Eliezer, the servant of Abraham, his fidelity in obtaining a wife for Isaac, I. 199- 201. Elijah, character of, III. 460, 461. The liberality of the widow of Sarepta to him, and her reward, 390-393; her son raised to life by him, 393-398. His appeal to the Israelites, 402-406. Challenge to the prophets of Baal, 406-411. Elijah visited and reproved by God, 411-415. Assured that God has a remnant in the worst of times, 415-419. Elijah and Ahab, in Naboth's vineyard, 429-435. Elijah calls down fire from heaven, 451- 455. His translation to heaven, 456— 460. Elijah's God, 460-463. prophecy of the Elijah who was to pre- cede our Lord, explained, X. 626-631. The advent of, in John the Baptist, XI. 463-468.
Eliphaz reproves Job, IV. 335-338. De- clares the security of God's people, 339- 342. Job's appeal to him, 343-347. Elisha called to the prophetic office, III. 419-423. His lamentation for the de- parture of Elijah, 458, 459; his exclama- tion on that occasion, 460–463. healing the spring with salt, 464-468. Mocked by children, 469-472. Increases the insolvent widow's oil, 472-480. His address to the woman of Shunem, and her reply, 480-483. Restores her child to life, 485, 486. Heals Naaman of his leprosy, 487-492. His reply to Naaman's case of conscience, 493-499. Protected by a chariot of fire, 502-505. He pre- dicts the atrocities of Hazael, 510-513. His reproof to Joash, 526-530. Elymas the sorcerer, struck with blindness, XIV. 410-413.
Emmaus, Christ's discourse with the Dis- ciples at, illustrated, XIII. 157-167. Emotions, by what standard to be estimated, V. 484.
Encouragement to the fearful, I. 116-118. Encouragement of David in God, III. 234-236. Encouragement to bear per- secution, XIII. 84-87; and to endure unto the end, XI. 321-323.
End of every thing to be regarded, VII. 539. The consequences of not remember- ing our latter end, IX. 319-321. Endor, witch of, consulted by Saul, III. 230-234.
Enemies, the love of, inculcated and recom-
mended, VII. 239-243. XI. 160, 161. To what extent it is to be performed, and why, 161-163. The final destruction of God's enemies, XIII. 90. Our spiritual enemies defeated by Christ, XVIII. 212. Whom Christ accounts his enemies, XIII. 62, 63; what judgment awaits them, 63, 64. The enemies of Christ smitten down by a word, XIV. 148–151. Enmity between the seed of the woman and that of the serpent, announced, I. 36-40; and developed, 50. The en- mity of man's heart against God, VIII. 351; and against his word, IX. 279–281. Its folly, 281-283. Enmity between God and sinners, described, X. 511, 512. Enoch's walking with God, and its reward, I. 56-60. His translation considered as a testimony to his faith, XIX. 378, 379; and an instruction to us, 379, 380. His prophecy of Christ's coming to judgment, XX. 563-565.
Enthusiasm, the seeking of true wisdom vindicated from the charge of, XVI. 131. Envy, nature of, II. 41, 42. VII. 251; its odiousness, 251, 252. XIII. 269; its de- structiveness, VII. 253-255; its grounds and character, III. 209, 210; its opera- tions, 210, 211; and cure, 211, 212. Evils of envy, I. 261-263. Why men take offence, III. 33. How envy may be discerned and subdued, I. 263, 264. Cautions to the envious, III. 212; and to those who are the objects of envy, 213. Envy not to be needlessly excited, or wickedly indulged, VII. 256; not to be basely feared or angrily resented, 257. Epaphras, office of, in the Colossian Church, XVIII. 266. His love manifested therein, 267. The end he aimed at, ibid. 268. Ephesus:-The power of Christ and his Gospel over Satan, illustrated in the de- moniac at Ephesus, XIV. 484-488. The effects produced by the Gospel on the Ephesians, 492. Heathenish and Chris- tian zeal compared, in the conduct of the Ephesians, 495-499. Paul's appeal to the elders of Ephesus, 505-508; parti- cularly on the duty of ministers, 508- 512; and on ministerial fidelity, 512- 519. He recommends watchfulness to them, 519-522. His farewell to them, 522-526. The epistle to the Church at Ephesus, illustrated, XXI. 26, et seq. Christ's commendation of the Ephesian Church, 31; reproof of them, 32; coun- sel, 33; and promise, 35-37. Ephraimites pacified by Gideon, III. 33 -38.
