294, 297; many of them at that period diligently employed in
the copying of manuscripts, vol. 2, 298.
Months, among many ancient nations consisted only of 30 days,
vol. 1, 114, 115.
MORE, Dr. HENRY, extracts from, vol. 1, 41, 42, 106-108, 116,
210., vol. 2, 9, 24.
MOSHEIM, extracts from, vol. 1, 165, 172–184. vol. 2, 296.
Mountains, favorable to freedom, vol. 1, 119.
Nantes, edict of, its revocation an important æra, vol. 1, 116, 117,
Navigation, reasons for supposing that hereafter it will not be so
frequently destructive of human life, as it now is, vol. 2, 280,
NEWCOMBE, ARCHBISHOP, extracts from, vol. 1, 284-288, 292
-294. vol. 2, 11, 247, 254, 262.
NEWTON, BISHOP, once a friend to liberty, vol. 1, 228, 230—332;
afterwards a violent asserter of sentiments hostile to freedom,
vol. 1, 228-232; extracts from, vol. 1, 42, 50, 51, 84, 138,
228-30, 343, 295. vol. 1, 7, 10, 16, 105-108, 130, 197, 199,
20, 204, 211, 215; his interpretations or opinions combated or
denied, vol. 1, 166, 167, 169, 193, 245. vol. 2, 30, 48-50, 53,
72-74, 127, 128, 138, 148, 149, 189-194, 247-251, 348-
351, 365-360. See also preface.
NEWTON, SIR ISAAC, Mr. Gibbon's testimony respecting him as a
critic and theologian, vol. 2, 3; extracts from him, vol. 1, 20,
44, 45, 76, 144. vol. 2, 3, 12, 15, 26, 38, 96, 157, 158, 354;
his opinions stated, vol. 1, 119, 138, 140, 155, 178. vol 2, 75,
133, 366.
Nice, Council of, circumstances relative to, vol. 1, 185, 186, 194.
NICHOLAS, V. Some particulars respecting this illustrious man,
vol. 1, 304, 305.
Normans, effects produced by their conversion to Christianity, vol.
2, 296, 297, 323.
Numbers, which occur in Daniel, opinions of commentators rela-
tive to, vol. 2, 15, 25-31; opinions of commentators respect-
ing those found in the Apocalypse, vol. 1, 113-118. vol. 2, 15, 26.
Nuns, opinions prevalent in the fourth century relative to them,
vol. 1, 181.
Octai, a million and a half of cavalry subject to his command, vol.
2, 116, 117.
Oil, very extensively useful, vol. 2, 54.
Oracles, heathen, circumstances which contributed to bestow on
them a certain degree of credit, vol. 1, 34, 35, 285, 286, 301,
OWEN, Dr. extracts from, vol. 1, 55, 256, 268, 269. vol. 2, 38,
149, 150.
PAGAN WORSHIP, public exercise of, in a great degree tolerated by
the seven first Christian emperors, vol. 2, 73---75; afterwards
prohibited by persecuting statutes, vol. 1, 189, 190.
Palatinate, laid waste by order of Louis XIV. vol. 1, 134.
Palavicini, cardinal, quotation from, vol. 1, 61.
Paley, Dr. extracts from, vol, 1, 166. vol. 2, 267, 282, 283, 316——
320, 326, 327, 334.
PAPAL POWER, its destruction foretold, vol. 1, 248-246.
Parchment, formerly scarce, vol. 2, 225.
Parr, Dr. the characters of Warburton and Hurd contrasted by
him, vol. 1, 237.
Pelusium, its situation, vol. 1, 126, 127; a wall of great length
built near it, vol. 2, 111.
Penance, the mode of performing it, vol. 1, 176, 177.
PERSECUTION, different instances of, vol. 1, 55, 85, 162, 185-193;
maxims of, by whom inculcated, vol. 1, 226, 227. vol. 2, 239—
241; causes of it, vol. 2, 318-320.
PERSIA, ravaged by Attila, vol. 2, 116; conquered by the suc-
cessors of Zingis, vol. 2, 116; by Temerlane, vol. 2, 117, 118;
by the Afghans, vol. 2, 218; the Jews who inhabited it numer-
ous at different periods, vol. 2, 216, 224, 225, 230-233, 237,
PERSIANS, Conquer Egypt, vol. 2, 123, 124; often make inroads
into Arabia, vol. 2, 112.
