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A.

ABBADIE, on difficulties concerning "grace," G. 329, 330.
Activity, ceaseless in the works and operations of Deity, iv. 28,
29; an argument against spiritual apathy, 30.

called for by the possession of health and ease, viii.
65-67; enforced by our Saviour's example, 68, and xxv.
282,283.

Afflictions, not sent in vengeance, xxi. 187, 188; yet are correc-
tive penalties, 189, 190.

Analogical language, necessary in theology, C. 293, 294.
Anniversaries, private, increase as life advances, xxvi. 264, 265;
powerfully warn us of the flight of time, 266-268;-affect-
ingly indicate our approaching departure, 268-270;-should
lead us to deep devotion, 270, 271.

Apology for frequent citations, Pref. xii. ;—for seeming egotism,

xiii.

Argument of St. Paul makes heavenly happiness credible,
xxvii. 286.

for the truth of the Incarnation, x. 87.

Assurance of God's moral perfection invaluable, xiii. 112.
Hartley's remarks on this, D. 304.

Astronomy, modern, in some respects auxiliary to faith, xiii. 109.

B.

Barrow, Dr. Isaac, his remark on a life of idleness, xxiii. 207.

Bates, Dr., on prayer for pardon, xvii. 159.

Baxter, Richard, on the chief good, xvi. 141.

Beatific vision, its effects, xxvii. 278–281.

Belief, religious, the wish for it should be cherished, F. 321.

Berkeley's paradox, reversed in our spiritual insensibility, xiv.
125-128.

Bodily decay, to a true Christian, the convalescence of the soul,
XXV. 262, 263.

Bondage of sensuality degrading, xvi. 139, 140.

Brevity, where necessary, lessens not the efficacy of prayer, xix.
176, 177.

Brown, Dr. Thomas, his views of prayer, &c., A. 289, 290.
Business, a life of, very general, xxiii. 204, 205, and 207;-
causes and desirableness of its being so, 207-209 ;-spiritual
evil which may attend it, 209;-means of counteracting this,
209, &c.

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Byron, Lord, reflection on his writings, F. 310;- occasion of
correspondence with, 310, 311;- communication to, 311;-
answer from, 314, 315;- thoughts on the communication
made to, and on its reception, 316-324;—his death awfully
monitory, 306, 307, and 322, 323.

C.

Chastisement, real, needful for us, xxii. 201-203.

Chemical transformations facilitate our idea of the “spiritual
body," xxvii. 276, 277.

Christian admonition, a difficult duty, ix. 74, 75.

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the hopeful, the best prepared for praise, xi. 95; the
convalescent, his feelings and admonitions, xxv. 255, 256.
Chrysostom on Paul's love to his fellow-Christians, xix. 177, 178.
Comment on James, i. 17; B. 291, 292.

Confessions, secret, should be specific, xii. 103-105.

Contrition for sin, earnestly to be desired, xviii. 158, 159; should
be profound, 160, 161.

Crosses, we are not to choose them for ourselves, xxii. 199, and
202, 203.

D.

Deity, local manifestation of, ii. 7, 8;-natural attributes of, may
assist us to estimate the moral, x. 81;-as truth, 85;-justice,
love, 86 ;-moral perfection of, the great subject of revelation.
xiii. 110-112;-unsearchable resources of, D. 300, 301.
Dejection, adverse to the spirit of praise, xi. 96-attempt to rise
from it by realizing heavenly felicity, xx. 179-182.
Dependence on God, entire and constant, xxi. 184, 185.
Despondency, argument against it, xxii. 200, 201.
Discouragement in prayer, combated, 197, 198.

Diseases of the soul, many, viii. 66, 67.

Divine greatness, our indistinct sense of it occasions irreverence
i. 1, 2.

Divine influence purely gratuitous, B. 291, 292; its necessity to
faith in the gospel, F. 319.

Doddridge, his happiness when approaching death, xxv. 257.

E.

Eloquence, its greatest relative, v. 33;-human, petty in the esti-
mation of higher intelligences, 34.

Evidences of Christianity occasionally here adverted to, Pref. xi.
presumptive, for the truth of Judaism, ii. 8 ;—and for

the divinity of Scripture from its inartificial style, v. 36.
Extension, speculations concerning it, D. 297, 298.

F.

Faith, exercised amidst spiritual darkness, xxii. 195, 196;-a low
degree of it does not preclude success in prayer, xxiv. 240, 241;
inference from this, 245, 246.

Faith and unbelief, represented in Scripture as moral dispositions,
224;-proved to be so by their effects, 225;-represented by
sceptics as not being so, F. 319, 320.

Fear of divine chastisements should prompt to duty, xxi. 191.
Fenelon, on the want of pleasure in prayer, xxii. 193 ;-on his own
occupations, and advice to the busy, xxiii. 215-217;-on the
nature of infinity, D. 303, 304.

Fickleness, habitual, may frustrate prayer, xxiv. 232, 233.
Frailty of our moral constitution, xxvii. 272.

Frequency does not produce remissness in worldly concerns, vi.
51, 52.

G.

