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ABRAHAM, representative
of Christ, how, 7. seed of,
explained by St. Paul, 197.
Acclamations of the Jews at
Christ's entrance, 83.
Actions, Jews made use of them
to express
their meaning, 59.
Acts of the Apostles, remarks
upon that book, 130. written
by St. Luke, 131. always re-
ceived into the Canon, ibid.
further observations thereon,
166.

Adam, the fountain of sin, 197.
Adoption, what it signifies, 61.
Affairs, private, we may apply
ourselves attentively to them,
without offending God, 95.
yet must not be too solicitous
about them, ibid.
Agabus, a Christian prophet,
164.

Agony of Christ explained, 84.
Allegory, a figure often used by

the rabbies, 191. its nature
and use, ibid. of the two co-
venants under the births of
Isaac and Ishmael, 234.
Alms, giving them recom-

mended by the Gospel, 102.
taught as a Christian duty by
St. Paul, 227.
Ananias and Sapphira, their
history, 150.
AnathemaMaranatha,the mean-
ing of that phrase, 215.
Angels, an early heresy in wor-

shipping them, 183. sup-
posed to be present in the
assembly of the saints, 212.
worshipping of them direct
idolatry, 236. two passages
concerning them in St. Pe-
ter's second Epistle explain-
ed, 276.

Anger to be avoided as well as
murder, 90.

Antioch, when Paul first preach-
ed there, 159. the name of
Christians given there, 160.
Apostacy, the great danger
thereof, 260. the true nature
of it, ibid.

Apostles, two missions of them,
76. their commission under
each, 77. had the power of
working miracles, ibid. their
institution and office, 82.
never acknowledged the su-
premacy of Peter, 127. the
danger of their employment,
131. Matthias chosen into
that number, 143. their mi-
racles, 146. their sufferings,
151. understood not at first
that they were sent to the
Gentiles, 157. their manner
of discharging their office,

168. that title laid aside upon
their death, 174.
Arabians, their manner of liv-

ing, 305. compared with that
of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
306.

Arius, his heresy, 37.
Arrows, the method of divin-
ing by them, 313.
Ascension of Christ, history

thereof, 143.

Austin, St. his doctrine of the
Eucharist, 266.
Authority divine, of the church
derived from Christ and his
apostles, 168. no way de-
pendent on the civil magis-
trate, ibid.

Babylon, its deplorable state,

3.10. compared with the pro-
phecies concerning it, ibid.
Baptism, used by the Jews in
the reception of proselytes,
23. a further account of that
usage, 50. how performed in
the east, 52. applied to the
washing of tables, 51. sprin-
kling a true baptism,ibid. why
introduced into the Chris-
tian church, 169. how we are
buried with Christ therein,
103. infant baptism, a proof
of its legality drawn from St.
Paul, 225.

Baptist, John, why he baptized,
50. performed no miracles,
68. why said to be Elias, 81.
why the forerunner of Christ,
ibid..
Barnabas, sent by the apostles
to Antioch, 160. contention
between him and Paul, 163.
Baronius, what he says of the
Virgin Mary's assumption,
144. Bastard, a passage mis-
taken in relation thereto,
227.
Beatitudes explained, 87.
Belief, the nature of that which

is required as to mysteries,
36. what that is which is re-
quired to salvation, 117.
Bethlehem, why Joseph went

thither,45. why Christ should
be born there, 43.
Binding and loosing, that
power in the church exa-
mined, 126.

Bishop Taylor's opinion there-
on, 127.

Bishops, their institution, 173.
proof of their being a dis-
tinct order, 174. Ignatius,
his testimony thereof, ibid.
what meant by their having
but one wife, 248. their in-
stitution further proved, 246.
objections against the proofs
drawn from the offices of Ti-
mothy and Titus answered,
251. further proofs drawn
from the same Epistles, 252.
a proof of their being apo-
stolical, taken from the Re-
velations, 287.
Blasphemy against the Holy
Ghost, 125.

Blessed, who are pronounced
so by Christ, 86.
Blood, why the first Christian
converts abstained from eat-
ing thereof, 162.