Pilgrimages, frequent in the fourth century, vol. 1, 178; have not
been completely destitute of utility, vol. 2, 322, 323.
Piratical depredations in Europe, cause which principally checked
them, vol. 2, 323.
Plague, how extirpated in Egypt, vol. 2, 129, 130.
Political corruption, its extensive diffusion, vol. 2, 281.
Poor, the laborious, in what respects Christianity has benefited them,
vol. 2, 327, 328.
Popes, some of them great patrons of learning, vol. 1, 255. vol. 2,
303, 304; sometimes aided the cause of peace and humanity,
vol. 2, 321,
PORTEUS, BISHOP, extracts from, vol. 2, 45, 46, 278, 279, 320,
327, 328.
Power, when great, attended with the most serious moral dangers
to him who is in possession of it, vol. 2, 14, 15.
Prayers, often made subservient to political purposes, vol. 2, 276.
Prayers, public, effect produced on literature by their being for-
merly always in Latin, vol. 2, 294.
Prelates, English, just sentiments on the subject of toleration ad-
vanced by some, by Hoadly, vol. 1, 210; Taylor, vol. 1, 216,
221; Clayton, vol. 1, 216; false sentiments on the same sub-
ject advanced by others, by Newton, vol. 1, 229, 230; IIurd, vol.
1, 232; Kidder, vol. 2, 239, 240.
Priestley, Dr. quotations from, vol. 1, 146, 255, 275, 281-283,
285, 290, 297, 306, 307. vol. 2, 205, 217, 228, 260, 261, 272,
273, 313, 326. See also preface.
PRIESTS, their privileges in Egypt, vol. 1, 5; the lofty claims of
many among them, vol. 1, 59, 60; their character in the fourth
century, vol. 1, 184; their eagerness at that time to enrich
themselves, vol. 1, 177, 178, 182, 183; were at that period be-
lieved to have the power of forgiving sins, vol. 1, 176, 177; this
high prerogative asserted by a learned divine of the English
church, vol. 1, 176; learning at one period confined to them,
vol. 2, 297, 325; their servility sometimes conspicuous, vol. 1,
199, 214, 215, 236; not unfrequently accommodated their faith
to that of the reigning prince, vol. 1, 158, 159; have often sup-
ported civil tyranny, vol. 1, 60, 61, 117, 227, 233, 234; vol. 2,
324; diminution of their power regretted by bp. Newton, vol. 1,
229. See Ecclesiastics.
Priscillianists, their treatment in the fourth century, vol. 1, 188.
Property, uncertainty of, a powerful motive to indolence and ex-
travagance, vol. 2, 60.
PROPHECIES, Scriptural, numerous, minute, and circumstantial,
vol. 1, 71, 196, 300, 301; their accomplishment often gradual,
vol. 2, 23, 28, 144, 355.
PROPHECY, its existence perfectly compatible with our ideas of
the Deity, vol. 1, 280, 281; its existence to be accounted for
only on the supposition of its being divine, vol. 1, 196, 280, 301,
302; some of the reasons why it was communicated to a single
nation, vol. 1, 299-301; its frequent obscurity how to be ac-
counted for, vol. 1, 30-32, 296--299, 304. vol. 2, 266--268;
means proper for removing this obscurity, vol. 1, 33-36, 37,
293, 294; its tendency to promote virtue, vol. 1, 287; intended,
in the opinion of Sir I. Newton to have a powerful effect in the
accomplishment of great revolutions, vol. 2, 157, 158; argu-
ments in favor of the opinion, that it sometimes has a double
sense, vol. 2, 77—86, 88, 89, 92-94; often interpreted in too
liberal a manner, vol. 2, 155, 257, 264, 265, 357-360, 363; the
same thing often represented in plain language, which was before
described by means of symbols, vol. 1, 258, 259. vol. 2, 165, 166,
181, 18, 261, the past tense often employed instead of the fu-
ture, vol 1, 266. vol. 2, 87; much knowlege often requisite in
order to descern the full force of the evidence in favor of reve-
lation resulting from it, vol. 1, 140, 141.
