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Death, description of, ii. 666. its parentage, ii. 727. its
birth, ii. 777. its answers to Sin, x. 264 596.

Death, of the body, its causes and variety, xi. 466 to 493.
its terrors more imaginary than real, xi. 469. the gate of
life, xii. 571.

Death, eterual, considerations on, x. 808.
Deluge, see Noah.

Despair, its degrees, etc. iv. 108.

Devils, why excluded from grace, iii, 129.

Discord censured, ii. 496. the daughter of Sin, x. 707.
Dominion, absolute amongst men, unjustifiable, xii. 64.
Dreams illusory, iv. 799. natural, v. 110. divine, xii. 611

Eagle, a bird of prey, one effect of Adam's fall, xi. 185.
Earth, its creation, iii. 715. vii. 231. its separation from
the waters described, vii. 276. speculations on its motion,
or that of the heavens, censured, viii. 70. an universal
Paradise at the coming of the Messiah, xii. 465.

Eden, see Paradise.

Egypt, plagues of, xii. 173.

Election asserted, iii. 183.

Elements, their dependence upon each other, xi. 415.
Enoch, his story, translation, etc. xi. 664 700.
Eve, see Adam and Eve.

Eve particularly described, etc. iv. 712. v. 379. viii, 46
470 482 596. ix. 386 431 457 489 538 603 896. her for-
mation from Adam, viii. 460. her behaviour on seeing
him, viii. 500. discourses with Satan, ix. 552 732. her
temptation of Adam, ix. 856. her speeches and answers to
Adam on being accused, x. 909 937 966. xi. 162. xii.
610.

Evening described, iv. 598.

Evil, blameless, if unapproved by thought, v. 117.
Experience, a guide to wisdom, ix. 807.

Faith in Christ, what kind of, is eternal life, xii. 420. Cen-
sure of laws to enforce it, xii. 515.

Fancy, its office, v. 100. A faculty of the soul, viii. 460.
Fame, censure of the common idea of it, xi. 688.

Fate, the will of the Almighty, vii. 170.

Fig-tree, that from which aprons were made, described, ix.

1101.

Firmament described, vii. 261.

Fish, their creation described, vii. 391.

Flaming sword, description of, xii. 632.
Flood, or deluge, see Noah.

Freedom, effects of its loss upon virtue, etc. xi. 797
Free grace, defined, etc. iii. 173 227.

Free will, asserted, iii. 95. iv. 235 520. vii. 635. ix. 350.
x. 43. the image of God, viii. 440.
Fruition, carnal, its passion censured, viii. 579.

Gabriel, the chief of the guardian angels, his station, etc. iv.
443. undertakes to detect Satan, iv. 576. his speeches to
the Angels, iv. 866, to Satan, iv. 877. his prowess, etc.
in the battle, vi. 354.

Glory, or fame, the general idea of it censured, xi. 688.
God the Father, contemplating his works, etc. iii. 56. his
speech to God the Son on the designs of Satan, iii. 80.
proposes the manner of redemption, iii. 203. and decrees
his resurrection, 303. attributes of God the Father, iii.
372. his speech to the celestial hierarchy, v. 600. his
speeches to the Son, the Angels, etc. v. 719. vi. 29. vii.
159. x. 614. xi. 84 99.

God the Son, at the right hand of the Father, iii. 62. the
second Adam, iii. 285. his attributes, iii. 383. the Mes-
siah, vi, 718 881. his answers to Adam, the Father, etc.
vi. 733. viii. 369 398 437. x. 68. his re-ascent and in-
tercession for Adam, x. 224.
God, what kind of adoration most acceptable to him, iv.
736. to be contemplated in the works of the creation,
v. 508. his absolute decrees, omnipresence, etc. xi. 511
335. to obey and depend on him, the sum of knowledge,
xii. 557.

Gospel, how it is to be understood, xii. 511.

Grace of God, its object, and why devils are excluded from
it, iii. 129. the spirit of it, etc. xii. 525.

Gratitude, when exerted, a discharge of its debt, iv. 55.
Gunpowder, guns, etc. their invention, attributed to the
devil, vi. 478 484.

Heaven and earth, their final renovation by fire, xi. 898. xii.
547. subsequent happiness therein, xii. 463 549.

Heaven, its joys described, iii. 344. its gate, iii. 501.
v. 253.
passage thence to the world, iii. 526. its creation, iii. 716.
the study of it how necessary, viii. 66. speculations on
its motion censured, viii. 70. its situation with respect to
the world and hell, x. 320.

Hell, description of, i. 60 228. ii. 587 618. its gates, ii.
645. its situation, etc. x. 322.

Hierarchies of heaven, before the revolt, described, v. 579.

Holy-Ghost, its diffusion, etc. at the creation, vii. 195. pro-
mised and given to all believers, xii. 518.

Hymns to light, iii. 1. to God the Father and Son, iii. 372.
on conjugal love, iv. 750. on the creation, vii. 180 252
565 602.

Hypocrisy only visible to God, iii. 682.

Hypocrites, their first example in Satan, iv. 121.

Idolatry, its origin, i. 364. that of the postdeluvian world,
xii. 115.

Jealousy, the hell of lovers, v. 449.

Innocence, its state described, iv. 312 492 738. v. 211 303
443. viii. 40 510.

Invocations of the author, i. 6. iii. 51. vii. 1. xi. 20.

Israelites, relation of their bondage and release, xii. 163.
their settlement, etc. in the wilderness, xii. 223. in
Canaan, xii. 260. their captivity in Babylon, xii. 335.
on their return, till the birth of the Messiah, xii. from 345
to 359.

