() Virtuous conduct, correct deportment.-Rom. xii. 1. Present yur bodies a living sacrifice. Exertions for the support of Christian ministers and of the Cstian religion.-Phil. ii. 17. If I be offered upon the sacrifice a ervice of your faith. SALT.- Sound doctrines, such as preserves the world from corruption. Matt. v. 13. Ye are the salt of the earth.-Col. iv. 6. Let your speech b. always with grace, seasoned with salt. SAND of the sea.-An aggregate body of innumerable individuals.Their widows are increased above the sand of the seas.-Gen. xxii. 17. I will multiply thy seed....as the sand which is upon the seashore. SCORCHING Heat. See HEAT. 3EA. 1. The Gentile world.-Isa. lx. 5. The abundance of the sea shall be converted. See also Rev. viii. 8. and Dr. Woodhouse thereon. [Apocalypse, p. 213.] 2. The great river Euphrates, Nile, &c.-Isa. xxi. 1. The desert of the sea, means the country of Babylon, which was watered by the Euphrates. Jer. li. 36. I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry: this refers to the stratagem by which Cyrus diverted the course of the river and captured Babylon.-Ezek. xxxii. 2. Thou art as a whale in the sea, the prophet is speaking of the king of Egypt, through which the Nile flowed. See WAVES. 3. Sea of glass.-Rev. iv. 6. The blood of the Redeemer, which alone cleanses man from sin. It is called a sea, in allusion to the large vessel in the temple, out of which the priests drew water to wash themselves, the sacrifices, and the instruments of which they made use, for sacrificing.-1 Kings vii. 23. See also SAND and WAVES. SEAL-SEALING. 1. Preservation and security.-Sol. Song iv. 12. A fountain sealed, is a fountain carefully preserved from the injuries of weather and beasts, that its waters may be preserved good and clean. 2. Secresy and privacy, because men usually seal up those things which they design to keep secret. Thus a book sealed, is one whose contents are secret, and are not to be disclosed until the removal of the seal. In Isa. xxix. 11. a vision like unto a book sealed, is a vision not yet understood. 3 Completion and perfection, also authority; because the putting of a seal to any decree, will, or other instrument in writing, completes the whole transaction.-Ezek. xxviii. 12. Thou (the King of Tyre) sealest up the sum full of wisdom and perfect in beauty; that is, thou lookest upon thyself as having arrived at the highest pitch of wisdom and glory. See Neh. ix. 8. Esther viii. 8. 4. Restraint or hinderance.-job xxxvii. 7. He sealeth up the hand of every man; that is, the Almighty restrains their power.-Job ix. 7. Which sealeth up the stars; that is, restrains their influences. 5. Exclusive property in a thing.-Anciently, it was the custom to seal goods purchased; each person having his peculiar mark, which ascertained the property to be his own. Hence, the seal of God is His mark, by which he knoweth them that are His. (2 Tim. ii. 19.) Under the law of Moses, circumcision is represented to be the seal which separated the people of God from the heathen who did not call upon his name. (Rom. iv. 11.) And in this sense the sacra ment of baptism succeeding to circumcision, was called by the fathers of the church the seal of God: but in the Gospel, this divine seal is more accurately described to be the Holy Spirit of God. They who have this spirit are marked as his (2 Cor. i. 22. Eph. i. 13. iv. 30.) Our Lord Jesus Christ is represented as eminently possessing this mark. (John vi. 27.) Generally, all who name the name of Christ and depart from iniquity, are said to be thus divinely sealed. (2 Tim. ii. 19.) By the seal of the living God, mentioned in Rev. vii. 2., is signified that impression of the Holy Spirit upon the heart of man, which preserves in it the principles of pure faith, producing the fruits of piety and virtue. This is the seal which marks the real Christian as the property of the Almighty. In Rev. vii. 3, 4. the sealed mark is said to be impressed upon the foreheads of the servants of God, either because on this conspicuous part of the person, distinguishing ornaments were worn by the eastern nations; or because slaves anciently were marked upon their foreheads, as the property of their masters. [Dean Woodhouse on Rev. vii. 2, 3.] SEED.