criticisms on Matt. iii. 16, and vii. 3,
noticed, 54, 110-on the charge given
to the blind men, when restored to
sight, 141-his distinction between
parable and apologue, mentioned, 190
-on the commandments of men, 219
-on Elias coming to restore all things,
247 on the question, whether our
Lord ate the passover before he suf-
fered, 380-on the ministry of John
the Baptist, 539

Canaan, woman of, why so called, her
strong faith, and the trials to which it
was put, 223, 224-the triumph of cha-
ritable feeling towards a Canaanite over
the Jewish prejudices of the disciples,
223-her apparent rejection by our
Lord, ib.-her perseverance, affection,
importunity, humility, and success, re-
corded, 224-reasons why her faith
was subjected to so severe a trial, 225
Capernaum, where situated, and why
called by Christ his own city, 62-the
connexion of Christ with this city,
stated, 132-reason of the charge
which was given to the blind men who
were restored to sight in this city, 141
-the peculiar privileges with which
this city was favoured, 170-the awful
doom denounced against it by our
Lord, ib.-why more miracles were
wrought here than at Nazareth, 580--
a great thoroughfare through this city
to Jerusalem, 610

Care, anxious care, dangerous and sinful,
105, 106-altogether useless, 106, 107
-the care of God over all his works,
noticed, 640

Celibacy, the popish doctrine of, not
founded on scripture, 126, 127—under
what circumstances it was commended
by our Lord, 271

Censoriousness, the nature and evil of,
stated, 109-it is not enough that we
see clearly the mote in the eye, we
must also see clearly how to cast it out,

110

Census, a term used for the enumeration

of the people, and the capitation tax
imposed on the Roman provinces, 314
Centurion, a Roman officer, his authority
stated, 123-character of him who is
mentioned by St. Matthew, 123, 597—

his singular and approved faith in the
reason he has assigned why our Lord
need not enter his house to heal his
servant, considered, 124-testimony of
the centurion at the crucifixion to the
innocency of Christ, 431, 432
Cestius Gallus, prefect of Syria, men-
tioned, 345

Xaλkos, explained, 509

Charger, the, on which the head of John
the Baptist was demanded, described,
209

Chariots of war forbidden to be used by
the Jews, 294

Chazan, one of the ministers of the syna-
gogue, 577

Chief Priests, what persons were included

under this term, 34, 238-one of the
three orders who composed the Sanhe-
drim, 238

Children, the holiness of pious ancestors
will not supersede the personal regene-
ration of their children, 49-in their
education attention should be paid to
circumstances, habit, &c., 138—child-
ren of wisdom, who they are, 169-
motives to maintain a conduct con-
sistent with this designation, ib.-in
what respect disciples are to become as
children before they can enter the
kingdom of heaven, 254, 255, 489, 490
-the metaphor of a child employed to
denote the humility of rea! disciples,
260-the notion that the children who
were brought to Christ, were to be
healed of some infirmity, refuted, 272
-the salvation of little children, stated
and proved, 260, 261, 272—the phrase,
"Of such is the kingdom of heaven,"
explained, 272-why the children who
were brought to Christ were not bap-
tized, 272-Matthew's quotation from
the Psalms, when referring to the songs
of the children in the temple, illus
trated, 300, 301-their praises typical
of the disciples, making the praises of
the glory of God in the redemption of
the world fill the whole earth, 300, 301
-the sufferings of helpless children
and females during the invasion of
Judea, noticed, 345-the interest which
our Lord took in children bears a fa-
vourable aspect upon infant baptism,

490-the reason why the Jewish wo-
men were anxious for a numerous off-
spring of children, 541-boys received
their names at circumcision, girls at
the time in which they were weaned,
550-when Jewish children came under
the yoke of the law, 566—the practice
of the Jews, who, at an early period,
accustomed their children to religious
observances, applauded, ib.
XITOV, explained, 88, 148
Xopros, explained, 107
Xoλn, explained, 424

Xapa, explained, 643

Chorazin, its situation, privileges, and
guilt, noticed, 169-in what the wicked-
ness of this place consisted, 169, 170—
why greater in moral turpitude than
Nineveh, 170

