P, denotes the Pilgrim's Progress ; R, the Refutation of cai.
vinism ; and C, Rabbi Crooll's Restoration of Israel.
ABILITIES, proper improvement of, ii. 4334437. Ability, natural and moral distinguished, i. 147.--149, 224, 225,
63–65: to those who stifle their convictions, 65, 66: to the impenitent, 108–110, 569: to the contrite and discouraged, 140: to those who, on various pretences, excuse themselves from unreserved submission to Christ, 161, 162 : to those who do not pretend to be religious,' 240, 257 : against self- deception, 255, 256 : to the rich and great, 357, 358: on the entrance of a new year, 383–388: on the prevailing scep- ticism and unbelief, 436, 437: to the penitent, 509: to those who desire to repent, 510: on praying for the Holy Spirit, 595–603: on the duty of intercessory prayer, v. 328, 329: to those who excuse themselves in disobeying and dishonour- ing rulers, 404: to the poor of this country, 581: to those who pursue wealth, vi. 304—307; splendour, 307, 308; pleasure, 309: to those who are living unprepared for death, 323, 324: to those who have lost a faithful minister, 403,
407-411, 460.. Admiration of mankind for successful warriors, iv. 347, 455. Adoption, the believer's privilege, ii. 336–340: distinguished
from regeneration, 337 : spirit of, i. 478, 479; ii. 290, 338, 361. Adultery, its atrocity, ii. 83. Adults, baptism of, in the church of England, vii. 372–375. Advocate, Christ our's, ii. 170, 197. Affections, temporary religious ones, i. 228, 229, 275, 276:
fallacious ones, 475; iii. 29-41: difference between those of the new convert and the established Christian, i. 276, 283: holy, increase with growing knowledge, 277: those required towards Christ prove his deity, ii. 142—148, 360 : towards God, the first demand of revelation, 6,64, 288, 362 : towards our neighbour, 372–375: to relatives, 393, 398, 404–414: to Christian brethren, 374, 413: to enemies, 382, 383; to- wards heavenly things, and things on earth, 368 : inordinate, 67, 68; carnal, their prevalence over reason, iii. 75–77:
decline of gracious ones, 135, 140. Afictions, the believer's view of, ii. 357 : God's hand to be
acknowledged in them, whoever · may be the instrument, v. 412-419: duty of “ turning to God" under them,
419-424. Africans, hints to missionaries on their character, vi. 152, 154,
155. Age, and youth, their different advantages, iii. 484, 485: old,
with and without religion, iv. 231, 232. Aged persons called to repentance, i. 207—209: Christians
often experience peculiar peace and comfort, ïi. 255, 315. Agreement, of the sacred writers, under such a variety of cir- cumstances, and through so great a length of time, ii
. 10: of different false religions in several particulars, 307, 308. Agrippa, king, his case when“ almost persuaded," i. 457: Daniel's prophecy of seventy weeks applied to him! (C) ix. 19, 20, 198—200.
Alienation from God, the source of all sin, ii. 317. AU, not always universal, viii, 9, 10. Allen, as quoted in R, well states the doctrine of imputation,
vii. 453. Amalekites, the extirpation of by Israel considered, v. 116-123. Ambrose, St. remarks upon, viii. 282–285. American, divines, remarks on, i, 401–404; X. 161-172:
effect produced on Mr. Scott's mind by their writings, vi. 82 :-war, sermon on the close of, v. 307 : difficulties to which
we were reduced in that contest, 316, 317. Amusements, fashionable, helps to inconsideration, iv. 466,
494: inconsistent with Christiau rules, vi. 309 : letter on, 366—373: scriptural canons by which the question concern-
ing them should be determined among Christians, 367, 369. Ancient believers, the faith of, x. 471--474. Angel of the covenant, a title of Christ, ii. 113, 120. Angels, holy, the servants of Christ, ii. 122: worship him, 126:
minister to his people, 341; iii. 89, 90 : will attend him at judgment, ii. 486: prayer to them idolatry, 70, 200: guardian, jii. 318: the worship offered by them, iv. 46, 51: Christ
seen." of them, 334, 338, 339 : scenes which they have witnessed, 342, 343, 346 : their song at the birth of Christ, 341-356: their condescending kindness, 359, 360: their rejoicing over one sinner that repenteth, 545; v. 223, 224, 235, 237: man originally above them, and to be so again! (C) ix. 21, 22: remarks on this notion, 201, 203: patrons of the seventy nations, (C) 49, 87, 327, 328, 395:-
evil, their fall, v. 108; viii. 400. Anger, in the Deity, ii. 55: the state of the Jews styled by one
of their own writers, several centuries back, 'the perpetual anger of God,' ix. 181: whether lawful, or essentially evil,
x. 291-297. Anticalvinists as often Antinomians as Calvinists are, viii. 290. Antichrist, reason to hope that Great Britain may not be
involved in the severer judgments to attend his destruction,
V. 499. Antinomianism, an unsuspected species of, i. 38 : common to
Arminians as well as Calvinists, 342: absurdities which it involves, ii. 294, 295: whence it springs, 303, 306, 307 : often found in connexion with pharisaical pride, 303: refined species of it, 220: practical, prevalent, v. 358, 359 : evan- gelical clergy vindicated from the charge of, 543, 545-548, 553: by none more opposed than by them, viii. 291: as pre- valent, at least, among Anticalvinists as among Calvinists, 290: the trials arising from it in all ages to faithful ministers,
X. 419_423. Antinomians, represented under the character of Selfwill, (P)
Antitrinitarians, their attempt to alter the form of baptism, i.
