Persecution, not sanctioned by the Scriptures, I. 166, 67. Persons, transitions of, to be carefully noticed, I. 394, 395. Pesukim, or verses of the Pentateuch, notice of, I. 213. Peter (St.), account of, II. 360, 361. Genuineness of his first Epis tle, 361. To whom addressed, ibid. Whence written, 361, 362. Its scope, 362. Analysis of its contents, ibid. Genuineness and authenticity of his second Epistle, 362-364. Its date, 364. Scope and synopsis of its contents, ibid. Observations on the style of St. Peter's two Epistles. 362. Pharaoh, hardening of, explained, I. 409. Pharaoh-Necho's war against Judæa confirmed by one of the pyramids of Egypt, I. 89. Philemon, account of, II. 347, 348. Date of the Epistle to him, 348. Its genuineness and authenticity,ibid. Occasion and scope of this Epistle, 348, 349. Observations on it, 349. Philippians, notice of, II. 340. Date of the Epistle to, ibid. Occasion, ibid. Scope and synopsis of its contents, ibid. Philo-Judæus, account of, 1. 345. Value of his writings in the study of the Scriptures, ibid. His testimony to the genuineness of the Old Testament, I. 30. Philosophers (ancient), ignorance of, concerning the true nature and worship of God, I. 16. The creation of the world, 17. And origin of evil, ibid. The means of reconciling man to God, 17, 18. Divine grace and assistance towards the attainment of virtue, 18. The true happiness of man, ibid. The immortality of the soul, bid. A future state of rewards and punishments, 19. Effects of their ignorance in principle, 19, 20. They countenanced flagitious practices, 20. Why they produced so little effect on mankind, ibid. Importance of a knowledge of the ancient philosophical notions and sects to the interpretation of Scripture, 352. Philosophers (modern deistical), absurd and contradictory tenets of, concerning religion, 1. 22-24. And morals, 25. Baneful effects of their principles on a nation, 25, 26. And on individuals, 26. Are indebted for every thing wise or good in their writings to the Scriptures, 22. 173. Philosophy, alleged contradictions to, in the Sacred Writings, considered, and shown to be unfounded, I. 421, 422. Philoxenian-Syriac version of the New Testament, account of, I. 271, 272. Pilate (Pontius), procurator of Judæa, testimony of, to the character of Christ, I. 81, 82. Place, importance of knowing where any of the sacred hooks were written, I. 348, 349. Examples of place, put for what contained therein, 360. Plagues inflicted upon the Egyptians, remarks on, II. 206, 207. Pling's account of the character and principles of the Christians, with remarks, I. 84, 85. Poetry of the Hebrews:-Account of its peculiar construction, I. 373-376. Vestiges of the poetical style in the New Testament, 377-380. Different species of Hebrew poetry, 380, 381. Observations for the better understanding the composition of the sacred poets, 381, 382. The poetical books of the Old Testament, why so termed, II. 227. For analyses of the poetical books of the Old Testament, see Ecclesiastes, Job, Proverbe, Psalms, and Song of Solomon, in this index. Porphyry, testimony of, to the authenticity of the Pentateuch, I. 35. Possessor of a thing put for the thing possessed, I. 360. Prayer of Manasses, apocryphal, II. 292. Principals include accessaries, I. 396. Profane writers, alleged inconsistencies between, and the sacred writers, considered, I. 418-420. Supposed quotations from, in the New Testament, 318, 319. Promises of Scripture, classification of, I. 398. Rules for the right interpretation of them, 398, 399. Propagation of Christianity, a proof of the credibility of the New Testament, I. 67, 68. And that the Gospel is from God, 130-132 Examination of the difficulties attendant on the propagation of Christianity, 448-450. Prophecy defined, I. 119, 120. Difference between the pretended predictions of the heathen oracles and the prophecies contained in Scripture, 120-122. Use and intent of prophecy, 122. On the chain of prophecy, ibid. Classification of Scripture prophe. cies, ibid. Class I. Prophecies relating to Abraham, Ishmael, and the settlement of the Israelites in Canaan, 122, 123. Moses's prophecy concerning the sufferings, captivity, and present state of the Jews, 123. Birth of Josiah foretold, and his destruction of idolatry, 123, 124. Predictions of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, and Hosea, relative to the Jews, 124. Class II. Prophe. cies relating to the empires or nations that were neighbouring to the Jews, 124. Tyre, 124, 125. Egypt, 125. Ethiopia, ibid Nineveh, 125, 126. Babylon, 126. The four great monarchies, ibid. Class III. Prophecies announcing the Messiah, his offices, atonement, death, resurrection, and ascension, &c. 126-129. 