-The Word of God.-Luke viii. 11. SERPENT.-Satan, the enemy of souls.-Rev. xii. 9. That old serpent, called the Devil and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world.-2 Cor. xi. 3. The serpent beguiled Eve through his subtility. SEVEN. See NUMBERS. SHADOW-Defence, protection. In the sultry eastern countries this metaphor is highly expressive of support and protection.-Numb. xiv. 9. Their defence (Heb. Tsilam, shadow) is departed from Shem Compare also Psal. xci. 1. cxxi. 5 Isa. xxx. 2. xxxii. 2. and li. 16. The Arabs and Permans employ the same word to denote the same thing, using these expressions:-"May the SHADOW of the prosperity be extended."-May the SHADOW of thy prosperity b spread over the heads of thy well-wishers."-" May thy protection never be removed from thy head; may God extend thy SHADOW externally." [Dr. A. Clarke on Numb. xvi. 9.] SHEEP SHEPHERD. 1. Sheep under a Shepherd.--The people under a king.-Zech. xu Smile the shepherd; and the sheep shall be scattered. 2. The disciples of Christ, who is their SHEPHERD; the church Christ, consisting of all true believers in Him their Shepherd.-John x. 11-14. I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd give his life for the sheep. I....know my sheep.-1 Pet. ii. 25. e.... are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. 3. Lost or straying sheep represent persons not yet converted, bu wandering in sin and error- Matt. x. 6. xv. 24. The lost sheep of the house of Israel.-1 Pet. ii. 25. Ye were as sheep going astay Compare also Matt. ix. 36. and Mark vi. 34. SHIELD. 1. A defence.-Psal. xviii. 2. The LORD is my buckler or shield. See Psal. xxxiii. 20. 2. Faith, by which we are enabled to resist the fiery darts of the wicked. Eph. vi. 16. SHIPS of Tarshish; merchants, men enriched by commerce, and abounding in all the elegancies and luxuries of life, particularly the merchants of Tyre and Sidon. -Isa. ii. 12-16. The day of the LORD of Hosts shall be.... upon all the ships of Tarshish.-Isa. xxiii. SHOES.-The preparation of the Gospel of peace.-Eph. vi. 15. 1. Howl, O ye ships of Tarshish. SILENCE. 1. Bringing to silence, or putting to silence.-Utter destruction. Isa. xv. 1. As if Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence.-Jer. viii. 14. The LORD our God hath put us to silence. 2. A symbol of praying.-Luke i. 9, 10. SIT SITTING. 1. Reigning, ruling, and judging-In Judge v. 10. Ye that sit in judgment, are the magistrates or judges. The sitting on a throne, which occurs so very frequently in the Scriptures, invariably means to reign. 2. With other adjuncts, sitting has a different signification: as, (1.) To sit upon the earth or dust, (Isa. iii. 26. xlvii. 1. Lam. ii. 10. Ezek. xxvi. 16.) or on a dunghill, signifies to be in extreme misery. (2.) To sit in darkness (Psal. cvii. 10. Isa. xlii. 7.) is to be in prison and slavery. (3.) To sit as a widow (Isa. xlvii. 8.) is to mourn as a widow. SLAVE-One who has no property in himself, but is bought by another. Such are all mankind, whom Christ has redeemed from the slavery of sin.-1 Cor. vi. 20. Ye are bought with a price. See Deut. vii. 8. Isa. lxi. 1. Many that sleep in the dust of the earth SLEEP.-Death.-Dan. xii. 2. shall awake. SODOM and GOMARRAH.-Any apostate city or people: or the wicked world at large. Isa. i. 10. Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give hear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. See Rev. xi. 8. SOLDIER.-A Christian who is at war with the world, the flesh, and the devil.-2 Tim. ii. 3. Endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. SORES, OF ULCERS, symbolically denote sins; because, according to the Hebrew idiom and notions, to heal signifies to pardon sins; and to pardon a sin is equivalent to healing.-2 Chron. xxx. 20. The pious monarch, Hezekiah, having prayed that God would excuse and pardon those who had eaten the passover without being sufficiently purified, the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.-Isa. liii. 5. By his stripes we are healed. In Isa. i. 6. Wounds, bruises, and sores, are sins; the binding up of them signifies repentance; and the healing up, remission or forgiveness. SOUTH.