F
Fall of Adam foreknown, i. 307. and
decreed, how, i. 308.
man's doplorable state by it, i. 333.
manner of, what, ii, 56.
temporal evils entailed on mankind
by it, what, i. 404.
Experiences, difference of in the un- Foreordination, ii. 32.
converted, i. 422.
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, appropriating, mistakes about, ii.
226. 250. iii. 100. 107.
doctrine of, dangerous, iii. 112.
Faith, blind, condemned, ii. 285.
Faith always founded on evidence, ii.
231. 250.
Faith required of the Israelites, what,
iii. 110.
Faith of miracles, what, iii. 116.
Faith, true and counterfeit, difference
between, ii. 270-273. 464.
Filial frame of spirit, peculiar to be-
lievers, i. 452.
Finite beings, mutable and peccable,
why, ii. 57.
incapable of making atonement for
the least sin, îii. 522.
Flavel, Mr. his notions respecting the
priority of regeneration to faith, what,
iii. 334. Note.
Forbearance of God to a sinful world,
i. 404.
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. $99. iii. 109.
G.
his 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. 337.
- not merely the happiness of his
creatures, i. 91. ii 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.
worthy of being loved and obeyed, i.
104. 127.
his claims to our homage, love, and
obedience, reasonable, i. 78. iii. 457.
464.
mean and contemptuous thoughts of
him which the wicked have, i. 09.
-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. 427-432.
unchangeable, ii. 180.
reconcileable to the world, i. 390.
how, ii. 309.
God, his infinite understanding display-
ed, i. 72.
his infinite power, i. 73.
willing to be reconciled to all that
return to him through Jesus Christ,
ii. 432.
-justifier of all them that believe in
Jesus, ii. 392.
God's love, greatness of, manifested, i.
338. ii. 218.
Foreknowledge of God, i. 340.
connected with foredetermination, his love to the world, how mani-
i. 388.
fested, i. 297.
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,
iii. 246.
-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.
- preparation for, consists in a holy
temper of heart, i. 17, 18.
its blessedness described, ii. 87.
High-priest, office of, under the law,
ii. 379. iii. 17. 43.
Holiness of God, i. 341.
displayed in the sufferings of Christ,
i. 540-343.
in his punishing the wicked, i 343.
Holiness required in the Divine law,
what, iii. 268.
Hopkins, Dr. notions of, respecting the
doings of the unregenerate, what, iii.
427.
Humiliation the duty of Christians, i.
105.
necessary for receiving the gospel, i.
107.
- reasons for, motives to, and means
of, what, i. 276-283.
errors of Antinomians, respecting it,
i. 283.
evangelical, nature of, what, i. 433.
Humility, the distinguishing character-
istic of the Christian, ii. 521.
effects of, what, ii. 522.
Hypocrite, legal, his hopes built on the
sand, i. 126.
-
- evangelical, the foundation of his
faith and joy, what, i. 126.
Hypocrites see no need of Christ, i.
434.
deceptions of, what, i. 445.
I.
Guilt of the damned ever increasing, i. Idolatry, prevalence of, after the flood,
109.
i. 412. iii. 804.
VOL. III.
68
Illumination, spiritual, nature and ne-
cessity of, i. 95. 116. 376. 440. ii. 299.
necessity of, i. 426. 431.
Illumination, Divine, nature of, what,
ii. 499.
peculiar to the saved, ii 506.
different from what natural men
experience, how, ii. 509.
effects of, what, ii. 510.
is the beginning of spiritual, and
the earnest of eternal life, ii. 526.
Impenitence of the wicked, voluntary,
i 395. and criminal, i. 396.
Imperfection, remains of, in believers,
what, i. 60. and Note.
Imputation of Adam's sin to his poste-
rity, considered, i 221. 300. 312.
of Christ's righteousness to believers,
doctrine of, i. 457.
Inability, moral, criminal and punish-
able, i. 150-163.
extent of, i. 226.
nature of, what, ii. 496.
consequences of denying it, what,
i. 258.
Indignation of God against sin,
ableness of, ii. 359.
Indwelling sin, in believers, i. 246.
of the Spirit in do. i. 449.
Infants, baptised, whether members of
the visible church, considered, iii. 187. |
— consequences of supposing them
entitled to all churoh privileges, what,
iii. 188. and passim.
Infidelity, in the hearts of unregene-
rate men. i. 459. ii. 210. 299.
Infinite wisdom and rectitude of the Di-
vine nature and government, ii. 114.
belief of this essential to the founda-
tion of true religion, ii. 129. 175.
Israelites, dealings of God with, i. 76.
170-176. 415.
inexcusable in their disobedience and
unbelief, i. 170-175.
their receiving the law upon mount
Sinai, iii. 15.
their unbelief, and its consequences,
what, ii. 115.
-designs of God, in his dealigs to-
wards them, what, i. 76.
b
- how they obtained pardon, ii. 444.
Isralites, circumcised, duties of, what,
iii. 138. Note,
J.
Jews, dealings of God towards them,
i. 416.
Irresistible grace, necessary to conver-
sion, i. 237.
Invitations of God, the ground of a
sinner's encouragement to come to
him, i. 400. ii. 241. 263. 396. 434.
Note.
Judgment, final, described, ii. 84.
reflections of angels and saints up-
on its transactions, ii. 88. 97.
reason-Justification by free grace, doctrine of,
i. 356. iii. 79.
punitive justice, nature of, i. 346.
displayed in the death of Christ, i.
353. 371. ii. 391.
manner of, what, ii 410.
by faith alone, i. 457. not by man's
righteousness, ii. 409. nor for his
graces, ii. 4114.
impossible by works of law, i. 123.
iii. 22. or by sincere obedience, iii.
