Baptism and the Lord's supper not mysteries, 132 Baptism, connection of, with the whole of church history, 298- Mr. Robinson's history of, de- scribed, 293 Baptists, history of, undertaken by Mr. Robinson, 291-calvi- nistic, deserted, 292-Mora- vian, intended union of, with the Poles, 294-5-instructed by women, 295-antitrinita- rian, but an honour to religion, 295-Boscowickz, Lady, a tea- cher among the Moravian bap- tists, who preserved them from
the errors of trinitarian wor- ship, 295-fund of tyrannical imposition, satyrized and con- demned, 306-7-history of the modern, little and unim- portant, 308-history of the old, edifying, 309 Beza, a friend to the Supralap- sarian scheme, 228
Calvin, the last will of, quoted, 173-friendly to the Sublap- sarian scheme, 229--the bloody, properly described, 292 Cambridge, state of religion a- mong the dissenters, when Mr.
Robinson first went there, 283 Cambridgeshire, historical ac-
count of the dissenting churches of, 257-286 Children, doubts concerning their state, 116
Christ, laws of, cannot be parted with, 24-righteousness of, seen in the gospel, 26-glory of, what meant by, 35-second coming of, a favourite topic with the first christians, 40 predicted to be a prophet like Moses, 42-3 Christian, a wall instructed, de- scription of, 31 Christianity, what
persons the glories of, 37-corruptions of, exposed, 55-by whom objec- ted to, 172 Church-history, described as one long lie, 293 Cicero, compared with St. Paul, 139-quotation from, 155
Clement, of Alexandria, quoted,
Clerk Le, quoted, 132.175 Conscience, evil, like abankrupt's book, 104-government of by the pope, a specious tyranny, compared with that exercised by the baptist fund, 306 Conversion, meaning of the term, 90
Converts, born into the spiritual
world as children into the na- tural, 241 Conviction, in religion, meaning of, 90
Covenant-church, form of one, drawn by Mr. F. Holcroft, 258 Creation, works of, a conceal- ment rather than a display of the infinite excellencies of God, 20
Critic, a true, how described, 301 Cyrus, histories of, very much differ, 154
Death, description of, 92 Deity, the denial of a, and all is mystery, 131 Dissenting interest, injury done to at Cambridge, 282 Doctrine of Christ, imposition upon, 66-not incredible, be- cause inconceivable, 132 Doctrines, lofty, raised on a san-
dy foundation, 176 Duties of man, different kinds of required by God, 50 Dying persons, in what the mi- sery of consists, 32—the plea- sures of, ib.
Election, doctrine of considered, 211
Ely, bishop, conduct of the, in licencing dissenting places of worship, 274
Errors, vulgar, tend to obscure the truth, 174
Expletives, frequently used in the Greek language, by way of elegance, 176
Faith compared to animal life, 67-saving, includes three ideas, essential to its nature, 137
Fancy, proof of, 145 Foreknowledge and foreappoint- ment are the same, 194
Fulbourne, village of, the place in which public baptisms were performed, 276
Genius, not destroyed by the gospel, 145- -and judgment compared, b. God, speech of, distinguished from all other speeches in the world, 3-speaks of the future, ib.-goodness of, and its ef- fects, 80-what the scriptures teach concerning, 110-innu- merable plans of, 194-de- crees of, how understood, 196 -perfections of, ib.-will of, assigned as a ground of his de- crees, 230
Gospel, spirit of the, what meant by, 16-righteousness of the, 18-goodness of the, to the heathen, 85-teaches men their dignity, ib.-points out God, 86-teaches benevolent prin- ciples, ib.-importance of the right reception of the, 94-of Christ, a body of truth, 97- of Christ, received in vain, if it do not administer comfort, 100a rule of conduct, 101 primitive, described, 292 Gownsmen, how treated by Mr. Robinson, 283
Grace of God, meaning of the
phrase explained, 96—not to be expected by those who neg- ·
lect the use of their reason, 96 when received in vain, 97
Harper, Mr. character of, 277 Heathens, disputes respecting their future condition, 116 History, evidence that God speaks
ty, 19-every country has it own, ib.
