particular providence, iv. 178. Its dispensations frequently mysterious,
vi. 40, 144. Their design often concealed, 41. That concealment chiefly
occasioned by the obscurity in which the future is enveloped, 42—46.
PUBLIC OPINION; its value and influence, i. 141.

PUNISHMENT; the fear of it an habitual restraint on human conduct,
iii. 405. Impossibility of accomplishing this end when the equity of the
punishment is not seen, 406.

PURITANS; their zeal for freedom, iii. 16. Hinge of the controversy
between them and their opponents, iv. 47.

REDEMPTION; how effected by the Lord Jesus Christ, vi. 427. The
glory of the divine character displayed therein, 429. Its extent, 430,
vi. (Mem.) 118. Its efficacy, as resulting from the wondrous constitution
of the Saviour's person, vi. 431.

REFORM; necessary to the pical safety of the country, iii. 78, 155.
Reasons for that necessity, 105, 166. Principle on which it should
rest, 107. Extension of the suffrage, ib. Annual parliaments, 108.
Influence of the peers, 113. Exposure of the pretences usually alleged for
delay, 117-121. Explanation of the term 'radical reform,' 189.

REFORMATION, the; its influence in destroying the authority of Aris -
totle, vi. 252.

REGENERATION; its cause, the will of God, v. 110. Its instrument,
the word of truth, 111. Its end, dedication to God, 112-119. Manner
in which it should be preached, iv. 483.

RELIGION; its value and importance, i. 71. Its influence on the welfare
of nations, 107, 110, iii. 335. Eminent religion reverenced by men in
general, i. 395. Obedience to the laws promoted by religion, iii. 336–338.
Human depravity shewn to be the chief cause of the aversion to evangelical
religion, iv. 23; that aversion strengthened by the too frequent use of
technical phraseology, 26. Distaste of religion manifested by fine writers,
33-35. Propriety and reasonableness of intense feeling on religious sub-
jects, 436. Dignity of religion, v. 117–119, 459.

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY; its advancement in modern times, vi. 264. Its
connexion with political freedom. 265.

REPENTANCE; its personal character insisted on, i. 149, 178-181.
Who those are who need no repentance, vi. 359. Its necessity, 370. Joy
with which the repentance of a sinner is contemplated by angelic beings,
360-367. Happiness of a penitent described, 372-374.

RESURRECTION OF CHRIST; commemorated on the Lord's day,
v. 318; the purchase of our redemption completed by it, ib. The charac-
ter of Christ vindicated, 382. Signal triumph obtained over his enemies,
383; everlasting victory gained over death, 384. Sure prospect of heaven
afforded to all believers, 385.

RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD; illustrated by analogies from the
world of nature, iv. 180. A mysterious doctrine, vi. 52.

REVIEWING; remarks on, v. 496, 522, 536.

REWARDS; heaven described as the reward of the pious, v. 319. On what
accounts it is so designated, 320. Certainty of its bestowment, 321-325.
Its satisfying nature, 325. Its eternal duration, 326.

RICH, the; their dependence on the labour of the poor, vi. 454–456. De-
pendence of the poor on the rich, 457. Duties of christians who are rich,
469-471. Points of agreement between the rich and the poor, 449-465.
RICHES; mistake of those who suppose that riches are infallibly connected
with happiness, vi. 181-184. Criminality of using riches merely for
luxury and display, 467.

RIGHTS OF MAN; defined, iii. 122. How far they are surrendered in
a state of society, 125. Absurdity of supposing them to be entirely given
up, 126, 127. Opinions of Mr. Locke, 129.

ROBINS, Rev. Mr., tutor at Daventry; sketch of his character, iv. 306.
ROBINSON, Rev. R.; interview between him and Mr. Hall, vi. (Mem.) 22.
Sketch of his character as a minister, 28.

ROBINSON, Rev. T.; his self-denial, and devotedness to the interests of
benevolence and piety, iv. 285-287. Success of his ministerial labours,
287-289. Beneficial influence of his example and effects on the state of
the town of Leicester, 289-291. Veneration in which he was held, 291.
His uniformity of conduct, 293. General sketch of his character, 294-296.
Magnitude of the loss sustained by his death, 297-299. Holy tendency
of his ministry, 300.

'ROMANTIC;' improper application of the term, iv. 20—22.

