Commandments of God, Directions and Qualifica- tions for our future Happinefs, I. 293. II. 38, 81. Obligation to them founded in our own particular Happinefs, or Mifery, ib. laid in the Nature of Things, 1. 211, 235, 334, 424. II. 80.
Confirmation, a Succedaneum to Infant Baptism, how neceffary, I. 143. Confcience prefent the Guide of Man's prefent Ac- tions; like all other Judges is obliged to study and improve in the Knowledge of the Law, according to which it is to give Sentence, II.
242.
Country, Love of, why not recommended by Christianity, II. 64,
Covenant, the First, I. 10, &c. Old and New, 23. the Difference between, Excellency of the New above the Old, ib. &c. 49, 244, 281, 286, &c. 310, &c. 384, &c. II. 39, 46, 319. who feals the New Covenant, I. 144. Covenanted Goodness and Mercy, the Bene- fit of them to Chriftians, I. 299, &c. New Covenant, the propereft Stile and Title of what we call the New Testament, Introd. p. 24. I. 332. First and Second with respect to the Jews, what? With refpect to all Mankind, what? 227.
Covenant Old or New of no Confideration in the Scheme of the Moral Philofopher, App. 65. Crofs of Chrift the true Sublime, II. 152.
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EATH of the Mediator the true Sublime in Divine Government, II. p. 152. The Moral Philofopher allows no faving Virtue in the Death of Chrift, but his Example, his Reafons confuted, Append. 28, &c.
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Deifm and Popery agree well together, Vol. I. 119, 267. II. 238. They produce each other, 215, 238. As much an Imposture in a Proteftant Country as Popery, I. 267. The Foundation of it laid in the Ignorance or In- confideration of the true Nature of Things, 193. II. 105, 113, &c. 122, 251, &c. 347. Deifm delineated, might have been a better Title than Cure of Deifm, Append. 7.
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The Spread of Deism, 16. A fifth Species of Deifts, 11.
Deifts being falfe Friends to their own boafted Law of Nature, is the true Cause of their re- jecting Christianity, I. 191, 266, 277, 354, 364. II. 29, 134, 240, 244, &c. 328. By rejecting the pofitive Distribution of future Rewards and Punishments, the grand. Motives of Religion, they fubvert Natural Religion as well as Chriftianity, I. 319. II. 126, 232. Their maintaining the Sufficiency of Virtue for its own Reward, and without any Eye to the Self-Advantage of future Rewards, entire- ly fubverts Virtue, II. 40. They remove the moral Actions of Mankind from the Center God has appointed to them, 92. Their Me- thod of rewarding Virtue, fupplants God, and fets up Fate, II. 91, 120, 223. They drop one half of their Conftitution, 12, 113. Their Folly in fo doing, I. 385, &c. The End of the modern Deift and Atheist the fame, I. 388, &c. their Virtues being the fame, II. 116. How chargeable with Atheism, II. 349. Modern Deift compounded of the Epicurean and Stoick, 107. Guilty of Injustice in bor- rowing their beft Notions from Revelation, and not owning it, I. 294, 297. They pre- tend to merit of God, 309, 315, 389. How like
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the Gnofticks, II. 231, 340. Their Superfti- tion. and Self-deceit with Respect to the Goodness of God, I. 199, 289, 292, &c. II. 331. Their Folly in defpifing the covenanted Good- nefs of God, I. 298. By overstretching the Goodnefs of God, they deftroy his other Attributes as Governor, I. 304. As Covenant- haters are Out-Laws before him, 309. They fruftrate Repentance, 289, 376. Can have no Claim to Forgiveness of Sins, 298. nor to eternal Life, 307. Their Scheme encum- ber'd with more Difficulties than the Chri- ftian, 358. The Confideration of God of no Ufe in their Scheme, ib. There appears in it no Hatred of Sin in God; no pofitive Pu- nishment of it; no Regard to his Authority over