essential to religion, 123

Authority not to be assumed, 323
how assumed, 356
of ministers, 367

Awakenings, manner of, 49

effects of, 49

-, degree of, 50
increased before deliver-

ance, 50

duration of, 57

B.

2

124

high, to be desired and che-

high, prevail in heaven, Bartlet, Phebe, her case, 97

her secret prayer, 97
finding God, 98
happiness in religion,99
concern for her friends,

100

ing, 232

should be regulated, 342
Aged persons converted, 46

381

381

400

their peculiar danger,

soon left in a revival,

Agreement in prayer, benefits of, 400
-, arrangement for,
America, millenium to begin here, 189
Animal feeling from defects in expe-
rience, 332
Apostles practiced frequent preach-
ing, 246

A priori judgment of the work, 117
wrong to judge of the works
of God, 118
Arminians exhorted to change their
principles, 379
Arminianism, progress of, 36

102

concern for sinners, 102
spirit of charity, 102
love to her minister, 104
Bible remarkably valued in the revi-
val, 78

249

241

has been a means of great evils,

not blamable for being abused,

Bitterness should not be shown to op-
posers, 374

Blessedness of joining in the work, 209
Blessings promised to charity, 406
Bodily effects of religious exercises, 126
Body affected by divine love, 75
Boldness the effect of pride, 284

successfully opposed, 36 Boston ministers, their preface, xxvi

Assuming airs of ministers, 287
Assurance enjoyed, 171

Business should sometimes give way
to religion, 344

Experiences, high, may produce spi- | Gospel should be fully preached, 238

Family worship should not be cus-Holy
tomarily neglected, 321

Fasting and prayer, for a revival, 394

-, private, recommended, 401
Faults occasioned by the novelty of
the work, 144

Fear of God, how exhibited, 286

Hutchinson, Abigail, longing to die, 93 | Judging the whole by a part, 142

distressing sickness, 94

anxiety for the uncon-

Idleness should be driven from col-
leges, 389

Imagination, impressions on, 83
Impatience and haste, evils of, 376
Impenitent, not to be needlessly of-
fended, 309

Imperfection, allowance for, 140
Impressions of the imagination, what
they are, 83
produced by a strong
sense of divine things, 83

greatly misrepresented, 84
somewhat mysterious, 85
of scripture texts, 295
danger of trusting to, 300
mixed with experiences

327
Imprudences should be freely confess-
ed, 373

Impulses, not a guide, 295

Inclinations, good, not a guide, 305
Indiscreet zeal leads to haste, 314
Inferiority of ministers and converts
made use of, 120
Information of revivals should
spread, 410

Ingratitude, cause of doubts, 81
Innovations, moderation in, 313 ·

be

Christ's manner in, 313
how to be introduced, 363
should be by common

consent, 366

others; forbidden, 349
ought to be avoided, 350
will bring down judgments if
persisted in, 350

Justice of God, convictions of, 58
submission to, 60

Legal terrors, not always followed by
the greatest comfort, 71

Life may be destroyed by religious
discoveries, 130

Light, not so much needed as heat, 234
terrible to the impenitent, 237
Lightness in religion, sign of defect-
iveness, 332

with approbation of pas-Longings of the soul after God, 63
Love to God and Christ, in great de-
grees, 75

tors, 367
Injuries confessed and repaired, 78
Inquirers should receive instruction,
238

Instruction, eagerness to receive, 76
Iustruments of revival chosen by God,

119

their imperfection, 120
Insufficiency of human efforts, 55
Irregularity, too much clamor about
it, 264

J.

Jealousy of ourselves recommended,
337

Judgments to be expected by minis-
ters who oppose, 219