Nebuchadnezzar's image, the story of,
improved, iv, 259, 260-dream, iv,
239
Necessity, Calvinistic, what, ii, 184, 185
-defined, ii, 187, 188--natural, what,
moral, what, ii, 190-Calvinian, illus.
trated, ii, 319-the pedigree of, ii, 369
-makes God the author of all sin,
ii, 369, 378-philosophical, Mr. Top-
lady's view of, ii, 376, 383-contrary
to genuine philosophy, ii, 377-over.
throws conscience, ii, 377, 378-robs
man of self activity and self motion,
ii, 378-contrary to Scripture and
common sense, ii, 379-represents a
future judgment as a hypocritical act,
ii, 380-places matter above spirit,
ii, 380, 381-makes human souls re-
ceive all their moral excellency and
depravity from the contexture of the
brain, ii, 381, 382-keys to open
the scriptures by which Mr. T. sup.
ports his scheme of, ii, 386-402-
natural, not to be confounded with
moral, ii, 393, 394-absolute, differs
from prophetic certainty, ii, 394-397
-not to be inferred from forced meta-
phors, ii, 389, 390-nor from the word
shall in Scripture, ii, 390, 391-not
needful to accomplish God's purposes,
ii, 402-different kinds of, ii, 171,
172, 406-absolute, the error of Spi.

a

Oath of God, what, i, 561
Obedience of faith essential to eternal
life, i, 370, 371-sincere, how a con-
dition of eternal life, i, 373–383—
oddly termed by Mr. Berridge "
Jack o'lantern," i, 379-distinguishes
believers from others, i, 502, 506—
Olivers, Mr. Thomas, on the Hebrews,
the importance of, i, 254-258
recommended, ii, 156

Omar, the leader of a Mohammedan
sect, ii, 273
Omniscience ascribed to Christ, iii, 437
Omega, see" Alpha."
Omnipresence ascribed to Christ, iii,
438

"Ordained to eternal life," the import
of, ii, 77, 78—" of old," &c, Jude 4,
Ordination of sin, charged by Calvin
explained, note, ii, 104
Origen, an advocate for free will, ii, 201
upon God, ii, 199
-his fine apostrophe, iii, 170—re-
Orpheus, a quotation from, iv, 234
ferred to, iii, 442
Ostervald, Mons., concerning lukewarm
ministers, iii, 82-concerning false
apostles, iii, 83, 84-an excellent
Outlines of thirty sermons, iv, 191-221
quotation from, iii, 108
Owen, Dr., asserts justification by works
in the day of judgment, i, 223, 224,

379

226

Pascal, iv, 14-a remarkable saying of,
iv, 33, 351

Patriarchs expected a Divine Messiah,
iii, 507, 518

Paul, a persecutor, iii, 11, 12-his Chris
tian piety and union with Christ, iii,
13-18-his vocation to the ministry,
iii, 19-his devotion to Christ, and
spiritual armour, iii,23-25-his power
to bind and loose, iii, 26-his zeal and
diligence, iii, 28-30-his fidelity and
humility, iii, 31, 32-readily acknow-
ledged and repaired his errors, iii, 35

detested party spirit, and divisions,
iii, 36-loved all, and especially the
faithful, iii, 40-43-his charity to-
ward the poor and sinners, iii, 44-46

his engaging condescension, iii, 48
-his courage and prudence, iii, 50-
53-his tenderness to others, and se-
verity to himself, iii, 53, 54-his dis-
interestedness, iii, 58-labours with
his own hands, iii, 59-the ardour of
his love, fears, and consolations, iii,
64-66-the grand subject of his glory-
ing, iii, 67-his fortitude under the
severest trials, iii, 68, 69-consoles
his persecuted brethren, iii, 70–72—
ready to seal the truth with his blood,
iii, 76-his triumph over the terror
of death-iii, 78, 79-his virtues not
inimitable, iii, 87, 89-his extraordi-
nary conversion, iii, 452, 453-esta
blishes the doctrine of our Lord's di-
vinity, iii, 420-425, 555-560, 563
Peace and brotherly love, how obtained,
ii, 350-357