45.
-
- by works, how understood, iii. 48.
Justifying faith, what, i. 437.
nature of, and what implied in it,
iii. 60-66.
fruits of, what, iii. 66.
- is not believing that to be true which
was not true before, iii. 88.
-
- is not believing that our sins are for-
given, ii. 253. iii. 92. 101.
-illustrated in twenty-four particulars,
iii. 63-67.
is not an act of the unregenerate
sinner, iii. 295.
K.
Knowledge, importance of, ii. 75.
Knowledge of God, possible no further
than God manifests himself, ii. 76.
how obtained, ii. 337.
-
a source of endless and increasing fe-
licity to holy beings, ii. 77. 169.
essential to true love, i 142.
Knowledge of the glory of God, wbat,
ii. 503.
Knowledge of our guilty and helpless
condition, necessary to our under-
standing and embracing the gospel, i.
337. 355. and to our accepting the
righteousness of Christ, i. 364.
Knowledge, speculative, insufficient to
beget love to God, iii. 307. 308.
— errors of Pelagians, Socinians, and
Antinomians, on this point, iii. 307.
Law of God, duties required in it, what,
i. 53. iii. 268.
extent of its requirements, i. 143.
unalterable and incapable of any a-
batement, i. 110-127. 145.
fitness of, i. 111. 147.
threatenings of, what, i. 120. 159.
[See threatenings not abated, i. 145.]
consequences of supposing it abated
and altered, what, i. 116, 117. 254.
the criterion of moral character and
of blameworthiness, ii. 371.
repentance presupposes a love and
approbation of it, ii. 373.
fulfilled by Christ, how, i. 358. this
necessary, why, i. 359.
the rule of life to the believer, ii.
518.
is perfect, requiring sinless obedi-
ence, iii. 237.
submission to, necessary, in order to
receiving the gospel, i. 125.
Law, holy, just, and good, independ-
ently of the gospel, ii. 205-212.
349.
antecedently to a consideration of
the gift of Christ, and the work of re-
demption, ii. 359. iii. 267.
approbation of, necessary to our
embracing the gospel, ii. 209. 212.
265. Note. 361. 384.
Con
- objection answered, ii. 362.
Laws of God display his goodness, i. 84.
Law, our schoolmaster, iii. 9.
view of it as given on Mount Sinai,
iii. 14-17.
---
- devotedness to him, i. 64. [See de-
votedness.]
motives from which true love to God
takes its rise, i. 67.
from his infinite amiableness, i. 67.
from what he has done, and pro-
mises to do for us, i. 131.
from his command and authority,
í. 133. iii. 466.
measure of love to God, what is re-
quired, i. 143.
Love to God, obligation to it binding,
originally from what he is in himself,
i. 97.
- benevolence, i. 61-63.
delight in him, i. 65.
fruits and effects of, what, i. 138.
Love to God arising from an apprehen-
sion of his love to us, and not from
a discovery of his moral excellence,
false and spurious, i. 58. Note. 126.
128. ii. 219. 404. iii. 461.
uses of, what, ibid.
requirements of, what, iii. 17, 18.
promises life on condition of sinless- primary and chief motive that ought
obedience, iii. 18. 19.
threatens eternal damnation for eve-
ry violation of it, ii. 320. iii. 19-22.
-in what sense understood by St. Paul,
considered, iii. 21. Note.
to induce us to love, what, ii. 200, 201.
Loving God, not for what he is, crimi-
nal, i. 128.
p
- by the deeds of it, no flesh justified,
iii. 22.
--Israelites obliged to approve of it,
iii. 23.
Love, true, distinguished from self-love,
i. 135-139. ii. 221. 316.
counterfeit, its nature and effects
described, i. 139-142.
to our neighbour, i. 179. [See neigh-
bour.]
Love to our neighbour, none without | Means which God uses for the recovery
of sinners, what, i. 388. 409.
love to God, i. 87.
--
- of Christ, greatness of, ii. 347.
to Christ, necessarily implies love to
God, ii. 301. Note.
Magistrates, duty of, i. 535.
Manicheans, their notions respecting
the origin of evil, what, ii. 170.
173.
-
- of grace, their use and efficacy to
sinners, what, i. 225. how, and for
what ends to be used by them, i. 424
-426. [See unregenerate.]
- external, sufficient to render the sub-
jects of them accountable, i. 170—
177.
Mather, Dr. Increase, observations of,
respecting the proper subjects of bap-
tism, and the qualifications which
give parents the right of baptism for
their children, iii. 395-397.
Marshall, Mr. his notions about assur-
ance, what, ii. 228. 244.
not to mitigate the severity of the
constitution made with Adam, ibid.
nor of the law of nature, i. 322.
nor by man's inability to keep it, i.
326. nor by any goodness in man, i.
329. but are from his own self-moving
goodness and sovereign grace, i. 330.
Mercy, exercises of, what, i. 348.
I
are restrained by the goodness of
God, how, i. 407.
greater part of, may yet be saved, i. Millennium, i. 496.
510.
door of, opened by Jesus Christ, i.
380. 428. ii. 399.
God's purposes of, how carried into
effect, i, 409.
commencement of, i. 503.
- certainty of, i. 504.
glory of, i. 510.
duration of, i. 511.
Ministers, duty of, i. 538.
in the admission of persons into
the church, iii. 124. 408.
in the administration of baptism,
iii. 401.
Misery in itself undesirable to God, i.
88. love of it not to be attributed to
him, iii. 325.
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