Religion, true, consists in, what, i. 53.
Religion the duty of all men, i. 534.
- pleasures of, unspeakable, iii. 490.
false notions and experiences of, in
the Arminian and Antinomian, i. 116
--120. 126 195. 229. 275.
Religions, false, result from self-love, i.
194. iii. 461.
Remembering God, what is implied in,
iii. 451.
that we have right apprehensions
of him, iii. 452.
that we have a vital sense of him
in our hearts, ibid.
a sort of forgetting all other things,
iii. 453.
that we choose him as our chief
good, and be devoted to him, iii. 455.
obligations that young people are un-
der, thus to remember God, what,
iii. 456. and passim.
directions and motives to the per-
formance of this, iii. 476.
- what are hindrances to the perfor-
mance, ibid.
Repentance, connected with regenera-
tion, faith, and conversion, i. 431.
- implied in the nature of true faith,
ii. 460. iii. 47.
-implies reconeiliation to the Divine
character, ii. 442.
- insufficient to procure pardon with-
out an atonement, ii. 394. even in the
saints, ii. 406.
- is before forgiveness, ii. 407. 438. iii.
47 117. 295.
-objections answered, ii. 455——464.
- is the consequence of regeneration,
ii. 441.
required before baptism, in adults, iii.
156. 165.
Requirements of God, whether more
than we have power to perform, con-
sidered, i. 115. 258. iii. 34. 272.
Resurrection from the dead, purchased
by Christ, i. 406.
Restraining grace, what, i. 216, 217.
Retirement, helpful to devotion and self-
examination, i. 267.
Reprobation, doctrine of, ii. 33. Note.
illustrated, ii. 100. Note. 103.
vindicated, i. 91. Note.
Revelation, Divine, mankind not enjoy-
ing it, their own fault, i. 164. 419
Rewards of obedience, design of God
in conferring them, what, i. 101.
Right and wrong do not result from the
mere will and law of God, nor from
any tendency of things to promote or
exalteth a nation, how, i. 519.
glorious and happy effects of, i. 523.
Righteousness of Christ, the ground of
justification, i. 103. 107. 364. 457.
- safety of trusting in it, iii. 107. 109.
encouragement to trust in it, ii. 263.
Sacrifice of Christ, acceptable to God,
why, ii. 389.
Sacrifices under the law, use of, what,
ii. 444. iii. 26. 343.
Saints merit nothing by their obedience,
i. 106.
- to be objects of our complacency and
delight, i. 182.
Salvation by free-grace, i. 330–332. ii.
375. [See grace.]
- way of for sinners, what, ii. 309.
Salvation of all men, not best, ii. 100.
Sanctification, what, ii. 274-279.
the only evidence of justification and
of our good estate, ii. 115. 274. iii. 85.
Sandeman, Mr. his error about faith, ii.
397. Note. iii. 427.
about repentance, ii. 408. Note,
iii. 252.
about forgiveness being before re-
pentance, iii. 294.
about the impropriety of exhorta-
tions to sinners, ii. 538. Note. iii. 252.
about the atonement, ii. 465. Note.
Satan, agency of, in the fall of man,
what, ii. 56. 341.
whether without Divine permis-
sion, ii. 131. 133 177.
tempter to sin, ii. 487.
suggestions of, what, ii. 490.
- God's design in permitting his temp-
tations to succeed with our first pa-
rents, what, ii. 57.
Satisfaction for sin, necessary, i. 340.
351. [See atonement.]
- made by Christ, ii. 314.
consists in obeying the preceptive
part of the law, as well as in suffer-
[See
ing the penalty, i. 358. 365.
obedience.]
Scripture, proof of its divinity, what,
ii. 495.
Scripture the only standard by which our
creeds are to be formed, iii. 371, $74.
378.
Scripture, directions for understanding Sin, wisest and best for the system, ii.
it, what, iii. 9.
Self-love, i. 90, 95.
its predominance in man, i. 201.
its sinfulness, i. 207.
natural to man, i. 205.
- highest principle in the unregener-
ate, ì. 195.
governs every apostate creature, iii.
338.
- different from true love, how, i. 141.
different from true religion, and the
spring of all false, i. 194.
-the root of all evil carriage toward
our neighbour, i. 215.
objections answered, ii. 39-109.
in itself odious to God, ii. 145. 157.
but permitted for good ends, ii. 159,-
the great evil of, arises from, what,
iii. 498. 501.
consists in this, that it is against
God, proved, iii. 514. 517. Note.
- a sense of the great evil of, necessa-
ry to true repentance, iii. 497.
- a sense of this, is in proportion to
the sense of our obligations, iii. 499.
-in what respects it is against God,
iii. 502-512.
Self-justifying spirit, nature of, ii. 470.-malignity of it, what, ibid.
criminality of, ii. 373.
danger of, iii. 276.
cure of, what, ii. 482.
Self-righteousness, dishonourable and
hateful to God, i. 100.
Self-righteous sinner, what is meant by,
iii. 270. and passim.
Serpent, brazen, use of to the Israel-
ites, what, iii. 105.
Shepard, Mr. observations of, respect-
ing the admission of members into
the church, what, iii. 357.