PROPHETS, HEBREW, arguments in favor of their divine autho、
rity, vol 1, 280-306; the great uniformity of their religious
opinions, vol. 1, 286, 287; their courageous and disinterested
conduct, vol 1, 288, 289; inculcated elevated notions of the
Deity, vol. 1, 286, 288.
IIpons, the meaning it sometimes has, vol. 1, 111, 112.
Prussia, king of, extract from, vol. 2, 152, 153.
Public spirit, Christianity favorable to it, vol. 2, 278–284, 235—
345.
Purgatory, popish doctrine of, had its origin in the fourth century,
vol. 1, 178.
REFORMATION, PROTESTANT, causes which contributed to it, and
effects which flowed from it, vol. 1, 28, 29. vol. 2, 331–333.
Reformers, Protestant, almost all ecclesiastics, vol. 2, 295, 303.
Relics, the efficacy of them believed in the fourth century, vol. 1,
178, 181.
Religious opinions, necessarily various, vol. 1, 215, 218. '
Republics, Jurieu from the study of prophecy appears to have ex-
pected their universal establishment, vol. 2, 11, 348; same opi-
nion appears to have been maintained by other commentators,
vol. 1, 42.
Resentment, when properly exerted, vol. 2, 280.
RESISTANCE TO OPPRESSION, when a duty, vol. 2, 282, 283; per-
fectly consistent with the precepts of Christianity, vol. 2, 280;
celebrated moderns who have distinguished themselves by assert-
ing the lawfulness of it, vol. 2, 283.
Revelation, why its proof not irresistible, vol. 1, 26. vol. 2,266, 267.
Ribera, the Jesuit, mention of, vol. 1, 76.
RIGHTS OF MAN, circumstances or institutions which favor their
recognition, vol. 2, 274, 275, 278, 284–186. /
Robertson, Dr. extracts from, vol. 2, 112, 288, 292, 321, 322, 325,
326, 328, 329-333.
Rohillas, a branch of what nation, vol. 2, 222.
ROMAN EMPIRE, most prosperous from the year 96, to the year
180, 402; in that period, however, the latent causes of decay
and corruption operated, vol. 2, 307, 309; governed with unu-
sual beneficence by Septimius Severus and Alexander Severus,
vol. 2, 53; miserably torn and afflicted in the reign of Gallienus,
vol. 2, 310; in the latter part of the fourth, and during the
whole of the fifth and sixth centuries, reduced to a very ca-
lamitous state by the scarcity of food and the irruptions of the
Barbarians, vol. 2, 57-70; causes of its decline and dissolution,
vol. 2, 307-310; when its fall may be dated, vol. 2, 58.
Roman legions, their degeneracy in the reign of Constantius, vol.
2, 57, 58.
Roman Catholic clergy, causes which prompted many among them
to cultivate literature, vol. 2, 332.
ROME, referred to in the Apocalypse, vol. 1, 196, 199-203; re-
peatedly besieged, and a prey to famine in the fifth and sixth
centuries, vol. 2, 66, 67; its pre-eminence under the pontiffs the
source of some benefits, vol. 2, 293, 294, 296, 303, 304, 321,
322.
ROMISH CHURCH, not chargeable with the introduction of so many
corruptions as is commonly supposed, vol. 1, 183, 184, 190, 191,
206. vol. 2, 69, 70; has long been in a state of decline, vol. 1,
Rousseau, one of his objections against Christianity stated, vol. 2,
338, 339; shown to be unsolid, vol. 2, 278-282, 335-341.
RUSSIA, conquered by the Tartars, vol. 2, 116, 117; beneficial
change in that country produced by the introduction of Chris-
tianity, vol. 2, 293, 323; supposition relative to its future desti-
ny, vol. 2, 244, 250, 251; valuable manuscripts it possesses, vol.
2, 302, 303.
Russia, empress of, her conduct alluded to, vol. 1,
Sebatai Sevi, a Jew of Aleppo, account of, vol. 2, 233–236.
Saints, worship of, an established practice in the fourth century,
vol. 1, 178, 179.
Samaritan Pentateuch, mention of, vol. 1, 281.
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