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Immutability of, the parov Leúdos of Chriftianity as old, &c. as he founds it in the Immutability of the Relation between God and Man, 19, 195. Pofitive. See Pofitives. Of Mofes, chief Defign of, I. 32, 225. of God has all its Obligation from its Sanctions, II. 81. without Sanction a Cobweb, Entreaty, I. 316. Libertine, a fpiritual Libertine as much to answer for as a fenfual, II. 248.

Liberty of Confcience, to be protected, yet li mited, II. 134. How limited by Prudence, I. 276.

Liberty of Will, effential to Man, and Virtue, I. 7. true Notion of it, II. 27, &c. 223. Life eternal, not the natural Confequence of Virtue, but the Gift of God, I. 307. Not the Privilege of the firft Covenant, I. 244, 386. Not the Gift of God but thro' Jefus Christ, against the Moral Philofopher, App. 9. The great Mr. Locke's Medium or Defideratum for demonftrating Morality, hinted at, and supplied, II. 341.

Lord's-Supper, the End of it, I. 146. has fomething pofitive, ib. &c. its Application as a Sacrament, as an Eucharift, as a Communion, 164. Communicant's Duty, 169, &c. worthy receiving, ib. Lord's Supper how it operates morally, I. 174, 176, &c. is a frequent invigorating Recruit of the otherwife languishing Difpofitions and Refolutions of the Mind toward the Religion of the End, and of the Means, ib. The Prefence in it, what, 162. Two Mistakes of Mr. Hales of Eton, 154, 5. The Notion of the Minifter or Prieft reprefenting the Sacrifice of Chrift, a dangerous Miftake, 165. The Ufe and Excellency of it, 176, &c.

Love of God, how improved by Christianity, I. 37, 367, 373. of our Neighbour, how it fulfills the Law to him, I. 63. How Love, as it is placed, is the Origin of all the Paffions, II. 34, 87. of God, and of Virtue for their own Sake, exclufive of our own Intereft, fallacious, dangerous Principle, 92. carefs'd by Atheists and Fatalifts, 104. A Rant of Enthufiafm, 108.

Love of Country different Duty in Governors, than Subjects, II. 64.

Love of Enemies. See Enemies.

Love and Goodness of God has no Argument, Attraction, or Perfuafion in the Deistical Scheme; has the greatest in the Mediatorial, I..364, &c.

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EANS, Defcription of, Subordination and just Value, I. 26. Religion of. See Religion. Diftinction of Congenerate unferviceable to the Moral Philofopher, Pofitives of Christianity prov❜d against him to be of that kind, App. 51, &c.

Mediator, firft Discovery of in the Promife of the Seed of the Woman breaking the Serpent's Head, I. 22, 84. II. 32. Heathen Mediators borrow'd by corrupting the original true one, I. 103, 233. The Choice and Appointment of, belongs only to God, I. 211. Man's Prefumption in chufing the Mediator, conftitutes the Immorality of Idolatry, I. 215, 233, &c. II. 213, 303. Need of, 1. 211, 245. II. 304. Remiffion of Sin by him, the great Affair of the Gospel, I. 48. Faith in him, the Head of all the Religion