us as Governor, at large. Their Scheme of the Love and Goodness of God, exhibits no Argument of Perfuafion, nor Force of Attraction, whilft the Mediatorial tenders, and evinces the greatest that can be, 365, 374, 384. II. 308. They are bad Subjects to the prefent Government, II. 123, 237, 251. Their Hypocrify, II. 120, 140, 255, 6. The Modern Deifts a Branch of Antichrift, I. 239. They are in a worfe Condition than ancient, or modern Heathens; their Virtues are indeed Splendida Peccata, II. 263, 334. The Virtues of the other are not fo, I. 36. II. 334. in being excluded the Benefit of the true Me- diator, whilft the other enjoy it, I. 296, 314, 351. II. 334, 338. in difavowing the internal Aids of God's Spirit, II. 1, &c. In defpi- fing pofitive future Rewards and Punishments, and rejecting them out of their System of Vir- tue, II. 33, 90, 124. in having received five
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Talents, and burying them all, II. 311. in re- jecting that Revelation which the other panted after, 118, 334. in difannulling Natural Religion, 330, 336. in boafting of that Self-Sufficiency which the other disclaim, I. 259. II. 221. in their Immorality and Wickedness, with refpect to their Obligations of Faith, II. 223, 274, 303. in rejecting the moft endearing Argument of the Love of God, I. 374.
Sober Deifts over-run with Iniquity of Spirit. . II. 246, 7..
Their Inconfiftencies in refufing Benevolence to Ecclefiafticks, II. 136. and involving all Pro- teftant Clergy under Popish Prieftcraft, ib. in interpreting Scripture, I. 277. in admitting it in part only, 240. in rejecting the Tefti- mony of Miracles, yet infifting upon them, II. 270 in preferring implicit Faith to explicit,. 232. in admitting Chriftianity a Means to Natural Religion, yet oppofing it with all their Might, 250. with respect to various Readings in the Bible, I. 358. II. 278. in di- ftinguishing Virtue from Religion, 110. in pretending to Natural Religion, and the Worship of God, without officiating Mini- fter, Time, Place, 239. in reflecting upon the Difputes of Chriftians, 200. Their Love of God and Virtue, for their own Sake, de- ftructive of Virtue, 92, &c. they stifle the Propagation of the Gofpel in foreign Parts, yet accufe Providence of want of Univerfali- ty, 328.
Their Objections answer'd with respect to the Immutability of all Religion, as founded upon the immutable Relation between God and Man, I. 15, &c. 195. to Miracles, as if
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the Goodness of the Doctrine and the Mira- cle proved one another in a Circle, I. 29. .to the Pofitives of Christianity, I. 186. App. 46. to the Mediator, 214, 380, 403. Introd. 20. to Perfpicuity of Scripture, 267. to Cruelty, Revenge in God the Father, 305, 341, 381. to Mystery, II. 157, to Faith, 189, 206, 224. to eternal Punishment hereafter, I. 319. See Annihilation. A proper Answer to them, objecting the Want of Univerfality to the Chriftian Religion, II. 289, at large. Their Notion of Meanness rectified, I. 380. to the Interceffion of Chrift, I. 403. to the Hazard they run by the Gofpel, II. 332. to the Apoftle's Declaration of the last Days, I. 428.
The true Caufes of Deifm put home to them- felves, I. 265. II. 239, 246. Difputes, Unhappinefs of. See Mystery. With respect to the Honour of the laft Word, App. 17. Duty to God, I. 4. to Neighbour, 5. to Our- felves, ibid. God has made our Duty our In- tereft, I. 392. II. 34, 40, 81, 91.
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END, Religion of. See Religion.
Enemies, Love of, how qualified, I. 3. 272. II. 84. Deiftical Cavils at that Chriftian Commandment obviated, ib.
Enthufiafm chargeable upon the Author of the Characteristicks, II. 108.
Enthufiaft, fhort definition of II. 111. App. 26,7
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