Apostates, their awful condition, i. 147. Application of the arguments for work-
ing miracles on the Sabbath-day, i., 101; of the Sermon on the Mount, 271.
Appointment of Christ to his work by his Father, i., 529; of his disciples to a great and beneficent work, a proof of Christ's love to them, ii., 448. Approbation of our Lord's exercise under his sufferings, by his Father, i., 594.
"Arise let us go hence," what the ex- pression refers to, ii., 377. "As I have loved you," what the ex- pression means, ii., 184. Asking in the name of Christ, the im- port of, ii., 256.
"Baptism to be baptized with," what it means, i., 352.
"Beam in the eye," what the meaning of, i., 253.
"Believe in God and in Christ," import of the expression, ii., 207. Believing in Christ, what it is, i. 41; and coming to him, the distinction between, 372; the work of God, in what sense, 366.
Benignity, divine, glorified in Christ's sufferings, ii., 159.
Birth of Christ, an event most import- ant in its results, i., 611. Blessedness of believing and coming to Christ, i., 374.
"Born again," what the expression means, i., 25.
Bread of life, Christ, i., 368, 391. Brotherly love, want of, a source of great evil, ii., 493.
Casting out of the prince of this world,
what is it? i., 627; and how the re- sult of Christ's death, 630. Casting pearls before swine, what the expression imports, i., 255.
Character and privilege of true Chris- tians, and the connection between them, ii., 318, 339; the measure of each other, 340. Children of the devil, the Jews were, i. 467.
"Children of the light," what the ex- pression means, ii., 23.
Christ, in accomplishing the work com- mitted to him, the object of the Father's delight, i., 523; "the light," in what sense, ii., 19; the way, and the truth, and the life, 226, 234; in the Father, his disciples in him, and he in them, 306; in the Father,-in what respects, 310; in his people, and how, 314.
Christ and his Father coming to his disciples and making their abode with them, what the language means, ii.,
Christ's power to lay down his life and take it again, i., 535; exaltation to
"Daily bread," the meaning of the phrase, i., 215.
Danger of false principles in religion, i., 467.
glory, ii, 168; going away, results of, | Cutting off a right hand, what this is, to himself, 215; results of to his dis- ciples, 218; saying about his going away and his disciples knowing the way, misapprehended, 229; people in him, in what sense, 313; departure, cause for joy, 358; Father greater than he, in what sense, 362; love what is meant by it, 415. Christians, their position and duties in reference to the world, i., 141; their peculiar character, ii., 321; bound to love one another as Christ has loved them all, 426.
Christianity, the relation of, to the ancient revelation, i., 153. Church and its office-bearers, true and false, i., 494.
"Clean through the word I have spoken," what the expression means, ii., 389.
Closet, what the entering into, means, i., 206.
"Come" and "believe," the distinction between, i., 429.
Coming to Christ, our natural inability for, i., 386.
Comfort, the formation of the character for the administration of, ii., 358. Commandments of Christ, what are they ii., 264; having them character- istic of true Christians, 323; keeping them characteristic of true Chris- tians, 324; a motive why Christians should love one another, 440. Conclusion of Valedictory Discourse, ii., 527.
Confidence to be exercised in the
finished work of Christ, ii., 174. Confidential communication of Christ's mind, a proof of love to his disciples, ii., 447.
Connection between the church on earth and the church in heaven, i., 482, between the character and privileges of Christians, ii., 338. Consecration of religious edifices, i., 544. "Continue ye in my love," what the expression means, ii., 413. Continuing in Christ's love, duty of, ii., 407; principle of, 408; what it means, 415; how the duty of, to be per- formed, 418; will make us resemble Christ, 422; will minister to Christ's enjoyment, 422; will promote our own happiness, 425.
Conversational discourse to the Jews, i., 362.
"Convinceth me of my sin," what the phrase means, i., 472.
Corban," what the term signifies, i.,
"Corn of wheat dying," what this means, i., 582.
Cross, the death of, i., 607.
"Death, never see," what the import of, i., 476.
Death of Christ, and the increase of his followers connected, i., 583; the fact of it, 604; the manner of it, 605; the nature of it, 608; penal, 609; the re- sults of it in the judgment of this world, 614; the casting out of the prince of this world, 627; in the drawing of all men to Christ, 634; did not purchase the Spirit, 643; a proof of his love to his disciples, ii.,
Dedication, the feast of, i., 543. Delight of the Father in the Son, in and for the accomplishment of his work, i., 537.
Departure of Christ necessary and sufficient to secure the coming of the Spirit, ii., 523.
Design of the Messiah's mission, i., 34; of our Lord in predicting coming events, ii., 368.
Devil, who and what he is, i., 469; a murderer and a liar, in what sense, 491.
"Disciples indeed," meaning of the phrase, i., 408.
Disciples of Christ fortified against the world's hatred and opposition, ii., 461; have no cause to be astonished at the world's hatred of them, 484; no reason to be stumbled at the world's hatred, 489; no reason to be ashamed at the world's hatred, 494; no reason to be discouraged at the world's hatred, 507; perplexed at our Lord's enigmatic saying, 536; declaration of satisfaction with our Lord's explanation of his saying,
Discipleship, terms of, i., 586. Distinguishing character and privi- leges of the disciples of Christ, i., 113. Divinity of our Lord, ii., 100.