Xwpew, explained, 270

Christianity, the folly of asking for differ-
ent and stronger evidence of the truth
of, than that already vouchsafed, 59—
Christianity maintained, exemplified
and diffused, designed for the illumi-
nation and salvation of all mankind,
74-requires positive as well as nega-
tive virtues, 89-precepts of the religion
of Christ stated, 90-Christianity con-
trasted with Paganism in the publicity
given to its doctrines, 111-its general
truths to be fully declared, 111, 156—
under what restrictions the deep things
of God are to be made known, 111—
illustrated, by the difference which is
discovered in Paul's discourse at
Athens and in his Epistles to the
Greek churches, ib.—in the religion
of Christ men are influenced not by
passion but principle, 150-Christian-
ity a perfect dispensation of moral
duty, 263-character of the religion of
Christ, and of the enmity manifested
against it, 343-the hallowing nature
and practical influence of Christianity
considered, 367, 368-three great ends
to be accomplished by the Christian
religion, 370-important results to
Christianity from our Saviour having
been put to death, not privately, but
publicly, 373-as there is a common
Christianity, so there is a common
cause among Christians, and he who

promotes it is on the side of Christ,
491-Christianity, as a revelation, not
perfected until "fire was sent on the
earth," 651—the fact established, that
Christianity was the subject of ancient
prophetic promise, a convincing and
cogent argument to Jew and Gentile,
658-does not stand on the same
ground as a system of human opinion
and man's wisdom, 660-the scrutiny
to which Christianity would be subject
in the city of Rome, noticed, 666
Christians, their character and influence
represented, 74-those who have lost
the vital influence of piety, represented
by salt which has lost its savour, 75—
the sin and danger of being useless to
mankind, ib.—Christians are the light
of the world, ib.—are public as well as
private characters, and are to commu-
nicate as well as to receive, ib.—are to
manifest sincerity in all verbal commu-
nications, 87-not to revenge injuries
received on account of their religious
profession, 88--to exhibit positive as
well as negative virtues, 89-to observe
the form of external civility and cour-
tesy, 91-the difficulties and dangers
of a Christian's life, stated, 115-they
have an equal right to claim the aid of
the Holy Ghost in seasons of difficulty,
with the apostles, 152-qualifications
essentially necessary for entering the
kingdom of God, 254, 255-those who
receive the apostles' testimony and
the ministers of the word as children,
receive Christ, 255-are objects of the
Saviour's peculiar love, 260-benefits
flowing to those who forsake all for
Christ, 281, 282-those who are most
complaisant to the truth are generally
the furthest from the kingdom of God,
305-the exclusive privilege of the
Christian to be untroubled in troublous
times, 341-were signally delivered
from the calamities of the siege of Je-
rusalem, 342, 345, 346, 353-the diffi-
culty but not impossibility of seducing
Christians from the truth, 348-the
duty of preparing for future danger
and trials of grace, illustrated, and the
foolishness of an opposite line of con-
duct, stated, 358-the necessity of deep,

personal, and persevering piety, incul-
cated in the parable of the talents, 362
-every Christian has at least one
talent to employ for the good of others,
362, 363-not abusing the talent is not
sufficient, it must be used, 363-the
great good which faithful Christians
are capable of accomplishing, 364—a
declension of religion may invariably
be attributed to the slothfulness of pro-
fessed Christians, 364—the conduct of
unprofitable Christians, condemned, 365
-injuries received for the sake of reli-
gion, not to be repelled by retaliative
violence, 401-the usefulness of Chris-
tians implied in our Lord forbidding
the man out of whom a legion of devils
were cast to accompany him, 466-the
folly and sin of prohibiting others from
doing good, whose order and manner
of calling may be different from ours,
491-the nature of that instruction with
which the early Christians were fa-
voured, 535-the perfection which
Christ enjoined on his disciples, 594,
595-in what respect the spiritual
Israel are said to have their names
written in heaven, 621-this phrase
has no reference to predestination or
election to eternal life, 621-how
Christians may avoid the corrupting
leaven of the Pharisees, 639, 640-
their public recognition at the second
coming of Christ, noticed, 641—mo-
tives to trust in Providence, drawn
from the character of Christ as a Shep-
herd, and its consequent reward, 646
-constant preparation for the coming
of Christ, powerfully inculcated, 647,
648-the Christians having all things
common, peculiar to the church at Je-
rusalem, and for a limited time, 647—
Christians not the servants or slaves of
Christ in the common meaning of the
word slavery, 657-the interesting re-
lation in which every Christian stands
to God, 661, 662-the terms, "beloved
of God," &c., not applied to the Chris-
tians in the same sense as applicable to
the Jews of old, 662
Chrysostom, quoted, on the credibility of

the Gospels, 7-on the parable of the
wheat and tares, 200-on the foreknow-

ledge of God, 382-his observation on
the style of Mark and Luke, 532
Church, the field where the good seed of

