of divine providence, 482-of the creation, how one, 526-ultimate and chief in the creation of the universe, remarks on, 533. Enemies, men naturally God's, v. 285- in what respect, 287-to what degree, 290-on what account, 293-though not conscious of enmity, 297. Enoch, remarkable particulars concern- ing, v. 30.
Enquiry, into the nature of the human
soul, extracts from, i. 359, 365, 371. Enthusiasts, at the reformation, v. 220. Epiphanes, Antiochus, his rage against the Jews, v. 120-how counteracted, 121.
Equality, now perfect among objects, i. 367.
Evasions, of Arminians, in pleading for a self-determining power, i. 160. Events, whether any without a cause, i. 164-how ordered by the Supreme Being, i. 384.
Evidence, direct, of divine truth, iv. 193 -and indirect, 202. Evil, moral, not decreed, though fore- known, i. 241-no real inconsistence between it and the moral perfections of God, 392, 399-its prevalence in the world, v. 434-Christ glorious above all, 439.
Euphrates, mystical, observations on, ii. 522.
the difficulty of judging between sav- ing and common grace, 93—on grace and reason, 116-on imaginary ideas, 118 on the inward witness of the Spirit, 134-on Christian care and dili- gence, 258-on changeable professors, 265-on secret duty, 266, 267-on holy practice under trials, 323.
Flesh, import of the term, ii. 240-con- trasted with the spirit, 242. Flood, Noah's, how it tended to promote redemption, v. 35.
Foreknowledge, the evidence of God's, i. 217-inconsistent with contingency, 235-certain, implies some necessity, though not always a decree, 421. Forms, of a public profession, vii. 185, 327.
Foxcroft, Mr. T. a letter from, to Pre- sident Edwards, vii. 154.
Frank, August Herman, a remarkable revival by, v. 223.
Freedom, of the will, Arminian notion of the, examined, i. 156-essential to moral obligation, 280.
Fright, remarks on different kinds of, viii. 574.
Fulness, how applied to God, i. 460.
Gale, Theophilus, his remarks on passive power, i. 315-his thoughts on philo- sophic pride, iv. 210.
Eusebius, his remark on free choice, Gentiles, effect of the gospel among the, i. 176.
Excommunication, the nature and end of, vi. 512-wherein consists, 514-how to be treated, 516-by whom to be inflicted, 520-the subjects of, ibid.— the ends of, 521.
Existence, created, how dependent, ii.352. Experiences, false, detected, iv. 115, &c.
inward, remarks upon, vi. 146--ex- ternal effects of, 157-an account of, remarks on, vii. 191.
Ezra, the effusion of the Spirit attend- ing his ministry, v. 113-what he did to the canon of scripture, 114.
Faith, remarks on, viii. 491. Family, the importance of order in a, vii. 350.
Farewell, Sermon, Mr. Edwards's, at Northampton, vii. 329.
Fasting, the duty of secret, recommend-
ed, iii. 563-a mode of, recommended, vi. 197.
Fate, remarks on the doctrine of, i. 354. Fiske, Rev. Mr. his counsels to Mr. Brainerd, iii. 83.
Flavel, his remark on secret religion,
iv. 47-on confident assurance, 78-on mistakes about conversion, 89, 90-on
ii. 157-the calling of the, a glorious dispensation, v. 188.
Gifts, miraculous, the conferring of, v. 180-extraordinary, not to be expect- ed, viii. 585.
Gillespie, Rev. Mr. letters to the, by President Edwards, iv. 352.
Glas, Mr. John, his remarks on positive evidence, vii. 187.
Glory, of God, how an ultimate end, i. 402, 486-import of the phrase, 515— meaning of the word, 516-the latter- day, not yet accomplished, ii. 447— unspeakably great, 456--probable number of true saints, 461-motives for seeking it, 475-probable instances of divine interposition, in favour of it, 479.
God, not the author of sin, i. 378, ii. 330 -bis happiness, remarks on, i. 467— how the beginning and end of all things, v. 273-his majesty and power, 277-his wisdom, 279-his mercy and faithfulness, ibid.
Godliness, the decay of, since the Re- formation, v. 225.
Godwin, Mr. remarks on his view of political justice, ii. 67.
