dition, 84. How to be treated
when they repent, ibid. How
their Repentance to be judged
of,
85
Epiphany, what meant by it,
122. What may be learned
from the Obfervation of it,126
Epifcopacy, the primitive Go-
vernment of the Church, 530.
The Method used by St. Paul
gives Light to it, 534. What
Oppofition it met with, 543
Evangelift, what it means, 220
Evil-speaking, what, 392. When
we may speak Evil of our
Neighbour, ibid. Condemned
in Scripture, ibid. The Hei-
noufness of it, 393. The Dif-
guife of it, ibid. What to be
done to difcourage it, 394
How to conquer this Vice,395
Examination of ourselves, what,
612. And the End of it, 614.
Prefcribed by Philofophers, ib.
The Wisdom of it, 615. The
Frequency of it, ibid. The chief
Subject of it, 616. Questions
proper to put to our felves every
Evening, ibid. Confiderations
to excite it, 617. Method of
it, 618. The Confequences and
Advantages of it, 619. Heads
for the Exercife of it, 622
Example of Chrift, the Bright-
nefs of it,
68
Fact. See Matters of Fact.
Faith, the prevailing Principle of
a good Chriftian, 54. The
Power of it, 55. In Chrift,
what, ibid. Properties of it,
56. Receives Clearness from
the Holy Spirit, 265
Family-prayer, a Duty incum-
bent on Mafters of Families,
522
Fafts, the Nature of Fafting,433
Obligations to it, 434. Ex-
amples of it in Scripture, 435
Practifed by the Apostles and
primitive Chriftians, 436
How and upon what Occafi
ons, 437. Not the abstaining
from Meats condemned by St.
Paul, 438. When religious,
439. How to be obferved,441.
What to be avoided in the Ex-
ercife of it,
Festivals, what, 1. Their Autho-
rity, 1, 2. The Defign of them,
3. Not against the Fourth Com-
mandment, 4. They do not re-
ftrain the Praifes of God, ibid.
Not Popih, 5. Not to be abo-
lifbed becaufe abused, ib. How
to be obferved, 8. What Com-
mand concerning them under
the Law, 9. How that obliges
Chriftians, 10. Advantages of
obferving them, 11. See Day.
First Day of the Week obferved
by Chriftians, 16. Why called
the Lord's Day,
ibid.
Fridays in the Year, why Fafting
Days, 611. How to be observ-
ibid.
fect of Craft, 257. Not of
Enthufiaftick Heat, nor of
Wine,
258
Gifts of the Holy Ghoft that
are ordinary
261
God's refting from his Works,
what,
Godhead and Manhood, how
make one Chrift, 169. Some
Difficulties cleared,
Good-friday, why fo called, 483.
Why kept as a Faft, 484. How
obferved in the ancient Church,
ibid. What may be learnt from
the Commemoration of Christ's
Sufferings,
.495
Gofpel, what meant by it, 221.
The Authority of the four Gof-
pels, ibid. Particularly that
of St. John,
Grace to be faid at Meals, 523
Graces, when frengthened by the
Holy Spirit,
265
Guardian-angels, the general O-
pinion of Mankind concerning
them,
388
England, 476. After what
Manner, 479. What we may
learn from the Institution of
them,
Holy Week, why fo called, 484.
How obferved in the primi-
tive Church, ibid. And in the
Church of England,
Honour to Spiritual Superiors,
what,
Humility, a Virtue peculiar to
Christianity, 148. Wherein it
confifts, 149. How the Founda-
tion of other Chriftian Vir-
tues, ibid. How to be exercised,
150. Helps to attain it, 152
Humiliation agreeable to Chri-
Stianity,
Hymn Nunc dimittis, what may
be learnt from it,
St. James the Lefs, 232. What
may be learnt from this Fefti-
val,
St. Jerome's Authority against
Epifcopacy confidered, 535
Jefus Chrift, wherein he exceed-
ed all other Prophets,66. Why
circumcifed, 116.What implied
in his faving us from Sin, ibid.
His Name worthy of all Honor,
117. Why manifefted to the
Gentiles, 125. Proved to be
God, 309. That there was fuch
a Perfon,288. A Prophet fent
from God, 289. Proved fo by
aVoice from Heaven,293. By
Miracles, 294. Objections a-
gainst them answered, ibid. By
Ť t
Prophecy,
Prophecy,299. His Sufferings
what, 486. Not the Torments
of the Damned, 487. Why he
fuffered, 489. A Proof of his
being the Meffias, 494. Not in
his divine Nature, 491. His
Refurrection, 178. His Afcen-
fion,245. See Birth of Chrift.
Immortality of the Soul proved,
from its Nature, 190. What
meant by the Fathers when
they fay it is not properly im-
mortal, 191. From Univerfal
Confent, 193. Epicureans
and Saducees no Prejudice to
this, ibid.
From the natural
Notions of God, &c. 194.