EPISTLES of the Apostles, importance of, XV. 5, 6; especially those of Paul, XVIII. 371. Christians are epistles of Christ, XVI. 439-444. The epistles to the seven Churches in Asia Minor, ex- plained, viz.:-Ephesus, XXI. 26–28; Smyrna, 39-54; Pergamos, 54—66;
Thyatira, 66-82; Sardis, 83-101; Philadelphia, 101-116; Laodicea, 117 -134. General observations on these epistles, 140-142.
Equality, scriptural, illustrated, I. 420-
Equity of Christ's government, delineated, III. 305-308. Equity of the divine pro- cedure, IV. 100-103. XX. 30-34. The equity of God's judgments displayed, IX. 392, 393; vindicated, 393-395; and improved, 395, 396. The equity of Chris- tianity, XI. 211, 212.
Equivocation, every kind of, to be shunned, I. 167.
Error in principle, necessity of the saints being purged from, XIX. 39; and why, 39-41. Preservation from error, one benefit of having the unction of the Holy One, XX. 413, 414. The spirit of error contrasted with the Spirit of truth, 475— 477. Importance of distinguishing them aright, 477, 478.
Esau, Jacob preferred before, I. 205-211. His contempt of his birthright, 212-215; is supplanted by Jacob in obtaining the blessing of Isaac, 215-221.
ciliation with Jacob, 251-255. Esteeming others above ourselves, XVIII. 45, 46. Reasonableness of this duty, 47,
48. Its excellency, 48, 49. Eternal life, Christ the one source of, XIII. 401-405; is the gift of God through God's testimony Christ, XV. 163, 164.
that eternal life is in his Son, XX. 540, 541. Eternal life, the Christian's prize, XVIII. 545, 546. The way to it ex- plained, XIX. 359, 360. The danger of departing from it, 360-362. Encourage- ment to continue in it, 362, 363. Eternity, diligence in preparing for, en- forced, V. 316; is near at hand, IX. 369 -372. XXI. 161-164. The infinite ex- cellency of eternal things, XII. 475. Address to those who are regardless of it, II. 119, 120.
Eunuch, the Ethiopian, conversion of, XIV. 343-346. His confession of faith, 347 -350.
Eutychus raised to life, XIV. 504.
Eve beguiled by the serpent, I. 19. The temptation and fall of, 25-28. made by her after her fall, 31-33. way of salvation illustrated to her, 40-
Events, all are in the disposal of God, VII. 185-188.
Evidences, importance of, for ascertaining our state before God, I. 180–183. want of evidence not the cause of men's rejection of the Gospel, XVIII. 387, 388. The propriety of considering the evidences of our religion, XX. 327. The folly of resting in them, ibid. Evils around us, danger of sanctioning, I. How alone man can be pre- 501, 502.
served from evil, IV. 94-96. No evil can befall those who dwell in God, VI. 139, 140. Piety a preservative from evil, VII. 9-15. The duty of returning good for evil, inculcated and recommended, 239-243. The sinfulness of confounding good and evil, 496-504. Evils of for- saking the fountain of living waters, IX. Evil 11-14; of backsliding, 16-19. consequences of sin, in this world and the next, 233, 234. The petition in the Lord's Prayer, for deliverance from evil, ex- Evil dispositions plained, XI. 201, 202.
and thoughts defile the soul, XII. 53, 54. When we may be said to be overcome by How we are to evil, XV. 499, 500. overcome it by good, 500. The excellence of such a conduct, 501, 502. The duty of abstaining from all appearance of evil, XVIII. 360, 361; and the importance of it, 362, 363. The love of money the root How believers are of all evil, 536-538. to be 'simple concerning evil,' XV. 594. Exaltation of Christ, a ground of joy, VI. 295-299; promised by God, VIII. 220 -222. The certainty of its accomplish- ment, 222-224. 317-320. Its necessity, XIII. 159, 160. The ends of it, XIV. 315-319. XVIII. 63. The height to which he was raised, 61, 62. The reason of it, 62, 63.
