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than on all their declarations. When you say that, allowing them to be men of penetration, nothing more is necessary to establish the purity of their intentions, it sounds very strange to me, when I consider it as the sentiment of the author of the two sermons which I have read with so much pleasure. Surely it cannot accord with your knowledge of human nature!

When our Lord was upon earth,, he refused to be a judge or a divider. And he said afterwards," My "kingdom is not of this world; if it were, then would

my servants fight." I should think, as Peter thought, that if any thing could have justified resistance in a disciple, that was the time when Jesus was apprehended by wicked men, to be condemned and crucified; but his master rebuked his zeal. I think that, as Christians, we have nothing to expect from this world but tribulation, no peace but in him. If our lot be so cast that we can exercise our ministry free from stripes, fines, imprisonment, and death, it is more than the Gospel has promised us. If Christians were quiet when under the government of Nero and Caligula, and when persecuted and hunted like wild beasts, they ought to be not only quiet but very thankful now. It was then accounted an honour to suffer for Christ. Of late, the rights of man are pleaded as a protection from the offence of the cross.

Had I been in France some time ago, and if by going between the contending parties I could have reconciled them, I certainly ought to have done it. But to take a part in their disputes myself, and to become openly and warmly a Jacobin or a Feuillant, would be ridiculous in me, if all my connexions and interests were in England, and I expected in a few weeks to

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leave France for ever. In this view I consider myself now. If I had wisdom or influence to sooth the angry passions of mankind, whether whigs or tories, I would gladly employ them; but, as to myself, I am neither whig nor tory, but a friend to both. I am a stranger, and a pilgrim. My μ my charter, my rights, 'my treasures are, I hope, in heaven, and there my heart ought to be. In less than a few weeks I may be removed, (and perhaps suddenly,) into the unseen world, where all that causes so much bustle upon earth at present, will be no more to me than the events which took place among the antediluvians. How much then does it import me, to be found watching, with my loins girded up, and my lamp burning, diligently engaged in my proper calling! For the Lord has not called me to set nations to right, but to preach the Gospel, to proclaim the glory of his name, and to endeavour to win souls. Happy is that servant, whom his Lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing! In the hour, when death shall open the door into eternity, many things which now assume an air of importance, will be found light and unsubstantial as the baseless fabric of a vision.

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I know not whether the length and freedom of my letter may not require an apology, as much as my long silence. But, as I give you full credit for what you of your candour towards those who differ from you in sentiment, I am the less apprehensive of offending From the perusal of your sermons, I have conceived a great respect and affection for you. Though we may not meet upon earth, I trust we shall meet where all are perfectly of one mind. In the mean time, I set you down in my heart as a friend and a

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brother. As I was forced to write, both duty and love obliged me to be faithful and free in giving you my thoughts.

I recommend you to the care and blessings of the great Shepherd and Saviour, and remain for his sake, Reverend Sir,

Your affectionate friend and brother,

J. N.

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INDEX.

ADVENT THE GREAT,a sermon,v. 225.

AARON's behaviour on the loss of his Advent of Christ, good grounds on which

sons, iv. 266.

ABBADIE Mr. reflections of on our ig-
norance respecting the doctrine of the
Trinity, iv. 308.

ABEL, cause of the death of, iv. 73.
ABDIEL, Milton's character of applica-
ble to the believer, i. 464.
ABRAHAM, in what sense tempted by
God, i. 488.

-justified by faith in the promised seed,
iv. 9.

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- highly favoured by God, iv. 82.
and the other patriarchs, shepherds,
iv. 150.

rejoiced to see Christ's day, iv. 436.
- principal propertiesofthefaithof, v.504.
Access to God, none but by Christ, ii. 540.
Accidents, consoling considerations un-
der, vi. 367.

―happen by divine appointment, vi. 368.
anecdote of a pious woman, suffering
under, vi. 369.

Accommodation, a useful way of preach-
ing, iv. 261.

Acquaintance, extensive, ensnaring, v. 81.
Actions, no real goodness in the most
specious, unless performed to the glory
of God, i. 431.

Acts of Apostles, the only certain history
of apostolic age, iii. 113.
ADAM, in what sense he died the moment
he eat forbidden fruit, i. 540.
-lost not rationality but spirituality,i.541.
consequences of his fall, iv. 6. 64. 70.
76. 326. 435, 460.

-received a promise of the Redeemer,
iv. 188. 326. 436.

fall of, foreseen and provided for, iv.
236. 459.
ADDISON, Mr. supposes imagination
alone capable of producing happiness
or misery, i. 480.

believers should rejoice at the prospect
of the second, v. 233.
ADVOCATE, Christ our, vi. 66.
Affection, token of, to the inhabitants of
St. Mary Woolnoth, vi. 563.
Affections, on the snares and comforts of
social and relative, vi. 480.
Afflictions, advantages of, ii. 22. 198. 217.

vi. 33. 36. 71.

