Piety, it is incompatible with the whole de-
sign of religion

88

it renders God's promises to us doubt-
ful

ib.
ib.

it is imprudent

Piety of taste and sentiment defined 384
the judgment we form of our state un-
der privations

385
when privation is general, it indicates
an unregenerate state

power

347

Passion, an apostrophe to grace for
over passion
ii 82
the illusive happiness acquired by the
passions
Perfection, the highest attainable in this life, is
to know death, and not fear it
ii 225
Perseverance, men must be saints before we
exhort them to persevere
ii 271
we cannot be saved without per-

severance

274

the scripture characters founded
their assurance on persevering
to the end
ib.
a caveat against unqualified per-

severance

275

an address to carnal men, who
hold this doctrine

276

277

ib.

to visionary men
to sincere people
models, or examples of perseve-
280

rance

Pentecost, the glories of the day ii 307. i 194
Persecution, the agents of it fulfil the pleasure
of the Almighty
i 124
a pathetic contrast between the
persecution of the French Pro-
testants, and the sufferings of
the Jews, on the destruction
of their city, by Nebuchadnez-
ii 365

zar

i 277

Petavius, the Semi-Arian, refuted by Bishop
Bull
Peter, (St.) his confession of faith i 260
his sermon on the day of Pentecost pos-
sessed five excellencies
a fine specimen of what he would say,
were he to fill a pulpit

195

200

i 87

his feelings at the transfiguration ii 207
his attachment to the Levitical law 219
six circumstances aggravate his fall 321
the nature of his repentance 323
Phalaris, his cruelty
Pharisees, their hypocrisy traced
Philo had a notion of the Trinity
Philosophers, their presumption
their ancient errors
their prejudices against the gos-
pel unreasonable
206
ii 348
i 55
since-
ii 35, &c.

38

Philosophical apathy, a great evil
Piety, its excellence

it is distinguished by knowledge,
rity, sacrifice and zeal
Piety is productive of health

of reputation

of fortune

ii 36
i 222
i 78
175

ib.

39

ib.

of happiness
of peace

of confidence in death
the piety of Ephraim and Judah tran-
sient

84

ib.

ib.

so is the piety excited by public calami-
ties

ib.
85

86

by religious festivals
by the fear of death
transient piety implies a great want of
allegiance to God as a king
exemplified by Ahab

ib.
87

it implies an absurdity of character ib.
it is an action of life perverted by a re-
turn to folly

ib.

Pilate, the baseness of his conduct
his cruelty to the Galileans
Plato, a sketch of his republic
Plato's opinion of God
Plague, an argument for fasting and

387
i 173
ii 377

ii 278

i 57
humilia-

tion

ii 349

352

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national plagues sevenfold
appalling horrors of the plague
Pleasure, mischiefs arising from unlawful in-
dulgences
i 47. 78
Politeness, as practised by bad men ii 19
Poor, (the) a fine series of arguments in beg-
ging for them
i 409
Pope, his kingdom compared with Christ's i 185
Popery, sketch of its corruptions, pref. i 5. 205
(see Papists)
Poverty, God who quickeneth and arranges all
things, often leaves his best servants
in indigence and want i 180
Prayer, a source of consolation
ii 152
Preachers, the liberty of the French exiles in
that respect
ii 84
Preachers, (the primitive) an admirable ad-
vantage in addressing the heathen
and the Jews
i 197
Predestination, the impossibility of explaining
it; but God, who cannot err,
declares that he offers violence
to no creature, and that our
destruction proceeds from our-
selves
ii 116
Princes and judges, their qualifications ii 344
Principle, purity of principle must be the ba-
sis of all our conduct
Prophecy, objections against it answered; its
character asserted i 152, &c.
difficulties of affixing a literal
meaning to the prophecies of the
Messiah and his kingdom i 183
respecting the fall of Jerusalem
ii 149
Prophecies respecting Christ's death, accom-
plished by his sufferings 169
Prophets, how they conducted themselves at
i 399

ii 4

Prophecies

courts

i 379

Prophetic eloquence, its superiority
Professional men, the conditions of their sal-
ii.57

vation
Protestants of France distinguished by their
attendance on public worship,

and on the days of communion
i 16"
the exiles are exhorted to pray for
the restoration of their churches
ii 97
the faith of a Protestant 256
the abject situation of those who
remained in France
289
an address to French Protestants
368, &c.
the care of Providence over them
in exile
366

astes

Providence, asserted

382
complaints against its severity
refuted

383
the doctrine of Providence should
operate on public bodies of
392

men

examples of Providence over na-
tions

393
mysteries of Providence in the
succession of Henry VIIIth of
England, from the Roman Pon-
tiff; in the singular success of
Zuinglius; in the courage of
Luther
ii 102
Christians often reason ill con-
338

cerning Providence

six marks of God's mercy and
care of good men, when Jeru-
salem was destroyed by the
Chaldeans
368
the same care over the persecut-
ed Protestant exiles
ib.

