396-Not the Torments of the Damned, 398-Why he suffered, 399-A Proof of his being the Messias, 401— Not in his divine Nature, 404 -His Resurrection, 144- His Ascension, 199-See Birth of Christ. Immortality of the Soul, proved from its Nature, 153-What meant by the Fathers when they say it is not properly immortal, 154-From Uni- versal Consent, 156-Epicu- reans and Sadducees no Pre- judice to this, ibid.-From the natural notions of God, &C. 157. From natural Hopes and Fears, 158-What Assurance the Jews had, 159 -What farther Evidence the Christians have, 160, 162- The Effect of this Belief, 163 Incarnation, what we are to be- lieve concerning it, 137 Infidelity, in respect of the Gos- pel, a Sin of the greatest Size, 211
Inspiration, what meant by it, 210, 221-How to be proved, ibid. Not a stubborn Con- ceit, 227
St. Innocents, 82-What may be learned from this Festi- val, 86
Interpretation of Tongues, 180 St. John the Apostle, and Evan- gelist, 71-What may be learned from this Festival, 78 St. John the Baptist, his Nativi- ty, 267-What may be learn- ed from this Festival, 273 Judas the Traitor had the Gifts of an Apostle, 127-What may be learned from it, ibid. St. Jude the Apostle, 333- What may be learned from this Festival, 336
Judgment General, how proved from Reason, 23 - From Scripture, 24-When it shall be, ibid.-The Necessity of it, ibid.—Who shall adminis- ter it, 26-Why Jesus Christ, ibid.Who shall be judged, 27-For what, ibid.-By what Measures, 28-By what De- grees, ibid.-The fixt Time not known, 29-The Manner of it, ibid.-What to be learn- ed from the Certainty of it, 30-What from the Uncer- tainty, when, 31
Keeping a Day holy, what, 12 Knowledge of Religion, how attained, 219
Lay-Christians, their Duties to their spiritual Guides and Go- vernors, 484-What we may learn from them, 498 Lent, why so called, 362-Its Antiquity, 363-Why forty Days, 364-The Design of it, ibid.-How observed by the primitive Christians, 365 How we ought to spend this Season, 366
Little Children, what Temper of Mind represented to us by our Saviour in that Emblem, 87- The Benefits of it, 89 Lord's Day, 11-Why so call- ed, 12-How observed by the Apostles, 14-By the primi- tive Christians, ibid.-In what Sense called a Sabbath, 15— Particular Customs anciently observed on that Day, 16- Not to be fasted on, ibid.- How to be observed, 17-
Magistrates, though supreme, cannot communicate spiritual powers, 457
Manse, or Glebe, what, 490 Magnificat, what, 136-What we may learn from that Hymn, ibid. Martyrdom, theseveral Sorts,83 Martyrs commemorated, why, 5- When first began, 6— What meant by a Martyr, 294-The Privileges assigned to them in the ancient Church, ibid. The Reasonableness of Martyrdom, 295-The hap- piness of it, ibid.—How em- braced by the primitive Chris- tians, 296-To what Causes, may be attributed their Cou- rage, ibid.
Mary, the blessed Virgin, her Offerings, 118- Why she submitted to the Law of Pu- rification, 117-Her Annun- ciation, 133-Saluted by the Angel, and how she received it, 134-What implied in her Answer, 135-Why styled the Mother of God, 138- Why called the Ever Virgin, 140-How she ought to be reverenced, ibid.
St. Mark the Evangelist, 178- What we may learn from this Festival, 182
Matter not capable of thinking, 154
Matters of Fact, when they cannot be false, 229-Proved in those that relate to Chris- tianity, 245
St. Matthew the Apostle, 305- What may be learned from this Festival, 309
St. Matthias the Apostle, 125- What may be learned from this Festival, 129
Meditation, in a religious Sense, what, 367-The Exercise of it, ibid.-The Fruits of it, 378
Mercies of God, when acknow- ledged, 19-When valued, and how to be returned, ibid.
Messias, what Expectation of his appearing among the Jews, 52-Among the Gentiles, 53 -The Advantage of his ap- pearing, ibid.
St. Michael and All-Angels, 313 -What may be learned from this Festival, 318 Ministers of Christ, why so called, 455-Why the Glory of Christ, 456-How they derive their Commission, 4.57
Miracles, what meant by them, 210-When a proof of a di- vine Doctrine, 211-The Na- ture of our Saviour's, 239- Not from the Devil, 240- Not from the credulity of the People, 241-See Gift of Tongues.
Mortification, when acceptable, 104-See Self-denial.
Mosaicus Gradus, what, 225
New Year's Day, 91-What it ought to suggest to us, 95 Nativity of Christ, 48-The Circumstances of it,50-What may be learned from them,
Nathaniel, who, 300-Wherein appeared the simplicity of his mind, 301
Obedience to spiritual Govern- ors, what, 496 Oblations, the Maintenance of the Clergy, 490
Observation of Days, when su- perstitious, 2
Officers, in the Christian Church who, 384
Omission, Sins of, what, 503 Oracle, what sort of Revelation, 224
Orders, how anciently confer- red, 448
Ordination, what, 431-The peculiar privilege of a Bishop, 440
Partaking in other Men's Sins, what, 114-Both before and after they are committed, ib. St. Paul, why commemorated by his Conversion, 107-What may be learned from this Fes- tival, 113
St. Peter the Apostle, 278- What may be learned from this Festival, 286 Penitents, how re-admitted into the Church, 372
Person in the blessed Trinity, what, 251
Persons inspired, how to be judged of, 228-When at a Distance of Time, 229 St. Philip and St. James the Less, 188-What may be learned from this Festival, 194 Places, how holy, 465-Set apart for Public Worship in the Apostles' Time, ibid.- How to be reverenced, 466 Poverty, what ought to recon- cile us to that State, 52 Prayer, when it ascends as In- cense, 103-The Nature of it, 422-How necessary, 423 -For what we ought to ask, 424-What Encouragement, ibid.-Upon what Conditions, ibid. How to be performed, 425-Wandering Thoughts considered, 426What Pray- ers most acceptable to God and necessary for us, ibid.- By the Spirit, what, 428- Advantages of frequently per- forming it, 429- Family Prayer, a Duty incumbent on Masters of Families, 427- Why we ought to pray for the Ministers of God, 496 Presentation of the First-born, what required concerning it under the Law, 117 Presumption, what, 286-The bad Effects of it, 287-The Cure of it, ibid.
