Christ's death, not to lessen the evil of Covenant of grace, blessings of, what, sin, i. 377. nor to draw forth the love and pity of God to sinners, i. 378. designed to honor the divine law, ii. 278-382.
- condition of, what, i. 453. ii. 246. stability of, i. 454.
— is conditional, ii. 246. iii. 113.
the highest proof of the goodness of conditions of, to be complied with, the law, ii. 386.
Christ formed in the soul, what, i. 516. Christian faith, assent to the articles of,
has been uniformly a term of commu- nion in special ordinances, in New- England, iii. 371.
Christian, marks of, what, and how dis- covered, i. 268-274.
-character of, drawn by our Saviour, ii. 278.
Christianity, happy effects of, on the lives of men, considered, i. 533. Christian love, what, i. 182.
conflict, what, i. 244.
Christian diligence and watchfulness, motives to, i. 285–292.
Christless sinner, what is meant by, iii. 274.
- has no covenant-right to any good, iii. 282-
Children, morally depraved, i. 200- 203.
-— whether desirable, since they are born in sin, i. 336.
- of believers entitled to baptism, and why, iii. 136.
advantages of baptised children pi- ously dedicated to God, what, iii. 186. the Lord's property, why, iii. 464. Coming to Christ, consciousness of, ne- cessary to assurance of an interest in him, iii. 105-119. Common and special grace, difference between them, what, iii. 246. Confidence, difference between true and false, what, i. 252, 255. Note. Confidence that our scheme of religion is
right, no proof of orthodoxy, iii. 365. Conscientiousness in wrong conduct, does not exempt from blame, iii. 367. Conscience, a case of, resolved, iii. 67. Constitution, original, made with Adam, i. 302.
- holy, just, and good, i. 305. equitable for his posterity, i. 306. Conversion, true, nature and manner of, what, i. 226. 451.
before we are entitled to its blessings, iii. 114.
-is made to believers, iii. 126. to none else, iii. 278.
- the only covenant extant between God and man, iii. 420.
- is conditional, iii. 228.
seal of, may be applied to infants, iii. 135. parents' covenant for them, iii. 184.
- Gentiles admitted into this covenant on the day of Penticost, iii. 156. their profession, what, iii. 159. their eviden- ces of grace, what, iii. 160.
- complying with this covenant, what, iii. 211. 415.
performing the conditions necessary to enjoy its blessings, iii. 228.
- it requires holiness, iii. 408. moral sincerity is insufficient, iii. 435. -no graceless heart complies with it, iii. 416. 433. pretending to do it is wil- ful lying, iii. 434.
Covenant with Abraham, a covenant of grace, iii. 131 and passim. 226.
was conditional, iii. 228.
consequences of supposing it uncon- ditional, what, iii. 230. and passim. - required faith and holy obedience, iii. 228.
- circumcision the seal of it, iii. 132. - baptism the seal of the same cove- nant under the gospel, iii. 135.
it promised eternal life to them that complied with it, iii. 133. 228. -faith entitled Abraham to its bles- sings, iii. 134.
Covenant, graceless, none existing be- tween God and man, iii. 155. 207.400. 424.
use of it a proof of gracelessness among a people, iii. 369.
will be laid aside when religion is revived, iii. 370.
consists in, what, i. 231. ii. 266. Covenant, external, in what sense un-
evidences of, what, i. 268.
its counterfeits, what, i. 229.
Convictions, genuine, what, i. 226.
-legal, uses of, what, iii. 285.
Cornelius, in what sense a believer, and accepted before hearing the gospel,
Covenant, external, not a means of con- Covenant, half-way, absurdity of, iii. 399. version to sinners, iii. 236.
is inconsistent, iii. 234.
not adapted to the state of a sin- ner under conviction, iii. 173. compliance with, not a means of grace and conversion, iii. 197.
no definable qualifications short of repentance and faith, iii. 172. 216. 218. 221.
Mr. Mather's scheme, view of, iii. 209. 290. 292. is inconsistent, iii. 128. 345. and Noté.
Covenant with the Israelites at Sinai, what, iii. 140.
-conditions of with which the Israel- ites professed to comply, iii. 141.
the same as repentance and faith, ibid.
- in what sense it was a covenant of grace, iii. 153.
the law of Moses the rule of duty in this covenant, how understood by Je- sus Christ, iii. 145.
- the law required holiness, iii. 146—
Covenanting, church, qualifications for, what, iii. 169. 172. 367. 401.
promises of sincere endeavors in- sufficient, iii. 171.
unregenerate unbelieving persons improper subjects for, iii. 172. have no right to promise obedienceby Di- vine assistance, ii. 283. 289.
compliance with the covenant of grace alone entitles to its blessings, iii. 176. 228.
views and feelings with which we ought to covenant, iii, 176, 177. assurance not necessary to it, iii. 178. 361.
different circumstances of the first Christians and professors of the present day, to be considered in judg ing of qualificatious, iii. 183, 184.
unregenerate persons improper subjects for covenanting, iii. 218. and passim. 277.; have no title to any Divine blessings, iii. 281. have no holy exercises, iii. 285. their enmity against God disqualifies them for sealing ordinances, iii. 313. direc- tions given to such, how to become fit and worthy subjects of it, iii. 445. Covenant, half-way, considered, iii. 393. nature of, what, ii. 438.
effects of, what, iii 411.
why this covenant is retained and practised upon, in 414. 432. Church of God miraculously preserved in the world, i. 420.