of the Means, animates Repentance and : Prayer. See Repentance, Prayer. Baptifm, and the Lord's-Supper, inftituted for initiating into, and preferving Communion with him, I. 175 to 211. Intrinfick Excellency in appointing the Son of God and Son of Man for Mediator; illuftrates all the moral Attributes of God; gives true Notions of God, and of Man, 214. Tho' he has not that Name in the four Evangelifts, yet has others equivalent, 218: His Offices founded in his Nature; as Son of God and Son of Man, he is the exacteft, compleateft Mediator that the Reason of Man, or Wifdom of God could devife, 220. Why born of a Virgin, 229. The Credibility of the Union of his Divine and Human Nature, ib. Effential for conftituting him the fittest Mediator every Way, the fundamental Bélief of Christianity, 232, &c. II. 173, 182, &c. What is previoufly neceffary to an effectual Mediation between God and Man, I. 243. Two Parts incumbent, 1. To reconcile Man to God; to which that of Prophet, Advocate, King and Judge are fubfervient. 2. To reconcile God to Man; to which the Priestly Office on Earth, and in Heaven, is fubfervient, 246, &c. As Prophet and Teacher, 248. His Priestly Office on Earth, 280. What not to be depended upon for Salvation. 1. Not the Republication of the Law of Nature, ib. 2. Not his dying as an Example; or as a Teftimony to the Truth of God's Reconcileablenefs to Sinners, 282. Append. 58. 3. Not Repentance exclufive of him, 288. 4. Not the Goodness of God in contempt of him, ib. What is to be depended upon, viz. the Death of the Mediator, 331. the Wisdom of God,

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and all his Attributes illuftrated in that Method, I. 333, 351. II. 152. He died or was cut off not for himself, but for the People, for our Offences, fhewn against the Moral Philofopher, Append. p. 24. All Objections with refpect to the Father's Cruelty, Revenge, &c. anfwer'd, I. 342. The Dignity of his Perfon, a prime Fundamental of Chriftianity, II. 258. One Drop of his Blood not fufficient to fave the World, I. 356. The Mediatorial Scheme exhibits incomparably better and more influLential Ideas of the Love and Goodness of in God, productive of Gratitude and Obedience, than the Deiftical Scheme, 363, 374, 384. As Interceffor, return'd after his Afcenfion to Heaven, a Plenipotentiary from Man to God, 394. His Interceffion gives a true Notion of - the Nature of God, and of ourselves; prevents Sin and Prefumption; infpires Alacrity -in Addreffes to God, 403. As King, 419. As Judge, 423. Why the Mediator Judge, II. 115, 127. Faith in him the Efficacy and Obligation of it, II. 150. The vivifying Principle and capital Truth of the Gofpel, 153. Original Ground of that diffufive fundamental Principle of Natural Religion, viz. That God is a Rewarder of thofe that diligently seek him, 150, 193. Neceffity of this Faith, where reveal'd, 155. Corrupters of the fundamental Point of his being Son of God, and Son of Man, several forts, 182, 256, &c. This Mediator couch'd under that fundamental Principle of Natural Religion, That God is a Rewarder, &c. See ใน Rewarder. Mediator of no Ufe in the Scheme of the Moral Philofopher, App. 65, 69. Merit. Deifts pretend to merit of God, I. 309, &c. 315, 389. The Merit of our Saviour

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Minifters of the Word, Helps and Inftruments of the Chriftian Religion, II. 130. The Reproaches of Deifts an Honour to them, 138. The Neceffity of publick Preachers proved from the Author of Characteriflicks Scheme for destroying them, 141.

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Miracles. The true Ufe and Defign of them, I. 29. II. 313. No circular Proof from the Miracles to the Doctrine, Doctrine to the Miracles, I. 30. The Sight of them work in a moral, rational Way, and fo does the Belief of them unfeen, II. 271. Why Conviction from the Sight does not always follow, ib. Evidence from them difcarded by the Deifts, Introd. 9.

Morality. The firft Teft of, Not to eat the forbidden Fruit, I. 8. wherein it confifted, ib. Heathen World deftitute of a perfect Morality, 103, &c. 249.

Moral Obligation wherein founded shewn at large, II. 55, &c. not in Affection to the Publick wholly, 56. not in Relation and Fitness of Things, 68. but in Refpect to the ultimate End of Action fix'd by the Will of God, viz. Happiness, 69. What is the Beauty, Order, Reasonableness, Fitnefs, Congruity of an Action, 72. in what Refpect founded in the Will of God, 73, &c. 81, &c. how it fprings out of Belief of God being a Rewarder. 1. See Rewarder.

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