The works of Richard Hurd, volume 8 (of 8) - Richard Hurd

A.
Adultery, absolution of the woman taken in, vi. [319], [327].
gives no encouragement to think slightly of the sin, [330].
Æneid, the sixth book of, finely criticized in the D. L. viii. [277].
the same subject discussed by Dr. Jortin, [283], [285], [287].
Alembert, M. D’, his opinion on Antichrist, v. [202].
Alphonsus the Wise, blasphemed the system of nature, vi. [31]. n.
Amusements, lawful, may not be expedient, vii. [300].
Anticato, a name once assumed by Cæsar, v. [181].
Antichrist, prophecies concerning, v. [172].
characters which distinguish that power, [ib.]
meaning of the term, [179], [180].
how construed and applied by the early Christian writers, [181].
how by the Church of Rome, [187].
application of the term to that Church at various periods, [190 to 201].
deduction from those facts, [202].
prejudices against the doctrine, [205], [214].
how to be removed, [207].
term not applied against the person of the Pope, [216].
prophecies respecting the downfal of, [218].
disagreeing opinions of learned men concerning, [220].
time and other circumstances relating to, not to be ascertained, [224].
main prejudice against it, whence arising, [232].
prophetic characters of, [286].
testimony of St. Paul, [299].
another symbol from St. John, [302].
tyrannical, intolerant, and idolatrous, [304].
time of appearance in the world, [326].
declared expressly by the prophets, [328].
the several marks of, enumerated, [331].
uses of this inquiry, [334].
Antichristian superstition, prevailed not against the Church of Christ, vii. [364].
Antinomians, of the last century, their profligacy, vi. [16].
Apologies for Christianity, wherein generally faulty, vi. [26].
Appeals. See [Cambridge].
Aphorisms, why a favourite mode of instruction with the inspired writers, vi. [175].
Apostolic Age, Christianity how propagated in, vii. [116], [117].
Apostles, conveyed instruction by general precepts, vi. [175].
preached not themselves but Christ Jesus the Lord, vii. [176].
used no arts to set off their moral character, [178].
or their intellectual, [186].
preached therefore by the direction of the Holy Spirit, [191].
the Spirit promised them by our Saviour, [222].
to guide them into all truth, [224].
to shew them things to come, [225].
their character, [229].
and situation considered, [231].
the promise not abused by them, [232].
admonition of the angels to them on our Lord’s ascension, [240].
under what circumstances the Greek language was inspired into them, viii. [325].
had time to improve themselves in it, ere they turned to the Gentiles, [326].
their style such as might be expected, [327].
needed no aid from eloquence, [357], [363].
By what considerations generally restrained from the use of it, [364].
Apostrophe, of Solomon to youth, vi. [405].
Apocalypse. See [Revelations].
Aristeas, an impostor, esteemed as a worker of miracles, viii. [157]. n.
Aristotle, at one time gave law to the Christian world, vii. [266].
Arnulphus, bishop of Orleans, styled the Pope Antichrist, v. [191].
Articles, the Thirty-nine, are the formulary of faith with us, viii. [63].
Arts, Fine, administer to luxury, vii. [299], [302].
Asiatic Christians, their condition different from that of the Jews, v. [149].
Ascension of Jesus into Heaven, vii. [237].
his coming to be in like manner, [238].
Assentatio, a species of flattery, viii. [289].
Atheism, adopted as a release from the restraints of morality, vi. [19].
Aventinus, Joannes, points out the beginning of the reign of Antichrist, v. [193].
Augury, of the duration of the Roman Empire, v. [84].
Authority, an air of, its effect in orators, viii. [124]. n.
——, of our Saviour’s teaching, in what consisting, vii. [130].
B.
Babylon, a Pagan idolatrous city, of what an emblem, v. [196], [309].
Bacon, Lord, his observation on the double sense of prophecy, v. [55].
Baptism, its reference to the typical washings of the law, vi. [155].
Baptist, The, his food and raiment emblematical, vii. [402].
Barrow, Dr. an eminent expositor of the Catechism, viii. [138].
Beast, in the Revelations, its seven heads a double type, v. [296].
Benevolence, how perverted, vi. [120].
in the Gospel takes the name of Charity, [135].
Berengarius, styles Rome the seat of Satan, v. [192].
Bernard, St. denounces the church of Rome as Antichristian, v. [194].
Bible, only, the religion of Protestants, v. [349].
Blood of Christ, its efficacy and value how signified by him, vi. [151], [154].
danger of refusing to be washed by it, [157].
its benefits how to be secured, [158].
Boniface III. begged the title of Œcumenical Bishop, v. [190].
Bossuet, M. his remark on the conduct of the primitive Christians, v. [168]. n.
on Mr. Mede’s work on the Revelations, [272].
on the terms fornication and adultery, as applied to Rome, [307]. n.
justifies persecution, [315]. n.
his unreasonable jocularity on the Reformation, [318]. n.
British people, zeal for religion abated among them, viii. [9].
private morals relaxed, [11].
civil or political virtues disappearing, [13].
Brutus, erred from excess of virtue, vi. [309].
C.
Cæsar, his baldness a mark of infamy, vi. [403].
his admirable way of recording his own achievements, vii. [179].
Cambridge University, dispute concerning appeals at, viii. [189].
historical account of its jurisdiction, [208].
addition of civil power to the spiritual, [211].
power of making local statutes, [213].
body of new statutes given, [214].
appeals not forbidden, [216].
the right of appealing not affected by disuse, [219].
grace proposed by the assertors of the right of appeal, [226].
delegates by whom nominated, [228]. n.
subordination in the jurisdiction, [230]. n.
objections against the grace answered, [235].
right of under-graduates exercised by the interposition of their tutors, [238].
insinuations against the advocates for the right of appeal exposed, [241], [242], [245].
the claim as ancient as the English Constitution, [250].
Casuists, have perverted the precepts of the Gospel, vi. [237].
Catechizing, the duty of, viii. [133].
its uses to the catechumens, [134].
to the congregation present, [136].
to the clergy themselves, [137].
Catiline, described by Cicero, vi. [314].
Cato, his virtue contrasted with that of Cæsar, vi. [308].
Celsus, how he represents the Jews, v. [6]. n.
his objections against their oracles, [14]. n.
Chance, by some considered, as supplying the place of inspiration, v. [81].
could not have accomplished the spiritual prophecies, [90].
Character, moral, artifices which men use to display it, vii. [178], [181], [184].
intellectual, two ways of displaying, [186].
Charity, Christian, its genealogy, vi. [116], [121], [123].
genuine how to be distinguished from false, [126].
the proper cure for learned pride, [278], [287].
Charles I. the religious troubles in his reign whence originating, viii. [41].
struggles for civil liberty, [44].
Chillingworth, and others, established the old principle of the Protestant religion, v. [349].
