Abarbinel, opposition of, to the suf-
ferings of the Messiah, i, 124. His
opinion of the anointed being cut
off, 229. His confession concern-
ing the 53d of Isaiah, 276.
Abel, how the sacrifice and faith of,
differed from Cain's, iv, 130.
Ability, natural and moral, iii, 10.
Abraham, separation of, for a double

end, i, 99. The church confined to
his person and posterity, ib. The
father of the faithful, and heir of
the world, 100.

the ten trials of, ii, 374.
receiving the blessing, ob-
servations on, iii, 284.

the call of, containing two
parts, iv, 157. His faith commend.
ed, 158. In what sense his life a
life of faith, 165. The city he
looked for, what, 168. His seed,
how as the stars innumerable, 178.
How he fulfilled God's command
in offering Isaac, 198. His obe-
dience amplified, 199. The sup-
port of his faith in that trial, 202.
Abridgments, advantage of good, i, 2.
Difficulty of making good ones, 3.
Abridger, the duty of a faithful one,
i, 4. Of this work, his principal
endeavor, what, 6.

Adam, the sin of, its effects, i, 122,

Analogy, of faith, its use in inter-

preting scripture, ii, 519.
Ananus, his cruelty to St. James, i, 90.
Angelical motions, how distinguish-
ed from the motions of the Holy
Ghost, ii, 130.

Angels, the aggravation of their
apostasy, i, 130.

our conceptions of, must be
regulated by scripture, ii,88. Their
chief glory wherein it consists, 123.
The particular ends of their min-
istry, 127.

Anti-christian state, the season of
its continuance, ii, 378.
Antiochus, Epiphanes, what called
by the Jews, i, 106.
Aravyarua, remarks on, ii, 41.
AT&T, remarks on, ii, 106.
Apostasy, the special evil of, ii, 409.

From the gospel, is a departure
from the living God, 419. In the
greatest, God has some faithful
ones, 450.
Appearance, of Christ, iii, 642. To
whom, and for what end, 643.
Apinas, Thomas, his reason why the

scripture is called can nical, i, 50.
Archimandrite, who, ii, 383.
Aristotle, his definition of law, 50.
Armillus, some account of, i, 181,184.
Arminianism, opposed by Dr. Owen,
i, 16.

Artaxerxes, Longimanus, the decree
of, referred to by Daniel's prophe-
cy, i, 243.

Aso, Rabbi, compiler of the Baby-
lonish Talmud, i, 111.
Assemblies, why so much forsaken,
iv, 66.

Assistance, special seasons requir
ing, ii, 584.

Assurance, to retain, the utmost dil-
igence necessary, iii, 212.
Attendance, on the word, necessary
to perseverance, ii, 138.
Atonement, the doctrine of, the life
and spirit of religion, iii, 57.

Austin, St. his remark on the sacred
writers, i, 62.

Authority of God, the ground of
faith, ii, 80. The formal reason of
our obedience, 351.

B

Backslidings, the very appearance of,
to be shunned, ii, 477. Their be-
ginnings hardly discoverable, 557.
A preservative against, 559.
Baptism, not regeneration, iii, 458.
Abuses of, ib.

how represented by Noah's
ark, iv, 151.
Baptisms, doctrine of, what, iii, 124.
BATTIμs, the meaning of, iii, 572.
Barchocheba, a false Messiah, i, 178.
Barlow, Bishop, his friendship to Dr.
Owen, i, 35, and last conference
with him, ib.

Barrenness, under the gospel, its
danger, iii, 182.

Basil, St. an excellent saying of, ii,
48. Another, 337.

Bates, Dr. his character in brief by
Mr. Hervey, i, 34. Note.
Bechai, Rabbi, his distribution of the
law, i, 104.

Believers, the duty of, to rejoice in
the glory of Jesus Christ, ii, 96.
How related to one another, 287.
On what account the house of
God, 326. What required of them,
as being in the house, 327. Their
happy state under the gospel, 495.
Their privileges not lessened by
the gospel, 535.

Believing, whether the duty of sin-
ners, ii, 450. The mystery of,
consists in mixing the truth and
faith in the mind, 480.
Bembus, Petrus, censured, i, 60.
Ben-Uzziel, his gloss on Jacob's
prophecy, i, 203.

Berith, constantly rendered by diabens,
i, 96. Variously used, 328.

remarks on, iii, 503,614,615.
Bernard, St. a saying of, about un-
derstanding St. Paul's writings, i,

85.

Biblists, who so called, i, 117.
Biddle, John, Socinian catechisms
published by, i, 24.

Blessings, sacerdotal, how authori-
tative, iii, 285, 317. The acts of
superiors, 277. The kinds of, 118.

patriarchal, what, iv, 210.
Grotius's mistake concerning them,
211. Of parents, 210. Of minis-
ters, 211.

