ABRAHAM, in what sense God tempted him, i. 96.
ABDIEL, Milton's character of, i. 72.
Actions, no real goodness in the most specious, unless
performed with a reference to the glory of God, i. 41.
Acts xxi. 20, 21. comment on, ii. 68.
ADAM, in what sense he died the moment he ate the
forbidden fruit, i. 146. Not deprived of rationality
by sin, but of spirituality, 147.
ADDISON, Mr., supposes imagination alone capable of
making us inconceivably happy or miserable, i. SS.
Adiaphora, a nice disquisition concerning the nature
and limits of the, unnecessary, i. 15.
Afflictions, appointed by God to prove, manifest, and
purify the graces of his children, i. 96. Advantages
of afflictions, ii. 23, 24, 220, 245. Our duty under
them, 25.
Alchymy, the true, i. 41.
AMERICA, reflections on the unhappy disputes between
Great Britain and, i. 76.
Amusements, polite, danger of, i. 120. ii. 149.
Anatomy, spiritual, the study of the human heart, i. 51.
Angels, in what sense we should endeavour to be like.
them now, i. 83. The light in which they would
consider all terrestrial things, if resident here, 84.
Admire the mysteries of redemption, 85. Are
indebted to the grace of God as the believer, 86.
Difference between their holiness and that of sinners,
ii. 43.
Anger, unbecoming in the followers of Jesus, ii. 1.
Apostacy, final, every sin has a tendency towards it, i. 6.
The root of all apostacy is a proud disposition to ques-
tion the propriety of divine appointments, ii. 56.
Apostles, their exhortation, i. 11.
Arithmetic, scriptural, what it teaches, i. 77.
Arminian, the term very indiscriminate, i. 142.
Articles of faith, propriety of subscription to some, i. 128.
Assurance of the believer's acceptance in the Beloved
attainable in this life, i. 91. If we grieve the Spirit,
our evidences of acceptance decline of course, 93.
Sweet expressions of assurance from a person dan-
gerously ill, ii. 197. Assurance grows by repeated
conflict, 200.
Athanasian Creed, damnatory clauses of the, justified,
i. 127.
AUGUSTUS, the beautiful lines of Horace to, impious and
idolatrous; but perfectly becoming the mouth of a
christian, addressing himself to God, i. 43. 46.
Backwardness to prayer and reading the scriptures, ex-
hortation against, ii. 61.
BAXTER, Mr. character of, i. 244.
BEDE, Venerable, his singular exception to the good
character of a contemporary, ii. 266.
Believer, description ofa, i. 8. His inconsistency account-
ed for, 10. His inability to do what he would, 16.
Beneficial effects to be derived from his considera-
tion, 18. Shall finally triumph over his conflicts, 24.
God's purpose in his favour cannot be disappoint-
ed, 24. Evidences of the truly humble believer, 26.
The advantages he derives from a reliance on the all-
sufficiency of God, 28. And from an acquiescence in
his will, 29. A single eye to the glory of God should
be the ultimate scope of all his undertakings, 30.
The corrupt principle, self, is for a season the
grand principle of his conduct, 31. The fruits and
happiness of his conduct while under the influence of
prevailing grace, 31. It is his comfort that he is not
under the law, but under grace, 32. The unshaken
ground of his hope, 32. A knowledge of God his only
proper ground of glory and joy, 35. How he should
walk with God in the daily occurrences of life, 39.
His whole business in this life is to fill up his con-
nections and situations in such a manner, that God
may be glorified in him and by him, 40. No scrip-
tural evidence that he serves God at all, any farther
than he finds an habitual desire to serve him wholly, 41.
No real goodness in his most specious actions,
unless performed with a view to the glory of God, 41.
His chief perplexities arise from an undue, though
unperceived attachment to self, 42. In what sense
he is inspired by the Holy Spirit, 62. His great and
honourable privilege, 81. In what sense he should en-
deavour to be as the angels now, 83. In what his pre-
sent blessedness consists, 90. A persuasion of his accep-
tance in the Beloved attainable in this life, 91. But he
will not think himselfblessed,unless he has a conscience
void of offence, 92. Real communion with the Lord
an important part of his blessedness, 93. The dignities
and perfections of Christ adequate to all his wants, 106.
It is the perfection of his character and happiness, that
his soul is united by love to the chief good, 107. His
Lord's example forms him to the habit of diffusive be-
nevolence, 110. His charity to those who differ from
him, 112. Canons for his conduct, 115. He will ab-
stain from some things, not because they are unlawful,
but inexpedient, 116. The peculiar spirit required in
him in times of prevailing degeneracy, 119. His war-
fare, 197, 220, 267, 276. ii. 38, 53, et passim. Com-
pared to a tree, i. 253. ii. 60. The great cause of his
frequent conflicts, i. 277. His best pleasures describ-
ed, 287. God not less glorified by his obedience than by
that of Gabriel, ii. 43. All things will work together
for his good, 167, et passim. Some things which
abate the comforts of his profession are rather impe-
diments than properly sinful, 194. Marks by which
may judge whether he truly loves the Lord, 200.
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