Christ, the spirit of prophecy, his testimony, v. [21].
his appeal to that spirit, [30].
all the prophets bear witness to him, [35].
great purpose of his coming, [37].
fortunes of his dispensation not yet perfectly disclosed, [69].
his prophecy concerning the treachery of Judas, [74].
its use, [100].
prophecies concerning his first coming, [102].
how enforced among the Jews, [107], [110].
concerning his second coming, [132].
his prophecy of the destruction of Jerusalem, [136].
fulfilled, [141].
his sublime command to his followers, to teach all nations, [163].
foretold the appearance of false Christs, [177].
his mediatorial office not to be interfered with by the worship of saints, [324].
time of his appearing how foretold, [326].
vast scheme of prophecy relating to his first and second coming, [336].
benefits of his death extend to all men, vi. [63].
faith in him the condition of salvation, [71].
declared to the believing Jews, how they were to be judged, [79].
to his disciples, that they had seen the Father, [84].
why he spake in parables, [94].
his promise to manifest himself, to whom given, [100].
why he condescended to wash the feet of his disciples, [145].
his answer to Peter on that occasion, [149].
his death a propitiation for sin, [154].
his admonition respecting the hearing of the word, [209].
his sentence on those who receive it not, [212].
his reply to the Pharisees concerning blindness and sin, [260].
denounces a woe against those of whom all men speak well, [305].
his question of the Jews who stoned him, [311].
his admonition to the woman taken in adultery, [319].
his address to those who accused her, [325].
why he did not condemn her, [328].
HE first acknowledged humility as a virtue, [334].
particulars of his humility, [339].
why derided by the Pharisees, who were covetous, [351], [352].
the author of eternal life, vii. [18], [24].
duties which we owe him, [29].
made manifest in the flesh, [64].
justified in the spirit, [66].
seen of angels, [68].
preached to the Gentiles, [70].
believed on in the world, [72].
received up into glory, [74].
never man spake like him, [124].
as to the matter of his discourses, [125].
the authority with which they were delivered, [130].
their wisdom, [133].
their divine energy, [137].
why he spake to the unbelieving Jews in parables, [145], [151].
why he wrought few miracles among them, [159].
why he preached the Gospel to the poor, [194].
the goodness of his character thus displayed, [203].
his wisdom equally, [206].
his Father’s house, of many mansions, [210].
his sincerity conspicuous in this declaration, [213], [214].
what was truly his character, [218].
what our expectations from him, [220].
promised the spirit of truth to his disciples, [222].
fulfilment of the promise, [234].
his ascension graced by the ministry of angels, [237].
prejudices of his countrymen against him, [253].
his triumphs over the kingdom of Satan, [271].
forbade strict retaliation, [310].
his declaration to those who shall be ashamed of him, [328].
and of his words, [341].
his memorable promise to Peter a two-fold prophecy, [357], [367].
his driving the buyers and sellers out of the temple, [386].
in what light understood, [390].
acted thus not as a zealot but a prophet only, [400].
prophecy to which he appealed, [405], [408].
in what light regarded by the Jews, [416].
why he used this mysterious method of information, [423].
the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever, viii. [19].
dignity of his person here expressed, [21].
immense scheme of redemption through him, [22].
unchangeable nature of his religion, [25].
Christian, bound by principle to be modest and humble, vi. [180].
character of a wise one, [227].
his body the temple of God, [382].
he is bought with a price, [386].
encouraged to reason on the subject of religion, vii. [115].
not bound to inquire curiously into the doctrinal and moral part of the gospel, [119].
Christianity, attested by prophecy, v. [69].
in a secondary as well as a primary sense, [98].
weight of the general evidence, [100].
argument from prophecy of no less weight to us because the Jews were not convinced by it, [128].
proof of its divine institution, [338].
why propagated by mean instruments, vi. [90].
its evidences many and various, [99].
philosophy how far serviceable to it, [196], [199].
objections on its mysterious nature answered, [272].
questions to those who sincerely reject it, [298].
danger and crime of disbelief, [300].
its evidences a subject of inquiry in different ages, vii. [111], [118].
the faith early adulterated by vain speculations, [245], [246].
purified in part after the Reformation, [247], [248].
use of reason in its support, [250].
force of prejudice against, [254], [258], [262].
in modern times, against its evidences and doctrines, [264].
what the only exorcism it permits, [274].
doctrine of not resisting evil, [310].
does not supersede the use of resentment, [314].
except in case of persecution, [316].
liberties taken with it to render it not mysterious, [347].
zeal for it abated among us, viii. [9].
its unchangeable nature, as a rule of life, [25].
Christians, Primitive, idea formed of Antichrist by them, v. [184].
their advantages of acquiring religious knowledge, vi. [191].
precept addressed to them of giving a reason for their hope, [111], [116].
Cicero, palliated the desertion of his principles, vii. [181].
abounded in fulsome encomiums, viii. [261].
Clemens Alexandrinus, his opinion on the persecution of Christianity, vii. [360].
Church, its union with Christ, how prefigured, v. [23].
on what rock founded, vii. [355].
Jewish and Gentile persecutions raised against it, [358].
internal commotions when settled under Constantine, [361].
endangered by the Mahometan imposture, [362].
by the Antichristian superstition, [363].
its trial by the enlightened reason of mankind, [365].
by the learned Jews, [368].
by the Gentiles, [369].
after the revival of letters, [374].
by modern infidel writers, [377].
the gates of Hell prevail not against it, [381].
Clarke, Dr. Samuel, his remark on the book of Revelations, v. [267].
Clergy, why chosen and ordained, viii. [59].
first object of their ministry to teach a right faith, [59].
the second, to produce the fruits of piety, [65].
and of charity, [68].
benefits of personal residence, [76].
directions respecting curates, [80].
none but fit ones to be recommended, [84].
what the office of reason on the subject of revealed religion, [90], [94].
requisites of a Christian preacher, fidelity, [120].
an air of authority, [123].
zeal, [125].
duty of catechizing, [133].
benefit of sermons to accompany the examinations, [138].
Cobham, Lord, why committed to the flames, v. [200].
Conceit, admonition against, vi. [178], [181].
proper remedy for, [185].
Conjectures, in the way of prophecy, frequently verified, v. [82].
Conscience, defined, vi. [44], [121].
Constantinople, not the residence of Antichrist, v. [291].
Controversy, in public discourses, to be avoided, viii. [124].
Corinthians, how addressed by the Apostle on their impurity, vi. [380].
their city a market of prostitution, [387].
Covenant, New, the christian dispensation so called, v. [163].
Courage, the affectation of, a snare to those who seek the honour of men, vi. [252].
Creeds, origin and justification of, viii. [61].
Crevier, M., defends persecution, v. [315]. n.