Blood of Christ, all of it necessary,

iii, 74. Its purifying efficacy, 597.
A ground of triumph to faith, 602.
shed, all innocent, has a
voice, iv, 134. Of Christ, the on-
ly security from destruction, 244.
Brenius, betrayed the doctrines of

Christianity, i, 140. Note.
Brentius, a remark of, concerning
the scriptures, i, 56.
Buckingham, the Duke of, i, 29.
Buxtorf, his treatise on the Masso-
retic distinctions, i, 107.

C

Cajetan, scruples of, as to the epistle
to the Hebrews, i, 54.

Call, an ordinary, to the ministry,
wherein it consists, iii, 26.
Canonical, whence the term derived,
i, 49. Marks to distinguish what
books are, 50.

Camero, refuted by Spanhemius, i,72.
Catalogue, a complete, of Dr. Owen's
works, i, 44.

Cerinthus, gave occasion to the writ-

ing of St. John's gospel, i, 66.
Chaiah, Rabbi Jacob, collected the
observations of the Massorites, i,
107.

Charles II, his civility to Dr. Owen,
i, 34.

Charnock, his character in brief by
Mr. Hervey, i, 34. Note.
Chastisement,observations on, iv,312.
Children, the minds of, well-princi-

pled, a blessed thing, iv, 235.
CHRIST, the priesthood of, 297, the
kingdom or lordship of, 358.

superior to Moses, ii, 11.
The only revealer of the Father's
will, 32. The Father perpetually
present with, 74. His regalia, 93.
His enemies, 113. The head of
his people, 187. His inconceivable
love, 200. His exaltation, a
pledge of final glory to believers,
202. How he leads his church
to glory, 214. His judging omni-
sciency, 216, 558. The frame of
his heart after his sufferings, 256.
God and man in one person, 262.
His atonement for sin necessary
for reconciliation, 273. Consid-
eration of, the most effectual
means to free men from error, 295.
Worthy of all glory, 313. To be
divinely worshipped, 316.

a priest, and not of the tribe
of Levi, how, iii, 28. A discovery
of to convinced sinners, 268. No
Savior without an oblation, 446. A
Mediator of a better covenant, 464,

Christians, warned to leave Jerusa-
lem, i, 92, Why unwilling to leave
it, 93.

Xpisonogia, Dr. Owen's, its character,
i, '32.
Chrysostom, St. a rule of, ii, 40. Say-
ings of, 44, 48.

an observation of, iti, 10. A
pertinent remark of, 172.
Church, the same in substance in
every age, i, 102.

its immediate dependence on
Christ, ii, 187.

its building. a great and glo-
rious work, iii, 329. Never loses
any privilege once granted, 562.

more honorable in all its
troubles than any other society, iv,
236.

Churches, the schools of Christ, iii,
96.

City of Jerusalem, not sought by
Abraham, iv, 168. Of God, its
glorious privileges, 400. Believers
have none on earth, in what sense,
410.

Clarkson, his funeral sermon for Dr.
Owen, i, 40.

Clemens, Romanus, not the author
of the epistle to the Hebrews, i,
70, nor translator, 96.

Alexandrinus, a mistake of, i,
70, 75.
Command of God, either vocal or in-
terpretative, ii, 84.
Communion with God, Dr. Owen's

publication called, i, 24.
Compassion, of Christ, iii, 10. Ob-
servations on, 17.
Computation, of Daniel's weeks, i,
231.

Conant, Dr. succeeds Dr. Owen as
Vice Chancellor, i, 24.
Concupiscence, evil, what called by
the Jews, i, 125. Good, what, ac-
cording to the Jews, 127.
Condescension, the great, of God,
illustrated, ii, 192.

Confession of sin, the causes and end
of evangelical, iv, 15. Inseparable
from faith, 255.
Confidence of hope, wherein consists,
ii, 327.

Congregational plan of discipline,
preferred by Dr. Owen, i, 18.
Consecrated things, the use of, how
ceased, iii, 309.
Consequences, deducible from scrip.
ture assertions, ii, 74.
Consolation of believers, how pro-
vided for, iii, 262.
VOL. IV.

Conviction of sin, the great surprisal
of, iii, 267.

Covenant transactions, between Fa-
ther and Son, i, 327.

the mutual in-being ofits prom-
ises and threatenings, ii, 498.

the new, its stability depends
on the suretiship of Christ, iii, 390.
Between God and man, established
on promises, 467. Nature of the
Mosaic, and now distinguished
from all others, 469. None effect-
ual, but what is confirmed in
Christ, 500. Of grace, its nature
and properties, 503. The founda-
tion of a church state, 633.

token of the, received in infan-
cy, its advantage, iv, 235.
Covetousness, the evil of, iv, 388.
Counsels, the divine, their nature, i,
308.

Creation, the first, subservient to the
glory of Christ, ii, 33. Its depend-
ence on Christ, 53. The stage of
his grace, 55. Deeply concerned
in Christ's incarnation, 83.
perishing state, how to be improv.
ed, 107.

