on the late Regulations, &c._ “I must enter, says he, upon this subject
with acknowledging, as I do with equal truth and pleasure, that there
never was, within my remembrance, nor, I believe, within any one’s
memory, a set of more able and industrious tutors than we have at
present; more capable of discharging that useful office, or more diligent
and careful in the discharge of it,” p. 12. And, again, “I think there
prevails in general and through all degrees among us, a great disposition
to sobriety and temperance,” p. 14.
[113] P. 64.
[114] P. 13.
[115] P. 65.
[116] “You will urge—that, as a previous _oath_ must be taken by the
tutor, that he believes _in his conscience_ that his pupil has a just
cause of appeal, all Appeals would by this means be prevented, but such
as were founded upon good reasons. But the force of this argument will
not be thought very great, if, _&c._”
Reader, I can easily guess the sentiments which must arise in thee, at
the sight of this shocking paragraph. But think not I have abused thee
in this citation. They are the author’s own words, as they lie in p. 65
of the _Inquiry_. Well, but his reason? Why, “if it be remembered, that,
though oaths of this kind were exacted in order to prevent the frequency
of Appeals, they by no means had their proper effect, the same number
having been commenced for the three years next after this regulation, as
in that towards the close of which it was first made.” This provision of
_oaths had not_, he says, _its proper effect_. And how does this appear?
Why, _because Appeals were as frequent afterwards as before_. Now, any
other man would, surely, have inferred from hence, that “therefore the
Appeals made were not without good reason.” Not so the _Inquirer_. He
is of another spirit. Rather than give any quarter to _Appeals_, let
every tutor in the University be an abandoned perjured villain. In very
tenderness to this unhappy writer, whoever he be, I forbear to press him
farther on such a subject.
[117] P. 66.
[118] Diss. VI. p. 259.
[119] Diss. VI. p. 251.
[120] Hodges, Garnet, Chappelow.
[121] P. 296.
[122] P. 255.
[123] P. 296.
[124] Dr. Lowth.
[125] Page 261.
[126] Page 253.
[127] Page 269.
[128] Page 293.
[129] Julian, p. 316.
[130] _Essay on the Gift of Tongues_, Works, vol. ii. p. 91.
[131] DOCTRINE OF GRACE, b. i. c. viii. p. 41. 2ᵈ Ed. 8ᵛᵒ.
[132] Ib.
[133] D. G. p. 51.
[134] P. 41, 42.
[135] From p. 42 to p. 45.
[136] Dissertation, p. 82.
[137] Dissert. p. 82.
[138] Dissert. p. 86.
[139] _Doctrine of Grace_, p. 41.
[140] _Doctrine of Grace_, p. 45.
[141] _Doctrine of Grace_, p. 43.
[142] Dissert. p. 88.
[143] _Doctrine of Grace_, p. 52, 53.
[144] _Doctrine of Grace_, p. 55, 56.
[145] Dissert. p. 19.
[146] Dissert. p. 4.
[147] _Doctrine of Grace_, p. 52.
[148] Dissert. p. 41.
[149] Dissert. p. 45.
[150] _Doctrine of Grace_, p. 53.
[151] Dissert. p. 58.
[152] Dissert. p. 80, n.
[153] _Doctrine of Grace_, pp. 56, 57.
[154] Dissert. p. 20.
[155] Dissert. p. 80. n.
[156] _Doctrine of Grace_, p. 58.
[157] Dissert. p. 24.
[158] Dissert. p. 25.
[159] QUINCT. l. ix. c. 3.
[160] Dissert. p. 34.
[161] _Doctrine of Grace_, p. 52.
[162] Adv. to the Dissert.
INDEX
TO
VOLUMES V. VI. VII. AND VIII.
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.