contracted with an ungodly person, ii.
336, 339

Martyr, account of a, by Dr. Geddes, ii.

460

Martyrdom, insufficiency of, without
love, ii. 460

Materialist, faith of a, ii. 603-misery of
a, ii. 607

Matter, in a sense, eternal, ii. 71
Maxfield, Mr., separation of, from Mr.
Wesley, ii. 23

Meals, how to be received, ii. 436
Means of grace, what, i. 184; ii. 389-
manner in which they are to be used,
i. 197

Medical men, should not trifle with the
lives of their patients, i. 629
Meck, the, shall inherit the earth, i. 264
Meekness, what, i. 296, 261; ii. 365-to
be exercised in society, i. 296-a
fruit of love, ii. 453-a property of
zeal, ii. 464-necessary in giving re-
proof,ii. 180-often injured by riches,
ii. 417, 623-enforced, ii. 549
Melanction, remarkable account given
by, ii. 383

Merchant, London, anecdote of a, ii. 751
Merciful, character of the, described, i.

268

Mercy, criminally neglected in Great
Britain, ii. 829

Men of learning, often ignorant of their
spiritual state, i. 94
Metaphysical terms, in reference to the
foundation of religion, censured, i.
206

Methodism, what, ii. 18-the religion of
the Bible, ii. 18-the religion of the
Primitive Church, ii. 18-the religion
of the Church of England, ii. 19-rise
and progress of, ii. 15, 161, 187, 209,
611, 614

Methodists, first, attachment of, to the
Bible, ii. 611-doctrine of, ii. 611-
helps enjoyed by, ii. 614-discipline
of, ii. 616-persecution of, i), 617— ¦
original, strict Churchmen, ii. 582— |
origin of the name, ii. 15-at Oxford,
conduct of, ii. 330, 440, 683-duty of
the, to reprove sin, ii. 183-the poor
among the, might be all relieved by
the rich, ii. 682-state of religion
among the, ii. 680-deficient in self-
denial, ii. 683-unfaithfulness of
many, ii. 210, 618-ought not to in-
dulge in gay apparel, ii. 426-solemn
charge to the, concerning dress, ii.
427, 520-address to the, ii. 415, 620
-address to, concerning faith and
love, ii. 458-address to, concerning
riches, ii. 699, 755-address to, con-
cerning marriage, ii. 697

Methodist Preachers, inadvertency of the

first, ii. 606-unfaithfulness of, ii. 682
-addrsss to, ii. 214

Methuselah, remark npon the age of, 575

Milton, quoted, ii. 575

Ministering spirits, who, ii. 723
Ministers, who teach men to break the
commandments, i. 315

Ministry of Angels, ii. 246

Minute Philosophers, inquiry of, respect-
ing the conflagration, i. 176-objec
tions of, answered, ii. 92

Miracles of Christ, signs of his Messiah-
ship, ii. 186

Mischievousness of the notion that there is

no sin in believers, i. 164, 551
Misery of man, described, ii. 102-con-
nected with sin, ii. 380-occasioned
by the want of a single eye, ii. 695
Misery of the people, during the Ameri-
can war, ii. 826

Misery of the wicked, in a future state, i.

175

Mistake, incident to fallen man, ii. 99,
740

Mistakes, may consist with religion, ii.
80, 504-among Christians, occasions
of, i. 235

Money, the sin of wasting, i. 630—not
to be expended in gay apparel, ii. 426
-the love of, ii. 319

Montanus, probable character of, ìi.

208

Moon, opinion of Huygens concerning
the, ii. 578

Moral law, of perpetual obligation, i. 310
Moral sense, what, ii. 596-objections to
the term, i. 131

Morality, the true value of, ii. 762—dif-
ferent from Christianity, ii. 747
Moravians, character of the hymns of, ii.
628

More excellent way, what, i. 303; ii. 432
Motion, all, ascribed to Christ, ii. 306
Motive, purity of, requisite in public re-

formers, i. 661. See Single eye.
Mourners, Christian, described, i. 256-
deemed melancholy by the world, i.
258

Murmuring, the danger of, ii. 363
Music, recommended, ii. 439
Mystery of the Trinity, inexplicable, ii.
81-the belief of the, not required by
the Bible, ii. 84

Mystery of iniquity, the working of, ii.
133

Mystics, peculiarities of, ii. 691-deny
the imputation of Christ's righteous-
ness, i. 240-error of the, refuted, i.
589, 597

Name of God, how to be understood, i.
333-how to be hallowed, i. 333
Narrow way, described, i. 406
Nathaniel, the character of, described, ii.
443

Natural man, state of the, i. 93
Natural Philosophy, recommended, ii.

