Jeremiah, his complaints against them 347 Jews, their hardness and opprobrium inferred from the various methods Jesus Christ adopted for their conversion i 164 we should have a little patience with their prejudices 189
the Jews safer guides to prophecy than some Christians,-(perhaps the author alludes to Grotius, who affected an unpardonable singularity in his expo- sitions of the prophecies,) could they be persuaded though one rose from the dead 202 ib. their fair promises before Sinai were transient ii 82 six of their calamities deplored by Ezekiel character of their apostate kings 367 the Jews perished as the Galileans 381 the calamities of the Jews and those of Europe, compared ib. John and Mary, address of Christ to ii 417 Judas went to his own place ii 109 it were better that he had not been born, in four arguments ib. the circumstances in which he sinned 113
we shall be judged according to the dispensations under which we lived
325, these are light, proportion or ta- lents ib. and mercy 326, &c. Judgments (national,) the erroneous and the just light in which they should be viewed ii 378, &c. four erroneous dispositions in which they are viewed ib. &c. God is not only the author of all judgments, but he determines their ends in three respects 379 a provisional or particular judg-
ment on every man as soon as his soul leaves the body i 321 the judgment or opinion must often be suspended ii 76 Justification, Anselm's mode of expressing on that subject i 301 299
Keduscha Kadytis, or holy, the name of Jeru- salem in many of the ori- ental languages ii 364 King, the term defined ii 18 responsible 343 The kingdom of Christ is not of this world, as is apparent from his design, his maxims, his marvellous works,
five reasons why our knowledge is circumscribed man cannot know as God knows, which is an adequate apology for the mysteries of faith 362 L Latitudinarianism, or Deism ii 359 Law, offending in one point, &c. refers to ca- pital offences, not to daily frailties, mo- mentary faults and involuntary pas- i 352
sions it refers to wilful and presumptuous sins, which virtually sap the foundation of the whole law in three respects 354 the law requires us to consider God as a sovereign, a legislator, and a father ib. the excellent design of God's law in four arguments 381 Lawyers, their method of false pleading ii 73 Learning and knowledge should be acquired by Christians i 219 Legends, a specimen of them ii 140 Lent, apparently observed with great reve- rence by the author's hearers i 187 this festival is strongly recommended ii 164 Levitical law supported by three classes of persons ii 219
Libertines, their objections against revelation refuted in four arguments Liberty, (Christian) described Liberty described in five points: in the power of suspending the judgment, in having the will in unison with the under- standing, the conscience superior to the control of the senses, superior to our condition in life i 268 Liberty is incompatible with sin 269 Life, arguments on its shortness and uncer- tainty ii 215 the life of men divided into six periods 214 this life is a season of probation assign- ed for making our choice 215
the grand object of life is to prepare for eternity
sinners should be grateful for the re- prieve of life life well spent affords satisfaction to old i 289 an idle life, however exempt from gross- er crime, is incompatible with a state of salvation 371
Life, the viscissitudes of life
reflections on it
ii 59 | Marlborough, (Duke of) his victory over Marshal Villars
we should value the good things of life ib. some men hate life, through a disposi- tion of melancholy through a principle of misanthropy 66 ib. through discontent and disgust and through an excessive fondness of life rectitude and delicacy of conscience pro- mote disgust of life
Live, how shall we, the expression beautifully ii 417 applied Louis XIV, a cruel, superstitious and enthu- i 389 his monarchy obviously alluded 391 his secret policy against the 395 neighbouring states his glory, and the humiliation of his pride ii 108 i 291 the sinner is exhorted to enkindle his 292 heart with love effects of Christ's love on the heart 294 his love is an inexhaustible source of consolation in all the distresses of life, and in the agonies of death 295 it is a source of universal obedience ib. Love to God described
Love, the energy of the love of Christ
i 396. ii 350 portrait of the infidel who shall presume to govern a king- dom on those principles 367 ii 217 ii 355
Magistrates addressed Mahomet, character of that monster Maimonides, this learned Rabbi agrees with St. Paul, Rom. xii. 2. that God requires our persons, not our i 288 sacrifices
Malachi, character of the people to whom he preached
and the character of the priests 196 Malebranche, his admirable exposition of the ii 73 passions Man, in the simplicity of youth admires the perfections of God, and the theory of ii 278 religion man is born with a propensity to vice
Martyrs, a fine apostrophe to them
the Jews believed in their resurrec- tion
the moral martyrs are sometimes ac- cused of rebellion
they have a fourfold reward arguments of support to martyrs 13 the fear of martyrdom
Mary, the mother of Christ Marvellous, the, a caution against it Materiality of the soul refuted Maxims of the world