Sin, introduction of, i. 89.
- evinced in the sufferings of Christ, i.
83. 354. and in the eternal punish-
ment of the wicked, i. 84. ii. 111.
[See punishment.]
- demerit of, consists in, what, i. 263.
345.
-mistakes respecting it, i. 263.
evil of, consists chiefly in its being
committed against God, iii. 458. 498.
consequences of lessening the evil of
it, what, i. 264.
- begins in that which is merely nega-
tive, iii. 336.
- of Adam decreed, how, i. 308.
- imputed to his posterity, i. 221.
permission of, ii. 9.
consists in not hindering it, ii.11.31.
wisdom of God in the, ii. 12—27.
-design of God in the, ii. 27.
for the best good of the system, ii.
errors respecting the introduction
of, refuted, ii. 50.
- tendency of, to dethrone the majes
ty of heaven, ii. 353. iii. 505. and to
destroy the good of the moral sys-
tem, iii. 510.
- great evil of, will be proved at the
final judgment, iii. 514. 522.
slight and imperfect ideas of, enter-
tained by the wicked, 518.
to be feared as the greatest evil, iii.
528.
Sinner, definition of the term, iii. 270.
Sinners, voluntary in their bad temper,
Spirit, Holy, strivings of, with all gospel
resistance of, the cause of His Uubelievers under condemnation and
withdrawing, ibid.
Spirit, witness of, what, ii. 291. and
how known, i. 251.
mistakes about it, considered, i.
251. 452.
- immediate witness of, not true, i. 250.
but needless, why, ii. 294.
Spirit of God, does not assist us to be-
lieve what is not true before, iii. 95,
96. Nor to believe a lie, ii. 259.
Spiritual blindness, consists in, what, ii.
487.
the curse of the law. i. 123. 335. ii.
248. 259. iii. 276.
Unconditional salvation, doctrine of,
false, ii. 246. and Note. and mischiev-
ous, ii. 477.
no promises of, in the gospel, iii. 114.
Unconditional submission, considered, ii.
322. Note. 323.
Unconditional covenant, what, iii. 214.
no qualifications necessary for enter-
ing into it, iii 353.
Unction, spiritual, what, i. 130. ii. 500.
504.
Systems of the world, the present the Unity of God, ii. 49.
best, ii. 35. 43. 98.
objections answered, ii. 98.
Sufferings of Christ, a sufficient satis-
faction for the sins of all men, i. 381.
-efficacy of, to those who were par-
doned before the death of Christ, i.
392.
Universal salvation, does not follow from
universal atonement, i. 397.
not for the best, all things consider-
ed, ii. 100.
Unregenerate, their performances sin-
ful and odious, i. 222.
moral state of, i. 223. iii. 59.
blindness of, ii. 265.
duty of, to strive in the use of means,
i 423. iii 258. in what manner, i.
424. with what views, ibid.
- doings of, do not entitle to the bles-
sings promised in the gospel, iii. 248.
reasons why, iii. 256. yet they are
required to seek, iii. 256. Note.
Unregenerate men, at heart infidels, ii.
Vindictive justice, an amiable perfec-
tion of God, i. 102. ii 413.
- has nothing in its nature inconsistent
with infinite goodness, ii. 414.
esteemed amiable by the Christian,
ii. 528.
Van Mastricht, observation of, res-
pecting baptism of adults, iii. 355.
Virtue, false notions of, entertained by
selfish, ungodly men, iii. 519.
World, conduct of God towards, from Zeal, counterfeit, i. 249. [See enthusi-
the beginning, i. 410-419.
TO THE PRINCIPAL TEXTS ILLUSTRATED AND EXPLAINED
IN THE WHOLE WORK.
i. 75 xi 23, 24. ii. 254. iii. 116 ix. 22.
In accordance with the opinion of several Divines, words,
which had become obsolete, have been changed, and sentences,
evidently incorrect, have been corrected. In no instance, how-
ever, has the meaning of the author been varied. In addition
to what was at first proposed, a complete Index to the whole
work has been added. The work is executed in a style, which
it is hoped will meet the approbation of the Christian public.
In this work, the writings of Dr. Bellamy are consolidated :
writings, which have already done much, in the hands of the
HOLY SPIRIT, to detect and confound error, to discover and es-
tablish truth, to enlighten the understanding, to convince and
humble the sinner, to enlarge the views, establish and comfort
the hearts of the people of GOD, and to awaken them to active
exertion in His cause. May the SPIRIT of grace enlighten the
minds of those who peruse them, into a knowledge of the truth
as it is in JESUS.
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296, line 7 from top, for if, read is.
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9, line 15 from top, for I am, read am I.
57, line 8 from bottom, for peaceable, read peccable.
25, line 14 from top, before evidences, insert no.
251, line 7 from top, for son of God, read sons of God.
295, bottom line, for is, read his.
299, line 3 from top, for no, read our.
327, line 14 from top, for thy read they.
382, line 2 from bottom, for Gospel, read law.
399, note, line 2 from bottom, for penitent, read impenitent,
404, line 19 from top, insert the.
521, line 27 from top, for as man, read that a man,
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247, line 22 from top, for man, read men.
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