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Alexandria, school of, circumstances relative to, vol. 2, 312.
Ambrose of Milan, his conduct and opinions. vol. 1, 176, 181, 185.
AMERICA, Northern States of, have not gained so much by a Re-
volution, as many other countries would, vol. 2, 13.

American Revolution, effect it produced upon France, vol. 2, 300.
Analogy between Natural and Revealed Religion, remarks on,
vol. 1, 296, 297, 304.

Angel, meaning of the term, vol. 1, 253.

Anglo-Saxons, their devastations and conquest of the southern
part of Britain, vol. 2, 56, 57, 62; effects produced by their
conversion to Christianity, vol. 2, 295, 296.
Antichrist, signification of the term, vol. 1, 9, 161; marks of, vol.

1, 212, 215; the destruction of all antichristian authority over
the conscience foretold, vol. 1, 168, 203–207. vol. 2, 147–151.
Apocalypse, why so called in the opinion of Vitringa, vol. 1, 20;
when written, vol. 1, 21; precautions taken for its preservation,
vol. 1, 38; attested by very early writers, vol. 1, 20-22, 196;
early commented upon, vol. 1, 21, 25; whence its genuineness
was denied by some as far back as the fourth and fifth centuries,
vol. 1, 23, 25; testimonies of learned moderns in favor of its
authenticity, vol. 1, 20—21, 24—26. vol. 2, 188; designs of it
in the opinion of Lowman and Vitringa, vol. 1, 71; advantages
which have resulted from it, vol. 1, 27-30, 197; whence its
usefulness may be expected to be hereafter more conspicuous,
vol. 1, 29, 303. vol. 2, 157; causes of its obscurity, vol. 1, 30,
31, 39, 40; on some of the methods for removing its obscurity,
vol. 1, 33-36, 70; the diversity of opinions among its inter-
preters not a sufficient reason for its rejection, vol. 1, 26, 27, 36,
37, 299; is made up of two parts, vol. 1, 36; some account of
the first part, vol. 1, 36, 38; the checks provided in it against
the fancy of an expositor, vol. 1, 35, 39; copiousness and par-
ticularity of its predictions, vol. 1, 72, 196, 197; many of its
predictions relate to political events, vol. 1, 40, 43; contains
contemporaneous predictions, and sometimes represent the same
event by different symbols, vol. 1, 39, 262-264: many of
its symbols borrowed from Daniel, vol. 1, 50. vol. 2, 3, whence
the language of symbols were employed in it, vol. 1, 31, 33,
36, 40.

ARABS, the peculiarities of their situation and character supposed

to be foretold in Genesis, vol. 2, 108-123; supposed to be re-

ferred to by Daniel, vol. 2, 103; their extensive depredations
foretold by St. John, vol. 1, 138-139; always engaged in do-
mestic and foreign hostilities, vol. 2, 110, 114, 121; their per-
sonal freedom, vol. 2, 110, 111, 119, 122; their national inde-
pendence, vol. 2, 105, 114, 115, 119, 122, 123; their country
often invaded, vol. 2, 114, 115; extent and rapidity of their
conquests, vol. 1, 138, 139; their primitive manners still re-
tained, vol. 2, 110, 111, 119–122; nature of the studies in
which they engaged, vol. 2, 305, 306; length of the period
wherein literature flourished among them, vol. 2, 305, 306.
Arians, cruel treatment of them in the fourth century, vol. 1, 187.
Aristotle, the great authority he obtained in the schools in the dark
ages, vol. 2, 314, 315.

Armies of antiquity, those of small countries often very numerous,
vol. 2, 242, 243.

Arnulph of Orleans, his statement respecting Antichrist, vol. 1,
201, 203.

Arts fine, decline of them in the Roman empire, vol 2, 307–311.
Astronomy, the magnificent views it suggests respecting the pro-
bable multitude of worlds the virtuous are successively to enter,
vol. 2, 188, 189.

Athos Mount, monasteries of, formerly possessed of great literary
treasures, vol. 2, 302.

Attila, his mighty conquests and devastations, vol. 2, 62, 115, 116.
Austria, house of, circumstances that threaten its downfal, vol.
2, 102.

