PREFACE, p. vii—“ HUTE KAяvos,” [Like smoke.]
TABLE OF CONTENTS, p. xii.
The Sermon numbered *LVIII, ought to be LIX. With this correction, the true aggregate number of Sermons in the two volumes will now be found to be CXLI. SERMON IV, p. 41.
Non persuadebis, etiamsi persuaseris: [Thou shalt not persuade me, though thou shouldst persuade me.]
SERMON XIII, p. 110. Ipso facto, [By the act itself.]
Esse quoque in fatis reminiscitur, affore tempus,
Quo mare, quo tellus, correptaque regia cali
Ardeat, et mundi moles operosa laboret.
[It is remembered also to be fated that a time will be, when the sea, the land, and the court of heaven, wrapt in flames, shall burn, and the mighty fabric of the universe shall labour.]
SERMON XX.--The Lord Oúr Righteousness.
[This Sermon, and the concessions made to Mr. Whitefield in 1743, with the hope of maintaining union with him, are instances of Mr. Wesley's anxiety to approach his Calvinistic brethren, in his modes of expression, as far as possible. In this effort he sometimes exposed himself to be misunderstood on both sides; and became afterward convinced of "a leaning to Calvinism," which he did not fail to correct. In the Minutes of 1770, he remarks:-"We said in 1744, 'We have leaned too much toward Calvinism" and then proceeds to show "wherein," and to apply the corrective. This led on to the controversy which produced the immortal Checks of Fletcher. Since that period, (so complete has been the effect of those admirable writings,) the Methodist preachers and societies have been in no danger of Calvinism; nor has there been any occasion since the Conference of 1770, to ask wherein they had leaned too much thereto.-See Watson's Life of Wesley, pp. 210-226.]
SERMON XXVIII, p. 263.
Linquenda tellus, et domus, et placens
Uxor: nec harum quas seris arborum
Te, præter invisam cupressum,
Ulla brevem dominum sequetur!
[Your land, and house, and pleasing wife, must be left behind; nor of these trees which you plant, will any, except the hated cypress, follow you, their short-lived lord!]
SERMON XXXVII, p. 330. Evoraopos, [Enthusiasm.]
Quæritur, Egysthus quare sit factus adulter?
In promptu causa est: desidiosus erat.
[Is it asked why Egysthus became an adulterer? The cause is obvious: he was slothful.]
VOLUME II.
SERMON LXXIX, p. 157.
Mens agitans molem, et magno se corpore miscens:
[The Soul that pervades and actuates the whole fabric of the universe.]
Mens agitans molem, et magno se corpore miscens :
[For a translation see the preceding note.]
SERMON LXXXIV, p. 194.
Nec me, qui cætera vincit
Impetus, et rapido contrarius evehor orbi.
[I am carried on against the rapid current of the world; nor does its force, which conquers others, conquer me.]
SERMON LXXXIX, p. 226.
Virum volitare per ora. [To be in every body's mouth.]
SERMON XCII, p. 250.
Populus me sibilat, at mihi plaudo
Ipse domi quoties nummos contemplor in arcâ.
[The people hiss me, but I applaud myself while at home I gaze upon my hoarded money.]
SERMON XCIII, p. 260.
Eutrapelus, cuicunque nocere volebat,
Vestimenta dabat pretiosa.
[Eutrapelus, whenever he wished to injure any one, made him a present of a suit of fine clothes.]
Homo sum: humani nihil a me alienum puto!
I am a man: I take an interest in whatever relates to man.]
Qualia nunc hominum producit corpora tellus.
[Men of such stature as the earth now produces.]
Difficilis, querulus, laudator temporis acti
Se puero, censor, castigatorque minorum.
[Hard to please, querulous, praising the time when they were boys, and censorious reprovers of the young.]
Multa diu concreta modis inolescere miris.
Ergo exercentur penis.
Alia panduntur inanes
Suspensa ad ventos: aliis sub gurgite vasto
Infectum eluitur scelus, aut exuritur igni.
[Of necessity, many long accumulated crimes wonderfully adhere [to the souls of the wicked.] Hence they are plied with expiatory tortures.
Some are hung up to the subtile winds. From others the deep dyed guilt is washed away under a vast whirlpool, or is burnt out by fire.]
SERMON CXXIV.-On the Wedding Garment.