Criticism, as of late improved, of what use in explaining the Scriptures, vi. [199].
rational, what its established principles, viii. [349].
Curates, directions respecting, viii. [80].
Curiosity, anxious, its folly, vi. [408].
tends to create quick resentments, [412].
leads to peevish complaints, [413].
breeds uneasy suspicions, [415].
its injustice, [416].
Cyaxares, of Xenophon, supposed to be Darius the Mede, v. [381], [396].
D.
Daillé, M., on the use of the Fathers, v. [348].
Daniel, his vision of the four kingdoms, and of Antichrist, v. [287], [297].
foretold the rise of that power, [328].
antiquity of the book questioned, [365].
objections answered, [387].
cause of his advancement, [390].
Darius the Mede, doubts respecting his existence, v. [380].
Dedication, two good instances of, pointed out, viii. [282].
Demosthenes, his sublime and energetic oath, viii. [345].
Devil, if resisted, will flee, vii. [267].
terms applied to that wicked spirit in Scripture, [269].
Christ’s triumphs over, [271].
powers permitted him over the bodies and fortunes of men, [272].
over the souls of men, [274].
objections answered, [277].
religious and moral uses of the doctrine, [280].
whole scheme of Christianity depends on it, [348].
Distress, National, never inflicted before it is deserved, viii. [7].
Divination, idea of pagan philosophers concerning, v. [9].
from augury, instances of, v. [83].
D. L. the author of, his character by a warm friend, viii. [270].
his personal virtues,—reference to Dr. Jortin, [272].
some of his foibles enumerated, [273].
his talents for classical criticism, [277].
Dragon, a symbol of the Roman Government, v. [303].
Dreams, a mode of prophecy, v. [17], [248].
Drusilla, her character, vii. [2].
E.
Eagles, a figurative expression for the standards of the Roman army, v. [138].
Eclipse, why an emblem of the ruin of empires, v. [246].
Elegance, of speech, what, viii. [334], [342].
Eloquence, among the ancients, studied from vanity, vi. [284].
Dr. Middleton’s notion of, confuted, viii. [333].
no archetype of it in nature, [339].
its rules for the most part, local and arbitrary, [352].
what its end, [354], [356].
Egyptians, retained their hieroglyphics after the invention of the alphabet, v. [239].
Energy, of our Saviour’s discourses, vii. [137].
Envy, excited by eminent virtue, vi. [306].
a striking picture of, vii. [253].
Erasmus, his observation on the use of reason in religion, viii. [101].
Error, in matters of religion, notion of its innocency considered, vi. [297].
Evidence, moral, gradation in the scale of, vi. [88].
Ezekiel, foretold the cessation of prophecy among the Jews, v. [116]. n.
F.
Faith, the condition of salvation, vi. [71].
the parent of charity, [123], [125].
why said to come by hearing, [201].
some inclined too much to it, at the expence of morality, [218].
not at variance with knowledge, [262].
See [Christianity].
Falkland, Lord, his glorious excess of virtue, vi. [309].
Fame, the love of, to be controuled by the love of truth, vi. [259].
Fashion, the rule of life with men of the world, vii. [286].
Fathers of the Church, their application of the term Antichrist, v. [182].
question respecting their authority in the interpretation of scripture, [347], [348].
plainness of their discourses, vii. [8].
Fear of God, the proper guide of life, vii. [284].
contrasted with fashion, [286].
with law, [288].
with philosophy, [291].
inclines men to depart from evil, [293].
Felix the Procurator, his character, vii. [2].
effect of Paul’s preaching on him, [5].
his subsequent treatment of the apostle, [15].
Figurative language, a cause of obscurity in prophecy, v. [68].
Fig-tree, cursed, a sign, vii. [403].
connected with that of purging the temple, [413].
Fire, allusion to its effects, frequent in Scripture, vi. [168].
Flesh, the vices of, to be put away from us, vii. [48].
Fleury, Abbé, his observation on the authority of the Pope, v. [314].
Free-thinking, modern, to be resolved into two sophisms, vii. [379].
Friendship, among the great scholars of every age, indelicacy in the expression of, viii. [259].
various arguments in exercise for, [261].
answered, [264].
specimen of the high complimentary manner, [270].
delicate ways of conveying encomium, [282].
See [Dr. Jortin].
G.
Gadarenes, their sordid prejudice against our Saviour, vii. [260].
Galatia, Churches of, early infested with false teachers, vi. [177].
Gallio, his disregard of miracles not proved, viii. [156].
Genealogies, system of, reprobated by St. Paul, vi. [116].
Genesis, a famous passage in, how regarded by different critics, viii. [346].
Gentiles, method of the early Christians to convert, v. [125].
how convinced by the argument of prophecy, [126].
their conversion foretold, [155].
took its rise by small beginnings, [164].
prevailed by pacific means only, [165].
are a law unto themselves, vi. [37], [38].
force of conscience among them, [43].
diversity of human judgment accounted for, [44].
their debates concerning right and wrong evinced their sense of natural law, [49].
benefits of redemption extend to them, [63].
their notion of a temple, [383].
their conversion quick and general, vii. [73].
condition of the poor among them, [198].
adversaries of the Christian religion among them, vii. [371].
the calling of, predicted by the expulsion of buyers and sellers from the temple, vii. [409].
Gibbon, Mr. his anonymous letter to Dr. Hurd, v. [363].
answered, [386].
character of his History, [401].
Glorifying of God, in our body and spirit, vi. [378].
Gloucester, Bishop of, his idea of the nature and character of an inspired language vindicated, viii. [307].
obviates an objection made by Dr. Middleton, [309], [311].
avows his notion of eloquence to be a paradox, and at the same time truth, [312].
nominal barbarity of the style of the New Testament, a mark of its miraculous original, [317].
the inspiration comprehended the terms, and their grammatical congruity, [321].
circumstances, abilities, and qualifications of the Apostles who received it, [324].
opposes Dr. Middleton’s proposition concerning eloquence, [333].
proves that no archetype of that quality exists, [339].
that the sublime of eloquent expression depends on casual associations, [334], [347].
shews that eloquence was not necessary to the Apostles, [354].
his idea of the end of eloquence justified, [354], [362].
considers clearness and precision as the aids common to all language, [365].
tropes and figures when and in what sense vicious, [367], [373].
God, what must be done to obtain his favour, vii. [81].
what that favour is, [89].
Godliness, the great mystery of, vii. [62].
Gospel, its connection with prophecy, iv. [42].
with that concerning its promulgation, v. [156].
by whom announced, [160].
contrary to the structure of the Jewish law, [161].
its use not discredited by the natural moral law, vi. [57].
its necessity not superseded, [59].
the eternal purpose of God declared in it, [76].
why not forced on the minds of men by irresistible evidence, [93].
stress laid on Faith, [95].
binds men together as brethren, [136].
illuminates and sanctifies men by successive improvements, vi. [208].
its doctrines and precepts forbid us to seek the honour of men, [247].
its rapid propagation, vii. [73].
if hid, is hid to them that are lost, [96].
appealed to, when written, as the ground of belief, [117].
preached to the poor, [193].
