INDEX.
A.
Abuse of things, unfairness of arguing from it against their use, [53].
Acceptance with God, commonly prevailing notions respecting it, [85]—[88].
— Scripture, and Church of England, doctrine respecting it, [88]—[92].
— practical consequences, of common notions respecting it, [89].
— true doctrine vindicated from objection, [93]—[94].
Addison, quoted, [162].
Affections, of their admission into Religion, [57], [58].
— their admission into Religion reasonable, [59]—[62].
— true test and measure of them in Religion, [62]—[65].
— in Religion, not barely allowable, but highly necessary, [66]—[69].
— our Saviour the just object of them, [69], [70].
— objection, that they are impossible towards an invisible Being, discussed, [71]—[77].
— little excited by public misfortunes, and why, [75], [76].
— towards our Saviour, special grounds for them, [77], [78].
— divine aid promised for exciting them, [79], [80].
— our statements respecting them in Religion verified by facts, [80], [81].
— religious, St. Paul a striking instance of them, [61].
Ambition, votaries of, [125], [126].
Amiable tempers, discussion respecting, [178]—[198].
— substituted for Religion, [179], [180].
— value of, estimated by the standard of mere reason, [180].
— false pretenders to them, [181].
— real nature, when not grounded on Religion, [181], [182].
— precarious nature, [182]—[184].
— value of, on Christian principles, [186].
— life, Christian’s most so, [190], [191].
— Christians urged to this, [192]—[196].
— its just praise, [197], [198].
— apt to deceive us, [198].
Applause, desire of, universal, [146], [147].
B.
Babington, the reverend Matthew, [259].
Benevolence, true Christian, its exalted nature, [287], [288].
Bacon, Lord, quoted, [229].
C.
Calumny, considerations which reconcile the Christian to it, [169], [170].
Charity, true, what, and its marks, [311], [312].
Christianity, vital revival of, would invigorate church establishment, [294].
— vital, alone suited to lower orders, [295], [296].
— the common system, falsely so called, [305].
— the truest patriotism, [287]—[292].
— of the world, its base nature, [324].
— not a gloomy service, [326]—[332].
— relaxations compatible with, [327], [328].
— its solid texture, [332].
— general, what so called, [334], [335].
— true, requires incessant watchfulness and care, [336].
— state in which it finds us, [30]—[33].
— its present critical circumstances, [265]—[272].
— reduced to a system of ethics, proofs of this, [273], [277], [278].
— causes, which have tended to produce neglect of her peculiar doctrines, [269], [270], [274]—[276].
— peculiar doctrines of, taught by the oldest divines and highest dignitaries of the English church, [273], [274].
— peculiar doctrines gradually fallen into neglect, [276]—[278].
— sad symptoms of its low state among us, [278]—[280].
— objection, that our system of it too strict, stated and answered, [280]—[283].
— vital, its happy influence on temporal well-being of communities, [283]—[285].
— not hostile to patriotism, [285]—[287].
— from its essential nature, peculiarly adapted to well-being of communities, [290]—[292].
— vital, can alone produce these effects, [293].
— excellence of it, in some particulars not commonly noticed, [252]—[259].
— general state of, in England, [262].
— its tendency to promote the well-being of political communities, [262]—[288], [292], [293].
— has raised the general standard of practice, [264], [265].
— sickens in prosperity and flourishes under persecution, [266], [267].
— peculiarities of, naturally slide into disuse, [269].
Christians, true, duties especially incumbent on them in these times, [350]—[353].
— should pray for their country, [351].
— their prayers intreated for the success of this work, [353].
— ready made, who esteemed such, [318].
— real, how different from nominal, [214], [215].
— life, illustrated by figure of a traveller, [217]—[219].
Commons, House of, proves inordinate love of worldly glory, [159].
Consistency between Christianity’s leading doctrines and practical precepts, [231]—[252], [253].
— between Christianity’s leading doctrines amongst each other, [253].
— between Christianity’s practical precepts amongst each other, [253]—[257].
Contact, necessary to produce any interest in our affections, [73]—[78], [81].
Corruption of human nature, common notions of it, [14]—[16].
— of human nature, Scripture account of it, [16], [26], [27].
— of human nature, arguments suggested in proof of it, [16]—[26].
— of Heathen world, and striking instance of it, [18], [19].
— of savage life, [19], [20].
— proof of it, furnished by the state of the Christian world, [20]—[24].
— by the experience of the true Christian, [24], [25].
— human, its general effects, when suffered to operate without restraint, [25], [26].
— human, firm grounds on which it rests, [35].
— human, practical uses of the doctrine, [36].
Cowper’s Task, recommended, [234]—[352].
— quoted, [251].
D.
Defective, conceptions generally prevailing concerning importance of Christianity, [1]—[5].
— conceptions concerning human corruption, [15], [16].
— conceptions concerning the evil spirit, [28].
— conceptions concerning the doctrines, which respect our Saviour and the Holy Spirit, [70], [71], [45], [46], [48], [49], [50].
— conceptions concerning the means of acceptance with God, [84]—[91].
— conceptions prevailing concerning practical Christianity, [102]—[104], [117]—[205].
— conceptions of guilt and evil of sin, [206]—[210].
— fear of God, [210].
— sense of the difficulty of getting to heaven, [214], [215].
— love of God in nominal Christians, [219]—[221].
— love of God, proofs of it in nominal Christians, [221]—[224].
— conceptions general, concerning peculiar doctrines of Christianity, [231].
— conceptions of peculiarities of Christianity, practical mischiefs from them, [232].
Depths, of the things of God; and our proneness to plunge into them, [41]—[43].
Devotedness to God, duty of it, [107]—[110], [113], [116], [118].
Dissipated and indolent, class of, [121], [122].
Dissipation, seems to have prevailed in the antediluvian world, [213].
Doddridge’s Sermons on Regeneration, referred to, note, [83].
Duelling, its guilt, &c. [159]—[161].