Pearson, Bishop, on the creed, quoted

and referred to, iii, 418, 419, 420, 431-
433, 448, 449, 458, 476-481, 486, 487,
489-491, 494-what he says of the
priority of the Father to the Son, iii,
486, 487

Pelagianism, the tendency of, ii, 278,

279,314 destroys the throne of God's
partial grace, ii, 322-the errors of,
what, ii, 270

Pelagians, their errors respecting in-
fants, note, iii, 232-the principles
of, ii, 218, 219

Pelagius, his writings destroyed, ii, 269
-how he preached free will, ii, 272—
wherein right and wherein wrong,
ii, 606, 607

Penitents, cautions proper for, iii, 350
-an address to, i, 567-570
Pentecostal Church, what, iv, 351
Perfection, Christian, what, i, 270, 271,
381, 382-founded on the Christian
dispensation, i, 589-the proper im.
port of the word, note, ii, 492-sin-
less, remarks on, ii, 493-495-Chris-
tian, Mr. Henry and Bishop Hopkins

quoted, ii, 496-what Archbishop
Leighton says of, ii, 496-498-why
not enforced by pious Calvinists, ii,
498-500-objections to it answered,
ii, 501-506-not contrary to the
articles of the Church, ii, 506-509-
the Church of England holds it forth
in her daily services, &c, ii, 509-515
-St. Peter and James contend for it,
ii, 517-521-St. Paul professed to have
attained it, ii, 521, 522—absolute,
what, ii, 522-Christian, absurd to
adduce Solomon, &c, to disprove, ii,
560-564-the different sorts and de-
grees of, ii, 523-526-how taught by
St. John in his epistles, ii, 554-559-
not to be deferred till death, ii, 567,
570-does not supersede the blood of
Christ, ii, 573-575-three kinds of,
ii, 579-why those who desire it do
not obtain it, ii, 585-not a popish
doctrine, ii, 593, 602-law of, given
to the Jews that they might obey it,
ii, 594-law of, not the anti-mediato-
rial law of paradisiacal perfection, ii,
595-personal, inculcated by Christ
and his apostles, ii, 595-601-humili-
ty an essential part of, ii, 611-616-
in ourselves, but not of ourselves, ii,
641-643-often eclipsed by confound-
ing what God has distinguished, ii, 606
-exalts the adorable trinity, ii, 618—
the advantages of pressing toward it,
ii, 619-623-should be strongly urged
by preachers, note, ii, 624-prayed
for by Christ, John xvii, ii, 630, 631
-how far instantaneous, and how far
gradual, ii, 633, 647-the importance
of understanding the precepts and
promises on which it is founded, ii,
634-the way to attain it, ii, 627–638
-encouragement to seek it, ii, 653,
654-how Paul followed after, ii,
667-the danger of falling from,
ii, 658, 659-queries for those who
deny it, ii, 629

Perfections of God in harmony with
each other, ii, 462
Perfect, in what sense St. Paul was not,
ii, 527, 528-Christian, St. Paul's
portrait of a, ii, 547-549-Christians,
their advantages above those sold un-
der sin, ii, 624, 625-Christians, an
address to, ii, 657

Perronet, Mr. Wm., short account of,
iv, 390-letters to, iv, 394-406-his
relatives at Berne, iv, 391, 393-his
illness, iv, 402, 405, 406—his death,
iv, 408

Perseverance, the conditionality of, con-
ceded by Mr. Berridge, i, 388-390-
on what it depends, ii, 137-158-must
close the Christian race, ii, 158

Person, why adopted to distinguish the
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, iii,
210

Peter's faith failed, how, ii, 151
Peter, St., the epistles of, overturn So-
cinianism, iii, 596-598-proves the
divinity of Christ, iii, 519, 544, 545,
596-598

Pharisaism, its hurtful influence in the
Church, i, 442, 475-what, ii, 134—
subverts the first Gospel axiom, ii,
250-Jewish, what, ii, 267
Pharisees, Christian, who, ii, 611
Pharaoh fitted by himself for destruc-
tion, ii, 93-how raised to make
God's power known, ii, 93
Phenomenon, dreadful, in Shropshire,
described, iv, 57-66-the causes of,
iv, 64-improved in a sermon, iv, 67
Philemon asserts the divinity of Christ,
iii, 588