Babylon, prophecies relative to, vol. 1, 294, 295. vol. 2, 86-88.
BABYLON, Symbolic, prophecies relative to, vol. 1, 195, 206, 211.
vol. 2, 86, 88, 142, 143, 151.

BARBARIANS Some of the great effects produced by those who over-

ran the Roman empire enumerated, vol. 1, 55, 56, 60, 65, 67,
287, 288, 306; the different causes which prompted their de-
structive inroads, vol. 2, 63.

Baptism, false notions of, have been very mischievous, vol. 1, 176.
BARBAULD, Mrs. extracts from, vol. 2, 275-277, 284-286, 293
- 295.

Barcochebas, account of, vol. 2, 203.

Basnage, extracts from, vol. 2, 204, 216, 222, 226, 237.

Batou, this general traverses with his five hundred thousand horse,
a fourth part of the globe's circumference, vol. 2, 116–118.

Beast, two-horned, of whom emblematic, vol. 1, 46, 58, 60, 158,
257; account of the prophecies relative to, vol. 1, 43, 65, 257,
262, 263, 274, 275, 278. vol. 2, 154, 155.

Beast, ten-horned, of whom emblematic, vol. 1, 44, 45, 47, 60,
158;-account of the prophecies relative to, vol. 1, 43, 56, 271,
278. vol. 2, 154-157, 158.

Beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit, this falsely translated
passage explained, vol. 1, 4749, 77. vol. 2, 349.

Beasts, wild, in what respects they resemble tyrannical painces,
vol. 1, 247-252.

Benevolence, a principal topic of the gospel, vol. 2, 277, 337.
Bernard, St. his statement relative to the Papal see, vol. 1, 202,

203.

Bernier, commendation of, and extract from vol. 2, 220-221.
Bishops, in some periods greatly distinguished themselves as the
friends of humanity, and peace, vol. 2, 321-323. See Pre-
lates.

Bishops of the fourth century, their usurpations, contentions, and
vices, vol. 1, 173-175, 182, 183, 184, 191; were exempted
from every tax, vol. 1, 174.

Blackburne, archdeacon, extracts from vol. 1, 167, 219, 223.
Branew, meaning of, vol. 1, 16, 53.

Books, scarcity of them in the dark ages, vol. 2, 289, 291, 292;
materials for writing them also scarce, vol. 2, 294, 295.

BRENIUS, extracts from, vol. 1, 253; vol. 2, 90, 148, 164

165.

Britain, its southern provinces overrun by Barbarians in the fourth
century, vol. 2, 56, 57; their subjugation by the Saxons, vol. 2,

61-63.

British constitution, the freedom belonging to it, whom attributed
by Hume, vol. 2, 298.

Bryant, Jacob Mr. extract from, vol. 2, 125, 126, 219.

Bucer, a persecutor, vol. 1, 226.

Buchan, earl of, quotations from, vol. 1, 247. vol. 2, 303.

BURNET, Dr. Thomas, extracts from, vol. 2, 162, 263, 343;
abridged account of that part of his Theory of the Earth, which
relates to events yet future, vol 2, 327-347.

Butler, bishop, extracts from, vol. 1, 302, 304. vol. 2, 143; see also
preface.

Calmucks, transmigration of them, vol. 2, 253.

Calvin, his reproof of princes, vol. 1, 54.

Canon Law, observations on the introduction of it into Europe, vol.
2, 824, 325.

Caracalla, one of the principal authors of the decline of the Ro-

man empire, vol. 2, 308.

Cashmere, particulars relative to its situation and inhabitants, vol.
2, 220, 221.

Catholics, Roman, those of Bristol prevented from erecting a
chapel there, vol. 1, 229

CHANDLER, bishop, extracts from, vol. 1, 73, 292. vol. 2, 4-6, 8,
17, 207, 208, 260.

Charity, the practice of this virtue greatly promoted by Christiani-
ty, vol. 2, 328.

Charles V. his cruelties in the Netherlands, vol. 1, 55.

Charles I. politic conduct of his friends, vol. 1, 233.