Church, primitive, not an example to others in the admission of members, and why, iii. 358.
Church, visible, nature of. iii. 135.
believers the only proper subjects of admission into it, iii. 150. none others comply with the conditions of the covenant, iii. 205, 206. Churches, duty of, respecting the ad- mission of members, what, iii. 357. 375.
-duty of, towards baptised persons, what, iii. 469.
Creation, account of, ii. 53.
Cross of Christ, motives and encou- ragement from thence to repentance and reconciliation, ii. 309.
- calls to repentance, ii. 458. displays the Divine perfections and the evil of sin, ii. 467.
Creed, apostles', so called, very ancient, iii 338.
- articles of, what, ibid. Creed, Christian, compared with the Arminian, and that of Mr. Mather, iii. 358.
belief of, implies, what, iii. 341. Creeds and confessions, necessity and use of, iii. 43. 372.
- Christian communities have a right to form and impose them, iii. 373, 374.
-in what cases they may be altered,
Dana, Rev. Mr. strictures upon, iii. 387. and passim.
David, the great evil of his sin, in the case with Uriah, consisted in, what, iii. 500. -conduct of, what, 501.
not practised upon at the first set-Day of grace, enjoyed by all gospel tling of New-England, iii. 394. 412.
sets aside the command of Christ, iii. 397.
profession made by those who own it, what, iii. 328.
Death threatened to Adam, temporal, spiritual, and eternal, i. 305. -the same implied in the curse upon all transgressors, iii. 276.
Death, preparation for, what is im- plied in, i. 15-20. Declarative glory of God, whether God does design and act to promote it, ii.
Decreeing the everlasting misery of his creatures, inconsistent with the good- ness of God, stated and answered, i. 91. Note.
Edwards, President, the author's opinion respecting his works, ii. 509. 512. iii. 368.
Election, personal and absolute, i. 390. Elect, God's designs towards, what, i.
-under condemnation while unbelie- vers, i. 397. iii. 279. and passim.
Delight in God, true and false, what, Election sermon, i. 517.
in their departure from God, and hatred of him, i. 212-215.
in their resisting the spirit of grace, i. 230. and opposing the gospel,i. 233. -criminality of it, i. 219–221. -evidences of it, i. 316. Depravity, total, definition of, iii. 237. Devotedness to God, what, i. 193, 194. 285.
-reasonableness of, i. 276. 285. -necessity of, i. 287.
— obligations to do it, what, i. 460.
directions how to do it, what, i. 291. Dickinson, Mr. Jonathan, notions of, respecting infant baptism, and the Abrahamic covenant, what, iii. 356. Different experiences and conduct of sinners, under the strivings of the spirit, what, i. 421.
Difficulties of believing the gospel, from what arising, ii. 268.
Discipline, church, not maintained by false churches, iii. 196. Directions to be given to awakened sin- ners, what, iii. 261. Doubting, mistakes about it, what, i.
- is different from weak faith, ii. 195. Divinity of Christ, i. 463. and passim. Divine will, can that be evil which ex-
faith of, i. 445.
delusions of, i. 446.
conduct of, what, ii. 289. 295.
false pretensions of, to inspiration and extraordinary sanctity, i. 50. Enquiries respecting the duty of the unregenerate, in the use of means, answered, iii. 257. and with what pro- bability of success attended, iii. 259. Eternal damnation of the impenitent, just and glorious, i. 201.
Eunuch, faith of the, what, iii. 158. 410.
Evidences of revelation, external, insuf- ficient to convince the heart, ii. 208. Note. 334.
actly coincides with the, considered, Examination, self, how to be perform- ii. 148.
Dunlop, Mr. his decisions respecting-standard by which, i. 269. public creeds, what, iii. 374. 381. Duty, what God requires of us in his law, i. 53.
Excellency of the Divine nature, the
-motives from which it must be done, ibid.
foundation of moral obligation, i. 127. Excellence, moral, not amiable but odi- ous to sinners, i. 151. 154. Existence, whether a blessing, consi- dered, i. 333. iii. 327. Exhortations, and promises of the gos- pel, a view of, iii. 248.
Experiences, difference of in the un- Foreordination, ii. $2.
Fall of Adam foreknown, i. 307. and decreed, how, i. 308.
man's doplorable state by it, i. 385. - manner of, what, ii. 56. -temporal evils entailed on mankind by it, what, 404.
reflections of the elect angels upon the fall of man, ii. 69.
