Fickleness, 67, 141 Futurity, 402 Gifts, bartered, 331 God, authority from, 759 the widow's friend, 754 Glory, 321 procedure, 323 and wealth, 177 worldly, 90 Gold, 389, 396, 397 Good and evil, 132, 237, 419 Grace, 717, 718, 757 its conflict, 174 Gratitude, 461 Greatness, 427, 518 Fidelity, 77, 156, 434, 553, Grief, 14, 179, 246, 491, 646, 554, 669 658 conjugal, 395 and joy, 356 Flattery, 82, 146, 508, 420 Guile, 63 Folly, 269 Guilt, 452, 503, 702 and wisdom, 267 terrors of, 734 Foolery, 155 Forbearance, 603 Habit, 655 Forgiveness, 673 Happiness, 59 Forethought, 566, 567, 676 human, 512, 513 Fortitude, 148, 329, 694 real, 238 Fortune, 120, 220 Heaven, 755 Frailty, 407, 528 Home, 535 Men, their characters, 190 dying, 8 wise, 6 Opportunity, present, 258 Mercy, 72, 119, 680, 705, 728 | Order, universal, 378 pretended, 204 Prevention, 172 Pride, 32, 46 effects of, 189 Secrecy, 516 Selfishness, 483 Servants, faithful, 661 Severity, 657 Pleasure and knowledge, 530 Security, confident, 311 and poverty, 377 -'s mirror, 32, 225 Principle, want of, 469 Profligacy, 448 Prosperity and adversity, 263 Provocation, 731 Prudence, 162, 697 Service, 495 Servitude, 675 Shakspeare's apostrophe to his soul, 779 cure of self-love, Punishment, 451 Qualifications, 464 on the shortness of life, 778 Sight, clearest, 307 Reason, 379, 388, 543, 582, Silence, 352, 472, 498 Sovereignty, divine, 756 true, 742, 743 Station, 300 746, 747 want of, 758 Resolve, 506 Retirement, devotional, 771 Retribution, 317 Revenge, 373, 505 Reverence, 314 Riches, 223, 282 Rumour, 55, 56, 292 and poverty, 181, 265 Suicide, 546, 575 Sufferings, 210, 229 Supplication, 725 |