ADAM, first and secund, Psalm 8.
Afflicted, pity to them, 35, 41; supported, 55,
145, 146; their prayer, 102, 143; happy, 73,
94, 119, 14th part.
Afflictions, hope in them, 13, 42, 76; support,
119, 14th part; instruction by them, 94, 119,
18th part; sanctified, 94, 119, 18th part;
courage in them, 119, 17th part; removed
by prayer, 34, 107; submission to them, 39,
123, 131; in mind and body, 143; trying
our graces, 66, 119, 17th part; without
rejection, 89; of saints and sinners differ-
ent, 94; gentle, 103; moderated, 125; very
great, 77, 102, 143.
Aged saint's reflection, 71.
All-seeing God, 139.
Angels, guardian, 34, 91; all subject to Christ,
89; worship Christ, 97; praise the Lord,
103; present in churches, 138.
Appeal to God against persecutors, 7; con-
cerning our sincerity, 139; humility, 131;
Searcher of hearts, 119, 21st part.
Ascension of Christ, 24, 47, 68, 110.
Assistance from God, 138, 144.
Atheism of the heart, 54; practical, 12, 14,
36; punished, 10.
Attributes of God, 36, 111, 145, 147,
Authority from God, 75, 82.
Backsliding, 25; restored, 51; pardoned, 78,
Blessing of God in this life, 127.
Blessings of a family, 128, 133; of a nation,
144, 157; of the country, 65, 147; of a per-
son, 1, 32, 112.
Blood of Christ cleansing, 51, 69.
Book of nature and scripture, 19, 119, 4th
part; happiness, 147.
Brotherly love, 133; reproof, 141.
Business of life blest, 127.
Care of God over his saints, 34.
Charity to the poor, 37, 41, 112; and justice
15, 112; mixed with imprecations, 35,
Children praising God, 8; blessings, 127, 123;
instructed, 34, 78.
Christ the second Adam, 8; his all-sum-
ciency, 16; his ascension, 24, 68, 110; the
church's foundation, 118; the shepherd,
23; his coming, the signs of it, 12; cove
nant made with him, 89; first and second
coming, 96, 97, 98; the true David, 35, 89;
his death and resurrection, 16, 22, 69; the
eternal Creator, 112; exalted to the king.
dom, 2, 8, 21, 72, 110; our example, 109
faith in his blood, 41; God and man, 86;
his Godhead, 102; our hope, 4, 51; his in-
carnation and sacrifice, 40; the king and
the church his spouse, 45; his kingdom
among Gentiles, 72, 87, 132; his love to
enemies, 35, 109; his majesty, 97, 99; his
mediatorial kingdom, 89, 110; his obe-
dience and death, 69; his personal glories,
45; priest and king, 110; his resurrection
on the Lord's day, 118; our strength and
righteousness, 71; his sufferings and king-
dom, 2, 22, 69; his sufferings, 69; his zeal
and reproaches, 69.
Christians, qualifications, 15, 24; church
made of Jews and Gentiles, 87.
Church, its beauty, 45, 48, 112; the birth-place
of saints, 87; built on Jesus Christ, 118;
delight and safety in it, 27, 48, 84; destruc-
tion of enemies proceeds thence, 70; ga-
thered and settled, 132; privileges, 132;
of the Gentiles, 45, 47; God fights for her,
10, 20, 46; God's presence there, 84, 132;
God's special delight, 87, 132; God's ga
den, 92; going to it, 122; the house and
care of God, 135; of the Jews and Gen-
tiles, 87; its increase, 67; prayer in distress,
80; restored by prayer, 85, 102, 107; its
safety, 46; is the safety and honour of a
nation, 48; the spouse of Christ, 45; its
worship and order, 48; wrath against ene-
mies proceeds thence, 76.
Comfort, holiness and pardon, 4, 32, 119, 11th
and 12th parts; and support in God, 16, 94;
from ancient providence, 77, 143; of life
blest, 127; and pardon, 130.
Company of saints, 16, 109.
Complaint of absence from public worship,
42; of sickness, 3; desertion, 13, 88; pride,
atheism, 10, 12; of temptations, 13; ge-
neral, 102; of quarrelsome neighbours, 120;
of afflictions in mind and body, 143.
Compassion of God, 113, 145, 147.
Communion of saints, 106, 133.
Confession of our poverty, 16; of sin, repent-
ance, and pardon, 32, 38, 51, 130, 143.
Conscience, tender, 119, 13th part; its guilt
relieved, 32, 38, 51, 130.
Contention complained of, 120.
Converse with God, 63, 119, 2d part.