Fall of angels and men wisely permitted by God, i. 89. ii. 64
-to display his own perfections, i. 90. ii. 78. 82. 169.
Faith, saving, nature of, i. 426.
definition of, ii. 303.
consists in, what, i. 434.
various senses of, i. 436.
-justifying, what, i. 437.
-not a persuasion that Christ died for
fruits of, what, i. 435. 438.
perpetuity of, i. 440.
unites to Christ, i. 456. ii. 239. 272. iii. 80.
- is before justification, iii. 80.
Faith of the legal hypocrite, what, i. 442.
- of the evangelical hypocrite, what, i. · 444.
Faith, self-righteous, what, ii. 240. Faith, passive, not evangelical, ii. 403. iii. 252. 258.
Faith, appropriating, mistakes about, 226. 250. iii. 100. 107.
Forgetfulness of God, criminality of, what, iii 462.
Forgiveness, a spirit of, necessary to our being forgiven, ii. 445. Free-grace, the only ground of hope and salvation, i. 107. 125. iii. 54. - gives ample encouragement to return to God through Christ, i. 599. iii. 109.
God, his infinite understanding display- ed, i. 72.
- his infinite power, i. 73.
bis infinite wisdom, i. 74. ii. 34. his infinite purity and holiness, i. 77. his impartial justice, i. 82. ii. 391. his infinite goodness, i. 84. displayed in the gift of his son, and spirit, i. 85. iii. 523.
in his providence, i. 86.
his truth and faithfulness, i. 92. his sovereignty vindicated, i. 87.
- his love of holiness and hatred of in- iquity, how manifested, i. 80.
- his last end in creating and governing the world, what, i. 90.
- the display of his own perfections, i. 90. ii 3S7.
not merely the happiness of his creatures, i. 91. i 109. iii 459.
objection to this stated and an- swered, i. 261.
to be loved for what he is in him- self, ii. 203 321 404.
ii.-worthy of being loved and obeyed, i. 164. 127.
doctrine of, dangerous, iii. 112. Faith, blind, condemned, ii. 285. Faith always founded on evidence, ii.
his claims to our homage, love, and obedience, reasonable, i. 78. ii. 457. 464.
mean and contemptuous thoughts of him which the wicked have, i. 209. -in what sense grieved by the wicked- ness of men, ii. 157. iii. 509.
will overrule it to his own glory, and the good of the system, i. 511. (See sin, permission of,)
the supreme good, ii. 427-452. unchangeable, ii. 180.
reconcilcable to the world, i. 390. how, ii. 309.
willing to be reconciled to all that return to him through Jesus Christ, ii. 432.
— justifier of all them that believe in Jesus, ii. $92.
God's love, greatness of, manifested, i. 338. ii. 218.
declarative glory of God, whether God does always design and act to promote it, ii. 135.
Gospel, definition of, ii. 340.
- nature and design of, to make men holy, i. 460.
-a transcript of the Divine nature,i.374. - glory of, i. 375. ii. 348.
nature of, what, ii. 340. requirements of, what, i. 332.
- offers a good of infinite value, ii. 433. offers of made to all, i. 381. -its offers and encouragements to sin- ners, what, ii. 309. iii. 109. -compliance with, what, i. 430. (See covenant of grace.)
calls us to love that character of God, exhibited in the law, iii. 318. Gospel at variance with the Arminian scheme, iii. 42.
Government of God, wisdom and recti- tude of, ii. 114. 175.
- the joy of holy beings, ii. 112-117. 524.
- his government of the world consi- dered, i. 70-92.
Grace, free, the only ground of hope and salvation, i. 107. 125. iii. 54.
common, resisted, i. 230-236. - special, irresistible, i. 237. ineffectual, i. 240. extent of, i. 421.
different measures of, ibid.
- restraining, i. 216. discriminating, i. 239.
sovereignty of, i. 238. indefectibility of, i. 440. 449. Grace, true, evidences of, what, i. 247.
ascertainable, i. 248. how, 249. false grounds of judging of them, ibid.
rules for determining and ascer- taining these evidences, i. 267.
false experiences, what, i. 421. --growth in grace, the best evidence of grace, i. 442. ii. 296.
--- common and special grace different,
Happiness of creatures, whether God's last end, considered, i. 261. ii. 109. iii. 35. Note.
Heathen, their moral state, means of knowledge, abuse of privileges, and inexcusableness, i. 163-178. justly punishable, ibid. ii, 203. iii. 279.
are haters of God, and objects of his displeasure, i. 419.
- under the law, and bound to render perfect obedience to it, i. 164. iii. 279.
-- bound to love God with all the heart, ii. 203. 204.
their ignorance inexcusable, i. 166. their abuse of the means of know- ledge, and rejection of the gospel, the cause of its being withholden from them, i. 164.
Heaven, a title to, obtained by faith in Jesus Christ, i. 16.
Guilt of the damned ever increasing, i. Idolatry, prevalence of, after the flood,
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