STUART, Professor, of Andover, U. S.; character of his "Exegetical Essays," &c., iii. 359 (note).
SUBSTITUTION of the innocent for the guilty, a doctrine peculiar to revela- tion, i. 267. Fitness of the substitution of Christ, 266–280. Moral tendencies of the doctrine, 281-283.
SUNDAY-SCHOOLS; seriousness with which religious instruction should be communicated in them, i. 125, 126. Proposed by Bishop Horsley to be placed under the control of the clergy, ii. 175.
SUPERSTITION; a much greater evil than enthusiasm, ii. 185.
SUTCLIFF, Rev. J.; his eminent humility, ii. 388. His steady and cheerful piety, ib. His concern for the prosperity of the churches, 389. General esteem in which he was held, ib.
SYNAGOGUES; their origin and advantages, iii. 160. Resemblance between them and Christian places of worship, 161. Government of the synagogues supposed to be the model from which Christian churches are formed, 162.
TECHNICAL TERMS; their origin, ii. 244. Their excessive use in religious works deprecated, 243. Advice respecting the most proper course to be adopted, 245, 246.
TEMPLE; none in heaven, iii. 38. Difference between the Jewish temple and the synagogues, 161. Contrast between its services and the employments of the blessed in heaven, 200-202.
TERTULLIAN; his views of baptism, i. 318. On the unity of the church, 489. His statement of the extensive prevalence of Christianity, iii. 513 (note).
TÈST ́ACT; its inefficiency and iniquity, ii. 32–35.
TILLOTSON, Archbishop; character of his works, ii. 293.
TIME; difference of the manner in which it is apprehended by God and by man, iii. 190-193. The impression of its progress diminished by happiness, increased by misery, 191.
TOLERATION; grounds on which it should be mutually exercised by Chris- tians, i. 326. Application of the principles to the case of the Baptists and Pedobaptists, 327, 328, 457, 459, 460. Explanatory remarks, 344, 346, 348. Distinction between tolerating and practising, 443, 444. Instances in which toleration has been exercised in regard to the neglect of the plain commands of Christ, 465, 466. Toleration considered as implying freedom of com- munication as well as freedom of thought, ii. 117. The denial of such freedom chargeable with the guilt of persecution, ib. The happy influence of toleration on the state of this country, 185. Impolicy of attempting to interfere with it, 186, 187.
TOLLER, Rev. T.; his birth and parentage, ii. 390. His early conversion, ib. Enters the academy at Daventry, ib. Visits Kettering, 391. Becomes pastor of the independent church there, 392. Favourable influence of the piety of the congregation in forming his own character, ib. His ministerial qualifica- tions and labours, 393, 394. His acquaintance with Mr. Hall, 394, 395. Unsuccessful attempts to remove him from Kettering to London, 396, 397. Remarks on the low state of the church, compared with the congregation, 396. Ardour with which Mr. Toller engaged in the cause of the Bible Society, 397. His peculiar opinions on missionary operations, 398. Beneficial effects of an illness, ib. His love of natural scenery, 399. His admirable talent for expound- ing Scripture, 400. His eminence in public prayer, 401. Notice of a defect in his preaching, ib. His last illness and death, 402, 403. His style of composi tion described, 403. Sketch of his character, 404-406. Comparison between Mr. Fuller and Mr. Toller, 406, 407. TRINITY, the, i. 373, iii. 271. Practical influence of the doctrine, 318. TRUST IN GOD, iii. 323. Reasons why it should be implicit and entire, 324.
TRUTH; legitimate means of maintaining and defending it, i. 452.
TUCKER, Abraham; Mr. Hall's opinion of his "Light of Nature," iii. (Mem.)
UNION of Christians; urged by the prevalence of infidelity, i. 18. Its desirable- ness, 131. Importance of it, 289. Its manifestation in the primitive ages, 322, 335. Grounds on which separation is justifiable, 335. Increase of the spirit of union in modern times, iii. 420.
VANITY OF MAN; apart from his immortality considered, iii. 380-387. VILLAGE PREACHING; charged with a political object by Bishop Horsley, ii. 171. The charge repelled, 173-175. Answer to the insinuation that village preachers vilify the established clergy, 179-184. Vindication of their labours from the charge of fanaticism, 184, 185. Abstinence from political reflections, recommended, 194. Importance of inculcating the duties of Christianity, in connexion with its doctrines, urged, 194, 195. Direct appeal to the con- sciences of men advised, 195, 196.
