Envy and Pride, 172. Cenforiousness, 173. Malice and Revenge, 174. The want of it a Forfeiture of God's Pardon, 180. Chearfulness a neceffary Quality of it, 187. How to be exercis'd, 181, & feq. Should be rather a Provifion than a Relief, 212.

Chastity the most powerful of all christian Virtues, 99.. Helps to it, 109, 110. An Inftance of it in a Nicomedian Prince, 110.

Christian Life influenc'd by common Life, 152. Itse Qualities, 329.

Christianity the beft-natur'd Inftitution, 275

Churches, the Ladies drefs for them, 44.
Clamour fuccessful, in Women, and why, 162:
Clearness, the Cause of it in thinking, 352. What
most conduces to it, 325.

Clemency, the Abuse of it, 84.

Cloisters, the Virginity of them not Praise-worthy, 100. Company, good against Lewdness, 111.

Compaffion bred by Charity, 171.

Contemplation, what requifite to it, 298.

Contradiction, Men delight in it, 295.

Converfation gay and merry, the Danger of it, 9.
Coftly Apparel, when criminal, 68.

Curiofity, too much of it criminal, 135. How it should be employ'd, 137, & feq. Vicious when it: inquires into the Works of the Creation with a Spirit of Scepticifm, 145. Begot by Envy and Idle-nefs, 147. A Caufe of Scandal, 263.

Cuftom not to be our Guide in giving Alms, 202. The Mischiefs of it, 278.

D.

Dancing, the Ufe and Abuse of it, 41.

David's Wickedness after his Adultery, 103.

Decency makes Converfation useful, 84.

Debates, religious, with what Animofity carry'd on,

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Debtors,,

Debtors, the Uncharitableness of using them ill, 190. Directions for their giving Alms, 207.

Defamation, thofe that are guilty of it fear it most, 233. Pride a great Cause of it, 239. Most scandalous in Men otherwife virtuous, 254.

Delicacy neceffary in the use of Wit, 37.
Defigning Perfons hateful, 322.

Detraction never carried to fuch an Extravagance, as now, 227. A flat Contradiction to Charity, ibid. Various Kinds of it, 230, & feq. Blameable when true, 236. Envy a great Promoter of it, 239. The poor Gains that is made of it, 265.

Difcourfe, how fpoil'd by Affectation, 341.

Difcretion, what is imply'd in it, 82. The Advantages of it, 84. It confifts in timing things, 85. How to be obferv'd in Acts of Charity, 210.

Difputation, the common Rules perplexing, 318. Diftinction to be obferv'd between the Good and Bad, 132. Divinity, Sophifticators of it feduce Women, 155. Doctor and Plowman, in what the Difference between them confifts, 290.

Drefs, the Defign of it, 43. Errors in it, 44, & feq. Regulated by wife States, 46. Affectation in it miffes its End, 51. Rules for it out of Scripture, 53. Rich Clothes not forbidden, ibid. Neatnefs commendable, 63. Criminal if it tempts, though without Defign, 65. Time not to be wasted about it, 67. The Power of it, 70.

Drinking, the Beastlinefs of it in Women, 121. and the Danger, 122.

Dryden, Verfes of his against Women, 2.
Duellifts in a State of Damnation, 177.
Dunners, how scandalous to the Great, 47.

E.

Earth, the Swiftness of its Motion, 143.
Eafinefs of Temper as bad as Inflexibility, 155.

Edu

Education, the Mischief of its Prejudices in Religion, 154. How Women may be improv❜d by it, 276. Eloquence, the beft, in what it confifts, 329. Employment neceffary for the Great, 9. A Duty in all, 19. Emulation in Virtue recommended, 344.

Enemies to be belov'd, 174, 197.

Envy its own Punishment, 222.

The bafeft of all

Crimes, 223. No body will own it, 222. Equivalent, Converfation fo, as well as Commerce, 310. Eftates, Ladies fhould be acquainted with their Husbands, 13.

Eftraterie, of vicious Women, not to be corrected by Lectures, 124.

Examples, the Force of them, 244..

