INDEX OF PRINCIPAL SUBJECTS.
The asterisk (*) denotes an anecdote.
Aaron, rod of, an emblem of Christ's resurrection, i. 336. Abilities, perverted iii. 210-1; defec- tive, iv. 56.
Ability, natural, essential to account- ability, vi. 385.
Abishai, an accuser, ii. 174.
Abomination, the, of desolation, what, v. 116.
'Abraham, obedience of, implicit and instructive, i. 38-9.
Absence, compensation for v. 371. Abstinence, the groundwork of a virtue,
vi. 101; strengthens the power of resistance, vi. 101.
'Abundant entrance,' the vi. 366-7. Accessories, dangerous to judge by vi. 173-4.
Accomplishments, a snare, ii. 135. Accuracy, importance of, in our state- ments, v. 388.
Accusations, how to repel Satan's *vi. 47-8.
Achan, many like, in the Church, i. 459. Achor, valley of iv. 371.
Action, the same, may proceed from
different motives, i. 53; eloquence of v. 19; the noblest form of exist- ence, vi. 295.
Actions, weighed by God, ii. 59; men justified by their ii. 81-2; import- ance of last ii. 261; motives deter- mine the character of v. 26; rela- tion of, to Christ, v. 125; good, habitual, v. 204; significance of Christ's v. 344; the best, sinful, vi. 37; moral goodness of, what, vi. 119; susceptible of a twofold construction, vi. 129; tested at the Judgment, vi. 166.
Adam, a figure of Christ, vi. 25-6, 146; sin of, heinous, i. 9-10, 13; vi. 26; grace of the Covenant made with vi. 26; a federal head, vi. 146.
Adaptation, required in ministers, vi. 113, * 135.
Admiration, leads to excellence, iii. 397. Adoption, Divine v. 291; two kinds of vi. 42.
Adulterer, conscience of an i. 193; answer of Thales to an i. 193. Advantages, should be followed up, iii. 379; and disadvantages, of growing old, vi. 163.
Adversity, advantage of i. 98; vi. 332; wicked men pray only in i. 159; iv. 51, 376; v. 306; tests the character, iii. 430; impatience, the sting of iii. 430; support of Religion in iii. 430; reflection, natural in iii. 477; fortitude, the virtue of iii. 477; a trial of patience, vi. 332.
Advice, the same, not good for all, ii. 52; easier to give, than to practise, iii. 19, 66; unseasonable iii. 30-1; use and abuse of good iii. 341; good, not to be slighted,* iii. 344-5, * 376;
v. 447-8; of inferiors, iii. 363, 372-3, 376; why offensive, iii. 376; wicked men can give good ii. 188; v. 350-1; how to give vi. 284. Affectation, religious vi. 151; reality, easier than vi. 204; ignorance al- lied with vi. 204.
Affection, natural, often hinders duty, v. 245; indulgence of, no weakness, vi. 380.
Afflicted, believers, dear to God, iii. 237; Christians, alone, know how to comfort, vi. 150; prayer, a relief to the vi. 347.
Afflictions, different effects of i. 29; not to be misconstrued, i. 48; iii. 46; not from second causes, i. 160; iv. 50; trials of grace, i. 292-3; false remedies in ii. 71; no pass- port to heaven, ii. 183; benefit of sanctified ii. 183-4; iii. 27, 302;
* v. 164; vi. 23, * 326; issue of, to the wicked, ii. 183-4; not always a chastisement, iii. 7-8, 46; improve- ment of, iii. 24, 46; iv. 412; not to be slighted, iii. 27; how to weigh iii. 30; effect of extreme *iii. 56; do not prove desertion, iii. 117, 226; anger, the sting of iii. 121; iv. 165; use of iii. 301, 302; iv. 394; to be traced to God, iii. 348; to be pre- ferred to sin, iii. 430; the school of virtue, iii. 475; purgative, iv. 53; I prayer, natural in iv. 376-7, 413; good men need v. 429; common to all men, vi. 117; like the teazel, vi. 325; design of vi. 325-6. Aims, importance of right, in Religion, v. 32; good, not enough, v. 464–5. Air, wonders of the i. 2-3; the, an emblem of the Gospel, vi. 155. Almightiness, peculiar to God, i. 154. Alms-giving, duty of v. 26; rule of v. 26; should not smell of the hand, v. 267.
