ren-Trembling, salvation to be wrought out with, ii, 236
Stewardship, an account of, to be dered to God, i, 453 Strength of angels, what, ii, 135 Striving to enter in at the strait gate, what, i, 290
Sufferings, consistent with happiness, ii, 230-productive of various advan- tages, ii, 45
Sun, the creation of, ii, 28-our igno-
Trespasses, what, i, 241
Trinity, mode of the, no man required to believe, ü, 21-discovered by faith, ii, 407-objections to the belief of, answered, ii, 21-doctrine of, con- nected with all religious experience, ii, 24
rance of the nature of, ii, 118-mag-Toopos, explained, ii, 236 nitude of, ii, 364 Zvvednoεws, explained, ii, 377 Supererogation, works of, have no ex- istence, i, 457
True religion, described, i, 61. See Re- ligion.
Swearing, common, forbidden by Jesus Christ, i, 201-before a magistrate, not forbidden by Jesus Christ, i, 201 Swift, Dean, a sermon of his, commend- ed, ii, 20
Tale bearing, what, i, 433
Taylor, Bishop, referred to, ii, 195—his" "Holy Living," recommended, ii, 446 -mistake of, corrected, ii, 295 Taylor, Dr. John, his character of Christ, ii, 379
TEKvia, explained, ii, 184 Teλcio, explained, ii, 224 Temper, of great importance in public reformers, i, 466
Tempers, of more importance than ideas, ii, 485
Temporal things, folly of preferring, ii, 17 Temptation, what, i, 242; ii, 213, 251- our liability to, i, 168, 358; ii, 144- a cause of spiritual heaviness, i, 421- a cause of spiritual darkness, i, 412- deliverance from, ii, 216 Tempting God, the danger of, ii, 218 Tender conscience, what, ii, 380 Terence, quotation from, ii, 343 Tertullian, testimony of, concerning the church, ii, 63
Thankfulness, due to God for salvation from sin, ii, 67 Θελειν, το, what, ii, 235 Theophylact, quoted, ii, 416 "Thorn in the flesh," what, i, 363 Thought for life, and the body, in what sense forbidden, i, 272
Thought for the morrow, in what sense to be guarded against, i, 275 Tillotson, erroneous doctrines of, ii, 493 Time, what, ii, 13-to be redeemed from sleep, ii, 295
Tindale's Bible, referred to, ii, 280 Tityus, fable of, explained, ii, 231 Toad, singular account of a, ii, 482 Trade, immense, of North America, i, 501 Trapp, Dr., remark of, concerning Mr. Law's writings; ii, 389
Treasure, possessed by believers, ii, 479 Treasures, not to be laid up on earth, i,
Truth, importance of speaking, ii, 276- neglect of, in Great Britain, i, 519 Tythes, regularly paid by the Pharisees, i, 228
Unbelief, no pretence for, in prayer, i,
Uncharitable conversation, Christians often guilty of, i, 119
Unction from the Holy One," what, ii, 379
Under the law, state of a person who is,
described, i, 80-in what sense be- lievers are not, i, 320
Understanding, the human, what, ii, 60 -of an angel, ii, 134 Understandings of men, not stronger formerly, than at present, ii, 359 Ungodly, those whom God justifies, i, 48 Unhealthy employments, to be avoided, i, 422
Unholy men, advices respecting, ii, 210 Unholy tempers, produced by riches, ii, 398
Unity of God, what, ii, 429 Unity of the Spirit, what, ii, 160 University of Oxford, departure of the, from the truth, ii, 492-practice of, ii, 495-statutes of, quoted, ii, 497— powerful and affecting address to, i, 41
Unjust steward, case of, explained, i, 440 Unworthily eating and drinking the Lord's supper, what, ii, 353 YTELKETE, explained, ii, 325 Usher, Archbishop, dying prayer of, i, 120
Vain repetitions in prayer, to be avoid- ed, i, 235
Vanity, engendered by gay apparel, ii, 260 in what respect brutes are sub- jected to, ii, 52
Vegetable kingdom, our ignorance of the, ii, 119
Vegetables, original state of, ii, 28 Veracity, what, ii, 276 Verbal religion, what, i, 299 Vestments, unworthy disputes respect ing, ii, 292
Vineyard, God's, what, ii, 388-brought forth wild grapes, ii, 394
Virgil, sentiment of, concerning future punishment, ii, 148-quotations from, ii, 342, 357, 417, 471
Virtue, not greater formerly, than at present, ii, 360-ineffectual attempts to recommend the practice of, ii, 67 Virtue of humility, the term censured, i, 183
Visiting the sick, what, ii, 330-recom- mended, ii, 272
Vocation, what, ii, 158
Volcanoes, the principal referred to, i, 132; ii, 26, 86
Voltaire, taught practical Atheism, ii, 433
Waiting upon God for salvation, what, i, 143
Walk, sense of the term, explained, ii,
Walking after the flesh, what, i, 69 Walking after the Spirit, what, i, 69 Walking by faith, what, ii, 423, 426 Walking by sight, what, ii, 423 Walking in darkness, what, i, 415 Walpole, Sir Robert, maxim of, ii, 477 Walsh, Rev. Thomas, mentioned, ii, 223 -Biblical knowledge of, ii, 285 Wandering thoughts, what, i, 370-oc- casions of, i, 371-which are sinful, and which not, i, 373-which we may be delivered from, and which not, i,
