of those that hunger and
thirst after righteousness, i, 192
Boarding Schools, evils of, ii, 306
Body, human, description of the, ii, 402
-entrusted to men by God, i, 450—
influence of, upon the soul, ii, 34-not
the seat of sin, ii, 172-imperfections
of, ii, 479-the four elements com-
bined in the, ii, 402-a source of tempt-
ture state of, ii, 54 conjecture con-
cerning, ii, 55
Building upon a rock, i, 301-upon the
sand, what, i, 299
Bull, Bishop, erroneous doctrines of, ii,
493
Burkitt, Mr., mistake of, ii, 456
Bunyan, John, inconsistency of, ii, 176
Burlomachi, Mons., treatise of, censured,
ii, 433
| Business, best way of transacting, ii, 269
Called, what, ii, 40
Calvin, quoted respecting the imputa-
tion of Christ's righteousness, i, 173-
did not separate from the church, ii,
374-burned Servetus alive, ii, 21
Calvinists, prove that opinion is not re-
ligion, ii, 20
Campbell, Mr., opinion of, refuted, ii,
467
Cards, remarks upon playing at, ii, 272
Care, anxious, forbidden, i, 273
Cases of Conscience, solved by the help
of reason, ii, 129
Catholic Spirit, defined, i, 354-illustra-
trated, i, 347-distinguished from La-
titudinarianism, and indifference to
congregations, i, 353
Catacombs of Rome, mentioned, ii, 358
Ceremonies, not true religion, i, 61
Chadsey, Eliz., case of, ii, 216
Characters of all men will be unfolded in
the day of judgment, i, 129
Xapaкrno, explained, i, 210
Charles XII., death of, ii, 463
Charity, properties of, i, 193-the exer-
cise of, a consequence of the fall, ii,
46
Chesterfield, Lord, infamous principles
of, ii, 345, 477
Children, the souls of, to be cared for, ii,
302-how to be instructed, ii, 304, 431
-right management of, ii, 310-pro-
per food of, ii, 314-obedience due
from, to their parents, ii, 317-re-
marks upon the dress of, ii, 321-the
bequeathment of property to, i, 446
China, the empire of, ii, 364
Χρησεύεται, explained, i, 193
Christ, the person of, ii, 533-the true
God, ii, 178-the Creator and Pre-
server of all things, ii, 178-eternal
life, ii, 180-condescension of, ii, 234
Christian, a, altogether, i, 23-character
of a, described, ii, 390
Christian's joy, ground of, i, 105
Christian Perfection, what, ii, 168.
Perfection
Christian world, state of the, ii, 75
Christian Church, state of, in different
ages, ii, 109, 360
Christian Revelation, overthrown by the
doctrine of absolute predestination, i,
486
Christians, character of real, ii, 423, 434
-two orders of, from the beginning,
ii, 267--real, the special care of divine
Providence, ii, 104-character of, in
Jerusalem, ii, 59-in the Turkish do-
minions, character of, ii, 75-profess-
ed, wicked lives of, ii, 65
Christianity, in its native form, i, 209-
essentially a social religion, i, 211-
difference between, and heathenism,
i, 397-different from morality, ii, 485
-causes of the inefficacy of, ii, 435-
existing in individuals, i, 34-spread-
ing from one to another, i, 37-cover-
ing the earth, i, 39
Church, peculiar meaning of the term,
i, 438-the ambiguity of the term, ii,
154-who constitute the true, ii, 155,
156-unity of, ii, 156-why denomi-
nated holy, ii, 160-state of, in the
earliest ages, ii, 60, 371-state of, in
modern ages, ii, 64—glory of, in the
latter day, ii, 81
Church of England, what, ii, 157-re-
marks on attending the service of, ii,
368-several of the members of, know
nothing of the imputation of Christ's
righteousness, i, 175-attachment of
the first Methodists to, i, 496
Church of Rome, idolatry of, ii, 185
Cicero, remarkable saying of, ii, 68—
quoted, on Providence, ii, 99
Clarendon, Lord, refusal of, to employ
spies, i, 519
Clarke, Dr. Adam, his account of one of
Mr. Wesley's Sermons, ii, 491