-Judæa.-Ezek. xx. 46. Set thy face towards the south, and drop [thy word towards the south.-Judæa lay to south of Chaldæa, where the prophet Ezekiel stcod. SOUTH FIELD-Ezek. xx. 46. Prophesy against the forest of the South field; that is, against Jerusalem, in which there were good and ba: men, as there are trees in a forest. SOWER.-A preacher of the word.-Matt. xiii. 3. A sower went for to sow. See verse 39. SPEAKING. See VOICE, 2. STAR. 1. A ruler or conqueror.-Numb. xxiv. 17. There shall come a star out of Jacob and a sceptre shall arise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and shall destroy all the children of Sheth.-See an exposition of this prophecy in the note to p. 208 of this volume. The rulers of the church.-Rev. i. 20. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches. 2. 3. Glorified saints.-1 Cor. xv. 41. One star differeth from another star in glory. 4. Wandering stars. Jude. 13. Wicked apostates, that go from light into outer darknss. Heart of stone.-A hard, stubborn, and unbelieving heart.-Ezek. | TREE of Life.-Immortality.-Rev. ii. 7. To him that overcometh, will xxxii. 26. I will take away the stony heart. 1 give to eat of the tree of life. See a description of it in Rev. xxii. 2-14., and an excellent sermon of Bishop Horne's Works, vol. iv Sermon iii. on the Tree of Life. 46 5. Stone.-An idol of stone. Habak. ii. 19. Woe unto him that saith unto the wood, Awake!" and to the dumb stone, "Arise!" and it shall teach. 6. White stone.-A full pardon and acquittal.-Rev. ii. 17. I will give him a white stone. See an explanation of the custom alluded to, in Vol. II. p. 56. ". Precious stones (1 Cor. iii. 12.), the doctrines of the Christian religion, or the mode of teaching them. SUN. 1. The Lord God.-Psal. lxxxiv. 11. The Lord God is a Sun. 2. Sun of Righteousness.-Jesus Christ.-Mal. iv. 2. The SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS shall arise with healing in his wings. Among the various hieroglyphics discovered by Dr. Richardson in the ruins of the ancient temple of Tentyra or Dendera, in Upper Egypt, is one which may illustrate this expression of the prophet.-"Im. mediately over the centre of the door-way," says he, "is the beau. tiful Egyptian ornament, usually called the globe, with serpent and wings, emblematic of the glorious sun, poised in the airy firmament of heaven, supported and directed in his course by the eternal wisdom of the Deity. The sublime phraseology of Scripture, The Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in his wings, could not be more accurately or more emphatically represented to the human eye, than by this elegant device." [Dr. Richardson's Travels along the Mediterranean, &c. vol. i. p. 187.] 3. Sun and moon.-The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood. (Joel. ii. 31, Acts ii. 20.) A figurative representation of a total eclipse, in which the sun is entirely darkened, and the moon assumes a bloody hue: it signifies the fall of the civil and ecclesiastical state in Judæa. SWINE.--Wicked and unclean people.-Matt. vii. 6. Neither cast ye your pearls before swine. SWORD. 1. Death and destruction. See Ezek. xxi.-This symbol occurs o repeatedly in the Scriptures, and is, besides, so well known, as to render more examples unnecessary. 2. Sword of the Spirit.-The word of God. Eph. vi. 17. Heb. iv. 12. Rev. i. 16. TREES. 1. Men in general, fruitful and unfruitful.-Psal. i. 3. He (the good man) shall be like a tree, planted by rivers of water.-Matt. iii. 10 Every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 2. A great tree. A king or monarch. See Dan. iv. 20—23. 3. The nobles of a kingdom.-Isa. x. 18, 19. It shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field both soul and body.... And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few. [See CEDARS OAKS.] As trees denote great men and princes, so boughs, branches, or sprouts, denote their offspring. Thus, in Isa. xi. 1., Jesus Christ, in respect of his human nature, is styled a rod of the stem of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots; that is, a prince arising from the family of David. VEIL of the Temple.