INDEX. The Roman numerals refer to the section; the figures to the page; the letters to the note. A. ABBADIE, on difficulties concerning "grace," G. 329, 330. called for by the possession of health and ease, viii. Afflictions, not sent in vengeance, xxi. 187, 188; yet are correc- Analogical language, necessary in theology, C. 293, 294. Apology for frequent citations, Pref. xii. ;—for seeming egotism, xiii. Argument of St. Paul makes heavenly happiness credible, for the truth of the Incarnation, x. 87. Assurance of God's moral perfection invaluable, xiii. 112. 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. Bodily decay, to a true Christian, the convalescence of the soul, Bondage of sensuality degrading, xvi. 139, 140. Brevity, where necessary, lessens not the efficacy of prayer, xix. Brown, Dr. Thomas, his views of prayer, &c., A. 289, 290. - Byron, Lord, reflection on his writings, F. 310;- occasion of C. Chastisement, real, needful for us, xxii. 201-203. Chemical transformations facilitate our idea of the “spiritual Christian admonition, a difficult duty, ix. 74, 75. the hopeful, the best prepared for praise, xi. 95; the Confessions, secret, should be specific, xii. 103-105. Contrition for sin, earnestly to be desired, xviii. 158, 159; should Crosses, we are not to choose them for ourselves, xxii. 199, and D. Deity, local manifestation of, ii. 7, 8;-natural attributes of, may Diseases of the soul, many, viii. 66, 67. Divine greatness, our indistinct sense of it occasions irreverence Divine influence purely gratuitous, B. 291, 292; its necessity to Doddridge, his happiness when approaching death, xxv. 257. E. Eloquence, its greatest relative, v. 33;-human, petty in the esti- Evidences of Christianity occasionally here adverted to, Pref. xi. the divinity of Scripture from its inartificial style, v. 36. F. Faith, exercised amidst spiritual darkness, xxii. 195, 196;-a low Faith and unbelief, represented in Scripture as moral dispositions, Fear of divine chastisements should prompt to duty, xxi. 191. Fickleness, habitual, may frustrate prayer, xxiv. 232, 233. Frequency does not produce remissness in worldly concerns, vi. G. Gerson, on reluctance to devotion, iv. 27. Gratitude to Christian friends, in a future life, ix. 79, 80; xix. H. Habit, weakens present impressions,-probably hereafter will Habits of thought, their influence and importance, vii. 57. Hale, Sir M., his religious economy of time, and advice concern- Hales and Barrow, their views as to a sort of perpetual devotion, 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;- I. Illustration of the importance of meditation, by the supposed of devotional habits, by the practice of music, xi. 93-5. of real devotion, by the amount of pure metal con- of adapting prayer to the temporary state of mind, of faith without joy, by the opposite situations of 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 heavenly adoration, by the iris that surrounds a of our belief in the populousness of creation, by a of appropriation of others' thoughts, by the repro- of disputes on grace, by supposed strictures on a Imagination, auxiliary to faith, xi. 96, 97;—attempts to awaken Incarnation of Deity, the infinite expression of the moral attri- its wonderfulness enhanced by considering the" that are made," x. 91, 92. 'things Infidelity, modern, generally of a debasing kind, F. 316-18. 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, which the prospect of heaven should have on our devo- Intercession of our Saviour, encourages our unworthy prayers, xv. 134-6. for friends, its efficacy, a valuable Christian doctrine, for our fellow Christians, its efficacy and importance 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. Intermissions of bodily and mental health may promote useful- J. Joy, or glory, strong impressions of it, their probable effect in Julien, his plan for registry of employments, xxiii, 205, 206. L. Labours which are not intellectual, favourable to devotion, xxvii. Lines, calling on the mind to realise in worship the divine 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 |