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AARON, his priesthood no pattern to |
ground episcopacy on, 33.
Abimelech, remarks on the manner of his
death, 357.

Abraham, commanded by God to send
away his irreligious wife, 131. His pay-
ing tithes to Melchisedec, no authority
for our paying them now, 426, 430, 435.
Abramites, allege the example of the an-
cient fathers for image-worship, 27.
Accidence, reasons for joining it and gram-
mar together, 457.

Acworth, University-Orator, the memory of
Bucer and Fagius celebrated by him, 160.
Adam, left free to choose, 110. Created in
the image of God, 178. His alliance with
Eve, nearer than that of any couple since,

183.

Adda, succeeds his father Ida in the king-
dom of Bernicia, 512.
Adminius, son of Cunobeline, banished his

country, flees to the emperor Caligula,
and stirs him up against it, 488.
Adultery, not the only reason for divorce,
according to the law of Moses, 125. Not
the greatest breach of matrimony, 133.
Punished with death by the law, 206. Our
Saviour's sentence relating to it, explain-
ed, 207.

Eduans, in Burgundy, employ the Britons
to build their temples and public edifices,

499.

Aganippus, a Gaulish king, marries Cor-
deilla, daughter of King Leir, 480. Re-
stores her father to his throne, ib.
Agatha, decree of the council there, con-
cerning divorce, 214.
Agricola, son of Severianus, spreads the Pe-
Tagian doctrine in Britain, 505.
Aidan, a Scotch bishop, sent for by Oswald,
to settle religion, 519. Has his episcopal
seat at Lindisfarne, ib. Dies for grief of
the murder of Oswin, 520.
Alaric, takes Rome from the emperor Ho
norius, 501.

Alban, of Verulam, with others, suffers mar-
tyrdom under Dioclesian, 409.
Albanact, one of the three sons of Brutus,
that has Albania, now Scotland, for his
share in the kingdom, 478.
Albert, said to have shared the kingdom of
the East-Angles with Humbeanna after
Elfwald, 528.

Albina, said to be the eldest of Dioclesian's
50 daughters, 476. From her the name
Albion derived, ib.
Albion, the ancient name of this island, 476.
Whence derived, ib.
Alciat, his opinion concerning divorce, 218.
Alcred slaying Ethelwald, usurps the king-
dom of the Northumbrians, 525.
Aldfrid, recalled from Ireland, succeeds his
brother Ecfrid in the Northumbrian king-
dom, 523. Leaves Osred, a child, to suc-
ceed him, ib.

Aldulf, nephew of Etheldwald, succeeds
king of the East-Angles, 528.

Alectus, treacherously slays his friend Ca-
rausius, 498. Is overthrown by Asclepio-
dotus, and slain, 499.
Alemannus, reported one of the four sons of
Histion, descended from Japhet; of whom
the Alemanni or Germans, 476.
Alfage, archbishop of Canterbury, inhu-
manly used by the Danes, 547. Killed by
Thrun, a Dane, in commiseration of his
misery, ib.

Alfred, the fourth son of Ethelwolf, and
successor of his brother Ethelred, encoun-
ters the Danes at Wilton, 533. Routs the
whole Danish power at Edinton, and
brings them to terms, 534. He is said to
have bestowed the East-Angles upon Gy-
tro, a Danish king, who had been lately
baptized, ib. A long war afterwards
maintained between him and the Danes,
ib. 535. He dies in the 30th year of his
reign, and is buried at Winchester, 535.
His noble character, ib. 536.
Alfwold, driving out Eardulf, usurps the
kingdom of Northumberland, 528.
Algar, earl of Howland, now Holland, Mor-
car, lord of Brunne, and Osgot, governor
of Lincoln, kill a great multitude of Danes
in battle, with three of their kings, 532.
Overpowered by numbers, and drawn into
a snare, Algar dies valiantly fighting, ib.
Algar, the son of Leofric, banished by King
Edward, joins Griffin prince of South-
Wales, 557. Unable to withstand Harold
earl of Kent, submits to the king, and is
restored, ib. Banished again, he recovers
his earldom by force, ib.
Alipius, made deputy of the British pro-
vince, in the room of Martinus, 499.
Alla, begins the kingdom of Deira, in the
south part of Northumberland, 512, 513.
Alric, king of Kent, after Ethelbert the 2d,
526. With him dying, ends the race of
Hengist, 527.

Ambassador. See French, Spanish, &c.
Ambassadors of Christ, who style them-
selves so, 435. Not to ask maintenance
of those to whom they are sent, ib.
Ambrose, his notion of wedlock, 214 Ex-
communicated Theodosius, 334. His con-
duct to that emperor remarked, 365. Re-
sists the higher powers, contrary to his
own doctrine, 373.
Ambrosius Aurelianus, dreaded by Vorti-
gern, 509. Defeats the Saxons, ib. Un-
certain whether the son of Constantine
the usurper, or the same with Merlin, and
son of a Roman consul, ib. Succeeds
Vortigern as chief monarch of the isle, ib.
Ames, Dr. his definition of marriage, 186.
Anabaptists, accused of denying infants
their right to baptism, 563.
Anacletus, the friend of King Pandrasus,
taken in fight by Brutus, 477. Forced by
Brutus to betray his countrymen, ib.
Andragius, one in the catalogue of ancient
British kings, 482.