RYLAND, Rev. J.; his character as a public instructor, vi. (Mem) 5.
RYLAND, Dr.; sketch of his history, i. 390. His religious character,
His letter to

391–399, v. 543. His imperfections noticed, i. 400—403.
Mr. Hall, respecting his religious fons, vi. (Mem.) 19. His literary
attainments, 403. His love of r al history, 404. His attachment to
theological inquiries, ib. High esteem in which he was held, 406-411.
Effects produced on his religious character by the study of the American
divines, iv. 360-362. Remarks on his life of Mr. Fuller, v. 499.

SADDUCEES, i. 48.

SATAN; his personality and real existence, v. 20. Argued from probability,
57-60. The scripture doctrine stated, 63-65. Accordance of the doc-
trine with the moral state of man, 66, 67. Answer to an objection, 68-70.
Uniformity of statement adopted by all the inspired writers, 71. Refuta-

tion of the hypothesis of those who maintain that the word is used as a per-
sonification of the principle of evil, 71-80.

SCHISM, ii. 109, iii. 434. Strict communion chargeable with it, ii. 110-112;
iii. 435-438.

SCHOOLMEN, the; subjects discussed by them, iv. 4. Use of their
writings, 5.

SCHWARTZ, the missionary; iii. 208.

SCOTT, Mr. J.; his sketch of Mr. Hall's character as a preacher, vi. (Mem.)
131-133.

SCOTT, Rev. T.; his answer to Bishop Tomline, v. 480.

SCRIPTURE; discovery of salvation by Jesus Christ, its distinguishing
feature, i. 208–211. Supplies an infallible rule of life, 212. Its harmony
with the dispensations of Providence, 321-323. The alleged obscurity of
scripture, as maintained by Roman Catholics, iv. 258-261. Adoption of
the argument by the opponents of the Bible Society, exposed, 369–372.
All that is important to our welfare plainly taught in Scripture, vi. 71-78.
Universality of the right to read the Scriptures, iv. 385-391, 399. Origin
of the restrictive policy, 391. Improbability of danger from placing the
Scriptures in the hands of the people, 392-397. Partial and defective
views of scripture productive of error, 401-403. Admirable adaptation
of the word of God to the condition of the poor, 403-405. Authoritative
character of its moral precepts, 405. Employed by the Holy Spirit as the
instrument of regeneration, v. 112. Peculiarity of revelation as a state-
ment of facts, vi. 47. Authority of scripture impaired by the church of
Rome, 260. Manner in which it should be studied, 346.
SELF-KNOWLEDGE; its importance in religion, v. 290–292.

SENSIBILITY; distinguished from benevolence, i. 118.

SENSUALITY; encouraged by infidel principles, i. 50. Religion its only
antidote, 51. Sensual gratifications incapable of producing happiness,

vi. 181-184.

SEPTENNIAL ACT: its inconveniences, iii. 109.

SERAMPORE MISSIONARIES; unreasonableness of their demands on

the committee of the Baptist Missionary Society, iv. 416–419. Mr. Fos-
ter's letter in their defence, vi. (Mem.) 187–189.

SIDMOUTH, Lord; the bill introduced by him into parliament, in 1811,
iii. 331.

SIGNS OF THE TIMES; advantages of observing them, vi. 249. Signs
of the present times enumerated, 251-264.

SLAVERY; degradation of the state, iii. 305. Oppressive character of
West India slavery, 306-315. Shocking instance of cruelty to a slave,
308-310. Estimated number of slaves in the West Indies and the United
States, 306. Iniquity of the system, 313. Objection answered, 314. Aver-
sion of the planters to the communication of religious instruction, 315.
Injurious influence of slavery on the moral principles of slave-holders, 316.
Injustice of slavery, 318. Gradual emancipation recommended, 319. Cost
at which the present system is maintained, 321. Comparison of slave-
labour with free labour, 322. Motives to exertion in the cause of emanci-
pation, 322-326.

SLAVE-TRADE, i. 177.

SMITH, Dr. J. P.; his 'Scripture Testimony to the Messiah' commended,
v. 560, vi. (Mem.) 117.

SOCIETY; inequality of rank in society, wisely ordered, i. 332, vi. 458.
Dangers connected with exposure to infidel or vicious society, vi. 385–391.
SOCINIANISM; its spirit described, v. 22. Its tendency, 30.

Charac-

terized as a system of negations, 31-33. Its affinity with deism, 33-39,
vi. 115. Its anti-devotional character, v. 39–42. Its association with
materialism and fatalism, 43-46. Its declining state in England, iv.
203-208.

Their

SOCINIANS; propriety of the appellation, iv. 182-185. Supposed con-
nexion of their principles with the love of freedom, iii. 43-47.
salvability disproved, v. 501, 520. Strictures on the union of orthodox
and Socinian ministers, in London, 568.

