Communion of Saints, what, 307 Company, how to be chofen, 372. Ill Effects of bad Com- pany, 373 Confirmation, what, 474. An Apoftolical Ufage, 475. Not confined to the Age of the Apol tles, 476. How the Candi- dates of it mit be qualified, 477. The Advantages of it, ib. Confecration of the Sacrament, bow performed in the primitive Church, 511 Contempt of the World, what, 93. The Advantages of it, 94 Converfion of Infidels might pro- bably fucceed if attempted, 223 Covetoufnefs, its Nature, 330 The mischievous Effects of it, 331. The Unreasonablen fs of it, ibid. The Means to over- come it, 332 Crucifixion, the Nature of it,
Death, Wisdom to prepare for it, 441. What Preparations ne- cefary, 442. Repentance, ibid. Making our Wills, 442, 443. Weaning our Affectims from the World, ibid. Care of our Time, 444. Charity, 445- Bearing Sicknfs Chriftianly, 446. Retiring for that Pur- poje, 448 Dependance upon God, what, 93 Difciples of Chrift, why chofen out of Galilee, Difcipline of the Church in Lent what, 399. How fupplied in the Church of England, 400. It ought to be reflored, 401 Differences about civil Matters how to be managed among Chriftians, 281. About reli gious, bow to be debated, ibid. Divine Nature incapable of juf- fering, &c. 143 Doctrine of Chrift, the Perfec- tion of it, Dreams fupernatural, what, 236
What 520. ed from the Obfervation of these Days, 420, 478, 592, 534. Encouragements of the Chri- tian Religion, Enemies, what Love due to them, 70. What Uncharitableness moft pratifed towards them, 71. Obligation to love them, ibid. The Reasonableness of it, 72. Repentance, how the Con- dition, ibid. How to be treated when they repent, ibid. How their Repentance to be judged of. Epiphany, what meant by it,
105. What may be learned from the Obfervation of it, 108 Epifcopacy, the primitive Go- vernment of the Church, 466. The Method ufed by St. Paul gives Light to it, 469. What Oppofition it met with, 477 Evangelift, what it means, 190 Evil-fpeaking, what, 341. When we may speak Evil four Neighbour, 342. Condemned in Scripture, ibid. The Hei- noufnefs of it, ibid. The Dif guife of it, 343. What to be done to difcurage it, ibid. How to conquer this Vice, 344 Examination of ourselves, what, 539. And the End of it, 541. Preferibed by Philofophers,542. The Wisdom of it, ibid. The Frequency of it, ibid. The chief Subject of it, 543. Questions proper to put to ourselves every Evening, ibid. Confiderations to excile it, 544. Matbed of it, 545. The Gonfquences and Advantages of it, 546. Heads for the Exercise of it, 548 Example of Chritt, the Bright- nefs of it, 58
Fafts, the Nature of Fafting, 379. Obligations to it, 434 Ex- amples of it in Scripture, 381. Pradifed by the Apostles and frimitive Chriftians, 382. How and upon what Occafi- ons, 383. Not the abstaining from Meats condemned by St. Paul, ibid. When religious, 384. How to be obferved, 387. What to be avoided in the Ex- ercfe of it, Festivals, what, 1. Their Autho-
rity, 1, 2. The Defign of them, 3. Not against the Fourth Com- mandment, ibid. They do not reftrain the Prafes of God, ib. Not Popifh, 4. Not to be abo- lifbed because abused, 5. How to be obferved, 7. What Com- mand concerning them under the Law, 8. How that obliges Chriftians, 9. Advantages of obferving them, 10. See Day. First Day of the Week objerved
by Chriftians, 14. Why called the Lord's Day, ibid. Fridays in the Year, why Fafting Days, 538. How to be ob- jerved, Forgiveness of Sins, what, 405
Gift of Tongues, wherein it con- fifted, 221. How conferred on the Apoftles, ibid Read with- out Deceit, 222. Not the Ef- fect of Craft, ibid. Not of Enthufiaftic Heat, nor of Wine,
223 Gifts of the Holy Ghost that are ordinary, 225 God's refting from his Works, what, Godhead and Manhood, bow make one Chrift, 146. Some Difficulties cleared, ib.d. Good-Friday, why fo called, 423.1y kept as a Feft, 424. How obferved in the ancient Church, ibid.. What may be learned from the Commemoration of Christ's Sufferings, Gefpel, achat meant by it, 195. The Abority of the four Gof- fels, ibid. Particularly that of St. John, Grace to be faid at Meals, 459 Graces, when frengthened by the Hele Spirit, Guardian Angels, the general Opinion of Mankind concern- 338