——, Sermon before the society for propagating, viii. [23].
Grace, the law of, vi. [70], [71].
some had rather trust to the law of nature, [73].
obligatory on those who do not receive it, [77], [78].
Gregory I., his dispute with the Bishop of Constantinople, v. [188].
disclaimed the title of universal Bishop, [189].
Grotius, Hugo, undertook to prove that the Pope was not Antichrist, v. [221].
from what motives, [222].
a conjecture of his confuted by Bishop Newton, [300].
his comment on the washing of the disciples’ feet, vi. [152]. n.
H.
Half-belief, a vice of the spirit, vii. [50].
Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor, his opinion concerning appeals at the University of Cambridge, supported, viii. [189], [221].
Hearing, the way by which faith cometh, vi. [201].
admonitions concerning, [203].
diligence in, why requisite, [ib.] [205], [207].
Heathens, their quick conversion to Christianity, viii. [152].
inquiry into their opinion of miracles, [155], [181].
Hell, the gates of, their signification in Scripture, vii. [356].
Heresies, their origin, vii. [102].
Hesiod, his maxim on contention, viii. [279], [281].
Hieroglyphics, their origin, v. [239].
means of learning them, [245].
Hippias, the Elean, boasted that he knew every thing, vi. [285].
Holy Ghost, the living in communion with, vi. [382].
the possessor of the body of Christians, [386].
See [Spirit].
Honour, the duty of preferring one another in, explained, vi. [130].
its nature and grounds, [132].
right application of it in practice, [137].
that only which cometh of God, to be sought, [245].
the Gothic principle of, inflames pride, [337].
Hope, Christian, the precept of giving a reason for, explained, vii. [110].
to be given with meekness and fear, [122].
Horace, his indelicate encomium on Virgil, viii. [259].
Humanity, its duties never overlooked by the inspired writers, vi. [130].
Humility, Christian, how best expressed, vi. [186].
first acknowledged as a virtue by our Saviour, [334].
why so rare among men, [ib.] [336], [337].
of whom to be learned, [339].
ensures rest to our souls, [343].
Hypocrites, those who embrace Christianity from corrupt motives, vi. [302].
I. and J.
James I. remark of Hume on his commentary on the Revelations, vi. [266].
Idolatry, how designated in the language of Scripture, v. [305], [311].
of two sorts, [316].
Jerom, states the notion of the ancient Fathers respecting Antichrist, v. [184].
Speaks of the fall of the Roman empire, [230].
Jerusalem, destruction of, v. [135].
by the Romans, [138].
of the temple, [140].
its mystical sense, [301].
its destruction, of what emblematical, vii. [328].
Jews, their erroneous notion of the use and end of prophecy, v. [10].
divine communications concerning Christ, why appropriated to them, [64].
origin of their principal mistake respecting the Messiah, [99].
prophetic spirit, how employed under their system of polity, [106].
why many of them not convinced by the argument of prophecy, [119].
their incredulity foretold by their own prophets, [120].
their invincible prejudices, [122].
driven to the necessity of supposing a two-fold Messias, [123].
destruction of their city and temple, [135].
their dispersion, [143].
their number comparatively small in Judæa, [152].
distinguished by descent, as well as by religion, [153].
their language why figurative, [241].
hieroglyphic style common among them, [243].
their ritual abounding in symbols, [263].
their idolatry considered as adultery, [306].
how far enabled to compute the time of the Messiah’s appearing, [327].
a plain frugal people, vi. [2].
to what purpose their law was given, [53].
how to be judged for disbelieving the Gospel, [79].
questions respecting wars and fightings among them, [101].
their practice of conveying information by action, [146].
heterodoxy with them disloyalty, [292].
their notion of a temple, [383].
why our Lord spake to them in parables, vii. [143], [151].
and wrought few miracles among them who believed not, [159].
condition of the poor among them, [197].
their prejudices against our Saviour, [256].
abused the right of retaliation, [311].
ashamed of Christ, [327].
the Christian religion prevailed over their prejudices, [369].
the rejection of them prefigured, [412].
conduct of their rulers, when our Lord had purged the temple, [414].
Immanuel, prophecy of Isaiah concerning, v. [108].
Immortality, a free gift to man, how forfeited, and restored, vi. [70]. vii. [19].
Impenitence, final, the issue of procrastination and vice, vii. [14].
Incense, a symbol of prayer, v. [263].
Incumbent, the proper name of a parochial minister, viii. [76].
Independency, a name comprehending a thousand sects, viii. [43].
Infidelity, may proceed from the pride of reason, vii. [99].
Infidels, their main argument against prophecy answered, v. [82].
Inquiries, religious, how to be conducted, vii. [116], [119], [122].
Intercession, of Christians for each other, a duty, v. [322].
distinguished from the worship of saints, [323].
Integrity, requisite in judging of religion, vi. [34].
an admiration of, may lead to irreligion, vi. [254].
Job, his complaint of being made to possess the iniquities of his youth, vi. [393].
John, St. his vision of the marriage of the Lamb, v. [23], [24].
his mention of Antichrist, v. [175].
designates the appearance of Antichrist, v. [329], [330].
Jortin, Dr. an address to, on the delicacy of friendship, viii. [257].
happy in avoiding the offensive custom into which the learned have fallen, [268].
his conduct towards his friend the author of the D. L. [274].
adopted his subject, [275], [283].
wrote against him, [277], [285].
glanced at him, [ib.] [286].
spared his arguments, [ib.]
furnished him with others, [287].
quoted him, [288].
called his conjecture ingenious, [290].
nay elegant, [293].
and the writer a learned friend, [297].
Josephus, his account of the religion of his countrymen, v. [356].
his praise of Daniel, [370].
Irreligion, not so general as is imagined, v. [354].
Isaiah, a remarkable prophecy addressed by him to Ahaz, v. [107].
how he claimed belief of the Jews, [110].
his prophecy respecting parables, vii. [148].
considered two ways, [149], [150].
his prophecies, to what chiefly relating, [405].
Judas, his treachery foreseen, vi. [150].
had no part with Jesus, [158].
Jus Talionis, why necessary in the Mosaic institute, vii. [311].
Justice, Civil, perverted by the lusts of men, vi. [109].
Justin Martyr, urges the argument from prophecy in his apology to the Antonines, v. [125].
K.
Key to the Revelations, by Mr. Mede, examined, v. [275].
Kingdom of Christ, import of the prayer, that it may come, v. [103].
