sanctification, 90. considered the gospel as the instrument
of regeneration, 125. and of sanctification, 126. on the
obedience due to positive appointments in religion, 405.
and on observing them agreeably to the divine will, 449.
Chastisements, fatherly, intended to promote the sanctification
of believers, i. 226.
CHRIST JESUS, extraordinary circumstances attending his
death, i. 121. how encouraging to the hopes of sinners,
122. how made "righteousness" to his people, 179. his
love to his people a motive to holiness, 221. his regard
to the glory of God displayed in the work of redemption,
222. is the medium through which grace reigns, 267. the
divine and human natures united in his person, ibid. the
wisdom of God displayed in its constitution, 268. his
human nature necessary to fit him to be a Saviour, 269.
was free from all moral pollution, ibid. his conception and
birth of a virgin, supernatural, 271. it was necessary he
should be God as well as man, to render his righteousness
available to the salvation of his people, 273. further
evinced from considering the evil of sin, 275. the union
of his divine and human natures qualified him to act as
Mediator, 276. to officiate as PRIEST, ibid. as PROPHET,
277. as KING in Zion, 278. his power to save hence
argued, ibid. hence the infinite dignity and worth of his
sacrifice, 979. destructive doctrine of the Socinians and
Arians on this subject, pointed out, 280. his work of
righteousness, through which grace reigns, considered,
288. in its conformity to the divine law, 289. its per-
petuity, 290. its absolute and perfect completeness, 291.
bestowed freely on sinners, 293. received only by faith,
294. is the object of Jehovah's delight, 296. and the sub-
ject of praise to saints and angels, 297. his gracious cha-
racters illustrate the meaning of the gospel, ii. 24. his good
confession concerning his kingdom, illustrated, 242. his
legislative authority in his church stated, 355. his sacrifice
contrasted with those offered under the law, iii. 27.
Christianity, gives no countenance to the European commerce
in man, iii. 206. reason why the latter is not expressly
condemned in the New Testament, 213.
Christians, should not sorrow for their brethren as those that
have no hope, iii. 276. and 286.
Christian triumph, over death and the grave, iii. 221. a sub-
ject of gratitude to believers, 240.
CHRYSOSTOM, his views of the gospel, ii. 18:
Churches of Galatia, the effects produced among them by
false doctrine, i. 337.
Church of England, a secular kingdom, ii. 262. its Rubrick
and Thirty-nine Articles form part of the statute law, 264.
note. claims the power of decreeing rites and ceremonies,
289. confounds baptism with regeneration, 334. and con-
siders the former necessary to salvation, 335. forbids chris-
tian burial to such as die unbaptized, 337. excommunicates
all who dissent from its worship, ibid.
Churches, congregational, alone suit the genius of Messiah's
kingdom, ii. 264. their instituted order of worship not to
be dispensed with, 446.
Circumcision and baptism, a parallel between them drawn,
ii. 409.
CLARKE, Dr. Samuel, quoted on positive institutions, ii. 424.
CLAUDE, Mr. on the composition of a sermon, quoted, ii.
Clergy of the national church obliged to subscribe what they
do not believe, ii. 275. involved in a dilemma, 276. note.
Commerce in the human species, condemned by the scriptures,
iii. 185. the subject explained, 186.
Conviction of sin, its process in conversion, described, i. 81.
cautions against establishing a standard of it, 88-90. notes.
Covenant, the new, suited to the nature of Christ's kingdom,
ii. 248. the subject illustrated, 249.
Covetousness, inconsistent with the principles of Christianity,
i. 243. its nature explained, 244.
Council of Trent, its dogma respecting justification, i. 170.
Cross of Christ, the object of Paul's chief glorying, iii. 371.
its influence in crucifying him to the world, 372.
Day of judgment, reflections on the solemnities of, i. 314.
and on the blessedness of the saints in that day, 317.
Death of Christ, gives the most striking view of the evil
of sin, i. 125. was a true propitiatory sacrifice for it,
iii. 29. and displayed the divine justice in its punish-
ment, 32.
