but decreeing it for the sake of the sinfulness of the action II. 515-it is our duty to avoid things
that are themselves so, and also those things that may lead or expose to sin IV. 586; reasons;
587-592; the doctrine applied 595-600.
SINGING-in public worship, &e. how to be performed; in public companies in the streets, suggestions,
respecting this III. 401, 402, 403.
SINNERS does not mean only Gentiles in Rom. 5: 6-10 II. 425-429-damnation of, is just, and why
IV. 232-agreeable to the sinners' treatment of God, should he cast them off forever 235-241; also
agreeable to their treatment of Christ 241-247-not willing to have Christ for a Saviour 241;
proved 242-244-objections of inability to be willing, &c. 244; also agreeable to their treatment
of others 247-what is meant by God's undertaking to deal with the impenitent 254-257; they
shall not avoid due punishment proved 257; cannot be overlooked or escape; nor bear their pun
ishment 258-260-what will become of them 260, 261-reason of the obstinacy of, in the time
of Christ, that they might fill up the measure of their sins 280-vain self-flatteries considered 322;
the fact proved 323-some of the ways it is done 323-326; application of the doctrine 326-329—in
Zion, who are they, and how fearfulness will surprise them 489; the greatness, suddenness and
time of their fear; at death 490; fearful of what is to come 492, at the judgment 493; reasons
why they will be so 494-496; sin against greater light, such professions and vows, and so much
greater mercy 497.
SMITH, Mr. JOHN-remarkable for his discourse on the shortness of a Pharisaic righteousness III. 79
SODOM-why we should not look back when fleeing from IV. 404-407; application and use of the doc.
trine, derived from the more dreadful destruction of the wicked 408-the case of others de-
stroyed for looking back, &c. 409, 410, 411.
SOUL-its activity may enable it to be the cause of effects II. 30-not according to its nature to love
an object unknown IV, 5.
SOVEREIGN GRACE-glorious work of in case of a young woman 234.
SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD-in what does it consist II. 144-extends to all events in the moral world 161—
appears in the election of the man Jesus, how 536-sermons on, blessed in a time of revival III.
245-absolute in the salvation of sinners, inferred from the fact that men are naturally God's ene
mies IV. 62-God under no obligation to keep men from sinning 230-his absolute independent
right of disposing of all creatures according to his own pleasure 549-in the salvation of men;
implies, that God can either bestow salvation on any of the children of men or refuse it without
any prejudice to the glory of any of his attributes, except where he has been pleased to declare
that he will or will not bestow it; cases excepted above, what 550-why he may so save men;
without prejudice to his holiness, to the honor of his majesty 551; consistently with his justice,
with his truth; he may so refuse salvation also without injury to his righteousness 552; or to his
goodness or faithfulness; how he exercises his sovereignty in men's salvation, with proof of the
fact; in calling one nation and giving them the means of grace and leaving others without them
553; in the advantages he bestows on particular persons, &c. 555; reasons why he does thus
exercise his sovereignty, &c. to manifest his glory, &c. 556-557-application of the above; we
learn our dependence; humbly adore God's awful sovereignty, give to him praise of salvation;
admire his grace; guard against presumption and discouragement 557-560.
SPECULATIVE POINTS-respecting God, &c. importance of III. 541.
SPHERES OF GLOBES-question respecting two exactly alike, except numerically, with reference to the
determination of God's will in creating and placing them considered II. 151, 152.
SPIRIT, the True-marks of a work of I. 525; negative signs; unusual and extraordinary way of the
work's being carried on 526; effects on the bodies of men 527; objection of answered that we have
no instances of like things in the Scriptures 528; occasions a great deal of noise about religion;
great impressions on the imagination 530; that example is a great means of it, scriptural 532;
no objection that many are guilty of great imprudences and irregularities 534; or that many errors
and delusions of Satan are interinixed 535; or that some fall into scandalous practices 536; that
ministers insist much on the terrors of the law 537-what are true marks or evidences of the work
of 538; esteem of Jesus Christ 539; when the spirit at work operates against the interests of Sa
tan's kingdom 540; when the spirit causes a greater regard for God's word 541; if it leads men
to truth 542; practical inferences; the late extraordinary influence undoubtedly the work of the
Spirit of God 546; character of the work, &c. 548; manner persons have been wrought upon 549-
impressions different from the gracious influence of the Holy Spirit on the heart 556-gracious
leading of, in what it consists III. 118-very different from what many call so, and how 120-no
restraint on God's, as to what he shall reveal to a prophet for the benefit of his church, &c. 149-
manner the Holy Spirit gives saving grace, &c. to be a principle of nature 157.
