Power, words of, sometimes used for ness only, 24.; the fear of, the raising of Lazarus, 232; truth of,
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Apostle's reaping, 120; Christ's agreement with, concerning the Judgment, 141; wrongly compared with Christ, 198; in what sense "saw " God, 271.
Providence, implied in Christ being consistency, 2d., doctrine of the Deitys+7Pleasure, of sense vain and fleeting, ous, 42; witnessed by few only, 61; the great Evidence, 82; why not plainly foretold, 2d. doctrine of, most affects the obstinate,
139; a token of, in the cure of the Paralytic, 140; the general, is common to the godly and ungodly, 161; the special, for the good only, 24. ; belief of, of labor real and lasting, 127; danger of resting in, 156.
Pleasures of vice and virtue comthe Life, 23; not perfectly developed before the Judgment, 162.
Psalms, titles of, to teach attention, pared, 330.
Poor, wiser, healthier, happier, than the rich, 79; better off than the uncharitable, 96; generally elated by prosperity, 109.
Possessions, how to be turned to ac-' ie Publi amusements supersede religious destroys, Fatalism, 163; belief in, the Essence of Christianity, 26. ; confessed by devils, 2d. ; necessary to God's justice, 2d. , the special, with, the general, without, reward, 168; of Christ, proved by his death, 218; the doctrine of, concerned in the raising of Lazarus, 232; truth of, proved by the Apostles' acts, 234; shown in the growth of seed, 246; moral argument for, 720. , denied by heretics on heathen principles, 247 ; foretold in Jacob's prophecy, 251; compared to birth, 291; Christ's, alluded to in "a man born into the world," 2é., the beginning of knowledge, 292; various proofs of, in the burialplace, embalming, position of the clothes, 320, 321; why first made known to Mary Magdalene, 323.
Retirement, frequently recommended duties, 210.
Punishment, a proof of God's love, count, 215.
Poverty, only evil here, 159; its bene35; of those who received not Christ, 36; of the wicked for the sake of the good, 37; everlasting, 43; to be avoided by holiness only, 24.; the fear of, the most powerful motive with most men, 106; endures longer than the sin, 131; redoubled after relapse, 26. , if not sent now, will be the more heavy hereafter, 20. ; brings men to virtue, more than reward, 137; delayed, but certain, 157-162; not inherited, 200; objection removed, 201.
Pythagoras, his disciples' enquiries, 5; fits shown by examples, 281; the best estate to prepare for Heaven, 298.
Power, words of, sometimes used for the will only, 252.
Praise, love of, kept certain rulers from the faith, 254.
Prayer, a way to pardon, 29; for the dead 43 (note); needed, to understand the Scriptures, 72; impatience in, rebuked, 126; ours, as Christ's, should be for things spiritual, 157; not suited to God, 196; not consistent with Godhead, 239; for all mankind, 290.
Preachers, to be attended to more than performers, I, 3; must arouse the sluggish, 40.
Preaching, its labor lightened by the in Magna Grecia, 6; how conversed with brutes, 24.; his doctrines unprofitable, 2d, by the example of Christ, 151; its spiritual blessings, 225.
Return, what, to be made to Christ, " Reaping," was kept for the Apostles', 120; easier than sowing, 2b, Reason, unassisted, cannot reach Divine truth, 5, 27, 87; failed to discover the nature of the soul and heaven, 234.
Reasoning, human, inapplicable to God, 17; uncertain, 2d. , in Divine mysteries dangerous, 86, 87; unable to penetrate things natural, hearer's attention, 76; reward of, not lost by the hearer's fault, 105; without, holiness an offense to unbelievers, 141.
Presumption, dangerous, 27; caused 40.
Reverence, promoted by merely hearing the Word, 192.
Revenge, the best is to return good Adam's fall, 28.
Pride, ruined the Jews, 33; evils of, for evil, 261; of what sort to be employed by Christians, 185.
Reward of the true pastors, 43.
Riches, transitory nature of, here, 57; 34, 54; remedies of, 34; separates the brethren, 54; why more inexcusable than other vices, 57; of Christian's shamed by Christ's washing the disciples' feet, 260.
Priesthood, its dignity and danger, 326; to be honored, because in Moses' seat, 24.,° their unworthiness, hinders not the effect of the Sacraments, 26., God dispenses grace by their hands, 2d.