Good, real and apparent, i. 135, 284— communication of, to the creature,
how an ultimate end, 510—the chief opinions of heathens about, viii. 194. Gospel, when first revealed, v. 24. Government, moral, the medium of, viii. 214-remarks on, 303.
Grace, restraining, a great privilege, v. 307-divine, the source of all our good, vi. 438-sanctifying, whether a requisite qualification for communion, vii. 121-true, distinguished from the experience of devils, viii. 96-effica- cious, remarks on, 388-what the con- troversy on, includes, 391-irresistible, what, 409, 415. Gratitude, sometimes not truly virtuous, ii. 41-as an effect, like friendship, 60. Greece, the empire of, when set up, v. 117 -the church's wonderful preservation under, 119.
Grotius, his remark on the word "poyvos, i. 381.
Guilt, how Adam's became ours, ii. 334. Guyse, his preface to Edwards's narrative, iii. 3.
Janeway, her token for children, Mr. Brainerd's delight in reading it, iii. 82. Identity, personal, remarks on, ii. 350- apparent, when not real, 355-various kinds of, 357-between Adam and his posterity, 358.
Idolatry, how an evidence of depravity, ii. 123-the church in danger from, v. 40.
Jerome, St. an observation of, on wheat and tares, iv. 93.
Jerusalem, the destruction of, v. 190. Jesus, the prophecies of, an evidence of his Messiahship, viii. 161-the mira- cles of, not counterfeited by his ene- mies, 175.
Jews, their captivity, v. 103—and re-
turn, 111—a standing evidence of re-
vealed religion, viii. 242.
Imagination, the power of, iv. 182, 184, 203.
Impulses, undue stress laid on, viii. 585. Imputation, of righteousness, explained, vi. 257-proved, 258, 261.
Hall, Rev. Mr. of Sutton, a letter to, Inability, remarks on, i. 145—moral, concerning Mr. Edwards, i. 68. Hall, Mr. Robert, remarks on his notion of virtue, ii. 67.
Haman, the preservation of the church from his design, v. 116. Happiness, where found, vi. 351. Hatred, to the wicked, remarks on, vi. 161.
Hawley, Joseph, esq. a letter of, to Mr. Hall, i. 68.
Heathenism, when it universally pre- vailed, v. 55-when in a great measure abolished, 198--when it shall be over- thrown, 244, 246.
what, 149-not inconsistent with com- mand and obligation, 278-further re- marks on, 286—not excusable, 289. Indetermination, in religion, its unrea- sonableness, vii. 383.
Indians, American, an evidence of hu- man depravity, ii. 135-the doctrines preached to them, iii. 415—the effects of these doctrines, 418-the method of learning their language, 433-of in- structing them, 436-difficulties at- tending their conversion to Christia- nity, 440-attestations of divine grace displayed among them, 465.
Heathens, singular tenets of their great- Infants, as patterns of humility, remarks
est men, viii. 187.
Heaven, a new, what, v. 170.
Hebraisms, a critical abuse of, ii. 291. Heresies, the church opposed by, v. 203. Home, Henry Lord Kames, remarks on his Essays on the principles of mora- lity and natural religion, i. 426. Hoornbeck, citations from, on original sin, ii. 381.
Howe, John, a remarkable passage of, on the effusion of the Spirit, viii. 535. Hume, remarks on his view of instinctive affection, ii. 56.
Humiliation, legal and evangelical, iv.
Humility, its importance in religion, iv.
209-false notions of, 225 -recom- mended, viii. 584.
Hutcheson, remarks on his view of in- stinctive affections, ii. 56. Hypocrisy, marks of, iv. 80. Hypocrites, their deficiency in prayer, vii. 429.
Infidelity, when abolished, v. 244-Jew- ish, when overthrown, 245. Influences, sanctifying, the end of extra- ordinary gifts, viii. 586. Inoculation, vaccine, remarks on, i. 98. Instinct, of nature, not virtuous, ii. 55—
tends to the good of mankind, 65. Interest, in the promises, how distin- guished, iv. 123.
Jones, Mr. J. an observation of, on Peter's repentance, iv. 229. Joshua, wherein a type of Christ, v. 65. Isaac and Jacob, the covenant renewed to, v. 49.
Israel, wonderful preservation of, in Egypt, v. 52.