-appointed by God, i. 488. ii. 432. vi. 192.
consolations under, vi. 217. 223.
our duty under, ii. 25.

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light compared to the glories of heaven,
iv. 12. 77. 269. vi. 379.

trials of faith, not tokens of displeasure,
iv. 239.

necessary in our present state, iv. 534.
vi. 338.

our future views of, vi. 35.

why appointed, i. 488. ii. 432. iii. 60.
the fruit of sin, iv. 11.

Africans, civilized state of the native, vì.
533.

African slave coast, description of, i. 40.
vi. 521.

Africa, author's first voyage to, v. 317.
second voyage to, v. 389.
third voyage to, v. 440.
AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE, thoughts
upon the, vi. 518.

impolicy of, vi. 523.

dangers attending, vi. 524.
immoral tendency of, vi. 528.
cruelties of, vi. 580. See Slaves.
AGRIPPA, king, almost persuaded to be
a christian, iii. 181.

See Herod Agrippa.
Aygua, explained, iii. 49.
Ayava, meaning of, iv. 253.
AHITHOPHEL,Counsel of, to Absalom,iv.

431.

Alchymy, the true, i. 431.

ADDRESS to the inhabitants of Olney, ALEXANDER the GREAT, an instru-

vi. 547.

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ment to prepare Messiah's way, iv. 23.
anecdote of, improved, vi. 94.
Alienation from God, a consequence of
the fall, iv. 72.

ALL THINGS GIVEN US WITH
CHRIST, sermon on, ii. 305.
Allegorical interpretation, should be
used with caution, iv. 260.
ALLEINE, Joseph, account of, referred
to, i. 111.

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AMERICA, reflections on our contest | Anger against sin, lawful, i. 372.

with, i. 467. vi. 283.
-principal events intended to promote Antichrist, fall of predicted, iv. 422.
the accomplishment of the prophecies,

Animals, wonderful instinct of, iv. 405.

iv. 413.

— present state of the gospel in, iv. 420.
-reflections on late revolution in, iv. 430.
Amusements, polite, danger of, i. 513. ii.

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133.

ANANIAS the high-priest commands
Paul to be smitten, iii. 171.

ANTINOMIANS, account of the true, iii.

288.

Antinomianism, St. Paul probably accus-
ed of, iii. 288.

ANTIOCH, state of, at different periods,
ii. 292.

- present state, a warning to us, ii. 295.
- Gospel, when first preached at, iii. 107.

ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA, awful AvTiraCosta, meaning of, ii. 327.
judgment on, iii. 83.

Avaxspaliwoαoda, meaning of, iv. 316.
Anatomy, spiritual, the study of the hu
man heart, i. 442.

Avaravo, meaning of, ii. 471.

Aroxagadoxia explained, i. 303.
Apostasy, final, every sin tends towards
it, i. 396.

the root of, is a disposition to question
the divine appointments, ii. 51.

Anecdote of a pious woman suffering un- APOLLOS meets with Paul, iù. 147.

der a broken bone, vi. 369.

- of Alexander the Great, vi. 94.

- of Dr. Butler, bishop of Durham, vi.
461.

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of Dr. Conyers, i. 560. v. 174.

of dying persons, í. 444. ii. 173. vi. 305.
of a dissenting minister, v. 15.

- of a young woman, vi. 93.

- of the great Selden, vi. 209.
Angel, message and song of, iv. 115.
Angels, on the ministry of, i. 382.

how we should endeavour to resemble,
i. 475.

-light inwhich would view earthly things
if resident here, i. 476.

-admire the work of redemption, i. 477.
-not so indebted to grace as believers, i.
478.

- difference between their holiness and
that of sinners, ii. 41.

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goes to Corinth, iii. 147.

APOSTLES, their exhortation, i. 402.
characters and callings of, previous te
ascension, iii. 52.

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-delivered by miracle, iii. 84.

by advice of Gamaliel, iii. 85.
- scourged, iii. 85.

- rejoice under disgrace, iii. 86.
separate to preach gospel in various
districts, iii. 113.

great uncertainty in the accounts of
their labours, iii. 194.

competent witnesses of Christ's re-
surrection, iv. 451.

Apostolical Fathers inferior to many pro-
testant divines, iii. 211.

Application to Christ, implied in coming
to, ii. 460.

AQUILA AND PRISCILLA meet with
Paul, iii. 142.

- cannot preach the Gospel so well as ARCHIMEDES, enthusiasm of, iv. 105.

men, iii. 102.

cannot join in song of the redeem-
ed, iv. 92. 316. 540. 557.

- contemplate incessantly Christ cruci-
.fied, iv. 101.

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Arithmetic, scriptural, what it teaches,
i. 468.

Ark, probably many assisted in building
who perished in waters, v. 222.
ARMINIAN, the term very indiscrimi-
nate, i. 536.

Articles of faith, propriety of subscription

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