SPIRIT OF GOD-truly gracious influences of, consistent with a considerable degree of corruption and
also errors in judgment, &c. III. 290-end of his influences not to increase men's natural capaci
ties 295-work of, shows God's great favor and mercy to sinners; may be a prelude to a great
work 313-dangerous for God's people to be in such a work 316, 317-work of, may be opposed
besides directly 332-when are bodily effects evidences that persons are under the influences of
343-things to be avoided or corrected in promoting the work of 349-assistance of in praying, &c.
misunderstood, what is it? 368; things necessary in order to show a just influence from supposed
assistance of 379; how God may by ordinary gracious influences give his saints special reason to
hope for the bestowment of favors 371-the chief of the blessings the subject matter of Christian
prayers 432.
SPIRITUAL-persons, as opposed to natural, how understood III. 66—the great difference lies in two
things; the Spirit of God is given to true saints to dwell in them and to influence their hearts as
a principle of new nature, or as a divine supernal spring of life and action 67-the Spirit of God
dwelling as a vital principle in their souls produces those effects wherein he exerts and communi-
cates himself in his own proper nature 69-discoveries, manner in which persons deceive them.
selves as to them 75, 76; suggesting passages of Scripture to the mind, has nothing spiritual in it.
and why? 79, 80-application of the word of God above the devil's power 83.
STANDARD-Some general one for the use of terms whereby to express moral good and evil II. 304
STAPPER his remarks on Imputation quoted II. 483, 484 Note-quotation from his works on the opin-
ions of the Jewish Rabbies 506, 507, 508 Note-his definition of mystery, &c. III. 544, 545, 546.
STEALING is a designed taking of our neighbor's goods from him without his consent or knowledge
IV. 606 excuses that persons offer for so doing 607.
STEBBING, Dr.-his view of inability and grace II. 98-allows that God has foretold there shall be
some good men 532-his view of grace given to every one who prays for it 561-supposes men to
have a good and honest heart before they have faith, &c. 581-his views quoted 588, 589.
STODDARD, Mr.-his Appeal to the Learned, quoted I. 85, 95, 96, 97, 104, 121, 126, 129, 141, 142, 145,
157, 177-his opinion respecting excommunicated persons 90-considers that circumcision of beart
means the spiritual renewal of the heart 105-his notion of visibility of saintship, &c. 120-con-
siders the parable of the wedding as a representation of the day of judgment; incorrect 326-in-
sists that if grace be requisite in the Lord's supper it would have been as much so in the passover,
and why? 158-ever taught such doctrine from whence it will unavoidably follow that no uncon-
verted person can know he has a warrant to come to the Lord's supper 170-taught that assurance
is attainable, &c. 174-distinguishes between instituted and natural acts of religion 176-his argu-
ments concerning the subjects of Christian sacraments, being members of the visible and not invis
ible church, &c. considered 188-bad effects of his scheme 190-quotations from him III. 34 note,
35 note, 37 note, 41 note, 42 note, 43 note, 45 note, 50 note, 54, 55 note, 57 note, 82 note, 84 note,
87 note, 332 note-a very successful minister 232.
STODDARD, Hon. JOHN-sermon on occasion of the death of III. 605-his character 610-614.
STOIC DOCTRINE OF FATE-asserted to be the same as the Calvinistic doctrine of necessity II. 140-what
was it 141-Stoics agree with Arminians in more things than with Calvinists 142.
STRENGTH-bodily, may be overcome by a true sense of the excellency of Christ I. 528.
Strength of motive-how had II. 4-of sense of good and evil, influence of 7-of motive relation to
acts of the will 56, 57-of difficulty of avoiding sin must, according to the Arminian view, excuse
in the same proportion because bias takes away liberty 96—of vile natural dispositions an aggra
vation of wicked acts that come from them 134.
STRONG, Mr. JOB-letter of his respecting Mr. Brainerd's labors among the Indians I. 666.
STUPIDITY of the minds of men by nature instanced by idolatry II. 334, 335, 336; by the great dis-
regard of their own eternal interests 337.
SUBJECT-certainty of connection of, with predicate, three kinds stated II. 11.
