A.

Address, plain and serious, on
the subject of Religion, &c.,
notice of, 239
Affliction, temptations incident to,
253-260-distrust of God, 253-
disposition to exaggerate lost
blessings,254-to the indulgence
of melancholy associations, 255
-to become selfish, 256-mis-
anthropical, 256—and weary of
life, 257

Annotations on the N. T., Dab-
ney's, character of, 132-135
Atonement, Dr Worcester's Trea-
tise on, 60-objections to the
popular theory, 62-65

B.

Belief in mysteries, in the modern
sense of the term, impossible,
- 128

Belsham, Rev. Thomas, his char-
acter, 137-142

Bible, how to be read, 202, 203-
qualifications necessary fully to
understand it, 204-206-prac-
tical parts level to every capac-
ity, 206, 207

Bigotry, its spirit not yet extinct,
171-its folly and absurdity, 171

-176

Birth, new, what our Saviour

meant by it, and difficulty felt by
Nicodemus in comprehending
him, 260-263-its necessity at
the present day, 263-proprie-
ty of the language our Saviour
uses in describing it, 263-269
-means by which the change is
effected, 269, 270
Books for children, Bowles's new
series, 135, 136—Juvenile, 240

C.
Calvinists of the present day,
their indifference to the pecu-
liar doctrines of Calvin, 41
Chillingworth, Dr Jortin's opinion
of, 169-denounced in the Spir-
it of the Pilgrims,' 21, 25, 169
Christ, in what sense called

-

'Wonderful,' 74, 75-'Counsel-
lor,' 75, 76- Mighty God,' 77-
79- Everlasting Father,' 79, 8
80
-Prince of peace,' 80, 81-
death of, its object, 251, 252-
in what sense said to bear our
sins, 65, 66
Christianity, Tertullian's testimo-

ny to its extensive diffusion,12-
its claims to our respect, 13, et
seqq.-its doctrines fitted to in-
spire interest, viewed simply as
matters of speculation, 14-its
great moral purpose, 16, 17-
motives to the study of it, 18-21
-its divine origin, 19-its evi-
dences, gather strength by fami-
liarity and time, 20-its influ-
ence, 20, 21-designed and
adapted to be a universal reli-
gion, 237-239
Christians, in what sense said to
have one faith, 51-liberal, feel-
ings with which they should re-
gard their opponents, 39, 47, 48
-worldly, 161-164-specula-
tive, 164-166-inconsistent, 166
Christian doctrine immutable, 151
-155

Christian unity,
49-59
Children, books for, 135, 240
Church, primitive, its liberality,
213, 214-Catholic, sense
which it uses the terms heretic
and infidel, 215-stopped short

in

F.
Fathers, early, not accurate critics,
8-their opinions entitled to lit-
tle reverence, ib.-their trinity
essentially different from the
modern doctrine, ib.-admitted
the strict inferiority of the Son,
9-regarded him as distinct from
the Father, ib.-what they meant
by the assertion that he was of
the same substance with the
Father, ib.-never affirmed the
Father and Son to be one nu-
merically, ib.-supposed the
Son voluntarily begotten
made, ib.-eternal only as attri-
bute of the Father, ib.-cor-

or

rupted the simple doctrines of
the gospel by an infusion of Pla-
tonism, 10-strictly and proper-
ly Unitarians, ib.-in what sense
they applied the term God to
the Son, 112, note.
Faith, profession of it necessary
to constitute a Christian, 210, et
seqq.-test adopted by the ex-
clusive sect arbitrary and falla-
cious, 211-faith required by Je-
sus and his apostles, 211-213—
by the primitive church, 213–
214-decisions of the catholic
church, 215-opinions of Protes-
tant Trinitarians, 216-220-Uni-
tarians receive all necessary ar-
ticles, 221-an enlightened and
pure, how acquired, 20
France, religious state and pros-
pects of, 143, 144-moral effect
of the revolution in, 145
Fundamental doctrines, no cata-
logue of them can ever be made
out, 52-55

G.
Garden of Gethsemane, our Sa-
viour's distress in, 113-122.
God, importance of just ideas of,
271-erroneous views of his
agency, 271, et seqq-the proper
object of christian worship 28-
30-love to, not precluded by
his invisibility. 276-means of
cultivating it, 35, et seqq.
God, how the term was used in an-
cient times, 77-sometimes
equivalent to hero, or poten-
tate, 78-in what sense applied
to the Saviour by the early Fa-
thers, 112, note
Grace, means of, 241-249
Great minds candid and charita-
ble, 168

Grotius. commends the liberality
of the ancient church, 217, 218
-cordemned to perpetual im-
prisonment, 171

H.

Hales, John, 169

Hare, Bp. his character of William
Whiston, 23-25

'He that is not against us is on
our part,' 38, et seqq.

Hobart, Bishop, his charge, 123-
extraordinary mode of arguing,
123, 124-alarmed at the pro-
gress of Unitarianism, 124-his
horrors of it,ib.-his dogmatism,
125-misstates the arguments of
Unitarians, 126, 127-defends
the Trinity on the ground of its
incomprehensibleness, 127, 128
Hour of Death, lines on, by Mrs
Hemans, 5

I.

I and my Father are one,' ex-
plained, 109.
Immutability of the christian doc-
trine, 145-155
Infidelity and profaneness no lon-
ger give a reputation for wit or
wisdom, 13

Installations, see ordinations
Inspiration, question of, has no
connection with a belief or dis-
belief of the divine origin of
christianity, 223, 224
Institutions, religious, their ne-
cessity, 248, 219
Ireland, persecution of the Uni-
tarians in, 285
Isaiah ix, 6, explained, 73-82—
Grotius' opinion concerning it,
74

J.
Jesus Christ, his name often used
in the Scriptures to signify his
doctrine, 145-151-in what
sense said to be the same yes-
terday, and to-day and forever,'
151-chief end of his mission,
159, 160-regarded by the Fa-
thers of the three first centu-
ries, as inferior to the Father
and distinct from him, 9, 10-
conceptions he teaches us to
form of God, and of man's na-
ture and destiny, 14, 15—moral
object of his instructions, 16,
18-union of the divinity and
humanity in him, according to
Courayer, 282-not so much his
person as his doctrine, which
is the object of the christian re-
ligion, 234-prayer to him not
authorised by the Scriptures,
278-230-his distress in the gar-

den of Gethsemane accounted
for, 114, et seqq.-circumstances
in his character tending to pro-
duce it, 114-117-in his situa-
tion, 117-121

Jortin, Dr John, his liberality,
168-170

Justin Martyr, acknowledges the
Son and Father to be two dis-
tinct beings, 9-regarded
christians all who believed Je-
sus to be the Messiah, 214

as

L.
Law of Love, 155-158
Liberality and bigotry, 168, et
seqq.

Liberality of Dr Jortin, 168-170
Locke, the friend of Liberty, 170
-persecuted, ib.--his liberali-
ty, 216-his 'Reasonableness of
Christianity' referred to, 216
Love, law of, 155-158
Love to God formed and strength-
ened by exercise, 35-by re-
flecting on his goodness as dis-
played in outward nature, 35-
and in the exhibitions of moral
beauty, 36-by a regard to our
conceptions of his character, 37,