Death, contemplated as the Christian's enemy, iii. 222. ex-
tent of his reign, 223. owes his existence to sin, ibid.
is the minister of divine justice, 224. how believers obtain
a victory over him, 233. that victory, the gift of God, 234.
man's natural aversion to death whence arising, 239. a
subject not to be trifled with, 244. importance of being
prepared for it, 266. reflections on its solemnity, 273. and
293. its tyranny over the human race, 283. reflections on
what succeeds man's dissolution, 284. affecting considera-
tions suggested by a premature one, 286. its important
consequences, 295.
Divine chastisements, not inconsistent with the free pardon of
sin, i. 181.
Divine agency, in giving the gospel its saving effect, ob-
jections against it examined, ii. 144. its necessity enforced,
Divine grace, influence of the doctrine of, ii. 209.
Divine justice, essential to the divine character, iii. 3. re-
quires the punishment of sin, 15. the latter not an arbi-
trary thing in God, 21. shews the necessity of Christ's
vicarious undertaking, 43. and implies the doctrine of
particular redemption, 59. its influence in promoting hu-
mility and the fear of God, 62. application of this doc-
trine, 64. it promotes a regard to the rights of justice
among men, 68. should teach ministers of the word the
necessity of being faithful in their office, 73. condemns the
conduct of ecclesiastical hirelings, 75. and presents an
alarming consideration to careless sinners, 76.
DODDRIDGE, Dr. contends that baptism must precede the
Lord's supper, ii. 344. and 346.
EDWARDS, Mr. Jonathan, quoted against the Arminian no-
tion of justification, i. 162. note. on the nature of repent-
ance, ii. 144. and on the purification of the heart by faith,
169.
Effectual calling, see Calling.
Election, the first link in the chain of salvation, i. 22. sup-
poses the divine prescience, 23. and God's sovereignty
over his creatures, 24. why opposed by men, 25. implies
preference or choice, 26. is personal, ibid. has respect to
man's salvation, 28. Jehovah's design in it cannot be
frustrated, 29. is eternal, ib. scriptural testimonies con-
cerning it, 30. cannot be made void, 31. grace reigns in it,
32. is not founded on foreseen obedience, ibid. but on
the divine good pleasure, 34. opposed to human worthi-
ness, 36. excludes boasting, 37. objections against the
doctrine, how repulsed by Paul, 39. is founded on divine
wisdom, 42. and implies the exercise of mercy, 43. its
ultimate design to display the divine glory, 44. has a
respect to the mediation of Christ, 46. is immutable in its
purpose, 47. and secures the happiness of its objects, 49.
its holy tendency evinced, 50. promotes humility, 51. and
love to God, 53. is an incentive to gratitude, 55. presents
no discouragement to repenting sinners, 51. objections
against it obviated, 60. supposes the universal depravity
of mankind, 70. the doctrine of, improved, 73.
ERSKINE, Dr. John, his Theological Dissertations quoted,
ii. 299. on the spiritual nature of Christ's kingdom, 317.
Evangelical obedience, its origin founded on deliverance from
the law as a covenant of works, i. 392. and 409-418. in
what it consists, 998. how promoted by the doctrine of the
gospel, 399.
Evil, moral, its origin how accounted for by some, iii. 393.
the hypothesis controverted, 394. futility of the investi-
gation exposed, 407.
Exercises of the soul previous to faith in Christ, no certain
evidence of conversion, ii. 187.
Faith, not the cause, but the fruit of election, i. 33. Evi-
dences of its genuineness, considered, iii. 376. may exist
without a full persuasion of personal interest in Christ,
ibid. yet should not be confounded with a simple desire to
believe, 377. does not consist in high elevations of re-
ligious joy, 379. nor in having remarkable texts of scrip-
ture applied to the mind, 380. nor in extraordinary con-
victions of sin, 383. but in having all our dependence
upon Christ for spiritual blessings, 387. and on the exercise
of humility and godly sorrow, 389.