SUBORDINATE END-opposed to ultimate end; one may be subordinate to another subordinate end II.
193, 194-never valued more than that ultimate end to which it is subordinate, but some other ul-
timate independent end; illustration; never superior to its ultimate end; illustration 195-rarely
valued equally with the last end 196-distinction between and consequential 197.
SUFFICIENCY for any act or work no further valuable than the work or effect is valuable II. 204.
SUPERNATURAL-meaning of, when it is said gracious affections are from those influences that are
supernatural IH. 70, 71.
SUPPER, the Lord's-asserted by some to be a converting ordinance; requisite qualification for coming
to it I. 98-those who partake of it should judge themselves truly and cordially to accept of Christ;
for this is what the actions they perform are a profession of 145-a declarative covenanting supposed
to precede it 146-not a matter of mere claim or privilege but a duty and obligation 172-conse-
quences of maintaining it to be a converting ordinance, &c. 231-234.
SUPREME END-what? II. 196.
SWEARING to or into, &c. the Lord, equivalent I. 107-two ways of swearing Jehovah liveth 111.
SYSTEM-that part of the, is not good which is not good in its place in the system, &c. II. 321.
TASTE and judgment different, and how?-divine given and maintained by God in his saints; its use,
TAYLOR, Dr.-author of "The Scripture Doctrine of Original Sin proposed to free and candid Examina-
tion," and "Key to the Apostolic Writings, with a Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistle to the
Romans" II.307-denies doctrine of, that the heart of man is naturally of a corrupt and evil disposi
tion 309; or corruption and moral evil are prevalent in the world 310--argues from the state which
men are in by divine grace, and yet makes no allowance for this, and draws conclusions against the
deplorable and ruined state of mankind by the fall, quoted 312; his arguments and conclusions
stated 313-his remarks on the strictness of the law and the transgression of it by all mankind,
quoted 315, 316-the things he asserts, his expressions and words imply that all mankind have a
propensity to ruin themselves by sin, that is invincible, and which amounts to a fixed, constant and
unfailing necessity, quoted 319-objects strongly against the pollution of the soul as derived from
a polluted body, quoted 321, 322-allows that no considerable time passes after men are capable
of acting for themselves as subjects of God's law before they are guilty of sin 327-holds, that it
is difficult if not impracticable to recover ourselves when under the government of appetites by
which we are drawn into sin 328-maintains that men come into the world wholly free from sinful
propensities 329-admits the idolatry of the generality of mankind 400 years after the flood; as
serts the capacity of man to know the true God from the light of nature 335-his view of what
belongs essentially to the character of those who are accepted as righteous, quoted 341, 342-objects
that we are no judges of the viciousness of men's characters 342-admits the wickedness of men
since the establishment of Christianity to be great; and since Adam's transgression 347-supposes
all the sorrow, &c., the consequence of Adam's sin, to have been from God in favor, &c. 348-his
language with reference to the Gospel as a means, &c., quoted 356-says that Adam sinned with-
out a sinful nature; therefore the doctrine of original sin unnecessary to account for sin in the
world, quoted 361-alleges that man's free will is a sufficient cause of man's depravity without
supposing any of nature, quoted 364-also hints that the animal passions of men are sufficient to
account for the general prevalence of wickedness without depravity by nature 369-his theory of
the necessity of virtue to be tried; quoted; dilemma that the state of temptation supposed, either
amounts to a prevailing tendency to wickedness, ruin, or not 370, 371-call to notice, that in Scrip-
ture, calamity and suffering are called by such names as sin, iniquity, being guilty, &c. 372-speaks
of death and affliction as great benefits 374-hints that death of infants is designed as correction
to parents 375-represents death as chastisement 379-opposes the doctrine of original right.
