Magistrates, the Divine appointment of; 4.20.4; effect which this ought to produce on, 4.20.6; ought to be honoured as the ministers of God, 4.20.9, 4.20.22; ought to be obeyed, even when their requirements are tyrannical, 4.20.27; may be lawfully restrained by those who are appointed to curb their power; the power of, extends toboth tables of the Law, 4.20.8; is not inconsistent with the liberty which Christ hath conferred on his people, 4.20.29; must not interfere with what we owe to God, 4.20.32; the piety of, does not prevent the punishment of the guilty, or the shedding of blood, 4.20.10; are sometimes called gods, 4.20.4.

Magnanimity, Christian, does not imply a total insensibility to pain, 3.8.9.

Mahometans, while they denounce idolatry, substitute an idol in the place of God, 2.6.4.

Man, the creation of, 1.15.1; what we are taught by his body having been formed of the dust of the ground, ib.; possessed free-will before the fall, but lost it by the fall, 1.15.8; objection as to the fall of man, when free, refuted, ib.; the soul of, is proved by various arguments to be immortal, 1.15.2.

Manichees, erroneous notions of, respecting two principles, 1.13.1.

Manna, which rained from heaven, confirmed the doctrine of Moses, 1.8.5; was not merely intended to relieve the bodily hunger of the Israelites, but chiefly to strengthen their faith, 2.10.6.

Marriage is of divine institution, 2.8.41; is necessary for those who have not the gift of continence, 2.8.42; ought not to be forbidden to any, even to the ministers of the word, 4.12.23; is not a sacrament, 4.19.34; is the remedy provided against fornication, 2.8.43.

Martyrs, the blood of the, confirms our faith in the authority of Scripture, 1.8.13.

Mary, the mother of Jesus, was of the same lineage as Joseph, 2.13.3.

Mass, the Popish, what it is, 4.18.1; origin of the name uncertain, 4.18.8; offers intolerable blasphemy and insult to Christ by substituting human priests in his room, 4.18.2; sanctions and buries the cross and passion of Christ by setting up an altar, 4.18.3; obliterates the true and only death of Christ, 4.18.5; robs us of the benefit which redounded to us from the death of Christ, 4.18.6; abolishes the Lord's Supper, 4.18.7; was unknown to the purer Church, 4.18.9.

Mediator, without a, no knowledge of God is effectual to salvation, 2.6.1; without a, God never showed himself propitious to his ancient people, 2.6.2; proof of this drawn from sacrifices, and from the covenant made with Abraham, ib.; from the elevation of the family of David to the regal dignity, ib.; it was necessary that he should be very God and very man, because no mere man or angel could be the medium of restoring peace, 2.12.1; from the nature of the work to be performed, 2.12.2; that in our flesh he might satisfy the justice of God, 2.12.3; how his two natures constitute the one person of, 2.14.1; illustrated by the similarity of the union of body and soul, ib.; proof from passages of Scripture which distinguish between the two natures, 2.14.2; from the communication of properties, ib.; from those passages which comprehend both natures in one, 2.14.3; errors of the Nestorians and Eutychians concerning, 2.14.4; what is meant by the hypostatic union, 2.14.5; is not only the Mediator of redemption, but likewise the Mediator of intercession, 3.20.21.

Meditation on the works of God, 1.5.6, 1.14.20, 1.17.

Mercy of God, the, is spread over all his works, 1.5.7; is uniformly conjoined with his truth, 1.16.5; effectual calling is founded on, 3.24.1.

Merit is properly ascribed to Christ and his sufferings, 2.17.1, 2.17.5; to inquire whether he merited anything for himself is foolish curiosity, 2.17.6; the term is improperly applied to human works, 3.15.2; is used, in a sound sense, by Chrysostom and Bernard, ib.; human, explanation of the passages which have been abused for supporting the doctrine of, 3.15.4;

Michael is described by Jude, as an archangel, 1.14.8.

Milesian proverb, 4.13.15.

Ministers, bishops, presbyters, and pastors, are words indiscriminately used, 4.3.8; how they are to be called and ordained, 4.3.10; who are to be appointed, 4.3.12; mode of appointment of, 4.3.14; and by whom the appointment is to be made, 4.3.13.

Ministry of the word, the, necessity and usefulness of; 4.1.5; efficacy of, depends on the agency of the Holy Spirit, 4.1.6; why God employs men, and not angels, in, 4.3.1; honourable titles bestowed on, 4.3.3; what offices were temporary, and what were permanent, 4.3.4; how the word should be preached, 4.3.6.

Miracles, of Christ, the, were performed by his own inherent might, 1.13.13; of Moses, are so many sanctions of the law delivered by him, 1.8.5.

Modesty. See Humility.

Monks were unknown to the primitive Church, 4.5.8; ancient, contrast between and the modern, 4.13.8; portrayed by Augustine, 4.13.9; modern, degeneracy and indolence of, 4.13.10; corrupt manners of, 4.13.15; arguments for monastic perfection, refuted, 4.13.11; general refutation of monastic vows, 4.13.17.

Monothelites refuted, 2.16.12.

Montanus, heresy of, 4.12.23.

Mortal sin, as absurdly distinguished from venial, by the Schoolmen, 3.4.28.

Mortification of the flesh is procured for us by the death of Christ, 2.16.7; is a part of repentance, 3.3.8.

Moses, antiquity of the writings of, 1.8.3; did not introduce a new Deity, ib.; contrasted with the dreams of the Egyptians, 1.8.4; miracles of, vindicated against babblers, 1.8.5; wrote his history in familiar and popular language, 1.14.3; sincerity of, proved by stigmatizing the crimes of his relatives, 1.8.4; the design of the doctrine of, 1.8.7.

Murder forbidden by the Sixth Commandment, 2.8.39; duties contrary to, enjoined, 2.8.40; hatred of a brother is, 2.8.39.

Mystery, the interpretation put upon the word by the ancient interpreter, 4.14.2; spiritual, cannot be comprehended by the natural man, 2.2.20.

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