Clergy, the character of, in different
ages, ii, 370-ungodly, ministry of, ii,
Clergyman, wicked folly of a, ii, 449
Circumcision of the heart, defined, i,
148
Circumstances which will precede and
follow the general judgment, i, 126
Collier at Kingswood, remarkable ac-
count of a, ii, 244
Comets, our ignorance of their nature,
ii, 28, 118-matter pervaded by the,
ii, 364-heat of, when returning from
the sun, i, 132
Comfort, promised to Christian mourn-
ers, i, 186
Comparative Divinity, beautiful view
of, ii, 289, 292
Communion, duty of constant, ii, 350
Commandments, guilt and doom of those
who teach men to break them, i, 224
Commutation of duties, not allowed by
God, i, 190
Compliments, the term censured, ii, 278
Concupiscence, what, ii, 432
Condemnation, believers free from, i, 70
Condition of Justification, what, i, 50
Conference, debate in the, on leaving the
Church, ii, 369
Conformity to the world, what, ii, 258
Conscience, defined, i, 101; ii, 377, 479
-several sorts of, ii, 380-rule of, i,
102-good, the same as a conscience
void of offence, 102
Constantine, injury done to Christianity
by, ii, 63, 266, 361
Contemplation, holy, not the whole of
religious worship, i, 218
Contempt of inferiors, produced by
riches, ii, 400
Contests about religion, described, i, 169
Conventicle Act, put in force against the
Methodists, ii, 393
Convents, origin of, ii, 374
Conversation, uncharitable, Christians
guilty of, i, 119
Conversation, advice respecting, ii, 200
Conviction of sin, described, i, 78; ii,
483-produced by the law, i, 312-
manner in which it is generally pro-
duced, i, 145-why often ineffectual,
i, 431
Convincing speech, singular instance of
the power of, ii, 284
Conviction, of demerit and helplessness
in believers, i, 125
Correction, necessity of, in regard to
children, ii, 303
Corrupting the word of God, means of,
ii, 503
Corruption of the heart, described, i, 64
Courteousness, enforced, ii, 348
Covenant of works, what, i, 56
Covenant of Grace, difference between,
and the covenant of works, i, 56
Covetousness, described, ii, 490-in the
heart of a believer, i, 118
Cowley, quoted, ii, 261, 482
Creation, the work of Christ, ii, 178-
original state of the, ii, 25
Cross, taking up the, what, i, 429-ne-
cessity of, 1, 430
Cudworth, William, separation of, from
Mr. Whitefield, i, 497
Cure of evil speaking, what, i, 435
Custom, the Pharisees not governed by,
i, 227
Cyprian, St., testimony of, concerning | Discipline, Methodist, described, ii, 392
the church, ii, 371, 63, 361-striking
thought of, ii, 15, 365
Daily bread, what, i, 240
Dancing, remarks upon, ii, 271
Darkness, spiritual, the nature of, i, 408
-the causes of, i, 410-widely differ-
ent from heaviness, i, 424-not need-
ful, i, 425-not profitable to the mind,
i, 416-consequent upon an evil eye,
i, 258; ii, 447-the cure of, i, 413
Daughters, remarks on the education of,
ii, 306
David, sin of, described, i, 165, 166-
sin of, in numbering Israel, i, 515—
grief of, at the sickness of his child,
ii, 499
Davis, Sir John, quoted, ii, 477; i, 326
Day of Judgment, will probably last
many thousand years, i, 128
Deacon, Dr., opinion of, concerning lu-
natics, ii, 469
Dean, a courtly, preaching at Whitehall,
ii, 261
Dear, impropriety of the term, when ap-
plied to Christ, ii, 443
Death, nature of, ii, 34, 404-certainty
of, ii, 34--the penalty of sin, i, 401-
of a wicked man described, ii, 227–
of a good man described, ii, 227-
certainty of, ii, 232-spiritual, conse-
quent upon sin, ii, 71-final destruc-
tion of, ii, 87-of beloved relations, a
cause of spiritual heaviness, i, 421
Deceit, a disease of human nature, ii, 310