Holy Days. See Day. Holy Ghost, proved to be God, 268. His ordinary Gifts, 226, How to be attained, ibid. His particular Office, 227 Holy Orders, bow carefully ad- miniftred in the Church of Eng- land, 417. After what Man- ner, 420. What we may learn from the Inftitution of them, ib. Holy Week, why fo called, 424. How obferved in the primi- tive Church, 425. And in the ibid. Church of England, Honour to fpiritual Superiors,
what, 520 Humility, A Virtue peculiar to Chrißianity, 128. Wherein it confifts, ibid. How the Founda- tion of other Chriftian Virtues, 129. How to be exercijed, 130. Helps to attain it, 131 Humiliation agreeable to Chrij
Hymn Nunc dimittis, what may be learned from it,
to be God, 268. That there was fuch a Perfon, 249. A Prophet Jent from God, 250. Proved fo by a Voice from Heaven, 253. By Miracles, 254. Objections against them anfvered, 255. By Prophecy, 258. His Sufferings what, 426. Not the Torments of the Damned, 428. Why be fuffered, 429. A Proof of bis being the Meffias, 434. Not in his divine Nature, 431. His Refurrection, 154. His Afcenfion, 212. See Birth of
Chrift. Immortality of the Soul, provved. from its Nature, 163. What meant by the Fathers when they fay it is not properly im- mortal, 164. From Univerfal Confent, 166. Epicureans and Sadducees no Prejudice to this, ibid. From the natural Notions of God, &c. 167. From natural Hopes and Fears 168. What Aurance the Jews had, 169. What farther Evidence the Christians have 170, 172. The Effect of this Belief, 174 Incarnation, what we are to be- lieve concerning it, 146 Infidelity, in respect of the Gof- pel, a Sin of the greatest Size,
ty, 284. What may be learned from this Festival, Judas the Traitor bad the Gifts of an Apoftle, 355. What may be learned from it, ibid. St. Jude the Apostle, 355- be learned from this
What may Feftival, 359 Judgment General, how proved from Reafon, 24. From Scrip- ture, 25. When it shall be, 26. The Neceffity of it, ibid. Who fhall adminifter in it, 27. Why Jefus Chrift, 28. Who fhall be judged, ibid. For what 29. By what Measures, ibid. By what Degrees, 30. The fixt Time not known, ibid. The Manner of it, 31. What to be learned from the Certainty of it, ibid. What from the Un- certainty, when, 32
Little Children, what Temper of Mind reprefented to us by our Saviour in that Emblem, 92. The Benefits of it, 94 Lord's Day,12. Why fo called, 14. How obferved by the Apo- Ales, ibid. By the primitive Chriftians, 15. In what Senfe called a Sabbath, 16. Par- ticular Customs anciently ob- Jerved on that Day, 17. Not to he fafted on, ibid. How to be objerved, 18. The Advan- tages of obferving it, Love of our Neighbour, what, 83. How a new Command- ment, ibid. Our Obligations to it, 84. How to perform it, ibid. To our Spiritual Go- vernors, what, 51 St. Luke the Evangelift, 347. What may be learned from this Festival,
tive Chriftians, 316. Towhat Caujes may beattributed their Courage, ibid. Mary, the bleed Virgin, her Offerings, 126. Wby the fub- mitted to the Law of Purifica- tion, 125. Her Annunciation, 142. Saluted by the Angel, and how he received it, 143. What implied in her Answer, 144. Why fled the Mother of God, 147. Why called the Ever-virgin, 148. How the ought to be reverenced, 149 St. Mark the Evangelift, 190. What we may lear n from this Festival, Matter, not capable of thinking, 164 Matters of Fact, when they can- not be falfe, 243. Proved those that relate to Chriftia- nity, 260 St. Matthew the Apostle, 326. What may be learned from this Feftival,
St. Matthias the Apoftle, 133. be learned from this
138 Meditation in a religious Senfe, what, 394. The Exercife of it, 395. The Fruits of it,
45I Mercies of God, when acknow-
ledged, 20. When valued, and how to be returned. ibid. Meffias, what Expectation of his appearing among the Jews, 55. Among the Gentiles, 56. The Advantage of his appear- ing, ibid. St. Michael and All-Angels, 334 What may be learned from this Festival, 340 Ministers of Chrift, why fo call- ed, 489. by the Glory of
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