Mediator, Christ in this office is one with God ii 157 in three respects Merchants, apprised of a heavenly treasure ii 217 Messiah, a comfort to the church under the i 76 idea of the Jewish captivity i 58 Metaphysical mode of reasoning, concerning spirit and matter
Ministers or casuists, cautioned ii 50. 71. 107 humility must be their character 93
St. Paul divides them into three classes
their glory in the day of the Lord 97 Ministers should be distinguished by love 151 an address to them their duty when attending profli- gate men in their last moments 249
woe, woe to the faithless ministry 259 Ministers must strike at vice without respect to persons Ministry, the little success of Christ's ministry accounted for by five considera- i 166 tions the christian ministry excites digni- 177 fied enemies attendance on it must make us either better or worse it was greatly abused by the Jews ii 8
a striking transition from preaching the most tremendous terrors, to the ministry of consolation ii 250 an apology for the ministry of ter ror to certain characters were performed in the most public place and before the most compe- i 197 tent judges
the folly of asking miracles while we live in sin
the dangers to which a well disposed man is exposed to in public life his faculty of thinking, loving and feel- Miser, a, his reflections at a funeral but tran-
in their doom to suffer and die 256 our lot in life, and our faculties prove our designation for another world
and by the power of its motives 22
Morality, the morality of a soldier, of a states- | Origen, his avowal of the Godhead of Christ man, of a merchant, of a minis-
Moral evidences, its difference from mathe- matical ii 183 i 56
Moses, his advantage as a preacher
he is the reputed author of the xcth Psalm
i 280 his ideas of hell 335 Original sin, or seed of corruption, attributed to the depravity of nature i 215
it is hostile to truth and virtue 424 it disorders the soul with unholy dis- positions
ib. the depravity of nature is increased by acts of vice it descends from parents to children, and therefore is a strong argument for diligence in education 23 ii 355 Orobio, (Isaac) a learned Jew i 184
Murrain of the cattle in Holland Mysteries render a religion doubtful in four
Mysteries of Mahometism, of popery, of pa- ganism, of infidelity, contrasted with Christianity
ib. Pagans, their belief in the presence of the gods at their festivals, largely illustrated ii 194
Nations cautioned against placing an ultimate reliance on fleets and armies i 126
their major and their minor myste- ries too abominable for description 358
Nations are regarded as one body, in the visi- Papists, their uncharitableness in denying sal-
tation of the iniquities of our fathers
Nature and grace abound with marvels i 93 the study of it unsearchably sublime ii 100 Natural religion, the disciple of it embarrassed on contemplating the miseries of man, &c. but all these are no diffi- culties to the disciple of revealed religion i 213 the disciple of natural religion, is equally embarrassed in studying the nature of man in three respects 214
the disciple of natural, and the disci- ple of revealed religion, at the tri- bunal of God, soliciting pardon 216 fortifying themselves against the fear of death the confusion of Pagan philosophers, respecting natural religion, in four respects
vation to all Christians out of their communion
i 375 they cannot be saved as idolaters 376 they are guilty of adoring the host,
ib. they are but a novel people, compared with the primitive Christians ii 28 their preachers censured 96 Pardon, promises of it to various classes of sinners ii 94
Parents cautioned how to look on their chil- dren ii 217 Party spirit, the dangers of it i 44 Paul, (St.) he kept his body under for the race and the fight
an eulogium on his character the time of his rapture into the heaven
the transports of his rapture the obscurity of some parts of his writ- ings arise for the want of historic reference
of taste and sentiment defined 384 the judgment we form of our state un- der privations
when privation is general, it indicates an unregenerate state 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 tion
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 ii 4 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 Prophecies 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
of reputation
of fortune
of happiness
by religious festivals
by the fear of death
transient piety implies a great want of allegiance to God as a king ib. exemplified by Ahab
it implies an absurdity of character ib. it is an action of life perverted by a re- turn to folly
Prophetic eloquence, its superiority i 379 Professional men, the conditions of their sal- vation ii 57 Protestants of France distinguished by their attendance on public worship, and on the days of communion i 167 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
Proverbs of Solomon, some of them reconciled | Reformation, the reformed obtain the free ex- with his assertions in his Ecclesi-
the massacre of Paris cruelly
plotted under a marriage with Henry of Navarre Guise attempts to dethrone Henry III. by a league Henry IV. of Navarre, embraces
popery, and ascends the throne
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
the horrors and the exile of 800, 000 persons xvi uniformly
this persecution
charged on the French clergy; its impolicy exposed in forty arguments
the glory of Louis XIV. waned from that period
Regeneration, character of it
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