-The body of Christ opening the kingdom of heaven by his death, when the veil of the temple was rent.-Matt. xxvii. 51. The veil of the temple was rent in twain.-Heb. x. 20. By a new and living way, which he has consecrated for us through the veil, that is to say, his flesh. VINE. 1. The Jewish Church.-Psal. lxxx. 8. Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt. See also verse 14. Jer. ii. 21. Ezek. xix. 10. Hos. x. 1. 2. Christ the head of the church.-John xv. 1. I am the true vine. VINEYARD.-The church of Israel.-Isa. v. 1-7. The vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel. VIPER.-One who injures his benefactors. Matt. iii. 7. xii. 34. O generation of vipers, that is descendants of an ungrateful race. VOICE. 1. Voice of the bridegroom.-The festivity of a wedding, and the ex pressions of ie, which are uttered on such occasions.-Jer. vii. 34. Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride. The same epression also occurs in Jer. xvi 9. xxv. 10. xxxiii. 11. and John' 29. TABERNACLE.-The body of man.—2 Cor. v. 1. We know that if our earthly house of [this] tabernacle were dissolved.-2 Pet. i. 13, 14. 12. must shortly put off this tabernacle. TALENTS. See RICHES. TARES. The children of the wicked one.-Matt. xiii. 38. TEETH.-The symbols of cruelty or of a devouring enemy.—Prov. xxx. 14. There is a generation whose teeth are as swords; and their jawteeth as knives to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men. See also Deut. xxxii. 24. Psal lvi. 6. lviii. 6. TEN. See NUMBERS. THIRST. See HUNGER. THORNS. 1. The cares, riches, and pleasures of life.-Luke viii. 14. That which fell among thorns, are they, which, when they have heard the word, go forth, and are choked with cares, and riches, and pleasures of life. 2. Thorns and briers; wicked, perverse, and untractable persons.Ezek. ii. 6. Son of man, be not afraid of them....though briers and thorns be with thee. THREE OF THIRD. See NUMBERS. THRESHING.-Destruction.-Jer. li. 33. Babylon is like a threshing. floor: it is time to thresh her; that is, to subdue and destroy her power. See Isa. xli. 15. Amos i. 3. Micah iv. 13. Hab. iii. 12. THRONE-Kingdom, government.-Gen. xli. 40. Only in the throne will I be greater than thou. In 2 Sam. iii. 10. kingdom and throne are synonymus. To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul-and to set up the throne of David over Israel. The setting of the throne in 2 Sam. vii. 12, 13. 16. signifies the settling or establishment of the government in peace; and the enlargement of the throne, in 1 Kings i. 37. compared with 47., implies a great accession of power and dominions. THUNDER-The voice of God.-Psal. xxix. 3. The voice of the LORD is upon the waters; the God of glory thundereth. In Rev. x. 4. the seven thunders may mean either a particular prophecy, or perhaps seven distinct prophecies, uttered by seven voices, loud as thun der. 1. A state of anguish and misery. Jer. iv. 31. I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion.-Jer. xiii. 21. Shall not sorrows overtake thee as a woman in travail? See also Isa. xxvi. 17, 18. lxvi. 7. Jer. xxx. 6. 7. 2. The sorrow of tribulation or persecution.-Mark xiii. 8. These are the beginnings of sorrows, literally, the pains of a woman in travail. See 1. Thess. v. 3. TREAD under, or trample upon.-To overcome and bring under subjection.-Psal. Ix. 12. Through God we shall do valiantly; for it is he that shall tread down our enemies. See Isa x. 6 xiv. 25. Speaking with a faint voice, denotes the being in a weak and I condition.-Isa. xxix. 4. Thou shall be brought down, and shall spen out of the ground; and thy speech shall be low out of the dust. 3. Voice of the Lord. See THUNDER. WALKING among, or in the midst.-Watchfulness and protection.Lev. xxvi. 12. I will walk among you, and will be your God. WALL-Stability and safety.-Zech. ii. 5. I will be unto her a wal of fire round about; that is, I will defend her from all enemies with out, by my angels, as so many flames of fire surrounding her. WAND. See ROD. WANDERING Stars. See STARS. WASHING with water.-Purification from sin and guilt.-Psal. li. 2. 