Experiments, upon others Fame, dangerous, 234.
Expoftulations on the Duty of Charity, 220, 221.
Eye and Hand to be kept chafte, 107.

F.

Faith, its Objects as rationally proved as thofe of Science, 287. Has a Mixture of the Will, 288. Fall of others ought to excite our Pity, 338. Fame, publick, the Measure of Good and Evil, 151 How dear it fhould be to every one, 228. the Great have courted it, 228.

Family, not to be neglected for the Poor, 189.

How

Fancy, not to be indulg'd in Uncleannefs, 107. The Tyrant of Luft, 128. Of Women, how ill employ'd, 340.

Fashions, the Cause of Vanity in Drefs, 47. Follow'd in Worship, 82.

Fafts, how abus'd, 24.

Faults of others are fometimes to be publish'd, 237.

But not lightly, 243.

Filthy Difcourfe criminal, 108.

Flattery dangerous to Women, 122.

Foppery avoided not for the Sin but the Folly of it, 45, 52.

Foppish

Foppish Airs impudent in Women, 126.

Fortune no Plea for Idlenefs, 8. Good of Things not to be proud of, 335

French Authors, how they abuse the Women, 3.
French Ladies, the great Freedom they take, 120..
Friends, their Advice of great Advantage, 293.
Friendship with the wicked fcandalous among the Pagans.

132.

Frugality, decent, a Virtue, 95. A Duty for the fake.. of Charity, 212,

G.

Galant Authors, the Danger of reading them, 17. Gaming, how far allowable in Women, 40. How it provokes Anger, 169. The Gains to be given to the Poor, 205.

Genius to be confulted, 290.

God, the Neceffity of his Being prov'd, 314, & feq: Goodness makes all other Perfections excellent, 224. Government for the Good of the People, 136.

Grammar, Ladies should learn it, 11. May do it in English Books, 331.

Gratitude and Love to God, Expreffions of them, 218, 219.

Grudging fpoils Charity, 187.

Hannibal, his Saying of Marcellus's Perverseness, 261. Hatred not so base as Envy, 222.

Haughtiness in Almfgiving condemn'd, 215.

Heaven a Scene of Content, 166.

Herbert, Mr. his Saying of Talkativeness, 116.

History should be read by Ladies, 13, 14.

Honour, mistaken Notions of it, 10,

they have done, 228.

The Mischief

Housekeepers, poor, the best Objects of Charity, 203.

Humi-

Humility, the diftinguishing Character of good Ministers, 150. The most excellent Cure for Anger, 167. Two forts of it, 331.

Humour must never be our Guide, 80.

Husband, fecond, when not to be marry'd, 151
Husbands not to be engaged by Dress, 64,
Hypocrify in Scandal, 273.

I

Ideas, what is understood by them, 304.
deceived in them, 306.
Idleness, the Sin of it, 5.
against it, 7.

How we are

How to govern them, 307.

All the Chriftian Virtues

127.

Jealousy, the Torments of it,

Jefus Chrift, his Life, a glorious Recommendation of Charity, 217.

Jewels, to wear them not finful, 55.

Jews, the Proportion of their Charity to their Eftates,, 213.

Impiety increas'd by Defamation, 244.

Ignorance, the Mother of Vice, 277.

Impudence in Women, the great Vice and Deformity of it, 121, 123.

Indiscretion as deftructive to Reputation as Guilt, 134,
Industry of vicious People to corrupt others, 279-
Infidelity and Uncleannefs go together, 129.
Informer, in what an odious Character, 271.
Injuries to Reputation the worst of any, 229.

Inquifitiveness into other Mens Affairs condemn'd, 169.
Intereft, worldly, the great Argument, 322.
Invention, what is its Office, 310.

Judging ill of our Neighbour, the Fault of it, 247, & fequ
Judgment of the Great Day not to be anticipated, 262.
Judgment, what it is deceived by, 299. Arifes from
Comparison of Ideas, 308.

Juftice, when it may ceafe to be refpected, 82. How it has relation to Charity, 194

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