Knowledge, requisite to judge of Christianity, vi. [32].
why productive of pride and vanity, vi. [277].
its remedy, not ignorance, but charity, [ib.]
error in considering it the supreme good, [278].
—— religious, of the present age, compared with that in the times of the Reformation, vi. [189].
Knowledge of Life, a name for fraud and disingenuity, vi. [233].
L.
Lactantius, his confidence in the spread of the Gospel, v. [355].
Language, original, of all nations imperfect, v. [237].
—— inspired, needs not be perfectly eloquent, viii. [311].
must necessarily abound in the native idioms of the persons inspired, [314].
correspondency of terms, to give clear intelligence, [319].
impression of phrases and idioms not to be expected, [328].
no archetype in nature, to which eloquence refers, [333].
clearness and precision the aids common to all language, [365].
Law of the magistrate, by whom deemed an adequate rule of action, vii. [288].
—— Jewish, to what end instituted, v. [48], [52].
—— Natural, written in the heart, vi. [39], [40].
appealed to by heathens as well as Christians, [48].
necessary to the support of revelation, [54].
does not discredit the use of the Gospel, [57].
its existence presupposed by the Christian law, [64].
its penalties, [69].
Lebanon, a symbol of a city, v. [263].
Leland, Dr. letter to, viii. [307].
Real subject of his dissertation on the principles of eloquence, [ib.]
his remark on the imperfect correspondency of words in languages, [318].
his objections to the Bishop of Gloucester’s notion of inspired language refuted, [328], [330].
his opinion respecting eloquence controverted, [337].
his appeal to the rules of rational criticism answered, [349].
his misrepresentation of the Bishop’s remark on tropes and figures, exposed, [366], [370], [378].
Leo X. issued an edict against the use of the term Antichrist, v. [201].
Letter, anonymous, to Dr. Hurd, concerning the Apocalypse, v. [364].
answer to it, [386].
Mr. Gibbon the writer of the letter, [400].
Levity of mind, a spiritual vice, vii. [53].
Liberty, misused, its fatal effects, vi. [103].
civil and religious, favoured by religion, viii. [38].
questions respecting the abuse of the latter, [48].
of the former, [49].
Life Eternal, doctrine of, first delivered to us through Jesus Christ, vii. [18].
scheme of God’s providence respecting, [22].
different degrees of happiness or misery in, [27].
may be taken in two senses, [34].
Light, the emblem of knowledge, vii. [78].
that of revelation the most certain, [79].
Lightfoot, Dr. his idea of the apocalyptic style, v. [266].
Litigation, ancient, a picture of, vi. [112], [113].
Liturgy of the church of England, generally commended, viii. [65].
Longinus, his opinion of a famous passage in Genesis, viii. [346].
Lowth, Dr. distinguished for a species of literary address, viii. [286].
Lusts, the origin of wars and fighting among men, vi. [102].
perverted religion, [104].
and civil justice, [109].
Luther, his resolution to break through the papal servitude, v. [209].
dreaded the charge of schism, [211].
M.
Mahometan imposture, its success, to what owing, vii. [362].
Malachi, foretold the precursor of the Messiah, v. [115].
Malmesbury, the philosopher of, how misled into infidelity, vi. [253].
Mammon of unrighteousness, the precept of making friends of, vi. [351], [377].
Manichæan doctrine, early prevalent in the East, vii. [245], [268].
spirit of Christianity abhorrent from it, [271].
Mansions, many in the house of our heavenly Father, vii. [210].
Mantuan, his character of a pope, v. [303], [304].
Marcellinus, his mention of the fiery eruptions of Jerusalem, viii. [160].
Meaux, Bishop of. See [Bossuet].
Mede, his observation on the prophetic chronology of Daniel, v. [66]. n.
on the use and intent of prophecy, [106]. n.
on the doctrine of Antichrist, [195]. n.
his opinion on the Apocalypse, [261].
sketch of his character, [271].
his disinterestedness and impartiality, [273].
his Key to the Revelations considered, [275].
Medes and Persians, their law unalterable, v. [376], [392].
Meekness, the virtue of, nearly dismissed from the world, vi. [338].
not absolutely incompatible with resentment, [347].
Messias, a particular prophecy concerning, v. [75].
various specific characters in the prophecies respecting him, [82].
contrast of the Christian and the Jewish interpretations, [123].
Metaphors, in the Oriental style, frequent, vi. [171].
the offspring of nature and necessity, viii. [338].
Middleton, Dr. his objection to the notion of an inspired language, viii. [309].
Milton, his allusion to an eclipse as ominous, v. [246]. n.
Minister of the Gospel, for what use his stores of knowledge are destined, vi. [5].
his office, [7].
decorum of his character, [8].
the word to be dispensed to those who most need it, [11].
Miracles, a great foundation of our faith, [266].
few wrought by our Saviour among the unbelieving Jews, vii. [159].
because many were not necessary to their conviction, [163].
or to give a just proof of his mission, [165].
would have hindered the success of his ministry, [167].
and have violated a general rule of his conduct, [170].
opinion of the heathens concerning, viii. [155].
many seeming ones imputed to the power of magic, [176].
difference of those wrought by Christ and his apostles, [177].
Missionary, Christian, his arduous duties, vii. [30].
Moralist, Pagan, his reproof of a young reveller, vi. [210].
Moralities, the lesser, what, vi. [131].
Morality, some incline too much to it, at the expence of faith, vi. [218].
how relaxed by casuistry, [237].
Moses, weight of his prophecy with the Jews, v. [109], [110].
foretold their dispersion, [143].
Mysteries of God’s kingdom, declared in parables, vii. [155].
Mystical meanings, in the prophetic style, v. [301].
N.
Nahum, his prediction of the overthrow of Nineveh, v. [254].
Names of eminent persons, custom of changing in the ancient world, iii. [354].
Nature, human, not a sufficient guide in religion, vi. [269].
a generous pride why implanted in it, [334].
Nazareth, why our Saviour wrought few miracles there, vii. [160].
evil disposition of the people towards him, [168], [253].
Nero, by some considered as the Antichrist of a future age, v. [183].
Newton, Sir Isaac, his remark on the prophecy of Revelations, v. [226]. n.
on the prophetic characters of Antichrist, [289].
his illustration of prophecy how considered by the infidels, vi. [265]. n.
Nicodemus, ashamed of Christ, vii. [337].
O.
Obedience, perfect, to be attained by degrees, vi. [208].
the promise annexed to it, vii. [20].
Oecumenical (or universal) Bishop, a title assumed by the Bishop of Constantinople, v. [188].
accepted by Boniface VI. [190].
Offences, or scandals, mentioned by our Lord, what, vi. [161].
Oneirocritics, v. [246].
their rules of use in explaining prophecy, [248].
Oracles, Pagan, their design, v. [8].
wherein unlike scriptural prophecies, [60].