7 1. The purifying grace of the Holy Spirit.-John iii. 5. Except a mar be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. See also Psal. li. 2. 2. Living water.-The word of the Gospel.—John iv. 10. He woul have given thee living water. WATERS. 1. Troubles and afflictions.-Psal. lxix. 1. Save me, O God: for the waters are come in unto my soul. 2. A great multitude of people.-Isa. viii. 7. The LORD bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, i. e. army of the king of Assyria; whose overwhelming force is compared to the waters of the great, rapid, and impetuous river Euphrates. See Rev. xvii. 15. 3. The Blessings of the Gospel.-Isa. lv. 1. Ho! every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters. WAVES of the Sea.-Numerous armies of the heathens marching against the people of God.-Psal. lxv. 7. Which stillest the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves. See also Psal. lxxxix. 9. and xciii 3, 4. Jude 13. Raging waves of the sea. WEEK.-Seven years.-Dan. ix. 24. Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people; that is, seventy weeks of years, or four hundred andTM ninety years. WHEAT. Good seed, the children of the kingdom. Matt. xiii. 38. 1. All manner of desolation.-Isa. xxvi. 10. The defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken and left like a wilderness. Jer. xxii. 6. Surely I will make thee a wilderness [and] cities [which are not inhabited. See also Hos. ii. 3. 2. This world, through which all real Christians pass, and undergo alı the trials of the Hebrews in their way to the heavenly Canaan.-1 Cor. x. 5. 6. They were overthrown in the wilderness. Now these things were our examples.-Isa. xli. 18. I will make the wilderne a pool of water WIND. 1. Violent wind.- Destruction.-Jer. 1. 1. 1 will raise up against Babylon....a destroying wind.-Jer. iv. 11, 12. A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness..even a full wind from those places shall come unto me. 2. The four winds-General destruction.--Jer. xlix. 36. Upon Elam will I bring the four winds, from the four quarters of heaven. See also Dan. vii. 2. viii. 8. Rev. vii. 1. See AIR. WINE. 1. Wine, when mentioned together with corn and oil (as very fre quently is), denotes all kinds of temporal good things.-Hos. ii. 8. gave her corn, and wine, and oil. See Joel ii. 19. Psal. iv. 7. 2. As the choicest heavenly blessings are frequently represented in the Scriptures by the salutary effects of wine: so, from the noxious and intoxicating qualities of that liquor,-(which anciently was mixed with bitter and stupefying ingredients, and given to malefactors who were about to suffer death,)-is borrowed a most tremendous image of the wrath and indignation of Almighty God. Psal. lxxv. 8. In the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture, &c.-Psal. lx. 3. Thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment. See Jer. xxv. 15. Rev. xiv. 10. xvi. 19. 1. Protection.-Psal. xvii. 8. Hide me under the shadow of thy wings. See Psal. xxxvi. 7. and xci. 4. 9. Wings, when used to fly upwards, are emblems of exaltation.-Isa. xl. 31. They shall mount up with wings as eagles; that is, they shall be highly exalted. WOLF-A thief, or religious impostor; a devourer of the church.Luke x. 3. I send you forth as lambs among wolves.-John x. 12. He that is a hireling....seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf scattereth them. WOMAN. t. A city, a state, or body politic, or the inhabitants thereof.-The daughter of Tyre in Psal. xlv. 12., of Babylon in Psal. cxxxvii. 8., and of Jerusalem in 2 Kings xix. 21., signifies the inhabitants of those cities, respectively. The daughter of Jerusalem, when virtuous, is honoured with the high appellation of the espoused of God in Isa. liv. 1. 5., and Jer. xxxi. 4. When wicked and idolatrous she is styled the harlot, the adulteress. See ADULTERESS. 2. The true church of Christ.-Rev. xii. 1. A woman clothed with the sun. WRITE-To publish or notify. This was the first intention of writing; and, in the earliest ages, no writings were made but upon pillars or monuments, merely to notify things.