it, iii. 77. Farther thoughts thereon, iii. 474, 475. The felicity of that state, 408.
Middleton, Dr. Conyers, his allegorical interpretation of the human fall confidered, vi. 102, &c. note.
Milton, his fublime definition of fate, i. 323. His poignant reply to Charles the Second, iv. 142.
Minifters, like officers in an army. v. 188. Confidered as di- vided into two bands, vi. 243. Should be fupported, so as to be feparated from unneceffary avocations, iii. 71. Should not dare to temporize in holy things, 133. A curfe pro- nounced on thofe who do, ibid. A review of a minifter's palt unfaithfulness, how pungent to himfelf muft the recol- lection be on a dying-bed, exemplified in two inftances, ibid. note. An affiduous one, his fupport when dying, iv. 164. The duplicity of one, 151. The proper pre-requifites for the minifterial function, iii. 8.
Miracles, of Chrift, fupply an argument in favour of neceffity, vi. 58, 59.
Mifery, infeparable from vice, vi. 44-47.
Monarchy, John Goodwin's abhorrence of it, i. xxxvii, xxxviii.
Montefquieu, acknowledges the incompatibility of human free- agency with God's omnipotence, i. 194. note. The manner in which he fuppofes a Mahometan Free-willer to reafon on that fubject, ibid. The unavoidable alternative to which that train of reafoning reduces the point, ibid.
Moral demeanor, ought to be as becometh the gospel of Chrift, iii. 163. and note. Moral and political moderation recom- mended, 298.
abfolute neceffity, 21. 37.
Not inconfiftent with the most
More, Sir Thomas, Lord Chancellor, fuppofed faving faith to be in a man's own power, i. 228.
Mofheim, his account of the adminiftration of King Charles the Firit, and Archbishop Laud, ii. 235.
Motion, God the immediate mover of all things, according to the philofophy of Bradwardin, i. 193. and of Dr. Barnes, 235, 236.
Motives, intelligent beings neceffarily determined by them, vi.
Motto, an excellent one, vi. 167.
Moulin, Monfieur de, a faying of his, ii. 170, 171. note. Mountagu, Dr. James (Bishop of Winchelter) his account of Edward the Sixth, i. 58.
Richard, a fiery Arminian, confuted by Bishop Carle- ton, ii. 265. note. Imprudently exalted to the mitre after- wards by Charles I. ibid. Other particulars concerning him, 287, 288, 289. Mufculus, Wolfgangus, Divinity-profeffor at Berne, his Common Places tranflated into English, for the inftruction of the clergy and laity, with a Preface by Archbishop Parker, ii. 155, 156.
NATIONAL debt, thoughts on, iii. 476. and improvement,
Natural history, a sketch of, iv. 211, &c.
Neceffity, perfectly compatible with voluntary choice, or free- agency, i. 157. note. 205. v. 395. 410.417. 426. God's fore- knowledge cannot be maintained without it, i. 194. note. Mali- cious and abfurd inferences, drawn by the council of Con- ftance, from the doctrine of neceflity, 163, 164. note. Wickliff a ftrong neceffitarian, 177. 180. 182. 184. According to Bradwardin, the divine will is the grand neceffitating prin- ciple, 197, 198. (See the article Fate.) Whether the human will be exempted from neceflity, 207, 208. 225. Chriftian and philofophical afferted, vi. 17, &c. Signification of the word defined, iii. 397. vi. 18. Etymology of the term, 19. Diftinguished into two forts, 20. Has place in the divine nature, 37. Moft harmoniously confiftent with the morality of action, ibid. The daughter of predeftination, 46. note. The doctrine of the Bible at large, 47-56. and of Chrift in particular, 56-72. Effential to the happiness of God, 62, 63. note. Life and death entirely governed by it, 80-87. Not a gloomy fyftem, 119-126. But the only cheerful fcheme of any, 34. 88-9z. Calculated to impress the heart with the love of every chriftian and moral virtue, 91. The doctrine of the church, of England, 110. God himfelf a ne- ceffary being, 93. The chriftian neceflity does not superfede the use of rational means, 58. 68. 84. 105. 108. Nor make God the author of fin, 147-147. Differs from the neceffity of the ancient heathens, 76. And from that of the Mani- chwans, 104. Arminians themfelves forced to make neceflity their ultimate refuge, 110. General remark on the prefent rapid progrefs of doctrinal neceflity, 113.