Origen, his reply to a remark of Celsus on miracles, viii. [161]. n.
P.
Pagans, their superstitions whence derived, v. [246].
two religious topics on which their wise men were chiefly intent, vii. [241].
ashamed of Christ, vii. [332].
Parables, all the prophecies written in, v. [260].
why addressed by our Saviour to the Jews, vii. [143], [145].
what their subject, [154].
Paris, Matthew, his testimony respecting the charge of Antichristianism on the see of Rome, v. [197].
Pascal, his remark on the dispensation of prophecy, v. [62].
on the danger of disbelief, [301].
Patience, requisite in judging of Christianity, vi. [32].
Paul, St. his characteristic of Antichrist, v. [299].
his remark on his appearance, [329].
his awful warning against unbelief, [359].
his zeal of persecution while a Jew, vi. [290].
why he called himself the chief of sinners, [295].
his error not innocent, [303].
his address in reproving the Corinthians, [379].
substance of his remonstrance, [387].
his preaching before Felix, vii. [2].
his divine encomium on our Lord’s ministry, [205].
his labours at Ephesus how overturned, [259].
effects of his preaching at Athens, [261].
Pearson, Dr. an excellent commentator on the Catechism, viii. [138].
Persecution, almost sanctioned by the Jewish law, vi. [293].
—— of the Apostles, resistance to it forbidden, vii. [316].
of the first Christians by the Jews and Gentiles, [358].
Peter, St. denied his Lord through shame, vii. [334].
and fear, [335].
his name why conferred on him, [355].
two prophecies thus given, [357].
Petrarch, applies the name of Babylon to Rome, v. [198].
Pharisees, how reproved by our Saviour for infidelity, vi. [261].
with what view they heard the word of the Lord, vi. [212].
why they derided our Saviour’s precepts, [350], [352].
Philip, one of the Apostles, asks of Christ that he would shew them the Father, vi. [84].
Philologist, Italian, his objection to reading the Bible, vii. [343].
Philosophers of the Gentiles, ill treated the poor, vii. [198].
Philosophy, an inadequate rule of life, vii. [291].
progress in, since the reformation, how far serviceable to religion, vi. [196], [199].
Phinehas, his act of zeal, vii. [393].
had relation to religion and not morals, [396].
Plato, at one time gave law to the Christian world, vii. [246].
Play, the favourite amusement, because the most violent, vii. [299].
Pleasure, the lover of, cannot be rich, vi. [403].
Pleasures, the pursuit of, to be restrained, vii. [298].
when lawful, may not be expedient, [300].
the mind should be independent of, [305].
Pliny, abounded in fulsome encomiums, viii. [261].
Poets, Greek and Latin, their works of use in the exposition of the ancient Prophets, v. [249].
Politeness, true, distinguished from false, vi. [139].
Pompey, his generosity in burning the papers of an enemy, vi. [414].
Poor, the Gospel preached to the, vii. [193].
their condition when Saviour appeared among them, [197], [198].
their hearts less perverse than those of the rich and great and wise, [200].
Pope, the, styled Antichrist at the synod of Rheims in the tenth century, v. [191].
his authority defined by the Abbé Fleury, v. [314].
Popery, how brought into disrepute among us, vi. [19].
Porphyry, illustrated the book of Daniel, v. [365].
Possessions, demonic, explained, vii. [273].
Praise, general, a woe denounced against those who obtain it, vi. [304].
implies a mediocrity of virtue, [306].
frequently positive ill desert, [310].
and sometimes depravity and prostitution of character, [313].
Prayer, its efficacy considered, vii. [82].
—— The Lord’s, an instance of Oriental construction in, vi. [165].
Preacher, Christian, character of one, viii. [120], [122], [125].
Prejudice, the strange power of, exemplified, vii. [255].
among the Jews, [254].
among the Gentiles, [258], [261].
among the Heathens in the fourth century, [262].
in later times, [263].
Pretences, continued, become realities, vi. [257].
Pride, how generated, vi. [132], [133].
to be corrected by philanthropy, [134].
why a vice, [277].
how counteracted by charity, [278], [287].
mistaken for a natural principle, [336].
made sacred by fashion, [337].
danger of indulging it, [343].
intellectual and moral, productive of infidelity, vii. [99], [106].
Procrastination, the usual support of vice, vii. [5], [6].
is itself supported by sophistry, [9].
leads to final impenitence, [14].
Prophecy, scriptural meaning of the term, v. [3].
origin of false ideas respecting its subjects, [4].
its ultimate purpose, [8].
and dispensation, [12].
questions to be answered by enquirers into its divine character, [15].
true idea of it, [21], [26], [27]. n.
our reasonings on the subject how to be regulated, [32].
what its ultimate accomplishment, [34].
its extent, [37].
considered as a system, [39].
conclusions from the true idea of it, [44].
why obscurely delivered, [45], [46].
what its double sense, [51].
how distinguished from Pagan oracles, [60].
why confined to one nation, [62].
its obscurity affords no objection to it, [67].
general argument from it, [74], [76].
instances of casual conjecture fulfilled by events, [83], [85].
answer to objection on this ground, [88].
examples illustrating the general scheme of prophetic writings, [96].
prophecies concerning the Messiah’s first coming, [103].
unity of design with all the prophets, [113].
amount of evidence on comparing predictions with facts, [118].
the Jews why not convinced, [119].
its weight with the Gentiles, [125].
how connected with the evidence from miracles, [130].
prophecies concerning Christ’s second coming, [132].
and the Christian Church, [133].
destruction of Jerusalem, [135].
dispersion of the Jews, [143].
call and conversion of the Gentiles, [156].
concerning Antichrist, [171].
what its declared end, [226].
style of prophetic writing considered, [233].
why more figurative than ours, [236].
tinctured with the Hieroglyphic spirit, [240].
means of rendering it intelligible to us, [244].
some important prophecies delivered in the way of dreams, [248].
causes of the obscurity of prophecy, [251].
suspicions taken up against it, unfounded, [256].
the symbolic style expedient in such writings, [258].
its chronology not defined with historical exactness, [326].
uses of the inquiry into, [351].
chief evidences of religion drawn from, [263].
nature of the prophetic power, vii. [226].
how liable to be abused by pretenders to it, [227].
Prophets, Jewish, used similitudes, vii. [402].
Propitiation, doctrine of, how inculcated by our Lord, vi. [151], [155].
Protestants, their tenets respecting Antichrist, v. [173].
how far their aversion to the Church of Rome properly extends, [217].
their divines censured for temerity in fixing the fall of Antichrist, [229].
justified by the Apocalyptic prophecies, [342].
how secured against the charges of schism and heresy, [350].
Punishments, future, how proved to be eternal, vi. [164].
Puritans, their struggles for Church dominion, viii. [42], [43].
