Ear, the Deaf one, to be avoided, v. 251
the Itching one, to be avoided, v. 251
-- inward, its better condition, a comfort
under the loss of hearing, vii. 184
Earnest, sure, Soliloquy on, viii. 278
Earth, if delightful, much more Heaven,
No. 21. viii. 10

a preparative for Heaven and Hell,
No. 44. viii. 72

wherefore a Christian cleaves to it,
No. 94. viii. 87

our Mother, our Stage, and our
Grave, No. 99. viii. 99

the Greatness of God to be seen
therein, vi. 331

Earthly Affairs, God's counsel in them
wonderful, No. 9. viii. 215

Earthly Things, the just valuation of them,
requisite to Contentment, vii. 10

10

their transitory nature, vii.

the unsatisfying condition

of them in States and Churches, v. 437
Eclipse of the Sun, Meditation on the
sight of one, xi. 54

Ecclesiastical Courts, sins falsely alleged
to be sold in those of England, x. 63
Education, religious, its advantages, ii. 104
Egypt, Joseph and Mary with the Babe
flee thither, ii. 292

Ejaculations may be either at large, in the
way of Humiliation, Imploration, and
Thanksgiving; or occasional, vi. 484
Elect, their condition, a comfort against
the terrors of Judgment, vii. 210

Satan's Temptation to think that God
sees no sin in them, repelled, vii. 345
Election explained, v. 571

the sick soul's complaint of uncer-
tainty in matter thereof, answered, vii.
134

Satan's Temptation to doubt of a
share therein, repelled, vii. 330

Satan's Temptation to think that
on account of it, men may live as they
list, repelled, vii. 349
ELEGIES:-On Dr. Whitaker, xii. 323
Prince Henry, xii. 326

Sir Edward and Lady Lewkenor, (La-
tin and English,) xii. 331

Sir Horatio Pallavicini, (Latin and
English,) xii. 332

Eli, his submission to the sentence of God,
i. 289

Elijah prophesies there shall be no rain,

ii. 32

ii. 37

fed by the ravens, ii. 33
restores the Widow's Son to life,

prays, and rain sent, ii. 46

under the Juniper tree, ii. 49

in the cave, ii. 51

his fiery rapture, No. 49. viii. 231
Elimelech, his Sons marry two Moabitish
Women, i. 269

and his family remove from
Bethlehem Judah into Moab, i. 268
Elisha called, ii. 53

his suit to Elijah for a double portion
of his spirit, ii. 84

encreaseth the Widow's oil, ii. 97
guarded by an invisible army, ii. 117
his death, ii. 160

Elizabeth, Queen, Panegyric upon her, v.
89

Emerods, the Philistines smitten with
them, i. 298

End, the near approach to it, an advantage
of old age, vii. 197
Enemies of the Cross of Christ, two sorts
of them, v. 183

mercy of God in restraining spi-
ritual ones from our sight, ii. 425
of the Gospel, their Cruelty, v.
226

227

231

of the Church, their defeat, v.

of the Church, God only can
defeat them, v. 232

spiritual, comforts against the
fear of them enumerated, vii. 213

the restraint of them, and their
overmatching by the power of God, vii.

140

Enemy, none can hurt us, but by our own
hands, No. 92. viii. 50

Enoch, his walking with God, No. 5. viii.
208

Envious, the, Character of, vi. 121

Envy in every Man's nature, i. 17
Eliab's, of David, i. 344

and Glory follow every virtuous Ac-
tion, No. 49. viii. 73

one of the Inconveniences which
commonly attend the Great, vii. 16

an inward ground of contention, vii.

64
Epicurean resolution, "Let us eat and
drink, for to-morrow we die," the folly
of it, No. 27. viii. 102
Epicureans, Account of them, xi. 207
EPISCOPACY BY DIVINE RIGHT ASSERTED,
x. 141
Episcopacy, whether that of the Church
of England be Antichristian, x. 58

the judgment and practice of
the Reformed Churches thereon, x. 60
the judgment of the German

Reformers thereon, x. 149

the attestation of famous Fo-
reign Divines to that of the Church of
England, x. 150

not willingly relinquished by
Foreign Churches, x. 151

thereon, x. 359

A., Mr. E., vi. 228

A., Mr. I., Merchant, vi. 174
Alleyne, Mr. Ed., vi. 222
Asteley, Sir Andrew, vi. 181
B., Mr. E., dedicated to Sir George
Goring, vi. 259

