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396-Not the Torments of
the Damned, 398-Why he
suffered, 399-A Proof of
his being the Messias, 401—
Not in his divine Nature, 404
-His Resurrection, 144-
His Ascension, 199-See
Birth of Christ.
Immortality of the Soul, proved
from its Nature, 153-What
meant by the Fathers when
they say it is not properly
immortal, 154-From Uni-
versal Consent, 156-Epicu-
reans and Sadducees no Pre-
judice to this, ibid.-From
the natural notions of God,
&C. 157. From natural
Hopes and Fears, 158-What
Assurance the Jews had, 159
-What farther Evidence the
Christians have, 160, 162-
The Effect of this Belief, 163
Incarnation, what we are to be-
lieve concerning it, 137
Infidelity, in respect of the Gos-
pel, a Sin of the greatest
Size, 211

Inspiration, what meant by it,
210, 221-How to be proved,
ibid. Not a stubborn Con-
ceit, 227

St. Innocents, 82-What may
be learned from this Festi-
val, 86

Interpretation of Tongues, 180
St. John the Apostle, and Evan-
gelist, 71-What may be
learned from this Festival, 78
St. John the Baptist, his Nativi-
ty, 267-What may be learn-
ed from this Festival, 273
Judas the Traitor had the Gifts
of an Apostle, 127-What
may be learned from it, ibid.
St. Jude the Apostle, 333-
What may be learned from
this Festival, 336

Judgment General, how proved
from Reason, 23 - From
Scripture, 24-When it shall
be, ibid.-The Necessity of
it, ibid.—Who shall adminis-
ter it, 26-Why Jesus Christ,
ibid.Who shall be judged,
27-For what, ibid.-By what
Measures, 28-By what De-
grees, ibid.-The fixt Time
not known, 29-The Manner
of it, ibid.-What to be learn-
ed from the Certainty of it,
30-What from the Uncer-
tainty, when, 31

K

Keeping a Day holy, what, 12
Knowledge of Religion, how
attained, 219

L

Lay-Christians, their Duties to
their spiritual Guides and Go-
vernors, 484-What we may
learn from them, 498
Lent, why so called, 362-Its
Antiquity, 363-Why forty
Days, 364-The Design of
it, ibid.-How observed by
the primitive Christians, 365
How we ought to spend this
Season, 366

Little Children, what Temper
of Mind represented to us by
our Saviour in that Emblem,
87- The Benefits of it, 89
Lord's Day, 11-Why so call-
ed, 12-How observed by the
Apostles, 14-By the primi-
tive Christians, ibid.-In what
Sense called a Sabbath, 15—
Particular Customs anciently
observed on that Day, 16-
Not to be fasted on, ibid.-
How to be observed, 17-

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Magistrates, though supreme,
cannot communicate spiritual
powers, 457

Manse, or Glebe, what, 490
Magnificat, what, 136-What
we may learn from that
Hymn, ibid.
Martyrdom, theseveral Sorts,83
Martyrs commemorated, why,
5- When first began, 6—
What meant by a Martyr,
294-The Privileges assigned
to them in the ancient Church,
ibid. The Reasonableness of
Martyrdom, 295-The hap-
piness of it, ibid.—How em-
braced by the primitive Chris-
tians, 296-To what Causes,
may be attributed their Cou-
rage, ibid.

Mary, the blessed Virgin, her
Offerings, 118- Why she
submitted to the Law of Pu-
rification, 117-Her Annun-
ciation, 133-Saluted by the
Angel, and how she received
it, 134-What implied in her
Answer, 135-Why styled
the Mother of God, 138-
Why called the Ever Virgin,
140-How she ought to be
reverenced, ibid.

St. Mark the Evangelist, 178-
What we may learn from this
Festival, 182

Matter not capable of thinking,
154

Matters of Fact, when they
cannot be false, 229-Proved
in those that relate to Chris-
tianity, 245

St. Matthew the Apostle, 305-
What may be learned from
this Festival, 309

St. Matthias the Apostle, 125-
What may be learned from
this Festival, 129

Meditation, in a religious Sense,
what, 367-The Exercise of
it, ibid.-The Fruits of it,
378

Mercies of God, when acknow-
ledged, 19-When valued,
and how to be returned,
ibid.

