PREFACE, p. vii—“ HUTE KAяvos,” [Like smoke.] TABLE OF CONTENTS, p. xii.
The Sermon numbered *LVIII, ought to be LIX. With this correction, the true aggregate number of Sermons in the two volumes will now be found to be CXLI. SERMON IV, p. 41.
Non persuadebis, etiamsi persuaseris: [Thou shalt not persuade me, though thou shouldst persuade me.]
SERMON XIII, p. 110. Ipso facto, [By the act itself.]
Esse quoque in fatis reminiscitur, affore tempus,
Quo mare, quo tellus, correptaque regia cali
Ardeat, et mundi moles operosa laboret.
[It is remembered also to be fated that a time will be, when the sea, the land, and the court of heaven, wrapt in flames, shall burn, and the mighty fabric of the universe shall labour.]
SERMON XX.--The Lord Oúr Righteousness.
[This Sermon, and the concessions made to Mr. Whitefield in 1743, with the hope of maintaining union with him, are instances of Mr. Wesley's anxiety to approach his Calvinistic brethren, in his modes of expression, as far as possible. In this effort he sometimes exposed himself to be misunderstood on both sides; and became afterward convinced of "a leaning to Calvinism," which he did not fail to correct. In the Minutes of 1770, he remarks:-"We said in 1744, 'We have leaned too much toward Calvinism" and then proceeds to show "wherein," and to apply the corrective. This led on to the controversy which produced the immortal Checks of Fletcher. Since that period, (so complete has been the effect of those admirable writings,) the Methodist preachers and societies have been in no danger of Calvinism; nor has there been any occasion since the Conference of 1770, to ask wherein they had leaned too much thereto.-See Watson's Life of Wesley, pp. 210-226.]
SERMON XXVIII, p. 263.
Linquenda tellus, et domus, et placens Uxor: nec harum quas seris arborum Te, præter invisam cupressum,
Ulla brevem dominum sequetur!
[Your land, and house, and pleasing wife, must be left behind; nor of these trees which you plant, will any, except the hated cypress, follow you, their short-lived lord!]
SERMON XXXVII, p. 330. Evoraopos, [Enthusiasm.]
Quæritur, Egysthus quare sit factus adulter?
In promptu causa est: desidiosus erat.
[Is it asked why Egysthus became an adulterer? The cause is obvious: he was slothful.]
VOLUME II.
SERMON LXXIX, p. 157.
Mens agitans molem, et magno se corpore miscens:
[The Soul that pervades and actuates the whole fabric of the universe.]
Mens agitans molem, et magno se corpore miscens : [For a translation see the preceding note.]
SERMON LXXXIV, p. 194.
Nec me, qui cætera vincit
Impetus, et rapido contrarius evehor orbi.
[I am carried on against the rapid current of the world; nor does its force, which conquers others, conquer me.]
SERMON LXXXIX, p. 226.
Virum volitare per ora. [To be in every body's mouth.]
SERMON XCII, p. 250.
Populus me sibilat, at mihi plaudo
Ipse domi quoties nummos contemplor in arcâ.
[The people hiss me, but I applaud myself while at home I gaze upon my hoarded money.]
SERMON XCIII, p. 260.
Eutrapelus, cuicunque nocere volebat,
Vestimenta dabat pretiosa.
[Eutrapelus, whenever he wished to injure any one, made him a present of a suit of fine clothes.]
Homo sum: humani nihil a me alienum puto!
I am a man: I take an interest in whatever relates to man.]
Qualia nunc hominum producit corpora tellus. [Men of such stature as the earth now produces.]
Difficilis, querulus, laudator temporis acti Se puero, censor, castigatorque minorum.
[Hard to please, querulous, praising the time when they were boys, and censorious reprovers of the young.]
Multa diu concreta modis inolescere miris.
Ergo exercentur penis.
Alia panduntur inanes
Suspensa ad ventos: aliis sub gurgite vasto
Infectum eluitur scelus, aut exuritur igni.
[Of necessity, many long accumulated crimes wonderfully adhere [to the souls of the wicked.] Hence they are plied with expiatory tortures.
Some are hung up to the subtile winds. From others the deep dyed guilt is washed away under a vast whirlpool, or is burnt out by fire.]
SERMON CXXIV.-On the Wedding Garment.
