Ambition censured, ii. 482

Angels obey God from choice, v. 535. engagement of the
celestial party against Satan, vi. 202 634- their song
on the creation, vii. 180 252 557 602. their reascent
to Heaven on Adam's fall, xi. 17. appointed to drive
Adam from Paradise xi. 127. execution of that office,
xii. 626

Angels, the fallen, their names, i. 374- pursuits, ii. 528,
engagement, vi. 202. defeat and expulsion from Heaven,
vi, 831-877. transformed into serpents, &c. x. 519 547
Apostles, their mission, &c. xii. 439. their successors de-
scribed, xii. 508

Azazel, Satan's standard bearer, i. 534

Babel, its building, and the confusion of languages thence
arising, xii. 38 48

Battle between the Angels described, vi. 202 to 877

Beelzebub described, ii. 299. excites an attempt on the
world, ii. 245

Belial, speeches of, ii. 119. vi. €20

Blasts, originated from the fall of Adam, x. 692

Bridge from the gates of Hell over Chaos to the world,
X. 293

Cain and Abel, their story, xi. 429

Cham, bis story, xii. 101

Chance, explosion of the general idea respecting it, ii. 909
Chaos described, ii. 890. vii. 210. its limits since the fall
of the Angels, ii. 998. its state before that event, v. 577
Church, hirelings in it compared with the devil in Para-
dise, iv. 192

Conjugal love praised, iv. 750 765. definition of it, viii.
589. a reciprocal duty, ix. 357

Conjugal union, its reasons and obligations, viii. 494. ix.
-955 961

Conscience, the umpire of God in man, iii. 194. its ter
rors, iv. 23. x. 842. censure of laws to enforce it, xii.
515

Creation, the universal description of it, iii. 708. vii. 221
Creatures in Paradise described, iv. 340. their discord a
consequence of the fall, x. 707

Dagon, a fallen angel, some account of, i. 457

Damned, description of the vicissitudes of their torments,
ii. 596

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David, why his throne is eternal, xii. 320

Day and night in Heaven, description of, vi. 4

Death and Sin, their post at the gates of Hell, before the
fall, ii. 688. their union, x. 249. their meeting with
Satan on his return to Hell, x. 326. their arrival at
Paradise, x. 585. subsequent conduct in the world,
x. 610

Death, description of, ii. 666. its parentage, ii. 727. its
birth, ii. 777. its answers to sin, x. 264 596

Death, of the body, its causes and variety, xi. 466 to 493.
its terrors more imaginary than real, xi. 469. the gate
of life, xii. 571

Death, eternal, considerations on, x. 808

Deluge, see Noah

Despair, its degrees, &c. iv. 108

Devils, why excluded from grace, iii. 129

Discord censured, ii. 496. the daughter of Sin, x. 707
Dominion, absolute amongst men, unjustifiable, xii. 64
Dreams illusory, iv. 799. natural, v. 110. divine, xii. 611
Eagle, a bird of prey, one effect of Adam's fall, xi. 185
Earth, its creation, iii. 715. vii. 231. its separation from
the waters described, vii. 276. speculations on its mo-
tion, or that of the heavens, censured, viii. 70. an uni-
versal paradise at the coming of the Messiah, xii. 463
Eden, see Paradise

Egypt, plagues of, xii. 173

Election asserted, iii. 183

Elements, their dependence upon each other, xi. 415
Enoch, his story, translatiou, &c. xi. 664 700
Eve, see Adam and Eve

Eve particularly described, &c. iv. 712. v. 379. viii. 46 470
482 596. ix. 386 431 457 489 538 603 896. her formation
from Adam, viii. 460. her behaviour on seeing him, viii.
500. discourses with Satan, ix. 554 732. her temptation
of Adam, ix. 856. her speeches and answers to Adam on
being accused, x. 909 937 966. xi. 162. xii. 610
Evening described, iv. 598

Evil, blameless, if unapproved by thought, v. 117
Experience, a guide to wisdom, ix. 807

Faith in Christ, what kind of, is eternal life, xii. 420. cen-
sure of laws to enforce it, xii. 515

Fancy, its office, v. 100. a faculty of the soul, viii. 460
Fame, censure of the common idea of it, xi, 688

Fate, the will of the Almighty, vii. 170

Fig-tree, that from which aprons were made, described,

ix. 1101

Firmament described, vii. 261

Fish, their creation described, vii. 391
Flaming sword, description of, xii. 632

Flood, or deluge, see Noah

Freedom, effects of its loss, upon virtue, &c. xi. 797

Free-grace, defined, &c. iii, 173 227

Free-will asserted, iii. 95. v. 235 520. viii. 635 ix. 350.
x. 43. the image of God, viii. 440

Fruition, carnal, its passion censured, viii. 579

Gabriel, the chief of the guardian Angels, his station, &e.
iv. 443. undertakes to detect Satan, iv. 575. his speeches
to the Angels, iv. 866. to Satan, iv. 877. his prowess,
&c. in the battle, vi. 354

Glory, or fame, the general idea of it censured, xi. 688
God the Father, contemplating his works, &c. iii. 56. his
speech to God the Son on the designs of Satan, iii. 80.
proposes the manner of redemption, iii. 203. and decrees
his resurrection, 303. attributes of God the Father, iii.
372. his speech to the celestial hierarchy, v. 600. his
speeches to the Son, the Angels, &c. v. 719. vi. 29. vii.
139 x 614. xi. 84 99

