Socinius, his system refuted
ii 102
Sodom, its abominable sin a proof of God's
long-suffering
i 107
Soldiers reproved
i 78
Solomon, his great wisdom when a child ii 342
his dream in Gibeon
ib.
his recollection of past mercies 343
the aspect under which he considers
the regal dignity
ib.
conjecture concerning his age when
called to the throne
344
his preference of wisdom to wealth
345, &c.
his fall demonstrates the difficul-
ties attendant on splendid talent
346
ib.
the dangers of bad company
the dangers of human grandeur ib.
the beguiling charms of pleasure
347
62
65
his situation and experience quali-
fied him to be a moralist
he introduces different speakers into
his book of Ecclesiastes, as the
epicure, the fool, &c. which ac-
count for the dissonance of senti-
ments in that book
his hatred of life explained
two classes of phantoms seduced his
generous heart
67
absurdities of the schoolmen con-
cerning his wisdom
ib.
Son, Christ the essential and eternal i 277
Sorrow, six effects of godly sorrow 309
ib.
no sorrow like that of the disciples for
their master
ii 151
Sorrow allowed for the death of friends 337
Soul, (the) its excellence inferred from the
efforts of Satan to enslave it i 148
its immortality hoped by the heathens,
and asserted by the gospel
its intelligence asserted in five argu-
216
ments
259
261
its immortality demonstrated
its value inferred from the price of re-
demption
268
335
the partisans for the sleeping and anni-
hilation of the soul, refuted
its essence, operations and union with
the body, inscrutable
ii 101
its immortality farther and strongly pre-
sumed
214
an immortal spirit should have but a
transient regard for transient good 215
Spinoza, the absurdities of the system he re-
vived
i 66
Spirit, a doubt whether all that is in the uni-
verse be reducible to matter and spirit
i 73
Statesmen reproved
i 78
amenable to the divine laws 377
Stoical obstinacy, a specimen of it in Zeno ii 56
Study, its difficulties for want of means ii 67
Swearing, the sinfulness of it
i 407
Superstitious conclusions, caveats against them
ii 350
419
details
Supralapsarians, censured for denying salva-
tion to sincere heathens
i 219
their system refuted in five
arguments
ii 105
T
Table (the) of the Lord, Mal. i. 6, 7.
the table of shew bread, &c.
Talmud of the Jews, and the Romish missals
compared
i 164
i 44
Teachers are of three classes
290
caution in the choice of teachers ib.
parents warned not to train unre-
generate children for the minis-
try
46
the policy of some tenet teachers in
Galatia
ii 219
Temptations, the ancient saints resembled us
in these
ii 282. 287
a double shield against tempta-
tions
six temptations from infancy to
old age
ib.
Terror, the utility of preaching it; an augur
of what sort of sermons the apostles
would make, were they to see our
lives
i 198
it promotes repentance by the uncer-
tainty of salvation
308
Tertullian's avowal of the Godhead of Christ
i 280
The Holy Spirit superior in his operations to
the suggestions of Satan
i 227
his aids are promised to the ministry, &c.
291
the higher endowments of the Holy Spi-
rit, were restored on the coming of the
Messiah
ii 143
he requires men to correspond with the
efforts of grace in their conversion 253
the anointing, the seal, and earnest of the
Spirit
308
310
his agency on the heart
he communicates the foretastes of heaven
312, &c.
Thief on the cross, his case strikingly illus-
trated
ii 264
Thomas, the difference of his faith from ours
ii 178
ii 211
Time lost, or misapproved
214
i 179
i 358
much of our time is lost in lassitude 213
and in the cares of this life
Timothy, St. Paul's love to him
Tithes of three kinds
Tongues, the gift of tongues on the day of
Pentecost, had three excellencies
i 196
167
191
Transubstantiation, its absurdities
it is admirably refuted
Trinity, the personality of the Father, Son,
and Holy Spirit, asserted in refuta-
tion of Arianism ii 309, &c. i 90
demonstrated by Philo
i 222
the doctrine stated, and defended
ii 357. 394
advantages of this doctrine 359
their connexion is a high argument
in favour of revelation
i 42
this connexion should induce minis-
ters to pursue a regular system 44
Pilate's question, What is truth? 132
it might refer to the Messiah, or to
the truth which the heathens
sought
182
193
truth defined, and its price
xvi
Truth, seven rules to direct our researches
after truth
134
136
prejudices are highly obstructive in
the acquisition of truth
the word of truth exemplified in the
pleasure it affords in qualifying us
to fill our stations in life, in exempt-
ing us from unreasonable doubts,
in fortifying us against the ap-
proaches of death
138
224
the radiance of truth is superior to
the glimmerings of error
sell not the truth; that is, do not lose
the aptitude of the mind to truth
236
do not make a mercenary use of it
237
ib.