Altar, virtue of the believer's v. 111. Alternative, a good man's iii. 151. Ambassadors, God accompanies His iv. 140; sin of despising God's v. 222.
Ambition, directed, ii. 24; vanity of military ii. 135; disappointed iii. 223-4; selfish iv. 229; true ii. 262; iv. 391; v. 310; *vi. 114, 166; hin- ders faith, v. 316; worldly, founded on pride, vi. 65; reward of vi. 66; blemishes reputation, vi. 66; a fair field for vi. 126; the infirmity of noble minds, vi. 136.
Amen, the word, significant, vi. 426. Amendment, false means of iii. 103. Amiableness, not Religion, v. 467. Amusement, mere, fatal to happiness and virtue, vi. 273.
Analogy, between Joseph and Jesus, i.
114; between carnal and spiritual sins, iv. 120.
Ananias, character of v. 400; his sin and punishment, v. 400–1. Ancestry, pride of v. 6; advantages of a pious v. 6.
Anecdotes, use of iv. 388.
Angels, existence of v. 405; obedience
of iii. 267; iv. 256-7; ministry of iv. 362-3; v. 11, 257-8; vi. 296; immortal youth of v. 180; conde- scension of v. 257; orders of vi. 424.
Anger, how to conceive of the Divine iii. 123; iv. 111; suppression of, most difficult at first, iii. 393; how to pacify Divine iii. 399; when right, when wrong, iii. 476; vi. 217; checks to iii. 476; unfits us for prayer, v. 21-2; vi. 266; proper vent for vi. 67; use of vi. 217; how to turn, to profit, vi. 217; correctives of vi. 217.
Angry, how to be, without sin, vi. 217. Animals, subjection of the, to man, i. 31-2.
Anointing with oil, ancient custom of
Answer, effects of a soft* iii. 393. Anxiety, worldly, the poison of life, v. 224; vi. 236; a sin in Christians, vi. 237.
Apathy, spiritual *iii. 198; of sinners, iii. 452.
Apostasy, proof of human i. 25; of Christians, fatal, and why, vi. 315. Apostates, doom of v. 311; why men turn vi. 369.
Appearances, God values not outward ii. 97; mislead the judgment, v. 327; evil, to be avoided, vi. 257. Appetite, folly of humouring the i. 81; importance of spiritual iii. 202; spiritual, how lost and restored, v. 16; a diseased vi. 35. Appetites, the, how restrained by God, vi. 71.
Applause, dangers of human * v. 355; *vi. 62.
Approbation, of the judgment, and of the heart, distinct, vi. 8; value to be set on the, of others, vi. 75. Argument, force of iii. 32; a weak, in- jurious, vi. 186.
Ark, of Noah, its dimensions, i. 26; why near the mercy-seat, i. 206-7. Armour, of Christians, to be proved, ii. 100; Divine, indispensable, ii. 101; a good man's vi. 70, 169. Art, commends not sin, iii. 26; iv. 150; the sister of piety, v. 395. Artist, the best v. 294.
Ascension, glory of Christ's iii. 209. Aspiration, the noblest v. 363; of good men vi. 11; and ambition, compared, vi. 65. Assimilating power of, a loved object, vi. 158; of physical life, vi. 39; of faith, vi. 233-4.
Associations, wicked, weak, iii. 167, 373-4; evil, dangerous, * iii. 357-8; v. 40, 80, 115.
Assurance, begets courage, ii. 142; why denied to believers, iv. 96; not per- fect on earth, vi. 307; proper basis of vi. 164; distinct from faith, vi. 383-4.
Astronomer, the Christian *vi. 7. Atheism, no advocate for iii. 130; prac- tical iii. 131; absurdity of v. 442-3; inexcusable, vi. 5; of the present age, vi. 210; and Religion, compared, vi. 395.