Deceitfulness of the heart, what, ii, 475
Decrees of God, what, ii, 39
-neglect of, by Mr. Whitefield, in
America, i, 500
Discretion, what, ii, 277
Diseases, sometimes occasioned by Sa-
tan, ii, 145
Dissimulation, what, ii, 278-censured,
ii, 347
Dissipated man, character of a, ii, 193
Dissipation, what, ii, 191, 428
Dissolution of the universe, i, 131
Distillers of spirituous liquors, murder-
ers general, i, 443
Distraction of mind, what, ii, 191
Diversions, remarks upon, ii, 271-pub-
lic, the evil of, ii, 526
Doctrines, erroneous, held by the Uni-
versity of Oxford, ii, 492
Aoke, explained, ii, 213, 276
Doxology, of the Lord's prayer, i, 242
Dream, what, ii, 461-a singular, ii, 217
Dress, costly, to be avoided, ii, 259-so-
lemn charge concerning, ii, 328-chil-
dren, remarks upon the, ii, 321
Drowned persons, apparently,
instances
of, restored, ii, 340
Drunkard, instance of a, reclaimed, ii,
92
Drunkenness, habit of, may be overcome,
ii, 92
Dryness, spiritual, sometimes occasioned
by the want of self denial, i, 431
Early rising, recommended, ii, 268
Earth, original state of the, ii, 25 our
Deist, the faith of a, ii, 384-misery of
a, ii, 387-objection of a, to the Bible,"
ii, 446
Deists, extollers of reason, ii, 126
Δελεαζόμενοι, explained, i, 168
Demerit of believers, benefit of the con-
viction of the, i, 125
De Renty, deep experience of, ii, 24—
conduct of, in affliction, ii, 217
Desire of the flesh, what, ii, 186, 207,
252, 399, 427, 431, 489-of the eye,
what, i, 118, 396; ii, 186, 207, 225,
252, 399, 427, 431, 489
Desire, evil, danger of indulging, i,
Desire of ease, produced by riches, ii,
Desiring to be rich, the evil of, i, 261
Despair, danger of, ii, 239-backsliders
destroyed by, ii, 240
Devil, his power in the world, i, 338
Devils, the existence of, discovered by
faith, ii, 407-in what sense they may
be cast out, i, 338
Devotion, should be solemn, ii, 444
ignorance of many things belonging
to the, ii, 119-inherited by the meek,
i, 190-future state of, ii, 86-new,
what, ii, 86
Earthen vessels," described, ii, 479
Earthquake, in Sicily, i, 507-in Jamai-
ca, i, 507-in Lima, i, 509
Earthquakes, proved to be the works of
the Lord, i, 506
Eastern Church, state of the, ii, 436
Education, design of, ii, 305, 308—prac-
tical errors in, ii, 311
Edwards, Mr., success of his ministry,
i, 499
Effeminacy, produced by riches, ii, 257
Egyptians, ancient, character of, ii, 359
Exßariv, explained, ii, 216
EKλvoμEvo, explained, ii, 220
Election, the sense in which some con-
tend for, i, 482
Elyxos, explained, i, 35; ii, 425
Exeyxos avevμaros, what, i, 27, 386
Elements, future state of the, ii, 84
Eli, sons of, their character, ii, 369
Elijah, translation of, ii, 34
Eloquence, sometimes substituted for
love, ii, 282-vanity of, without love
ii, 284
Differences, among Christians, i, 341-Employment, the choice of an, ii, 449
End, of man's creation, ii, 405, 430
Evepys To, what, ii, 235
Ενεργόμενη δι αγαπη, what, i, 350
Enlightened, what, i, 214
Enoch, translation of, ii, 34
Evoxos, explained, i, 65, 189
Enthusiasm, a word of uncertain etymo-
logy, i, 330-defined, i, 330
Enthusiasts, different sorts of, i, 331,
332, 335-vilify reason, ii, 126-ad-
monished, i, 332
ETEIKIA, what, ii, 326, 398
Epiphanius, quoted, ii, 440
Epitaph, on an infidel and gamester, ii,
Exupia, explained, ii, 432
Επιθυμίας ανόητος, what, i, 261
Error, incident to the best of men, ii, 73]
Eternal life, how Christ is, ii, 180
Eternal world, discovered by faith, ii,
408-entrance of the soul into the, ii,
Eternity, what, ii, 13, 15
Eternity of God, ii, 13, 429-incompre-
hensible to man, ii, 117
EUTELOns, explained, ii, 326, 398
Eunpoocopov, explained, ii, 192
