Contrasted with the shortness of life, 353. Distinguishing to
man, 80. 352. Experience of it, encouraging, 347. And
equity, 386. 389. Faith and hope in it, 174. 177. To those
who love and trust in him, 244. And power, 69. 117. Never
ceasing, 33. 49. 443. Worthy eternal praise, 48. To the
righteous, 86. 391. And truth, 48. Universal and perpetual,
61. 102. 318. v. Mercy, Seasons, Works, Year.
Gospel, blessings of the, 46. 357. Conversation becoming it, 376.
Excellency of it, 9. 26. 37. 94. 173. Its power and emblems of
its effects, 253. Praise for it, 26. 46. 57. Success of it, 94.
Unprofitableness under its privileges, 56. Prayer for its
spread, 189. v. Christ, Kingdom, Salvation, Scripture.
Gospel Jubilee, 152.
Government, the divine, confided in, 181. Self, v. Watchfulness. ̧
Grace, implored, 12. 18. 58. 100. Perfected into glory, 216.
And providence. v. Providence. By Christ, 13. 51. 67. Cheer-
ing the afflicted, and reviving the penitent, 279. Salvation by,
182. The Christian perfected by, through Christ, 28. Dis-
played in the Gospel, 357. v. Gospel, Christ.
Gratitude, 177. 477. And acquiescence in all things, 374. And
devotion, 462. 496. Obligation to it, 261. 457.
Grave, peace of the, 217.
Guidance, heavenly, implored, 130. 167. 179.
HAPPINESS, of the Christian, 200. In the favour of God, 371.
In God alone, 438. 460. Of heaven, 162. 260. Of life, 210. In
the mind, 220. Perfect, not on earth, 338. Of the poor in
spirit, 200. Of the divine presence, 358. Religion, the way
to it, 222. 265. Of the faithful, 335. Searching after it, 64.
170. True and lasting, 220. 306. From confidence in God,
v. Trust. v. Peace, Virtue.
Harvest, and seed-time, 486. The joyful, 317. v. Autumn.
Health, and consolation from God, 354. Preserved by God, 493.
Heart, laid open before God, 276. Sacrifice of the, 109.
Heaven, aspiring after it, 162. 460. 470. Happiness of it, 395.
An inheritance, 149. The hope of it from the resurrection of
Christ, 149. 458; a support under trials, 151. 339. The pros-
pect of it, 336. The qualifications for it, 265. 283. The re-
ward of virtuous effort, 335. 399. Its treasures compared with
those of earth, 338, The way to it, 302. v. Immortality.
Holiness, desired, 277. Of God, 58. Adoration of the God of, 45. 72.
Hope, of the Christian under affliction, 231.244. In the prospect
of futurity, 157. 460. In God, 317. From experience of di-
vine goodness, 64. Of heaven. v. Heaven. In the mercy of
God, 287. 337. 378. Of a resurrection, 125. Of the presence
and favour of God, 374. Patience and consolation, 231. Of
alvation, through Christ, 292. 294. v. Trust.
Jumility, 381. Inculcated by the example of Christ, 132. Im-
plored by the young, 435.
Humiliation, public, 429, 476. v. Fast.
Hypocrisy, known and abhorred of God, 36. v. 265.
IMMORTALITY, man formed for, 379. The hope of it, giving
peace under the trials of life, 215. v. Heaven.
Impartiality of God, 386. 389.
Immutability of God, 348.
Inconstancy in religion lamented, 289.
Institutions, religious, attendance upon them, 47.
Intercession, for the thoughtless, 229.
Intolerance, deprecated, 121. v. Persecution.
Israel, led to Canaan, 268.
Judgment, death and, 319. Day of, 134. 202. 304. 366. Mysteries
of Providence resolved at this period, 323. Preparation for,
267. 333. Private, the right and duty of, 121. 128. 226.
Justice, 221. And equity, 154. Of God, 77. 237. 323.
KINGDOM of Christ, v. Christ.
Knowledge, desire of, 18. 310. v. 247. And fear of God, 267. 277.
Of God, through his works, 96. 385. Of God, comprehending
the character and life of good men, 358. Of God, its value, 299.
LAST DAY, 304. Dreadful to the ungodly, 366. v. Judgment.
Law, of God, delight in it, 250. 277. Of love, 126. 164.
Liberality, and compassion, 224. Recompensed, 283. 314.
Liberty of private judgment, 121. 128. 226.
Life, death and resurrection, 159. Praise to God in all its
changes, 168; and in death, 263. 424. Trust in God through
all its changes, 165. Eternal, through Jesus Christ, 33. 170.