Wantonness of the Americans, described, i, 501
War, the misery of, i, 518 Warburton, Bishop, mistake of, concern- ing the Methodists, ii, 389-haughti- ness of, ii, 346-testimony of, respect- ing Bishop Taylor, ii, 195 Water, state of, in the new earth, ii, 85 Watts, Dr., some of his writings com- mended, ii, 127-amorous character of some of his hymns, ii, 443-quoted, ii, 154, 445, 484
Way, the, in which children should go, ii, 308
Way to heaven, the properties of, i, 288 Way to hell, the properties of, i, 287 Wealth, the gain of, ii, 226. See Riches. Wedding garment, what, ii, 457, 459 Wesley, Mrs., management of her chil- dren, ii, 312
Wesley, Rev. Samuel, sen., death of, ii, 524
Wesley, Rev. John, prejudices of, i, 492
-mission of, to America, i, 492-con- duct of, while he was only almost a Christian, i, 22-filial conduct of, ii, 318-advice to, by Archbishop Potter, ii, 376-experience of, in regard to sleep, ii, 295-respect of, for the Mo- ravians, ii, 443-conduct of, when at Oxford, ii, 211-feelings of, on visit- ing the school where he was brought
up, ii, 358-religious experience of, ii, 129, 130, 131, 182-conduct of, ii, 254-anecdote of, ii, 262-held the imputation of Christ's righteousness, i, 172-conversation of, with a gen- tleman, ii, 487-defence of, against the charge of instability, ii, 459-re- gret of, on surveying the Methodist. plan, ii, 439
Wheels, in Ezekiel's vision, what, i, 499 Whitefield, Rev. George, mission of, to
Georgia, i, 499-prejudices of, against the church, i, 497-sketch of his life, i, 470-account of his death, i, 474— view of his character, i, 475
Wicked men, a source of temptation to others, ii, 214
Wickedness of men, both before and since the flood, i, 393, 394 Wickedness of the human heart, ii, 473 Widows, neglected in the primitive church, ii, 60
Wife, the soul of a, to be cared for, ii, 302 Wilderness state, what, i, 408 Will, the, what, ii, 69-freedom of, as- serted, ii, 404, 460. See Freedom Will of God, how discovered, i, 333- how done in heaven, i, 239-not the cause of spiritual darkness, i, 410- not the cause of spiritual heaviness, i, 422
Willingness of the Lord to save from all sin, asserted, i, 122 Winchester, inscription over the gate of the city of, ii, 419 Witherspoon, Dr., quotation from a ser- mon of, i, 503 Wisdom, what, ii, 277
Wisdom of God, remarks upon the, ii, 102-what, ii, 108-displayed in the Wisdom of building upon a rock, i, 301 government of his creatures, ii, 108 Wisdom of submitting to the righteous- ness of Faith, i, 58
Wisdom of angels, what, ii, 134 Witness of the Spirit of God, what, i, 87, 93-enjoyed by those who are born of God, i, 157-how distinguished from presumption, i, 89-not to be separated from the fruit of the Spirit, i, 100-antecedent to the witness of our own spirit, i, 95 antecedent to the fruit of the Spirit, i, 88-question respecting, stated, i, 95-objections to, answered, i, 97-obstructed by the doctrine of absolute predestination, i, 485-the doctrine of, a part of the testimony which is committed to the Methodists, i, 93
Witness of our own spirit, what, i, 85 Witnesses against sinners in the day of judgment, described, i, 134 Wollaston, Mr., antichristian system of, ii, 387, 433-writings of, censured, ii, 274
Women, should visit the sick, ii, 335 Work of God in the soul, described, ii, 235-order of the, ii, 39, 41 Work of God, among the Methodists, the character of the, i, 495-in North America, i, 499
Work of patience, what, ii, 220 Works, not the condition of a sinner's justification, i, 48
Works of God, original state of the, ii, 25--our ignorance of the, ii, 118 Works of the devil, what, ii, 68-how destroyed, ii, 72
World, gaining the, what, ii, 225-can- not make men happy, ii, 230-love of, reproved, ii, 113-impregnated with the spirit of Satan, i, 103
World, the, who constitute the, ii, 198- seclusion from the, ii, 374-conversion of, how to be effected, ii, 76 World, the spiritual, discovered by faith, ii, 409
World, the eternal, discovered by farth, ii, 408, 466
Worldly folly, described, ii, 452. Worldly goods, entrusted to men by God, i, 451
Worm that dieth not, what, ii, 149 Worshipping in spirit and in truth, what, ì, 218
Yieldingness, injured by riches, ii, 398 Young, Dr., quotation from, ii, 292 Young men, in Christ, who, ii, 410 Young persons, should visit the sick, ii, 335-duty of, to avoid public diver- sions, ii, 530
Zeal, a sort of, mischief occasioned by, ii, 287-Christian, nature of, ii, 288 Znλos, explained, ii, 288 Zinzendorf, Count, held that there is no sin in believers, i, 108, 111, 115– saying of, ii, 176
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