B., Mr. I., vi. 284

B., Mr. J., and dedicated to my Fa-
ther, Mr. J. Hall, vi. 150
B., Mr. R., vi. 230

Bacon, Sir Edmund, vi. 153

Bath and Wells, The Lord Bishop
of, vi. 237

Bedell, Mr. William, at Venice, vi.
143

Brinsly, Mrs. B., my Sister, vi. 162
Buchinski, Stanislaus, late Secretary
to Demetrius, Emperor of Russia,
vi. 168

Burton, Mr. Samuel, Archdeacon of
Gloucester, vi. 184

Challoner, Sir Thomas, vi. 134
Cholmley, Mr. Hugh, vi. 164
Darcy, Sir Robert, vi. 152
Denny, Lord, vi. 127

The same, vi. 268
Denny, Lady Mary, vi. 245
Drury, Sir Robert and his Lady, vi.

149

Essex, The Earl of, vi. 146

F., Mr. I., one of the Company of
the Turkish Merchants, vi. 202
F., Mr. W., and dedicated to Mr.
Robert Jermin, vi. 210
Fitzwilliams, Mr. Walter, vi. 208
Fleetwood, Sir George, vi. 273
Gentlemen of his Highness's Court
vi. 204

Hall, Mr. Sa., my Brother, vi. 219
Harrington, Sir John, vi. 261
Hay, Lord, vi. 130

Hay, Lady Honoria, vi. 247
Haye, Mr. Robert, vi. 200

J., W. condemned for Murder, vi. 290
James, Mr. Thomas, of Oxford, vi.
226

Knight, Mr. William, vi. 265
L., Mr. T., vi. 198

L., Mr. W., vi. 193

EPISTLES. Addressed to:-

Lea, Sir R., since deceased, vi. 250
Lucy, Sir Edmund, vi. 195
Milburne, Doctor, vi. 275
Milward, Mr. Matthew, vi. 214
Mole, Mr. John, of a long time now
Prisoner under the Inquisition at
Rome, vi. 292

Moulin, M. Peter, Preacher of the
Church at Paris, vi. 253
Murray, Sir David, vi. 139
Newton, Mr. Tutor to the Prince,
vi. 132

P., Mrs. A., vi. 222
P., Mr. J., vi. 216

R., Mr. W., dedicated to Mr.
Thomas Burly, vi. 172
Reigesbergius, Mr. Jonas, in Zea-
land, vi. 287
Readers, All, vi. 296

S., Mr. T., dedicated to Sir Fulke
Grevill, vi. 271

Sleigh, Mr. Edmund, vi. 190
Smith, Mr. and Mr. Rob. Ring-
leaders of the late Separation at
Amsterdam, vi. 179
Sotheby, Mr. Samuel, vi. 166
Sutton, Mr. Thomas, vi. 255
W., Mr. J. written long since, vi. 278
Wadsworth, Mr. Jacob, lately re-
volted, in Spain, vi. 125
Wenyffe, Mr. George, my Father-in-
Law, vi. 170

Whiting, Mr. John, vi. 155

Worcester, The Lord Bishop of, vi. 242
EPISTLES. Written on the following
Subjects;

Afflictions, their comfortable Re-
medies, vi. 250
Arminius, thoughts on some New
Opinions broached under his Name
in Holland, vi. 287

Baptism, its Necessity, and the Estate
of those which necessarily want it,
vi. 247

Beneficence, early and cheerful,
urged, vi. 255

Carriage, Christian and Civil, Rules
of good advice for it, vi. 296
Cheerfulness, Christian, an Excita-
tion thereto, vi. 170
Christian, the Description of him,
and his Differences from the
Worldling, vi. 245

his continual Exercise;
how he may keep his Heart from
Hardness, and his Ways from
Error, vi. 200

the estate of a true but
weak one, described, vi. 152
Christianity, a Discourse of its
Hardness; and the abundant Re-
compence,
in its Pleasures and
Commodities, vi. 190

EPISTLES. Written on :-

Church, Apostolical, the difference
of the Present Church from it, and
the Needlessness of our Conformity
thereto in all things, vi. 242
Cohabitation of Man and Wife, whe-
ther it may be renounced, for se-
cular or religious causes, vi. 261
Combats, Single, their bloody Use,
Injustice, Danger, and Sinfulness,
vi. 210

Courtier, Description of a good and
faithful one, ví. 204

Days, both common and holy, how
they should be spent, vi. 268
Death, a Discourse of due Prepara-
tion for it, and the Means to
sweeten it to us, vi. 181

-, Arguments against the Fear
of it, vi. 150
Dissensions among Protestants, an
insufficient ground of Unsettled-
ness, and a comparison of them
with those among the Papists, vi.