Jerusalem, opinion of the church concerning, 154 Jesus, character of, 6-history of, very plain, 21-Christ, the plainest man in the world, 61 the laws of the apostles of, 73 a man who was just in every station, 102 Jew, every, a bible guarantee of Immortality of man, evident from the truth of revelation, 130 Independents, of Cambridge, his genius &c. 141 where and when settled, 267 Infidels, have recourse to false statements, 23
Holcroft, Rev. F. an account of, 257-motives of, for preaching the gospel, ib.-accepts of a living, 258-forms a congrega- tional church, ib.-members of his church, how admitted, ib.-great zeal of, after he was expelled by the act of unifor- mity, 259-imprisoned, 260 John, apostle, successor of, 45 preaches from his prison, 262 death of, 263 Holy Spirit, promise of, Serm. I. p. 3-its influence not to be expected by those who abuse it, 9-work of, must be consis- tent with the nature of, ib.- is genuine virtue, ib.-must be fitted to the persons wrought on, 10-conformable to the written word, 12.13 Horace, his opinion of Homer,
Keene, Dr. (bishop of Ely) re- mark of, concerning the state of religion at Cambridge, 284
Lactantius, fine passages of, 139
Law Dr. quoted, 185 Lazarus, some account of, 108 Leighton, Archbishop, quoted Learning, uses of, 48
and commended, 185 Locke Mr. quoted and referred Lie, a long, described, 293
Logos, where personified, and the consequences of, 293
Mahomet, religion of, why re- jected, 167, Man, a good, description of, 31 -mind of, has its dimensions, 125-destitute of passions de- generates into a reasoning ma- chine, 152-formed for social
Origen, genius of in manufactu- ring mysteries, 133-what the
Pomp and ceremony, necessary to religious worship, 71-from whence they came, 72 Popery, destruction of, how ef-
fected, 42.45--47.50-the cause of obscurity in revelation, 61 Predestination, dissertation con- cerning, 190-doctrine of de- fined, 192-providential, 210 -uses of the doctrines of, 225 -inexplicable, 226-applied to every subject an abuse of the doctrine, 239-doctrine of, un- fit for children, the illiterate, and people in business, 240.241 -a motive to obedience, not a rule of obedience, 245 Presbyterians,of Cambridge, when and where settled, 267 Prescience and influence, in what they differ, 194
Priest, catholic, description of, 52 Prophecy, one of the pillars of christianity, 5-one mark of God's speaking, 9 Prophets, astonishing organs of God, 164
Puritanism, rise of in Cambridge, 265
cause of his obscurity, 182 - Quintilian's account of an oration,
put scripture on the rack, 183 Original sin, disputes concerning,
Palmer, Rev. Fysche, quits his fellowship, 290 Passions, value of, to whom un- known, 163 People of God, dealt with dif- ferently with respect to tempo- ral and spiritual blessings, 118 Pharoal, who prevailed at the court of, 47-hardness of heart of, explained, 234 Philosophy, not to be renounced by christians, 140
Rectitude, good for persons of all ages, 34
Religion, how to judge of its' di- vine origin, 5-in what it con- sists, 109-Latural, its impor- tance, 138 Repentance, essential to salva- tion, 99
Reproof, of what productive, 7 Resurrection, of Christ, the clear-
est of all historical facts, 130 Revelation, walking in the light of, 107-proved true, by the existence of the Jews, 130- its doctrines perspicuous, 131
its representation of God, 132 -superior to philosophy, 184 Revelations, book of, consists of prophecies of remarkable e- vents, between the ascension of Christ and his second coming, 44
Righteousness, habitual, what meant by the phrase, 26-the only good, 34 Robinson, Robert, how, and by whom recommended to the con- gregation at Cambridge, 278-9 -first preached at Stone-Yard, 279-refuses the pastoral office, ib.-conditions on which he consented to be ordained pas- tor, 280-great talents of, ex- cite general notice, 281-me- thod of preaching of, ib.-his treatment of the students, 282 -lectures of, 283-extract from his church-book, 285— qualified according to the act of toleration, 285-letters of to Mr. (now Dr.) Toulmin and others, 289, &c. - why de- nounced a heretic, 290-hypo- thesis of respecting "Mental Error, 299 his six children baptised, 303-his mode of baptism, 304 Roman catholic church, how de- scribed, 44
Rome, church of, its corruptions, 59-bishop of, his description of the scripture, 63—picture of the church of, 76
province of, 220-sufficiency of, not to be denied, 507 Scriptures, two sorts of events re- corded in the, 115-reveal causes, but do not tell us all their effects, 116-abuses of, considered, 226 to the end. Servetus, finely characterized, 292 Shaftsbury, Earl of, quoted, 136 Simson, Mr. character of, 277 Sinners, tears of, how excited, 30 Society, cannot subsist without religion, 168
Saurin, sermons of, quoted, 187-9 Scripture, prophetic, parts of, highly coloured to excite men's attention, 21-poetic parts of, highly coloured to rouse the re-
ligious passions, ib.-typical parts of, highly coloured as a lesson for children, 21-doc- trines of, easily understood, 48.49-made for man, 164-
Stoics, character of the, 152 Stone-Yard, proceedings of the church at, 275 Sublapsarian and supralapsarian schemes explained, 228-9 Sykes, Dr. character of, 300
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