to require a more extensive elucidation, and to involve more important consequences than I have met with in other expositions of this important event; and I have thought it necessary to shew, what has hitherto been overlooked, that the nature of the gospel dispensation, viewed as the complete and final revelation of the scheme of human redemption, seemed to require such a symbolical display of the glory of Christ, and of his followers, as is the ultimate object of all the "means of grace," and the accomplishment of all our "hopes of glory."
ABRAHAM, his great possessions, 105. Angels, good and bad, their existence
not sufficiently adverted to by be- lievers in revelation, 211, 212. 218. 22; how the good angels are said to" desire to look into" the things that relate unto the salvation of man, 212. 218, 22. 276. Ascension of our Lord, observations on, Sermon xxvii. 415. Atonement of Christ, necessity and effects of it, Sermon xviii. 268, 78; signification of the word "Atone- ment," 274.
Attributes of God to be carefully dis- tinguished from his offices, 3.
Babylonish captivity, remarkable ex- emplification of divine Providence in the predictions concerning it, 134, 6; and Appendix, note 9. Baptism, necessity of it, 176; bap- tismal regeneration, review of the opinions which prevail on the sub- ject, Sermon xii. 172. Bethany, why our Lord staid there during the Wednesday before he suffered, 332.
Body, the soul not affected by its weakness or decay, 370; from the abundant provision for its wants and enjoyments, we may justly in- fer that the interests of the soul are amply provided for, 370, 1; view taken by St. Paul of the re- surrection of the body, 403.
Chance, no indication of it observ- able in the operations and works of nature, 113.
Charity, christian excellence and ne- cessity of it, Sermon xxx. Christ, resignation of his mediatorial kingdom a proof of his divinity, Sermon i. p. 1; his "divine na- ture," what, 7; his divinity proved from the attribute of eternity, 8, 9; and from the act of creation, 9, 10; necessity of his mediation, 117, 118. 154, 5; 268, 278. his forgiveness of the penitent thief a proof of his divinity in the lowest state of his humiliation, Sermon xi. 158; his incarnation, Sermon xiv. 208; nature of his government, 214, 18; nature and objects of his Temptation, Sermon xv. 219; ne- cessity of it, 223; not a visionary transaction, 226; parallel between our Lord's temptation and that of Adam in Paradise, 229, 30; mean- ing and object of his Transfigura- tion, Sermon xvii. 250; his tri- umphant entry into Jerusalem, Sermon xix. 284; his character as king of his spiritual Israel, 297; his sufferings and death, vide Pas- sion Week; remarkable change in his language and demeanour on the approach of his death, 316; how the son of David, 325; strong testimony to his innocence, col- lected from the conduct of Judas Iscariot, 337, 8; reasons why our Lord did not go to Jerusalem on the Wednesday before his cruci- fixion, 333, 342; his sufferings willingly undergone, 373; restores life to the dead, under every state of the decay of the body, as in the case of Jairus' daughter, the wi- dow's son, and Lazarus, 390, 1. Christian Church, early, nature of it, 88, 9.
Children "born in sin," meaning of Church of England, its doctrines and
Church of Rome, corrupt doctrine maintained by it, 91, 2. Corruption of human nature, children
subject to it, 180; cause of it, 238. Creation of the world, reflections on, 111; the simultaneous and uni- versal agency of God manifested in it, 115.
David, his conduct during the sick- ness, and after the death, of his child, 26, 9; Christ his son, how, 325.
Death of our friends, how to be re- garded, 19, 20. 364. 411, 12; thoughts which occupy the Chris- tian at the approach of death, 24; three meanings in which the word is understood in Scripture, 149; death denounced against our first parents, nature of it, 150; view in which the Christian is to regard the death of the body, 154, 5. 364, 368.
Demoniacal possession, nature and origin of, Sermon xvi. 235; in- stances of it in the New Testa- ment, 240, 2; nothing in the con- duct of the possessed to indicate insanity, 242, 3.
Easter Sunday, reflections on the events of the day, Sermon xxv. 383. Elias and Moses, why they appeared at our Lord's Transfiguration, 260, 266. Enthusiasm, nature and mischievous tendency of it, 177, 8. Eternity, in what sense applied to the Deity, 7.
Eternity of future punishment proved from the nature of the human mind, Sermon vii. 96, and Appen- dix, note 7. Doctrine of revela- tion respecting it, 98; arguments from reason, 99. 102. and from the scriptural character of God, 103. Events of human life, two divisions of them, 58.
Evil, origin of, difficulty of the in- quiry, 238.
Fig tree, the barren, the cursing of it symbolical of the excision of the
Jews for their apostacy and impe- nitence, 303, 311.
Future state, knowledge of each other in, Sermon ii. 19; proofs of this, 22; objections stated and an- swered, 32, 33.
Gethsemane, garden of, review of the particulars of our Lord's sufferings there, 356, 61.
God, his attributes, to be carefully distinguished from his offices, 3; his greatness no argument against his providential government of the world in the lesser affairs of life, Sermon ix. 126; his mercy and love strongly exemplified, 137. Gospel, necessity of preaching it, Sermon vi. 81; contrasted with the Law, 86, 8; precise meaning of the word where to be sought for,
Greeks and Persians, remarkable prophecy undesignedly fulfilled by them, 135, 6, and Appendix, note 9.
"He telleth the number of the stars;" Bishop Horsley's interpre- tation of these words, 128.