God the Son, at the right hand of the Father, iii. 62. the
second Adam, iii. 285. his attributes, iii. 383. the Mes-
siah, vi. 718 881. his answers to Adam, the Father, &c.
vi. 733. viii. 369 398 437. x. 68. his re-ascent and in-
tercession for Adam, x. 224
God, what kind of adoration most acceptable to him, iv.
736. to be contemplated in the works of the creation,
v. 508. his absolute decrees, omnipresence, &c. xi. 311
'335. to obey and depend on him, the sum of knowledge,
xii. 557

Gospel, how it is to be understood, xii. 511

Grace of God, its object, and why devils are excluded from
it, iii. 129. the spirit of it, &c. xii, 525

Gratitude, when exerted, a discharge of its debt, iv. 55
Gunpowder, guns, &c. their invention attributed to the
devil, vi. 478 484

Heaven and earth, their final renovation by fire, xi. 898.
xii. 547. subsequent happiness therein, xii. 463 549
Heaven, its joys described, iii. 344. its gate, iii. 501. v.
253. passage thence to the world, iii. 526, its creation,

fii. 716. the study of it how necessary, viii. 66. specalations on its motion censured, viii. 70. its situation with respect to the world and hell, x. 320

Hell, description of, i. 60 228. ii. 587 618. its gates, ii. 645. its situation, &c. x. 322

Hierarchies of heaven, before the revolt, described, v. 579. Holy Ghost, its diffusion, &c. at the creation, vii. 195. pro mised and given to all believers, xii. 518

Hymns to light, iii. 1. to God the Father and Son, iii. 372. on conjugal love, iv. 750. on the creation, vii. 180 152 557 602

Hypocrisy only visible to God, iii. 682

Hypocrites, their first example in Satan, iv. 121

Idolatry, its origin, i. 364. that of the postdeluvian world, xii. 115

Jealousy, the hell of lovers, v. 449

Innocence, its state described, iv. 312 492 738, v. 211 303 443. viii. 40 510

Invocations of the author, i. 6. iii. 51. vii. 1. xi. 20 Israelites, relation of their bondage and release, xii. 163. their settlement, &c. in the wilderness, xii. 223. in Canaan, xii. 260. their captivity in Babylon, xii. 335. on their return, till the birth of the Messiah, xii. from 345 to 359

Isis, a fallen angel, i. 478

Ithuriel, an angel of Paradise, iv. 788. detects Satan's attempt on Eve, iv. 810

Knowledge, the result of reason, v. 100. of future events, the desire of it censured, xi. 770. its sum the love and fear of God, xii. 557

Leviathan described, i. 201

Liberty, consequences of its loss, xi. 797

Life, long, how attainable, xi. 530

Light, its creation described, vii. 243

Lightning, how produced, x. 1073

Love, conjugal, distinct from that of an amour, iv. 763. defined, viii. 589. its food, ix. 239. its object, ix. 241 Lucifer, why a name of Satan, x. 425

Lust, its solace, ix. 1043

Mammon, a fallen angel, i. 678. his speech in Satan's council, ii. 229

Man, fallen, why the object of grace, iii. 130. his long

resistance of it exclusive, iii, 198. created to supply the

loss of the fallen angels, iii. 667. ix. 143. his creation described, vii. 524. his superiority over woman decreed by God, x. 145 195. indulgence in his appetites disfigures not God's image, xi. 515. the true end of his creation, xi. 603. his absolute dominion over his brethren an usurpation, xii. 64

Matches, conjugal, censure of the modern, viii. 57. x. 888 Michael, the arch-angel, his appointment in the celestial army, vi. 44. his prowess, combats, speeches, answers, &c. See various parts of the books, from vi. to xii. inclusive

Mind, its force, i. 254. its food, ix. 237

Moloch, a fallen angel, i. 392. his speech, ii. 51. defies Gabriel, vi. 357

Moon, on its supposed inhabitants, iii. 459. its office, iii. 726. rising, iv. 606. its creation, &c. vii. 356 375 379 Morning in heaven, description of, vi. 12. the natural, T. 120. ix. 192. xi. 133

Moses, see Aaron

Mulciber, a fallen angel, i. 740

Night in heaven, described, v. 642. and day, vi. 4. the natural night, iv. 604 775. v. 38. ix. 48. x. 846 Nimrod, the first monarch, bis tyranny, &c. xii. 24 Nisroch, a fallen angel, vi. 446

Noah, his censure of the antediluvian world, xi. 719 808. builds the ark, xi. 728

Noon described, v. 300

Obedience, conjugal, the happiness of woman, iv, 635. of

will only acceptable to God, v. 529

Old age described, xi. 535

Omens of Adam's expulsion, xi. 182

Opinion, see knowledge

Orus and Osiris, fallen angels, i. 478

Pandemonium described, i. 710

Paradise, description of, iv. 131 214. v. 991. vii. 537. viii. 304. ix. 439. the seat of it destroyed by the flood, xi.

829

Patriarchal government, from the deluge to the time of Nimrod, xii. 13

Patriarchs, their story, xii. 113

Peace, its corruptions equal to the ravages of war, xi. 783 Peer or Chemos, a fallen angel, i. 413