the kingdom is to be sown, 198-want
of piety and attention to discipline tend
to its corruption, ib.-the opinion, that
the parable of the wheat and tares was
delivered against carrying discipline too
far in the church, considered and re-
futed, 199-possesses its own legitimate
power to reprove and separate offenders
from its communion, 200-this power,
though early exercised, was not always
tempered with mercy, ib.—when the
church was connected with the state,
her ministers became the advocates of
civil coercion in religious affairs, ib.
-progress of persecuting edicts in
the church, noticed, ib.-to separate
men from the church to be punished is
the work of Christ alone, ib.-the in-
troduction of ceremonial and super-
stitious observances in the church, with
the loss of simplicity, induced pride,
hypocrisy, bigotry, with loss of power
and communion with God, 220-roots
of error must be plucked up, not by
coercion and violence, but by faithful
and unsparing refutation, 221-in what
respect Peter, as the representative of
the apostles, is the rock upon which
the church is built, 234-meaning of
the term church, ib.-who constitute
the true church, ib.-her security from
extinction, by the ravages of death or
the counsels of Satan, stated, 235-
what forms the universal church of
Christ, 262-great rules of church dis-
cipline, laid down by our Lord, 262,
291-authority in the church, obtained
by moral influence, 291, 292-how
Christ is the foundation and corner-
stone of the church, 307-the doors of
the church should be open to all who
accept the Gospel invitation, 311—the
church will not be entirely purged from
formalists and pretenders until the day
of judgment, ib.-her danger from the
licentious conduct of professors, no-
ticed, 344-union of Christ with his
church, represented under the figure of
marriage, 358-compulsion or persecu-
tion to repel the enemies of the Saviour,

or to increase the number of his adhe-
rents, deprecated, 401-baptism, the
rite of initiation into the church, no-
ticed, 440-Christians having all things
common was peculiar to the church at
Jerusalem, and only for a limited time,
647-the interesting relation in which
the true church stands to God, 661,
662-the distinguishing features in the
constitution of the Jewish and Chris-
tian church, 662-difference between
the visible and the invisible church, ib.
-the character of the church, as con-
templated by the apostles in their epis-
tles, ib.

Cicero, meaning given by him to the word

66

regeneration," noticed, 279
Circumcision, boys received their names

at their circumcision, 550-why our
Lord submitted to this rite, 560-was
regarded by the Jews as a pledge of
their salvation, 691-the term used by
St. Paul to denote that covenant-rela-
tion of which it was a sign, ib.-the
phrase," the circumcision," explained,
692-corporal circumcision unprofit-
able, if spiritual circumcision were not
experienced, ib.-in what spiritual cir-
cumcision consists, ib.-the great ob-
ject contemplated in the institution of
this rite, ib.-its moral obligation, no-
ticed, ib.

City, the narrow and wide gate of a, a
metaphor applied to the doctrines, prin-
ciples, and duties enjoined by our Lord,

115

Civil government, in the regular exercise

of acknowledged dominion, should be
maintained by the tribute of the people,
315-none should take the benefits of
government, without giving back the
dues thereof, 316-a civil ruler has no
right to interfere in those things which
belong exclusively to Almighty God, ib.
-governments must be upheld by tri-
bute, 571-why Christ declined arbi-
trating in civil causes, 642

Claudia Procula, the wife of Pilate, men-
tioned, 418-the fact of her having
obtained permission to attend her hus-
band in the province, is proof of the
veracity of the evangelist, noticed, ib.
―ancient and modern opinions respect-

ing her dream, ib.—many of which are
intended to banish every thing super-
natural connected with it, 418, 419-
her dream not to be accounted for on
natural principles, 419-the probability
that she was ignorant of the person,
character, and circumstances of our
Lord, ib.-the supernatural character
of the dream, and the design of God
in ordering it, considered, ib.
Clement of Alexandria, a saying of, no-
ticed, 129-his testimony to the authen-
ticity and genuineness of St. Luke's
Gospel, 530, 531.

Clothes, rending of, a custom among the
Jews on hearing blasphemy, 405-was
followed by Caiaphas at the examina-
tion of our Lord, 406-the linen cloth
in which the body of our Lord was
wrapped, described, 434

Cock, the crowing of, in what sense this
term was used among the Jews, 393,
513-an apparent discrepancy between
the evangelists respecting the crowing
of the cock, reconciled, 393—this species
of fowl found within the walls of Jeru-
salem, accounted for, ib.