Its

Creatures, how used to the glory of
God, ii, 37.

Cyrill, his excellent observations, iii,

539.

Cyrus, his decree not intended by
Daniel, i, 240.

D.

Daniel, his prophecy explained and
vindicated, i. 217.

Darius, three of that name, i, 241.
Data in theology, what, i, 393.
Death, allowed by the Jews to be
penal, i. 124.

-the fear of, inseparable from
sin, ii. 255. Of Christ, how vic.
torious, 258.

-in what respect penal,iii,617.
-a peculiar season, when it is
near, iv, 215.

Decalogue,substance of the,iii,552.
Decrees of God, the most reasona

ble way of considering them,ii,37.
Deliverer, two things necessary to
qualify him, i, 139.

Desire of all nations, a name of the
Messiah, i, 211.

what kind of, should possess
ministers, iii, 209. Whence it
proceeds, ib.
Despondency, how to be avoided,
iv, 335.

Destruction of gospel contemners,
unavoidable, ii, 169.
60

-of barren professors, ordina-
rily by degrees, iii, 187.
Aa, governing an accusative, and a
genitive, ii, 204, 205.
Diligence, the great importance of,
ii, 434.

-in duty, expressly required
from professors, iii, 210, 213.
Remarks on, 228.
Distrust of God, a provoking sin,
ir, 381.

Doctrines, all should be practically
improved, ii, 285.

-should be seasonably admin-
istered, iii, 128. Some may be
omitted for a season, 130.

-strange observations on, iv,

436.
Dogs, two brazen ones made by
the wise men, i, 281. Note.
Dominion of Christ, extends to all
persons, and all things, i. 358.

-believer's duty to re-

joice in the, ii, 96.
Duties, the fruit of faith and obedi-
ence, acceptable to God, iii, 178.
Duty, an heroic spirit necessary to
carry us through it, iv. 241.
Defect in it will make men lame
in their profession, 336.

E.

Ebionites, their treatment of St.
Paul and his writings, i, 52.
Egyptian, account of the Grecian
empire, i, 235.

Elias, Rabbi, a tradition of his
about the age of the world, i, 251.
Elohim, remarks on, ii, 80.
Eloquence, sacred, wherein it con-
sists, i, 61.

Encouragement,our need of,iii,379.
End of God in the work of Provi-
dence, ii, 388.

Enemies of Christ,their end, ii, 119.

of the church, remarks on,
iv, 45. Apostates the worst,of 85.
Eniedinus scrupled the authority of
the Epistle to the Hebrews, i,
54. His sophistical cavil, 313.
His exceptions against a plurality
of persons in the Divine nature,
refuted, 319. His confidence re-
proved, 326.

-an error of, iv, 428.
Enoch, why not joined with Elias
at Christ's transfiguration, iv, 135.
Emmaulavela, its false interpreta-
tion, confuted, ii, 261.
Epistle to the Hebrews, its author-
ity by whom, and why scrupled,
i, 54. Supposed by some to be

written in Hebrew, disproved,75,
95. What effect it had on the pro-
fessing Hebrews, 83, Not transla.
ted by clemens, 94. Abounds with
Greek elegancies, ib. Is freer
from hebraisms than could be
expected in a translation, ib.
Erasmus scrupled the authority of
the Epistle to the Hebrews, i, 54.
Ascribes it to Clemens Roman-
us, refuted, 73.

-a mistake of, iv, 425.
Error in heart, what meant by it,
ii, 445. The root of all provok-
ing sins, 394.

Esau, his birth-right what, iv, 346.
How sold, 347. He was rejected,
350. Found no place of repen.
Lance, ib.

Eternity, men under their trial for,
iii, 181.

Eexe, its meaning in reference to
Christ, ii, 21.

Ετυμπανισθεσαν, its meaning, iv, 266.
Evangelized, to be, a signal privi
lege, ii, 478.

Evasions of the Jews answered,i,246,
Evidences of a real union with
Christ, ii, 431.

-of a thriving spiritual state,
iii, 105.
Exaltation, the glory of Christ's

priestly office depends on it, iii,
435. Christ's Divine nature in
capable of it, ib.

Examination, our duty after hearing
the word, iii, 87.
Examples of our forefathers to be
duly considered, ii, 368.
Exhortations, to be multiplied in
times of temptation, ii, 348. How
to be managed, 349. To be influ
enced by Divine authority, ib.
Mutual,how to be performed,425.
Experience, how learnt by obedi.
ence, iii, 67. Of Divine truth,
what, 102.
Exposition, Dr. Owen's, of the Epis.
tle to the Hebrews, its character
from memoirs of his life, i, 30.

F.
Faith, how mixed with truth, ii, 480.
How assisted in mixing the word,
483. Puts love on work, 485.
--towards God, what, iii, 114.
The importance of it, 138. Its
formal object, 492. The ground
of its triumph, 602.

gives a present subsistence to
things future, how, iv, 115.
What sort of, will carry US