eousness, quoted 381, 382-his notion of virtue, that the essence of it lies in good affection, or love
383-according to his scheme it was not possible that Adam should have any such thing as right-
eousness 384-his view of the death threatened to Adam 390-says the threatening to Adam does
not mention his posterity; inconsistent with himself, quoted 395, 396-as he allows the sentence
pronounced to be a judicial one of condemnation 396, 397-asserts that by Adam's sin, the possible
existence of his posterity fell into the hands of the judge to be disposed of as he should think fit
397-objects against Adam's being federal head for his poeterity, that it gives him greater honor
than Christ, as it supposes all his posterity would have had eternal life if he had stood, and so a
greater number saved; answered 404-his mode of explaining texts supposed to teach depravity of
nature 408-411; and his objection to them-his interpretation of John 3: 6 in connection with other
passages 414-416; of Rom. 3: 9-24, &c. 420-424; of Rom. 5: 6-10 425, 428; of Ephes. 2: 3, 430, 432
433; of Rom. 5: 12 considered in full 434-451-his method of explaining the words, judgment, con-
demnation, justification, very unreasonable 442, 443, 444, 448; also his interpretation of the word
sin, sinned, &c. absurd 450, 451; also of the phrase, similitude of Adam's transgression 456-his
scheme does not consist with the Scripture account of Christ's redemption 461; as by it redemp-
tion would be needless 463; and does no good 465-inconsistent in handling his objection against
the doctrine of original sin from the freedom of the will 474-objects that the doctrine of native
depravity makes God the author of sin 476-his own doctrine attended with the same result which
he charges on others 478, 480-objects against a constituted oneness of Adam with his posterity
483-examined 484-493--also objects, that according to the doctrine of depravity of nature, God
pronounced equal or greater blessings on Noah after the flood than on Adam at creation, answered
495-497-also that it disparages the divine goodness in giving us being 497; reply 498-also from
the process at the judgment 499-answered 500-that action imputed, reckoned, &c. means in
Scripture only one's own act and deed 501-alleges that little children are made in Scripture patterns
of humility, &c.; also that the doctrine pours contempt on human nature 502-begets in us an ill
opinion of our fellow-creatures, &c.; tends to hinder comfort and joy; encourages in sin 503; that
it would be unlawful to beget children; that there are few texts in the Bible that have the least
appearance of teaching it 504-his idea of regeneration, that persons are brought into the state and
privileges of professing Christians; to make out this, he supposes being born of God means two
things, &c. 563.
TEACHER-office of, in the church implies the being invested with the authority and being called to the
business of a teacher III. 399.
TEMPER, Christian-a spirit of holiness appearing in some particular graces may be more especially so
called III. 159-considered as exercised in forgiving, &c. 164; in loving, being merciful, 165-the
true Christian justly denominated from it; it is his character 166.
TENDENCY-of the natural or innate disposition of man's heart, defined; universal, unfailing tendency
to moral evil, must be looked upon as an evil tendency or propensity II. 311-meaning of, a pre-
vailing liableness or exposedness to such or such an event 318; some stated prevalence or prepon-
deration in the nature or state of causes or occasions that is followed by, and so proves to be ef-
fectual to, a stated prevalence or commonness of any particular kind of effect; or some
thing in the permanent state of things, concerned in bringing a sort of event to pass which is the
foundation for the constancy or strongly prevailing probability of such an event-notion of a fixed
propensity not obtained by observing a single event 318-evidence of, not altered whether the sub-
ject of the constant event be an individual, or a nature and kind; illustration by trees, family 319-
to sin and ruin of mankind said by some to lie not in nature, but in the general constitution and
frame of this world into which men are born 320; considered and exposed 321-effectual, universal,
of mankind to sin and ruin in this world where God has placed them, to be looked upon as a perni
cious tendency belonging to their nature 321-of man to fall into stupid idolatry, proves the depravity
of his nature 334, 335-none in men to make their hearts better till they begin to repent of the
badness of their hearts; applied to the inability of man to convert himself 569.
TERMS-ideas of, from common sense; liability to transfer them to terms of art II. 10-also to the
operations of the mind 128-often not used by philosophers, &c., in a clear and fixed sense; change
of signification, insensible from the fact that the things signified in some generals agree 129; and
this is the great cause of prejudice and error 135-the use of, governed by general or common
TRANSPORTS-high and extraordinary of some persons III. 300.
TREATISE OF DISCOURSE ON ORIGINAL SIN-object of the work and plan II. 307.
TRIALS-meaning of III. 184; object of God in using them 209.
TRINITY-those who deny, hold more difficult views respecting God III. 539-many things about the
nature of our souls as mysterious 544.
TRUST-God represents himself in his word as trusting the profession of his people I. 122.
TRUTH-one case only in which it should be withheld from sinners in distress of conscience III. 337.