439

Necessity, the doctrine of, ii. 731

New Creation, what, ii. 168
New Creature, described, ii. 326
New England, work of God in, ii. 26
Newspapers, the reading of, ii. 439
Newton, Bishop, mistake of, ii. 569
Newton, Sir Isaac, saying of, ii. 218-
views of gravitation, ii 306
Νοηματά, what, i. 637

Nonconformists, the case of the, ii. 589
North America, the first Methodist
Preachers that were sent to, ii. 27-
character of the people in, ii. 28-
work of God in, ii, 25
North Americans, suffering of, during the
war, ii. 31

Novels, remark upon, ii. 439
Nunes, Dr., remark of, ii. 450

Ο εσω άνθρωπος, what, i. 99
ON, explained, i. 249
Oath, the, taken by the members of the
University of Oxford, ii. 765
Oaths, use of, not absolutely forbidden
by Jesus Christ, i. 280
Obedience, included in the service of God,
ii. 483-a fruit of love to God, i. 218
-must be entire, i. 314-due to
parents, ii. 505-due to pastors, ii.
516

Objections, to the goodness of the crea-
tion, answered, ii. 92-to the doctrine
of redemption, ii. 578-to the doctrine
of salvation from sin, answered, i.
508-to the doctrine of the witness of
the Spirit, answered, i. 124-to the
doctrine of indwelling sin, answered,
i. 145-to the use of the means of
grace, answered, i. 192-to constant
attendance at the Lord's Supper, an-
swered, ii. 554-to Christian Perfec-
tion, answered, ii. 294-to fasting,
answered, i. 352-to social religion,
answered, i. 302-to the Society for
Reformation of Manners, answered, i.
654

Offences, what, i. 166

Ολιγωρώντες, explained, ii. 365
Oλoxλnpo, explained, ii. 371
Omnipotence of God, ii. 669
Omniscience of God, ii. 669
Omnipresence of God, described, ii. 196,
642, 668-practical uses of the, ii.
646-incomprehensible to mau, ii.

218

Omission, sins of, Christians chargeable

with, i. 158-the cause of spiritual
darkness, i. 580

Opinion, not religion, ii. 79
Opposers of Christian Perfection, expostu-
lation with, ii. 300

Origin of man, discovered by faith, ii.

636

Original corruption, extent of, ii. 144.
Original sin, i. 567. See Sin.
Order, the, in which men are generally
brought to God, i. 195

Orthodoxy, or right opinions, not true
religion, i. 72-sometimes substituted
for holiness, ii. 710

Ovid, quoted, ii. 730

Owen, Dr., testimony of, concerning the
Puritans, ii. 209

Passionate temper, to be avoided, ii.'
547

Pastors, Christian, duties of, ii. 515-
obedience due to, ii. 516
Paterculus, quoted, ii. 142
Пa9os, explained, ii. 672
Patience, Christian, defined, ii. 365-
necessary for public reformers, 659

a property of zeal, ii. 464-often
injured by riches, ii. 417, 6244
enforced, ii. 789

Paul, gifts and education of, i. 135-
character of, before his conversion,
i. 320-self-denial of, i. 208-con-
tention of, with Barnabas, i. 270,
512; ii. 138, 453

Peace, the bond of, ii. 279-the end of
a perfect man, ii. 50

Peace of God, in the soul, i. 74-pro-
duced by faith, i. 213-the loss of,
described, i. 579

Peace of mind, attacked by Satan, i.
534-produced by patience, ii. 366
Peace-makers, character of, described,
i. 281

Pearls, not to be cast before swine, i.
398
Peevishness, often produced by riches,
ii. 627

П, explained, ii. 516
Pelagius, the sentiments of, ii. 208
Iwangwμvoi ev auтw, explained, ii. 309
Perfect, in what sense Christians are,
i. 506-in what sense Christians are
not, i. 503

