Faith, Christian’s life, a life of,137,138.Families, two, the righteous and the wicked,212.Ferguson, the historian,290.Fuller’sCalvinism and Socinianism compared,344.Fundamentalpractical distinction between systems of nominal and real Christians,237,250,251.
Generaltone of morals, Christianity has raised it,104.— established by consent in every country,263,264.Geneva, the effect of theatres,223.Gloomyservice, false charge that we make Christianity such,327.Glory, true and false, what properly so called,153.— Mistakes concerning it,153.Good heartedyoung men, term misapplied,310.Good heartedyoung men, the title disproved,315.Gratitude, true signs of,49.
Habits, of mind forgotten in Religion,134—146.Heavenly mindedness, best promoted by being much conversant with peculiar doctrines of Christianity,250.Holy Spirit, Scripture doctrine concerning,44,82,83.— popular notions concerning,50—53.Honour, false notions respecting it,162,163.Horne, Dr. quoted,61.Humility, best enforced by peculiar doctrines of Christianity,244,245.— the ground of Christian graces,146.— excellent practical effects of,176.
Ignoranceof Christianity, common,5,6.— criminal,6,7.Importanceof Christianity, inadequate conceptions generally entertained of it,1—13.— of Christianity, proofs of the inadequate ideas generally entertained of it,2—5.— of Christianity, ideas of it given by the Holy Scriptures,8—10.— of Christianity, best enforced by peculiar doctrines of Christianity,240.Inconsistencyof the world’s practical system,255,256.Indifferenceabout Christianity generally prevalent,9.— general towards our Saviour, proofs of,46—48.Infidelity, common progress of it,338—342.— a disease of the heart more than of the understanding,342.Innocentyoung women, term how misapplied,310.— young women, the title disproved,315.Intellectualattainments, rated below moral by Christianity,257—260.— low degree of excellence within our reach,258.
Jones, Sir William, a champion for Christianity,348.
Kenyon, Lord Chief Justice, commendations of,302.
Language, common, concerning the importance of Christianity,5.— concerning human corruption,15.— concerning affections towards our Saviour, and Holy Spirit’s operations,51,52.— concerning terms of acceptance with God,85—87.— concerning mode of relaxing the strictness of Christian precept,132,133.— concerning human judicatures,133.— concerning amiable tempers and useful lives,179.— common to people desirous of repenting,235.Learning, votaries of,127.Life, Christian, illustrated under figure of a traveller,217—219.— Christian’s, a life of faith,137—140.Liturgy, bad effects to be feared from its disuse,297.Lives, several mentioned,336.Love, true signs of it,46,47.— of God, its essential characters,110.— of Christ, justly to be expected of us,69,70,77,78,107,108.— means of exciting it,99,100.— of God, defective in nominal Christians,219,220.— of God, proofs of its being defective,220—224.— of fellow-creatures, nominal Christians defective in,225.— of fellow-creatures, true marks of,226—229.— of God, best enforced by Christianity’s peculiarities,242.— Christians to cultivate this grace above all others,324.— its excellent effects in the true Christian,325.— of fellow-creatures best enforced by peculiar doctrines,243,244.Lowstandard of practice generally prevailing,102,103,117—135.Lowerclasses, not unfit that true doctrine of acceptance should be stated to them,93,94.
McLaurin, his essays and sermons referred to,83,97.Maurice, Mr. a defender of Christianity,348.Maxims, which prove human corruption,21.Medium, religious, almost lost,130.Milton, quoted,43.Moral, attainments rated above intellectual, by Christianity,257.— attainments, how much more we can excel in them than in intellectual ones,259.Moravians, commendation of,56.
Naturalcondition of man without Christianity,31—33.Nature, essential, of true practical Christianity,129.Necessity, excuse on the plea of, stated, and answered,36—42.— opponent on the ground of, how best opposed,37,38.Nominaland real Christian, distinction between them most important,306.Novels, prove how peculiarities of Christianity have fallen into neglect,277,278.
Objectionsagainst the religious affections towards Christ, and against the operations of the Holy Spirit,50—53.— against human accountableness, discussed,36—42.— against the religious affections towards Christ, and against the operations of the Holy Spirit, discussed,53—83.Outgrowingvices mistaken for forsaking them,308,318.Owen, Dr. referred to,275.