Providence has, after one hundred years, an-

Pure (the) all things are pure to them
Purgatory, unsupported by scripture
Pyrrhonianism

ercise of religion

the massacre of Paris cruelly
plotted under a marriage with
Henry of Navarre
ib.
Guise attempts to dethrone
Henry III. by a league xi
Henry IV. of Navarre, embraces
popery, and ascends the
throne
xii
ib.

the edict of Nantes
the Jesuits founded by Loyola,
no doubt with good intentions,
at first, confounded by Riche-
lieu with the Protestants xiii
Louis XIII. persecutes the Pro-
testants by Richelieu's advice
ib.
the final revocation of the edict
of Nantes
XV

the horrors and the exile of 800,
000 persons

xvi

this

persecution

uniformly
charged on the French clergy;
its impolicy exposed in forty
arguments
xvii
the glory of Louis XIV. waned
from that period
ib.
character of it
i 315
(see Holiness)
its nature laid down in a
change of ideas, a change of
desires, a change of taste, a
change of hopes, a change
of pursuits
ii 393
its necessity
401
the necessity of regeneration
demonstrated by the genius
of religion, the wants of man,
and the perfections of God ib.
Religion, progressive in five classes of argu-

ments
ii 13. 16
its evidences were stronger to the
scripture characters than to us
ii 181
some have too much and some

too little sorrow for sin i 97
possibility of a death bed repent-

ance proved by six arguments
108
difficulties of a death bed repent-
104
character of national repentance
110

ance

113

the penitential reflections of a
sinner
of a godly sort has sin for its ob-
ject
306
it is augmented by reflecting on
the number, the enormity, and
the fatal influence of sin 307
exhortation to repentance 312
described
372. ii 43
a powerful exhortation to repent-

51

the Reformation in France-
Charles VIII. persecuted the
reformed at Rome, and pro-
tected them in Germany vi
it very much increased under
Henry II
vii
the house of Bourbon declare
for the reform, and the house
de Guise for the Catholics ib.
the king of Navarre allured by
new promises, desert the Pro-
testant cause
ix
but the queen of Navarre be-
comes its most zealous advo-
cate
ib.
the duke de Guise commences
a war with the Protestants,
and 50,000 of them are slain x

Repentance,

Repentance

Repentance

ance

ance

specimen of a death bed repent-
114
a series of difficulties attendant
on a death bed repentance 247
three objections answered 246
two prejudices against a protract-
ed repentance

268

203
205

206

they have sighed for immortality and
a better state of the church 145
their happiness in heaven in regard of
knowledge
of propensity
of sensible pleasure
what sentiments the ancient saints en-
tertained of themselves when under
a cloud
274
danger of presumptive thoughts 275
there is a similarity between us and
the ancient saints in five respects
281, &c.
282

their high vocation
why the saints are still subject to
death
340
Saladin, exposed his shroud to the army
i 263
ii 312

Sanctification, sin of opposing it
(see Regeneration and Holiness)
Satan, his victories often ruinous to his king-
dom
i 76
he seeks to seduce us from the truth
six ways
142
he assails the Christian four ways; by
the illusive maxims of the world, by
the pernicious example of the multi-
tude, by threatenings and persecu-
tion, and by the attractions of sensu-
al pleasure
145
his power is borrowed; limited in dura-
tion, in degree; and whatever desire
he may have to destroy us, it cannot
equal the desire of God to save us

227

his design is to render man unlike his
Maker
332

370

xviii
ib.

he is the most irregular and miserable
of all beings
Saturnalia of the Romans, its origin ii 372
Saul, the king, his consecration accompanied
by the spirit
ii 391
Saurin, his life, born at Nismes, escapes with
his father to Geneva
i xvii
becomes an ensign in Lord Gallo-
way's regiment, which then served
in Switzerland; but on the peace
with France he returned to his stu-
dies, and preferred the ministry ib.
preaches five years in London
character of his preaching
he settles at the Hague
is noticed by the Princess of Wales,
afterward queen Caroline, to whom
his son dedicated his posthumous
ib.
his ministry was attended by princes,
magistrates, generals and scientific
men; his courage in reproving 386
Schem, (Rabbi) his contrast between the tem-
ple and the palaces of princes
Schoolmen, many of their errors proceeded
from monastic habits, illustrated
by the doctrine of reprobation
i 100
Scripture characters, the distinction between

ib.

sermons

i 193

ii 279

ii 308

ii 186

their momentary defects, and their
illustrious virtues
Seal, (see Holy Spirit)
Self-examination, the method of it
Simeon, (Luke ii.) three characters of his piety
ii 141
Simeon the Pharisee, four defects in his opi-
nion of Christ
ii 46

Slander, the sinfulness of it

i 386

Septuagint version, a sketch of its history i 295
Sinai, its terrors expressive of our Saviour's
agony

ii 306

Sin and its punishment are connected ii 350
the folly of it
i 78
its effects
84
354

its atrocity when wilful

the motives to sin incomparably weaker
than the motives to virtue
308
little sin conducive of great crimes 367
the apology of those who charge sin upon

their constitution, not admissible ii 77
Sin causes three sorts of tears to be shed 323
the sin or blasphemy against the Holy
Ghost

328

the sin unto death, as stated by St. John

329

inquiry concerning this sin may proceed
from the melancholy, the timorous,
and the wilful apostates
330
Sinner, hardened and impenitent
i 208
Sinners abuse the long-suffering of God, in
the disposition of a devil, a beast,

a philosopher and a man i 111
they reason in a reproachful manner

in regard to their love of esteem,
and honour, and pleasure, and ab-
horrence of restraint
226
Sinners are slaves in five respects
269

they must live to expiate their crimes

271

tude

they must glory in Christ alone, but
add watchfulness to their future
conduct
i 302
Sinners must not be misguided by the multi-
ii 33
their complaints of the severity of
God's law, refuted in five argu-
ments
i 381
their best wisdom is to avoid the ob-
jects of their passions
ii 77
the aggravating characters of their

sin

122
we should weep for them, because of
our connexions with them 124

are very great scourges to society 125
Sinners under the gospel, offend against supe-
rior light

against superior motives

263
ib.

against the example of scripture cha-
racters, who do not continue in sin
till the end of life
264
against the virtues of those converts ib.
and sinners who delay conversion to
the close of life cannot adduce equal
evidence of their conversion
265
Smuggling and defrauding the revenue, cen-
sured

i 355

Society cannot subsist without religion, de-
monstrated in five arguments i 230
the transition of society from simpli-
city of manners, to a style of living
injurious to charity
421