Coin. Where the coin of a king is cur-
rent, the inhabitants acknowledge the
government of that king, 315, 316
Coming of Christ, the sense in which this
phrase was understood by the disciples,
340-a threefold use of this phrase
employed by our Lord, noticed, ib.-
compared to the lightning, and why,
349-the second coming will not be in
humility, but in glory, 368-nature of
that acknowledgment which will be
vouchsafed unto his people on that
day, 641

Commandments, the obligation of man to
obey the moral law, enforced, 79-the
conflicting opinions of the Jews respect-
ing which is the greatest command-
ment, noticed, 320-our Lord's descrip-
tion of the first and greatest command-
ment, considered, 320, 321-why the
second is like, but not equal to, the
first, 321-in what respect the law and
the prophets hang on these, 322
Commandments of men, what is meant by,

219-when taught instead of the truth
are vain, unprofitable, and hurtful, 220

Commodus, the emperor, mentioned, 210
Compass. "Ye compass sea and land,”

a proverbial expression, explained, 329
Confess Christ, scripture meaning of the
term, 158-what a confession of Christ
includes, 641

Confession of sins was not made to John
the Baptist, but unto God, 47-not an
audible, but tacit, acknowledgment of
guilt, as in the days of Ezra and Nehe-
miah, ib.-the immense multitudes who
flocked to the baptism prevented an
individual and particular confession, ib.
Confidence. The self-confident are reso-

lutely proof against the cautions of wis-
dom, 394

Consolation of Israel, one of the titles of
the Messiah among the Jews, 561
Consubstantiation, its meaning and ab-
surdity, stated, 386

Contentious, the character of such, de-
scribed, 684

Conversion, the New Testament definition

of the term, 195-the nature and neces-
sity of, in order to enter the kingdom
of grace and glory, 255

Corban, what, and how used among the

Jews, 218-the rapacity and impiety
of the Pharisees connected with Corban,
exposed, 219

Corn, plucking the ears of, a lawful act,
174-the hypocrisy of the Jews noticed,
who objected to this act because it was
on the Sabbath-day, ib.
Covenant, the new, an appropriate descrip-

tion of Christianity, 3-to be preferred
to the term "testament," 4—the phrase,
"blood of the New Testament," ex-
plained, 388-why the Christian dis-
pensation is termed a covenant," and
"the new covenant," 388-what pro-
mised by the Most High, and what re-
quired of man, in this covenant, 388, 389
Covetousness, described by our Lord, 643
-its dangerous consequences, ib.—why
it ought to be guarded against, ib.-
description of a covetous, though rich
man, 644

-a

Couriers, authority exercised by those em-
ployed by the state in the east, noticed, 89
755, explained, 292

Crocodile, worship of, in Egypt, noticed,
675

Cross, a Roman punishment, 159, 406-
the cross was borne by malefactors,
previous to their crucifixion, 159, 423
-the idea of Grotius, that the phrase,
"take up the cross," is from the Per-
sians, who used that punishment, no-
ticed, 160-used by our Lord in pro-
phetic reference to his own death, ib.
-the cross, a figurative expression for
sufferings, 160, 240-Baxter quoted on
taking up the cross, 240-crucifixion
one of the most ignominious and cruel
of deaths, 424

Cup, an ancient custom respecting the
cups used at entertainments, noticed,
289-metaphorically employed for that
portion of good or evil which befals
men in life, 289, 395-the poisoned
cup given to malefactors, alluded to,
280-in what respects James and John
drank of the Saviour's cup, ib.-the
cups used by the Jews at the celebra.
tion of the passover, mentioned, 387-
employed by our Lord in the institu-
tion of the eucharist, 388-withholding
the cup in this ordinance from the
laity, as practised by the papal church,
a manifest corruption of the rite, ib.-
the administration of divine judgment
often expressed under the figure of a
cup, 395-what that cup was which
our Lord prayed might pass from him,
ib.

D

Daily bread, the phrase explained, 100
Dancing, among the Jews, notice of, 209
-that of Salome, the daughter of
Herodias, described, 209

Darkness, the first miracle that attended
the crucifixion of Christ, 427-in what
respects it was remarkable, ib.—the
conjecture, that this darkness extended
over other countries than that of Judea,
not sufficiently authenticated, ib.—it
was designedly and strikingly em-
blematical, ib.

David, Son of, a common title of the
Messiah among the Jews, 294-com-
pared to the stone rejected by the
builders, which became the head of the
corner, 307-a typical character, 543