Andrews, bishop, and the primate of Ar-

magh, maintain that church-government
is to be patterned from the law, 32. Their
arguments for episcopacy examined, 34,
&c.

Androgeus, one of Lud's sons, has London
assigned him, and Kent, 492. Forsakes his
claim to the kingdom, and follows Cæsar's
fortune, 488.

Angels, of the seven Asian churches, whe-
ther to be taken collectively, or individu-
ally, 67.

Anger, and laughter, why first seated in
the breast of men, 55.
Animadversions on the Remonstrant's De-
fence against Smectymnuus, 55.
Anlaf the Dane, with his army of Irish, and
Constantine king of Scotland, utterly dis-
comfited by King Athelstan, 539.
Anna succeeds Sigebert in the kingdom of
the East-Angles, 520. Is slain in war by
Penda the Mercian, ib.

Antigonus, the brother of King Pandrasus,
taken in fight by Brutus, 477.
Antinomianism and Familism, considered,

136.

Antioch, had not the name of Theopolis, till
Justinian's time, 24.

Antiquity, custom, canons, and councils, no
warrant for superstitious practices, 65.
Antoninus, sent against the Caledonians,
by his father Severus, 498. After whose
death he takes hostages, and departs to
Rome, ib.

Antony, Mark, quoted by Salmasius for
the prerogative royal, 353.
Apocalypse, of St. John, the majestic image
of a stately tragedy, 43.
Apology for Smectymnuus, 75.
Apostles, instituted presbyters to govern
the church, 38 Appointed a number of
grave and faithful brethren to assist the
minister of each congregation, 49. Not
properly bishops, 316.

Arcadia, Sir Philip Sidney's; K. C.'s prayer
stolen thence, 279.
Archigallo, deposed for his tyranny, 482.
Being restored by his brother, he then
reigns worthily, ib.
Archimailus, one in the number of ancient
British kings, 482.
Areopagitica, speech for unlicensed print-
ing under that title, 103.
Areopagus, judges of, condemn the books
of Protagoras to be burned, 105.
Aretius, his opinion concerning divorce,

218.
Argentoco.rus, a Caledonian, his wife's bold
reply to the empress Julia, 497.
Arians and Socinians, their notions of the
Trinity, 563.

Ariminum, synod of more than 400 bishops
appointed to assemble there, by Con-
stantius, 499.

Aristotle, his definition of a king, 234.
Reckons up five sorts of monarchies, 350.
Salmasius's extract from his third book of
politics, 375. Commends the kingdom of

Armorica in France, peopled by Britons
that fled from the Saxons, 508.
Army, English, offered the spoil of London,
if they would destroy the parliament, 284.
Obedience and fidelity to the supreme
magistrates recommended to them, 439.
Aron, a British martyr under Dioclesian,
499.
Arthur, the victory at Badon-hill, by some
ascribed to him, which by others is attri.
buted to Ambrose, 510. Who he was,
and whether the author of such famous
acts as are related of him, ib. 511.
Artis Logicæ plenior Institutio, 861.
Arviragus, engaging against Claudius,
keeps up the battle to a victory, by per-
sonating his slain brother Guiderius,

489.
Ascham, Anthony, sent as agent to Spain,
from the English commonwealth, 588.
Justice demanded of the king of Spain
against his murderers, 591.
Assaracus, a Trojan prince, joins with
Brutus against Pandrasus, 477.
Assembly of divines, Tract of divorce ad-
dressed to them, 120.

Athanasius, his notion concerning kings,
365.

Athelstan, the son of King Edward the
elder, by a concubine, solemnly crowned
at Kingston upon Thames, 538. The con-
spiracy of one Alfred and his accomplices
against him discovered, ib. He gives his
sister Edgith to Sitric the Dane, but drives
Anlaf and Guthfert out of their kingdom,
ib. The story of his dealing with his
brother Edwin, questioned as improba.
ble, ib. 539. He overthrows a vast army
of Scotch and Irish, under Anlaf and
Constantine, king of Scotland, 539. He
dies at Gloucester, and is buried at
Malmsbury, 540. His character, ib.
Athens, their magistrates took notice only
of two sorts of writings, 105.
Atticots invade the south coast of Britain,
500.

Augustus, libels burnt, and the authors
punished by him, 105.

Aulus Plautius sent against Britain by the
emperor Claudius, 488. He overthrows
Caractacus and Togodumnus, 489. Is
very much put to it by the Britons, ib.
Sends to Claudius to come over, and
joins with him, ib. Leaves the country
quiet, and returns triumphant to Rome,
ib.
Aurelius Conanus, a British king, one of
the five that is said to have reigned to-
ward the beginning of the Saxon hep-
tarchy, 513.