Charles II. the honor recently paid to his memory, vol. 2, 351,
352.

China, its northern provinces subdued by Zingis, vol. 2, 116, 255;
conquered by his descendants, vol. 2, 117; its invasion planned
by Tamerlane, vol. 2, 118.

CHRIST, appears to have made frequent references to the prophe-
phecies of Daniel, vol. 1, 5, 163, 187; predicted the destruction
of the oppressive monarchies and aristocracies of the world, vol.
2, 35, 43, some of his predictions commented upon, vol. 2, 34,
47, 159, 194, 262-268, 269, 272; the opinion that he will de-
scend to reign upon earth at the commencement of the millen-
nium combated, vol. 2, 126-268, 272-274; the friendly solici-
tude he displayed in behalf of the poor; vol. 2, 274, 275; the
great reformer of the age in which he lived, vol. 2, 286.
Christ's second coming, what the expression means, and what is
the period referred to, vol. 1, 169. vol. 2, 163, 164, 190, 261—

268.

CHRISTIANITY, favorable to freedom, vol. 1, 215. vol. 2, 274,
341; to peace, vol. 2, 276, 277, 318, 319, 322, 323; to virtue,
vol. 2, 367, 368, 315-317; to courage, vol. 2, 278, 336-341;
to learning, vol. 2, 267-298, 301-314, 320, 321; its rapid
propagation supposed to be foretold in the first seal, vol. 2, 50;
in the fourth century differed little in its external appearance
from paganism, vol. 1, 179; revolutions it underwent in the first
six centuries, vol. 1, 194. vol. 2, 69, 70, 72; enumeration of the

countries in which the belief of it has been particularly or com
pletely subverted, vol. 2, 70; causes which contributed to occa-
sion its decay or extinction in these countries, vol. 1, 194. vol. 2,
54; the decline of learning falsely attributed to it. vol. 2, SO5—
315; what are the great principles it inculcates, vol. 1, 214, 215.
vol. 2, 273, 274; its operation in a great degree silent and im-
perceptible, vol. 2, 316, 317; has been productive of happy
effects in laws and public institutions, vol. 2, 326-329; has been
greatly corrupted, vol. 2, 315, 319, 320; its religious services.
often prostituted to sanction the shedding of blood; vol. 2, 276;
never the proper and primary cause of wars, vol. 2, 318-320;
does not favor the doctrine of non-resistance, vol. 2, 279–282;
its truth to be judged of from the whole of the evidence in favor
taken together, vol. 1, 302; the support it receives from pro-
phecy, vol. 1, 27, 28, 196, 197; the frequent contemplation of
its evidences important to moral conduct, vol. 1, 306, 307; its
universal spread foretold, vol. 2, 259.

Christians, primitive, account of, vol. 2, 315, 316.

Chrysostom, opinions of, vol. 1, 176, 181, 186. vol. 2, 41, 177, 190,
199, 214.

Church-Lands, not unalienable, vol. 2, 151.

Churches, in the fourth century resembled the Pagan temples, vol
1, 178; had lighted lamps in the day-time, vol. 1, 179.
Circassia, penetrated by the arms of the Moguls, vol. 2, 117;
slaves purchased there, vol. 2, 134, 135.

Clapping hands, a practice prevalent in churches in the fourth cen-
tury, vol. 1, 175.

169,

Clark, Dr. Samuel, extracts from, vol. 1, 294–296. vol. 2, 79,
199, 237.
CLASSICS, the study of, favorable to freedom, vol. 2, 304, 305; the
most valuable of them preserved, vol. 2, 290; to whom the
preservation of them owing, vol. 2, 291, 292, 294, 301-305,
321; the happy effects produced by the study of them in the
nations of modern Europe, vol. 2, 304; circumstances in which
they were almost all written, vol. 2, 306, 307.

Clayton, bishop, extract from, vol. 1, 216.

Clovis, his cruelty and uncommon success, vol. 1, 135.

Commentators, in general touch the political predictions of St
John with a very cautious hand, vol. 1, 40, 43; most of them
great imitators, vol. 2, 50.

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