454 -458. Class IV. Prophecies delivered by Jesus Christ and his apostles, 129. Predictions of Jesus Christ concerning the fall of Jerusalem, 129, 130. 458-462. And the spread of the Gospel, 130-132. Refutations of objections from the alleged obscurity of prophecy, 141. Prophecy, a standing miracle, ibid. Recapitu lation of this argument, 185, 186. Contradictions asserted to subsist between the prophecies of Scripture and their fulfilment shown to have no foundation, 406. On the accomplishment of prophecy in general, 390, 391. And on the accomplishment of prophecies concerning the Messiah in particular, 391, 392. And also of the Apocalypse, II. 383. Tables of the prophecies cited in the New Testament, as being accomplished, either literally, typically, or by way of illustration, I. 316, 317. Prophets, different kinds of, mentioned in the Scriptures, II. 253, 254. Their situation and manner of living, 254. Mosaic statutes concerning prophets, ibid. Evidences of a divine mission, ibid. Qualifications of the prophets, 255. Nature of their inspiration, 255, 256. Antiquity and succession of the prophets, 257. Col lection of their writings and mode of announcing their predic tions, 257, 258. Observations on the structure of the prophetic poesy, I. 380. The prophetical books, why so called, II. 253. Their number and order, 258. Tables of the prophets, according to the times when they are supposed to have flourished, 259. General rules for ascertaining the sense of the prophetic writings, I. 388-390.; and particularly the accomplishment of prophecies concerning the Messiah, 391, 392 For analyses of the prophetcal books, see their several titles in this index. "The Prophets," an ancient division of the Old Testament, I. 213 Prophetic Poetry of the Hebrews, I. 380. Prosopopæia, instances of, I. 362, 363. Proverbs (Scripture), nature of, I. 370, 371. Prevalence of this mode of instruction, 370. Different kinds of proverbs: - Proverbial sentences, 371. Proverbial phrases, ibid. The proverbs occur ring in the New Testament, how to be interpreted, ibid. Proverbs (Book of), II. 245. Title, author, and canonical authority, 245, 246. Scope, 246. Quotations from this book in the New Testament, ibid. and note. Synopsis of its contents, ibid. Obser. vations on this book, 247. Psalms (Book of), II. 237. General title, ibid. Their structure, 238. Canonical authority, ibid. Authors to whom they have been ascribed, ibid. Moses, 239. David, ibid. Asaph, ibid. The sons of Korah, ibid. Heman and Ethan, 240. Solomon, ibid. Anonymous Psalms, ibid. Chronological arrangement of the Psalms by Calmet, 240, 241. Collection of the Psalms into a volume, 241, 242. The hundred and fifty-first Psalm spurious, ibid. and note. On the inscriptions or titles of the Psalms, 242, 243. Probable meaning of the word Selah, occurring in them, 243, 244. Scope of the book of Psalms, 244, 245. Table of Psalms, strictly prophetical of the Messiah, I. 316. Rules for better understanding them, II. 245. Table of the Psalms classed according to their several subjects, ibid. Pseudo-Jonathan, Targum of, I. 263. Punctuation of the New Testament, I. 214, 215. QUALIFICATIONS (moral) for studying the Scriptures, I. 186, 187. Quotations: 1. Quotations from the Old Testament in the New, general observations on, I. 293. Quotations from the Hebrew Scriptures and from the Septuagint version in the New Testament, with notes thereon, 293-310. Classification of quotations from the Hebrew Scrip tures in the New Testament, 311, 312. And of quotations fro the Septuagint version, 312, 313. On the probable causes of seeming discrepancies in such quotations, 313, 314. On the manner in which the quotations from the Old Testament are applied in the New, 315. Rabbinical and other modes of quoting in the New Testament. 