'Do ye now believe," what the import of, ii., 570.
Doctrine and law connected, ii., 391; doctrines taught by our Lord, 31; divine authority of, 32.
"Doing to others as we would that they should do unto us,” the meaning and application of, i., 266.
Door of the fold, Christ, i., 497. Doxology in the Lord's prayer, its genuineness examined, i., 302. Drawing of all men to Christ, what is it? i., 636.
"Drawn by the Father," what it de- notes, i., 383.
Duty of Christians to abide in Christ, and to let Christ abide in them, ii.,
Duty and privileges conrected, ii., 406.
Earnestness a quality of Christ's teach- ing, ii., 37.
Eating Christ's flesh, and drinking his blood, meaning of, i., 495.
Enigmatic declaration of our Lord, ii., 529; explanation of, by our Lord himself, 539.
Eternal life, as the opposite of not perishing, i., 36; what it is, and how bestowed, i., 556.
Evangelical Alliance, its objects stated
and vindicated, ii., 456. "Every branch in me that beareth not fruit," what the expression means, ii.,
Faith in God and Christ, the antidote to heart-trouble, ii., 203; how fitted to relieve the heart-trouble of the disciples, 208; how, of Christians in every age, 210.
"Faithful," import of the term, i., 336. Faithful denunciations against the pharisees and lawyers, i., 306. Faithfulness, divine, glorified in Christ's sufferings, ii., 158.
False teachers, caution against, i., 275; prophets known by their fruits, 276; shepherds who do not enter in by the door, 502; shepherds, characteristic of, 503.
Fasting, the duty and manner of, i., 223. Fearlessness a quality of Christ's teach- ing, ii., 38.
Feast of Tabernacles, i., 426.
Feelings of our Lord in reference to his mission, i., 351.
"Fellow of the Lord of Hosts," the ref- erence of, i., 193.
Fellowship in Christ's life, ii., 294. "Few there be that find the strait gate," meaning of, i., 274.
"Fire on earth," what the "coming to send" means, i., 349.
Flesh, the meaning of the term, i., 27; "of Christ given for the light of the "Folded sheep, the," i., 496. world," meaning of, 392. Foreknowledge and prediction of events, do not affect men's moral character, ii., 124.
"Fulfil the law and the prophets," what the expression means, i., 155.
Gathering of the other sheep to the Shepherd, i., 521.
"Gehenna of fire," import of the phrase, "Gift of God," what it means, i., 67. i., 169. Giving by the Father to Christ, what it means, i., 377; of the sheep to Christ Glorification of the Son of man in and by his Father, 527. by his sufferings, ii., 135; as the per- fect man, 135; as the representative- man, 138; as the God-man, 141; as the predicted man, 142; of God in the Son of man suffering, 145; in the sufferings of Christ viewed in them- selves, 149; of the Divine power, 149; of the Divine wisdom, 151; in the results of the sufferings of Christ, 161; of the Son of man, the result and reward of God being glorified in and by the Son of man's sufferings,
Happiness, and how to attain it, i., 229; the way of securing 387; why not obtained, 425. Hardening, judicial-what it is, i., 55. Having Christ's commandments," what the expression means, ii., 323. Heaven, why called God's house, ii., 216; a house of many mansions, what so called in allusion to, 217. Henceforth ye know him and have seen him," meaning of the expression, ii., 242.
Holy Ghost, or Spirit, necessary to yielding obedience, i.. 257; the giv- ing of, connected with the glorifi- cation of Christ, 437; permanent residence of, with the disciples, how secured, ii, 280; as the Paraclete promised, 270; the Great Teacher and Remembrancer, 345; what the appellation signifies, 349; "sent by the Father in the name of the Son," what the expression imports, 349; "will teach all things, and bring all chings to remembrance," what signi- fied by, 350; Christ's witness, 509; what meant by his being sent by, and proceeding from, the Father, 509; how he discharges the duties of a witness, 511.
House built on the rock, what signi- fied by, i., 288; on the sand, what signified by, 289.
Human authority in religion con- demned, i., 411.
Humanity of our Lord, the reality of,
ii., 97; perfection of, 99. Hunger and thirst after righteousness, they that, their character and privi- leges, i., 120.
'Hypocrites," the meaning and refer- ence of the term, i., 200.
"I am in the Father, and the Father in me," import of, ii., 246.
"I am the true vine," meaning of the expression, ii., 382.
"If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me," meaning of the expression, ii., 69.
"If it had not been so, I would have told you," meaning of, ii., 224. Ignorance, a main cause of the non- removal of evil, ii., 239.
"I go to prepare a place for you,” im- port of, ii., 219.
"I judge no man," meaning of the ex- pression, i., 448.
"I know whom I have chosen," what the expression means, ii., 82. Imitation of Christ in glorifying God, ii., 175.
"In himself," what the phrase means, ii., 171.
Keeping Christ's commandments a true manifestation of love to him, ii., 259; how to be done, 266; what compre hended in, 324.
Key of knowledge, what it is, i., 325. Knowledge of Christ necessary to knowl- edge of the Father, ii., 241; of Christ's being in his Father and in his people -what? 315; and when to be en- joined, 315.
Knowledge of God connected with the knowledge of Christ, ii., 238. Knowledge of the disciples to be greatly increased after the departure of Christ, ii., 552.
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