The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 04: Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 2Swift, Jonathan
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The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 04: Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 2
Swift, Jonathan
Church of England -- Sermons; England and Wales. Test Act 1673; Sermons, English
Papists
in Ireland, their reduced condition
loyalty to King George
no cause for fear from the
Parishes, their union under one incumbent
Parliaments, annual
Parties, our attitude to
Party Government,
tends to enslave senates
tends to misunderstanding of personal character
establishes an incorrect standard for character
Passive obedience
Peace, the last legacy of Christ
Pedantry, the fear of
Pembroke, Lord
Penn, William
Penny, Rev. John
Peter the Cruel
Philip II. of Spain
Philips, Ambrose
Philosophy, classical
unrevealed, imperfect
fails to explain the Deity
its failure to inculcate the doctrine of Providence
defective in its moral teachings
contrasted by personal examples with Christian
disputes amongst the teachers of
Christian, its perfection
teaches reliance on God
teaches courtesy and kindness
is "without partiality"
is without hypocrisy
contrasted by personal examples with unrevealed
Pilkington, M., reference to sermon on "Doing Good"
Plato, his maxim on worship
his divine precept
his doctrine of happiness
Platonic philosophy, its relation to the early church
Plays, their bad influence on morals
Pluralities
Plutarch
Politics, dangerous to upright men
Poor, the, are not the object of envy
less subject to temptations than the rich
the blessings they enjoy
their power for doing good to others
have a greater share of happiness than the rich
Poor Laws, Irish
Pope, the supremacy of
his power in France
Popery, Burnet's arguments against,
its dangers
national leaning to
the most absurd system of Christianity
its merits
Protestants must not be charged with its errors and corruptions
its increase
penal laws against should be abrogated
its priests should be settled by law in Ireland
its priests should be entitled to tithe
the results of this
proposal for effectually preventing its growth
Popes, their seizure of power
Potter, Dr. John, biographical sketch of
Power, absolute, belief in, dangerous to any state
legislate
not pleaded for by Swift
Prasini
Pratt, Dr., Dean of Down
Prayer, an evening
Preaching, value of practice in
simplicity in, a prime requisite
the popular manner the best
styles to be avoided in
the moving manner
jesting in
plain reasoning in
pathetic _versus_ rational
two principal branches of
quotations in
uselessness of taking the mysteries of Christian religion for
subjects for
not to perplex with doubts in
one of the disadvantages it labours under
its great neglect
its neglect attended by the misbehaviour of worshippers
objections against, and the unreasonableness of these
causes for the neglect and scorn of
neglect of, due to ignorance of religious principles
neglect of, due to an evil conscience
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