VIRGIL; character of his writings, iii. (Mem.) 66.
VIRTUE; incapable of being sustained by infidelity, i. 26, 27. Remarks on President Edwards's definition, 43 (note).
WAGES; their decline should always be proportioned to the actual deficiency in the demand for labour, ii. 139. Injustice of lowering them beyond that pro- portion, ib. Propriety of endeavouring to raise them by voluntary associations and funds, 140, 141.
WALDENSES; their sentiments on baptism, i. 482. WALPOLE, Sir Robert, ii. 63.
WAR; the most awful scourge of Providence, i. 59. The horrible waste of human life which it occasions, 60, 61. Miseries endured in an invasion, 61. Effects of war on the general prosperity of a country, 62. War founded in injustice, 63. Its anti-moral tendencies and effects, 64, 65. Peculiar character of the war of the French revolution, 66-68.
WARFARE, CHRISTIAN; its character, iii. 104-106. wars of Israel with the Canaanites, 108-111. WESLEY, Rev. John, iii. 217, (Mem.) 82. WHITFIELD, Rev. G., ii. 288, iii. (Mem.) 82.
WICKED, the; the ends answered by their destruction, iii. 58. Their temporary prosperity, 112.
WILBERFORCE, W., Esq.; character of his work on "Practical Christianity,” i. 96.
WILLIAMS, J. B., Esq.; remarks on his edition of the Life of Philip Henry, iii.
WISDOM; distinguished from knowledge, iii. 121, 122. Importance of spiritual wisdom, 123-125.
WORLD, the; comparison of the state and hopes of its votaries with those of the Christian, i. 194-196. The world compared to a wilderness, iii. 373, 374. Moral disorder of the world, 380. Renunciation of the world an essential part of the Christian profession, 103.
WORSHIP; defined, ii. 156. Not to be controlled by the will of the magistrate, ib. The claims of God upon man in this respect prior to all human laws, 197. The right to worship not resigned on entering into civil society, ib. No danger to be apprehended from the universal acknowledgment of that right, 198. Answer to the objection, that fanaticism will be encouraged thereby, 195-199. Public worship greatly neglected in this country, i. 102. Its im- portance, iii. 53.
XAVIER; anecdote of him, iii. 420.
YOUNG, the; their danger when exposed to infidel or impure associates, iii. 480-483. Urged to separate themselves from such connexions, 485-487.
"ZEAL WITHOUT INNOVATION;" review of, ii. 254–289. Professed object of the publication, 256. Its party spirit and bigotry, 257. Lamenta-
tions of the author over the success of the dissenters, 257, 258. Tendency of his sentiments to produce pride and intolerance, 259, 260. Increase of the dissenters owing to their superior piety and zeal, 260. Inefficacy of creeds and confessions to perpetuate religious belief, 261, 262. Answer to the charge that dissenting principles tend to democracy, 263, 264. Absurdity of supposing that real religion would be promoted by the destruction of dissent, 264-266. Union among Christians only to be attained through the increasing prevalence of genuine piety, 266, 267. The author's gloomy picture of the state of religion in the established church, 268. The true reasons of that declension assigned, 269. Exposure of the writer's ignorance and inaccuracy, 269, 270. Gradual decline of evangelical preaching in the Church of England, 271, 272. Its revival through the labours of Whitfield and Wesley, 272. Virulent opposition of the clergy in general, 272-274. Sentiments and labours of the evangelical clergy described, 274-278. Answer to the charge of enthu- siasm brought against them, 279. Their attachment to the established church, 280. Unpopularity of the other clergy, 280, 281. Defence of the method of preaching adopted by the evangelical clergy, 282-284. Malignant spirit of the author exposed, 285. Injurious tendency of his censures, 286. His partiality, ib. Unhappy effects of the needless exposure of the supposed failings or errors of good men, 287. True character of Whitfield and his coadjutors, 288, 289. Danger of excluding evangelical ministers from the established church, 289. General character of the work, iii. 233.
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