Negro, a fpeech of one, peculiarly bleffed to Lord Craven, iv.
Neighbour, not loving him as ourselves a proof that we are law- breakers, iii. 275.
Newman, Mr. John, the martyr, ii. 43.
Newton, Bishop, acknowledges a doctrinal affinity between the ancient Albigenfes and the modern Calvinits, i. 138. His account of Wickliff, i. 182. 184.
Newton, Rev. Mr. an extract from, v. 176. note.
New-year's-day, a meditation for, iii. 405.
Nicene Creed, hiftory of, iii. 443.
Nicholas, Henry, the founder of the Familiits, or Ranters, i. 105, 106.
Norfolk and Suffolk, inhabitants of, join in a religious remon ffrance against Popery, ii. 103.
Nowel, Dr. Alexander, Dean of St. Paul's, fome account of him, i. 138, 139. note. Was probably concerned in drawing up Ponet's catechifm, 251. Publishes an improved edition of that catechifm, in the reign of Elizabeth, 55.134. Extracted from it, by Heylin, ii. 137, 138.
Nowel, Dr. of Oxford, a letter to him, v. 10, &c.
OBEDIENCE of Chrift, at once moral, and meritorious, and praife-worthy, and neceffary, vi. 21. 37. See Righteousness. Objects, external, fupply the foul with all its rudiments of know- ledge, vi. 28. 30.
Obfervations and reflections, under their respective heads, iv. 275-328.
Oliver, Dr. the grace of God powerfully displayed in him,
Omens, confidered, not always to be regarded, nor to be con- ftantly defpifed, iv. 192.
Omniscience of God, i. 193-195.
Organization, corporeal, of valt importance to mental exertion, vi. 25, 26, 27. note. 32. 33.
Origin of evil, wrapt up in obfcurity, iii. 278, 279.
Original fin, i. 256, 257. 280, 281. Its effect on the human will, 281, 282, 283. ii. 98. 194. 198. Incompatible with the Popish and Arminian doctrine of free-agency, ii. 90, 91. An hereditary derivation, iii. 29. Chritt conceived and born without it, 71. An effay thereon, 349. Admitting the be- lief of it, anfwers many objections, 358. Refident in us, 362. Important confequences deducible from the fcripture doctrine of it, ibid. Farther confiderations, vi. 132. Could not have taken place without divine permiflion, 94, 95. 101, 102. The reafon of that permiffion not to be daringly en- quired into, 95. 101, 102, 103. To deny that our first pa- rents fell neceffarily, is to annihilate the divinity of the chriftian religion, 95. Dr. Middleton's fcheme confidered, 102, 103. note.
Orleans, Maid of, an account of her, ii. 418.
Overal, Dr. John, Dean of St. Paul's, afterwards Bishop of Norwich, frightened by King James at the Hampton-court conference, ii. 236. Afferts the poffibility of total apoltacy, and in the fame breath denies it, 237. Very orthodox in the doctrine of election, ibid.
Oxford. See Universities.
ANTING after inward conformity to the divine image, a fure fign of effectual grace, iii. 331.
Paracelfus, his felf opinion, vi. 140.
Paris, Matthew, his character of Bishop Grofthead, i. 173. note. Parker, Dr. Matthew, Archbishop of Canterbury, concerned in an edition of the English Bible, ii. 113, 114. Extracts of it, ibid. 115. Revifes and approves the paper of advice for con- fining all the Freewill-men in one caftle, 146. The translation of Mufculus's Common Places dedicated to him, and supposed to be prefaced by him, 155. Attefts his approbation of the Geneva Bible, in a letter to Secretary Cecil, 156. Parkhurst, Bishop of Norwich, concerned in what was called the Bishop's Bible, ii. 114. His opinion of Zanchius, 305. Palages, excellent ones, or a little abbreviature of divinity, felected for their fuperior excellency, by Mr. Toplady; they are arranged alphabetically under their refpective fubjects, iv. 331.
Patriotism, thoughts on, iii. 448.
Paul, St. a remarkable defcription of his perfon, iii. 484. Paul's Crofs, London, fome account of, ii. 222-224. note. Arminian books burned there, by the command of James the First, ibid.
Pearson, Dr. John, Bishop of Chester, remarkable anecdote of, related by Dr. Edwards, ii. 310. Pelagianifm, artfully palliated and qualified by Julian of Eclana, i. xxxi, xxxii. Two of its distinguishing principles, ibid. Firft ufhered in by Arianifm, 47, 48. Some more of its con- ftituent branches, 50. 111. 130. note. Bradwardin's account of its great progrefs in the fourteenth century, 190. Pelagians. See Free-willers.