Israelites, their wonderful preservation, three times in the year, v. 66. Judas, whether present at the Lord's sup- per, vii. 118, 293-not suspected by the disciples, viii. 592.
Judgment, final, iv. 443-Christ coming
to, 456-those things which immedi- ately follow the, 466-singular, ex- ecuted on the enemies of Christ, v. 190-the general, circumstances of, 260-the propriety of a general, viii. 167.
Justice, divine, in the damnation of sin. ners, vi. 361-argued from man's sin- fulness, 363, 374, 388-and from God's Sovereignty, 367.
Justification, scriptural, what meant by, vi. 215-how by faith, 217--how by faith alone, 220--proofs of, 232-ob- servations on, 227-objections against, answered, 279-manifestative, remarks on, 305-importance of, 310. Juvenal, his remark on human nature, ii. 383.
Kames, Lord, see Home.
Kafvenaki, his notion of original sin, ii. 382.
Kingdom, that of God's visible people, wonderfully preserved, in the line of Christ's legal ancestors, v. 84-of Christ, how its setting up chiefly ac- complished, 172-why so gradual, 175. Kirchmejerus, Jon. Chr. a remark of, on fundamental articles, viii. 260. Knowledge, the divine, remarks on, i. 245-Christian, the importance and ad- vantage of, v. 375-its usefulness and necessity, 379-directions for acquir ing, 393.
Law, as a rule, and as a covenant, ex- plained, ii. 334-its awful enactment on Mount Sinai, v. 57-typical, how sub- servient to redemption, 58-the book of the, remarkably preserved, 92— moral and ceremonial, remarks on, in reference to justification, vi. 240, 249. Lay-preaching, errors connected with,
Learning, its increase, v. 226-human, not to be despised, viii. 588. Levi-Ben-Gerson, on original sin, ii. 381. Liberty, the true notion of, i. 152-the anti-calvinistic notion of, 153-whether it consists in indifference, 185-not in- compatible with absolute decrees, 239 -of indifference, not necessary to vir- tue, 298-how understood by the com- mon people, 340-perfect, what, 400. Licentiousness, its prevalence, since the reformation, v. 224.
Life, of man, shortened, v. 60.
Light, the reality of spiritual, viii. 3- how imparted, 10. Likeness, whether any perfect among different objects, i. 364.
Locke, Mir. his definition of the will, i.
128-his remarks on divine freedom, 358-quotations from, on buman de- pravity, ii. 128-on the imputation of righteousness, vi. 261-on the law of works, 268-on believing, 299-—on the province of judgment, viii. 254.
Lot's wife, our obligations not to imi- tate, vii. 406.
Love, of self, its various influence, ii. 34 -how the sum of our duty, 117—evi- dences of its defect, ibid.—to God, re- marks on its defect, and prevalence, 122. Lowman, his remarks on prophetic num- bers, ii. 506, 517-on the testimony of the witnesses, 507-on the fall of anti- christ, 508-the character of his ex- position of the Revelation, 510-his remark on the fulfilment of prophecy,
Luther, a saying of his, on the attain- ments of a Christian, iv. 216-a com- plaint of, respecting Christian com- munion, vii. 2-how treated by some bigots, viii. 58. 穷 558
M. Maccarius, his remark on free choice, i. 177.
Macnight, Rev. Charles, his attestation respecting the Indians, iii. 466. Mahometanism, its rise and progress, v. 209-when utterly overthrown, 245— compared with Christianity, viii. 236 -the propagation of, 239. Man, old and new, what, ii. 321. Manasseh-Ben-Israel, quotations from
concerning human frailty, ii. 381, 382. Marks, distinguishing, of a work of the spirit, viii. 531.
Marriage, the church's, viii. 21-to a faithful minister, 25-for what ends,30. Martyr, Justin, his remarks on free choice, i. 176.
Means, moral, essential to obligation, i. 279.
Meetings, religious, how to be encou raged, vi. 91.
Membership, church, observations on, vii. 312.
Memorial, from ministers in Scotland, ii. 444.
Mercy, God may justly withhold, v. 317. Merit, of Christ, how it differs from his satisfaction, v. 141-a definition of, viii. 472.
Metaphysical, subtleties, how they should be answered, i. 371, 409. Metaphysics, unreasonable prejudice against, ii. 108.