Bodies, the difference between

them which we now have,
and those with which we
shall arise at the last day,
214.

Born again, the meaning of
that expression, 51. the ef-
fects thereof, 120.
Bread, what meant thereby in
the Lord's Supper, 54.
Breathing of Christ upon the
apostles, 84.

Britain, supposed to be con-

verted by one of the apo-
stles, or at least in their times,
165.

Building, the manner of that in
the east, conformable to
what we find in Scripture,

308. texts explained thereby,

ibid.
Burials, the custom of the east-

ern nations in relation to
them, 60.

Cæsarea, the place of the resi-
dence of the Roman govern-
ors, 156. the Gospel first
preached to the Gentiles
there, ibid.

Cakes, how made by the east-

ern women, 312.
Calvary, mount of, the rent
therein, 311.

Catechumens entitled to the
merits of Christ, though not
baptized, 113.

Cazan, what that office was
amongst the Jews, 49.
Cedars of Lebanon, a descrip-

tion of them, 308. texts ex-
plained thereby, ibid.
Ceremonies, Jewish, complied
with by the apostles, but not
imposed, 186.

Chagigah, the meaning thereof,
55.

Child-bearing, a passage of St.
Paul's relating thereto, ex-
plained, 247.

Children holy, what meant
thereby, 225.

Christ, a recapitulation of the
prophecies concerning him,
6. how represented by per-
sons under the Old Testa-
ment dispensation, 7. ex-
pected at the time he came,
8. proved from Suetonius
and Tacitus, ibid, foretold
by the heathen oracles, 9.
how mistaken for a tempo-
ral prince, 11. why the Jews
were offended with him, 13.
proofs sufficient to have con-
vinced them, 14. to whom
revealed, 15. further rea-

sons for the Jews hating
him, 20. came to fulfil, not
to destroy, 28. his eternity
proved, 34. his genealogy,
43. why called the son of
Abraham, 44. gave two com-
missions to his disciples, 77.
complies with the Jews in
teaching by parables, 63. how
his miracles excelled those of
Moses, 69. why he com-
manded his miracles to be
concealed, ibid. why requi-
site for him to die, 69. his
extraordinary wisdom at
twelve years old, 81. at what
time he took upon him his
office, 82. we must always
pray in his name, 103. his
life is to be our example,
104. the history of his ascen-
sion, 145. his coming, how
to be understood in the Epi-
stles, 189. the fountain of
pardon to all, 198. his priest-
hood explained, 258. how
his death abolished sacrifice,
259.

Christianity, mere profession
thereof will not entitle us to
its promise, 99. the difficul
ties it had to struggle with
in its propagation, 137.
charged with atheism, 139.
other prejudices against it,
ibid.

Christians, why called Naza-
renes, and Galileans, 160.
when this name was first be-
stowed on them, ibid. their
wonderful increase, 163. Ju-
daizers, an account of St.
Paul's disputes against them,
184. subject to their bishops,

253,

Chrysostom, St. his opinion
why St. Paul wrote to Ti-
mothy, and Titus, 252. his

doctrine of the Eucharist, Corn, trod out in the last in-

264.

Circumcision and uncircumci-
sion, how those words ap-
plied, 158. dispute concern-
ing it at Antioch, 161. a
further account of its being
practised among the first
Christians, 175.

Cities, their present state com-
pared with the prophecies
concerning them, 310.
Clergy and laity, the distinc-
tion between them as old as
Christianity, 170. why all
Christians may be so called,
ibid. St. Paul declares it the
ordinance of God, why they
should be maintained, 216.
further remarks on this sub-
ject, ibid.

Coloss, a city of Phrygia, 240.
Colossians, St. Paul's Epistle
to them against Judaizing,
&c. 241.
Confession, in the Popish sense
not warranted by St. James,
271.
Constancy, the nature thereof

in Christians, 118.
Consubstantiality, when that
term first used, 37.
Corban, its meaning explained,

62.
Corinth, where situated, 205.
Corinthians, remarks on the
Epistles to them, ibid. the
time when St. Paul planted
the faith amongst them, ibid.
the design of the first Epi-
stle to subdue their high con-
ceit of wisdom, 206. second
Epistle to them, 228. the
occasion thereof, ibid. the
arts made use of therein,
ibid. false teachers amongst
them complained of, 229. ex-
horted to charity, ibid.

stead of being threshed, 307.
Cornelius, a proselyte of the
gate, 156.

