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
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,
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-
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,
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,
Elias, his miracles inferior to
Elijah, how represented to be Christ, 7.
Enoch, how a representative of Christ, ibid. Enthusiasm, to be guarded against, 123.
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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