Perfect work of patience, what, ii. 366
Perfection, Christian, what, ii. 291, 366,
641-objections to, answered, ii. 294
does not exclude mistakes, ii. 358
Perfection of God, described, ii. 668
Περιεσπατο, explained, ii. 325
Perjury, the guilt of, ii. 765
Пeprepevera, explained, i. 269
Persecution, the lot of all the children of
God, i. 284, 289-under the direction
of divine providence, i. 236-how
Christians should behave when under,
i. 288, 290-sometimes substituted
for holiness, ii. 709-raised against
the Methodists, ii. 617
Person of Christ, described, ii. 816
Persuasion, remarkable instance of the
power of, ii. 456

Peter, the sin of, at Antioch, i. 227,

229

ii. 439

Poßor, explained, ii. 389

Placatt, Mons.. treatise of, on Con-
science, ii. 592
Place, where mankind will be judged,
i. 170

Pleasing others, the duty of, ii. 543
Pleasure of a natural man, what, i. 94
Pleasures of the world, what, ii. 373
Pleasures of religion, what, ii. 374
Πληροφορία ελπίδως, what, i. 214
Πληροφορία πιςεως, what, i. 214
Plum, what, ii. 751

Plurality of worlds, supposition of, men-
tioned, ii. 578

Piety, works of, to be done with purity
of intention, i. 329

Poets, ancient, referred to, ii. 565
Poetry, recommended, ii. 439
Пoxios, what, i. 594; ii. 366

Politeness, tracts upon, ii. 545
Πολυποίκιλος σοφία, what, ii. 206
Polygamy, forbidden by Jesus Christ,
i. 278

Пovngos, o, what, i, 339, 478
Poor, the, should visit the sick, ii. 529-
among the Methodists, might all be
relieved by the rich, ii. 682
Pope, lines of, censured, ii. 200
Potter, Archbishop, advice of to Mr.
Wesley, ii. 592

Poverty, a canse of spiritual heaviness,
i. 595-of spirit, what, i. 251
Power of godliness, wanting in the Uni-
versity of Oxford, ii. 766
Power of sin, described, i. 93—even babes
in Christ are delivered from the, i. 507

the loss of, described, i. 579
Practical Antinomians admonished, i 453
Praise of God, the people who shall, and

shall not receive the, described, i. 205
Prayer, design of, i. 330-a means of
grace, i. 187-happiness arising from,
ii. 439-the neglect of, R bin-
derance to holiness, i. 398-necessary
in giving reproof, ii. 180-extempore,
recommended, ii. 434

Prayer, secret, i. 330-the evil of neg-
Preachers, Methodist, unfaithfulness of,
lecting, i. 580

ii. 210. See Methodist Preachers.

Preaching, rendered useless by absolute
predestination, ii. 3

Preaching the lmu, no character of re-
Preaching Christ, what, i. 449, 459
Predestinate, what, ii. 107
proach, i. 313

Predestination, the doctrine of, hard to
be understood, ii. 105
Predestination, absolute, ii. 2-horrible
consequences of the doctrine of, ii. 9,

11

Preparation for the Lord's Supper, what,
ii. 559

Prerogative of God, asserted, ii. 228
Preservation of all things, ascribed to
Christ, ii. 306

Presumption, the danger of, ii. 393
Preventing grace of God, what, i. 103;
ii. 387, 391

Pride, a disease of human nature, ii.
494, 498-evil of, ii. 733-produced
by riches, ii. 626-engendered by gay
apparel, ii. 422-inconsistent with
Christian zeal, ii. 467-in the heart
of a believer, i. 153-a cause of spi-
ritual darkness, i. 581

"Pride of life," what, i. 155, 205, 561;
ii. 319, 348, 411, 626, 666, 671
Pride of the Americans, ii. 28
Prior, his translation of Adrian's verses,
ii. 238-quoted, i. 274, 460; ii. 311,
573, 624

Priests, Jewish, the character of, ii. 583
Primitive Church, held that there is sin
in believers, i. 140

Privileges of Christians, not to be mea-
sured by the attainments of the Old
Testament Saints, i. 510

Profaneness, a sin of Great Britain, ii.
831

Professors of religion, censured for their
gay apparel, ii. 427

Promises of God, improper application
of, i. 585

Property, injured by too much sleep,
ii. 474

Protestants, the faith of, ii. 605-some-
times guilty of persecution, ii 710-
state of religion among, ii. 679
Providence, doctrine of, explained, ii.
195-particular, asserted, ii. 200, 307