M.

_McLaurin_, his essays and sermons referred to, 83, 97.

_Maurice_, Mr. a defender of Christianity, 348.

_Maxims_, which prove human corruption, 21.

_Medium_, religious, almost lost, 130.

_Milton_, quoted, 43.

_Moral_, attainments rated above intellectual, by Christianity, 257. --attainments, how much more we can excel in them than in intellectual ones, 259.

_Moravians_, commendation of, 56.

N.

_Natural_ condition of man without Christianity, 31-33.

_Nature_, essential, of true practical Christianity, 129.

_Necessity_, excuse on the plea of, stated, and answered, 36-42. --opponent on the ground of, how best opposed, 37, 38.

_Nominal_ and real Christian, distinction between them most important, 306.

_Novels_, prove how peculiarities of Christianity have fallen into neglect, 277, 278.

O.

_Objections_ against the religious affections towards Christ, and against the operations of the Holy Spirit, 50-53. --against human accountableness, discussed, 36-42. --against the religious affections towards Christ, and against the operations of the Holy Spirit, discussed, 53-83.

_Outgrowing_ vices mistaken for forsaking them, 308, 318.

_Owen_, Dr. referred to, 275.

P.

_Paley_, Mr. his defence of Christianity noticed, 260, 281.

_Partiality_ in the religious views of nominal Christians, 119-121.

_Particular_, Christians must not fear to be so when required by duty, 167.

_Pascal's_ thoughts referred to, 245. --thoughts recommended, 348.

_Peculiar_, doctrines, use, in promoting humility, 244, 245. --in promoting moderation in earthly pursuits, 246. --in promoting cheerfulness in suffering, 247. --in promoting confidence in danger, and patience in suffering, 248, 249. --in promoting heavenly mindedness, 250. --doctrines, demand our utmost attention, 94-97. --doctrines, use of, 239. --doctrines, use of, in enforcing importance of Christianity, 240. --doctrines, use of, in enforcing entire surrender to God, 240. --doctrines, use of, in enforcing guilt of sin, and dread of punishment, 241. --in promoting love of God, 241, 242. --in promoting love of fellow-creatures, 243, 244.

_Philosophy_, epicurism and stoicism, 59.

_Pitt_, Mr. slander respecting him refuted--Note 272.

_Pleasure_, the true Christian finds in Religion, 139, 140.

_Pleasures_ of true Religion, 325-332.

_Policy_, mistaken, of compromise with immorality, 301.

_Polished_ state of society no security against progress of immorality, 298, 299.

_Political_, good effects from the prevalence of Christianity, as above described, 283-295. --good effects from revival of vital Christianity, 296. --bad effects from its farther decline, 297, 298. --happiness of a Christian nation, 283-287.

_Pomp_ and parade, votaries of, 124.

_Poor_ the, more favourably circumstanced as to Religion, 93, 292.

_Pope_, the Poet, referred to, 246.

_Popular_ notions concerning our Saviour and the Holy Spirit, 46-48.

_Practical_ hints, on importance of Christianity, 13. --on human corruption, 35. --on mode of dealing with a certain description of infidels, 37, 38. --on the means of exciting our affections towards our Saviour, 99, 100. --respecting love of estimation, 174-178. --respecting amiable tempers and useful lives, 192. --to naturally sweet tempered, 193. --to naturally rough and austere, 194-199. --to true Christian, when engaged in hurry of worldly affairs, 199-204. --to persons desirous of repenting, 235. --respecting uses of peculiar doctrines of Christianity, 240-251. --for revival of Religion, 300-304. --to various descriptions, 305-318. --to such as, having been hitherto careless, wish to become true Christians, 318-332. --to some who profess their full assent to fundamental doctrines of Christianity, 333-336. --to Sceptics and Unitarians, 337-345. --to half-unbelievers, 346-348. --to true Christians, from state of times, 349-354. --Christianity, chapter on, 100-251. --prevailing low views of it, 102-104. --Christianity, its real strictness, 105, 106. --its true nature, 107-110. --charged on all without exception in its full strictness, 111-115. --mischiefs of neglect of peculiarities of Christianity, 232. --distinction, fundamental, between systems of nominal and real Christians, 231-234. --precepts of Christianity, most excellent, 260. --use of peculiar doctrines of Christianity, 238.