[In Mr. Wesley's Journal for March, 1790, he says, “ Friday, 26.—I finished my sermon on the Wedding Garment; perhaps the last that I shall write. My eyes are now waxed dim; my natural force is abated. However, while I can, I would fain do a little for God before I drop into the dust."]
The Roman numerals refer to the volumes; the Arabic figures to the pages.
Ability of the Lord to save his people | Angels, the existence of, discovered by
from all sin, i, 122
Abstinence, what, i, 246
Abyssinia, state of, in regard to religion,
ii, 436
Account, which every one must render
to God, i, 453
Actions of men, none of them purely in-
different, i, 456
Adam, the representative of all men, i,
46 sentence of God upon, ii, 33
Adamic Perfection, what, ii, 168
Addison, quotation from, ii, 232, 346,
i, 418
Adoption, Spirit of, described, i, 81
Adrian, the emperor, address of, to his
soul, ii, 131, 425
Advice proper to be given to an awaken-
ed person, i, 145
Affliction, advantages of, ii, 481-the
voice of God, ii, 525
Africans, wretched state of the, ii, 122
Ayarn, explained, ii, 280
Ayadosnya, explained, i, 266
Age, the effects of, ii, 35
Aged people, duty of, to avoid public
versions, ii, 529
Αγιον, το, what, i, 283
Ayvn, explained, i, 310
faith, ii, 407-the nature of, ii, 134,
140-address to the, ii, 490
Angelic Perfection, what, ii, 168
Anger, a disease of human nature, ii,
310-the sin of indulging, i, 189—sin-
ful, a cause of spiritual darkness, i,
411-inconsistent with Christian zeal,
ii, 291-engendered by gay apparel,
ii, 260
Animals, creation of, ii, 23
Animals, our ignorance of many of the,
ii, 120
Animated Nature, future state of, ii, 86
Annesley, Dr., quotation from, ii, 381
Antinomianism, what, i, 176, 225-in the
primitive Church, ii, 61-practical,
not uncommon, i, 321
AvonTous, explained, ii, 251
Av0owTivos, explained, ii, 213
Apathy, not Christian meekness, i, 188
Aravyaopa, explained, i, 210, 309
Apostates, misery of, i, 214-possibility
of their finding mercy, ii, 247
Apparel, costly, to be avoided, ii, 259
di-Arians, deny the imputation of Christ's
righteousness, i, 174-know Christ
after the flesh, ii, 442
Armour of God, what, ii, 146
Arrogance, to be avoided, ii, 346
Artificers, guided by reason, ii, 128
Assembly's Catechism, quoted, ii, 430
Assizes, description of an, i, 126
Astronomers, contradictory calculations
of, ii, 118
Αγωνίζεσθε εισελθειν, explained, i, 290
Air, original state of the, ii, 27-our ig-
norance of its nature, ii, 119-state of,
in the new earth, ii, 84
AlaZovela, what, ii, 188, 252
, explained, i, 238
Almost Christian, the, described, i, 20
Alms, to be given with a pure intention,
i, 233
American Indians, state of the, ii, 122
American war, misery of the people,
during the, i, 517
Ananias and Sapphira, the case of, ii, 60
Ancient writers, prejudices in favour of,
ii, 358
Ανετράφημεν, explained, i, 103
Angel, no proof that one attends every
man, ii, 142
Athanasian Creed, remarks upon the, ii,
21
Atheism, described, i, 483-a disease of
human nature, ii, 309, 474-inculcated
under various names, ii, 433-
tical, produced by riches, ii, 398
A0ɛot, who, i. 394; ii, 192
Atheists, account of two, ii, 483
Atmosphere, original state of the, ii, 28
Atonement, cannot be made by the sin
ner, i, 182
Atterbury, Bishop, anecdote of, ii, 278
Attributes. of God, described, ii, 429-
destroyed by the doctrine of absolute
predestination, i, 488
Augustine, character of, ii, 110-quoted,
ii, 77, 107, 238, 366
Auto da Fés, account of, by Dr. Geddes,
ii, 286
Awakened Sinner, described, i, 78
Babe in Christ, experience of a, ii, 221
Babes in Christ, who, ii, 410-free from
the power of sin, i, 359
Backbiting, what, i, 433
Backsliders, despair of many, ii, 239—
may be restoreu, ii, 247
Balaam, address of, to Balak, ii, 378
Baptism, not the new birth, i, 404—
grace of, often lost, i, 161, 406-does
not supersede the necessity of the new