Atonement, effects of the Levitical i. 271; necessity of Christ's v. 288; importance of right views of the vi. 24-5; Christ died to make an vi. 139; efficacy of the vi. 330. Attire, the best vi. 356. Attraction, Divine iii. 203. Authority of the Scriptures, above that
of the Church, iv. 29; v. 438; vi. 15. Avarice, cruelty of iii. 69; a growing passion, iii. 474, 492; a sepulchre, iii. 492; sometimes a virtue, v. 15; the sport of hell, vi. 276; engraven on men's hearts, vi. 276-7.
Backsliders, encouraged, iv. 62, *148. Backsliding, evils of iii. 233; like an insidious disease, vi. 301; the first step in vi. 393.
Badger, the, an emblem of the hypo- crite, iii. 438.
Balaam, hypocrisy of i. 346.
Balances, false, iii. 95, 371; Divine iv. 354, 467.
Baptism, design of Christ's v. 8; in- valid v. 445; vi. 14; for the dead, what, vi. 142.
Bargains, God makes no v. 10; of sin, deceitful, vi. 33.
Barrenness, spiritual, offensive to God, v. 240.
Beard, held in respect, ii. 151; iv. 105; seizing the ii. 179. Beautiful, man's love for the iv. 67. Beauty, true ii. 464; outward and in- ward, compared, iii. 181; spiritual iii. 247; how acquired, vi. 158; danger of iii. 357; without discre- tion, iii. 374; vanity of iii. 457-8; virtue, the most lasting iii. 458; compared to wine, iv. 277. Beggars, how to cure idle * vi. 261.
Beginnings, good, not enough, vi. 198; sinful, to be resisted, vi. 217, 218. Belief, value of a firm religious vi. 126; how, affects utterance, vi. 162.
Believers, how God sees no sin in i. 350-1; how God deals with the early sins of i. 448-9; accepted in Christ, ii. 150; guilty of heinous sins, ii. 153; use to be made of the sins of ii. 155; not perfect on earth, ii. 179, 214; not straitened in God, ii. 266; infirmities of, do not disinherit them, ii. 399-0; wonders to themselves, vi. 140; need of, supplied, * iii. 162; vi. 116; God's hidden one's, iii. 234; v. 293; death of, dear to God, iii. 288; tried, helpers to others, iii. 303; safety of all true iii. 316; v. 321, 344-5; effects of the sins of iii. 432, 436; loyalty of, to Christ, iv. 50-1; all, dear to God, iv. 84, 202, 443, 466; base-born, iv. 106; God, the Hope of iv. 178; moanings of iv. 204; temptations of v. 10; ena- moured of Christ, v. 107-8; Christ dwells in v. 322; vi. 93, 191; accord- ance of the experience of, with Scripture, v. 326; the love of Christ, the consolation of v. 346; Christ, identified with v. 362, 364; Christ, the Life of v. 367; foes of, van- quished by Christ, v. 372; though safe, may be sea-sick, v. 470; 'sold under sin,' vi. 36; screened from justice, vi. 38; trial, and acquittal of vi. 38-9; debtors, vi. 41; to be conformed to Christ, vi. 46-7; for- mer sins of, not charged upon them, vi. 48; like salamanders, vi. 48; in- separable from Christ, vi. 48; sins of, offensive to God, vi. 92-3; true proprietors, vi. 94; one spirit with Christ, vi. 102; crucified daily, vi. 143; free, in obeying the Spirit, vi. 158; beset on every side, vi. 161; how Christ is revealed in vi. 188; accepted in the Beloved, vi. 207; departed, not lost, vi. 233; should be rooted in Christ, vi. 242; com- plete in Christ, vi. 242; cruci- fied with Christ, vi. 244; God, glo- rified in vi. 258-9; easy vi, 259; humble, free from many errors, vi. 268; honoured above angels, vi. 299-0; living stones,' vi. 353
royal priesthood,' vi. 354; the sons of God,'* vi. 376; rich, vi. 338. Believing, the result of experience, v. 326; three means of vi. 86. Bell, voice of the tolling iii. 492. Benefactor, God, the true vi. 222. Beneficence, rewards of* iii. 92; * v. 452-3; a cure for melancholy, v. 418-9; a fountain, v. 452; Christ, a model of v. 418; vi. 195; motives to vi. 205; circle of vi. 205; natural channel of vi. 205; not to be de- ferred, vi. 205; how to regulate vi. 331.
