Sanctification, Mr. Wesley's view of, i. 224-227-full, by faith, iv. 322
Scales, scripture, the plan and design of, iii. 9-12- the two weights of, iii. 25-directions for using them, iii. 28-32
Schoolmaster, the office recommended, v. 461
Scriptures, their divine authority demonstrated, i. 106 -113-reasons for appealing to, vi. 322
Sectarian spirit, the danger of, iii. 568-570 Sectaries, the spirit of, under Oliver Cromwell, v. 51, 52
Self, how to be destroyed, v. 470, 471 Self-denial, the necessity of, iv. 453, 454
Self-will, the destruction of, iv. 492-compared to the dropsy, v. 430
Sellon, Rev. Mr., an able writer, i. 515-his writings referred to, i. 523
Seminal existence, what, iii. 208
Seneca, what he says of inspiration, iv. 520
Sensations, spiritual, frequently mentioned by the Church of England, v. 319-321
Sense, its triumphs over reason, i. 56-58-moral, what, v. 321
Senses, spiritual, what, v. 316, 317
Seriousness, its nature, and motives to, iv. 553, 554 Sermons, remarks on the custom of writing them, vi. 59-67-Two: (1) (on Numb. xvi. 30-34,)|v. 224; (2) (John iii. 3;) v. 271-Nine: (1) (on 1 Cor, ii. 14,) vii. 205; (2) (Eph. v. 14,) vii. 219; (3) (1 Cor. v. 17,) vii. 231; (4) (John iii. 3,) vii. 242; (5) (Ezek. ii. 7,) vii. 255; (6) (Deut. xxxii. 29,) vii. 268; (7) (John vi. 66-68,) vii. 281; (8) (John. v. 40) vii. 298; (9) (Ezek, xxxiii. 7—9,) vii. 313 Shaddai, the import of the name, vi. 382
Shepherd, Rev. Mr., mentioned, vi. 308
Sherlock, Dr., quoted, vi. 312
Shiloh, proved to be the Messiah, vii. 26, 27
Shirley, Rev. Mr., on his publishing his circular letter, i. 302-308-publicly recants his sermons, i. 347
Sin, its prevalence amidst the various means of preven- tion, i. 94, 95-original, Mr. Wesley's strong man- ner of stating, i. 223-where it reigns it tyrannizes, i. 495-different degrees of, i. 498-wickedness and danger of, vii. 314-not included in the things that work for good, i. 507-514-the Calvinistic imputa- tion of, to Christ, what, ii. 202-how imputed to Adam's posterity, iii. 367-372-Mr. Toplady's curi- ous definition of, iv. 12, 13—God the author of, on the Calvinian scheme, iv. 14, 15-how it entered into the world, vi. 76, 77—why Christ did not discourse publicly on its entry, vi. 77-original, believed by the French Protestants, vi. 78-original, taught in the Augsburgh Confession, vi. 79-original, taught by the Church of England, vi. 79-why God did not absolutely hinder it, iv. 175
Sin, indwelling, does not humble us, iv. 219-its con- tinuance in believers not proved from Gal. v. 17, or Rom. vii. 14, iv. 261-269—the new covenant pro- mises deliverance from, iv. 321, 322-death cannot destroy it, iv. 330, 331-its continuance not neces- sary to the exercise of humility, patience, or any grace, iv. 356-365-absurdity to suppose it can only be destroyed by little and litttle, iv. 396, 397-to represent the prophets and apostles as pleading for it, fixes a blot on their characters, iv. 410, 411-its whole system stands on two false maxims, iv. 418- is the sting of death and misery of hell, iv. 419 Sincerity, what, i. 271-273
Singularity, the danger of, needless, iii. 570
Sinners, baptised, and heathens, resemble each other; vi. 43-48-awakened in different ways, vii. 220
Sins, the great variety of, i. 92, 94-termed trifling, and of omission, what, vi. 94-101
Slavery, wherein it consists, v. 63, 64 Sloss, Mr., a quotation from, iv. 164 Sloth, unnerves the soul, i. 72
Socinian, what, iii. 447-interpretation of Phil. ii. 3, proved absurd, vii. 131, 132
Socinianism, the doctrine of, concerning the Son and
Holy Ghost, vi. 319, 320-according to, Christ and his apostles were destitute of common sense, vii. 178 -opposed by quotations from St. John's Gospel and the Revelations, vii. 178—202—proved to be unscrip. tural, vii. 105-202― subversive of Christianity, vii. 141
Socinians in Poland, the extraordinary conduct of,vi. 442 -their unfairness in comparing the worship paid to Christ with popish idolatry, vi. 307, 308—and Deists ridicule the plan of redemption, iv. 501
Sodom not reprobated Calvinistically, iv. 132, 133 Soldiers, a needful burden on the public, v. 200 Solifidian, the character of, iii. 3
Solifidianism, what, note, ii. 233-destroys the neces sary connection between faith and works, ii. 526, 527 Solifidians, the partiality of, iii. 25, 26
Son of God, what it imports, vi. 340-349-how equal with the Father, vi. 477, 478
