Chapter 15 of 30

Freedom, from sin, the only real lib- 12; infinite, 17; attributes of, go; not exhausted by use like the

Freedom, from sin, the only real lib- 12; infinite, 17; attributes of, go; not exhausted by use like the

GOSPEL OF JOHN: INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

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{ shown to others, that we may | Gluttony, power of, exemplified in receive it ourselves, 142; of injuries : Moses,

Noah, Joseph, examples of, 262; its obligations on Christians, 2d.

Fornication, worse than idolatry, its a charm against Satan, 114; why especially to be studied, 192.

Grace, of Baptism, 36; must be guarded, zd. , fullness of, in Christ, 47; shown in the Creation, in the natural law, 49; in the Law of Moses, 24., "given," inferior to "coming," 50; of God abounded beyond man's transgression, go; not exhausted by use like the water of Bethesda, 126; in Christ was without, in the Apostle with, measure, 153; prevents and cooperates with men's will, 164.

Greek Philosophers, mistakes of, conthose who would have made Christ a King, 153.

Gnostics, opinions of, 30 (note).

GOD, His nature admits not number, 7; nor time, 17; impossible to be described, 28; to be named only from His operations, 7; before all, 8; incapable of suffering, punishment, 234; persons guilty of, warned from the Church, 235.

Freedom, from sin, the only real lib12; infinite, 17; attributes of, ascribed to the Son, 18; indefectible, 23; omnipresent, 25; unsearchable, 27; not known to all, 30; to the Son only, 52; without wants, 35; unchangeable, 39; without equal, 24., seen by the Prophets only by His condescending to certain forms, 51 H seen in His Essence only by the Son, 52; seen only in thought, 26., makes things necessary easy, 87; the operations of, in regeneration to be taken on trust, 88; great strength of His love expressed in "So loved," 95; His mercy in appointing a day of trial, 96; to dispense with the law of the sabbath is for Him only, 133; "works," by preserving all things, 2d. ; said to "send" the Son because the Great Cause, erty, 194; conststs in having no wants: of Adam such, 298.

Free-will asserted, 24, 29, 35, 36, 42; argued from the offer of Heaven and the threat of Hell, 134; shown in our learning and believing voluntarily, 162; consistent with God's " drawing,'"' 164.

Frugality, the mother of health, 79.

Fullness of Christ's Grace, 2.

Funerals, great folly of expense at, cerning the soul and heaven, 234.

Greeks, why at the Passover, 246; their devotion to their gods, and contempt of riches, a reproach to evil Christians, 316.

321; vainglorious, 2d.,; moderation in, a proof of faith in the Resurrection, 322.

Futurity, knowledge of, universally coveted, 288; foresight of, belongs to God only, 289.

Habit, power of, 25.

Hand, the emblem of authority, 224.

Hardening of our hearts is of our own fault, 253.

Harlots, their imperious treatment of their lovers, 294, 295; their rapacity in spoiling their lovers,

339Harvest of souls, 119; prepared by Games, attention paid to, I, 38.

Galileans, general dullness of, 70; received Christ, but after sight of miracles, 123.

Garden, the, why Christ led the dis135; Christ's doctrine of His Spiritual nature, 146; in what sense. "seen" by Isaiah and others, 24.,, witnessed to Christ at Jordan, at the Transfiguration, in the Scriptures, 146; the fear of, the true wisdom, 150; in what sense said to "prove" men's faith, and to "search the heart," the Prophets, reaped by the Apostles, 120.

Health, the daughter of Abstinence, ciples there, 279.

Generation, 'Christ's Eternal, to be re-

Hearers, what their disposition should ceived humbly, not enquired into, 86; the second, of men in Baptism, how superior to the natural,

88; not understood of Angels, to be taken on trust by men, 2d.

Gentiles, fallen state of, 32; readily be, 2, 8; why to be earnest, 2; why tranquil, 2; should prepare themselves, 3, 38; how they become confused, 8; the careless, condemned, 24.; worse than beasts, 9; should keep what they hear, 32; should not resent reproof, 40; state of, to be con sidered in teaching and reading Scripture, 105; should imitate the woman of Samaria, 110.

Hearing and seeing, said of God, 152; allows the wicked only for a time, 157; His Providence not fully shown before the Judgment, accepted the Gospel, 33; first visited by Christ in passing through Samaria, 107; why called A Dispersion, 182; their morality a reproof to Christians, 186; called Children by anticipation, 241; in what sense "not of this fold,"

217; shown in the ass's colt, 245; call of, began from the Cross, 246, 250; signified by " all flesh," 296; knew a Creator, not His Son,

Giving, grace inferior to "coming,"

| said of the Father and the Son, implies the generation, 304, 311.

Glory, of the Son, surpassing, 40; of 162; "draweth" by helping man's weakness, 164; is most glorified by our faith, 208; spoke of Himself condescendingly in the Old Testament, 237; His "hearing" Christ signified identity of will, 239; glorified by the Cross of Christ, 249: by the judgment of Satan, 250: in our obedience, 2d. , known only through Christ, 271; in what sense "seen" by men, 272; His Essence invisible, 20. , receives less love and homage than some harlots, 295; glorified by man's service, and by Christ's Incarnation, 297; known only through the Son, 305; to be loved by works, 26.

Godhead of Christ, indirectly declared, and Christ, imply their exact knowledge,

92, 103, 136, I41;

the word, requires stillness, 168: a spiritual mind, 169: earnest zeal, 183: carefulness, 187: tends to reverence, 192.

Heathens, conversion of, hindered by their future union, 23.,° our indifference, 61; zeal of, our reproach, 62; some rejected Christianity from love of vice, 97; some virtuous but very rarely, 98; did not go to the light when it came to them, 24.,; none believed but those who before wished to live well, 2d. doctrines of, weak and inconsistent, 247; conversion of, hindered by the coldness and sins of Christians, 266.

Heaven, the thoughts of, should set Christ, how revealed,-41; of the Passion, 42; of heaven, 43; how given to God, 46; of Christ, how manifested at Cana, 80; to be gained by renouncing vainglory, 99; of this world and the next compared, 102; won by humility and charity, 117, 118; of this world, a slavery, 154; not mentioned in the Lord's Prayer, 157; to be won by suffering, 298; folly of losing it, for vanities, 20.

Glory of God, whether the object, or 201.

Golden, necklaces worn by servants, 95Gold kv 125, 143.

Golgotha, said to be Adam's place of burial, 317.

Gospel, its persuasiveness a proof of us above the world, 293: and little affronts, 294; our real home, 293:

Hell, fire of, prepared for the devil, its truth, 5; wide spread of, 6; read on Lord's Day and sabbath, 38; superior to the Law, 48; its offers universal, 24, 29, 36; rejected from the love of sin, 98; the consequence of the cure of the blind men, 201; either view justified, 2d, 66; existence of, denied by some, 96; proved credible by 1 Cor. v.,

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