Paley, Mr. his defence of Christianity noticed,260,281.Partialityin the religious views of nominal Christians,119—121.Particular, Christians must not fear to be so when required by duty,167.Pascal’sthoughts referred to,245.— thoughts recommended,348.Peculiar, doctrines, use, in promoting humility,244,245.— in promoting moderation in earthly pursuits,246.— in promoting cheerfulness in suffering,247.— in promoting confidence in danger, and patience in suffering,248,249.— in promoting heavenly mindedness,250.— doctrines, demand our utmost attention,94—97.— doctrines, use of,239.— doctrines, use of, in enforcing importance of Christianity,240.— doctrines, use of, in enforcing entire surrender to God,240.— doctrines, use of, in enforcing guilt of sin, and dread of punishment,241.— in promoting love of God,241,242.—in promoting love of fellow-creatures,243,244.Philosophy, epicurism and stoicism,59.Pitt, Mr. slander respecting him refuted—Note272.Pleasure, the true Christian finds in Religion,139,140.Pleasuresof true Religion,325—332.Policy, mistaken, of compromise with immorality,301.Polishedstate of society no security against progress of immorality,298,299.Political, good effects from the prevalence of Christianity, as above described,283—295.— good effects from revival of vital Christianity,296.— bad effects from its farther decline,297,298.— happiness of a Christian nation,283—287.Pompand parade, votaries of,124.Poorthe, more favourably circumstanced as to Religion,93,292.Pope, the Poet, referred to,246.Popularnotions concerning our Saviour and the Holy Spirit,46—48.Practicalhints, on importance of Christianity,13.— on human corruption,35.— on mode of dealing with a certain description of infidels,37,38.— on the means of exciting our affections towards our Saviour,99,100.— respecting love of estimation,174—178.— respecting amiable tempers and useful lives,192.— to naturally sweet tempered,193.— to naturally rough and austere,194—199.— to true Christian, when engaged in hurry of worldly affairs,199—204.— to persons desirous of repenting,235.— respecting uses of peculiar doctrines of Christianity,240—251.— for revival of Religion,300—304.— to various descriptions,305—318.— to such as, having been hitherto careless, wish to become true Christians,318—332.— to some who profess their full assent to fundamental doctrines of Christianity,333—336.— to Sceptics and Unitarians,337—345.— to half-unbelievers,346—348.— to true Christians, from state of times,349—354.— Christianity, chapter on,100—251.— prevailing low views of it,102—104.— Christianity, its real strictness,105,106.— its true nature,107—110.— charged on all without exception in its full strictness,111—115.— mischiefs of neglect of peculiarities of Christianity,232.— distinction, fundamental, between systems of nominal and real Christians,231—234.— precepts of Christianity, most excellent,260.— use of peculiar doctrines of Christianity,238.Prevailing, low views of practical Christianity, proofs of them,104.— inadequate sense of peculiar doctrines of Christians,231, &c.Probation, notion of, disproves prevailing system of Religion,317.Proofof Christianity’s divine origin,260—262.Puritans, many of their writings commended,275.
Religion, practical hints for its revival,300—305.— the only true support in trouble and peril,332.Repentance, advice for such as are disposed to,318—324.Reputation, true Christian’s conduct respecting it,164—178.— true Christian preserves, without over-valuing it,167—170.Richardson, mentioned,278.Robertson, Dr. censured,279.Rousseau, school of,204,205.
Scepticism, natural history of it,338—340.Scepticsand Unitarians, advantage they have in attacking Christianity,344,345.Scripturedoctrine, importance of, to Christianity,8—10.— doctrine, concerning human corruption,14—27.— doctrine, concerning Christ and the Holy Spirit,43,44.Self-deception, frequent sources of,306—318.— another common kind,333—335.Self-examination, helps in,306.Selfishnessof common practical Religion,121—127.— the disease of political societies,288.— peculiarly counteracted by Christianity,291,292.Sensibility, exquisite, how little truly valuable, and how different from true practical benevolence,204,205.Sensualistsclass of,123.Sin, how spoken of in Scripture,211.— defective conceptions of,207.Sincerity, false notion of it,10—12.— true what,13.Sins, no little ones,210,211.— little, what accounted such,208.Smith, Dr.Adam,76.188,189.279.Soame Jenyns, his View of the Internal Evidence of Christianity referred to,6.281.Sophistry, with which Religion is explained away,133.Stagethe, proof from its being frequented by nominal Christians of their defective love of God,221—224.230,231.— proof from, illustrated by political analogy,223.Statutes, Religion made a set of,131,132.Sternestrongly censured,206.Strictnessof true practical Christianity,105,106.— of our system, objected to, as not suited to the state of the world,280,281.— the charge refuted,281,282.Sunday, hints for its employment,141,142.— common modes of unhallowing it,143—145.Supremeregard to be set on God,60.112—129.Swift’sTale of a Tub, quoted,132,133.
Taste, votaries of,127.Tempers, Christian, not cultivated,136—146.— respecting human estimation,165—168.— respecting calumny and disgrace,170.— when too much immersed in worldly business,201—204.Theatres, Parisian,223.Theatricalentertainments prove defective love of God,222.Theatricalentertainments prove defective love of our neighbour,230,231.— entertainments, illustrated by political analogy,223.
Unbelievers, half; a class of them,346.Uncharitableness, what falsely so called,312.Unitarianismoften results from same causes as absolute scepticism,343.Usefullives, discussion concerning,178.— substituted for Religion,179.— value of, estimated by standard of mere reason,185.— real worth of, on Christian principles,186—188.— life, the Christian’s life the most so,191.— Christians urged to,192.— its just praise given to,197.— apt to mislead us,198.
Vice, some one always excused,308—310.Vices, outgrowing or changing them, mistaken for forsaking all sin,308—310.Vulgarityin Religion, as to language, to be expected from vulgar men,56.
Wealth, votaries of,125,126.Women, more disposed than men to Religion, and uses to be made of this,313.— exalted office assigned to them,314.Witherspoon,275.
Youth, simplicity of, mistaken for Religion,313.