267 : in danger of being found not worshippers of the true
God, ix. 476.-See Socinians. Apocryphal books, ii. 11. Apollyon, his conflict with Christian, (P) iii. 123–130,
435—437. Apostates, iii. 82-84, 150, 260, 330 : causes and manner of
their apostacy, 311-314: dying in despair, 250, 523. Apostles, their case during our Lord's continuance with them, i. 470; x. 471-473: opinion which they manifested of the state of the heathen, vi. 6, 7: their treatment of slavery, iv. 214, 215; x. 391, 392: remarks on their example in fore-
going impracticable objects, 390—395. Appearances of inconsistency with the divine perfections present themselves in almost every doctrine of scripture, and in many of the works of nature and providence, viii. 190 : yet R asserts, that every system in which such inconsistency appears
is to be rejected, 190. Application to the Saviour, inseparably connected with faith in
him, i. 407, 408. Appointments, God's, our fulfilling them does not excuse what we do contrary to his commands, viii. 143-146, 156, 287–290: they do not cause men's sinful actions, 148,
149. Apprentices, ii. 420.-See Servants. Appropriation of the promises of the gospel, erroneous notion of,
iii. 395. Arabic bible, a remarkable omission in, x, 381-383. Arbitrary, the term not to be applied to God, vii. 264, 265;
viii. 16. Arbour on the hill Difficulty, (P) iii. 98, 100-103, 402: on
the Enchanted Ground, (P) 534. Arianism a system repugnant to reason, as well as scripture,
i. 40; ii. 109. Arminians, their doctrines, i. 14; introduced under James I.
80: Antinomianism among them as well as among Calvinists, 342; viii. 290: on what the question between them and
Calvinists turns, i. 356, 379. Arminius, some account of, viii. 442 : succeeds Junius as pro-
Artaxerxes, what he did for the support of the Jews' religion
approved in scripture, ix. 552, 553. Articles, the thirty-nine, criminality of an insincere subscription
of, v. 352, 425: the ixth, on original sin, considered, vii. 66–68, 133, 134: the xth, on preventing grace, 154, 155: those on baptism, 376: the xviith, viii. 201—218 : the new one which R substitutes for it, 216, 217 : wisdom observable
in them, 560 : the Lambeth Articles, 320-323. Ascension of Christ, ends answered by, ii. 193. Assertion, confident, great success of, viii. 209. Assurance, of acceptance with God, proper foundation of,
i, 159, 160 : does not precede genuine repentance, 175, 176: the effect of growth in grace, 322–325; X. 63; sought out of due course, i. 324, 325: distinct from faith, 408, 409, 515, 518; ii. 332-334, 339, 364: belongs rather to the head of hope, i. 516: why not attained by many sincere Christians, 550, 551 ; ï. 334, 364: misplaced stress laid upon it, i. 555: legitimate mode of attaining it, 552–560; iv. 139; vii. 253, 254: always accompanied by holy obe- dience, iii. 254: not of the essence of faith, 135, 472: false grounds of, iv. 255; the subject distinctly considered, vii. 249–256: the loss of it, 255: dependent on diligence, viii. 55—57, 249, 250 : rests not on divine promises directly and alone, but requires a consciousness of the Holy Spirit's work upon our hearts, as the evidence of our interest in the
pro- mises, x. 123: Synod of Dort on, viii. 569, 610, 611, 616, 617 -“ of understanding," “ of faith,” and “ of hope,
distinguished, i. 562. Asylum, Lock, proposed, vi. 206, 209–213: some account of,
258, 259: instances of its usefulness, 214--220: such
instances defended, 243—245, 258, 259, 261. Athanasian creed, i. 27. Atheism, long hypocritical profession of religion not unlikely to
end in, üi. 286, 287 : toleration of persons professing it,
viji. 642. Atheist, (P) iï. 285: whence the character taken, 17. Atonement, Mr. Scott's reception of the doctrine, i. 55-57 :
why necessary, ii. 160-162, 169, 299 : doctrine of, 171- 191 ; iv. 397-403; importance of the doctrine, ii. 189,478 : the effect, not the cause, of the Father's mercy, 160, 199, 299: infinite, and a common benefit, i, 340, 350-355; ii. 181; iv. 400; viii. 6: the central and most prominent point of revelation, iv. 399: especially commemorated in the Lord's supper, ii. 474, 478: spiritual views of, the source of peace, iii. 88, 90: its acceptance proved by the resurrection of Christ, iv. 433 : argument for it from the Jewish sacrifices, ii. 173-178: objections against it, 184: vindication of, v. 61-65.
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