Europeans, general state of, in regard to
religion, ii, 122
Ευτραπελια, what, i, 21
Eve, sentence of God upon, ii, 33
Evil, the origin of, explained, ii, 31, 70
Evil, penal, produced by God, ii, 525
Evil angels, the nature of, ii, 140-united
under a common head, ii, 141-their
employment, ii, 142-temptations from,
ii, 215
Evil eye, what, i, 258; ii, 447
Evil passions, excited by Satan, ii, 144
Evil speaking, defined, i, 280, 433
Evil spirits, probable employment of, in
a separate state, ii, 469
Evil tempers, perfect Christians freed
from, i, 366
Evil thoughts, the effect of Satan's influ-
ence, ii, 143-how far perfect Chris-
tians are freed from, i, 365
Εξελκόμενος, explained, i, 168, 242
Εξεμυκτηρίζον, explained, ii, 415
Expenditure, useless, the sin of, i, 445;
ii, 489-how to be regulated, i, 447
Experience, confirms the doctrine of ori-
ginal sin, i, 394
Experience, Christian, confirms the doc-
trine of the witness of the Spirit, i, 96
Experience of believers, proves that there
is sin in them, i, 110
Extroversion, what, ii, 196
Eye, desire of, ii, 186. See Desire
Eye, single, what, i, 257; ii, 446
Faith, defined, i, 35, 50, 149, 386; ii,
156, 383-the true Christian, i, 23,
155; ii, 386-the, through which we
are saved, i, 14; ii, 385-the, by which
we are sanctified, i, 390-why appoint-
VOL. II.
ed the condition of justification, i, 52
-in what sense we are justified by,
i, 387-in what sense imputed for
righteousness, i, 320-in what sense
we are sanctified by, i, 388-effects
of, ii, 484-produces power over sin,
i, 155-produces peace of mind, i, 156
-the remedy of human folly, ii, 18-
a medium of divine light, ii, 426-does
not supersede the necessity of holi-
ness, i, 319-not produced by reason,
ii, 129-sometimes substituted for
love, ii, 283-insufficiency of, without
love, ii, 285-supplies the defect of
sense, ii, 407-the discoveries of, ii,
407, 466 walking by, what, ii, 423-
attacked by Satan, i, 379-often in-
jured by riches, ii, 256, 397-impaired
by the neglect of self denial, i, 431-
implied in the circumcision of the
heart, i, 149-implied in the service
of God, ii, 301-designed to re-esta-
blish the law of love, i, 325-tried by
spiritual heaviness, i, 423-weakened
by intercourse with ungodly men, ii,
207-the loss of, precedes the com-
mission of outward sin, i, 168-the
loss of, i, 408-of adherence and assu-
rance referred to, i, 387-necessary
for public reformers, i, 464-the ex-
ercise of, enforced, i, 514; ii, 125
Faith and repentance answer each other,
i, 124
Faith, the, of a child of God, ii, 386, 409
-of a servant of God, ii, 385, 409-
of the apostles before the death of
Christ, i, 14-of a Protestant, ii, 385-
of a Roman Catholic, ii, 385-of a
Jew, ii, 383-of a Mohammedan, ii,
384-of a Deist, ii, 384-of a Material-
ist, ii, 384--of a heathen, i, 13; ii, 383,
384-of a devil, i, 14, 155
Faith in Christ, the only foundation of
good works, i, 152-a consequence of
the fall, ii, 44
Fall of man, what, i, 46; ii, 32, 359, 405,
478-circumstances of, explained, ii,
Fall in Adam, nature of our, ii, 531-ad-
vantages of, to mankind, ii, 43
False prophets, who, i, 293-the garb in
which they appear, i, 294-how Chris-
tians should beware of, i, 296-admo-
nished, i, 297
False religion, described, ii, 432
Familiarity with God, irreverent, cen
sured, ii, 444
Families, dispensations of Providence
towards, ii, 123
Family religion, importance of, ii, 300
Fasting, the nature of, i, 245-the grounds
of, i, 247-the manner in which it
should be practised, i, 254-neglect of,
among the Methodists, ii, 440-to what
extent practised by the Pharisees, i, 227
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