Benevolence, true, not evasive, iii. 350; peripatetic, v. 418; essence of vi. 75; duty of vi. 199. Best, things, most accessible iii. 89; perverted, the worst, iv. 460-1; vi. 115; the, liable to fall, vi. 116. Bethlehem, city of v. 4; Star of v. 3-4; inn at, an emblem, v. 187. Beulah, land of iv. 67-8. Bible, purity of the iii. 129; attach- ment to the iii. 140, 305, * 306-7; the, a mirror, iii. 140; a counsellor, iii. 294; supremacy of the iii. 295; the mourner's book, iii. 298; the minister's book, iii. 405; the people's book, v. 110; study of the * iii. 305. the, a safe guide, iii. 307; the best companion, iii. 308; never anti- quated, iii. 312; a wonderful book, vi. 352-3; transforming power of the v. 323; the, the best philosophy, v. 325; how to honour the v. 412; vi. 289; infidels do not read the v. 439; the, full of consolations, vi. 78; the best-printed vi. 156; the, given by Inspiration, vi. 287; like the land of Canaan, vi. 287; like Eden, vi. 287-8; like a well-fur- nished edifice, vi. 288; the neg- lected* vi. 297; the, the sum of Christian Doctrine, vi. 367; the rock of faith, vi. 383; perfection of the vi. 425-6.
Bigotry, narrowness of iii. 218; v. 43, 163; vi. 227. Biography, defects of iii. 282. Birthdays, observance of i. 113, 172. Bitter and sweet, order of i. 181; v. 296. Blame, tendency to shift, on others, i. 14.
Blasphemy, a common and detestable sin, i. 287.
Blessing, for reviling, vi. 97; and blasphemy, like contrary tunes, vi. 342. Blessings, spiritual, how to seek them, i. 82, 83, and cursings, in the hand of God, i. 345; true ii. 320; exter- nal, variable, ii. 321; iv. 461; like ciphers, ii. 321; value of Gospel iv. 115; spiritual, earnests, v. 68; not. lessened by distribution, v. 246; abused vi. 343-4.
Blindness, seldom coupled with deaf- ness, v. 61; Gospel iv. 24; spiritual v. 99; vi. 160; wilful v. 340; hard to cure, v. 340; hopelessness of vi. 160.
Blondin outdone, vi. 317.
Blood, eating of, forbidden, i. 32, and why, i. 243, 273; the, the seat of life, i. 273; danger of 'conferring' with flesh and vi. 188; hath a voice, vi. 327; guiltiness, iii. 192.
Blushing, the language of i. 11; iv. 17. Boasting, open and secret iii. 442;
faith, a check to vi. 62.
Boaz, an emblem of Christ, ii. 52. Bochim, an emblem of hell, ii. 3. Body, the, to be devoted to God, vi. 60; to be kept in subjection, vi. 115; soul and, sometimes ill-matched, vi. 115; how believers discern' the Lord's vi. 121; the, not the chief object of solicitude, vi. 163; des- tined to corruption, vi. 163; its growth and destruction, vi. 164; the Christian loth to put off the vi. 165.
Boldness, in prayer, i. 97; vi. 304; .in suffering,* iii. 454; in a good cause, * v. 419; for the Truth, vi. 225; familiarity begets vi. 304; of the Publican, vi. 304.
Bond, love, the strongest * vi. 245. Book, the first, and last, to read daily, vi. 245.
Books, value of good iii. 494; what, to be rejected, vi. 257; opening' of the vi. 418.
Borrowed things, regard due to i. 198. Bounty, Divine v. 372, 429.
Bread, not essential to our support, v. 8-9, 194.
