Faith.. . nature of, 1115. to be exercised on Clirist, 526. the dictates of, '3S5. an antidote to trou- ble, 823. the use and efficacy of, 898. importance of, 778. excellency of, 251. necessary to salvation, 1074. necessary to make the Scriptures profitable, 1101. ne- cessary to prayer, 73G, 1 lo7. justification by, 909, 910. the practical efficacy of, 1119. walking by, 989. the obedience of, 1120. essential to stability, 11.38. the means of persevering, 1114. the true source of love, 778. of joy, 1155. the benefits of, 911, 1176. saving, distin- guished, 805. compared with hope and charity, 972. recommended as the means of national and personal prosperity, 280. Abraham justified by, 17.
Failhfulness of God in his promises, 173. encouragement from, 1111.
Fall .... of man, 5. guilt contained in it, 5. state to which man is reduced by it, 965. Solomon's, 226.
Falsehood of Abraham reproved, 25.
Family . Abraham's care of, 22. David's care of, 266.
Famine . a punishment for sin, 217.
Fasting . directions for, 692. Fast-days, how to be observed, 530.
Fear ... of God, wherein it consists, 354. to supersede the fear of man, 772. inculcated, 595, 1130. the importance of it, 354. of man, sinful, 523, 554. the danger of, 746. to be put away, 772.
Fearful, encouraged, 509, 510, 521, 563.
Feasts . . the three annual, of the Jews, 76. of first-fruits, 91. of trumpets, 92. of tabernacles, 93.
Fellowship, Christian, approved of God, *654.
Fidelity . to God exemplified, 594. to God rewarded, 590. to Christ indispensable, 729. required in Ministers, 210, 585. under trials, pleasing to God, 1202.
Fire . . . sent from heaven to consume the sacrifices, 84.
Firmness in religion necessary, 706, 894.
First- born, redemption of, 55.
First-fruits, feast of, 91.
Flattery, the evil of, 872.
Flesh. . . and spirit, the fruits of contrasted, 1013.
Following the Lord fully, 108.
Christ, how we are to do it, 702,