Conversion and joy, 126; at the ascension
of Christ, 110; of Jews and Gentiles, 87, 96,
Corruption of manners general, 11, 12.
Counsel and support from God, 16, 119.
Courage in death, 16, 17, 71; in persecution,
119, 17th part.
Covenant made with Christ, 89; of grace
unchangeable, 89, 106.
Direction and pardon, 23; and defence prayer.
for, 5; and hope, 42.
Disease. See Sickness.
Distress of soul, 25; relieved, 51, 88, 130,
Dominion over creatures, 8.
Doubts suppressed, 3, 31, 143.
Drunkard and glutton, 117, 79,
Duty to God and man, 15, 24.
Education, religious, 34, 78.
Egypt's plagues, 105.
End of the righteous and wicked, 1, 37.
Enemies overcome, 18; prayed for, 35, 119;
destroyed, 12, 48, 70.
Envy and unbelief cured, 37, 49.
Equity and wisdom of providence, 9.
Evening psalm, 4, 139, 141.
Evidences of grace, 26; of sincerity, 18, 19,
139.
Evil times, 12; neighbours, 120; magistrates,
11, 58, 82.
Exaltation of Christ to the kingdom, 2, 21, 22,
69, 72, 110.
Examination, 26, 139.
Exhortations to peace, 34.
Faith of persecuted saints, 35; in the blood
of Christ, 32, 51; in divine grace and power,
62, 130.
Creation and providence, 33, 104, 135, 136, Faithfulness of God, 39, 105, 111, 145, 146;
147, 148.
of man, 15, 141.
Creatures, no trust in them, 34, 62, 146; vain, Falsehoods, 12; deliverance from them, 22,
33; praising God, 148.
Family government, 101; love and worship,
Fears and doubts suppressed, 3, 31, 34; in
133; blessings, 128.
the worship of God, 89, 99; of God, 119,
13th part.
Day of humiliation in war, 60.
Death and resurrection of Christ, 16, 69; of
saints and sinners, 17, 37, 49; and sufferings
of Christ, 22, 69; deliverance from it, 31;
and pride, 49; and the resurrection, 49, 71,
89; courage in it, 16, 17, 23; the effect of
sin, 90.
Defence in God, 3, 121; and salvation in God, Fretfulness discouraged, 37.
18, 61.
Delaying sinners warned, 95.
Flattery complained of, 12, 36.
Formal worship, 50.
Frailty of man, 89, 90, 144.
Friendship, its blessings, 133; unfaithful
friends, 31.
Gentiles given to Christ, 2, 22, 72; church,
45, 65, 72, 87; owning the true God, 47, 96,
Delight in the law of God, 119, 5th, 8th and Funeral psalm, 86, 90.
18th parts; in God, 18, 42, 63, 73, 84.
Deliverance, 88; from despair, 18; from deep
distress, 34, 40; from death, 31, 118; from
oppression, 56; from persecution, 53, 94;
by prayer, 34, 40, 85, 126; from slander,
31; surprising, 126; from temptation, 3, 6,
13, 18; from a tumult, 118.
Desertion and distress of soul, 13, 25, 38, 143.
Desire of knowledge, 119, 9th part; of holi-
ness, 119, 11th part; of comfort and deli-
verance, 119, 12th part; of quickening
grace, 119, 10th part.
Despair and hope in death, 17, 49; deliver-
ance from it 18, 130
Devotion, daily, 55, 134, 139, 141.
Glory of God in our salvation, 69; and grace
promised, 84, 89, 97.
God all in all, 127; all-seeing, 139; all-suffi-
cient, 16, 33; his attributes and providence,
36, 65, 147; his care of saints, 7, 34; creation
and providence, 33, 104, &c.; his hand, 75;
our defence, 3, 33, 61, 115; eternal, and
sovereign, and holy, 93; eternal, and man
mortal, 90, 102; faithfulness, 80, 105, 111;
glorified, and sinners saved, 69; goodness
and mercy and truth, 145, 146; power and
78; punished and pardoned, 106, 107; tra-
vels, 107, 114
goodness, 66; great and good, 68, 144, 145,
147; heart-searching, 139; our only hope,
142; the judge, 9, 50, 97; kind to his peo-
ple, 145, 146; his majesty, 97; and conde-
scension, 113, 144; mercy and truth, 36, 89,
103, 145; made man, 8; of nature and
grace, 65; our portion and Christ our hope,
4,73; his power and majesty, 98, 89, 93, 96;
our preserver, 121, 138; present in his
churches, 84; our refuge, 45; his sove-
reignty and goodness to man, 8, 113, 144;
our comfort, 94; governor, 75, 82, 93; his Knowledge desired, 19, 119, 9th part.
vengeance and compassion, 68, 97; un-
changeable, 89, 111; his universal domi-
nion, 103; his wisdom in his works, 111,
139; worthy of all praise, 145, 146, 150.
