Patience . inculcated, 1 136. under persecutions enjoined, 783. Job a bright example of, 303. in well doing inculcated, 1151.
Patriotism, fictitious, exposed, 112. true, illustrated, 127.
Paul.... his character as an unconverted man, 1079. his conversion, 865. a pattern, 1079. his labours and sufferings, 1001. his statements and St. James's reconciled, 17.
Peace ... the fruit of the Spirit, 525. the effect of obedience, 429. the Believer's portion, 499.
Peace.. . public, a great blessing, 261,
Peace-makijig blessed, QQSi.
Peace-offering, 83.
Penitents f God's dealings with, 599. pardoned, 211, the joy of angels over, 776.
Perfection not in man, 464.
Perfections of God reconciled in Christ, 393.
Pergamos, Epistle to, 1202.
Persecution for righteousness* sake, 49, 858, 1164. the lot of the saints, 523, 532, 783, 876. to be ex- pected, 1201. how to be borne, 837. a ground of joy, 6QQ. consolation under, 829. punished by special judgments, 242.
Persecutors, their subtlety, 787.
Perseverance of the saints stated, 315, 816. enjoined, 1151, the means of, 1114.
Peter.. . . his confession of Christ, 709. his mistaken tender- ness reproved, 710. reproved by Paul, 1006. his denial of his Lord, 746.
Pharaoh, his heart hardened, 50.
Philadelphia, Epistle to, 1205.
PAf/ip ... preaches Christ in Samaria, 862. converts the Eunuch, 864.
Phinehas, his zeal rewarded, 125.
Philacteries, the use of. 111.
Physician, Christ, 55S.
Pi(ity rare, 463. early, approved, 233. true, distinguished,
667, 1058. the wisdom and excellence of, 420. profitableness of, 1081, 1169. the lowest state of, rewarded, 230.
Pilate . . . his attempt to save Jesus, 840. his reconciliation witli Herod, 788. his refusal to alter the super scription, 841.
Pilgrimage toward Zion set forth, 432, 5m.
Pillar.... of the cloud tliat led tlie Israehtes, 57.
Pisgah... Moses" view from, 132.
Pleasures, carnal, tlie evil of them, 478.
Poor consolation to, 362. their state chosen by Christ him- self, 702. their advantages for heaven, 769.
GENERAL INDEX TO THE IlOa^ HOMILETIC^^
Popery ... its delusions, 1052. the danger of adhering to, 1213.
Poyer/y.. of spirit, blessedness of, 660.
Practice.. to be combined with knowledge, 822.
Praise ... for redeeming love, 409. duty of, 406, 44-0. a pro- per sacrifice of Christians, 1134. exhort- ation to, 417. an ascription of praise to God, 1197. of men, the danger of loving, 821.
Prayer,..sk reasonable employment, 353. should be humble, 346. should be fervent, 427, 765. should be offered in faith, 736. should be im- ostentatious, 684. a praying spirit exem- plified, 394, 558. when acceptable, 866. efficacy of, 34, 258, 564, 598, 698, 1137, 1152. benefit of, 361, 388, 832, 1025. God's readiness to answer, 438. answered by Christ, 824. answers to acknoM-ledged, 379. the Lord's Prayer, 685. social, the benefit of, 859, 871.
Preachers, not to be overvalued, 960.
Preachi?2g Christ, what is meant by, 863, 864, 1024, 1050.
Precipitancy in religion to be avoided, 702.
Predestination considered, 927. praise to God for, 1016.
Predictions of God verified, 244.
Prejudice, the force of, 858. strong against the Gospel, 896. to be put away, 880.
Presence., of God an encouragement to duty, 1132.
Presentation of Christ in the Temple, 755.
Presumption of the Israelites reproved, 109.
Pride.... oi the human heart, 291. the evil of, 872. the danger of, 591.
Priesthood, Levitical, to be superseded by Christ, 16. of Christ, 1108.
Principles, religious, the proper effect of, 1094. those of flesh and spirit opposed to each other, 1012,
Privileges of the Christian dispensation, 133. connected with duty, 358.
Procrastination in religion to be avoided, 702.
Profaneness, the danger of, 593.
Professors of religion admonislied, 489.
Profession, inconsistent, the sinfulness of, 907.
Progress in religion necessary, 1195. approved, 1203. in many slow, 1104.
Promises, God's faithfulness in, 173. their purifying effi- cacy, 994.
Prophecies, the fulness and certainty of their testimony, 1 1 72. the minuteness of them, 842. all fulfilled in Christ, 763, 84 1-. Prophet., the disobedient, slain, 229.
GENERAL INDEX TO THE UORM HOMILETICiE.