cated in bp. Hurd's Dia-
logues, 269-271.
Interpretations of prophecy,
fome means hinted at for
forming a probable judgment
respecting their truth or falfe-
hood, 48,84.
Joachim of Calabria, his
ftatement refpecting Anti-
chrift, 228,229.
John, St. particulars respect-
ing him, 25-28.
Jones, Sir William, extract
from, 589.
JORTIN, DR. extracts from,
28, 40, 196, 202, 204, 208-
211, 213-215,236,244,324,
325, 429,437,442-444,635,
647,671-674,699.
Jofeph, the patriarch, his
political conduct in the latter
part of his life highly cen-
furable, 5,6.
Jofephus, ftatements borrow-
ed from him, 323,347,549,
566-568.
Ifraelites, warned againft-hav
ing a king, 6.
ITALY, its miferable flate
during a large part of the
fourth and fifth centuries,
416,418-422; the centre
of arts and the promoter of
literature among the nations
of modern Europe, 675,678,
684-687.
Judea, its ancient popula-
tion, 617.
Julian, his account of the
perfecutions carried on in
the reign of his predeceffor,
217; his declaration to the
citizens of Antioch in fa
vour of frugality, 407.
JURIEU, M.
96, 97, 105, 117; extracts
from, 97,101-108,137,286
-288,359,602,735-
JUSTINIAN, his arbitrary
and perfecuting conduct,
369-371; his reign very
calamitous, 417-419.`
Irenæus, curious quotation, Kidder, bishop, his illiberal
ISAIAH, his ftyle characte-
rized, 444; the period in
which he lived, 445; emi-
nent for the clearness of his
prophecies relative to the
kingdom and difpenfation of
the Meffiah, 438,445,453,
455,749,750.
Ifles of the fea, that expref-
fion explained, 431,432.
advice refpecting the Jews,
615,616.
Kingdom of God, or kingdom
of heaven, meaning of the
expreffions, 529,542:543.
Kings, cenfured by Dr.
Owen, 64,308,514; their
power of deftroying moft ef-
fectual, 418; what the king
of Pruffa fays refpecting
them, 518.
KNOWLEDGE, what circum-
ftances obstruct the cultiva-
tion of it, 669; the great
effects it has produced, and
is likely to produce, in the
political world, 286,287.
Kp the meaning it fome-
times has, 166.
Lactantius, his mode of inter-
preting prophecy, 746,747.
Lancafter, Dr. his fymbolical
Dictionary valuable, 40,41.
Language, Hebrew, particulars
relative to, 330.
Languages, modern
pean, in what manner they
have been improved, 687.
LARDNER, Dr. extracts from,
24-26, 208, 212, 219, 349,
Latter Times, period fo
called in prophecy, thought
to be probably approaching
by Sir I. Newton and Dr.
Hartley, 344,523.
LEARNING, not always re-
warded, 78; decline of it
in Europe to what caufes to
be attributed, 688-698;
Christianity favourable to it,
668-680, 683-698, 705.
See Literature.
LEECHMAN, DR. his be-
haviour on his death-bed,
724; extracts from, 721
-728.
LIBERTY, POLITICAL, may
be expected to be progref-
five in its course, 361; its
progrefs affifted by Chrifti-
anity, 243,654-728.
Libraries, particulars respect-
ing, 670,671,673,678-680,
683-685.
Lightfoot, Dr. extracts from,
738-740.
LITERATURE, danger of its
complete deftruction, in the
dark ages, 668-678: flate
of it in Germany, 461.
Longevity of those who live
in the period of the millen
nium foretold, 749-753
760-762.
Louis XVI. found himfelf
obliged to invite the people
of France to accomplish a
change, 14,15,103,
LOWMAN, MR. extracts from,
56, 80, 90, 178-180, 223,
225, 295, 307,407,738,740,
741.
Ludovicus, fupposed by some
commentators to be denoted
by the number 666, 148–
154.
Macedonius, a violent perfe-
cutor, 215-217
MAHOMETANISM, caufes
which paved the way for it,
219,408,425; its fects very
numerous, 696.
Maimonides, Mofes, parti
culars refpecting, 390.
MAMALUKES, their origin,
495; their number kept up
not by marriage, but by the
purchase of Afiatic flaves,
496; limitation of their
power by the Turks, 495;
great increase of it during
the prefent century, 496;
their oppreffions, 495:497,
499-501; their robuft
health, 496; their valour
and perfonal expertnefs,
Man of Sin, meaning of the
words, 182; prophecy re-
lating to, 181-191,218.
Manicheans, their treatment
in the fourth century, 211.
MANKIND, when moft hap-
Py, 402; vifibly diminished
in the reign of Juftinian,
418,419.
Manufcripts, particulars re-
lative to valuable collections
of, 684-687; in what
manner and by whom they
were formerly written, 676,
680.
Martin of Tours, his charac-
ter, 212.
Martyrs, their prior refurrec-
tion, an opinion not found-
ed in fcripture, 740-742;
feftivals in honour of them
numerous in the fourth cen-
túry, 201,205. ·
Maforites, their minute dili-
gence, 319.