birth, i, 160
Barclay, Robert, denied the imputation
of Christ's righteousness, i, 175
Barnabas, contention of, with Paul, i,
165, 195; ii, 281
Baronet, a rich, annoyed by a puff of
smoke, ii, 257, 400
Βαττολογήσετε, explained, i, 235
Baxter, striking quotation from, ii, 89-
mistake of, corrected, ii, 295
Beggar, affecting case of a, ii, 419
Beggars, common, the question of re-
lieving, ii, 419
Behmen, Jacob, strange conceit of, ii, 85
Believing the Gospel, explained and en-
forced, i, 67
Believers, in Christ Jesus, who, i, 68
Beliarmine, dying saying of, i, 172
Beneficence, a source of enjoyment, ii,
230-recommended, ii, 452
Bengelius, calculation of, referred to, i,
491-his doubts respecting 1 John v,
7, ii, 21
Bentley, Dr., haughtiness of, ii, 346
Bereans, blessing of God upon the, in
searching the Scriptures, i, 141
Bible, various editions of the English,
mentioned, ii, 280
Bigotry, defined, i, 345-the evil of, i,
345
Birds, creation of, ii, 29—our ignorance
of, in several respects, ii, 120
Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, what,
ii, 245
Blasphemy of complaining that the terms
of the Christian covenant are too se-
vere, i, 153
Blessedness of those that hunger and
thirst after righteousness, i, 192
Boarding Schools, ev.ls of, ii, 306
Body, human, description of the. ii, 402
-entrusted to men by God, i, 450—
influence of, upon the soul, ii, 34-not
the seat of sin, ii, 172-imperfections
of, ii, 479-the four elements com-
bined in the, ii, 402-a source of tempt-
ation, ii, 214, 480-difference between
a mortal and a glorified, ii, 510-our
gnorance of many things relating to
our, ii, 120-not to be transparent, ii,
85
Bodily disorders, a cause of spiritual
heaviness, 1, 4:20
Bondage, spirit of, described, i, 78
Born of God, in what sense he that is,
sinneth not, i, 16
Brerewood, Mr., his calculations respect-
ing the state of the world, ii, 74, 436,
Breathing, described, ii, 402
| Broad way, what, i, 287
Brute Creation, original state of the, ii,
50
Brutes, subjected to vanity, ii, 53—fu
ture state of, ii, 54-conjecture con
cerning, ii, 55
Building upon a rock, i, 301-upon the
sand, what, i, 299
Bull, Bishop, erroneous doctrines of, ii,
493
Burkitt, Mr., mistake of, ii, 456
Bunyan, John, inconsistency of, ii, 176
Burlomachi, Mons., treatise of, censured,
ii, 433
Business, best way of transacting, ii, 269
Calvin, quoted respecting the imputa-
tion of Christ's righteousness, i, 173—
did not separate from the church, ii,
374-burned Servetus alive, ii, 21
Calvinists, prove that opinion is not re-
ligion, ii, 20
Campbell, Mr., opinion of, refuted, ii,
467
Cards, remarks upon playing at, ii, 272
Care, anxious, forbidden, i, 273
Cuses of Conscience, solved by the help
of reason, ii, 129
Catholic Spirit, defined, i, 354-illustra
trated, i, 347-distinguished from La-
titudinarianism, and indifference to
congregations, i, 353
Catacombs of Rome, mentioned, ii, 358
Ceremonies, not true religion, i, 61
Chadsey, Eliz., case of, ii, 216
Characters of all men will be unfolded in
the day of judgment, i, 129
Xapaktno, explained, i, 210
Charles XII., death of, ii, 463
Charity, properties of, i, 193-the exer-
cise of, a consequence of the fall, ii,
46
Chesterfield, Lord, infamous principles
of, ii, 345, 477
Children, the souls of, to be cared for, ii,
302-how to be instructed, ii, 304, 431
-right management of, ii, 310-pro-
per food of, ii, 314-obedience due
from, to their parents, ii, 317-re-
marks upon the dress of, ii, 321-the
bequeathment of property to, i, 446
China, the empire of, ii, 364
Χρησευεται, explained, i, 193
Christ, the person of, ii, 533—the true
God, ii, 178-the Creator and Pre-
server of all things, ii, 178-eternal
life, ii, 180-condescension of, ii, 234
Christian, a, altogether, i, 23-character
of a, described, ii, 390
Christian's joy, ground of, i, 105
Christian Perfection, what, ii, 168.