[In Mr. Wesley's Journal for March, 1790, he says, “ Friday, 26.—I finished my sermon on the Wedding Garment; perhaps the last that I shall write. My eyes are now waxed dim; my natural force is abated. However, while I can, I would fain do a little for God before I drop into the dust."]
The Roman numerals refer to the volumes; the Arabic figures to the pages.
Ability of the Lord to save his people | Angels, the existence of, discovered by
from all sin, i, 122 Abstinence, what, i, 246
Abyssinia, state of, in regard to religion, ii, 436
Account, which every one must render to God, i, 453
Actions of men, none of them purely in- different, i, 456
Adam, the representative of all men, i, 46 sentence of God upon, ii, 33 Adamic Perfection, what, ii, 168 Addison, quotation from, ii, 232, 346, i, 418
Adoption, Spirit of, described, i, 81 Adrian, the emperor, address of, to his soul, ii, 131, 425
Advice proper to be given to an awaken- ed person, i, 145
Affliction, advantages of, ii, 481-the voice of God, ii, 525 Africans, wretched state of the, ii, 122 Ayarn, explained, ii, 280 Ayadosnya, explained, i, 266 Age, the effects of, ii, 35
Aged people, duty of, to avoid public versions, ii, 529 Αγιον, το, what, i, 283 Ayvn, explained, i, 310
faith, ii, 407-the nature of, ii, 134, 140-address to the, ii, 490
Angelic Perfection, what, ii, 168 Anger, a disease of human nature, ii,
310-the sin of indulging, i, 189—sin- ful, a cause of spiritual darkness, i, 411-inconsistent with Christian zeal, ii, 291-engendered by gay apparel, ii, 260
Animals, creation of, ii, 23 Animals, our ignorance of many of the, ii, 120
Animated Nature, future state of, ii, 86 Annesley, Dr., quotation from, ii, 381 Antinomianism, what, i, 176, 225-in the primitive Church, ii, 61-practical, not uncommon, i, 321 AvonTous, explained, ii, 251 Av0owTivos, explained, ii, 213 Apathy, not Christian meekness, i, 188 Aravyaopa, explained, i, 210, 309 Apostates, misery of, i, 214-possibility of their finding mercy, ii, 247 Apparel, costly, to be avoided, ii, 259 di-Arians, deny the imputation of Christ's righteousness, i, 174-know Christ after the flesh, ii, 442 Armour of God, what, ii, 146 Arrogance, to be avoided, ii, 346 Artificers, guided by reason, ii, 128 Assembly's Catechism, quoted, ii, 430 Assizes, description of an, i, 126 Astronomers, contradictory calculations of, ii, 118
Αγωνίζεσθε εισελθειν, explained, i, 290 Air, original state of the, ii, 27-our ig- norance of its nature, ii, 119-state of, in the new earth, ii, 84 AlaZovela, what, ii, 188, 252
, explained, i, 238 Almost Christian, the, described, i, 20 Alms, to be given with a pure intention, i, 233
American Indians, state of the, ii, 122 American war, misery of the people, during the, i, 517
Ananias and Sapphira, the case of, ii, 60 Ancient writers, prejudices in favour of, ii, 358
Ανετράφημεν, explained, i, 103
Angel, no proof that one attends every man, ii, 142
Athanasian Creed, remarks upon the, ii, 21
Atheism, described, i, 483-a disease of human nature, ii, 309, 474-inculcated under various names, ii, 433- tical, produced by riches, ii, 398 A0ɛot, who, i. 394; ii, 192 Atheists, account of two, ii, 483 Atmosphere, original state of the, ii, 28 Atonement, cannot be made by the sin ner, i, 182
Atterbury, Bishop, anecdote of, ii, 278
Attributes. of God, described, ii, 429- destroyed by the doctrine of absolute predestination, i, 488
Augustine, character of, ii, 110-quoted, ii, 77, 107, 238, 366
Auto da Fés, account of, by Dr. Geddes, ii, 286
Awakened Sinner, described, i, 78
Babe in Christ, experience of a, ii, 221 Babes in Christ, who, ii, 410-free from
the power of sin, i, 359 Backbiting, what, i, 433 Backsliders, despair of many, ii, 239— may be restoreu, ii, 247 Balaam, address of, to Balak, ii, 378 Baptism, not the new birth, i, 404— grace of, often lost, i, 161, 406-does not supersede the necessity of the new birth, i, 160