TURNBULL, Dr.-an enemy to necessity, but allows the connection of the will with the understanding
quoted II. 48-asserts that good preponderates in the world, and virtue has the ascendant, quoted
310-insists that the forces of the affections naturally in man are well proportioned, disproved;
pleads for the natural disposition to anger for injuries as being good or useful 322-admits that the
tendency of men to fall into idolatry could not arise from want of a sufficient capacity, quoted 335
-his view of the character of a good man referred to 342 Note-insists on an experimental method
of reasoning in moral matters 347 Note-accounts for general prevalence of wickedness, that in
the course of nature our senses grow first, and the animal passions get the start of reason 368-his
explanation of Phil. 2: 12, 13, 547-his words with reference to the necessity of general settled laws,
fixed certain laws, quoted 568-quotation from III. 541.
TURRETINE-quotation from III. 123 Note.
ULTIMATE END-opposite to subordinate end II. 193, 194, 196—always superior to its ultimate end 195
-called also last end 195, 196-if there be but one, the supreme end; more valued than any of
the particular means; may be one thing or many things; but can be but one last end in the actions
and operations of an agent 196-two sorts of, original and independent; consequential and de
pendent, when and how? 197—original, God's in creation 198-God's, in creating the world the
communication of himself, intended from all eternity 210-of God in providence, his last end in
creation 223 of God in creation, proved from the Scriptures to be his own glory 226-236—that
which supports the agent in any difficult work he undertakes, his ultimate and supreme end-of
creation but one 252.
UNABLE-meaning of II. 9, 10, 12, 128-used somewhat improperly when applied to the will 17-a
man cannot be said to be unable to do a thing, when he can if he now pleases, or whenever he has
a proper, direct, and immediate desire for it 103.
UNBELIEVERS-contemn the glory and excellency of Christ III. 361; how? they set nothing by the
excellency of his person; by his work and office 362; evidences of the truth of the doctrine; never
give him honor, or love, on account of it 363; no complacency in him or desires after enjoyment
of him, do not seek conformity to him 364; the fact teaches the heinousness of the sin of unbelief,
and greatness of guilt 365.
UNDERSTANDING used for faculty of perception, not reason or judgment II. 8—a spiritual, supernatural,
of divine things, which is peculiar to the saints, consists in the sensations of a new spiritual sense
III. 111, 112-distinction between a mere notional and a sense of the heart 112-spiritual, consists
primarily of taste of the moral beauty of divine things; and all that discerning and knowledge of
the things of religion which depend upon and flow from such a sense; things understood by, men.
ioned 113 from this sense arises all true experimental knowledge of religion 114-does not consist
in any new doctrinal knowledge or suggestions, &c. 116-difference between spiritual, and all
kinds and forms of enthusiasm, &c. ; they consist of impressions in the head, &c. 121.
UNION of a minister with Christ's people; an espousal to the church III. 562-in what respects 563-565
its object is their union to Christ; and its nature 565-572-to Christ of his people, variously repre-
sented IV. 69, 70; the ground of their right to his benefits 70-not given by God in reward for
faith, but because faith is itself the very act of unition on their part 71-to Christ by a natural fit.
ness, how? 72.
UNION IN PRAYER, &c.-the duty of God s people III. 429; foretold in prophecy 430-proposal of, in
a memorial sent from Scotland to America 434, 437; historical account of it 435; use 436-mo-
tives to urge to a compliance 439, 458.
UNRESOLVEDNESS, of many in religion IV. 339; the fact shown 339, 340; its unreasonableness proved;
from the high int rest of the things of religion, we are capable of rationally determining for our.
selves 341; we have opportunity; the things of choice are but few; God has given all needed
helps 342; no rason to expect better advantages; if we do not, God will determine for us; we
know not how soon the opportunity will be past 343; the truth applied 344-346.
USE-general or camon, governs in the use of terms II. 304.
USEFUL-only two ways in which man can be useful, either in acting or being acted upon IV. 301-can
be actively so only by actively glorifying God and bringing forth fruit to him 302—if they do not
so, can only be passively useful by being destroyed 304.
VICE-hateful for its nature II. 121.