Example, the contagion of bad, to be guarded against, II. 33. V. 375. How we should follow good examples, XVIII. 103 -105. The example of Christ proposed to our imitation, XIII. 550, 551; XV. 517, 518; especially under his sufferings, VIII. 374. X. 532. XI. 591, 592. 597. The necessity of our resembling his ex- ample, XVIII. 60.-For particulars of his example, see JESUS CHRIST, § V. Excellency of Jehovah, II. 502-505; of the moral law, 416-418. Excuses made by sinners, exposed, I. 33, 34; for not engaging in the service of God, vanity of, 331, 332. By what ex- cuses men deceive their own souls, VII. 232, 233. The folly of resting in them, 233, 344. Detection and exposure of the excuses made for the disregard of reli- Folly of the gion, XVII. 254, 255. excuses urged by men for their supine- ness, XVIII. 68.
Exertion, encouragement to, IV. 103-105. Expectations, the proper measure of, XII. 49, 50.
Experience of Christians, typified by the history of the Jews, 1. 430-432. The benefit of past experience to the Jews, XIX. 349-351. Good and evil to be carefully distinguished in Christian ex- perience, III. 228, 229. Experimental religion recommended, V. 240, 241. The blessedness resulting from it, 241-243. The present experience of a Christian, VI. 12. His experience described, 137
-139; as to his retrospective testimony, 315, 316; and prospective determination, 316, 317. Address to those who can adopt this experience, 317; and to those who are strangers to it, ibid. 318. The experience of man known only to him- self, VII. 133, 134. The paradoxical experience of the Christian delineated, XVI. 541 -544. The benefit of past experience for our humiliation, XIX. 351; and for our encouragement, 352, 353.
Expostulation with the impenitent, IX. 70
I. NATURE and CHARACTERS of Faith or Believing :-Faith in Christ defined, XII. 198. 371. XIII. 358, 359. XIV. 220. XIX. 367, 368. It is a work of God, XIII. 377. Its pre-eminence above his other works, 378-380. The proper use and office of faith, I. 346. III. 216. Its object, XI. 301. Its aspect on the wel- fare and stability of the soul, XIX. 368— 370. Its discoveries, III. 503, 504. It is a full persuasion of Christ's Messiah- ship, XIII. 447; also a cordial acceptance of him, under that character, ibid. and entire devotion to him as his disciples, XIII. 447, 448. Its transcendent excel- lency, II. 568, 569. X. 371, 372. XII. 371. XVIII. 164. Its value and im- portance, VI. 185. Its efficacy as a principle, XIV. 573. Its consolations and triumphs, III. 505, 506. Its office and obligations, XIV. 587-589. The excellence of the grace of faith, V. 157. The good fight of faith described, XVIII. 543-547. The sufferings of Christ, a proper ground for faith, V. 509. The poor living by faith, X. 397-402. Dif- ferent kinds of faith in the conversion of the Samaritans, XIII. 313-316. The difference between weak and strong faith, 317-319. Faith and hope compared with charity, XVI. 341–343.
II. EXAMPLES of Faith recorded in the Scrip- tures for our instruction:-ABEL, in his offering, XIX. 371-377. ENOCH, in his walking with God, 378-381. NOAH, in his building the ark, I. 75-77. XIX. 384-388. ABRAHAM, in his journey into Canaan, I. 103. XIX. 390. In his believing the divine promises, and being justified thereby, I. 119-123; especially concerning the Promised Seed, 190-192. In his offering up Isaac, XIX. 400-407. The PATRIARCHS, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, 396-399. MOSES, in his choice, 407-412. By faith beholding the in- visible God, 412-416. His faith in relation to the Passover, 416-422. RAHAB, in concealing the spies, II. 546 -548. XIX. 428-435. The ISRAELITES, at the taking of Jericho, II. 568, 569. XIX. 422-428. GIDEON and others, 435-441. ELISHA, protected by chariots of fire, III. 502–505.