_Prevailing_, low views of practical Christianity, proofs of them, 104. --inadequate sense of peculiar doctrines of Christians, 231, &c.

_Probation_, notion of, disproves prevailing system of Religion, 317.

_Proof_ of Christianity's divine origin, 260-262.

_Puritans_, many of their writings commended, 275.

R.

_Religion_, practical hints for its revival, 300-305. -- the only true support in trouble and peril, 332.

_Repentance_, advice for such as are disposed to, 318-324.

_Reputation_, true Christian's conduct respecting it, 164-178. -- true Christian preserves, without over-valuing it, 167-170.

_Richardson_, mentioned, 278.

_Robertson_, Dr. censured, 279.

_Rousseau_, school of, 204, 205.

S.

_Scepticism_, natural history of it, 338-340.

_Sceptics_ and Unitarians, advantage they have in attacking Christianity, 344, 345.

_Scripture_ doctrine, importance of, to Christianity, 8-10. -- doctrine, concerning human corruption, 14-27. -- doctrine, concerning Christ and the Holy Spirit, 43, 44.

_Self-deception_, frequent sources of, 306-318. -- another common kind, 333-335.

_Self-examination_, helps in, 306.

_Selfishness_ of common practical Religion, 121-127. -- the disease of political societies, 288. -- peculiarly counteracted by Christianity, 291, 292.

_Sensibility_, exquisite, how little truly valuable, and how different from true practical benevolence, 204, 205.

_Sensualists_ class of, 123.

_Sin_, how spoken of in Scripture, 211. -- defective conceptions of, 207.

_Sincerity_, false notion of it, 10-12. -- true what, 13.

_Sins_, no little ones, 210, 211. -- little, what accounted such, 208.

_Smith_, Dr. _Adam_, 76. 188, 189. 279.

_Soame Jenyns_, his View of the Internal Evidence of Christianity referred to, 6. 281.

_Sophistry_, with which Religion is explained away, 133.

_Stage_ the, proof from its being frequented by nominal Christians of their defective love of God, 221-224. 230, 231. -- proof from, illustrated by political analogy, 223.

_Statutes_, Religion made a set of, 131, 132.

_Sterne_ strongly censured, 206.

_Strictness_ of true practical Christianity, 105, 106. -- of our system, objected to, as not suited to the state of the world, 280, 281. -- the charge refuted, 281, 282.

_Sunday_, hints for its employment, 141, 142. -- common modes of unhallowing it, 143-145.

_Supreme_ regard to be set on God, 60. 112-129.

_Swift's_ Tale of a Tub, quoted, 132, 133.

T.

_Taste_, votaries of, 127.

_Tempers_, Christian, not cultivated, 136-146. -- respecting human estimation, 165-168. -- respecting calumny and disgrace, 170. -- when too much immersed in worldly business, 201-204.

_Theatres_, Parisian, 223.

_Theatrical_ entertainments prove defective love of God, 222.

_Theatrical_ entertainments prove defective love of our neighbour, 230, 231. -- entertainments, illustrated by political analogy, 223.

U.

_Unbelievers, half_; a class of them, 346.

_Uncharitableness_, what falsely so called, 312.

_Unitarianism_ often results from same causes as absolute scepticism, 343.

_Useful_ lives, discussion concerning, 178. -- substituted for Religion, 179. -- value of, estimated by standard of mere reason, 185. -- real worth of, on Christian principles, 186-188. -- life, the Christian's life the most so, 191. -- Christians urged to, 192. -- its just praise given to, 197. -- apt to mislead us, 198.