Philippians, epistle to, establishes the
doctrine of our Lord's divinity, iii,
577-579

Philo, the Jew, what he said of the
word of God, iii, 419
Philosophers, modern, some have given
up the immortality of the soul, iii,
391-addressed, iv, 223, 224-Chris-
tian, eulogy on, iv, 14-gainsaying,
how to resist, iii, 189-192
Piety essential to the office of the
ministry, iii, 12, 13

Planets, reflections on the, iii, 443
Pleasure, four sorts of, how to be de-
nied, iv, 250

Pliny, his testimony concerning the
first Christians, iii, 217-his letters
to Trajan the emperor, respecting the
primitive Christians, iv, 225-his let-
ter to Trajan, note, iii, 314
Plutarch, a quotation from, on inspira-
tion, iv, 235

Polemical Essay, why so called, ii, 487
Polycarp, an anti-Calvinist, ii, 223
Polytheism, see "Tritheists."

Poole, Matthew, his Synopsis quoted,
ii, 123

Pope of Rome, signified by the horn
mentioned by Daniel, iv, 240-a re-
mark on the increase of his power,
iv, 240

Portrait of St. Paul, the design of,
iii, 8

Power, the origin of, iv, 461, 520
Praise, God worthy of, for his good-
ness, ii, 196-199-how rejected by
the faithful minister, iii, 38-40
Prayer and praise imply every other act
of Divine worship, iii, 472-the dif.
ference between Pagans and modern
philosophers concerning, iv, 237,
238

Prayers of Christ, how offered for the
finally impenitent, i, 412, 413-when
acceptable to God, iv, 331
Praxeas, referred to, iii, 393
Preaching, modern method of, cen.
sured, iii, 105, 106-without preme-
ditation, censured, iii, 107
Predestination, Scriptural, what, i, 249,
250-to sin and death, the doctrine
of Calvinism, ii, 425, 426
Prescience, Divine, the Arminian no.
tion of, ii, 462-466
Preterition, what, ii, 442
Pride feeds on the praises it procures,
iii, 288

Priestley, Dr., the views of, concerning
the account given by the prophets,
of the Messiah, disproved, iii, 501-
505-in effect, represents the apostles
as destitute of common sense, iii,
556-573-the inconsistency of, iii,
393, 394, 402-confronted with St.
Paul, iii, 555-560-asserts the doc-
trine of the trinity and of our Lord's
divinity, to be irrational, and to have
no foundation either in the Old or
New Testament, iii, 579, 580-his
emblematical frontispiece referred to,
iii, 388, 389-destroys the foundation
of Christianity, by rejecting the doc-
trine of the trinity, iii, 395-his in-
consistency in citing Tertullian, iii,
393-397-the inconsistency and un-
reasonableness of his conduct, iii,
402-405, 469, 470-charges St. Paul
with reasoning inconclusively, iii,
399-how he attacks the doctrine of
the trinity, iii, 405, 406-his History
of the Corruptions of Christianity,
quoted, iii, 466—his judgment of
Bishop Horsley's writings, iii, 502—
his reasons for recurring to the testi-
mony of the fathers rather than to
that of the Holy Scriptures, iii, 502,
503-his erroneous opinions in philo.
sophy and divinity, iii, 503-505-his
remarkable declaration, iii, 546—
what he says of the Arians and Trini-
tarians, iii, 550

Principles, three, in all who are regene-
rated, iv, 230-232

Prince of life, how he died, iv, 224
Priority of the Father to the Son, iii,
485-487

Privileges under the Gospel greater than
those under the law, ii, 559, 560
Promise of the Father, what, ii, 630
Promises, three grand, what, iii, 166-

169-three original, recorded by Mo-
ses, in proof of Christ's divinity, iii,
514-518