III. On the IMPORTANCE of Faith :-The office and operation of faith, XVII. 207 -209. Its importance, in general, XI. 301, 302. XIII. 1–6. XV. 115. XVII. 301; especially living by faith on Christ, XIII. 394-396. 448, 449; which is in- dispensably necessary to salvation, XV. 386; and also walking by faith, XVI. 508-512. The office of faith in the Christian's armour, XVII. 477–482. Its transcendent excellence, 483. Its use is universal, ibid. Its application easy, 484; and its success sure, 485, 486. Faith in God, the means of national and per- sonal prosperity, IV. 137–139. The dictates of faith, V. 48-50. Faith ne- cessary to a right reception of Christ, VIII. 461; and to enable us to please God, XIX. 381-383. The importance of faith in prayer, XIII. 125-129. The connexion between faith and works, I. 192. XX. 365. Faith and works equally necessary to salvation, though on different grounds, II. 339, 340. Faith necessary, that we may become subjects of the Gospel kingdom, XII. 4. Necessity of faith in Christ, to salvation, XIII. 274— 277. Our acceptance of God is in pro- portion to our faith, 318, 319. Faith in- compatible with the love of applause, 360-362. Faith in Christ, the antidote to all trouble, XIV. 19-22. An inquiry into the reality of our faith, 108-110. The law established by faith, XV. 89- 91. All men have not faith, XVIII. 402-404. It enables believers to be- hold God, XIX. 413, 414. Its advantage, 414, 415. The power of faith, I. 531. XIX. 435-441. Benefits arising from faith in Christ, XX. 356–361. Faith in Christ, enjoined, 460, 461; and by what authority, 461-463. Faith, the instru- ment by which we overcome the world, 522, 523. How Christians are to build up
themselves on their most holy faith, 567, 568. See further, JUSTIFICATION. Faithful man, character of, delineated, VII. 286, 287. The blessings reserved for such, 287, 288.
Faithfulness of God, illustrated, I. 102; especially in fulfilling his word, II. 64. 149-153; and his promises, 618-622. XIX. 340, 341. The necessity of mini- sterial faithfulness, I. 23. XI. 136. XII. 288. XVI. 199, 200. Ministerial faith- fulness delineated, X. 286–288. XII. 373, XIV. 513, 514. Faithfulness urged upon ministers, III. 435-440. VIII. 501. IX. 173, 174. XIX. 77. The re- ward of ministerial faithfulness, XIII. 100-102.
Fall of man, circumstances of, considered, I. 24-28. Excuses made after it, by our first parents, 31-33. David's fall, III.266. Causes of Solomon's fall, 365; its extent and aggravations, 366; consequences of it, 367; improvement of it, 367, 368. To what extent we may go, when we be- gin to fall, illustrated in the conduct of Peter, XII. 188-190. How the saints are kept from falling, XX. 408-410. Falsehood of the Gibeonites, exposed, II. 587, 588.
Family, the care of, illustrated in the con- duct of Abram, I. 144-150; of Job, IV. 310-314; and of David, IV. 14— 16. The destructive influence of sinners in families, VII. 397. The importance of family religion, XVI. 173—177. Famine, a punishment for sin, III. 303—
Fasting appointed by God himself, XII. 74. Benefit of fasting and prayer united, ibid. 75. Seasons of fasting and prayer, how far to be observed, IX. 543, 544. What benefit may be derived from them, VI. 224. IX. 544, 545. On what the efficacy of them depends, 545, 546. Di- rection of Jesus Christ concerning fast- ing, as a duty, XI. 213, 214. XII. 60- 66. 327. How it should be performed, XI. 215, 216; at what time, XII. 328; in what manner, ibid. and to what end, 328, 329.
Fast days, recommended, XIX. 316–322.