Austin, what he accounted a becoming
solace for Adam, 181. Allows fornication
a sufficient cause for divorce, 214. His
opinion why God created a wife for
Adam, 225. A maintainer of the clergy's
right to tithes, 429. Sent with others
from Rome, to preach the gospel to the
Saxons, 514. Is received by King Ethel-
bert, who hears him in a great assembly,
ib 515. Is ordained archbishop of the
English, 515. Hath his seat at Canter-
bury, ib. Summons together the British
bishops, requiring them to conform with
him in points wherein they differed, 516.
Upon their refusal, he stirs up Ethelfrid
against them, to the slaughter of 1200
monks, 516.

Austria, archduke of, see Leopold.
Autarchy, mentioned by Marcus Aurelius,
what it is, 354.

Authorities, for the difference of bishops
and presbyters, not to be depended on, 28.

B

Bacon, Sir Francis, his complaint of the
bishops' partiality in licensing pamph-
lets, 57.

Badiaus, John, letter to, 962.
Badon-hill, the ill improvement the British
made of their success there, 512.
Bangor, monks of, live by their own labour,
516. Go to a conference with Austin, ib.
Baptism, sacrament of, seems cancelled by
the sign added thereto, 46.
Barclay, traduces the English as to their
religious tenets, 40.
Bardus, one of the first race of kings, fabled
to have reigned in this island, 476. De-
scended from Samothes, ib.

the bishops slaves of slaves, 317.
Bath, by whom built, 479. Its medicinal
waters dedicated to Minerva, ib.
Bees, the government among them quoted
to prove the pope's supremacy, 350.
Belfast, representation and exhortation of
the presbytery there, 260, &c. Remarks
on them, 266, &c.

Belgia, Helvetia, and Geneva, their church-
men remarkable for learning, 71.
Belinus succeeds his father Dunwallo, 481.
His contentions with his brother Bren-
nus, ib. Their reconciliation, ib. Built
the Tower of London, ib.
Beorn, precedes Ethelred in the kingdom
of the East-Angles, 528.
Bericus, fleeing to Rome, persuades the em-
peror Claudius to invade this island, 488.
Berinus, a bishop sent by pope Honorius,
converts the West-Saxons and their kings
to Christianity, 519.
Bernicia, kingdom of, in Northumberland,
begun by Ida the Saxon, 511.

Bernulf, usurping the kingdom of Mercia
from Keolwulf, is overthrown by Ecbert
at Ellandune, 528. Fleeing to the East-
Angles, is by them slain, ib.

Beza, his interpretation of the word peaßv-
Téptov, 66. His opinion, of regulating sin
by apostolic laws, not sound, 148.
His
testimony concerning Martin Bucer, 159.
His notion concerning divorce, 218.
Bible, put by the papists in the first rank
of prohibited books, 108
Bigot, Emeric, letter to, 960.
Birthric, king of the West Saxons after Kin-
wulf, 526. Secretly seeks the life of Ec-
bert, 527. Is poisoned by a cup which
his wife had prepared for another, 528.
Bishop and deacon, the only ecclesiastical
orders mentioned in the gospel, 28.
Bishop and presbyter, two names to signify
the same order, 27. Equally tyrants over
learning, if licensing be brought in, 113.
Bishopric, the author's opinion of it, 91.
Bishops, have been as the Canaanites and
Philistines to this kingdom, 13. By their
opposition to King John, Normandy lost,
he deposed, and the kingdom made over
to the pope, ib. No bishop, no king, an
absurd position, ib. Sometimes we read
of two in one place, 26. Not an order
above presbyters, ib.
Elected with con-
tention and bloodshed, 37. St. Paul's de-
scription of and exhortation to them, 65.
Not to be compared with Timothy, 67.
If made by God, yet the bishopric is the
king's gift, 71. Most potent, when princes
happen to be most weak, 316.
Bladud, the son of Rudhuddibras, builds
Caerbadus, or Bath, 479.
Bleduno, one in the number of the ancient
British kings, 482.
Blegabredus, his excellency in music, 482.
Blindness, instances of men of worth af-
flicted with, 926.

Boadicea, the wife of Prasutagus, together
with her daughters, abused by the Roman
soldiers, 491. Commands in chief in the
British army against the Romans, 492.
Vanquished by Suetonius, supposed to
have poisoned herself, 493.
Bodin, though a papist, affirms presbyte-
rian church-discipline to be best, 48.
Bonomattai, Benedict, letters to, 953.
Bonosus, endeavouring to make himself
emperor, but vanquished by Probus,
hangs himself, 498. A sarcasm on his
drunkenness, ib.

Books, the heinous crime of killing good
ones, 104. Some good, some bad; left to
each man's discretion, 107. Those of pa-
pists suffered to be sold and read, 565.
Bordelloes, author's defence from the ac-
cusation of frequenting them, 80.
Boris procures the death of the emperor of
Russia, and then ascends the throne,
575. His method to procure the people's
love, ib.

Bowes, Sir Jerom, ambassador from Queen
Elizabeth to Russia, his reception and
negociations at that court, 579-581.
Bracton, the power of kings limited, ac-
cording to him, 400.
Bradshaw, John, character of, 937.
Bradshaw, Richard, sent as agent from the
English commonwealth, to Hamborough,
Brandenburgh, Frederic William, marquis
of, Oliver's letters to him, 624, 625.
Bras, Lord Henry de, letters to, 960, 962.
Breme, the Protector's letters to the consuls
and senators of that city, 605, 624.