Millennium, remarks on its commence- ment, ii. 520-beginning of the, proba- bly in America, vi. 54.
Mind, state of the, remarks on the, i, 136, 284.
Ministers, in what manner they and their people shall meet, vii. 330-for what purposes, 336-for what reasons, 339.
Ministry, the public of Christ, v. 148-
of the gospel, instituted, 179. Mortality, how it proves original sin, ii. 179.
Motive, what, i. 131-objectively, and subjectively considered, remarks on, ibid.-whether the will ever acts with- out a, 179-how it differs from the object of choice, 284-how counsels, exhortations, &c. constitute a part of, 309-determining, remarks on, 323. Muscovy, reformation of doctrines in, v. 221, 222.
Mysteries, naturally to be expected in a revelation, viii. 204, 248-constitute the criterion of Revelation, 259. Mystery, definition of a, viii. 258.
Name, of God, how an ultimate end, i. 502-what implied in the word, 524. Names, assumed by professing Christians, remarks on, i. 123.
Narrative, of a revival of religion at Northampton, iii. 9.
Nature, of things, what, i. 250-laws of, remarks on, ii. 338-corruption of, re- marks on, 376.
Necessity, its meaning explained, i. 139 -metaphysical, or philosophical, ex- plained, 141-general, or particular, 154-negative, what, 145-natural and moral, remarks on, 146-the doctrine of, analyzed, 248-applied to the divine will, 355.
Noah, what remarkable in the life of, i. 39.
Northampton, in New England, its popu- tion, i. 53-an account of conversions at, iii. 10.
Obedience, evangelical, its concern in justification, vi. 272, 281. Obligation, moral, explained, i. 278. Observations, miscellaneous, viii. 127. Observer, Christian, remarks on a review in the, ii. 353.
Opinions, corrupt, at the reformation, v. 219.
Order, external, in religion, mistakes about, vi. 142-the importance of fa- mily, vii. 350.
Ordinances, divine, when profaned, iv.
Origen, his remarks on the will, i. 176-
on God's prescience, 240-on blame- worthiness, 271.
Origin, of moral evil, demonstrated, i.
Owen, Dr. his remark on the common work of the Spirit, iv. 148, 265.
Paganism, endeavours to restore, v. 204. Pardon, great guilt no obstacle to, vi. 488. Passion, contrasted with action, i. 330. Passover, who partakers of the, vii. 105. Patriarchs, their preservation in the midst of the wicked, v. 46.
Paul, the apostle, remarks on his calling and mission, v. 181.
Peace, that which Christ gives, vii. 486. Pelagianism, its origin, v. 204. Pelagius, a brief account of, v. 204. Pemberton, Rev. Mr. his sermon at Mr. Brainerd's ordination, iii. 513. Perfections, of God, how an ultimate end, i. 504.
Perkins, his remarks on convictions, iv. 65.
Permission, remarks on, i. 382—not of a bad tendency, 390—of sin, remarks on, 533-divine, remarks on, viii. 360—of evil, 386.
Persecutions, the ten heathen, v. 193– the tenth, 196-the church wholly de- livered from, 198-cruel, against the reformation, 217-lessened since the reformation was established, 225. Perseverance, remarks on, viii. 434. Persia, the empire of, its destruction, when effected, v. 117. Philosophers, French, remarks on their notion of virtue, ii. 68. Philosophy, heathen, when at its greatest height, v. 122.
Pilgrim, the christian, v. 531. Pity, remarks on, ii. 63.
Plato, quotations from, on human de- pravity, ii. 383-remarkable citations from, on the knowledge of God, viii. 191, 194.
Plots, popish, for the overthrow of the reformation, v. 216.
Plutarch, on human wickedness, ii. 383. Poole, his quotations from the Jewish Rabbies, ii. 382.
Pope, remarks on his rise and continu- ance, ii. 517—his influence diminished, v. 225.
Portion, God the Christian's best, vi. 467.
Posterity, grace not communicable to, ii. 304.
Power, passive, remarks on, i. 249-its
nature explained, 315-divine, how the source of our good, vi. 440. Praise, and blame, things worthy of, i. 333-of God, how an ultimate end, 508.