VIRTUE-in God, not rewardable; reason II.85-there can be none, if choice for no good end, or
intention 116 can be promoted by God only by physical operation on the heart, or morally by
motives exhibited, or by giving will opportunity to determine itself; applied to the Arminian
scheme 117-placed by certain philosophers in public affection or general benevolence 217-and
religion, the end of God's name's sake 238-wherein its true essence consists; meaning; some.
thing beautiful; some kind of beauty or excellence; not all beauty of mankind or of the mind
called virtue; but it is the beauty of those qualities and acts of the mind that are of a moral
nature, i. e., such as are attended with a desert of praise or blame 261-true, consists in bene-
volence to Being in general; essentially consists in love 262-cannot consist in complacence or
in any benevolence that has beauty of its object as its foundation; nor in gratitude; but in a
propensity and union of heart to Being simply considered 264 degree of amiableness or valu-
ableness of, is in a proportion compounded of the degree of Being and the degree of benevolence
265-consists in love to God 266-—of the divine mind must consist in love to himself; manner in
which virtuous love in created beings one to another is dependent on and derived from love to
God 270-nothing of the nature of true, in which God is not the first and last 271-resolved by Mr.
Wollaston into an agreement of inclinations, volitions and actions with truth 276-nothing of the
nature of true, in that disposition or sense of the mind which consists in a determination to
approve or be pleased with secondary beauty simply 277-supposition that it consists in public
benevolence as some hold; instances; pirates and robbers 282-in what respects do the instincts
of nature resemble it 291-reasons why things which have not the essence of, have been mis-
taken for virtue 295-300-some appearance of benevolence in many of them; applied to the
affections of anger, gratitude, mutual affection between the sexes, pity, &c. 295 essentially
defective, because private in their nature 296-natural principles may resemble it in both its
primary and secondary operations 297-they have too the same effect, tend mostly to the good
of mankind; restrain vice and prevent wickedness 299-in what respects founded on sentiment,
and what on reason 300-304-tendency of, to treat every thing as it is, and according to its
nature 332-the nature of being a positive thing, it can proceed from nothing but God's imme-
diate influence, and must take its rise from creation or infusion by God; applied to the doctrine
of efficacious grace 569-impossible to come by it on Arminian principles 581-583.
Virtue-mistake about the nature of, the cause why many look on the doctrines of revealed religion
of little importance III. 542.
VIRTUES there are some that more especially agree with the Gospel constitution, what, &c. III. 160.
VIRTUOUS-there are qualities, sensations, propensities and affections of the mind, principles called
so, and supposed by many to have the nature of true virtue, which are entirely distinct, and have
nothing of the kind II. 271-of the same denomination with the inferior affections, and hence
these are often accounted virtuous 299.
VIRTUOUSNESS of disposition or of acts of the will, consists not in acts of the will, but wholly in
their origin or cause, according to the Arminians, absurd; its essence in their nature II. 119
120-the way men come to adopt such a view by transferring the use of language respecting
external actions to internal exercises or actions 121.
VISIBLE-meaning of the term as applied to the church, members, &c. I. 90-not all such members
of a church to be believed godly persons 92-saints, the same as converted persons 95-and
real, how related to each other 95-that may be so to God's people which is not to angels, &c.
97-importance and benefit of a visible profession, &c. 189-190.
VISIBILITY to the eye of Christian judgment, the rule of the church proceeding in admission I. 91-
not private judginent 92-of holiness iliustrated by disregard, &c. 93-the same as manifestation
or appearance to our view, &c. 95-relative 96-that which Christians had in New Testament
not of morality but of saving grace 102, 103-of saintship supposed by some not to God's honor
120 what is not a credible one? 231.
VOLITION-What II. 3-as greatest present apparent good 5, 7-object of direct, &c. 5-power of
belongs to man or the soul, not to the power of volition 18-act of, is the mind's drawing up a
conclusion or coming to a choice between two or more things proposed to it 24-has no cause of
existence in the supposed Arminian notion 25-if contingent events so, that their being or manner
is not fixed or determined by any cause or any thing antecedent, would not serve to establish
the Arminian notion of freedom of the will 32-can it come to pass not only without necessity
of constraint or co-action, but also without infallible connection with any thing foregoing? 46–
volitions the effects of their motives and necessarily connected with them 53-follows the strongest
motive 56-a comparative act 57-future of moral agents necessary if foreknown 73-occasional,
that which endeavors to avoid volitions agreeable to a fixed habit, most frequently vain 102-
must be self-caused, according to the Arminians 123-errors respecting, from transferring lan
guage applied to external actions to internal ones 126.
WARNINGS of God's word, more fitted to bring men to repentance than the rising of one from the dead
IV. 330-why? 331-God knows better what belongs to the punishment of sinners than departed
souls; we have the truth on surer grounds from God's testimony 332; his warnings have the
advantage on account of his majesty; God's concern in the affair shows its importance more 333
its tendency greater as he is our judge and is infinitely wise 334-sinners deceive themselves in
their suppositions, comparing the warnings of God to them with other things 335.