Forbearance, among brethren, must not dispense with the
laws of Christ, ii. 457.
FOSTER, Sir Michael, quoted on the effect of establishing
Christianity by law, ií. 297. note.
Free communion, a novel practice, ii. 362. arguments against
it, 369. from Christ's commission to his apostles, 370.
from the uniform practice of the apostolic churches, 371.
from the different significations of the two institutions,
375. it sets aside the legislative authority of Christ in
his kingdom, 392. and destroys the grounds of dissent
from the national church, 393. meaning of the term "free
communion" investigated, 419. argument from Rom. xiv.
and xv. considered, 421. the practice condemned by some
Pædobaptists, 453.
Fruitfulness, in the divine life, must spring from communion
with Christ; and that union from faith in his blood, ii. 91.
Fruits of faith, necessary to render our profession credible,
ii. 223.
Gentiles, description of their state when the gospel was first
preached among them, ii. 60.
GILL, Dr. quoted on regeneration, ii. 128. note.
GILL, Mr. S. his death improved, iii. 307. view of his
christian character, 322.
GOD, his true character only to be known as revealed in his
son, ii. 150. his throne founded in justice and judgment,
iii. 4. his holiness implies the necessary exercise of justice,
7. his goodness displayed in punishing sin, 14. his ab-
horrence of sin could only be shown by its punishment,
16. his majesty and holiness should teach us reverence in
our prayers, 107. reflections on the glory of his character,
327. particularly as declared by himself to Moses, 328.
Good works, their necessity and usefulness considered, i. 233.
cannot precede justification, ibid. must flow from love to
God, 234. mistakes concerning this doctrine pointed out,
ibid. their place in the christian system described, 236.
have no place in a sinner's justification, 239. must be dis-
tinguished from Pharisaism, 241. how promoted by the
grace of the gospel, 400.
GOODWIN, Dr. how he distinguishes between love and
mercy, ii. 86.
Gospel (the), reveals the glory of God, in the person of his
Son, i. 214. and is the principle of sanctification, 215.
produces love to God, 218. and transforms the believer
into his image, 219. how its purity was corrupted among
the churches of Galatia, 337. import and meaning of the
term, ii. 16. contradistinguished from the precepts of the
law, 19. illustrated by a view of the condescending
characters which Christ bears, 24. and the design of God
in his mission, ibid. with the state of those whom he came
to save, ibid. the work he performed and the benefits
thence resulting, ibid. his all-sufficiency to save, 26. the
doctrine of preventing mercy and the free pardon of sin,
27. and of the love, mercy, and grace of God revealed to
sinners, 29. the plenitude of God's sparing and pardoning
mercy, 31. the promises of the new covenant, 36. its
gracious proclamations, 38. kind invitations, &c. 39. the
readiness of God to receive returning profligates, 40. the
blessings that he bestows for his own name sake, 42.
his gifts free and irrevocable, 45. the opposition of his
love, mercy, and grace, to all human works and wor-
thiness, 46. a consideration of the divine fidelity, 48.
the scripture instances of pardoned sinners, 49. the con-
sideration that forgiving mercy and saving grace are the
subject of praise to the saints both in earth and heaven,
53. the design of God in saving sinners, 54. and in dis-
pensing its blessings, 56. particularly from his own de-
claration that he delights in dispensing pardons, 58. was
commanded to be preached to every creature, 60. its gra-
cious and benevolent aspect towards perishing sinners,
strikingly pointed out, 64. considered as the cure for the
evil of death, iii. 275 and 285. opening a door of hope
beyond it, 296. is the doctrine of God's love to sinners,
349. the ministry of reconciliation, 352. displays the
divine condescension to accomplish the salvation of sinners,
359. and Christ's obedience to the divine law, 367. is the
grand mean of glorifying God, 368. and of saving sinners,
370.
Grace, divine, the object of the world's contempt, i. 5. the
reason assigned, 6. subverts the foundation of human
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