590.

Brennus and Belinus, the sons of Dun-
wallo Mulmutius, contend about the
kingdom, 481. After various conflicts,
reconciled by their mother Conuvenna,
ib. They turn their united forces into
foreign parts, but Belinus returns and
reigns long in peace, ib.

Britain, history of the affairs thereof alto-
gether obscure and uncertain, until the
coming of Julius Cæsar, 475. Inhabited
before the flood probably, ib. By whom
first peopled, 476. Named first Samothea
from Samothes, ib. Next Albion, and
whence, ib. Fruitful of courageous men,
but not of able governors, 503.
Britomarus, mentioned by Florus,
Briton, 481.

a

Britons, about forty years without a king,
after the Romans quitted the island, 396.
Stoutly oppose Cæsar at his landing,
484. Offer him terms of peace, ib. Their
manner of fighting, 485, 486. A snarp
dispute between the Britons and the
Romans near the Stour in Kent, 486. De-
feated by Cæsar, and brought anew to
terms of peace, 487. Their nature and
customs, ib. 488. Their massacre of the
Romans, 492. This revenged by the
Romans, 493. Lived formerly promiscu-
ously and incestuously, 497. They are
acquitted of the Roman jurisdiction by
the emperor Honorius, not able to defend
them against their enemies, 501. Again
supplicate Honorius for aid, who spares
them a Roman legion, 504. And again
a new supply, ib. Their submissive let-
ters to Etius the Roman consul, 505.
Their luxury and wickedness, and cor-
ruptions of their clergy, 506, 512. Their
embassy to the Saxons for their aid
against the Scots and Picts, with the
Saxons' answer, 507. Miserably harassed
by the Saxons whom they called in, ib.
Routed by Kerdic, 510. By Kenric and
Keaulin, 512, 513. By Cuthulf, 513.
To-
tally vanquish Keaulin, ib. Are put to
flight by Kenwalk, 521.
Brittenburgh, near Leyden, built or seized
on by the Britons in their escape from
Hengist, 508.

Britto, named among the four sons of His-
tion, sprung of Japhet, and from him the
Britons said to be derived, 476.
Brook, Lord, for toleration, 117.
Brownists, who are so, according to Sal-
masius, 385.

Brutus, said to be descended from Æneas
a Trojan prince, 476. Retiring into
Greece after having unfortunately killed
his father, he delivers his countrymen
from the bondage of Pandrasus, 477.
Marries Innogen, the eldest daughter of
Pandrasus, ib. Lands upon a desert
island called Leogecia, ib. Where he
consults the oracle of Diana, ib. Meets
with Corineus, 478. Overcomes Goffa-
rius Pictus, ib. Arrives in this island, ib.
Builds Troja Nova, now London, ib. Dies
and is buried there, ib.

Brutus surnamed Greenshield, succeeds
Ebrane, and gives battle to Brunchildis,
479.

Bucer, Martin, testimonies of learned men
concerning him, 159, &c. His opinion
concerning divorce, embraced by the
church of Strasburgh, 161. His treatise
of divorce dedicated to Edward VI, 164.
Remarkable conclusion of his treatise of
divorce, 173.

Buchanan, censured as an historian, 501,
515, 538.

Buckingham, duke of, accused of poisoning
King James the first, 277.
Burhed, reduces the north Welsh to obe-
dience, 530. Marries Ethelswida the
daughter of King Ethelwolf, ib. Driven
out of his kingdom by the Danes, he flees
to Rome, where dying, he is buried in
the English school, 533. His kingdom
let out by the Danes to Kelwulf, ib.
Burials, reasons against taking of fees for
them, 430.

C

Cadwallon, see Kedwalla.
Casar, the killing him commended as a
glorious action by M. Tullius, 382, 330.
See Julius Cæsar.

Caius Sidius Geta, behaves himself valiant-
ly against the Britons, 489.
Caius Volusenus, sent into Britain by Ce-
sar, to make discovery of the country and
people, 484.

Caligula, a Roman emperor, his expedi-
tion against Britain, 488.

Calvin, and Beza, the dissolvers of episco-
pacy at Geneva, 25
Calvinists, taxed with making God the
author of sin, 563.
Camalodunum, or Maldon, the chief seat
of Cymbeline, 488. Made a Roman co-
lony, 490, 491.

Camber, one of the sons of Brutus, has
allotted to him Cambria or Wales, 478.
Cambridge, burnt by the Danes, 547.
Cambridge University, thought to be
founded by Sigebert king of the East-
Angles, 520.

Cameron, his explanation of St. Paul's
manner of speaking, 210.