Jehovah, 68, 83; reigns, 93, 96, 97.
Joy of conversion, 116. See Delight.
Judgment and mercy, 9, 68; day, 1, 26, 50,9%
99, 149; seat, 9.
Good works, 15, 24, 112.
Goodness of God, 8, 103, 111, 145, 146.
Justice of providence, 9; and truth towards
men, 15.
Justification free, 22, 130.
Law of God, delight in it, 119.
Liberality rewarded, 41, 112.
Life and riches, their vanity, 49; short and
feeble, 39, 89, 90, 144.
Longing after God, 72, 63.
Gospel, 19, 45, 110; joyful sound, 89, 58; Lord's-day psalm, 92, 8, 11; morning, 5, 19,
worship and order, 48.
Government of Christ, 45; from God, 75.
Grace, its evidences, 26, 130; above riches,
144; without merit, 16, 32; of Christ, 45,
72; and providence, 83, 86, 135, 136, 147;
preserving and restoring, 138; truth and
protection, 57; tried by affliction, 17, 66,
125; and glory, 82, 97; pardoning, 130.
Guilt of conscience relieved, 32, 38, 51, 130.
Happy saint and cursed sinner, 1.
Harvest, 65, 126, 147.
Health, sickness, and recovery, 6, 30, 31;
prayer for, 6, 38, 39.
Heart known to God, 139.
Hearing of prayer and salvation, 4, 10, 26,
Heaven and resurrection, 17; the saints'
dwelling-place, 24.
Holiness, pardon, 4; desired, 119, 2d part;
professed, 119, 3d part, 139.
Hope in darkness, 13, 17, 73; of resurrection,
16, 71; in death, 17, 49; prayer, 27; for
victory, 21; and direction, 42; in afflic-
tions, 42, 143.
Love of God to the righteous, and hatred to
the wicked, 1, 11; to our neighbour, 15; o
Christ to sinners, 35; of God, 63; of God
unchangeable, 89, 106; to enemies, 35, 109,
brotherly, 133.
Luxury, 78; pardoned, 107.
Magistrates warned, 58, 82; qualifications,
101; raised and deposed, 75.
Majesty of God, 68. See God.
Man, his vanity as mortal, 39, 89, 144; mor-
tal, and Christ eternal, 102; wonderful for-
mation, 139.
Marriage mystical, 45.
Master of a family, 101.
Meditation, 1, 63, 119, 5th and 6th parts.
Melancholy reproved, 42; and nope, 77; re-
moved, 126.
Mercies, 68, 103; innumerable, 139; everlast-
ing, 136; recorded, 107; and judgment, 9,
and truth of God, 36, 89, 103, 136, 145, 146
Merit disclaimed, 16.
Midnight thoughts, 63, 119, 5th and 6th parts,
130.
Ministers ordained, 132.
Hosanna of the children, 8; for the Lord's Miracles in the wilderness, 114.
day, 118.
Morning psalm, 3, 114; of a sal bath, 5, 19, 63.
Humiliation day, 10; for disappointment, 60. Mortality of man, 39, 49, 90; and hope, 89;
Humility and submission, 131, 139.
Hypocrites and hypocrisy, 11, 53.
Idolatry reproved, 16, 115, 135.
Imprecations and charity, 35.
Nation's prosperity, 67, 144; blessed and pu-
nished, 107.
National deliverance, 75, 76, 124, 126.
Incarnation, 96, 97,98; and sacrifice of Christ, Nature and scripture, 19, 119, 7th part; of
40.
Infants, 139. See Children.
Instruction, 25; from scripture, 119, 4th and Obedience, sincere, 18, 32, 139; better than
larael saved from the Assyrians, 76; saved
from Egypt, and brought to Canaan, 77, 105,
Old age, death, 98; and resurrection, 71, 8i.
107, 135, 136; rebellion and punishment, Pardon, 4; of backsliding, 78; and direction,
25; prayed for, 38; and confession, 32; of
original and actual sin, 51; plentiful with
God, 130.
Patience under afflictions, 39; under perse-
cutions, 37, 44; în darkness, 77, 130, 131.
Peace and holiness encouraged, 34; with
men desired, 120.
Perfections of God, 111, 136, 145, 147.