SOCRATES; his modesty, vi. 18.

SOLON; singular law enacted by him, iii. 83.

'SPIRIT' various uses of the word in scripture, v. 17.

SPIRIT, HOLY; his personality, v. 17-19. Necessity for his influence,
i. 215, vi. 218-227. Promise of that influence, i. 254-257. Importance
of duly estimating it, 434. Excellence and dignity of the gift, 435–437.
Spiritual life wholly dependent upon it, 438-440. Its communication to
be sought by prayer, 440–443. Habitual dependence urged, 443–445.
Nature and causes of divine withdrawment, 445-447. Holiness essential
to the enjoyment of divine influence, 447-450. Desirableness of watch-
ing such circumstances as are favourable to its manifestation, 451–454.
Dignity of the christian, as a temple of the Holy Ghost, 455. Remarks
on the mysteriousness of his influence, vi. 50-52. Want of christian zeal
in those who deny the doctrine, 228. Reasons why we are sometimes in
danger of forgetting it, 229-232. The sin of grieving the Holy Spirit,
235. Abundant manifestation of his influence yet to be expected, 242-245.
SPIRITUALITY OF GOD; its connexion with his natural attributes,
vi. 3-18. Establishes an intimate relation between God and his intelligent
creatures, 18. Constitutes him the Supreme Good, and the source of all
happiness, 20-26.

STAEL, Madame de, vi. (Mem.) 124.

STATE OF RELIGION in Great Britain, before the last war, i. 148,

156-172.

STEPNEY ACADEMY, i. 225-227. Theological principles on which it
was founded, iv. 413. Advantages of its situation, ib.

STERNE, i. 118.

STEWART, Dugald; character of his writings and style, vi. (Mem.) 123.

STRICT BAPTISTS; the only class who contend for the exclusion of
christians from the Lord's table, ii. 79. Their inconsistency argued ;-in
holding communion with pædobaptists in every thing but the Lord's
supper, ii. 116-119, 275, 312-315, iii. 344-346;-in not charging the
pædobaptists with criminality for observing the Lord's supper, ii. 130—
133;-in not treating them as the apostles would have treated unbaptized
persons, 273-275, 316–319;—in admitting their salvability, 281–286,
319-323;-and in regarding them as christians, while destitute of the
supposed evidence of faith, 296.

STRICT COMMUNION; its principles stated, ii. 16. Its unfavourable in-
fluence on the prosperity of the baptist denomination, 4, 491. Examination
of the argument from the supposed priority of baptism to the Lord's supper,
19-43;-from the apostolic commission, 44-47, 264;-from the con-
nexion between circumcision and the passover, 47-52, 64-66;-from
apostolic precedent, 59–62, 266, 270-272, iii. 425-429;-from an-
tiquity, ii. 71-81, 440, 446–453. Opposed to brotherly love, 85-88.
Chargeable with the guilt of schism, 109–112, iii. 434-438. Operates
as a punishment with regard to pædobaptists, ii. 118-127, 423-438.
Contrary to the scripture doctrine of forbearance, 89-96. Its impolicy,
157-164, iii. 447-452. Resemblance to the intolerant principles of the
church of Rome, 164, 366. Implies a claim to infallibility, 268, 363–365.
Its coincidence with the opus operatum of the church of Rome, 324-328.
Produces interminable discord and confusion, 403-406. Renders the
New Testament inapplicable to pædobaptists, 407–412. Is incompatible
with the unity of the church, 460-465. Answer to the assertion that it is
founded on the principle of defending one neglected truth, 474-479. De-
pendence of the practice on human authority, 409-411, 424-426. Its
unfavourable effects on the minds of its advocates, 453.

STUART, Professor, of Andover, U. S.; character of his Exegetical
Essays,' &c. vi. 135.

SUBSTITUTION of the innocent for the guilty, a doctrine peculiar to
revelation, i. 491. Fitness of the substitution of Christ, 493-520. Moral
tendencies of the doctrine, 521-524.

SUNDAY SCHOOLS; seriousness with which religious instruction should
be communicated in them, i. 215-217. Proposed by Bishop Horsley to
be placed under the control of the clergy, iii. 338.

SUPERSTITION; a much greater evil than enthusiasm, iii. 360.
SUTCLIFF, Rev. J.; his eminent humility, iv. 302. His steady and
cheerful piety, 303. His concern for the prosperity of the churches, 304.
General esteem in which he was held, ib.