Canterbury, by whom built, 479. Partly
taken and burnt by the Danes, 547.
Canute, son of Swane, chosen king after his
father's death by the Danish army and
fleet, 548. Driven back to his ships by
Ethelred, ib. Returns with a great army
from Denmark, accompanied with Lach-
man king of Sweden, and Olav of Nor-
way, ib. Attacks London, but is re-
pulsed, 549. Divides the kingdom with
Edmund by agreement, ib. After Ed-
mund's death reigns sole king, 550. En-
deavours the extirpation of the Saxon
line, ib. Settles his kingdom, and makes
peace with the neighbouring princes, ib.
Causes Edric, whose treason he had
made use of, to be slain, and his body to
be thrown over the city-wall, ib. Sub-
dues Norway, 551. Goes to Rome, and
offering there rich gifts, vows amend-
ment of life, ib. Dies at Shaftsbury,

and buried at Winchester, ib. His cen-
sure, ib. His remarkable instance of the
weakness of kings, 552.

Capis, one in the catalogue of the ancient
British kings, 482.

Capoirus, another of the same number,

482.

Caractacus, the youngest son of Cunobe-
line, succeeds in the kingdom, 488. Is
overthrown by Aulus Plautius, 489.
Heads the Silures against the Romans,
490. Betrayed by Cartismandua, to
whom he fled for refuge, ib. Sent to
Rome, ib. His speech to the emperor,
ib. By the braveness of his carriage, he
obtains pardon for himself and all his
company, ib.

Carausius, grown rich with piracy, pos-
sesses himself of this island, 498 He
fortifies the wall of Severus, ib. In the
midst of the great preparations of Con-
stantius Chlorus against him, he is slain
by his friend Alectus, ib.
Carinus, sent by his father Carus the em-
peror, to govern Britain, is overcome and
slain by Dioclesian, 498.
Carlisle, by whom and when built. 479.
Cartismandua, queen of the Brigantes, de-
livers Caractacus bound to the Romans,
490. Deserts her husband Venutius, and
gives both herself and kingdom to Vello-
catus, one of his squires, 491.
Carvilius, the first Roman who sought di-
vorce, and why, 180.

Carvilius, a petty king in Britain, with
three others, assaults the Roman camp,
487.

Caryl, Mr. (author of the comment on Job,)
remarks on his conduct as a licenser, 221,
222.

Cassibelan, one of the sons of Heli, gains
the kingdom by common consent, 482.
Generosity to his brother's son, ib.
Heads the Britons against Julius Cæsar
and the Romans, 486. He is deserted by
the Trinobantes, and why, 487. Yields
to Cæsar, ib. Dies, and is buried at
York, ib.

Cassius, how treated for killing Caligula,
382.

Cataracta, an ancient city in Yorkshire,
burnt by Arnred a tyrant, 526.
Catellus, an ancient British king, 482.
Cathay, description of that country and in-
habitants, 572.

Cerdic, a Saxon prince, lands at Cerdic-
shore, and overthrows the Britons, 509.
Defeats their king Natanleod in a memo-
rable battle, 510. Founds the kingdom
of the West Saxons, ib. See Kerdic.
Ceremonies, oppose the reason and end of
the gospel, 45. Frustrate the end of
Christ's coming in the flesh, 48.
Chancelor, Richard, his arrival at Moscow,
and reception there, 578.
Chaplains, what they are, 324.

Charles I. censured for dissolving parlia-
ments, 276. Remarks on his devotion,
278, 279. How attended to the house of
cominons, 282. His conduct towards the
Irish rebels, 306. His indecent behaviour
in the playhouse, &c. 371. Charged with
poisoning his father, 384 With several
irregular actions, 400. His flight to the
Isle of Wight, 943.

Charles II. declared he would never pardon
those who put his father to death, though
this was said to be his father's dying in-
junction, 939.

Charles V, how he deceived many German
cities, 305.

Charles Gustavus, king of Sweden, letters
from Oliver to, 604, 605, 007, 611, 613, 615,
618, 619, 624, 628, 633. From Richard the
protector, 634, 635. From the parliament
restored, 637.

Chastity, the defence of it recommended,

500.

Chrysostom, St. was an admirer of Aris-
tophanes, 105. His explanation of St.
Paul's epistle relating to obedience to the
higher powers, 362, 396.

Church, of the Reformation of the Disci-
pline of, in England, and the causes that
have prevented it, I. The likeliest means
to remove hirelings out of the, 423.
Church, not to be reformed while governed
by prelates, 30. Its constitution and
fabric set out in the prophecy of Ezekiel,
31. When able to do her great works
upon the unforced obedience of men, it
argues a divinity about her, 47. Her
humility procures her the greatest re-
spect, ib. Design of the prelates in call-
ing the church Our mother, 72. Demands
our obedience when she holds to the rules
of Scripture, 329. Excommunicates not
to destruction, 422. Will not cease to
persecute till it ceases to be mercenary,

947.

Church of England, honours and prefer-
ments should not be the incitements to
her service, 70, 71. Difference between
the church of Rome and her, 330. Main-
tains that the word of God is the rule of
true religion, and rejects implicit faith,

562.

Church-discipline, dangerous to be left to
man's invention, 31.
Church-government, its form prescribed in
the gospel, 29, 31. Not to be patterned
by the law, 32. Its government by pre-
lates fosters papists and idolaters, 40.
Its corrupted estate both the cause of
tumult and civil wars, 41. Its functions
to be free and open to any christian man,

50.