Mathematicians, in the fe-
cond and feveral fubfequent
centuries unjustly claffed
with aftrologers, 694.
Mecca, caravan of, circum-
ftances refpecting, 465,472,
MEDE, JOSEPH, circum
flances relative to, 45, 49,
66, 385, 564; extracts
from 10, 23, 51, 191, 294,
350, 357,360,364,386-388,
! 392,538, 544,545,555,563,
577, 579, 622, 623,637,641;
his opinions ftated, 17,41:57,
66, 68, 87, 94, 121, 123, 144
155, 156, 158, 161, 168,222,
299,813.
Memory, must be exercised
earlier than fancy or reafon,
687.
Military skill, circumftances
favourable to the acquifition
of, 630.
MILLENNIUM,
CHRISTIAN, OF EUROPE,
by what emblems expreffed,
56, 277-283,350,351,357,
358; prophecies relative to
their deftruction, 161,305-
313, 350-360, 519-523,
744.
MONARCHIES, antichriftian,
thofe of the world in general
destined to be destroyed, 353,
354, 359-361, 386-397,
426-433, 445-447:450-
455,538-541,744.
MONARCHS, their cenfurable
interference in matters of con-
. fcience, 62,69,183,197,207,
209-217, 308, 514; the ri-
diculous titles they have af-
fumed, 62,64,205; thofe in
the North of Europe far more
formidable than thofe in the
South, 461.
MONARCHS, EUROPEAN, paf-
fages in the prophecies fup-
pofed to relate to the fate of
fome of them, 143,164-168,
289-296, 298-303, 305
--313,350-360,504-508.
MONASTIC INSTITUTIONS,
progrefs of them, 203, 204,
679; beneficial effects refult-
-ing from them, 672-677,
679-681, 685-686.
MONKS, their tumultuous pro-
ceedings in the fourth cen-
tury, 215; in the middle
ages
the inftructors of youth, 675,
679; many of them at that
period diligently employed
in the copying of manufcripis,
680.
Months, among many an-
cient nations confifted of
only 30 days, 130.
MORE, DR. HENRY, ex-
tracts from, 47, 48, 120-
122,132,237,356,373.
MOSHEIM, extracts from, 186,
195-207,678.
Mountains, favourable to free-
dom, 480.
Nantes, Edict of, its revoca-
tion an important æra, 132,
133, 152.
Navigation, reafons for fup-
pofing that hereafter it will
not be fo frequently deftruc-
tive of human life, as it now
is, 761.
NEWCOME, ARCHBISHOP,
extracts from, 321-324,329
-331, 359,624,632,640.
NEWTON, BISHOP,
friend to liberty, 257,259—
261; afterwards a violent
affertor of fentiments hoftile
to freedom, 257-261; ex-
tracts from, 49-58,96,157,
257-260,274-333-347-354,
357-364-464-468,493.566,
570,572,574,582,587; his
interpretations or opinions
combated or denied, 187, 188,
191,217,218,276,380,400-
402,406,428-430,490,502,
626,735-739,755-759-
See alfo Preface.
NEWTON, SIR ISAAC, Mr.
Gibbon's teflimony respect-
ing him as a critic and theo-
logian, 350; extracts from
him, 23,51,52, 88,162,350,
ვნი, 363, 375, 389,455,523,
524,743; his opinions ftated,
135, 156, 158, 175, 201,431,
463,755.
Nice, Council of, circum-
ftances relative to, 208,210,
219.
NICHOLAS V. some particu-
lars refpecting this illuftrious
man, 686, 687.
Normans, effects produced by
their converfion to Chriftia-
nity, 678,679,708.
Numbers, which occur in
Daniel, opinions of commen-
tators relative to, 363,375-
381; opinions of commen-
tators refpecting those found
in the apocalypfe, 129-134,
363-375-
Nuns, opinions prevalent in
the fourth century relative
to them, 204.
Oftai, a million and a half of
cavalry fubject to his com-
mand, 477.
Oil, very extensively useful,
407.
Oracles, Heathen, circum-
flances which contributed to
beflow on them a certain de-
gree of credit, 40, 322, 340.
OWEN, DR. extracts from,
64, 289, 302, 303, 389, 513,
514.
PAGAN WORSHIP, publicex-
ercife of, in a great degree
tolerated by the seven first
Christian emperors, 429-
431; afterwards prohibited
by perfecuting ftatutes, 214
Palatinate, laid waste by order
of Louis XIV. 152.
Palavicini, cardinal, quotation
from, 69.
Paley, Dr. extracts from, 187,
645,663,700-704,712,7130
PAPAL POWER, its deftruc
tion foretold, 278-277.
Parchment, formerly scarce,
676.
Parr, Dr. the characters of
Warburton and Hurd con-
trafted by him, 267.
Pelufium, its fituation, 488,
489; a wall of great length
built near it, 472.
Penance, mode of perform-
ing it, 199.
PERSECUTION, different in-
ftances of, 63.98,183,209-
217; maxims of, by whom
inculcated, 255, 256, 615,
616; caufes of it, 703,704.
PERSIA, ravaged by At-
tila, 477; conquered by
the fucceffors of Zingis,
477 by Tamerlane, 479.
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