ur statements respecting them in Religion verified by facts,
80, 81.
--religious, St. Paul a striking instance of them, 61.

_Ambition_, votaries of, 125, 126.

_Amiable_ tempers, discussion respecting, 178-198.
--substituted for Religion, 179, 180.
--value of, estimated by the standard of mere reason, 180.
--false pretenders to them, 181.
--real nature, when not grounded on Religion, 181, 182.
--precarious nature, 182-184.
--value of, on Christian principles, 186.
--life, Christian's most so, 190, 191.
--Christians urged to this, 192-196.
--its just praise, 197, 198.
--apt to deceive us, 198.

_Applause_, desire of, universal, 146, 147.

B.

_Babington_, the reverend Matthew, 259.

_Benevolence_, true Christian, its exalted nature, 287, 288.

_Bacon_, Lord, quoted, 229.

C.

_Calumny_, considerations which reconcile the Christian to it,
169, 170.

_Charity_, true, what, and its marks, 311, 312.

_Christianity_, vital revival of, would invigorate church establishment,
294.
--vital, alone suited to lower orders, 295, 296.
--the common system, falsely so called, 305.
--the truest patriotism, 287-292.
--of the world, its base nature, 324.
--not a gloomy service, 326-332.
--relaxations compatible with, 327, 328.
--its solid texture, 332.
--general, what so called, 334, 335.
--true, requires incessant watchfulness and care, 336.
--state in which it finds us, 30-33.
--its present critical circumstances, 265-272.
--reduced to a system of ethics, proofs of this, 273, 277, 278.
--causes, which have tended to produce neglect of her peculiar
doctrines, 269, 270, 274-276.
--peculiar doctrines of, taught by the oldest divines and highest
dignitaries of the English church, 273, 274.
--peculiar doctrines gradually fallen into neglect, 276-278.
--sad symptoms of its low state among us, 278-280.
--objection, that our system of it too strict, stated and answered,
280-283.
--vital, its happy influence on temporal well-being of communities,
283-285.
--not hostile to patriotism, 285-287.
--from its essential nature, peculiarly adapted to well-being of
communities, 290-292.
--vital, can alone produce these effects, 293.
--excellence of it, in some particulars not commonly noticed, 252-259.
--general state of, in England, 262.
--its tendency to promote the well-being of political communities,