Breast, smiting on the, significant, v. 284.
Breast-plate, stones of the, emblems of Christ's excellencies, i. 212.
Breath, best use of dying iii. 35; *vi.
Brevity, eloquence of i. 124-5; of genuine confession, ii. 157; verbal iii. 105.
Brother, an uncharitable * vi. 379. Brutes, more grateful than men, iv.
Builders, foolish v. 248.
Burden, sin, a greater, than affliction, vi. 38; everyone should share his brother's *vi. 204; faith removes every vi. 236-7.
Burning-bush, an emblem, i. 146; ana- logous to nutrition, i. 146. Business, diligence in, a duty, vi. 64; Religion fetters not vi. 64; none should be above his vi. 64; every one should mind his own *vi. 252; secret of success in *vi. 252; every one has, enough to do, vi. 261. Busy-body, suffering as a vi. 362.
Cain, and Abel, their sacrifices, i. 18. Calamities, do not prove guilt, iii. 19-0.
Caleb, fidelity of, commended, i. 327-8. Call, of God, commonly mistaken, ii. 65.
Calling, the bounds of our, to be kept,
ii. 399; mode of Divine iii. 231; effectual vi. 47; a man must not hastily change his vi. 105; all should observe the duties of their own vi. 105.
Calvary, the home of the pure, i.
195; now, compared with, of old, v. 179; associations of v. 281. Canaan, description of the land of i. 147-8.
Canaanites, extirpation of the, vindi- cated, i. 390, 396.
Candidates for heaven, all on a level, vi. 324.
Capricious, common people, ii. 81. Care, an antidote for iii. 378; chokes the Word, v. 211; to be cast on God, vi. 364; dissipation, no cure for vi. 364.
Carnality, the cause of contentions, vi. 90.
Carthage, custom at ii. 172. Cash, ready, an emblem, vi. 359. Castaways, Christ receives the devil's v. 320.
Catechising, benefit of v. 411.
Cavillers, sin of iv. 59; how to stop the mouths of vi. 90, 359.
Cedar, the, an emblem of the Christ- ian, iii. 269.
Censure, how to pass v. 2, 36; vi. 284; an easy thing to pass v. 36; unrea- sonable vi. 203.
Censurers, self-condemned vi. 9, *10. Ceremonies, danger of useless vi. 243. Ceremony, a religious, like a gold chain, iii. 478.
Chaff, an emblem of hypocrites, v. 7. Chambers of imagery, iv. 266. Chameleon, the, an emblem, vi. 61. Change, gives not ease, iii. 33-4; con- sistency of iii. 432.
Chaos, an emblem of the unrenewed soul, i. 1.
Character, easily lost, i. 34; mark of an independent i. 489; developed by emergencies, ii. 262; every man's, has a but in it, *ii. 269-0; a commentary, iii. 310; time vindi- cates iii. 350-1; of the rich and poor, compared, iii. 408; value of a good iii. 420-1; how to attain a good iii. 421; the heart determines the iii. 425; relation of, to des- tiny, iv. 367; the 'heroic' and Christian, different, v. 24, 25; vi. 229; actions, the best evidence of v. 41; how to estimate Christian v. 108; importance of an independent v. 115; every one's, exerts an influ- ence, vi. 74; man's, mixed, vi. 38; symmetry of the Christian vi. 82; anunearthly' vi. 147; no man's, fully discovered, vi. 185; sometimes 'trembles in the balance,' vi. 334; every man's, fixed at death, vi. 424.
Charity, conceals others' sins, i. 34; spurious ii. 50, 210; v. 80-1; all may bestow ii. 210; true, inventive, iv. 64; *v. 54; spontaneous, vi. 177; no excess in, vi. 109; selfish- ness, often substituted for vi. 273; covers failings, vi. 361.
Chastisement, Divine, how despised, iii. 27, 348; its design, iv. 251, 371; should be approved, v. 186; better than condemnation, vi. 122; of children, iii. 383-4, 412; of Christ, iv. 113.
Cheerfulness, consistent with Religion, vi. 101.
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