Purity of speech, what, viii. [334], [342].
Q.
Queries, respecting the right or appeal in the University of Cambridge, viii. [195].
answers to, [197].
the proper ones formerly put, and differently answered, [207], [221].
Quintilian, his admiration of Plato’s eloquence, vii. [125].
his idea of the nature of eloquence, viii. [358], [360].
his observation on verbal figures, [366].
R.
Reason, its use, on the argument of prophecy, v. [19].
how to be employed on the evidences of religion, vi. [97], [98].
compared with revelation as a guide in matters of religion, vii. [80], [92].
why given to man, [99].
what its pride, [102].
its true use in support of Christianity, vii. [250], viii. [90].
how abused, [99].
how unpropitious to revelation, [109], [112].
Rebellion, American, Sermon preached on account of, viii. [3].
Redemption, the great scheme of Providence, v. [57].
through Christ extends to all men, vi. [63].
brief account of, [70].
vastness of the scheme, viii. [22].
Reformation, in Germany, not effected wholly in the spirit of the Gospel, v. [167].
begun and prosecuted on the principle that the Pope was Antichrist, [200].
that doctrine not an innovation, [207].
two great principles on which it was conducted, [346].
question respecting the interpretation of Scripture, [ib.]
various considerations decisive of the controversy with the Papists, [350].
an evil originating in, vii. [42].
Reformers, their advancement in religious knowledge, vi. [190].
formed their idea of Religion from the scriptures, [ib.]
how enabled to understand them, [192].
especially the most important points of doctrine, [194], [196].
Religion of Nature, and of the Gospel, defined, vi. [67].
—— Christian, designed for the instruction of all degrees of men, vi. [24].
its truths how to be explained to wise men, [25].
high demands of evidence impertinent, [88].
improper to be complied with, [90].
presumptuous and unwarrantable, [96].
mischiefs arising from misapplication of, [104].
early attacked by superstition, [108].
by worldly policy, [106].
its whole system in what founded, [124].
its doctrines objects of faith, and not of knowledge, [197].
its chief evidences drawn from prophecies, [263].
and miracles, [266].
its doctrines consistent with reason, [268].
does not oblige us to profess poverty, [375].
hath descended to us through two, the most enlightened ages of the world, vii. [367].
its power shewn in the zeal of Missionaries, viii. [30].
most friendly to civil and religious liberty, [37].
use and abuse of reason in, [89].
its evidence the proper subject of enquiry, [98].
Repentance, what its merits and claims, vii. [85], [94].
the great duty of, viii. [6].
in the hour of national distress, [15].
Residence, personal, of the clergy, its benefits, viii. [76].
Retaliation, strict, forbidden by our Saviour, vii. [310].
natural resentment not therefore superseded, [314].
true patriotism not injured, [318].
nor military spirit weakened, [319].
the injunction consistent with the true interest of individuals, [321].
Revelation, the only sure guide in matters of religion, vii. [79].
how opposed by the pride of reason, [104].
why not accompanied with the strongest possible evidence, [91].
Revelations, book of, its prophecies in part fulfilled, v. [127].
its character and authority, [261].
its style, [262], [265].
its method, [268].
examined by means of Mr. Mede’s discovery, [275].
what the chronological order of the visions, [276].
the prophecy made up of two great parts, [279].
the book, of three, [280].
of the residence of Antichrist, [290].
proved to be Rome Christian, [297].
its predictions respecting the time of his appearing, [326].
foretels all the events of the Christian dispensation, [341].
utility of studying this prophecy, [351].
Revolution, the æra of our liberty, viii. [47].
Richard I. heard a lecture against Antichrist at Messina, v. [195].
Ridicule, the resource of sinners, vi. [353], [357], [359].
especially when reproof comes home to them, [363].
Roman Empire, its reverse of fortune ascribed by the Heathens to Christianity, vii. [262].
Romans, their nice sense of right and wrong, vi. [50].
abuses in the administration of justice, [111].
Rome, ancient, a supposition concerning, v. [57].
Virgil’s allusion to its seven hills, [293].
modern, the throne of Antichrist, v. [291].
ecclesiastical and not civil, [297].
its idolatry how described, [309].
why a harlot and not an adulteress, [312].
her pride and intolerance, [313].
professes and enjoins the worship of Saints, [317].
its tenets respecting Antichrist, v. [173].
the Antipopes branded each other with that name, [186].
denounced as Antichristian at various periods, [191 to 201].
Romulus, famous omen of his twelve vultures, v. [83].
Rousseau, disclaims the authority of prophecy, v. [77]. n.
his reasons examined, [78].
his strange boast of probity, vi. [257].
S.
Sacraments, Christian, on what principle founded, vii. [402].
Saints, the worship of, in the Romish Church, v. [317].
apology for, controverted, [319].
Sallust, in his writings, appears a model of frugality, vii. [185].
Salt, allusion of our Saviour to, its two interpretations, vi. [163], [164].
applied to discipline as well as faith, [170].
Salvation through the blood of Christ, the eternal purpose of God, viii. [25].
danger of neglecting it, vi. [67], [81].
faith and morality its appointed means, [218].
Sanhedrin, could not punish with death but by leave of the Roman governor, vi. [323].
Schism, import and application of the term by the Church of Rome, v. [208].
how introduced into the Church, viii. [61].
Science, human, very limited, vi. [184].
Scipio, his continence, and frivolous curiosity, vii. [306].
Scribe, Christian, compared with a Jewish householder, vi. [3].
Scorn, irreligious, the sources of, vi. [353].
admonition against, [364].
Sects, fanatical, of the last century, confusion caused by, vi. [16].
Selden, his notion on the expulsion of the buyers and sellers from the temple, vii. [393].
where apparently taken up, [398].
Self-denial, its uses, vii. [306].
Self-love, too frequently the parent of pride, vi. [132], [133].
its ends how answered by philanthropy, [137].
an instinctive sentiment, [335].
Seneca, an oracle of his, predicting the discoveries of Columbus, v. [85].
Sermons, advice respecting, viii. [68], [120], [124].
models proposed, [128]. n.
Shakespear, various editions and criticisms of, how occasioned, viii. [283].
Shame of Christ, what, vii. [329].
cases which imply its existence among unbelievers, [330].
among professors of Christianity, [334], [338].
shame of his words, [342].
of the doctrines contained in them, [346].
of the precepts, [349].
Sherlock, Bishop, his remark on the figurative language of prophecy, v. [68]. n.
Sibylline oracles, general opinion concerning, v. [369].
Sign, what is meant by the Jews requiring one, viii. [168]. n.
Silver, the lover of, shall not be satisfied, vi. [366].
Simplicity concerning evil, the virtue of, in what consisting, vi. [231].
the neglect of it has degraded religion, [234].
relaxed morality, [237].
and polluted common life, [239].
caution against evasive pleas and pretences to part with it, [240].