Jerusalem, our Lord's triumphant entry into, Sermon xix. 284; meaning and object of it, 288; our Lord's prediction of its utter deso- lation, 327.
Infidelity, the folly of it, 17. 48, 49.
113; ordinary progress of it, 36. Jonah, remarks on his miraculous preservation, Sermon iii. 36; ob- jections answered, 38; brief view of Jonah's history, 40; design of the miracle, 44; effects of it, 45, 47.
Joppa, nature of the idolatrous wor- ship there, 42, 3; Appendix, note
Joseph of Arimathea, remarks upon his conduct after our Lord's death, 394, 5.
"Kingdom of God," three meanings of the expression in Scripture, 175, 6.
Man, his fall, punishment, and re- storation, Sermon x. p. 143. Mediatorial kingdom, resignation of, a proof of the divinity of Christ, Sermon i. p. 1; nature of it, 11- 15; resignation of it, what, 16, 17. Moses, law of, doctrines common to it and the gospel, 86, 7; contrast between it and the gospel, 87, 8; system of worship enjoined by it, 88; Moses and Elias, why they appeared at the Transfiguration of our Lord, 260, 6.
"My Father is greater than I;" meaning of these words, 3.
Nature, works of, how they ought to be regarded by the Christian, 68.
Palm Sunday, observations on the event which occurred on that day, Sermon xix, 284.
Passion Week, Sermons on the suc- cessive days of it.
Sermon xx.; Monday, the cursing of the fig-tree, 301. Sermon xxi.
Tuesday-Christ an- swers and rebukes the Pharisees, 316.
Sermon xxii. Wednesday-Christ is betrayed by Judas; reasons for our Lord's not going to Jerusalem on this day, 331.
Sermon xxiii. Thursday-Christ in- stitutes the sacrament; his agony in the garden, and is seized by the Jews, 347. Sermon xxiv. Friday-the crucifix- ion, 364.
Passover, Jewish, nature and object of it, 349, 50; fulfilled in Christ, 350, 51.
Pilate, his conduct when our Lord
was accused before him, 376, 9. Paul, 1; the account of his shipwreck exemplifies the union of predesti- nation and free will, 55, 8; his remarkable boldness and disinter- estedness in preaching the gos- pel, 81-4; description of parties to whom he preached, 84; his mi- raculous conversion, Sermon xiii, 193. Appendix, note 10; object of his Epistle to the Hebrews, 269.
Persians and Greeks, remarkable prophecy undesignedly fulfilled by them, 135, 6, and Appendix, note
9. Predestination and free will, union of, Sermon iv. 51; exemplified by reason, 52; and Scripture, 53; difficult for ministers to avoid al- lusion to the subject, 53; abuses of the doctrine, 54; causes of di- vision on these subjects, 62. Prophecy, divine, nature of it, 134; remarkable exemplification of it in the case of the Babylonish cap- tivity, 135, 6, and Appendix, note
Providence of God, proofs of it, 119,
121; greatness of God no argu- ment against his providential go- vernment of the world in the lesser affairs of life, Sermon ix. 126; ob- jections answered, 133.
Redemption, comprehensive view of the divine plan of, 211-14. Regeneration, reconciliation of oppo- site opinions on the subject, Ser- mon xii. 172; necessity of it, 173, 4; nature of it, ibid, and 179; two opposite opinions on the nature of it, 180. Religion, outward observances of, ob- ject of them, 177; beneficial influ- ence of it upon the mind, 251; causes for which the religion of the New Testament has been granted, 257, 8.
Repentance, no argument in support
of a death-bed, to be drawn from the case of the penitent thief, 167. Resurrection of the body proved to
Christians by the resurrection of Christ, 258, 9. 397; enumera- tion of the proofs of a resurrection, 385; a resurrection effected by our Lord at every period of the decay of the body, 390, 1; the re- surrection expatiated on, according to the view of St. Paul in 1 Cor. xv. Sermon xxvi. 400.
Rich man and Lazarus, the parable of, explained, Sermon vii. 96. Roman soldiers who guarded the se- pulchre of our Lord, animadver- sions on their report, 396.
Sabbath-day, sanctified by each Per- son of the Trinity, Sermon v. 65; objects of its institution, 66, 7; duties to be performed on it, 71; dangers of violating it, 78. Sacrament, institution of it, 317. 353; examination and advice previous to the participation of it, 352, 53. Sacrifice, signification of the word in Scripture, 272; use of, under the Patriarchal and Jewish dispensa- tions, 279; no sacrifice for pre- sumption, 281.
Scriptures, their evidence encreased by scrutiny, 48, 49. Serpent, the, his temptation of our first parents, observations on, 146, 7. Soul, the, not affected by the decay and weakness of the body, 370; that God has provided for its best interests may be justly inferred from His abundant provision for the body, 370, 1; a belief in its immortality never wholly extinct,
T. Temptation of our first parents, re- marks on it, 145; reasons of their exposure to it, ibid; temptation of our Lord, nature and object of it, Sermon xv. 219.
Thief, the penitent, the forgiveness of him an assertion of his divinity by our Lord in the lowest state of his humiliation, Sermon xi. 158; no argument to be drawn from it in favour of a death-bed repent- ance, 176; his conduct contrasted with that of such professing Chris- tians as delay their repentance, 169, 170.
Transfiguration of our Lord, mean- ing and object of it, Sermon xvii. 250.
World, its creation, preservation, and destruction, Sermon viii. 111;~ particular remarks on its destruc- tion, 122.
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