Barclay, Robert, denied the imputation of Christ's righteousness, i, 175 Barnabas, contention of, with Paul, i, 165, 195; ii, 281
Baronet, a rich, annoyed by a puff of smoke, ii, 257, 400 Βαττολογήσετε, explained, i, 235 Baxter, striking quotation from, ii, 89- mistake of, corrected, ii, 295 Beggar, affecting case of a, ii, 419 Beggars, common, the question of re- lieving, ii, 419
Behmen, Jacob, strange conceit of, ii, 85 Believing the Gospel, explained and en- forced, i, 67
Believers, in Christ Jesus, who, i, 68 Beliarmine, dying saying of, i, 172 Beneficence, a source of enjoyment, ii, 230-recommended, ii, 452 Bengelius, calculation of, referred to, i, 491-his doubts respecting 1 John v, 7, ii, 21
Bentley, Dr., haughtiness of, ii, 346 Bereans, blessing of God upon the, in searching the Scriptures, i, 141 Bible, various editions of the English, mentioned, ii, 280
Bigotry, defined, i, 345-the evil of, i, 345
Birds, creation of, ii, 29—our ignorance of, in several respects, ii, 120 Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, what, ii, 245
Blasphemy of complaining that the terms of the Christian covenant are too se- vere, i, 153
Blessedness of those that hunger and thirst after righteousness, i, 192 Boarding Schools, ev.ls of, ii, 306 Body, human, description of the. ii, 402 -entrusted to men by God, i, 450— influence of, upon the soul, ii, 34-not the seat of sin, ii, 172-imperfections of, ii, 479-the four elements com- bined in the, ii, 402-a source of tempt-
ation, ii, 214, 480-difference between a mortal and a glorified, ii, 510-our gnorance of many things relating to our, ii, 120-not to be transparent, ii, 85
Bodily disorders, a cause of spiritual heaviness, 1, 4:20
Bondage, spirit of, described, i, 78 Born of God, in what sense he that is, sinneth not, i, 16
Brerewood, Mr., his calculations respect- ing the state of the world, ii, 74, 436, Breathing, described, ii, 402 | Broad way, what, i, 287 Brute Creation, original state of the, ii, 50
Brutes, subjected to vanity, ii, 53—fu ture state of, ii, 54-conjecture con cerning, ii, 55
Building upon a rock, i, 301-upon the sand, what, i, 299
Bull, Bishop, erroneous doctrines of, ii, 493
Burkitt, Mr., mistake of, ii, 456 Bunyan, John, inconsistency of, ii, 176 Burlomachi, Mons., treatise of, censured, ii, 433
Business, best way of transacting, ii, 269
Calvin, quoted respecting the imputa- tion of Christ's righteousness, i, 173— did not separate from the church, ii, 374-burned Servetus alive, ii, 21 Calvinists, prove that opinion is not re- ligion, ii, 20
Campbell, Mr., opinion of, refuted, ii, 467
Cards, remarks upon playing at, ii, 272 Care, anxious, forbidden, i, 273 Cuses of Conscience, solved by the help of reason, ii, 129
Catholic Spirit, defined, i, 354-illustra trated, i, 347-distinguished from La- titudinarianism, and indifference to congregations, i, 353
Catacombs of Rome, mentioned, ii, 358 Ceremonies, not true religion, i, 61 Chadsey, Eliz., case of, ii, 216 Characters of all men will be unfolded in the day of judgment, i, 129 Xapaktno, explained, i, 210 Charles XII., death of, ii, 463 Charity, properties of, i, 193-the exer- cise of, a consequence of the fall, ii, 46
Chesterfield, Lord, infamous principles of, ii, 345, 477 Children, the souls of, to be cared for, ii, 302-how to be instructed, ii, 304, 431 -right management of, ii, 310-pro- per food of, ii, 314-obedience due from, to their parents, ii, 317-re- marks upon the dress of, ii, 321-the bequeathment of property to, i, 446
China, the empire of, ii, 364 Χρησευεται, explained, i, 193 Christ, the person of, ii, 533—the true God, ii, 178-the Creator and Pre- server of all things, ii, 178-eternal life, ii, 180-condescension of, ii, 234 Christian, a, altogether, i, 23-character of a, described, ii, 390 Christian's joy, ground of, i, 105 Christian Perfection, what, ii, 168. Perfection