Its frailty, 328. 478. Its shortness and the goodness of God,
353. A happy, 210. Improvement of, 331, 332, 333. 481.
The day of mercy and hope, 241. Our portion in, appointed
by God, 349. pilgrimage, 285. Preserved by God, 341.
Precarious, 426. Cheered by religion, 372. Reviewed, 402.
425. 496. Reflections on its brevity, 400: On its uncertainty,
412. Its shortness and uncertainty improved, 356. 426. Its
source in God, 362. Its vanity, 169. 312. Compared with
eternity, 242.
Light, and deliverance from sin, 334. God, the intellectual, 291.
Spiritual, implored, 111.
Lord's day, hymns for it, 59, 60. 92. 106. Morning, 1. 4. 6. 42.
58. 89. 101. v. Close of service.
Lord's prayer, imitated, 21, 22. Paraphrase of it, 23.
Love, of God, better than life, 64. In nature and in his word,
259. Unchangeable, 369. How to be sought, 110. Displayed
in the Gospel, 357. Of Jesus to mankind, 297. Brotherly,
309. 442. To God and man, 27. 99. 350. 392. The
126. 164. v. Charity.
MAJESTY of God, 72. 398. And condescension, 80. 37. And
glory, 107. 116. And goodness, 117, 118. 141. And kingdom,
97. And power, 50. 160. 361.
Man, formed for devotion, 38. Dominion over other creatura
30. His dependence on God, 39. Regarded with comp
by God, 73. 249. Distinguishing goodness of God to,
God the creator of, 178. The frailty of, 341. 364. . L
His ignorance, 136. Mortal, and God eternal, 245. 270.
Not designed for perfect happiness on earth, 338. H
watched over by God, 373.
Meekness, 199. The blessing of, 148. v. 200.
Mercy, to the afflicted, v. Compassion. Of God, and compassi
52. 84. 337. 351. And benignity, 219. And truth, 32. Mo
rating affliction, 195. To frail man, 262. To the penitent.
Supplicated, 275. 287. Through Christ, 225. In his just
273. Thanksgiving for, 91. Invitations of, 155, 156.
Ministers, on occasion of their death, 488. Dangerous sicknes
of, 475. Ordination or settlement of, 433. 436.
Morning, hymns for, 407. 448. 455. 477. 491. And evening, 4
445. 464. v. 24. 62, 63. Lord's prayer, and Lord's day.
Mortality, of man, and hope of a resurrection, 159. v. Life.
NATION, tranquillity and security of it from God, 430. v. Fa
Thanksgiving, Peace, War.
Nature, book of, and scripture, 10. 41. 94. God of, invoked, 4
Proclaiming the glory of God, 107. Invoked to praise the
Creator, 8. 14. Praise from all, 3. 66. 79. Voice of, 3
New-Year's day, hymns for, 425, 426. 433, 434. 443. 467.
OBEDIENCE, sincere, 265. Desires after, 277. 310. 420. Net
in vain in the Lord, 222. With habitual regard to God, as al
Father, 255. The best sacrifice, 99. 110.
PARDON, hope of, from divine mercy, 287. 337. 378. Light and
deliverance by it, 334. And peace from God, 20.
Parent's prayer, 417.
Patience, under affliction, 363. And consolation and hope, 231
Peace, blessedness of all who promote it, 148. 200. Of the
church, 239. Of the grave, 217. Of the mind, founded on the
hope of immortality, 215. National praise for, 437. Praye
for, 500. And protection from God, 419. 449. And security
from God, 430. Virtue, a source of, 220.
Penitence, 275. 298. And hope, 287. The object of divine mer
cy, 279. Professions of, 176.
Penitent, peace to the, 308. Supplication of the, 275. 281. 345
Perfections of God, celebrated, îî. 86. 93. 114. 116. Displayed
in the works of his hands, 108. And providence of God, 44
53. Hope in the, 388.
rsecution and intolerance, inconsistent with the Christian spirit,
121. 128. Relief under, 52. Deprecated as a means of spread-
ing the gospel, 189.
erseverance, in good works inculcated from the hope of a resur-
rection, 379.
iety, approved of God, 251. Habitual, 158. 346. 384. And
beneficence, the blessings of, 314. Instructions of, v. Education.
ilgrimage of life, 285. 494. To Zion, 302.
leasure, v. Religion, World, Worship.
ower, of God, seen in the elements, 327. v. God and Majesty.
raise, to God, for blessings through Jesus, 105. 225. The Cre-
ator, 3. 8. 14. 15. 65, 66. Through all changes, 168. 384. On
earth and in heaven, 445. Through the whole of existence,
63. 263. 424. From all creatures, 65. 82. 85. For the riches
of the earth, 129. In his house, 55. For his greatness and
mercy, 34. The Lord of nature, 69. 79. The God of the
seasons, 104. 431. The God and Father of Christ, 68. For
the gospel, 10. 37. 57. Good men invoked to the, 120. Man's
peculiar duty, 38. From all mankind, 7. 30. 113. 115. The
One supreme, 17. 70. 72. 76. Obligation to it, 261. Accom-
panied with obedience, the best sacrifice, 110. For his power
and grace, 31, 32. In prosperity and adversity, 83. On re-
covery from sickness, 466. The sovereign King, 31. 53, 54.