Isis, a fallen angel, i. 478.

Ithuriel, an Angel of Paradise, iv. 788. detects Satan's at-
tempt on Eve, iv. 810.

Knowledge, the result of reason, v. 100.

of future events,

the desire of it censured, xi. 770. its sum the love and
fear of God, xii. 557.

Leviathan described, i. 201.

Liberty, consequences of its loss, xi. 797.

Life, long, how attainable, xi. 530.

Light, its creation described, vii. 243.

Lightning, how produced, x. 1073.

Love, conjugal, distinct from that of an amour, iv. 763. de-
fined, viii. 589. its food, ix. 239. its object, ix. 241.
Lucifer, why a name of Satan, x. 425.

Lust, its solace, ix. 1042.

Mammon, a fallen angel, i. 678. his speech in Satan's council,
ii. 229.

Man, fallen, why the object of grace, iii. 130. his long re-
sistance of it exclusive, iii. 198. created to supply the loss
of the fallen angels, iii. 667. ix. 143. his creation de-
scribed, vii. 524. his superiority over woman decreed by
God, x. 145 195. indulgence in his appetites disfigures
not God's image, xi. 515. the true end of his creation, xi.

603. his absolute dominion over his brethren an usurpa¬
tion, xii. 64.

Matches, conjugal, censure of the modern, vii. 57. x. 888.
Michael, the archangel, his appointment in the celestial
army, vi. 44. his prowess, combats, speeches, answers,
etc. See various parts of the books, from vi. to xii. in-
clusive.

Mind, its force, i. 254. its food, ix. 237.

Moloch, a fallen angel, i. 392. his speech, ii. 51. defies
Gabriel, vi. 357.

Moon, on its supposed inhabitants, iii. 459. its office, iii.
726. rising, iv. 606. its creation, etc. vii. 356 375 379.
Morning in heaven, description of, vi. 12. the natural, vi
120. ix. 192. xi. 133.

Moses, see Aaron.

Mulciber, a fallen angel, i. 740.

Night in heaven described, v. 642.
tural night, iv. 604 776. v. 38.

and day, vi. 4. the na-
ix. 48. x. 846.

Nimrod, the first monarch, his tyranny, etc. xii. 24.
Nisroch, a fallen angel, vi. 446.

Noah, his censure of the antideluvian world, xi. 719 808.
builds the ark, xi. 728.

Noon described, v. 300.

Obedience, conjugal, the happiness of woman, iv. 635. of
will only acceptable to God, v. 529.

Old age described, xi. 535.

Omens of Adam's expulsion, xi. 182.

Opinion, see knowledge.

Orus and Osiris, fallen angels, i. 478.

Pandemonium described, i. 710.

Paradise, description of, iv. 131 214. v. 291. vii. 537. viii.
304. ix. 439. the seat of it destroyed by the flood, xi.
829.

Patriarchal government, from the deluge to the time of Nim-
rod, xii. 13.

Patriarchs, their story, xii. 113.

Peace, its corruptions equal to the ravages of war, xi. 783.
Peor or Chemos, a fallen angel, i. 412.

Persecution, spiritual, its origin, xi. from 508 to 533. its
effects, xii. 533.

Plagues of Egypt, xii. 137.

Planets, their aspects, etc. an effect of the fall, x. 656.
Pleasure, carnal, censured, xi. 603.

Prayer, efficacy of its spirit, xi. 5 14 146.
Predestination, what, iii. 111.

Priests cause the first dissention amongst the Jews, xii. 353.

Rainbow, its first appearance and sign, xi. 865 895.

Raphael, the arch-angel, described, v. 276. his prowess,
speeches, etc. see various parts of books v. vi. vii. and
viii.

Reason, the chief faculty of the soul, v. 100.

Redemption of man, proposed by the Father and undertaken
by the Son, iii. 227.

Repentance, its efficacy, xi. 22.
Reprobation, state of it, ii. 198.
Rimmon, a fallen angel, i. 476.

Sabbath, its institution and solemnity, vii. 581 594.
Salvation, its extent, xii. 449.

Satan, his fall from heaven, i. 34. his stature, looks, etc. i,
193 284 292. his speeches, i. 84 242 315. ii. 11. iii. 681
968. iv. 358. v. 673 772. vi. 418 608. ix. 532. x. 459.
Saturn, a fallen angel, i. 512.

Scriptures, how to be understood, xii. 511.
Serpent described, ix. 182.

Similies. (These are so numerous as to

form an index of

themselves, and are therefore incompatible with our limits.)
Sin described, ii. 650. her birth, ii. 752. speeches, x. 235

354 591.

Sin, original, the first effect of it, ix. 1011.
Slavery, its origin, xii. 86.

Soul, its faculties, v. 100. its immortality discussed, x.
782.

Spirits, their invisible existence on earth, iv. 677. their
existence in life, intellect, etc. vi. 344.

Spring would have been perpetual within the tropics but for
Adam's fall, x. 678.

Stars, their places, appearance, etc. iii. 565. their influence,
iv. 661.

Storms, an effect of the fall, xi. 695.

Sun, its appearance, power, etc. iii. 571. its annual course,
etc. an effect of the fall. x. 651.

Teachers, false, of religion, described, xii. 508.
Temperance, its effect, xi. 530.

Thammuz, or Adonis, a fallen angel, i. 446.
Thunder, an effect of the fall, x. 666.
Time defined, respecting eternity, v. 580,

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