Property not absolutely our own, iv,
500

Prophecies, a letter on the, iv, 238-219

of Christ, the accomplishment of,
a proof of his Divine mission, iv, 227
Prophets, the testimony of the, borne
to the Godhead of Christ, iii, 530-
532

Prosper, concerning fate, ii, 205
Protest, the author's, against Calvinism,
ii, 17, 18

Protestant, what, ii, 12

Protestants in France, expected some
great revolution, iv, 249
Protestantism, Scripture and reason, its
two pillars, ii, 19

Prothero, Rev. Mr., letter to, on experi-
mental religion, iv, 21
Providence of God, how it overrules
free will, ii, 229-errors respecting,
ii, 476, 477-how far concerned re-
specting sin and righteousness, ii,
477-480-watches over families and
kingdoms, ii, 479-a particular, as-
serted, iii, 210

Psalm, second, observations on, iii, 537
Punishment of daring offenders, how
cause of joy to the righteous, iv, 73,
74

Purgatory, different opinions concern-
ing, ii, 488, 517

Puritan divines testified against Crisp's
doctrines, i, 33

Purpose of God according to election,
what, ii, 97-God's eternal, what,
ii, 121, 122

Pythagoras, iv, 39, 236

for the revolted colonies, iv, 544-552
-strongly recommended, iv, 354-
of free grace and free obedience, ii,
159-163-the author's ardent desire
for, ii, 255-258

Redeemer of man, observations on the,
iv, 224

Redemption, agreeable to reason, iv,
222-224-announced on the fall,
iii, 231-233-general, Mr. Wesley's
views of, i, 15-general, maintained
by the Church of England, i, 15—
universality of, by the death of
Christ, i, 137-the different degrees
of, i, 167-general, by price, the
doctrine of, established, ii, 63-67—
general, by power, why not accom.
plished, ii, 63-67-general, the spring
.of all our blessings, how, ii, 67-76—
by price and power, the distinction
between, in, 74-general observations
on, iv, 222-230-worthy of God, iv,
221.

Reformation, national, recommended,
iv, 542, 543

Reformers, their "Erudition of a Chris-
tian Man" referred to, ii, 215-some
of thein imbibed the errors of Augus
tine, ii, 273, 274-theological, the in-
consistency of, iii, 405
Regenerated, the, iv, 230
Regeneration, a'real and positive change
iii, 332-how preached by Christ, iv,
98-101-a doctrine of the Old Testa-
ment, iv, 99-defined, iv, 101, 113,
134, 140-faith, the instrumental
cause of, iv, 114-117-its analogy to
the natural birth, iv, 103-the ground
of its necessity, iv, 105-107---why
necessary to salvation, iv, 136
Religious feelings, remarks on, iv,

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Religion, natural, what, iii, 176-insuf

ficient to lead men to solid virtue, iii,
202-204-should influence our hearts
and lives, ii, 354-357-how to recom-
mend, iv, 325-experimental, iv, 21
-why necessary to salvation, iv,
136

Remission of sins proclaimed to the
truly penitent, iii, 131–140
Repentance, what, and its necessity, iii,
112-114-how the faithful minister
leads sinners to, iii, 116-118-how
the prophets and Jesus Christ pre-
pared sinners for it, iii, 118-120-of
worldly men, observations on, iii,
121, 122-inventions to evade the
necessity of, iii, 128-131-for indwell.
ing sin, how to promote, iv, 643-
644
Representation in parliament unequal,
iv, 445-virtual, what, iv, 418-452

-equal, the impracticability of, iv, 456,
496-indirect, allowed by the British
constitution, iv, 493-495
Representative in parliament, derives no
power from his electors to make laws,
iv, 528