-Jer. xxii. 30. Write this man childless; that is, publish it, and let all men know that he shall have no child to succeed him upon the throne. For it appears from 1 Chron. iii. 17, 18. and Matt. i. 12., that Jeconiah (of whom the prophet is speaking) had children; but being born probably after he was carried to Babylon, where he lived many years a captive, none of them ever succeeded to the royal authority. See 2 Kings XXV. 27. YOKE. 1. Oppressive bondage.-Deut. xxviii. 48. He shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he shall have destroyed thee. See Jer. xxviii 14. In Gal. v. 1. the yoke of bondage means the burdensome cere monies of the Mosaic law, from which the Christian law of liberty has delivered us. 2. Punishment for sin.-Lam. i. 14. The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand. 3. Those useful restraints, which arise from a sense of the duty which we owe to God, and the obedience we ought to pay to his laws.Lam. iii. 27. It is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth. 4. The doctrines and precepts of Jesus Christ, and the temper, dispo sitions, and duties which flow from them.-Matt. xi. 29, 30. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light-Quesnel's remark upon the last sentence is not more beautiful than devout. How easy and sweet is it, to serve Christ even in bearing his cross! How hard and painful is the slavery of the world, of sin and of our own passions, even with all their false pleasures! That satisfaction, peace, and comfort, which grace gives here below, and that which hope encourages us to expect in heaven, make a Christian full amends for all his pains in subduing his passions, and in opposing the world.... A yoke, which Christ takes together with us,-can that be uneasy? A burden, which He bears in us by His Spirit,-can that be heavy? Come, then, taste and know by experience how sweet the Lord is, and how worthy His yoke is to be chosen and loved!" No. III. GENERAL INDEX OF MATTERS IN VOLUMES I. AND II. ABBREVIATIONS in manuscripts, account of, I. 221. Abraham, predictions concerning, and their fulfilment, I. 122, 123. His posterity, in what sense as numerous as the stars of heaven for multitude, 421. Abyssinian (Ancient) version of the Old and New Testaments, 1. 273, 274. Accents (Hebrew), uses of, I. 192. Accommodation, theory of, shown to be unfounded, I. 324. Acrostic poetry of the Hebrews, I. 381. Acts of the Apostles:-Title, II. 318. By whom written, ibid. Genuineness and authenticity, ibid. Scope, ibid. Chronology, 319. Analysis of this book, 320. Observations on its style, ibid. Importance of this book, as an evidence for the truth of Christianity, 320, 321. Confirmation of its veracity by Josephus, I. 80. Coincidence between it and the apostolic epistles, 50, 51. Acts of the Senate, what, I. 81. Appeals made to them by the first Christians, as evidence, 82. Adjunct, metonymy of, what, I. 360, 361. Advantages, peculiar to the Christian revelation, a proof of its superiority over all other religions, and that it is from God, I. 177–180. Adverbs (emphatic), instances of, I. 328. Affections, the moral government of, enforced in the Gospel, I. 153, 154. Age of Hebrew manuscripts, how ascertained, I. 217. Agreement of ancient manuscripts and versions, a proof of the uncorrupted preservation of the Scriptures, I. 54, 55. Of quotations by Christian writers, a like proof, 55. Alexander of Pontus, fabulous miracles recorded of, exposed, I. 117. Alexandrian Manuscript, account of, I. 222–224. Fac-simile of it, 224. Alexandrian Version. See Septuagint. Alexandrine Recension of the New Testament, account of, I. 205. Allegorical Sense, I. 323. Allegory defined, I. 364. Different species of, ibid. Rules for the interpretation of allegories, 364, 365. Allusions to the Old Testament in the New, I. 312. 