Prisons, the sobering effect of visiting, how to be made lasting, 58; the thorn of the humble, 86; vanity of, 118; only good here, 159; abuse of, a betraying of Christ, Regeneration in Baptism, 37; a real sonship, 48; superior to natural birth, 88; to be taken on trust as a mystery, not understood of angels, 2d.; inferior to Christ's eternal birth, 91; types of, in the Old Testament, 92; doctrine of, received by faith, 93; the work of the Spirit, 126; shown in the Water from The Side, 319.
Relationship, to Christ, did not profit 172; dangerous to the soul, 244; love of, hinders faith, 254; their end is to be used, not hoarded, nor abused, 69, 299; the earthly to be despised for the heavenly, 301.
'Robber, the, compared with the Shep220; contrasted with theaters, 26., the inmates of, sometimes better than others, 221; all men were confined in, but delivered by Christ, 24. St. Paul preached in with effect, 222.
Prophecies, sometimes made unconherd, 213; is he that useth not the Scriptures, 26.
Romans, the, danger from, a mere His enemies, 75; to good men, no protection to the wicked, 20. ; earthly, useless without the spiritual, 89.
Repentance, its efficacy to procure pardon, 50; to avert judgment, pretense of the Pharisees, 239.
Rulers, the, some believed in Christ, sciously, 241.
Prophecy, why more persuasive than 205; in general, believed not, 214. miracles, 68; impossible to devils, zb., addressed to particular persons by Christ,
113; of the future confirmed by the fulfillment of the past, 140; given by the mouths of evil men, 241; caused by, not the cause of the event, 252, 301; fulfillment of, in the parting of the garments, 317; in the piercing of The Side, 319.
Prophets, the, quoted by the Evan121; is the not doing the same again, 20. ; great difficulty of, 260; a source of hope, 295.
Repetitions, vain, consist in praying Sabbath, the, Gospels appointed to be read on, 38; breach of, how the keeping of the Law, 179.
Sabellians, denied the Personality of for vain things, 157.
Reproach, to be borne patiently, after the Son, 28, 138.
Sabellius, separated the Father and the example of Christ, 312; injures only the author, 2d.
Reserve, in teaching doctrine, 13, 93; the Son, 271; his life and doctrine, 274 (note); doctrine of, refuted by Christ's indwelling in His disciples, 303.
Sacraments of the Jews, types of ours, of John Baptist, 105; and Paul, tb Resurrection, the, implied in Christ, gelists, 44; speak Of future events as past, 46; sowed for the 48; of the Lord's Body and "The Life," 22; of Christ glori-
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Blood, unites us with Christ, 166; its usefulness, 167.
Sacrifice, mercy preferred to, 46; sin in expression, intended to excite attention, 142; requires care to clear its obscurity, as gold in the mine, 143; contradictions of, only apparent, 2d., what cautions to be observed in its interpretation,
144; speaks to the majority, 164; a charm for anger, 175; has said nothing in vain, 180; requires exact search, 207; the only means to refute heresy, 247; uses the same words in different senses of God and men, 275; qualifications necessary for understanding it, 301; neglect of, the cause of our little wisdom, 316; and of our unfruitfulness, 2.,° duty and benefits of searching it, 333.
Sea, an inadequate type of Christ's to the blind man and his parents, 200.
Ba its danger, 29; is of willfulness, of making, with the fruits of injustice, 270.
Saints, their merits no help to the 2.
Society, a remedy for human weakness, 67. sinner, 175; the glory of, will consist in reflecting that of the Son, .304.
Salvation, signified by the names of Son of God, Christ and man differently so called, 11; not greater than the Father, 13; declared equal with the Father, 14, 52, 53; not "younger" than the Father, "'Christ's meat," the " field," the "harvest," 119.
Samaria, the woman of, an example 17; of the same Essence, 18, 53; Infinite, 18; has attributes of Godhead ascribed to Him, 18, 24; personality of, 28; begotten, 26.,; left not heaven to be made man, 36; alone of all hath seen God in His Essence, 52; coeternal with the Father, 53; addressed in the words, "Let us make man," 116; independence of, 189; to be glorified by works, not words only, 2d. His identity of Power and Essence with the.
Father, 224; only different in being a Son, 20.; seeing and believing on Him is seeing and believing on the Father, 254; the True Ged equally with the Father, 297; why called the Messenger, 299; His agreement with the Father, 299, 300; His glory from the Eternal Generation, 304, 311; His agreement with the Father proved by His pre-existence, 305.