193

Divines, Death of several lamented,
and an incitation to imitate them,
vi. 143

Divorce in the case of apparent
adultery, the fittest course to be
pursued therein by the Innocent
Party, vi. 198

Dulness and Heartlessness in our
Callings, Remedies against, vi. 259
Faith, true, the Signs and Proofs
thereof, vi. 222

Fathers, the bastardy of the false,
and the corruption of the true, the
grounds of the Papists' confidence
in appealing to them, vi. 226
Gentry, a complaint of their mis-
education, vi. 284

Glory, heavenly, the different degrees
of it; and our mutual knowledge of
each other above, vi. 195

God, how to conceive of him in our

Devotions and Meditations, vi. 224
Grief immoderate for the Death of
Friends, Consolations under, vi.
172

Henry, Prince, Gratulation for the
Hopes concerning him, with an
advising Apprecation, vi. 132
Henry IVth of France, Reflections
on Ravillac's attempt to assassinate
him, vi. 253

Honour, of True, vi. 130
Imprisonment, of the Comforts of,

vi. 168

Infidels and Heretics, how far and
wherein Conversation and Trade
with them are allowable, vi. 202
Losses, worldly, against Sorrow for
them, vi. 174

EPISTLES. Written on :---
Malefactor, particularly a Murderer,
effectual preparation of one for
Death, vi. 290
Marriage of Ecclesiastical Persons,
defended, vi. 155
Martyrdom, Encouragements to, vi.
292

Ministerial Function; the great
Charge thereof; with Directions
for due Preparation thereunto, and
Carriage therein, vi. 219
Ministry, Encouragements to perse-
verance in, under conceit of In-
sufficiency and want of Affection,
vi. 265

Miracles of our Time, either falsely
reported, or falsely done, or falsely
miraculous, or falsely ascribed to
heaven, vi. 139

Pastor, his removal from one charge
to another, Bp. Hall's Thoughts on
his own, vi. 149
Pestilence, whether fleeing or stay in
time of it, lawful for Minister or
People, vi. 228

Pleasures, the true and lawful use of
them how
:
we may moderate
them; how we may enjoy them
with safety, vi. 208
Popery, its Increase; the oath of
Allegiance, and the just sufferings
of those, which have refused it, vi.
216

Expostulation with one re-
volted to it, and persuading his
Return, vi. 125

the Causes and Means of its
Increase, vi. 237

how far and wherein it
destroys the Foundation, vi. 275
Psalms, Bp. Hall's account of his
own Metaphrase of some of them,
vi. 164

Religion, the True, a Discourse of
the Trial and Choice thereof, vi. 184
Retiredness and Secrecy, the Benefit
of them, vi. 153

Russian Affairs, Bp. Hall's View of
them, vi. 166

Separation, the Injury done thereby

to the Church, with its Injustice,
and the Fearfulness of the offence,
vi. 179

-, a Dissuasion from it, and
its Grounds oppugned, vi. 278
Sin, its Remedies, and the Motives
to avoid it, vi. 273

Sorrow not to be repented of, Dis-
course concerning, vi. 162
Study and Contemplation, the Plea-
sure of them, with the Varieties
of scholar-like employments, vi.