The supreme Ruler and Judge, 77. For spiritual and tempo-
ral blessings, 13. 33. 67. 91. In all things, 177. Universal, 30.
85. From the works of God, 38. 119.
Prayer, for divine aid, 100. 306. For divine compassion, 73. For
divine favour, guidance and protection, 71. 78. 167. 179. 247.
For freedom from error, guilt and folly, 12. 180. In the hour
of death, 485. For knowledge, 299.310. For divine light, 81.
111. The house of, 55. 60. For preservation from sin, 130.
The prevalence of, 286. For spiritual blessings, 18. For sup-
port in old age, 423. The universal, 24.
Presence of God, with his people, 489. With those who seek him
in every place, 95. v. 425. The life and light of the soul, 100.
Privileges, Christian, and obligations, 213. Neglected, 56.
Promises, confidence in the divine, 290. 461. v. Trust. Consola-
tion derived from them to the humble penitent, 337. God's
faithfulness to them, 112.
Prospect of the Christian, 198. 460. Of the resurrection, 212.
Of the spread of spiritual blessings, 316.
Prosperity, and adversity, acknowledgment of God in, 83. 324.
Dangerous, and insufficient, 237. 312. 371.
Protection of God, acknowledged and confided in, 347. 360, 493
Daily, 438. 477. Implored, 71. 247. v. God, Providence
widence, benignity and extent of it, 39. 44. 102. Blessings
02. 496. Its bounties acknowledged, 25. 438. Consolatory
reflections upon it, 240. 375. Creation and redemption, 31,
32. Dependence upon, 39. 194. And the folly of self-depend
ence, 181. Its discipline, 375. Designs of, in natural vicissi
tudes and revolutions, 427. Dispensations of, affording in
struction to the young, 234. Encouraging views of it, 491
Favourable to those who love him, 244. And grace, 86
Mystery and benignity of it, 174. 248. 278. Natural and
moral, 386. Its mysteries resolved at the final judgment, 323
And omnipresence, 187. And perfections of God, 53, 54. In
the seasons, 238. 393. Its vicissitudes, 321. Universal, ac
knowledged, 318. 330. 362. 365. 425. Wisdom and righteous
ness of, asserted, 194. 273. v. Trust.
Prudence, 167. In redeeming time, 175.
Purity, Christian, 171.
RACE, Christian, 140.
Reason, to be used in religion, 226.
Religion, advantages of early, 439. Its comforts, 372. Family,
418. Inconstancy in, lamented, 289. The one thing needful,
387. Pleasures of it, 1'. Yoke of it, easy, 155.
Resignation, habitual, 390. And obedience, 220. To the di-
vine will, 228. Implored, 272, 273. And peace in affliction,
264. And thankfulness, 374. In sickness, 468. v. Submission.
Resolutions, holy, 124. 213. 255. 403.
Resurrection, of Christ, day of it, 1. 101. And death, 441.
Triumph over death by it, 133. 206. 396. 479. The pledge of
man's, 149. Emblems of man's, in the vegetable creation, 125.
Hope of it, 460. A prospect of it, 212. Revealed, 159.
Retirement and devotion, 163. And meditation, 465.
Riches, true in heaven, 169. 244.
Righteous, blessedness of the, 237. 314. God, their everlasting
light, 203. 395. The peculiar goodness of God to them, 86.
244. 391. God, their refuge, 205. 284. 290. 360. Their con
munion in heaven, 172. Peace and happiness, their portion
237. Excellency and reward of the, 335. Their ways known
to God, 358. The end of the wicked and the, 202. 258. 315.
SABBATH, Christian, 4. 106. Eternal, 59. Of the soul, 89,
v. Lord's day.
Sacrifice, the acceptable, 99. 110. 265. Of the heart, 109.
Safety in God, 191. 360. 419. In times of public danger and dis
ease, 493. Amidst national calamities, 284. 449. v. Protection
Salvation, by the grace of God, through Christ, 105. 225. In the
Gospel, 10. By grace, 182. Mercy of it celebrated, 31, 32
33. 91. 201. 301. Approaching, a motive to diligence, 142
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