The conduct of God the Father towards Jesus, and the reasons of it, VIII. 385- 397. The office of God the Father in election, XX. 131, 132; and in redemp- tion, 171-174. The manifestation which Christ has given of God the Father, XIII. 210, 211. How he declared him, 211, 212. Christ's equality with the Father, 324-328; and his unity, 519- 526. XIV. 29–34. The acceptableness of Christ's voluntary undertaking to the Father, XIII. 508-510. Uses of this doctrine, 510, 511. God glorified in his
Son, XIV. 14-18. The Father com- pared to a husbandman, 51. The Father's love to Christ, 62. Hatred of Christ is hatred of the Father, 85-90. The ob- jects of the Father's love, 104, 105. In what manner he displays his love to them, 105, 106. Christ's prayer that the Father would glorify him, 111–113. 'Fathers in Christ,' address to, XX. 396. Favour of God, compared to dew, X. 149-151; bestowed sovereignly, season- ably, suitably, and faithfully, I. 225–228. importance of being in favour with God, IV. 479 482. The only substantial good, V. 20-25. The everlasting enjoy- ment of his favour the fruit of accepted prayer, VI. 59. The favour of Christ vouchsafed to those who obey him, XIV. 49. A state of favour with God, one of the benefits of justification by faith, XV. 117. A more assured sense of Christ's favour, the privilege of the victorious Christian, XXI. 64.
Fear, necessity of, I. 69. 73. The source and remedy of desponding fears, IV. 489-492. How the fear of man bringeth a snare, VII. 300, 301. The only effec- tual antidote to it, 302, 303. A dissuasive from the fear of man, VIII. 290–294. Danger of yielding to it, XII. 189, 190. Evil of the fear of man, 464, 465. Fear cast out by love, XX. 509, 510. Fear of God, or of the Lord, wherein it consists, V. 244-246. VI. 261. VII. 221, 222. 415, 416. Nature of the reve- rential fear of God, I. 241, 242. The duty of fearing God, stated and enforced, II. 419-422. Why God is to be feared, VII. 417-419. The fear of God is a principle of action, IV. 267-270. Ne- cessity of walking in the fear of God, III. 136. The character of those who fear God, V. 163, 164; their portion, 164–166. Address to those who do not fear God, 166, 167; and to those who, fearing God, yet do not experience the full comfort of it in their souls, 167. Importance of cultivating the fear of God, in our own hearts, 246, 247. A filial fear of God, recommended, V. 444. The fear of God, the only true wisdom, VI. 261-265. The confidence of those who fear God, VII. 148; and safety, 149, 150. The benefit of being in the fear of God all the day, 223, 224. Blessedness of fearing God, 378-381. Who is the only proper object of fear, 513-517. God is greatly to be feared, X. 373-377; and why, XII. 465-467. How we are to work out our salvation with fear and trembling, XVIII. 65, 66; and why, 66, 67. God to be served with reverential fear, XIX. 484-489. Necessity of it, XX. 165. The influence it should have upon us, 165–167. Fearful, encouragement to the, I. 116-118; address to them, V. 301. The fears of
those whose knowledge is yet dim, re- moved, VII. 418, 419. Their desponding fears removed, VIII. 273-278. Feasts of the Jews, explained and im- proved:-The three yearly festivals, I. 543-547. The Passover, 377–380. 382, 383. The feast of First-fruits, 644—647 ; of Trumpets, 648-652; of Tabernacles, 652-656. The Jubilee, 669–673. Feast of Purim, IV. 302–307. The Gospel feast described, VII. 610-614. Feeding, miraculous, of five thousand, XII. 380-383.
Feelings, religious to be distrusted, I. 413. Felicity. See Happiness. Felix, Paul's vindication of himself before, XIV. 547-552. The subjects of his discourse before Felix, 566, 567. The effects it produced upon Drusilla, 567; and upon Felix, 568.
Fellowship (Christian), approved of God, X. 618-622. The happiness of fellow- ship with his believing people, XIV. 8. The Christian cautioned against fellow- ship with the world, XVI. 550—552; and why, 552, 553.-See further, Com-
Festus, Paul's defence of himself before, XIV. 569-570. Vindicates his ministry to him, 577-581.