Council, the first of the apo-
stles held at Jerusalem, 91.
Creation, works of, sufficiently
prove a Deity, 203. objec-
tions thereto answered, ibid.
Cripple, cured by Peter and
John makes the apostles fa-
mous, 149. Peter, his dis-
course upon that occasion,
150.

Cross, the manner how death
was suffered thereon, 71. the
most infamous of all deaths,

72.
Crucifixion of Christ, a stum-
blingblock to the Gentiles,

149.
Customs, of his time often al-
luded to by St. Paul, 191.

Dæmoniacs, the nature of their
possession, 45.

David, how his kingdom esta-
blished for ever, 14.
Day of the Lord, meaning
thereof, 190.

Days, differences about them
accounted for, 57. in the lat-
ter or last, what meant there-
by, 192. observation of them
not forbidden by St. Paul,
204.

Deaconesses, an order of the

primitive church, 249.
Deacons, the institution and

nature of the office, ibid. St.
Stephen one of the first, ibid.
a further account of their of-
fice, 174.

Dead, being baptized for them,

several conjectures on the
meaning thereof, 214. pray-
ing for them no way counte-
nanced by St. Paul, 253.

Death, how requisite for Christ
to suffer as a prophet, a
priest, and a king, 70. the
nature of Christ fully ex-
plained, ibid. Christ's fore-
knowledge of his death, 83.
Prodigies which attended
that of Christ, 84. of Christ,
a full and perfect sacrifice,

259.

Devil, what is to be understood
of being possessed by him,
45.

Devotion private, why recom-
mended by Christ, 89.
Disciples, how they sat, 60.
Divination, how practised by
arrows, 313.

Divines, Christian, what they
ought to learn from Christ's
censure of the rabbies, 47.
Doctrines, relating to morals,
clearly taught by Christ, 65.
Dust, shaking it off the feet,
what meant thereby, 48.
Duties, Christian, treated of in
the Epistles, 182. recom-
mended to the practice of the
Colossians, 240. recom-
mended by St. James in his
Epistle general, 269.

Eclipse, prodigious, at the death

of Christ, 84.
Egypt, the Jewish settlement

there, 134. synagogues al-
lowed them there, ibid.
Elders, what their office was
under the New Testament,

142.

Elias, his miracles inferior to

Christ's, 68.

Elijah, how represented to be
Christ, 7.

Enoch, how a representative of
Christ, ibid.
Enthusiasm, to be guarded
against, 123.

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Entrance, kingly, of Christ into
Jerusalem, 83.
Epaphroditus, the bearer of St.
Paul's Epistle to the Philip-
pians, 238.
Ephesians, St. Paul's Epistle to
them, chiefly designed a-
gainst Judaism, 236.
Ephesus, city of, where situ-
ated, 236.

Epiphanius, his account of the

Virgin Mary's death, 144.
Epiphany, what, and why so
called, 81.

Epistles, remarks on them, 181.
the occasion there was in
writing them, 182. rules for
interpreting them, ibid. much
particularity, as to discipline,
not to be expected in them,
183. of St. Paul, a particular
rule for understanding them,
184. the time in which they
were written uncertain, 194.
their order in respect of one
another, ibid. general, what
they are, ibid. what meant
by the saints in them, ibid.
remarks on that to the Ro-
mans, 195. observations
thereon, 202. remarks on
that to the Corinthians, 205.
remarks on the second to
the Corinthians, 231. fur-
ther observations thereon,
ibid. remarks on that to the
Galatians, 235. remarks on
that of St. Paul to the Ephe-
sians, 238. remarks on his
Epistle to the Philippians,
239. remarks on that to the
Colossians, 241. further ob-
servations thereon, 242. re-
marks on the first and se-
cond to the Thessalonians,
245. further observations on
both, 246. on the first to
Timothy: difficult passages

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