Prayer, extraordinary, for the revival of religion, ii. 431-union in, the beauty and good tendency of, 481-a serious
call to, 535-God the hearer of, vi. 498 hereby distinguished from false gods, 503-why God requires, 505-why so ready to hear, 506-hypocrites defi- cient in the duty of, vii. 429-an ex- hortation to continue in, 442. Preachers, eminently qualified, viii. 535. Preaching, different modes of, i. 51. Prescience, arguments for the divine, i. 217, 235.
Pressing, into the kingdom of God, what implied in, vi. 316-reasons for, 322— directions for, 327.
Preston, Dr. his remark on godly sor- row, iv. 259-on love to Christ, 265- on Christian practice, 290, 295-on what parts of scripture are most to be prized, 327 on the scripture, as a rule, 332-on Christian obedience, 335. Pride, spiritual, how detected, iv. 214 -one cause of errors, vi. 108-con- trasted with humility, 111. Principles, natural and supernatural, ex- plained, ii. 335-the adoption of wrong, a cause of errors in conduct, vi. 124. Procrastination, the sin and folly of,i.554. Profession, religious, who bound to make an explicit, vii. 34-should be of real piety, 40-from the heart, 53--what made in the primitive Christian church, 64-of saving grace, whether required of John's disciples, 113- forms of a public, 185, 327-indeter- minate, examined, 210. Professors, a warning to, iv. 421. Promises, false application of, examined, iv. 117, 128.
Propheci s, book of, when first written, v. 95.
Prophecy, when it ceased, v. 116.
Prophets, their first appointment, v. 69. Protest, against the Northampton coun- cil, vii. 358.
Protestants, their number much dimi- nished, v. 224.
Providence, the works of, remarks on, v. 275.
Prudence, recommended, viii. 593. Ptolomy, Philopater, his cruelty to the Jews, v. 120-how counteracted, ibid. Punishment, fature, of the wicked, un- avoidable, vii. 449-and intolerable, 457-eternity of, 466, viii, 318-im- portant end of, vii. 479. Pythagoras, a remarkable saying of, about the gods, viii. 250.
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R. Rabbi, Solomon, his notion of the imagi- nation of man's heart, ii. 382-Ilakka- dosch, on concupiscence, ibid. Rabbies, the Jewish, quotations from on human depravity, ii. 380. Reason, the insufficiency of, as a substi- tute for revelation, viii. 196-ambi- guity of the word, 226. Redemption, how carried on, v. 183-the work of, its greatness, 271-the ma- jesty and power of God in, 277-his- tory of, 11-the purchase of, 140-the success of, 185.
Reformation, remarks on its commence- ment, ii. 497-the German, remarks on the, v. 213-opposed by open wars, 216-by cruel persecutions, 217-from Popery, effects of the, viii. 534, 557. Regeneration, what, ii. 318—signified by baptism, 319.
Remarks, miscellaneous, on important doctrines, viii. 303.
Repentance, what it signifies, ii. 317. Resolution, what depends on our, vi. 353. Resolutions, Edwards's, i. 12. Resurrection, spiritual, what, ii. 319- circumstances of the, iv. 457—Christ's, why necessary, 188. Revelation, the importance of divine, viii. 140-the unreasonableness of ob- Revelations, supposed immediate, a source jecting to its mysteries, 148. of other delusions, vi. 129. Revival, some thoughts on the, in New England, vi. 5-a particular instance of the, 36-very glorious, 44-danger of deriding the, 59-obligations to pro- mote the, 70-errors that attend a great, 104-causes of these, 108. Revivals, religious, several remarkable, iii. 18, &c.
Revolutions, great ones subservient to Christ's kingdom, v. 99.
Rome, the empire of, how set up, v. 121 when at its greatest height, 123. Ruth, her resolution, vi. 347.
Sabbath, the Christian, when established, v. 179-perpetuity and change of the, vii. 499. Sacraments, what constitutes a right to, in the sight of God, vii. 207. Sacrifice, when first appointed, v. 25. Saints, visible and professing, vii. 18-
the term, how many ways used in the New Testament, 28-in what respects with Christ, when absent from the body, viii. 57-how they have com- munion with him, 65.
Saltizburg, remarkable religious awaken. ings at, ii. 480.
Salvation, wonderful things done to pro-
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