Gerson, on reluctance to devotion, iv. 27.

Gratitude to Christian friends, in a future life, ix. 79, 80; xix.
173, 174.

H.

Habit, weakens present impressions,-probably hereafter will
strengthen them, xxvii. 281-3.

Habits of thought, their influence and importance, vii. 57.

Hale, Sir M., his religious economy of time, and advice concern-
ing it, xxiii. 218-221.

Hales and Barrow, their views as to a sort of perpetual devotion,
xxvii. 284;—more strictly applicable to a future life, 284. 285.
Halley and Hartley, their opinions as to the immensity of crea-
tion, D. 298.

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Hartley, on the value of revelation, E. 306, 307.

Halyburton, his dying conversations, xxv. 258-62.

Harpe, De La, his sentiments on Christianity, F. 307, 308.

Howe, his record of transporting dreams, xxvii. 273-4.

Human life, trials and dangers impend over it, xxi. 188, 189;-
yet this should not dismay us, ibid.

I.

Illustration of the importance of meditation, by the supposed
worship of the sun, i. 2-5 ;-of diverse mental development,
by differences in vegetation, v. 35, 36;-of the Scripture style,
by the sketches of a great master, 36;—of relative littleness,
by various objects, 33, 34, and 41;-of the diversities of trains
of thoughts, by those arising from the sight of a rainbow, vii.
55-57;-of the moral attributes of Deity, by the physical
wonders of creation, x. 83-7, and 91, 92.

of devotional habits, by the practice of music, xi.

93-5.
of the future discovery of the spiritual world, by a
captive's sudden view of a wide landscape, xiii. 108—10.
of spiritual darkness, by a traveller's progress through
mists, xiv. 124.

of real devotion, by the amount of pure metal con-
tained in ore, xv. 137, 138.

of adapting prayer to the temporary state of mind,
by the skill of navigators, xvii. 149-50.

of faith without joy, by the opposite situations of
voyagers, xxii. 196, 197.

xxiii. 214.

of a devout bent of mind, by the conduct of a pilot,

of unbelief, by a vacuum, xxiv. 225, 226.

of faith and unbelief, by aërostation, xxiv. 230.
of suspended and renewed activity, by the state of
lakes and rivers, xxv. 251, 252.

of heavenly adoration, by the iris that surrounds a
fountain, xxvii. 285, 286.

of our belief in the populousness of creation, by a
seaman's view of some unknown land, D. 301.

of appropriation of others' thoughts, by the repro-
duction of old plate, D. 302.

of disputes on grace, by supposed strictures on a
Christian physician, G. 327-330.

Imagination, auxiliary to faith, xi. 96, 97;—attempts to awaken
it, 97-100.

Incarnation of Deity, the infinite expression of the moral attri-
butes, x. 87-90.

its wonderfulness enhanced by considering the"

that are made," x. 91, 92.

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Infidelity, modern, generally of a debasing kind, F. 316-18.
Infinite, this term used analogically, C. 293, 294.

whether the creation may not in some sense be so re-

garded, D. 301, 302.

Infinity, different definitions of, D. 298.

Infinity and eternity,-the future or potential, 304.

Influence which restoration of health ought to have on the mind,
xxv. 252, 253.

which the prospect of heaven should have on our devo-
tions, xxvii. 286, 287.

Intercession of our Saviour, encourages our unworthy prayers, xv.

134-6.

for friends, its efficacy, a valuable Christian doctrine,
ix. 70-2;-disbelief in its melancholy, 72, 73;-belief highly
consolatory, 73, 74;-an easy and delightful exercise of Chris-
tian kindness, 75, 76;-its effects incalculable, 76-80;-pro-
motes humility and love, xix. 170, 171, and 173.

for our fellow Christians, its efficacy and importance
shewn from Scripture, xix. 162-5;-especially from the writ-
ings of St. Paul, 165-167;-distrust on this point combated,
167-9-its analogy to other ordinary facts, 170, 171.

171, 172.

175.

for benefactors, a relief and comfort to the mind,

for different friends, in succession or rotation, 174,

Intercessory prayer on behalf of Lord Byron, F. 312, 313.
remarks on it, 313, 314.

Intermissions of bodily and mental health may promote useful-
ness on the whole, xxv. 250-3.

J.

Joy, or glory, strong impressions of it, their probable effect in
our present state, xxii. 200, and xxvii. 285-7.

Julien, his plan for registry of employments, xxiii, 205, 206.

L.

Labours which are not intellectual, favourable to devotion, xxvii.
285-7.

Lines, calling on the mind to realise in worship the divine
greatness, i. 5, 6;—of Herbert, on the consecration of ordinary
acts, xxiii. 222, 223;-of Klopstock, imitated, on the resurrec-
tion of Rachel, xxvii. 275, 276.

Locke, on the sense of the term infinite, C. 292 and 295.

M.

Magnitude of the creation a strong argument for its populousness,

D. 301.

Mind, more dependent on the bodily state in some than in
others, xxv. 247, 248;-its infirmities painful, but may be sa-
lutary as repressing pride, 249, 250.

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