Messias, what Expectation of
his appearing among the Jews,
52-Among the Gentiles, 53
-The Advantage of his ap-
pearing, ibid.

St. Michael and All-Angels, 313
-What may be learned from
this Festival, 318
Ministers of Christ, why so
called, 455-Why the Glory
of Christ, 456-How they
derive their Commission,
4.57

Miracles, what meant by them,
210-When a proof of a di-
vine Doctrine, 211-The Na-
ture of our Saviour's, 239-
Not from the Devil, 240-
Not from the credulity of
the People, 241-See Gift of
Tongues.

Mortification, when acceptable,
104-See Self-denial.

Mosaicus Gradus, what, 225

N

New Year's Day, 91-What it
ought to suggest to us, 95
Nativity of Christ, 48-The
Circumstances of it,50-What
may be learned from them,

52

Nathaniel, who, 300-Wherein
appeared the simplicity of
his mind, 301

Obedience to spiritual Govern-
ors, what, 496
Oblations, the Maintenance of
the Clergy, 490

Observation of Days, when su-
perstitious, 2

Officers, in the Christian Church
who, 384

Omission, Sins of, what, 503
Oracle, what sort of Revelation,
224

Orders, how anciently confer-
red, 448

Ordination, what, 431-The
peculiar privilege of a Bishop,
440

P

Partaking in other Men's Sins,
what, 114-Both before and
after they are committed, ib.
St. Paul, why commemorated
by his Conversion, 107-What
may be learned from this Fes-
tival, 113

St. Peter the Apostle, 278-
What may be learned from
this Festival, 286
Penitents, how re-admitted into
the Church, 372

Person in the blessed Trinity,
what, 251

Persons inspired, how to be
judged of, 228-When at a
Distance of Time, 229
St. Philip and St. James the Less,
188-What may be learned
from this Festival, 194
Places, how holy, 465-Set
apart for Public Worship in
the Apostles' Time, ibid.-
How to be reverenced, 466
Poverty, what ought to recon-
cile us to that State, 52
Prayer, when it ascends as In-
cense, 103-The Nature of
it, 422-How necessary, 423
-For what we ought to ask,
424-What Encouragement,
ibid.-Upon what Conditions,
ibid. How to be performed,
425-Wandering Thoughts
considered, 426What Pray-
ers most acceptable to God
and necessary for us, ibid.-
By the Spirit, what, 428-
Advantages of frequently per-
forming it, 429- Family
Prayer, a Duty incumbent on
Masters of Families, 427-
Why we ought to pray for the
Ministers of God, 496
Presentation of the First-born,
what required concerning it
under the Law, 117
Presumption, what, 286-The
bad Effects of it, 287-The
Cure of it, ibid.

Pride, the Folly of it, 122
Priest, or Presbyter, his Office,
387-Qualifications required
in him, 388-The Church's
Care to admit fit Persons, 389
-They have not the Power
of Ordination, 441

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Priesthood, its Dignity, 448→→
Honourable and happy Em-

ployment, 449-The Benefits
of it, 450-The Sense of
Mankind about it, ibid.-
How esteemed among Hea-
thens, 451-How before the
Law, 452-How among the
Jews, ibid.-Why confined
by them to one Tribe, 453-
Why Levi preferred, ibid.--
Exercised by honourable Per-
sons, 454-How esteemed
among Christians, ibid.-
With what Titles honoured
in the New Testament, 455
-What may be learned from
the Dignity of the Priest-
hood, 458

Prophecy, what, 222-When
counterfeited, the Punish-
ment, 223

Prophecies of the Messias, ful-
filled in Christ Jesus, 235
Public Worship, how to be per-
formed, 467, 469
Purification of the Blessed Vir-
gin Mary, 116-The Law of
it, what, 117-What it im-
ports, ibid-What may be
learned from this Festival, 120
Publicans,how esteemed among
the Romans, 306-How
among the Jews, ibid.