WATTS, Dr.-his notion of the pre-existence of Christ's human soul refuted III. 533-536—his scheme
makes the Son of God no distinct divine person from the Father.
WEDDING GARMENT-means true piety I. 126, 127.
WHITBY, Dr.-opposes Calvinistic opinion of liberty as agreeing with Mr. Hobbes; his own notion the
same, quoted II. 33-also claims a liberty of willing without necessity; considered 34-makes a dis-
tinction of different kinds of freedom as applied to God and to men; asserts indifference to be re-
quisite to the latter 40 note-allows the will to follow the understanding's apprehension or view of
the greatest good, &c. quoted 48, 49-his view of the acts of the will as not necessary in this connec
tion, considered 50-refutes himself 51-supposes a great difference between God's foreknowledge
and his decrees with regard to the necessity of future events, quoted 76-quotes Origen, Le
Blanc 77-maintains freedom from all. necessity requisite that actions may be worthy of blame
or praise, yet allows God is without this freedom 84-also that the same freedom is requisite to
a person's being the subject of a law, &c. and a state of trial; his view disproved by instance of
Jesus Christ 86-represents promises as motives to a person to do his duty, to be inconsistent
with a liberty not utrumlibet, but necessarily determined 91-what he considers necessary for a
state of trial 94-asserts his view of freedom from necessity essential to sin or a thing being
culpable 94, 97-denies that men are ever given up of God so that their will should be necessarily
determined to evil; yet allows bent or inclination to sin very great; inconsistent 95-asserts that
fallen man is not able to perform perfect obedience; inconsistent 97-allows concerning the will
of God, angels, &c. to be with necessity; inconsistent with his view of virtuous or vicious
actions 112-supposes such actions are not rewardable 113-asserts the agreement of Stoics
with Calvinists, yet alleges their agreement with Arminians 141-objects that the doctrine of the
necessity of men's volitions makes God the author of sin 155-the objection lies equally against
his own views 156-makes the word election signify two different things, one election to a com-
mon faith of Christianity; another a conditional election to salvation 533-holds we cannot pray
in faith for things decreed beforehand, nor for the salvation of others, if we do not know that
Christ died intentionally for their salvation 534-according to his notion of the assistance of the
Spirit, the Spirit of God does nothing in the hearts or minds of men beyond the power of the devil;
for he supposes that all that the Spirit of God does is to bring moral motives and inducements
to mind, and set them before the understanding, &c. 547-557-inconsistency, specimen of his 559.
WICKED meaning of in Scripture I. 117-the misery of the, in hell will be eternal IV. 266-useful in
their destruction only 300-not bringing forth fruit for God, are not fit for heaven 305; may be
and are useful in their destruction, and how? 304-307-nothing keeps them from hell but the mere
pleasure of God, shown because no want of power in God 313; they deserve it; under sentence
of condemnation; objects of God's anger; the devil ready to seize upon them 314-have hellish
principles in their souls; no security, because no visible means of death at hand; their natural
prudence of no avail 315; God has laid himself under no obligation to keep them out of hell 316;
application of the truths 317.
WILL-nature of, defined II. 1—Mr. Locke's definition, examined 2, 5—distinguished from desire 2
-how determined; equilibrium perfect, no volition 3-by strongest motive 8, 16, 101, 116-act of
directand immediate object of 5-kind of necessity of its acts 12-follows last dictate of under-
standing; how 8, 140-same individual will to oppose itself in its present act absurd 15, 16-may
be against future acts of will or volition 15-reason may in vain resist present acts of 17-as a
faculty, &c. must belong to any being or thing that has liberty; not an agent that has a will 18
-determining itself, an improper phrase, and why 20; the notion of the self-determining power
disproved; contradictory and impossible 21, 524-the first act not free, no others can be 22-
idea that the exertion of an act of, is the determination of the act, considered and disproved 24
-free acts of, contingent according to the Arminian notion of liberty 25-acts of, must have a
cause; absurd otherwise 29-to determine a thing, the same as for the soul to determine a
thing by willing 32-question of choosing between two things perfectly equal or indifferent;
supposition inconsistent and self-destructive 35, 37-cannot be indifferent in any of its acts 36-
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