From natural Hopes and Fears,
195. What Affurance the Jews
had, 196. What farther Evi-
dence the Chriftians have,
198. 200. The Effect of this
Belief,
202
Incarnation, what we are to be-
lieve concerning it, 169
Infidelity, in respect of the Go-
fpel, a Sin of the greatest Size,
Infpiration, what meant by it,
259. 272. How to be proved,
278. Not a stubborn Conceit,
279
St. Innocents, IOI. What may
be learnt from this Festival,
106
Interpretation of Tongues, 222
St. John the Apoftle and E-
vangelift, 87. What may be
learnt from this Feftival, 95
St. John the Baptift, his Nativi-
ty, 328. What may be learnt
from this Fettival,
335
Judas the Traitor had the Gifts
of an Apostle, 407. What may
be learnt from it,
St. Jude the Apostle, 407.
may be learnt from this Fefti-
val,
Judgment General, how proved
from Reafon, 28. From Scrip-
ture, 29. When it shall be, 30.
The Neceffity of it, ibid. Wha
fhall adminifter in it, 32. Why
Jefus Chrift, ibid. Who shall
be judged, 33. For what, 34.
By what Measures, ibid. By
what Degrees, 35. The fixt
Time not known, ib. The Man-
ner of it, 36. What to be learnt,
from the Certainty of it, 37-
What from the Uncertainty,
when,
38
K
Keeping a Day holy, what, 14
Knowledge of Religion, how
attained,
L
Lay Chriftians, their Duties 10
their fpiritual Guides and Go-
vernors, 591. What we may
learn from them,
606
Lent, why fo called,444. Its An-
tiquity, ibid. Why forty Days,
445. The Defign of it, 446.
How obferved by the primitive
Chriftians,447. How we ought
to spend this Seafon,
448
Little Children, what Temper
of Mind reprefented to us by
our Saviour in that Emblem,
107. The Benefits of it, 109.
Lord's-day, 14. Why Jo called,
so
16. How obferved by the Apo-
Ales, 17. By the primitive
Chriftians, ibid. In what Senfe
called a Sabbath, 18. Par-
ticular Cuftoms anciently ob-
ferved on that Day, 19. Not
to be fafted on, 20. How to
be obferved, ibid. The Advan-
tages of obferving it,
Love of our Neighbour, what,
96. How a new Command-
ment, 97. Our Obligations
to it, ibid. How to perform
it, 98. To our fpiritual Go-
vernors, what,
59
St. Luke the Evangelift, 398.
What may be learnt from this
Festival,
403
Magiftrates, though Supreme,
cannot communicate Spiritual
Powers,
558
Manfe, or Glebe, what,
Magnificat, what, 168. What
we may learn from that
Hymn,
ibid.
Martyrdom, the feveral Sorts,
Martyrs, commemorated, why, 6.
When first began, 7. What
meant by a Martyr, 361. The
Privileges affigned to them in
the ancient Church, ibid. The
Reasonableness of Martyrdom,
362. The Happiness of it, ibid.
How embraced by the primi-
tive Chriftians, 363. To what
Caufes may be attributed their
Courage,
ibid.
Mary, the bleed Virgin, her
Offerings, 146. Why the fub-
St. Matthias the Apoftle, 155.
What may be learnt from this
Festival,
160
Meditation in a religious Senfe,
what, 449. The Exercife of
it, 450. The Fruits of it, 451
Mercies of God, when acknow-
ledged, 23. When valued, and
how to be returned, ibid.
Meffias, what Expectation of his
appearing, among the Jews,
65. Among the Gentiles, ib.
The Advantage of his appear-
ing,
66
St. Michael and All Angels,
384. What may be learnt from
this Festival,
391
Minifters of Christ, why fo ca!-
led, 556. Why the Glory of
Chrift, 557. How they derive
their
New Year's Day, 113,
it ought to fuggeft to us,
Nativity of Christ, 59.
Circumftances of it, 62. What
may be learnt from them,
Nathanael, who, 367. Wherein
appeared the Simplicity of his
Mind,
369
O
Obedience to fpiritual Gover-
nors, what,
604
Oblations, the Maintenance of
the Clergy,
597
Obfervation of Days, when fu-
perftitious,
Officers in the Chriftian Church,
who,
Omiffion, Sins of, what, 612
Oracle, what Sort of Revela-
tion,
275
Orders, how anciently conferred,
579
Ordination, what, 526. The
peculiar Privilege of a Bishop,
Р
Partaking in other Mens Sins,
what, 140. Both before and
after they are committed, 141
Perfons, infpired, how to be
judged of, 280. When at a
Distance of Time,
St.Philip and St. James the Lefs,
232. What may be learnt
from this Feftival,
Places, how holy, 567. Ser a-
part for publickWorship in the
Apostles Time, 568. How to
be reverenced,
569
Poverty, what ought to reconcile
us to that State,
Prayer, when it afcends as In-
cenfe, 128. The Nature of it,
516. How neceffary,517. For
what we ought to afk, 518.
What Encouragement, ibid.
Upon what Conditions, 519.
How to be performed, 520.
Wandering Thoughts confider-
ed, ibid. What Prayers moft
acceptable to God, and necessa-
ry for us, 521. By the Spirit,
what,523. Advantages of fre-
quently performing it, 524
Family Prayer, a Duty incum-
bent on Maflers of Families,
522. Why we ought to pray.
for the Minifters of God, 605.
Prefentation of the Firfl-born,
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