214

EPISTLES. Written on :-

Times, a complaint of their Iniquity,
with the Means to redress it, vi.
230

Travel, Report of some Observations
made by Bp. Hall therein, vi. 134
Travels. Advice how to pursue them
to advantage, vi. 146

World, how it may be used without
danger, vi. 271

of the Contempt of it, vi. 127
EPISTOLA DO. MARCO ANTONIO DE DO-
MINIS, ARCHIEPISCOPO SPALATENSI,
Discessus sui ad Romam Dissuasoria,
(Latin and English), xi. 383
EPISTOLE TRFS, ad B. Willium, L. Cro-
cium, et H. Hildebrandum, (Latin and
English), xi. 421
EPITAPHS-On Mr. H. Bright, (Latin,)
xii. 333

On Gustavus Adolphus, King of
Sweden, (Latin and English,) xii.

to rely in respect of it on the Pro-
vidence of God, a Means of Peace, vi.
37

to be persuaded of the goodness
and fitness of ours for us, a Means of
Peace, vi. 38

that our present is best for us, a
Resolution requisite to Contentment,
vii. 34

Esteem, some things which are worthy of
it, but not of being trusted to, No. 35.
viii. 36

Esther made Queen, ii. 234
Eternity, that only thing which is worthy
to take up the Thoughts of a wise Man,
No. 75. viii. 183

Eucharist, Geniculation at the celebra-
tion of it defended, x. 21
Euchites, Account of them, xi. 211
Events beguile the judgment of Men, v.
128

Events temporal and spiritual, how to be
viewed by a Christian, No. 68. viii. 111
Indifferency of, Soliloquy on, viii.

288
Evil, difference of Times and Ages in re-
spect of the degrees of it, v. 358

the Grief that arises from hearing it,
a comfort under the loss of hearing, vii.

184

Evil Spirit can only be ejected from our
Souls by the power of Christ, ii. 340
Evils, swift in their approach, and slow in
departing Pleasures, slow in coming,
and rapid in their departure, No. 64.
viii. 77

Example, a fruit of Christian Union, vii.

259

Excess, both bodily and spiritual, one of

the Inconveniences which commonly
attend the Great, vii. 17

Excesses are never alone, No. 71. viii. 79
Exercises, holy, the fruition of God in
them, a Means of Peace, vi. 31
Exhortation, a fruit of Christian Union,
vii. 260

Expectation, effect of upon different
Minds, No. ix. viii. 7

Experience the surest test, No. 9. viii. 31
Extraordinary Events cause wonder, and

the frequence of God's best works
causeth neglect, No. 18. viii. 62
Extremeties are the seasons of Christ's
aid, ii. 423

Extremity distinguisheth friends, No. 18.
viii. 33

Eye, the Adulterous, v. 249

the Covetous, v. 249
the Envious, v. 250

Meditation on seeing the Shutting of
one, xi. 98
Eyes, the supply of better, a comfort under
the loss of sight, vii. 178

the ill offices done by them, a com-
fort under the loss of sight, vii. 178

freedom from temptation thereby, and
from many sorrows, a comfort under the
loss of sight, vii. 179

the supply which God gives in
other faculties, a comfort under their
loss, vii. 181

the benefits of those which once we
had, a comfort under the loss of them,
vii. 182

Faction, the Mischief and Remedy of,

Sermon on, v. 431

Faith of the Widow of Sarepta, ii. 35

witnesseth to our Souls our assurance
of life eternal, v. 586

difficulty of exercising it, No. 38.
viii. 104

its Victory, Soliloquy on, viii. 268
the hand by which we receive Peace,
vi. 12

liberty of consulting God in dif-
ficulties, and petitioning him
in necessities, xi. 203
freedom of supplication, with
diligent performance of this
duty, xi. 203

an exercise of our confidence, xi.
205
grateful acknowledgments of mer-
cies, xi. 207

enjoyment of all good things in
God, and God in them, xi.
207

Family, Head thereof, Solomon's Descrip-
tion of him, digested from Proverbs and
Ecclesiastes, viii. 476
Famine, in Israel, i. 268

its dreadful extremity in Samaria,
ii. 120
Famous and Excellent Men, their Chil-
dren seldom excellent, No. 4. viii. 95
Fancy not to be employed in forming re-
presentations of God, vi. 315

not to be satisfied by Travel, xii.
107
Farewell Sermon to Prince Henry's Hous-
hold, v. 66

Fashion, Commonness a disparagement to
it, v. 257

Fashions, Forbidden ones, v. 247

of the World make us appear
deformed in the sight of God, v. 257
painful, v. 257

Old ones in disgrace, v. 258
Fathers, Epistle to Mr. Thomas James, of
Oxford, on the bastardy of the false, and
the corruption of the true, as the Grounds
of the Papists' confidence in appealing
to them, vi. 227

Faults of Friends, difficulty of meddling
with them, No. 50. viii. 74
Favours of God to this Island, v. 89
to his People, v. 314