formation of habits, 66; directs men to seek the highest attainments, whilst she encourages the weakest efforts, 67; keeps aloof from secular policy, 68; delivers her code in decisive prohibitions, 68; sets forth strong and affecting examples, 70; and refers men to the all-seeing eye of God, 71. They are connected with every part of Revelation, and especially with its peculiar doctrines, 71; they have the will of God as the rule, and the eternal judgment as their ultimate sanction, 77; they are such as makes it impossible that Christianity should be an imposture, 81.
Muratovi, a remarkable fragment discovered by, in 1740, i. 110. Mysteries of man's state in this world unfolded in the Christian Revelation, ii. 17.
Nations, Christianity promotes the happiness of, ii. 130. 139. Necessities of man met by the Christian doctrines, ii. 48. Nineveh, destruction of, i. 239.
Novelty and sublimity of our Saviour's deportment, and under- taking surprising, ii. 110.
Obedience indispensable in a Christian student, i. 25.
Oberlin, the last hours of Pastor, ii. 287.
Objections against miracles answered; the fallibility of human testimony, i. 160; miracles are contrary to experience, 161; the transmission of remote facts is weakened by the lapse of time, 162. Against the Christian religion, ii. 215; the best method of treating, 215; are inadmissible, being either speculative opinions, and thus wrong in kind, 220; or against the matter of Revelation, and thus wrong in object, 222; contradictory the one to the other, 225; frivolous in them- selves, 231; and manifestly spring from the pride, 231; and ignorance of the human mind, 232; only trials of our sincerity and submission of heart to God, and confirm, rather than weaken, the Christian evidences, 243. They fix them- selves in unfurnished and vain minds, 248; prepared by vicious indulgences, 249; the departure of the Spirit of God, 249; and the holding slightly by Christianity, 250. They are the stratagems of Satan, 251; and the most deadly product of the corrupt and proud reason of a fallen creature, 252. Objections to the Christian Revelation, founded on the diversity of interpretations, refuted, 356.
Obligation to obey the divine Revelation universal, ii. 363. The necessity of enforcing this, a proof of the corruption of
man, 364. To love and obey God antecedent to Revela- tion, 365. Men not left to accept or reject Christianity at their option, 367. Christianity so excellent in itself, that the slightest external evidence would be sufficient to oblige men to obey it, 369. Increased by the simplicity, variety, independence, and force of the evidences, 373. Unspeak- ably augmented by the advantages which each individual has enjoyed, 381; the being not born in a heathen land, 381; the events of life ordered by a gracious Providence, 382; secret motions of the blessed Spirit vouchsafed, 382; advice, example, and prayers of ministers and friends, 383. The momentous discoveries made, and the immense interests at stake carry it to an inconceivable height, 385; Christi- anity makes new discoveries, 385; the immense love of God in the redemption of Jesus Christ, 386; the day of judgment, 387; the heavenly prize, 388; the awful contrast, 389; eternity, what is it? 390; and what protection against it? 391.
Obstacles to the rapid diffusion of Christianity surmounted, i. 266; the first teachers were feeble and unknown, 266; the time of promulgation of Christianity inauspicious, 269; and also the place, 269; these were both increased by the fiercest persecution, 272.
Origen's testimony to the inspiration of the Scriptures, i. 339.
Paine, Thomas, the life and conduct of, ii. 261; his last mo- ments, 284.
Pamphilus' testimony of the love of Christians to the holy books,
Pascal's demeanour on his death-bed, ii. 282.
Paul's, St., qualifications correspond with the offices he had to fulfil, i. 327.
Perpetuity of Christianity, a proof of its divine authority, i. 280. Persecution of the first Christians, i. 272.
Piety and devotion of Jesus Christ, ii. 100.
Pliny's testimony to facts of the gospel, i. 125; to the propa- gation of Christianity, 262.
Polycarp, testimony of, to the authenticity of books of New Testament, i. 95.
Pontius Pilate, testimony of, to the death and resurrection of Christ, i. 125.
Porphyry, the Heathen, admits the authenticity of the Chris- tian books, i. 98.
Prayer, the necessity of, in considering the Evidences of Christianity, i. 21. 25.
Propagation of Christianity, a proof of its divine authority, i. 258; appears from the singularity of the attempt, 259; the rapidity and extent of it, 260; the nature of the doctrine thus propagated, 265; the obstacles surmounted, 266; the change wrought in the converts, 274. Compared with that of Mahometanism, 276; with the success of our Christian missions amongst Jews and Heathen, 277; and with reforms in Christian countries, 279. The propagation of Christi- anity is fulfilment of prophecy, 283.
Prophecy, definition of, i. 183; its extent, 185; harmony of all its parts in the person of the Saviour, 187; the infinite wisdom apparent in the contrivance of them, 189; the double sense of prophecy, 192; the practical and important ends which prophecy subserves, 197, 224; it has the im- press of the majesty of God, 191; fulfilment of it, 207. 226.
