ПTEVE, what the word implies, i. 41. Popery, the absurd and impious principles of it, iv. 419. Positive duties of religion, the main drift and scope of them, i. 465. Not acceptable when separate from moral goodness, 469. Possession, against a rightful claim, what, iii. 370. Powers, higher powers, the persons of princes, not laws and constitutions, iv. 134. Power of God, v. 209, &c.. Practice of Christ our guide, i. 229. Prayer, the neglect of it very dangerous, iii. 560. Prayers, morning prayer for one that is entering upon religion, i. 378. Evening prayer for the same, 382. Another evening prayer, 384. A prayer to be used at the sacrament, 386. Ă prayer for humility, 393. For repentance, 395. For perseverance, 401. Against bodily infirmities, 405. Against worldly-mindedness and distraction in religious offices, 407. For growth in grace, 411. Prayers, public prayers, who to perform them, iii. 112. Preaching, who admitted to the office, iii. 110. Presbyters, subject and subordinate to bishops, iii. 71. 89. Presbyters, have no power to ordain, iii. 74. Presence of God with us, the belief of it of very great force to regulate our lives, i. 244. ii. 8. Presumption of impenitents, the unreasonableness of it, ii. 435. Pride, the mischief of it, i. 71, &c. Pride, the unreasonableness of it, iv. 37. Priests, who they were in ancient times, ii. 359. Their office, 364. Priest, high priest, his qualifications and office, vi. 194. Priesthood, the ancient priesthood a type and figure of our Saviour, ii. 359. What it was, ibid. Princes, their duty, iii. 61. Princes, character of the English princes from queen Elizabeth to king James the Second, iv. 145, &c. Principles, false principles hard to be expunged, i. 26. Profession, visible profession of religion an unquestionable duty, iv. 284. Promises, when lawful and possible, must be performed, i. 140. Prophecies and oracles, ii. 79. To prophesy, what it signifies, ii. 334. Prophecies, several ancient prophecies not yet accomplished, iv. 191. Prophecy, spirit of prophecy, when and why ceased, iv. 200. Prosperity, wherein it consists, ii. 95. Providence of God, the belief of it necessary, ii. 1. 112. Providence, wherein it consists, ii. 3. Providence, proof of it, ii. 35. Objections against it answered, 83, v. 261, &c. Providence, goodness of divine providence, v. 225. 250. Instances of it, 250, &c. Prudence, the groundwork of all other virtues, i. 45. Pulpits, what designed for, iv. 56. Punishments, the end of God's punishments, iv. 493. v. 219. Pythagoreans, their laudable custom, i. 308. Reason, the noblest principle of human nature, i. 44. Reason, stupified with sense and sensual pleasures, i. 175. Reason, perfect reason, what it is, i. 435. Reason, for what end implanted in us, iii. 539. Rebellion, religion the usual sham of rebellion and faction, iv. 109. 347. Rebellion, the most effectual way to draw down vengeance, iv. 123. Recreations, must not take up too much of our time, i. 263. Reformation, not to be attempted by faction and rebellion, iv. 96. i. 95. Religion, the necessity of believing the truth of the Christian religion, i. 183. Religion, no enemy to innocent mirth and conversation, i. 268. Religion, the practice of it consistent with all other necessary occasions, i. 293. Religion, what are the main and principal parts of it, i. 461. Religion, the great design or end of it, i. 464. iii. 614. iv. 318. Religion, what it is, i. 489. v. 29. 45. Derivation of the word, i. 490. Religion, an enemy to lying and rebellion, iv. 96. Religion, the advantages of it to society, v. 257. Remission of sins, explanation of this article of our creed, iii. 141, &c. Conditions of it, 146. Repentance, the unreasonableness of delaying it, i. 207. The danger of deferring it, 209. Difficulties of it, how to be conquered, 213, &c. Repentance, the danger and folly of delaying it, iv. 183, &c. vi. 84, &c. Repentance; national repentance, an effectual way to prevent its ruin, iv. 361, &c. Motives to public repentance, 378, &c. Repentance, the most reasonable action sinful creatures can perform, iv. 363. Best reparation we can make for past sins, 366. The condition of our reconciliation with God, 367. Repentance, wherein it consists, iv. 389. Repentance, what those fruits are that are meet for repentance, iv. 392, &c. Motives to repentance, 422. Repentance, the danger of putting off our repentance, when God gives us space to repent, iv. 457, &c. The absurdity of it, 467. The danger of it, 475, &c. Repentance doth not alter the nature of sin, v. 91. 326. Reproof and admonition to be managed with a great deal of caution, iii. 427. Reputation, stained and blemished by vice, iii. 527. Resistance against lawful authority, a complication of villainies, iv. 116. Resolution, an instrument of religion, iii. 506. Why good resolutions so often prove ineffectual, 508. Resolution of a deathbed penitent extremely suspicious, iv. 442, &c. Resolution, v. 46. Resolution to obey God, 48. Wherein the goodness of our resolution consists, 53. Resurrection, the certainty of it proved, iii. 171. Objections against it answered, 173, &c. The same numerical body shall be raised, 180. The manner how, ibid. &c. The changes that shall be made of the bodies of good men at the resurrection, 189, &c. and of the bodies of bad men, 198, &c. Resurrection of our Saviour, a miraculous testimony of the truth of his religion, iii. 269. Truth and reality of it proved, 270. Resurrection of Christ, what it proves, ii. 276. Rewards, natural rewards and punishments entailed upon our good and bad actions, i. 451. Rewards and punishments, the belief of them necessary, ii. 114. Rewards, future rewards and punishments proved, ii. 124, &c. iii. 567, &c. Rewards, why termed everlasting life, v. 346. Rewards, how vast they are in respect of the consideration on which they are proposed, v. 365. Righteous man, his character, v. 40. Not free from imperfections, 43. What constitutes us righteous men in the judgment of the gospel, 44, &c. Righteousness of Christ, not imputable, iii. 604. 