Reprobation, Calvinistic, illustrated, i,
148, 149-unconditional, illustrated
by similes, i, 257, 258-casts a blot
on the Divine perfections, i, 150-152
of the Jews, what, ii, 90-of Ish-
mael, Esau, &c, what it imports, ii,
92-of the Jews, conditional, ii, 93-
absolute, explained, ii, 135-Calvin-
ian, a dreadful decree, ii, 232-234-
Calvinian, against Scripture and rea.
son, ii, 235-partial, what, ii, 300-
320-impartial, what, ii, 320-322-
gratuitous, truly Scriptural, ii, 336—
popish, its agreement with Calvinian,
ii, 341-unconditional, a fundamental
doctrine of Calvinism, ii, 420-444-
and necessary sin, the left leg of Cal-
vinism, ii, 422, 423-Calvinian, irre-
concilable with the justice and mercy
of God, ii, 432-443-Calvinian, can-
not be supported by Scripture, ii, 447
-451-Calvinian, sprung from Mani.
cheism, ii, 480-Calvinian, exceeds
the Romish reprobation in cruelty, ii,
481, 482

Republicanism, observations on, iv, 462
-472

Resignation, in waiting for Divine mani.
festations, iv, 293-recommended in
the loss of children, iv, 348

447-or justice of God, how demon-
strated by the death of Christ, iii,
448

Robbing God, what, note, iv, 547
Robert, Mr., on the conditionality of
the covenant of grace, ii, 209
Romaine, Rev. Mr., his Walk of Faith
quoted, ii, 551, 553

Romans, Epistle to, chap. ix, explained,
ii, 88 109-epistle to; asserts the di
vinity of Christ, iii, 563-567
Romilly, Mons., his fine description of
St. Paul, iii, 25

Roques, Mons., a saying of, note, iii,
65-concerning lukewarm ministers,
iii, 81-concerning false apostles, iii,
83 quoted, iii, 87-91
Rousseau, iv, 40-his absurd opinions
on toleration, iii, 238, 239-did not
reject the Gospel as an obstinate ene-
my, iii, 216-his pride hindered his
receiving Christianity, iii, 204, 205-
his encomium on Jesus, iv, 228-a
quotation from, on inspiration, iv,
235-his strange and inconsistent
ideas on prayer, iv, 236, 238
Rufinus, referred to, iv, 226
Rule of faith, what it teaches, iii, 394
Rump parliament, how Cromwell dis.
posed of, iv, 471

Ryland, Rev. Mr., referred to, note, ii,
242-alluded to, iii, 388

Sacrifices, how to account for the origin
and universality of, iii, 508

Saints of the world, who, iv, 109

Revelation, Divine, the danger of de-
parting from, iii, 380

Revenge thirsts after mischief, iii,
289

Reviewers, Monthly, concerning Top-
lady's scheme of necessity, and Hart.
ley's materialism, ii, 384, 385-
Monthly, referred to, iii, 388-
Monthly, their testimony of Christ,
note, iii, 510

Reward of the righteous, what, i, 489–
491-the offer of, encourages obedi.
ence, i, 489-496
Righteousness, imputation of, note, i,
103-how imputed, i, 199-imputed,
will not avail if we neglect personal
holiness, i, 240-imputed, the Cal.
vinistic notion of, i, 303-307,-im-
puted, how understood by Arminians,
i, 307, 317-the difference between
personal and imputed, i, 318-why
the Jews attained not to, ii, 93, 94
-imputed, the phrase guarded, ii,
307--Calvinian, imputation of, a
chimera, ii, 235-of God, what, iii,

iii, 373-376-directions for obtaining,
iv, 188-all of God in Christ, i, 17
-finished, bad tendency of the ex-
pression, i, 117, 118, 248-finished,
not used in Scripture, i, 258, 259—
through Christ, how, i, 447, 463-
not by the proper merit of works, i,
477-480-faith and works, its second-
ary causes, i, 498-500-the two
causes of, what, ii, 35-eternal, how
of grace, note, ii, 268-eternal, on
what it depends, ii, 334-different
kinds of, ii, 434
Samuel, the prophet, prophesies of
Christ, iii, 519-521
Sanctification, Mr. Wesley's view of,
i, 13-15-full, by faith, ii, 397
Scales, Scripture, the plan and design of,
ii, 14, 15-the two weights of, ii, 23
-directions for using them, ii, 25-

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School master, the office recommended,
iv, 358

Scriptures, their Divine authority de
monstrated, iii, 309-317-reasons for
appealing to, iii, 397