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.