617. Righteousness, different expositions on the word, v. 442. Why God so much delights in it, 445. Indications of his delighting in it, 454. Right, what is the natural right of every man, i. 139. Rites of Moses, the intention of them, i. 457. 467. Some of them instituted in opposition to the rites of the eastern heathens, 466. ii. 489. Rites of Moses contained mystical significations, i. 467. vi. 188. Rome, the antichristian tyranny of the church of Rome, iv. 43. Sacrament, receiving the sacrament a solemn dedication of ourselves to God, i. 204. Sacrament, holy sacrament to be frequented, i. 277. iii. 519. iv. 313. Sacrament, a federal rite, i. 279. A great restraint to sin, ibid. True reason why men neglect it, when they pretend unworthiness for their excuse, ibid. iii. 518. Sacrament, how often formerly received in the eastern and western churches, i. 281. The neglect of it a cause and symptom of the decay of piety, iii. 515. Sacrifice of Christ, v. 103. 288. Sacrifices of the Jews, by whom killed, ii. 365. The end and design of them, 366. Ceremonies and prayers used at them, 368. 394. Typical representation of our Saviour's death, 371. Sacrifices, conditions of an expiatory sacrifice, ii. 375. Sacrifices, propitiatory, what requisite to complete them, v. 288. Sacrifices of Moloch, see Moloch. Sacrifices, human sacrifices, when and why offered among the heathens, v. 335, 336. Saints in heaven, great philosophers, i. 18. Saints and angels, how enjoyed by us, v. 25. Salutation of the Jews and Greeks, v. 89. Sanctification, wherein it consists, ii. 317. Sanctification of the Holy Spirit, 318. Satisfaction of Christ, ineffectual without repentance, i. 191. iv. 408. Schismatics, who, i. 321. Schism in the church, the same as faction in the state, i. 321. Schisms, naturally sour men's tempers, i. 330. Lead to hypocrisy, 331. Tend to irreligion, 333. 527. Schools of the prophets, what they were, ii. 351. Scripture, how the obscure passages of it are to be expounded, ii. 219. Scriptures, the clearness of the scriptures proved, vi. 287. Objections of the church of Rome answered, 298. People obliged to read the scriptures, 313. Objections of the church of Rome against it answered, 332. 339. Self-confidence, i. 305. Selfishness, intermixed with the beneficence of the most noble benefactors, iv. 273. Self-denial, v. 5. Necessity of it, 17, &c. Self-love, v. 4. Selves, what the word in scripture many times denotes, v. 4. Separation, reasons for our separation from the church of Rome, i. 319. Vastly different from the separation of private members from their own particular churches, 320. Separation from the communion of the church, a very great and dangerous sin, i. 329. Servants, their duty, iii. 361. Severities of body no expiations of our sins, iv. 289. Siberia, a place of banishment for malefactors, iv. 266. Sick, our duty to sick persons, iii. 440. Sinai, the appearance at mount Sinai, what, vi. 167. Why so dreadful, 171. Sin, the miseries and inconveniences it brings men into, iii. 524. Sin, the great evil of it, v. 339. Sins of infirmity, v. 53. 65. 72. 418. Sins of wilfulness, 67. 73 82. Difference between sins of weakness and sins of wilfulness, 74. Sinners, their inexcusableness, iii. 563. vi. 31. 223. Their folly, iii. 608. Slander, the injustice of it, i. 140. iii. 341. Slaves, why generally cowards, iv. 61. Society, the necessity of it to mankind, i. 128. The end of it, 130. ii. 340. Society, Christian society, the main end of it, iv. 33. Society of heaven, most delightful, v. 358. Socinians, confutation of their heresy, ii. 267. Socinians, their doctrine, v. 279. Soldiers, their duty, iv. 78. Son, only begotten Son, the import of the phrase, v. 276. Sovereigns, lawful sovereigns derive their authority from God, ii. 24. iv. 136. Exalted above all control and resistance, ii. 24. Supreme under God, and have no superior tribunal but God's to account to, ii. 26. iii. 48. 351. Soul, the worth and excellency of it, iii. 432. vi. 1, &c. What meant by losing the soul, 35. The damages the soul is liable to in the other world, 36. Soul, state of the soul after death, v. 354. Soul, the danger of it, vi. 51. Souls, the abode of good and bad souls till the resurrection, i. 341. iii. 29. 157. Speculations, curious speculations to be avoided, ii. 358. Spira, Francis Spira, his case, iii. 43. vi. 39. Spirit, the necessity of the Holy Spirit's assistance, iii. 553. The necessity of our concurring with the Holy Spirit, 555. The aids and assistances of the Holy Spirit, v. 113. 196. 312. 472. Holy Spirit, see Holy Ghost. Spirits, evil spirits, what they do, iii. 32, &c. Spirits, damned spirits, torment one another, i. 133. Spirits, opinions about the abode of wicked spirits till the resur rection, vi. 43. Subjects, their duty, iv. 127, &c. Submission to the will of God, iv. 486. v. 1. 271. 404. Sufferings of our Saviour, of how great value, ii. 386. Sun, an argument of the divine goodness, v. 232. Sunday, see Lord's day. Superiors, trustees for the public good, i. 154. noured, 158. Their duty, 159. Superstition, by what means occasioned, iv. 287. How to be ho Supper, Lord's supper, a confirmation of the new covenant, ii. 406. Lord's supper, see Sacrament. Sympathy, what, iii. 481. v. 456. An objection against it answered, iii. 483. Temper and disposition not altered by death, i. 36. iii. 591. iv. 329. |