Pride, the Folly of it, 122 Priest, or Presbyter, his Office, 387-Qualifications required in him, 388-The Church's Care to admit fit Persons, 389 -They have not the Power of Ordination, 441
Priesthood, its Dignity, 448→→ Honourable and happy Em-
ployment, 449-The Benefits of it, 450-The Sense of Mankind about it, ibid.- How esteemed among Hea- thens, 451-How before the Law, 452-How among the Jews, ibid.-Why confined by them to one Tribe, 453- Why Levi preferred, ibid.-- Exercised by honourable Per- sons, 454-How esteemed among Christians, ibid.- With what Titles honoured in the New Testament, 455 -What may be learned from the Dignity of the Priest- hood, 458
Prophecy, what, 222-When counterfeited, the Punish- ment, 223
Prophecies of the Messias, ful- filled in Christ Jesus, 235 Public Worship, how to be per- formed, 467, 469 Purification of the Blessed Vir- gin Mary, 116-The Law of it, what, 117-What it im- ports, ibid-What may be learned from this Festival, 120 Publicans,how esteemed among the Romans, 306-How among the Jews, ibid.
Religious Matters how to be debated, 264.-See Christian Religion.
Remembrance of Christ, what implied in it, 404 Repentance, what, 375-What proper to excite it, ibid.- Obligation to it, 377-The Condition of Pardon, ibid.- How men delude themselves about it, 378-The danger of it upon a death-bed, 379 Reproof, the nature of it, 274 -Obligation to it, ibid.- The difficulty, whence, 275 -How to be performed, ibid. Resolution of Amendment when firm, and how made effectual, 376
Respect to Spiritual Superiors, what, 485
Restitution necessary in order to Pardon, 377 Resurrection of Jesus, what we are to believe concerning it, 144-The Proof of it, ibid. -Why he did not appear to the Jews, 146.-Why neces- sary he should rise, ibid.—, When he rose, 147-How three days in the Grave, ibid. -An argument of our Re- surrection, 147-The Bless- edness of it to the Righteous, ibid. What we may learn from Christ's Resurrection, ibid.
Resurrection of the Body,what, 166-Why thought impossi- ble by the Heathen Philoso- phers, 167-Possible from Reason, ibid. The Objec
tion from Cannibals and Fishes eating human Bodies, answered, 168. Probable from Reason, 170-Certain from Scripture, 171-Exam- ples of it in the Old Testa.
́ment, 173-In the New, 174-Who shall rise, ibid.- How our Bodies should be changed, 175-The Influence this Belief ought to have upon us, 176
Revelation supernatural, what, 219-Possible, ibid.-Neces- sary and expedient, 220- Several Kinds, 221-Col- lected in the Scriptures, 225 -The Characters of it, 226 -What may he learned from them, 231-See Scriptures. Riches, how to be employed, 103-When eagerly desired, faulty, 309-The mischievous Effects of them, 310 Rogation Days, why so called, 420-When established, and the Piety of them, 421
Sabbath-Day, how anciently observed, 15-See Lord's Day. Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, what Preparation necessary, 471-Who absolutely unfit, 472-Unworthiness in St. Paul's Sense, and the Punish- ment, what, 473-The Danger of receiving no Argument against it, 473-The Obliga- tions to receive, 474-The End and Design of it, 475- The Consecration of it, 476 -What implied in the Re- membrance of Christ, ibid.- How often we ought to re- ceive, 477-Men of Business not to be excused, 478- How we ought to receive, 479 -Church's Care to prevent the Profanation of it, 480- Frequency does not diminish Reverence, 481-Advantages of frequent Communion, 482
Sacrifice, Christian, what, 475 -Sacrilege, what, 493-The Punishment of it, ibid. Saints, what, 342-Howaccom- modated to our Imitation, 344 Saturday, why observed by the Jews, 12
Schism, what, 497-The Na- ture of it is not altered by Laws of Toleration, 498 Scriptures, to be read by all Christians, 182-The Jews and primitive Church prac- tised it, 183-Their divine Original, 184-Their Perfec- tion and Perspicuity, 185- How to be read to the best Advantage, 469-Why men are not influenced by them, 470-See Gospel-Inspiration. Self-Denial, what, 195-How represented in Scripture, 196 Of indispensable Obliga- tion, 197-The Reasonable. ness of it, 198
Seventh Day, why observed, 12 Seventy, a distinct Order from the Apostles, 432
Sickness, how to be borne, 414 With Patience, 415 With trust in God, ibid.- With Resignation, ibid. With Thankfulness, 416- With Devotion, ibid. Simeon and Anna have our Saviour manifested to them, 119-What may be learned from it, 120
St. Simon and St. Jude, 332- What may be learned from this Festival, 336 Simony, what, 494-Why so called, ibid.-The Punish- ment of it, 495 Sincerity, as it respects God, what, 303-As it respects Man, ibid-The Method of attaining it, ibid.
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