Christian world, state of the, ii, 75 Christian Church, state of, in different ages, ii, 109, 360
Christian Revelation, overthrown by the doctrine of absolute predestination, i,
486 Christians, character of real, ii, 423, 434 -two orders of, from the beginning, ii, 267--real, the special care of divine Providence, ii, 104-character of, in Jerusalem, ii, 59-in the Turkish do- minions, character of, ii, 75—profess- ed, wicked lives of, ii, 65 Christianity, in its native form, i, 209- essentially a social religion, i, 211– difference between, and heathenisin, i, 397-different from morality, ii, 485 -causes of the inefficacy of, ii, 435- existing in individuals, i, 34-spread- ing from one to another, i, 37-cover- ing the earth, i, 39 Church, peculiar meaning of the term, i, 438--the ambiguity of the term, ii, 154-who constitute the true, ii, 155, 156-unity of, ii, 156-why denomi- nated holy, ii, 160-state of, in the earliest ages, ii, 60, 371-state of, in modern ages, ii, 64-glory of, in the latter day, ii, 81
ii, 364-heat of, when returning from the sun, i, 132
Comfort, promised to Christian mourn- ers, i, 186
Comparative Divinity, beautiful view of, ii, 289, 292
Communion, duty of constant, ii, 350 Commandments, guilt and doom of those who teach men to break them, i, 224 Commutation of duties, not allowed by God, i, 190
Compliments, the term censured, ii, 278 Concupiscence, what, ii, 432 Condemnation, believers free from, i, 70 Condition of Justification, what, i, 50 Conference, debate in the, on leaving the Church, ii, 369
Conformity to the world, what, ii, 258 Conscience, defined, i, 101; ii, 377, 479 -several sorts of, ii, 380-rule of, i, 102-good, the same as a conscience void of offence, i, 102 Constantine, injury done to Christianity by, ii, 63, 266, 361
Contemplation, holy, not the whole of religious worship, i, 218 Contempt of inferiors, produced by riches, ii, 400
Contests about religion, described, i, 169 Conventice Act, put in force against the Methodists, ii, 393
Convents, origin of, ii, 374 Conversation, uncharitable, Christians guilty of, i, 119 Conversation, advice respecting, ii, 200 Conviction of sin, described, i, 78; ii, 483-produced by the law, i, 312– manner in which it is generally pro- duced, i, 145-why often ineffectual, i, 431
the power of, ii, 284
Conviction, of demerit and helplessness in believers, i, 125
Correction, necessity of, in regard to children, ii, 303
Church of England, what, ii, 157- -re-Convincing speech, singular instance of marks on attending the service of, ii, 368-several of the members of, know nothing of the imputation of Christ's righteousness, i, 175-attachment of the first Methodists to, i, 496 Church of Rome, idolatry of, ii, 185 Cicero, remarkable saying of, ii, 68- quoted, on Providence, ii, 99 Clarendon, Lord, refusal of, to employ spies, i, 519
Clarke, Dr. Adam, his account of one of Mr. Wesley's Sermons, ii, 491 Clergy, the character of, in different ages, ii, 370-ungodly, ministry of, ii, 372
Clergyman, wicked folly of a, ii, 449 Circumcision of the heart, defined, i, 148
Circumstances which will precede and follow the general judgment, i, 126 Collier at Kingswood, remarkable ac- count of a, ii, 244 Comets, our ignorance of their nature, ii, 28, 118-matter pervaded by the,
Corrupting the word of God, means of, ii, 503
Corruption of the heart, described, i, 64 Courteousness, enforced, ii, 348 Covenant of works, what, i, 56 Covenant of Grace, difference between, and the covenant of works, i, 56 Covetousness, described, ii, 490—in the heart of a believer, i, 118 Cowley, quoted, ii, 261, 482 Creation, the work of Christ, ii, 178- original state of the, ii, 25 Cross, taking up the, what, i, 429-ne- cessity of, 1, 430
Cudworth, William, separation of, from Mr. Whitefield, i, 497 Cure of evil speaking, what, i, 435 Custom, the Pharisees not governed by, i, 227
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