Fidelity of God, inviolable, I. 397. Fide- lity of the sacred historians, III. 219. The fidelity of the Church at Pergamos commended, XXI. 58, 59. Similar fide- lity expected from us, 59. Necessity of fidelity in the discharge of any trust con- fided to us, I. 204. Necessity of ministe- rial fidelity:-See Faithfulness. Fig-tree, the barren, cursed, literal mean- ing of, XI. 492; its prophetical meaning, 493.
Declarations founded upon it, ibid.
In what respects we resemble a barren fig-tree, XII. 503. Whence we have been spared, 504. What doom we must expect, if we continue barren, 505. Fight of faith, described, XVIII. 543— 547.
Fire of the altar, never to go out, and why, I. 598-602. Fire called down from heaven by Elijah, III. 451-455. The operations of the Holy Spirit compared to fire, XVIII. 352, 353.
Firmness in religion, necessity of, II. 365. Recommended, XXI. 61. Displayed in the character of Nehemiah, IV. 275–278. The necessity of Christian firmness, 278- 284.
First-born, privileges of, I. 212. The re- demption of, 385-389. Destruction of the first-born of the Egyptians, 383. First-fruits, feast of, was commemorative, I. 645; typical, ibid. 646; instructive, 646, 647.
First Parents.-See Adam-Eve.
Fishes, the miraculous draught of, XII. 317-321.
Flesh of Christ, the eating of, explained, XIII. 394, 395. Importance of this doctrine, 395, 396. The principles of flesh and spirit considered, in their united existence, XVII. 220; in their contrary operations, 221, 222; in their combined effects, 222, 223. Practical uses of this subject, 224, 225. The works of the flesh enumerated, 233-235; and contrasted with the fruits of the Spirit, 235, 236. The Christian's reference in respect to them both, 236, 237.
Flour (fine), use of, in the meat-offering, I. 572, 573.
Fold, the Church of God compared to a, XIII. 500. Christ the door of it, ibid. The benefits of entering therein, 501, 502. Following the Lord fully, duty of, II. 66— 68. Blessedness of doing it, 68-70. What is implied in following after God, V. 457, 458. The confidence it is calcu- lated to inspire, 458, 459. How we are to follow Christ, XI. 288–292. 458; par- ticularly as a Teacher, to instruct, XIII. 548; as a Master, to rule, 549; as a Saviour, to save, 550; and as an Example, in conduct, 550, 551. Encouragement to follow Christ, 551-556. His love to his obedient followers, XI. 391–393. XII. 25 -29; our duty to them, XI. 393–396. Address to those who profess the utmost willingness to follow Christ, XII. 393; to those who manifest a great degree of un- willingness, 394; and to those who plead for permission to delay the following of Christ, 395. Suitability of Christ's replies to these several characters, 395-397. The followers of Christ, how regarded by him, XIV. 72-74; were and are evil spoken of, 594-596; their duty, not- withstanding, 497, 598.
Folly, contrasted with wisdom, VII. 42, 43; its reward, 44. The folly of disregarding divine messages, I. 338. The folly of mankind illustrated, IV. 486, 487. worldly men, contrasted with true wisdom, V. 371-376. Of refusing submission to Christ, 531. Of making a mock at sin, VII. 128-132. The heart of the fool, why in the house of mirth, 352, 353. Of neglecting God, IX. 23-27. Of incon- sideration, X. 70-74.
Fool :-What it is to become a fool, that we may be wise, XVI. 121-124; the reasonableness of it, 124-127; and im- portance, 128-132.
Forbearance of David towards Saul, im- proved, III. 217-219.
Forbearance of God, illustrated, X. 60. XIV. 467, 468. To be admired by us, and why, I. 89. Brought to a close, IV. 226-229. Amazing, towards us, 430, 431; especially in our perverseness, VIII. 646. The approaching end of God's forbearance, IX. 342-347. Why God forbears to punish sinners, XX. 345–348.
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