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Religious Matters how to be
debated, 264.-See Christian
Religion.

Remembrance of Christ, what
implied in it, 404
Repentance, what, 375-What
proper to excite it, ibid.-
Obligation to it, 377-The
Condition of Pardon, ibid.-
How men delude themselves
about it, 378-The danger of
it upon a death-bed, 379
Reproof, the nature of it, 274
-Obligation to it, ibid.-
The difficulty, whence, 275
-How to be performed, ibid.
Resolution of Amendment
when firm, and how made
effectual, 376

Respect to Spiritual Superiors,
what, 485

Restitution necessary in order
to Pardon, 377
Resurrection of Jesus, what we
are to believe concerning it,
144-The Proof of it, ibid.
-Why he did not appear to
the Jews, 146.-Why neces-
sary he should rise, ibid.—,
When he rose, 147-How
three days in the Grave, ibid.
-An argument of our Re-
surrection, 147-The Bless-
edness of it to the Righteous,
ibid. What we may learn
from Christ's Resurrection,
ibid.

Resurrection of the Body,what,
166-Why thought impossi-
ble by the Heathen Philoso-
phers, 167-Possible from
Reason, ibid. The Objec

tion from Cannibals and
Fishes eating human Bodies,
answered, 168. Probable
from Reason, 170-Certain
from Scripture, 171-Exam-
ples of it in the Old Testa.

́ment, 173-In the New,
174-Who shall rise, ibid.-
How our Bodies should be
changed, 175-The Influence
this Belief ought to have upon
us, 176

Revelation supernatural, what,
219-Possible, ibid.-Neces-
sary and expedient, 220-
Several Kinds, 221-Col-
lected in the Scriptures, 225
-The Characters of it, 226
-What may he learned from
them, 231-See Scriptures.
Riches, how to be employed,
103-When eagerly desired,
faulty, 309-The mischievous
Effects of them, 310
Rogation Days, why so called,
420-When established, and
the Piety of them, 421

S

Sabbath-Day, how anciently
observed, 15-See Lord's Day.
Sacrament of the Lord's Supper,
what Preparation necessary,
471-Who absolutely unfit,
472-Unworthiness in St.
Paul's Sense, and the Punish-
ment, what, 473-The Danger
of receiving no Argument
against it, 473-The Obliga-
tions to receive, 474-The
End and Design of it, 475-
The Consecration of it, 476
-What implied in the Re-
membrance of Christ, ibid.-
How often we ought to re-
ceive, 477-Men of Business
not to be excused, 478-
How we ought to receive, 479
-Church's Care to prevent
the Profanation of it, 480-
Frequency does not diminish
Reverence, 481-Advantages
of frequent Communion, 482

Sacrifice, Christian, what, 475
-Sacrilege, what, 493-The
Punishment of it, ibid.
Saints, what, 342-Howaccom-
modated to our Imitation, 344
Saturday, why observed by the
Jews, 12

Schism, what, 497-The Na-
ture of it is not altered by
Laws of Toleration, 498
Scriptures, to be read by all
Christians, 182-The Jews
and primitive Church prac-
tised it, 183-Their divine
Original, 184-Their Perfec-
tion and Perspicuity, 185-
How to be read to the best
Advantage, 469-Why men
are not influenced by them,
470-See Gospel-Inspiration.
Self-Denial, what, 195-How
represented in Scripture, 196
Of indispensable Obliga-
tion, 197-The Reasonable.
ness of it, 198

Seventh Day, why observed, 12
Seventy, a distinct Order from
the Apostles, 432

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Sickness, how to be borne, 414
With Patience, 415
With trust in God, ibid.-
With Resignation, ibid.
With Thankfulness, 416-
With Devotion, ibid.
Simeon and Anna have our
Saviour manifested to them,
119-What may be learned
from it, 120

St. Simon and St. Jude, 332-
What may be learned from
this Festival, 336
Simony, what, 494-Why so
called, ibid.-The Punish-
ment of it, 495
Sincerity, as it respects God,
what, 303-As it respects
Man, ibid-The Method of
attaining it, ibid.

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