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Lord's Day, the Christian Sabbath, 145, 146.
Lord's Prayer, why called so, 183.
Lord's Supper, why called so, 209.

Why ordained, 208.
What outward sign, 210. What inward part, 210. Bene-
fits we receive, 210. How soul refreshed by, 211. Who
What required of those who come
partake unworthily, 211.

to, 212. Dispositions requisite for, 212.

Love to God, tried by his law, 124. Required, 121, 128. Ne-
cessary for communicants, 212. Sign of faith, 212.
Lusts of the flesh, defined, 25. To be mortified, 25.

M

Fallen state proved,
Exposed to punish-

Man, involved in the fall of Adam, 3, 40.
4. Always described as a sinner, 4, 99.
ment here, and hereafter, 5. Natural state of, 40. Natural
inability to love God, 122.

Ministers, not to be self-appointed, 84. Our duty to them, 151.
Misery, degrees of, 109.

Murder, in what it consists, 155.

Cases of exemption, 156.

N

Name of God, 137, 186. How to be hallowed, 187.

Parents, (see Children.)

Р

Pomps and Vanity, defined, 25. To be renounced, 25.
Prayer, on forms of, 85. Promises of being heard, 134, 181, 199.
Reverence in, commanded, 139. What it is, 177. Heart to
be engaged in, 178. Divine help in, necessary, 179. What
disposition of mind necessary to, 179. Different kinds of,
Persons eminent for, 180. Frequency in, enforced,

180.

181. Times for private, 195.

To be accompanied by exertion, 195. Why called Lord's
Prayer, 183. Division of, 183.

Presbyters, office of, 80.

R

Repent, promises to those who, 15.

Repentance, nature of, 13. Éxamples of, 13. Why neces-
sary for all, 14. The gift of God, 14. Means by which pro-
duced, 16. How evidenced, 213.

Resurrection, Proofs of, 105. Will be general, 107. Effected

by virtue of Christ, 107. Instances of, 107.
Righteous, portion of, 64, 108.

Not equally glorified, 108.

S

Sabbath Day, meaning of, 143. What meant by hallowing it,
143. How to be kept holy, 145.

Sacraments, defined, 9, 204.

Saints, who are, 91.

92. Pattern, 92.

How distinguished, 91. When set apart,
Who makes them holy, 93. With whom

they hold communion, 93. Partakers of divine nature, 94.
Salvation, in what it consists, 28. Through Jesus Christ, 29,
99. Who invited to it, 28.

Saviour, types of, 98. (See Jesus and Christ.)
Servants, duty to masters, 153.

Sin, original, 13. What it is, 97, 101. Its wages, 98.

God

only can pardon, 98. Assurance of forgiveness of, 100. Pro-
ceeds from the heart, 174. Prayer to be kept from, 201.
Sinners, all men such, 99, 175.

Sincerity, evidence of, 191.

Soul, state of, after death, 104. Injury to, forbidden, 157. Re-
freshed by Lord's Supper, 210.

Spirit, (see Holy Ghost.)

Swearing, wherein its sinfulness, 142.

T

Temptation, meaning of, 200. Why God permits, 201. When
said to be led into, 200.

Trinity, proofs of, 114. Relation of each person to us, 115,

Unbelief, consequence of, 19.

U

Vanity, of the world, to be renounced, 25.

W

Wicked, punishment of, 65, 109. Degrees of misery among,

110.

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