Churchmen, sometimes preach their own
follies, not the gospel. 92. Time-servers,
covetous, &c. ib. Their deficiency in
the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew learning,
ib. 93. Their weakness, in calling on the
civil magistrate to assist them, 418. By
whom to be maintained, 430. Lived at
first upon the benevolence of their hear-
ers, 434.

Cicero, an enemy to tyranny, 350. Ap-
proves the killing of Cæsar, 382, 390. Af-
firms that all power proceeds from the
people, 395.

the Roman camp, 487. Is taken prisoner
by Cæsar, ib.

De-

Claudius, the emperor, is persuaded by
Bericus, though a Briton, to invade this
island, 488. Sends Aulus Plautius hither
with an army, ib. He comes over him-
self and joins with Plautius, 489.
feats the Britons in a set battle, and takes
Camalodunum, ib. Returns to Rome,
leaving Plautius behind, ib. He has ex-
cessive honours decreed him by the se-
nate, ib.

Clemens Alexandrinus, no authority for
bishops being above presbyters, to be
found in his works, 26. His counsel to
the presbyters of Corinth, 39.
Clergy, should be patterns of temperance,
and teach us to contemn the world, 53.
Advised not to gape after preferments,
69. Their condition in England, 940.
Clergy, British, their bad character by
Gildas, 512

Cliguellius, an ancient British king, 482.
Clodius Albinus succeeds Pertinax in the
government of Britain for the Romans,
497. Is vanquished and slain in a battle
against Septimus Severus, ib.
Cloten, reigned king of Cornwall, 480.
Clotenus, an ancient British king, 482.
Cloud, one sometimes fiery, sometimes
bloody, seen over all England, 544.
Coillus, an ancient British king, 482.
Coilus, the son of Marius, leaves the king-
dom to Lucius, 496.

Colasterion, a defence of the doctrine and
discipline of divorce, so called, 220.
Comail, and two other British kings, slain
by Keaulin, and his son Cuthwin, 513.
Comet, one seen in August 678, in manner
of a fiery pillar, 522. Two appear about
the sun, 524. Portending famine, and the
troubled state of the whole realm, 543.
Or blazing star, seen to stream terribly
over England, and other parts of the
world, 559.
Comius of Arras, sent by Cæsar to make a

party among the Britons, 484.
Commodus, slain by his own officers, de-
clared an enemy to his country, 383.
Commons, with the king, make a good par-
liament, 395, 398. Their grant to K.
Richard II., and K. Henry IV., 400.
Commonwealth, of England, more equally
balanced than any other civil govern-
ment, 17. Means proposed to heal the
ruptures in it, 439. A free commonwealth
delineated, 441. Reasons for establishing
one, 442, &c. Comes nearest to the go-
vernment recommended by Christ, 444.
Preferable to monarchy, 455.
Conanus, Aurelius, an ancient British king,

513.

Condidan, a British king, vanquished and
slain, 513.

Conscience, not to be forced in religious
matters, 413, &c.
Constans, the emperor, put to death by the
christian soldiers, 373. Of a monk made
emperor, 501. Reduces Spain, ib. Dis-
placing Gerontius, is opposed by him,
and slain, ib.

Constantine, makes war upon Licinius, and
why, 373.

Constantine, the son of Constantius Chlorus,
saluted emperor after his father's death,
499. His mother said to be Helena the
daughter of Coilus a British prince, ib.
His eldest son enjoys this island, ib. A
common soldier of the same name saluted
emperor, 501. By the valour of Edebe-
cus and Gerontius, he gains in France as
far as Arles, ib. By the conduct of his
son Constans, and of Gerontius, he re-
duces all Spain, ib. Gerontius displaced
by him, calls in the Vandals against him,
ib. Besieged by Constantius Comes, he
turns priest, is afterwards carried into
Italy, and put to death, ib.
Constantine, the son of Cador, sharply in-
veighed against by Gildas, 513. He is
said to have murdered two young princes
of the blood royal, ib.
Constantine, king of Scotland, joining with
the Danes and Irish under Anlaf, is over-
thrown by Athelstan, 539.
Constantius Chlorus sent against Carausius,
498. Defeats Alectus, who is slain in the
battle, ib. Is acknowledged by the Britons
as their deliverer, 499. Divides the em-
pire with Galerius, ib. Dies at York, ib.
Constantius, the son of Constantine, over-
comes Magnentius, who contended with
him for the sole empire, 499.

Consubstantiation, not a mortal error, 563.
Contention, in ministers of the gospel,
scarce allowable even for their own
rights, 423.

Copulation, no longer to be esteemed matri-
monial, than it is an effect of love, 185.
Cordeilla's sincere answer to her father,
begets his displeasure, 479. She is mar-
ried to Aganippus, a king in Gaul, 480.
She receives her father, rejected by his
other daughters, with most dutiful af-
fection, ib. Restores him to his crown,
and reigns after him, ib. Vanquished,
deposed, and imprisoned by her two sis-
ters' sons, ib.
Corineus, a Trojan commander, joins forces
with Brutus, 478. Slays Imbertus, ib.
Arrives with Brutus in this island, ib.
Cornwall from him denominated falls to
his lot, ib. Overcomes the giant Goema-
gog, ib.