318. Alphabetical Poems of the Hebrews, account of, I. 381. America, observations on the peopling of, I. 76. Ammonian Sections, what, I. 214. Ammonian dialect, 273. Amos (the prophet), account of, II. 259, 260. Occasion of his prophecy, 260. Its scope, ibid. Synopsis of its contents, ibid. servations on his style, ibid. Ob Avaуvæσμат, or Church-Lessons, I. 214. Analogy of languages, defined, I. 340, 341. Use of grammatical analogy for interpreting Scripture, 341. Of kindred languages, 341, 342. Foundation of analogy in all languages, 342. Analogy | of Scripture, 330-333. Analogy of faith defined, 342. Its importance in studying the sacred writings, 342, 343. Rules for investigating the analogy of faith, 343, 344. Ananias, why not acknowledged as high-priest by St. Paul, I. 50. Anglo-Saxon version of the New Testament, account of, I. 280. AvaTs, propriety of the title of, given by St. Paul to Sergius Antiquities (Biblical), importance of, to the study of the Sacred Apamean Medal confirms the Mosaic account of the Deluge, I. 88. The Apocryphal Books of the Old Testament, why rejected from the canon of Scripture, I. 435, 436. Their uses, 344. 436. Anaysis of these books, II. 289-293. Supposed quotations from them in the New Testament, I. 318. Actual value of these produc⚫ions, 436. 2. Apocryphal Books of the New Testament, I. 437. Enumeration. of these writings, ibid. EXTERNAL EVIDENCE to show that they were never considered as inspired or canonical, 437, 438. INTERNAL EVIDENCE, 438-442. These apocryphal books are so far from affecting the credibility of the genuine books of the New Testament, that the latter are confirmed by them, 47, 48. 442. Apollonius, of Tyana, fabulous miracles ascribed to, exposed, I. 118. Apostles and evangelists, credibility of. See Credibility and Inspi ration. On the descent of the Holy Spirit upon them, I. 447, 448 Apostolic Fathers, testimonies of, to the authenticity of the New Testament, I. 44, 45. In what manner they quoted the Scrip tures, 41. Force of their testimony, 45. Aquila's version of the Old Testament, I. 268, 269. Arabic versions of the Old and New Testament, I. 274, 275. Of the Aramaan Language, and its dialects, I. 199. Aretas, a king of Arabia Petræa, why at war with Herod the Great I. 50. Aristeas's fabulous account of the Septuagint version exposed, I. 264, 265. Fabulous miracles related of Aristeas the Proconnesian exposed, 117. I. 42. Ark of Noah, dimensions of, I. 75. Arts, the late invention and progress of, a confirmation of the cre- Ascension, Odes of, II. 243. Ascension of Jesus Christ, circumstances of, considered, I. 446. Atheists, principles of, contrasted with those of the Gospel, I. 176, Athens, miserable condition of the women at, I. 19. note 7. Origin of the altar erected at, to "The unknown God," 90. St. Luke's and St. Paul's account of the Athenians confirmed by Demosthenes, 80. and by ancient inscriptions, 91. Remarks on Paul's admirable address to them, II. 326, 327. Atonement, true notion of, unknown to the heathen, I. 17. Though they felt the necessity of an atonement for sin, 70, 71. The doctrine of, as set forth in the New Testament, 150. Authenticity defined, I. 28. Of the Old and New Testaments proved, 28-52. Recapitulation of this argument, 184. Especially of Matt. i. and ii. and Luke i. and ii., II. 299–302. 309. Of Luke viii. 27-39., 310.; and xxii. 44., 310. Of John vii. 53. and viii. 1 11., 315. Examination of the authenticity of 1 John v. 7., 366375. Author, put for his book or writings, I. 359. Importance of know ing, 348. BABEL, erection of the tower of, confirmed by heathen testimony, Babylon, prophecies concerning, and their fulfilment, I. 126. Baptism, observance of, a proof of the credibility of the New Tes tament, I. 67. Barnabas, testimony of, to the genuineness and authenticity of the Bel and the Dragon, apocryphal history of. II. 292. Bethlehem, massacre of the infants at, I. 419. Blind man restored to sight, remarks on the miracle of, I. 104, 105. Boils, on the plague of, in Egypt, II. 207. Bolingbroke (Lord), absurd and contradictory tenets of, on religion Book, every writing so termed by the ancients, however small, 1. 56 Book of Jasher, remarks on, 1. 