Song of Moses and the Lamb, what, v. 236 Sons of God, who, vi. 345-349
Sorrow, penitential and worldly, i. 163—165
Soul, its nature and worth, iv. 579-how received, i. 126-130-how an image of God, iii. 386—a human, possessed by Christ, vi. 460 Sozomen, referred to, iv. 506 Spinoza, the error of, iv. 519
Stars, reflections on the, vi. 403
State of a natural man, described, viì. 206—of an awakened man, vii. 219
Staying the mind on God, iv. 566, 567
Stephen, St., his worshipping Christ, authorizes us to
Stephens, Mr. William, mentioned, vi. 476
Subsistencies, what, vi. 329
San, reflections on the, vi. 402
Swearing, profane, an unprofitable sin, i. 88
Swiss, the generous of a, iv. 502
Sword, under what circumstances may be drawn, v. 195, 196-the use of, consistent with piety, v. 196 -201
Synod of Berne, their testimony to the importance of piety in a minister, v. 499-on the knowledge of sin, vi. 79
Synod of Dort increased Antinomianism, ii. 339-mis- taken concerning regeneration, note, iii. 82-their shameful partiality, iii. 443
Tacitus, what he says of the persecution of the prim- itive Christians, iv. 505
Talents, what, and how dispensed, i. 436-the parable of, illustrated, iii. 174-179, 484, 485 Taste, spiritual, what, v. 318
Taxation, the doctrine of, stated, v. 6-reasonable and scriptural, v. 6, 86-submission to, not slavery nor robbery, in case of virtual representation, v. 18—107 -the distinction between internal and external, fri- volous, v. 118—120—the oppression of, on the false principles of Dr. Price aud Mr. Evans, v. 154-163 Taylor, Bishop, what he says of the Trinity, vi. 298 Taylor, Dr., referred to, note, i. 61, 62
Temptations, the utility of, iv. 454, 455
Terms on which Christ bestows salvation, vii, 299 Tertullian held the doctrine of free-will, iii. 315—a beautiful quotation from, vi. 224, 225-quotations from, in proof of the Trinity, vi. 314, 315
Thessalonians, Epistles to, assert the divinity of Christ, vii. 139-143
Thief on the cross shewed his faith by works, note,ii.412 Thorn in the flesh, St. Paul's, what, iv. 286-289 Timothy, Epistles to, maintain the divinity of Christ,
vii. 144-148, 150-Titus, and Philemon, quotations from the Epistles to, in proof of Christ's divinity, vii. 144-151
Title to, and meetness for heaven, not to be separated, ii. 434-437
Titus, Epistle to, asserts the Godhead of Christ, vii. 149-See "Vespasian"
Toplady, Rev. Mr., his Historic Proof censured, iii. 199 -affirms, without reason, that Arminianism leads to Atheism, iii. 358, 359
Trade betwixt Great Britain and America, v. 147 Transubstantiation, bears no analogy to the doctrine of the Trinity, vi. 337, 338
Tribute paid by our Saviour, v. 86, 87
Trinitarian, remarks on the term, vi. 329
Trinitarians, their worship of Christ unfairly compared to the worship of an idol, vi. 307, 308-what they maintain, vi. 328, 329
Trinity, how to be understood, vi. 298-use of the doctrine of the, vi. 299-the danger of being ignorant of, vi. 300-the work of, in our salvation, vi. 302— an acquaintance with, very desirable, vi. 303-the absurdities involved in the denial of, vi. 319—the doctrine of, not inconsistent with the unity of God, vi. 338, 339-ought not to be rendered absurd by being compared to transubstantiation, vi. 337, 338- the benefits emanating from, iv. 517-why the term was first used, vi. 329-of persons in the Godhead, the true knowledge and use of the, vi. 298, 299—the evil effects of denying a, vi. 300—in what sense to be understood, vi. 327, 328—absurd method adopted by Dr. Priestley to confute the doctrine of, vi. 337, 338-remarks on, vi. 526
Tritheists, what, vi. 329
Truth essentially remote from error, ii. 416, 417- what, ii. 485-489-its close connection with the power of God, ii. 489-496-different kinds of, ii. 496-499-it saves us when cordially embraced, ii. 500, 501-the food of the soul, ii. 506-belief of, the root of good works, ii. 512-518-saving, an in- valuable gift of God, ii. 519-divine, the unity of, ii. 532, 533 Truths, peculiar to the four grand dispensations, ii. 502, 503-natural, what, ii. 534-moral, what, ii. 535-evangelical, what, ii. 536
Tucker, Dr., of the resistibility of grace, note, iii. 324 -concerning St. Augustine's sentiments, iii. 330 Unbelief, the unreasonableness of, i. 133-135-the cause of evil actions, ii. 512-518-the heinousness of, vii. 305
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