Prophecy, fulfilment of, in the person of our Lord, i. 208; as to the time, place, &c. of his birth, 209; his life, sufferings, death and resurrection, 209; his miracles and doctrine, 210; uniting qualities and attributes the most contradic- tory, 211; and as to his spiritual offices, 221. Circumstances connected with the fulfilment increase the proof of divine foreknowledge, 215. Prophecy of the destruction of the city and polity of the Jews, and their dispersion fulfilled, 227; others which relate to various cities, nations, and em- pires, 239; Nineveh and Tyre, 239; Babylon, 240; des- cendants of Ishmael, 242; Egyptians, 242; descendants of Canaan, Shem, and Japheth, 242; Daniel's prediction con- cerning the four empires, 245; prophecies of Daniel, St. Paul, and St. John, respecting the western apostacy, 245; those concerning the future conversion of the world, and the final triumph of holiness and truth, 249.
Prophets, the, had a solemn mission and call, known by all the nation, i. 194; were men of sincere personal piety, 194; their prophecies form but a small part of their general in- structions, 195; their messages were often of the most distressing nature to their personal feelings, 196; they suffered even unto death, 196; they record minutely every thing, even though it might seem to make against them, 196. They performed miracles, 196. The number and ages of the prophets, and the independence of their predictions, in- crease the proof of divine prescience, 213.
Prophetical argument, the force of, i, 252.
Prophetical inspiration, accumulation of, i. 216. Prudence and discretion of Jesus Christ, ii. 105.
Reason conducts us to Revelation, ii. 307; her province marked out, 311; Mr. Locke's account of, 310; Bishop J. B. Sumner's observation respecting, 311; Lord Bacon's remark on the office of reason, 312.
Reasonableness of faith in the Christian Revelation, ii. 307. Reasoning defined by Dr. Thomas Browne, ii. 311; the clearer laws of, now acknowledged, aid us in examining the Chris- tian Evidences, ii.
Recapitulation of the external evidences, i. 365; of the inter- nal, ii. 394.
Redemption in the incarnation and sacrifice of the only-begotten Son of God, ii. 37.
Reformations in Christian countries, progress of, i. 279. Regeneration of man described, ii. 39.
Remedy, the Bible provides a, for all the wants of man, ii. 17; which works by proposing adequate motives, 19; placing him in a favourable state of probation, 20; proposing a sys- tem of means adapted to his powers, 20; all agreeing with his outward circumstances, 21; calculated to draw out to the utmost all his faculties, 21; and to carry him on to his true end, 22.
Resurrection of the dead, and the last solemn judgment, ii. 40. Revelation, the necessity of a divine, appears from the state of the heathen world, before the coming of Christ, i. 44; of unbelievers at present scattered in Christian lands, 50; of pagan nations of the present day, 54; and of the countries of Christendom themselves, 57. A general impression has prevailed that God has granted one to man, 61.
Ridley's dying address to Latimer, ii. 286.
Rites and usages, religious, springing out of Christianity, and subsisting at the present day, i. 132.
Rome, the Church and Bishop of, the great western apostacy foretold by Daniel, St. Paul, and St. John, i. 245.
Rousseau and Doddridge contrasted, ii. 269. Rousseau on his death-bed, 282.
Rulers and governors of our country, address to, ii. 422.
Rules for the sound interpretation of Scripture, ii. 339.
Sacraments, the, and the other means of grace, ii. 40.
Sacred Volume is unique and unparalleled in the history of the world, i. 114.
Safety-lamp, Christianity a, ii. 253.
Sensual pleasures must be renounced before the evidence of miracles can be received, i. 176.
Seriousness essential to a right investigation of the Christian evidences, i. 29..
Shem, the present state of the descendants of, fulfils the pro- phecy concerning them, i. 243.
Simplicity of the Christian doctrines, ii. 43.
Sincere inquirer receives Christianity on the external evidences, ii. 3.
Spirituality in the sum of Christian morals, ii. 66.
Spurious writings, marks of, i. 73; not one of them to be found in books of New Testament, 74.
Student of Christianity must he docile, i. 24; serious, 24; prayerful, 25; obedient, 25; humble and practical, alone pleases God, 147. Address to the docile and sincere, 175. Should study the sacred Volume with increasing diligence, 203; with a practical end in view, 205; have singleness of heart, 256. Student convinced, 285.
Stedfastness in the Christian faith urged, ii. 83.
Style and manner of the books of the New Testament, i. 104. Submission to the Christian faith should be immediate, ii. 392; cordial, 393.
Success of Christianity in proportion to the removal of hin- drances, ii. 136.
Suicide, infidelity too often hurries on its votaries to commit, ii. 288.
Suitableness of Christianity to the state and wants of man; the nature of the argument stated, ii. 1; established by the decisive language which the Christian Revelation speaks, 9; the mysteries of his condition which it unfolds, 13; the remedy for all his wants which it provides, 17; and as it is calculated for universal diffusion, 23. This adaptation does not strike the mind at first, 27; yet was originally formed by the wisdom of God, 28; and is best seen from the midst of human weakness, misery, and sorrow, 29.
Sumner, Bishop J, B., i. 311.
Swartz and Volney contrasted, ii. 270.
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