do not betray it
this may be done by the adulation of
ib.
a courtier
by the zealot who defends a point
with specious arguments
by apostacy or by temporizing
by perverting judgment in five re-
spects
238
239
241
242
Upright, (the) their praise is wise, real, hum-
ble and magnanimous
i 130
by tergiversation in politics
by withholding reproof in the pulpit,
in private, and in visits to the sick
243
Truths which have a high degree of evidence,
should be admitted as demonstrated
ii 361
Tyrants, their conduct in persecuting the
they are justly censured
they are deaf to the glory of oppres-
ii 30
reflections for a tyrant and infidel
church
i 176
322
sion
53
V
ii 100
Vanini, an avowed Atheist, burnt at Toulouse
by sentence of Parliament
Vanity of opposing God, in four respects ii 53
a caution against opposing God
57
Victims, ten imperfections of them in the au-
ii 192
thor's dissertations
ii 166
ii 420
Veil, in the temple rent
Virgin Mary, intercession of
i 226
Virtue, the motives to it are superior to the
motives to vice
five characters of the superior virtues
369
Virtues of eternal obligation, as charity, &c.
are of greater weight than temporary
360
virtues
the object of virtues vary their im-
361
portance
it is the same with regard to the in-
ib.
fluence of virtues
the end and design of virtues aug-
362
ment their importance
the virtues of worldly men are very
ii 31
defective
the virtues of carnal men are often
32
but the tinsel of their crimes
complaints on the impotency of men
to practice virtue, answered in four
119, &c.
respects
every virtue exhibited in the death of
170
Christ
harmony between happiness and vir-
350
i 327, &c.
ii 347
tue
Vision, the beatific
Voice of the rod
Voorburgh, the weeping and rejoicing at the
consecration of the French church
ii 363
U
Unbeliever, (the) his taste, which is low and
i 229
brutish
230
his polities disturb society
his indocile and haughty temper
231
232
his unfounded logic
his consequent line of morals 233
his efforts to extinguish con-
234
science
he piques himself on politeness,
which is applauded by the
world: yet an apology may be
made for the unbeliever, which
cannot be made for the man
who holds the truth in sin ib.
Unbelievers, their demands of farther evi-
235
202
dence unreasonable
they are divided into five classes
their folly in asking a new mi-
racle
an unbeliever dying in uncer-
tainty, pathetically described
207
W
i 322
War, a reference to Louis XIVth, and others
i 396. ii 89
its deplorable effects
ii 412
Ways of God, ways of light, justice and com-
passion
Ways of men, ways of darkness, blasphemy
and despair
Whiston censured for obtruding the apostoli-
cal constitutions as genuine
Will, the difference between the efficiency of
the Creator's and the creature's will
i 120
ii 412
1 279
210
Union of children with the sin of their fathers
i 109
in four respects
Unpardonable sin against the Holy Ghost,
opinions concerning it
Unregenerate, (the) faithfully warned
ii 327
i 104
a serious address to them ii 292
the perfection of the will and sensibility
i 260
i 212
Wisdom of the world, and the foolishness of
God explained
St. Paul's divine wisdom in the se-
lection of arguments, when writ-
ing to the Hebrews
Witness of the Spirit, (the direct)
see Assurance, and
282
i 317
ii 188
see also a note by the translators 386
ii 43
Woman, the unchaste
she is distinguished from Mary of
Bethany, and from Mary Magda-
ib.
lene
her repentance had four characters ib.
ii 163
Worldly minded men faithfully warned i 263.
Whether the apostles were ignorant of their
living to the end of the world 336
excellence of the world to come i 55
Works, good works cannot merit heaven i 300
good works must of necessity be con-
nected with faith as the fruits ib.
five objections to the contrary, ably
answered
Wormwood and gall, a metaphor ii 305
301
Woman, a disputation whether her love was
the cause or the effect of her par-
don
48
Wood, hay and stubble, are expressive of
light doctrines
ii 97
World, the vanity of the
i 54
its insufficiency to satisfy the soul 147
this world is not the place of felicity
179
its draws us off from truth and virtue
428
vanity of worldly policy in attempt-
ing to govern nations by the max-
ims of infidelity, rather than those
of religion
ii 54
the instability of all worldly good 62
the Christian is crucified to the world
220
the degrees and difficulties of it 221
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Zacharias, son of Barachiah or Jehoida, the
high priest, with other conjectures
i 108
ii 37
Zeal exemplified from prophets
Zuinglius, (Suingle) the Swiss reformer ii 102
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