Pelagius, fummary of his doctrine concerning predeftination and free-will, given in his own words, i. 170-172. With Beda's refutation of it, paragraph by paragraph, ibid. More con- cerning him, iii. 113. note. ii. 115.
Perfection, doctrine of, a tenet raked from the dunghills of Pela- gianifin and Ranterifm, i. 106. Afcribed by Mahometans to Mahomet, 219. Bishop Latimer's tellimony against it, 294. Adopted by the church of Rome, 77. 238. Judiciously fifted by Sir Francis Knollis, ii. 141. and by Archbishop Grindal, 162. Doctrine of, flatly contrary to Scripture, vi. 55. A branch of Manichæifm, 104.
Perfecution, on a religious account, utterly inconfiftent with every right of human nature, i. xi. xxiv. xxv. ibid. note. The wrong effect which the ceffation of it has had on the zeal and faith of the Proteftant churches, 122. Perfecutions endured by the Frotestants in Holland at the hand of the firft Arminians, ii. 221. 267, 268. Whether the fynod of Dort can be faid to have perfecuted the Arminians, 268, 269.
Permiffion, not eafily diftinguishable from defign, v. 391. Perfeverance to the end, infeparable from election and faith, i. xxvii. xxix. 209, 210. 226. 264, 265. 302. 305. 311, 312. 319. 340. ii. 47. 71. 74. 83. 99. 121. 127. 195. 237. Bi- hop Saunderfon's judgment of, 306. 309. Has no tendency
to licentioufnefs, 101. King James the Firft's exuberant zeal for the doctrine of final perfeverance, 221, 222. 224, 225. Afferted by that Prince to be the doctrine of the church of England, 224-226. Mrs. Rowe's fine view of it, iii. 134. and Dr. Nowels dark gloffary on it, vi. 116, 117. The bleffing of it, vi. 147. The gift of God, ibid. The doctrine of it confidered, v. 386, 387. 440. Strictly philofophical, vi. 29. note. An Effay on Final Perfeverance, v. 476.
Perfian Mahometans, follow the free-will fyftem of Hali, i. 194.
Pharaoh, Bucer's reflection on the obduration of that Prince, i. 317.
Pharifces, always did and will continue to murmur at the gospel, iii. 243:
Philip, King of England and Spain, the probable caufe of his preferving the Princefs (afterwards Queen) Elizabeth from the axe, ii. 105, 106. Interferes with his confort Mary in behalf of the English Proteflants, 149.
Philip III. of Spain, foments Arminianifm in the Dutch Pro- vinces, and why, ii. 241, 242.
Philofophers, heathen, their notions of fallen fpirits, iii. 352. The order in which they feem to have confidered the chain of events, vi. 19, 20. note. Utterly unable to account for the origin of evil, 98, 94, 100. note. Philofophers, fome modern ones, feem to overlook the agreement of neceflity with predeftination, 46. note. The odd manner in which three of them lately reafoned, 105, 106. 111, 112. Philpot, Mr. John, the martyr, a remarkable letter of his, con- cerning the free-willers, i. 60. Another of his, concerning that fect, 77. Some account of him, 80. Defies his Popifh judges to anfwer Calvin's Inftitutions, S. Afferts predefti- nation to have been univerfally held by the Proteftant divines, Extracts from fome of his letters, 83-85. Traduced as an Antinomian by the Free-willers of that age, and why, ibid. 87. Appears to have had an hand in reviling Ponet's cate- chifm, 134.
Pia et Catholica Inftitutio, a Popish book fo entitled, the ufe Bishop Bonner made of it, ii. 20. note.
Pilkington, Dr. James, Bishop of Durham, preaches a fermon at Cambridge in honour of Bucer and Fagius, ii. 189.
Pionius, a primitive chriftian in the fecond century, his devout with, i. 135, 135.
Plagiarifm, an initance of it, and how detected, iv. 186. Of Mr. Welley pointed oat, in feveral extracts, v. 453-463. Plague in London, during that time a great out-pouring of God's fpirit, iv. 147.
Plurality of perfons in the divine effence confidered, iii. 137. Poems, juvenile, vi. 313. 402.
in mature years, vi. 403-432.
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