315, 316. Classification of quotations from the Old Testament in the New, 316. Quotations in which the predictions are literally accomplished, ibid. Quotations applied in. a spiritual or mystical sense, ibid. Quotations made in the way of illustration, 316, 317. Quotations from the Old Testameni which are alluded to in the New, 318. Quotations from the apocryphal writers, ibid. And from profane authors, 318, 319 II. Quotations from the Scriptures, how made by the apostolical | Sclavonic version of the Scriptures, notice of, I. 279, 280. RABBINICAL HEBREW Dialect, notice of, I. 198. Rabbinical writings, importance of, in studying the Scriptures, I. 344, 345. Rabbinisms of the New Testament, I. 198. Rainbow, observations on, 1. 75, 76. Ravens, the supplying of Elijah by, with food, explained and vindicated. I. 422. Reason insufficient, without Revelation, I. 22. Recensions, or editions of MSS. found among ancient classic authors, Redemption, Scripture doctrine of, not inconsistent with the received Resurrection (future), doctrine of, unknown to the ancients, I. 19. Revelation (divine), defined, I. 15. Its possibility, ibid. Probability, Revolution in France, horrid effects of, I. 25, 26. Romans (Epistle to), II. 331. Its date, and where written, ibid. Its Romish Church, corruptions of, a proof of the truth of the Gospel, Rossi. See De Rossi. Rousseau, profligate principles and conduct of, I. 25. His involun- SACRAMENTS of baptism and the Lord's supper, a proof of the credibility of the New Testament, I. 67. Sacred Writers, alleged contradictions between, shown to have no foundation, 1. 414-418, Seeming contradictions between them and profane writers accounted for, 418-420. Scope, definition of, I. 339. Its importance, ibid. Particularly in Selah, import of the word explained, II. 243, 244. Septuagint version, critical history of, I. 264-266. From what Shaftesbury (Lord), absurd and contradictory notions of, concerning religion, I. 23. Shechinah, notice of, II. 255. Shemitish Languages, remarks on, I. 188, 189. Shir, Shir-Mismor, and Shir-Hammachaloth, psalms so called, II. 243. Sinai (Codex of), I. 203. Singular number put for the plural, I. 372. Son, different significations of, I. 197. Song of the Three Children, apocryphal book of, II. 292. Spiritual Sense of Scripture, nature of, I. 323. Vindicated, 382, Sacrifices (human), universal among the ancients, I. 17. and note 1. Sahidic version of the Scriptures, I. 272, 273. Account of the Samaritan Penta- note Samuel (two books of), II. 218. Their titles, ibid. Authors, 218, Scholia, nature of, I. 335. 352. Rules for consulting scholia to ad- Scholz (Dr.), abstract of the system of recensions of, I. 209-212. Style of the Old Testament, a proof of its authenticity, I. 31. And Subscriptions annexed to the epistles, remarks on, I. 215. Suicide, recommended and practised by the ancient philosophers Sun standing still, account of, vindicated, I. 421. Swine, destruction of the herd of, vindicated, I. 102. 480 principal symbolical terms occuring in the prophetic writings, Symmachus's Greek version of the Old Testament, account of, I. 269. Syriac Language, notice of, I. 199. Syriac Versions of the Scriptures, account of, I. 270-272. Syriac version of Origen's Hexaplar edition of the Septuagint, 272. Syriasms of the New Testament, I. 198. TABERNACLES (feast of), a proof of the credibility of the Old Testament, 1. 66. Tacitus, testimony of, concerning Jesus Christ, I. 82.; and the character and persecutions of the Christians, 83. Talmud, account of, I. 344, 345. Talmudical arrangement of the books of the Old Testament, 217. Testimony of the Talmuds to the character of Jesus Christ, 81. Targums, or Chaldee paraphrases of the Old Testament, critical Tatian, testimony of, to the genuineness of the New Testament, I. Testament (Old), the Hebrew Scriptures why so termed, I. 28. Genu- Testament (New), general title of, I. 38, 39. Account of its canon, 39. The New Testament, why written in Greek, 193, 194. Similarity of its Greek with that of the Septuagint version, 193. ExAccount of its dialects, 196amination of its style, 194-196. 