57. II. 216. Book of the Wars of the Lord, observations on, I. 57. II. 210. CAIUS ROMANUS, testimony of, to the genuineness of the New Tea- Cana, observation on the miracle wrought at, I. 103, 104. Canon of the Old Testament, account of, I. 28-30. Canon of the Catalogues of the books of the Old Testament, I. 29, 30.; and of the New Testament, 41. Catholic Epistles, origin of the appellation of, II. 358. Its antiquity, ibid. The authenticity of the Catholic Epistles, and in what order usually placed, ibid. Their dates, 330. Cause, metonymy of, I. 359, 360. Celsus, testimony of, to the genuineness and authenticity of the New Testament, I. 46, 47.; and to the character of Christ, 82.; and of the first Christians, 85. asus, alluded to by St. Luke, explained, I. 419, 420. Enthus, account of the tenets of, II. 316, 317. His testimony to the genuineness and authenticity of the New Testament, I. 4 Cetubim, an ancient division of the Old Testament, account of, I. z13. Chaldæans, pretence of, to antiquity, disproved, I. 73. . Chaldee Language, notice of, I. 199. Chaldee Paraphrases on the Scriptures, account of, I. 262-264. Chapters and verses, origin of, in the Old Testament, I. 213. And in the New Testament, 214. Characters (Hebrew), antiquity of, I. 190. Children, the visiting of the fathers' sins on, explained, I. 409. contrary to reason, 158-160. al doctrine of & future judgmer. not improbable, 160, 161. Does not establish a system of priest craft, 161, 162. Or prohibit free inquiry, but on the contrary invites it, 162. Its morality not too strict, 162, 163. Nor any of its moral precepts unreasonable and impracticable, 163, 161. Do not produce a timid spirit, 164. Nor overlook the generous sen timents of friendship, 164, 165., and of patriotism, 165, 166. Nor inculcate either intolerance or persecution, 166, 167. The tendency of Christianity (evinced by facts) to promote the present and eternal happiness of mankind, 169-175. Comparison of the actual effects of the Gospel, with those produced by the atheistical philosophy, 175–177. A further proof that it is from God, is afforded by its superiority over all other religions, 177. Particularly in its perfection, ibid. Its openness, ibid. Its adaptation to the capacities of all men, 178. The spirituality of its worship. ibid. Its opposition to the spirit of the world, 179. Its humiliation of man and exalting the Deity, ibid. Its restoration of order to the world, ibid. Its tendency to eradicate all evil passions from the heart, ibid. Its contrariety to the covetousness and ambition of mankind, ibid. Its restoring the divine imag to man, ibid. Its mighty effects, ibid. Examination of the difficulties attendant on the propagation of Christianity, 448-450. Christians, exemplary character and conduct of, I. 169, . 70. At tested by their heathen adversaries, 83-85. 170. The crimes of nominal Christians not chargeable on the Gospel, 173. Chronicles (two books of), II. 222. Their title, ibid. Author and date, ibid. Scope and analysis of these books, 223. Observations on these books, 224. Account of the Targums or Chaldee para phrases on, I. 263. Chronology, alleged contradictions in, considered, and shown to be unfounded, I. 404, 405. Importance of, to biblical students, 349 Chubb (Mr.), absurd and contradictory tenets of, concerning religion, I. 23, 24. His hypocrisy, 26. Involuntary testimony of, to the divine mission of Jesus Christ, 68.; and to his character, 155. Churches (Christian), state of, necessary to be known in studying the Epistles, I. 393. Cilicisms of the New Testament, I. 199. Circumcision, the observance of, a proof of the credibility of the Circumstantiality of the Old Testament narratives a proof of their Clarius's (Isidore) revision of the Vulgate version, notice of, I. 277 Clement of Rome, testimony of, to the genuineness of the New Cognate, or kindred languages, what so termed, I. 199. Account Coincidence of the Old and New Testament narratives with the relations of profane authors a proof of their credibility, I. 49-52 69-87. Coins (ancient), collateral testimony of, to the credibility of the Collins (Mr.), absurd and contradictory tenets of, on religion, I. 23. Colossians, Saint Paul's Epistle to, II. 340. Account of the church Commentaries, different classes of, I. 352. Of commentaries, strictly Comparison not to be extended to all the circumstances of an alle Context, definition of, I. 336. Rules for investigating it, 337, 338 Contradictions, alleged to exist in the Scriptures, considered, and Conversion of Paul, remarks on, II. 322, 323. |