Sonship, of Christians real, of Jews of a soul healed by Christ, 42; encouraged by Christ's appearance to approach Him, 45; converted by prophecy, 68; her considerateness, 109; more reverent than Nicodemus, 110; more attentive to the Word than the Jews, 26., her patience in listening, a reproach to Christian congregations, zd. ; bolder than Nicodemus, in bringing others to Christ, 112; her candor in judgment, 112; her meekness in bearing reproof, 113; her desire to learn, 117; her zeal for her countrymen, 118; her prudence, 2b. in faith superior to those Jews who would have Manna from Christ, 161; doubted, but with humility, 198; a sinner, but received by Christ, 221.
Samaritans, the, visited by Christ, but fullness, 47.
Seal, implies testimony to that which is sealed, 159.
Self, to be conquered, 19.
Self-deceit, danger of, 75.
Self-judgment, the only way to escape God's, 120-142.
Separation from the wicked, sometimes necessary, 154, 200.
Sermon, Christ's, after the Supper, was tocomfort the Disciples, 266; recalled, to their minds afterwards by the Spirit, 265.
Servants, to be rebuked without clamor, 92; how far different from sons, 194.
Severity, use of, in rousing the dull, only in passing, 107; origin and history of, 2d. ; only received the works of Moses, 108; hated by the Jews, 2d., their call not intended by Christ, but deserved by their zeal, 109; inferior to the Jews in purity of faith, 115; received all from the Jews, 116; why expected a Messiah, 2d., their reception of Christ, and candor in hearing Him, rewarded by the gift of faith, 122; praised for believing without miracles, after teaching only, 123, 125; name of, a term of reproach against Christ, 197.
Sanctification, of the Jews only nega157.
Heieg is for the insulter, not the innominal, 44; of Christ implied in the word "Sent," 138; and in "hath given," 139.
Sophists, their rhetorical displays, 1; sulted, 24.
Shepherd, distinguished from the robber, 213, 214; layeth down his life, 215.
Sight, the most trustworthy sense, 92; their inflated style condemned by Socrates, 6.
Sorrow, its use in calming the pasapplied to Christ and God, means exact knowledge, 104, 137; said of God, signifies intellectual perception, 269.
Signs, why refused to the Jews, 81, sions, 219; immoderate, brings death, 286.
Soul, weakened by earthly passions, 8, 31; being one cannot contain many desires at once, 24.,, when unmoved by externals, 11; its own mistress, 42; healed by Christ, 26.,; culture of, more difficult than of the earth, 62; how may recover its appetite of spiritual food, 66; its diseases produced by luxury, 79; is invisible, yet most exposed to attack, 26. ; real though invisible, 88, 91; how inferior to spirit, 88; chastised through the body, 131; but secured by the fear of God, 193; darkened by grief, 230; how best adorned, 256.
Sowing, the, was done by the Prophets, 120; harder than the reaping, 2d.
Spectacle of the spiritual combat to 84; of Jonas, why often used by Christ, 82; asking for, a practice of tempters, 84; not for the faithful, but heathens, 2d. tive, of Christians positive, 48.
Satan, cast down by Christ's death, Sin, its blindness, 24; misery, 20. , madness, 25; shamefulness, 2d. ways to put away, 29; a fire, 66; after Baptism, not unpardonable, 96; of all will be revealed to all because not deserved by sin, 250.
Scribes, the robbers of the fold, 213.
Scripture, Holy, its elevating power, I, 4, 7, 8; its taming power, 10; its inspiration, 2, 4; safeguard of the soul, 11; publicly read, 38; mystery of, meant to excite our attention, 51; the food and medicine of the languid soul, 66; needs careful study, 72; its preaching varied to include all, 80; why imputes a will to things without life, 91; significant in every word, 95; copies of, to be studied, not shown, 114; deters Devils from approaching, 20. ,; draw down the Spirit, 2d., general ignorance of, zd., no part of, to be passed over, 125; its universal use, 128; its humility in the Judgment, 121; buried in|, Baptism, 24.; more excusable when from natural passion, 130; punished both in body and soul, 131; how affected by blindness, 213; its filthiness, 189; to be put away only by Holy Baptism, 190; the greatest bondage, 24., only to be removed by God, 194; freedom from, the only real liberty, 26., worse in Christians than Heathens, 250; cleansed in Baptism, and by alms, 270; its offensiveness, 26.
Sin before birth, not possible, 200.
Sinfulness, in what sense attributed be seen in Holy Scripture, 114; of heathen theaters to be avoided, 2b.
Spirit, the Holy [see Holy Ghosz].
Spiritual life, its pleasures, 295.
Spiritual sight is within the mind, 170.