Slavery, personal, common among the Heathen, vi. [386].
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, its objects, viii. [27], [28].
Socinianism, what, viii. [114].
Socrates, his prediction of his own death fulfilled, v. [80]. n.
confessed that he knew nothing, vi. [285].
uncertain in his hope of immortality, vii. [215].
Solomon, prescribes the Fear of God as a rule of life, vii. [283].
peculiar deference due to his judgment from men of the world, [293].
from politicians and philosophers, [294].
Souls of Men, influence of evil spirits on, vii. [274].
Speaking, the rules of, more arbitrary than they are taken to be, vii. [344].
Spendthrift, more to be reprobated than the miser, vi. [370].
Spenser, his general purpose in the Faery Queen, v. [97].
Spirit, Holy, he that soweth in, shall reap life everlasting, vii. [32].
in what sense the assertion understood, [33].
in what way the blessing conferred, [37].
returns of duty thereby required, [40].
justification of God in, [66].
—— Human, its vices, vii. [49].
—a fluctuating faith, [50].
levity of mind, [53].
deadness of heart, [56].
perverse sophistry, [58].
State, why it countenances the Church, viii. [62].
Statutes, relating to the jurisdiction of Cambridge university, examined, viii. [200].
Sublimity of speech, what, viii. [334], [342].
the definition illustrated, [345].
not united with simplicity, [347].
Sully, the great, his situation somewhat similar to that of Daniel, v. [374].
Superstition, its early inroads into the Christian religion, vi. [105].
Symbols, an early way of writing, v. [238].
Synchronisms of the book of Revelations, v. [275], [279], [283].
T.
Tabor, Mr. his mumpings against university-appeals, viii. [231].
Temple, what the notion of one implies, vi. [383].
of God, an emblem of the Church of Christ, v. [301].
—— of Jerusalem, utterly destroyed, v. [140].
buyers and sellers driven from, vii. [386].
the act a prediction of the call of the Gentiles, [408].
Temptation, God’s providence respecting, vii. [280].
Tertullian, his remark on the rapid progress of Christianity, viii. [153].
Testament, Old, considered by St. Austin, a prophecy to the New, v. [53]. n.
the divinity of both inferred from the completion of prophecy, [127].
Testimony of Jesus, the spirit of prophecy, v. [21], [24].
Text, which the most difficult in the four Gospels, vi. [160].
Theology, dogmatical, essential to Christianity, viii. [60].
Theophrastus, a name, why given, vii. [125].
Thomas the Apostle, admonished respecting faith, vi. [95].
Tiberius, the religion of Jesus first published in his reign, vii. [367].
Tillotson, Abp. his zeal against Antinomianism, vi. [17].
Time, scriptural division of, respecting the coming of Christ, v. [17].
Toleration, not yet perfectly understood, vi. [195].
Trinity in Unity, where accurately distinguished, vii. [44].
Tropes and figures, when and in what sense vicious, viii. [366].
what forms of language so denominated by Quintilian, [371].
often a deviation from logical definition, [377].
when they may be allowed, [378].
Truth, the spirit of, promised by our Lord to his apostles, vii. [222].
the promise fulfilled by the event, [235].
U. & V.
Vanity, why a vice, vi. [127].
Vettius Valens, augured the duration of the Roman empire, v. [83].
Vice, naturally breeds a disposition to ridicule, vi. [353].
what its usual support, vii. [5].
Virgil, purpose of his predictions in the Æneid, v. [96].
a passage from, descriptive of Rome, [292].
allusion to the predictions in his fourth eclogue, [368].
the sixth book of his Æneid by whom finely criticized, viii. [277].
Virtue, superior, excites envy, vi. [306].
runs at times into excesses, [308].
can never obtain general praise, [309].
an intermitting state of, most miserable, [399].
what its reasonable reward, vii. [91].
the pride of, by which the Gospel may be hid from us, [106].
Virtues of the Heathen, vi. [42].
Ulpian, his observation on the right of appeal, viii. [249].
Unbelief, always owing to some or other of the passions, vi. [245].
accounted for, from man’s pride, viii. [109].
and indolence, [113].
Uncleanness, arguments against the sin of, vi. [382], [385].
its heinousness, [391].
inexcusable in Christians, [392].
Voltaire, his sarcasm on Sir Isaac Newton, vi. [265]. n.
W.
Waldenses, or Albigenses, in what age they first appeared, v. [195].
leading principle of their heresy, [196].
crusades employed against them, [ib.]
War, civil, a most dreadful instrument of God’s government, viii. [8].
Washing of the disciples’ feet, a lesson of humility, vi. [145].
its other, and more important signification, [149], [150].
Wealth, pernicious when over-rated, vi. [368].
or when misapplied, [370].
always a snare, and too often a curse, [375].
has a tendency to corrupt manners, vii. [293].
Weston, Mr. remarks on his inquiry into the rejection of Christian miracles by the heathens, viii. [150].
his negative testimonies examined, [155].
his positive testimonies, [161].
his charge on the fathers of the Church, [163].
claims the sanction of an apostle, [165].
his strong hold proves to be magic, [175].
answer to his argument from the multiplication of Heathen Gods, [179].
ground-work of his performance, [183].
Western Empire, the period of its dismemberment that of the rise of Antichrist, v. [330].
Wiclif exposed the Antichristianism of the Roman pontiff, v. [199].
great effects of his writings, [200].
Will-worship, condemned in Scripture, v. [325].
Wisdom, infinite, in the dispensation of prophecy, v. [6], [70].
—— Christian, its properties and characters, vi. [215].
defects in our nature which hinder the attainment of it, [217].
virtues, how to be rendered most graceful, [220].
how most reasonable, [222].
and how most attractive and efficacious, [225].
character of a wise Christian, [227].
the duty of being simple concerning evil, [231].
Wise men, invited to judge of Christianity, vi. [8].
qualities requisite for this, [32].
Wit, the ostentation of, leads to infidelity, vi. [248].
Woe to those of whom all men speak well, vi. [304].
Word of God, admonitions respecting the hearing of, vi. [203], [205].
the ministry of it, for what purposes destined, [207].
men will finally be judged by it, [211].
X.
Xenophon, character of his writings, v. [382].
his admirable way of recording his own acts, vii. [179].
Y.
Youth, its peculiar sins, vi. [394].
just decrees of God against them, [395].
guilt and remorse, [ib.]
tyrannous habits produced by them, [399].
temporal afflictions which they entail, [401].
value of innocency and rectitude, [405].
Z.
Zedekiah, two ænigmatical prophecies respecting him fulfilled, v. [253].
Zelotism, its object, vii. [396].

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Transcriber’s Note:

Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation are as in the original.

Greek words beginning with ϖ have had the character replaced with π.