Corinthians, governed by presbyters, 36.
Schism among them not remedied by
episcopacy, ib.

Coronation-Oath, some words said to be
struck out of it, 409.

Covenant, what it enjoined, 268.
Council, General, what their power and
employment, 446. Should be perpetual,
ib. Instances of the perpetuity of such a
council among other states, ib.
Council, Saxon, of little authority, 224
Council of nobles and prelates at Caln in
Wiltshire, killed and maimed by the fall-
ing in of the room, where they sate, 543.
Council of State, their reply to the Danish
ambassadors, &c. 597.

Councils and Fathers, an entangled wood,
which papists love to fight in, 562.
Courland, duke of, Oliver's letter to him,
623.

Craig, John, his opinion of kings, 238.
Cranmer, and the other bishops, concur in
setting aside the princesses Mary and
Elizabeth, 3.

Crida, the first of the Mercian kingdom,
513.

Criminal, more just to try one by a court
of justice, than to butcher him without
trial, 344.

Crowns, a clerical debate about the right
shaving them, 521.
Cromwell, his actions compared with those
of the earl of Ormond, 265. His state
letters, 603, 792. His character, 944.
Cuichelm, the West-Saxon, sends Eumerus
to assassinate King Edwin, 517. Is bap-
tized in Dorchester, but dies the same
year, 519.
Cullen, council there, voted tithes to be
God's rent, 429.

Cunedagius, the son of Regan, deposeth
his aunt Cordeilla, 480. Shares the king-
dom with his cousin Marganus, is in-
vaded by him, meets him and overcomes
him, ib.

Cuneglas, a British king, reigns one of five
a little before the Saxons were settled,
513.

Cunobeline, see Kymbeline.
Cutha, helps his father Keaulin against
Ethelbert, 512.

Cuthred, king of the West-Saxons, joins
with Ethelbald the Mercian, and gains
a victory over the Welsh, 525. He has a
fierce battle with Ethelbald the Mercian,
which he not long survives, ib. A king
of Kent of the same name, 528.
Cuthulf, the brother of Keaulin, vanquishes
the Britons at Bedanford, and takes seve-
ral towns, 513.
Cuthwin, see Keaulin.
Cyprian, unwilling to act without the as-
sent of his assistant laics, 49. Episco-
pacy in his time, different from what it
been since, 58.

D

Danaus, the story of him and his fifty
daughters, 380.

Danes, first appear in the west, 526. They
slay the king's gatherer of customs, ib.
Landing at Lindisfarne in Yorkshire,
they pillage that monastery, 527. At-
tempting to spoil another monastery, they
are cut off by the English, ib. Waste and
destroy Northumberland, 529. They
waste Shepey in Kent, and engage with
Ecbert, near the river Carr, ib.
Are put
to flight by Ecbert, 530. Their various
success in the reign of Ethelwolf, ib. &c.
Many great battles between them and

4

the English in the reign of Ethelred,
532. Their whole army being defeated,
they are brought to terms by King Alfred,
534 In the same king's reign, several
vast fleets of Danes arrive with fresh sup-
plies, ib. 535. Many thousands destroyed
at Colchester, and in their retreat from
Maldon, 537. A vast army of them over-
thrown by King Athelstan, 539. Massa-
cred by the English in all parts of the
land in the reign of King Ethelred, 545.
Danish ambassadors, answers to them
from the council of state, 597.
Danius, reckoned among the ancient Bri-
tish kings, 481.

Dantzick, complained of, for imposing a
tribute on the English merchants, for re-
lief of the king of Scots, 592. Oliver's
letter to the consuls and senators of that
republic, 623.

David, his exclamation in the 51st Psalm
explained, 234. Absolved by God him-
self from the guilt of his sin, 355. His
conduct towards Saul accounted for,
368. Compared with King Charles, 371.
Dedication, remarks on one to our Saviour,
77.

Dee, John, the mathematician, invited to
Moscow, 581.

anonymous

Defence of the people of England against
Salmasius, 338. In the original Latin,
649 Second, against an
writer, 919. In the original Latin, 707.
Of the author against Alexander More,
in Latin, 733.

Deira, kingdom of, in Northumberland,
set up by Alla, the West-Saxon, 512, 513.
Demetrius Evanowich, emperor of Russia,
an impostor, dragged out of his bed, and
pulled to pieces, 575.

Denmark, king of, see Frederick III.
Deodate, Charles, letters to, 952, 954.
Deruvianus, see Faganus.
Digression, concerning the affairs of church
and state, in 1631, 502, &c.
Dinothus, abbot of Bangor, his speech to
bishop Austin, 516.

Dioclesian, a king of Syria, and his fifty
daughters, said to have been driven upon
this island, 476.

Dioclesian, the emperor, persecuted his
christian subjects, 499.

Diodorus, his account how the Ethiopians
punish criminals, 379.-of the succession
to kingdoms, 391.

Diogenes, his delineation of a king, 380.
Dionysius Alexandrinus, commanded in
a vision to read any books whatever,
107.

Dis, the first peopler of this island, as some
fabulously affirm, the same with Samo-
thes, 476.