Perfection
Christian world, state of the, ii, 75
Christian Church, state of, in different
ages, ii, 109, 360
Christian Revelation, overthrown by the
doctrine of absolute predestination, i,
486
Christians, character of real, ii, 423, 434
-two orders of, from the beginning,
ii, 267--real, the special care of divine
Providence, ii, 104-character of, in
Jerusalem, ii, 59-in the Turkish do-
minions, character of, ii, 75—profess-
ed, wicked lives of, ii, 65
Christianity, in its native form, i, 209-
essentially a social religion, i, 211–
difference between, and heathenisin,
i, 397-different from morality, ii, 485
-causes of the inefficacy of, ii, 435-
existing in individuals, i, 34-spread-
ing from one to another, i, 37-cover-
ing the earth, i, 39
Church, peculiar meaning of the term,
i, 438--the ambiguity of the term, ii,
154-who constitute the true, ii, 155,
156-unity of, ii, 156-why denomi-
nated holy, ii, 160-state of, in the
earliest ages, ii, 60, 371-state of, in
modern ages, ii, 64-glory of, in the
latter day, ii, 81
ii, 364-heat of, when returning from
the sun, i, 132
Comfort, promised to Christian mourn-
ers, i, 186
Comparative Divinity, beautiful view
of, ii, 289, 292
Communion, duty of constant, ii, 350
Commandments, guilt and doom of those
who teach men to break them, i, 224
Commutation of duties, not allowed by
God, i, 190
Compliments, the term censured, ii, 278
Concupiscence, what, ii, 432
Condemnation, believers free from, i, 70
Condition of Justification, what, i, 50
Conference, debate in the, on leaving the
Church, ii, 369
Conformity to the world, what, ii, 258
Conscience, defined, i, 101; ii, 377, 479
-several sorts of, ii, 380-rule of, i,
102-good, the same as a conscience
void of offence, i, 102
Constantine, injury done to Christianity
by, ii, 63, 266, 361
Contemplation, holy, not the whole of
religious worship, i, 218
Contempt of inferiors, produced by
riches, ii, 400
Contests about religion, described, i, 169
Conventice Act, put in force against the
Methodists, ii, 393
Convents, origin of, ii, 374
Conversation, uncharitable, Christians
guilty of, i, 119
Conversation, advice respecting, ii, 200
Conviction of sin, described, i, 78; ii,
483-produced by the law, i, 312–
manner in which it is generally pro-
duced, i, 145-why often ineffectual,
i, 431
the power of, ii, 284
Conviction, of demerit and helplessness
in believers, i, 125
Correction, necessity of, in regard to
children, ii, 303
Church of England, what, ii, 157- -re-Convincing speech, singular instance of
marks on attending the service of, ii,
368-several of the members of, know
nothing of the imputation of Christ's
righteousness, i, 175-attachment of
the first Methodists to, i, 496
Church of Rome, idolatry of, ii, 185
Cicero, remarkable saying of, ii, 68-
quoted, on Providence, ii, 99
Clarendon, Lord, refusal of, to employ
spies, i, 519
Clarke, Dr. Adam, his account of one of
Mr. Wesley's Sermons, ii, 491
Clergy, the character of, in different
ages, ii, 370-ungodly, ministry of, ii,
372
Clergyman, wicked folly of a, ii, 449
Circumcision of the heart, defined, i,
148
Circumstances which will precede and
follow the general judgment, i, 126
Collier at Kingswood, remarkable ac-
count of a, ii, 244
Comets, our ignorance of their nature,
ii, 28, 118-matter pervaded by the,
Corrupting the word of God, means of,
ii, 503
Corruption of the heart, described, i, 64
Courteousness, enforced, ii, 348
Covenant of works, what, i, 56
Covenant of Grace, difference between,
and the covenant of works, i, 56
Covetousness, described, ii, 490—in the
heart of a believer, i, 118
Cowley, quoted, ii, 261, 482
Creation, the work of Christ, ii, 178-
original state of the, ii, 25
Cross, taking up the, what, i, 429-ne-
cessity of, 1, 430
Cudworth, William, separation of, from
Mr. Whitefield, i, 497
Cure of evil speaking, what, i, 435
Custom, the Pharisees not governed by,
i, 227
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