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Hands, lifting up of the, why it is used in prayer 3.20.5, 3.20.16.

Hardening of the heart, in what sense it is ascribed to God, 1.18.2.

Harmony of the Old and New Testaments. See Old and New Testaments

Hatred, of a brother is murder, 2.8.39; of sin is the beginning of repentance, 3.3.19.

Head, uncovering of the, in prayer, is a token of humility, 3.20.33; ministerial, there is none in the Church, 4.6.9.

Hearing put for believing, 3.2.6.

Heart, the, God alone knoweth, 2.8.23; is in the hand of God, 1.18.2; the affections of, ought to be regulated in prayer, 3.20.5; natural hardness of, 2.3.7, 2.3.8; hardening of, in what sense it is ascribed to God, 1.18.2, 2.4.3.

Heathen, no saving knowledge of God among the, 2.6.4; the presumption of those who throw heaven open to the, 2.6.1.

Hell, Christ's descent into, article of the Apostles' Creed concerning, 2.16.8; must not be confounded with the previous article respecting burial, ib.; more accurately expounded, 2.16.10; confirmation of this exposition from passages of Scripture,2.16.11.

Heresy and schism, difference between, 4.2.5.

Hierarchy, celestial, shrewed but idle disquisitions of Dionysius concerning, 1.14.4; no ground for subtle comparisons between the earthly and, 4.6.10; the term improperly applied to the government of the Church, 4.4.4.

Hildebrand, afterwards known by the name of Gregory Seventh, the craft of; 4.11.13.

Holiness of life springs from election, and is the object of it, 3.22.3; is wholly the gift of God, 2.5.7; the rule of is laid down in the law, accompanied by promises to stimulate to obedience, 2.8.4; in what manner Scripture exhorts to. 3.6.2.

Holy Spirit, the, is proved to be the supreme God, from the history of the creation, and from his sending the prophets, 1.13.14; from his being the Author of regeneration, ib.; blasphemy against cannot be forgiven, 1.13.15; is expressly called God, ib.; is the bond by which Christ effectually binds us to himself; 3.1.1; titles bestowed on, which point out the efficacy of his operations in us, 3.1.3; faith is the principal work of; it.; sin against, what it is, 3.3.22; why he is called at one time, the Spirit of the Father, at another, the Spirit of the Son, and at another, the Spirit of Sanctification, 3.1.4; fire is put for the examination of; 3.5.9; reveals faith to our minds, and seals it on our hearts, 3.2.33; rested on Christ after a peculiar manner, 3.1.2.

Honour due to superiors enjoined by the Fifth Commandinent, what it is, 2.8.35.

Hope, the nature of; explained, 3.25.1; is the inseparable companion of faith, 3.2.42; on account of its connection and affinity, is sometimes confounded with faith, 3.2.43; extends beyond the whole course of this life, 3.2.40.

Humiliation of Christ, the state of the, described, 2.16.4.

Humility is the foundation or the whole Christian character, 2.2.11; promoted in believers by their bearing the cross, 3.8.1; wherein it consists, 3.12.6; high encomium passed on, by Augustine, 2.2.11; illustrated by the parable of the publican, 3.12.7; uncovering of the head in prayer is a token of; 3.20.33.

Hypocrisy, men are naturally prone to, 1.1.2; God abhors all the works of, 3.3.6; offers to God fictitious worship, 1.4.4.

Hypocrites, the ostentatious prayers of, 3.20.29; in the visible Church there is a very large mixture of; 4.1.8.

Hypostatic union, a term used by ancient writers, what is meant by, 2.14.5.

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