Disciples of Christ, their saying relating to
marriage, explained, 207.
Discipline, in the church, necessary to re-
move disorder, 29. Its definitive decrees
to be speedy, but the execution of rigour
slow, 47.

Dispensation, what it is, 141.

Divines, advice to them not to be disturb-
ers of civil affairs, 242.
Divorce, arguments for it, addressed to the
parliament and assembly, 120, &c. In-
disposition, unfitness, or contrariety of
mind, a better reason for it than natural
frigidity, 125. Reasons for it, 126-130,
133-135. An idolatrous heretic to be di-
vorced, when no hope of conversion, 130.
To prohibit divorce sought for natural
causes, is against nature, 133. Christ
neither did nor could abrogate the law
of divorce, 136. Permitted for hardness
of heart, not to be understood by the
common exposition, 137. How Moses
allowed of it, 143. The law of divorce
not the premises of a succeeding law,
145. A law of moral equity, 146 Not
permitted, from the custom of Egypt,
147. Moses gave not this law unwill.
ingly, ib. Not given for wives only,
149 Christ's sentence concerning it, how
to be expounded, 150. To be tried by
conscience, 155. Not to be restrained by
law, 157. Will occasion few inconveni-
ences, ib. No inlet to licence and con-
fusion, 189. The prohibition of it avails
to no good end, 192 Either never esta-
blished or never abolished, 196. Lawful
to Christians for many causes equal to
adultery, 216. Maintained by Wickliff,
Luther, and Melancthon, 217. By Eras-
mus, Bucer, and Fagius, ib. By Peter
Martyr, Beza, and others, 217-219. What
the ancient churches thought of divorce,

Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce, 120.
Judgment of Martin Bucer, concerning,
159. Defence of that tract, 220, &c. Ar-
guments against it refuted, 222, &c.
Domitian, the killing of him commended
by Pliny, 382.

Donaldus, said to have headed the Caledo-
nians against Septimius Severus, 498
Donaldus, king of Scotland, brought to
hard conditions by Osbert and Ella, kings
of Northumberland, 531.
Downam, bishop, his opinion of the oppo-
sers of the episcopal government, 63.
Druids, falsely alleged out of Cæsar to
have forbidden the Britons to write their
memorable deeds, 475. Uttering direful
prayers, astonish the Romans, 491. Their
destruction in the isle of Anglesey, an-
ciently Mona, ib.

Druis, the third from Samothes, fabulously
written the most ancient king in this
island, 476.

Drunkenness, how to be prevented, 193.
Duina, river, account of its fall into the sea
at Archangel, 568.
Dunstan, sent by the nobles to reprove
King Edwy, for his luxury, 541. Banished
by the king, and his monastery rifled, ib.
Recalled by King Edgar, ib. His mira-
culous escape when the rest of the com-
pany were killed by the fall of a house,
543. His saying of Ethelred, at the time
of his being baptized, 544. His death and
character, ib.

Dunwallo Molmutius, son of Cloten, king
of Cornwall, reduces the whole island
into a monarchy, 480. Said to be the first
British king that wore a crown of gold,
ib. Establishes the Molmutine laws, ib.
Durstus, king of the Picts, said to be slain
by the joint forces of the Britons and
Romans, 504.

Dutch, summary of the damages received
from them by the East-India company,
602, 603.

E

Eadwald falls back to heathenism, 516.
Runs distracted, but afterwards returns
to his right mind and faith, 517. By what
means it happened, ib. He gives his
sister Edelburga in marriage to Edwin,
ib. Leaves his son Ercombert to suc-
ceed, 519.

Eadbert, shares with his two brothers in
the kingdom of Kent, 524. His death,
525. Eadbert, king of Northumberland,
after Kelwolf, wars against the Picts, ib.
Joins with Unust, king of the Picts,
against the Britons in Cumberland, ib.
Forsakes his crown for a monk's hood, ib.
Eadbright, usurping the kingdom of Kent,
and contending with Kenulph the Mer-
cian, is taking prisoner, 527.
Eadburga, by chance poisons her husband
Birthric, with a cup which she had pre-
pared for another, 528 The choice pro-
posed to her by Charles the great, to
whom she fled, ib. He assigns her a rich
monastery to dwell in as abbess, ib.
tected of unchastity, she is expelled, ib.
And dies in beggary at Pavia, ib.
Eandred, son of Earldulf, reigns 30 years
king of Northumberland, after Alfwold,
the usurper, 528. Becomes tributary to
Ecbert, 529.

De-

Eanfrid, the son of Edwin, converted and
baptized, 518.

Eanfrid, the son of Ethelfrid, succeeds in
the kingdom of Bernicia, 519. Slain, ið.
Eardulf, supposed to have been slain by
Ethelred, 527. Is made king of the Nor
thumbrians, in York, after Osbald, ib.
In a war raised against him by his peo-
ple, he gets the victory, ib. Driven out
of his kingdom by Alfwold, 528.
Earth, whole, inhabited before the flood,

475.

East-Angles, kingdom of, by whom erect-
ed, 510. Reclaimed to Christianity, 519
East-India Company, English, summary of
their damages from the Dutch, 602, 603.