SYNAGOGUES; their origin and advantages, v. 310. Resemblance
between them and christian places of worship, 312. Government of the
synagogues supposed to be the model from which christian churches are
formed, 314.

TECHNICAL TERMS; their origin, iv. 29. Their excessive use in
religious works deprecated, 26. Advice respecting the most proper course
to be adopted, 30—32.

TEMPLE; none in heaven, v. 52. Difference between the Jewish temple
and the synagogues, 312. Contrast between its services and the employ-
ments of the blessed in heaven, 394-398.

TERTULLIAN; his views of baptism, ii. 75. On the unity of the church,
459. His statement of the extensive prevalence of christianity, vi. 455.
TEST ACT; its inefficiency and iniquity, iii. 48-54.

TILLOTSON, Archbishop; character of his works, iv. 133.

TIME; difference of the manner in which it is apprehended by God and by
man, v. 373–379. The impression of its progress diminished by happi-
ness, increased by misery, 376.

TOLERATION; grounds on which it should be mutually exercised by

christians, ii. 93. Application of the principles to the case of the baptists
and pædobaptists, 94, 96, 382, 386-390. Explanatory remarks, 134,
138, 142. Distinction between tolerating and practising, 348-350.
Instances in which toleration has been exercised in regard to the neglect
of the plain commands of Christ, 400-402. Toleration considered as
implying freedom of communication as well as freedom of thought, iii. 223.
The denial of such freedom chargeable with the guilt of persecution, 224.
The happy influence of toleration on the state of this country, 361.
Impolicy of attempting to interfere with it, 362-364.

TOLLER, Rev. T.; his birth and parentage, iv. 305. His early con-
version, ib. Enters the academy at Daventry, 306. Visits Kettering, 308.
Becomes pastor of the independent church there, 309. Favourable in-
fluence of the piety of the congregation in forming his own character, 310.
His ministerial qualifications and labours, 311-313. His acquaintance
with Mr. Hall, 314-317. Unsuccessful attempts to remove him from
Kettering to London, 317-320. Remarks on the low state of the church,
compared with the congregation, 319. Ardour with which Mr. Toller
engaged in the cause of the Bible Society, 321. His peculiar opinions on
missionary operations, 322. Beneficial effects of an illness, 323, 324.
His love of natural scenery, 326. His admirable talent for expounding
scripture, 327. His eminence in public prayer, 328. Notice of a defect
in his preaching, 329. His last illness and death, 331-333. His style
of composition described, 334. Sketch of his character, 335-340. Com-
parison between Mr. Fuller and Mr. Toller, 341, 342.
TRINITY, the, ii. 193, v. 529.
TRUST IN GOD, vi. 61.
entire, 62.

Practical influence of the doctrine, vi. 49.
Reasons why it should be implicit and

TRUTH; legitimate means of maintaining and defending it, ii. 368.
TUCKER, Abraham; Mr. Hall's opinion of his Light of Nature,'
vi. (Mem.) 48.

UNION of Christians; urged by the prevalence of infidelity, i. 6. Its
desirableness, 224. Importance of it, ii. 9. Its manifestation in the
primitive ages, 84, 112. Grounds on which separation is justifiable, 113.
Increase of the spirit of union in modern times, vi. 262.

VANITY. See Pride.

VANITY OF MAN, apart from his immortality, considered, vi. 177–188.
VILLAGE PREACHING; charged with a political object by Bishop
Horsley, iii. 329. The charge repelled, 333-338. Answer to the insinu-
ation that village preachers vilify the established clergy, 346–357.
Vindication of their labours from the charge of fanaticism, 357-360.
Abstinence from political reflections recommended, 380. Importance of in-
culcating the duties of christianity, in connexion with its doctrines, urged,
380-382. Direct appeal to the consciences of men advised, 382–384.
VIRGIL; character of his writings, vi. (Mem.) 100.

VIRTUE; incapable of being sustained by infidelity, i. 21. Remarks on
President Edwards's definition, 58.

WAGES; their decline should always be proportioned to the actual
deficiency in the demand for labour, iii. 262. Injustice of lowering them
beyond that proportion, ib. Propriety of endeavouring to raise them by
voluntary associations and funds, 263–265.

WALDENSES; their sentiments on baptism, ii. 443.
WALPOLE, Sir Robert; iii. 110.

WAR, the most awful scourge of Providence, i. 86. The horrible waste of
human life which it occasions, 87--90. Miseries endured in an invasion,
91. Effects of war on the general prosperity of a country, 92. War
founded in injustice, 95. Its anti-moral tendencies and effects, 95-99.
Peculiar character of the war of the French revolution, 100-105.