199. Genuineness and authenticity of the New Testament proved, from the impossibility of forgery, 40. 54, 55. From the external evidence afforded by the testimonies of ancient Christians, 40 45 Of heretical writers, 45, 46. And heathen testimonies 4648. And by ancient versions of it, 48. From the internal evidence furnished by the character of its writers, ibid. By its language and style, 48, 49. 195, 196. By the circumstantiality of its narratives, 49. And by the coincidence of its accounts with the history of those times, 49-51. Its uncorrupted preservation proved from its contents, 54. From the utter impossibility of its being universally accomplished, 54, 55. From the agree ment of all the manuscripts, 55. Versions and quotations from the New Testament in the writings of the early Christians, 55, 6. Particular proofs of its integrity, 57, 58. Its accounts confirmed by profane historians, 78-87. (See Credibility, Inspiranon.) Recensions or families of manuscripts of the New Testament, 204-212. Descriptive catalogue of the principal manuscripts, 222-261. Classification of its several books, II. 293, 294. Ancient divisions of, I. 213, 214. Ties to each book, 215. Subscriptions, ibid. Ancient stichoi and modern verses, 214, 215. Ancient and modern punctuation, 214. See Versions. stimony, observations on the credibility of, I. 95, 96. Refutation of Mr. Hume's objections against testimony, 96, 97. Testimony f native contemporary writers a source of interpretation, 329233. And also the testimony of foreigners who have acquired a anguage, 335, 336. Tetropla of Origen, account of, I. 267. Theodotion's Greek version of the Old Testament, account of, I. 269. Theophilus (bishop of Antioch), testimony of, to the genuineness of Thessalonians, First Epistle to, II. 341. Account of the Thessalonian church there, ibid. Its genuineness, 342. Occasion, scope, and synopsis of its contents, ibid. Thessalonians, Second Epistle to, II. 342. Its date, occasion, and scope, ibid. Analysis of its contents, ibid. Observations on this Epistle, ibid. Threatenings of Scripture, interpretation of, I. 399. Time, instances of, being put for things done in time, I. 360. Different modes of computing time sometimes adopted by the sacred writers, 405, Timothy, account of, II. 343. Timothy, First Epistle to, II. 343. Its date, 343, 344. Genuineness and authenticity of the Epistles to Timothy, 344. Scope and synopsis of the First Epistle, 344, 345. Timothy, Second Epistle to, II. 345. Its date, 345, 346. Where Tindal absurd and contradictory tenets of, concerning religion, I. 23. | Titus, account of, II. 346, 347. Date of the Epistle to him 347. It Tobit, apocryphal book of, II. 290. Tradition, insecurity of, I. 27. Trajan, letter of, concerning the Christians, I. 84. Tropes and figures, on the interpretation of, I. 355–358. Types, nature of, I. 385. Legal types, ibid. Prophetical types, 385, Typical sense of Scripture, I. 323. Tyre, prophecies concerning, and their fulfilment, I 124, 125. ULPHILAS'S Gothic version of the New Testament, account of, I. VARIOUS READINGS, the Christian faith not affected by, I. 55. 281, Velesian Manuscripts, notice of, I. 245. note. I. 42. Visions, prophetic, II. 255, 256. Vowel Points (Hebrew), evidence concerning the ancient or mo WARS OF THE LORD (book of), observations on, I. 57.; II. 210. Weeks, the division of time by, a confirmation of the Mosaic narra Western Recension of the New Testament, I. 205. Widow's son raised to life, remarks on, I. 101, 102. 105. of, II. 291. Women, miserable condition of, at Athens, I. 19. note 7. Their Woolston (Mr.), absurd and contradictory tenets of, I. 24. No. IV. INDEX OF THE PRINCIPAL TEXTS OF SCRIPTURE WHICH ARE PARTICULARLY ILLUSTRATED OR EXPLAINED. Such Texts as are cited merely by way of proof or illustration, or in the Biographical, Historical, and Geographical Index, and also in the Index of the Symbolical Language of Scripture, are here designedly omitted, that this Index may not be unneces sarily enlarged. |