Persecuted saints, their prayer and faith, 35,
44, 74, 80, 83.
Persecution, deliverance from it, 7, 53, 94;
courage in it, 119, 17th part.
Persecutors punished, 7, 75, 129, 149; their
folly, 14; complained of, 35, 44, 74, 80, 83;
deliverance from them, 9, 10, 94.
Perseverance, 138; in trials, 119, 17th part.
Personal glories of Christ, 45.
Pestilence, preservation in it, 91.
Piety, instructions therein, 34.
its mystery unfolded, 73; recorded, 77, 78
107; in air, earth, and sea, 35, 65, 89, 104,
107, 147.
Prudence and zeal, 39.
Psalm for soldiers, 18, 60; for old age, 71;
for husbandmen, 65; for a funeral, 89, 90;
for the Lord's day, 92; before prayer, 95;
before sermon, 95; for magistrates, 101;
for households, 101; for mariners, 107; for
gluttons and drunkards, 107; for America,
Public praise for private mercies, 116, 118;
for deliverance, 124; worship, absence
from it complained of, 24; prayer and
praise, 65, 84.
Punishment of sinners, 111, 37; and salva-
tion, 78, 81, 108.
Purposes holy, 119, 15th part.
Pleading without repining, 39, 123; the pro- Quarrelsome neighbours, 120.
Poor, charity, 15, 37, 41, 112.
Portion of saints and sinners, 11, 17, 37.
Poverty confessed, 15.
Quickening grace, 119, 16th part.
Rain from heaven, 65, 135, 147.
Recovery from sickness, 6, 30, 115.
Power and majesty of God, 68, 89, 145. See Relative duties, 35, 133.
Practical atheism, 14, 36, 53.
Praise to God from children, 8; for creation
and providence, 33, 104; to our Creator,
148; for eminent deliverances, 34, 118; ge-
neral, 86, 145, 150; for the gospel, 98; for
health restored, 20, 116; for hearing prayer,
66, 102; to Jesus Christ, 45; from all nations,
117; and prayer public, 65; for protection,
57; for providence and grace, 36; for rain,
95, 147; from the saints, 149, 150; temporal
blessings, 68, 117; for temptations over-
come, 18; in war, 18.
Prayer heard, 4, 34, 65, 66; in time of war, 20;
and hope of victory, 20; and praise public,
65; and hope, 27; in church's distress, 80;
heard and Zion restored, 102; and faith of
persecuted saints, 35, 37,56; and praise for
deliverance, 34, 38; fervency in, 119, 19th
part.
Religion and justice, 15; in words and deeda,
Religious education, 34, 78.
Remembrance of former deliverances, 77,
Repentance, 32; and prayer for pardon and
strength, 38; and faith in the blood of
Christ, 51.
Reproach removed, 31, 37.
Resignation, 39, 123, 131.
Resolutions, holy, 119, 14th part.
Restoring grace, 23, 138.
Resurrection and death of Christ, 2, 16; of
the saints, 16, 17, 49, 71; and death, 49, 71,
89.
Reverence in worship, 89, 99.
Revolution, American, 18.
Riches, their vanity, 49, 144.
Righteousness from Christ, 71.
Sacrifice, 40, 51, 69; incarnation of Christ, 40.
Preservation in public dangers, 46, 91, 112; Safety, 91; triumph of the church in national
daily, 121.
desolations, 46; in God, 61.
Pride and atheism punished, 10, 12; and Saints happy and sinners cursed, 1, 119, 1st
death, 49.
Priesthood of Christ, 51, 110.
Princes vain, 62, 147.
Profession of sincerity, repentance, &c., 119,
3d part, 139; false, 50.
Promises and threatenings, 81; pleaded, 119,
10th part.
Prosperity dangerous, 55, 73.
Prosperous sinners, 37, 49, 73.
Protection, truth and grace, 57; by day and
night, 121.
Providence, 9; and creation, 33, 135, 136; and
grace, 36, 147; and perfections of God, 36;
part; safety, 12, 46; the best company, 16;
characterized, 15, 24; and sinners' portion,
1, 17; dwell in heaven, 15, 24; punished
and saved, 78, 106; God's care of them, 34;
rewarded at last, 50, 90, 92; and sinners'
end, 1, 11, 37; patience, 37; chastised and
sinners destroyed, 94; die, but Christ lives,
102; punished and pardoned, 106, 107; con-
ducted to heaven, 106, 107; tried and pre-
served, 66, 125; afflictions moderated, 125;
judging the world, 149.
Salvation of saints, 10; and triumph, 18; and
defence in God, 61; by Christ, 66, 85.
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