Micah, character of his writings, i. 449 Milliare, a Roman mile, iii. 458 Mind, importance of properly governing it, iv. 231
Ministry, qualifications of the Christian. iii. 396, 440
Mirage, description of, i. 337 Moderation among Religious Professors enjoined, iv. 406
Modius, a bushel, iii. 458 Monarchy, Jewish, i. 197, 301
Money, various species noticed in Scrip- ture, iii. 202
Months, Hebrew, dissertation on, iii. 324 Monthly Magazine, Letter to the Editor, by the Rev. T. Boys, iv. 245 Moon, new, festival of, ii. 493
the, purposes answered by it, iii. 521, note 10
Morison, (Rev. J.), his representation of Arminianism, iv. 308. 404 Mosaic dispensation, nature of, i. 87, 185. Superseded by the Christian, iv. 143. Its importance as a preparatory Institution, 542, 550
Law, Harmony of, iv. 108 Moses, author of the Pentateuch, i. 39. Account of, 42, and note 2. Charac- ter of, 90. Metrical translation of his song at the Red Sea, 319. Death of, 836. Not a philosopher, 454. Su- periority of his inspiration, ii. 465 Mosque of Solomon, ii. 97 Mountains of Israel, i. 212. Of Gilead,
Mount of Olives, ii. 10
Music, a natural science, iii. 1. Civil and Sacred, 2. Acquaintance of the An- tideluvians with this science, iv. 16. Scripture references to, iii. 289. His- tory of, 291
Musical Instruments used by the pro- phets, ii. 468. An attempt to ascer- tain those mentioned in the Bible, iii. 1, 292
Mussulmans, orthodox sects of, ii. 109 Mythology, Heathen, confirmatory of Scripture, iii 524
Nebuchadonosor, account of, i. 67 Nachash, (w) what? i. 214
Nahum, character of his writings. i. 449 Names, Proper, want of uniformity in rendering those in Scripture, iv. 73 Naphtali, ii. 145
Nations, connected with Scripture his- tory, iii. 577
Natural History, the acquaintance of the Antediluvians with it, iv. 16. Impor- tance of, iii. 67, note 7
Nazareth, description of, iii. 8 Nazarene, Christ called one, i. 177 Negri (Solomon), information relative to him solicited, iii. 228
Nehemiah, book of, chronology and au- thor, iii. 431. Analysis of, 432 Neighbour, derivation and import of the word, iii. 354
Nile, inundation of, phenomenon of, i. 347, note 2
Nineveh, city of, i. 17
Noah, generations of the sons of, i. 11 prophecies relative to his sons, iii. 371, 418, 530 NOTICES OF BOOKS. See Bibliographi- cal Index
Numbers (book of), title, author, date, and scope, i. 321. Prediction of the Messiah, 323. Analysis of, ib. Oaks of Bashan, i. 253
Olives, Mount of, ii. 10
Olive-trees of Palestine, i. 357 Olympic Games, alluded to by St. Paul, i. 97, 108. Celebrity of, 97. In what they consisted, 98. Candidates' for, 99. Foot race, 101. Boxing, 102. Chariot race, 104. Method of excit- ing the ardour of the competitors, 106. Ceremony of crowning the conquerors, 107. Throw considerable light on many passages of Scripture, 108 Oracles, heathen, various kinds of, ii. 515. Nature of, 513. Manner of their delivery, 516 Origen, his allegorical method of inter- preting Scripture censured, iii. 513 Pagan antiquities confirm Scripture facts, i. 471
Paine (T.), his attack on Scripture pro- phecy noticed, ii. 467 Painting and Drawing, Scripture allu- sions to, iii. 234
-, Scripture, errors in, iii. 480 Palestine, names of, i. 157; ii. 119. Boundaries, i. 160. Conquest of, by the Israelites, note 161. Divisions in the time of Joshua, 153, 202. Cities of Refuge, 203. Divisions in the time of Solomon, ib. Divided into the two kingdoms of Judah and Israel, ib. Divisions in the time of Jesus Christ, 204. Mountains, 208. Vallies, 247. Plains and deserts, 250. Forests, 253. Rivers, lakes, and fountains, 254. Cli- mate, 341. Seasons, 343; ii. 29. Soil, i. 350. Fertility, ib. Produc- tions, 354. The depositum of the sacred writings, 417. Success of mis- sionary labours in, ii. 94 See Jewish Nation.
defined and illustrated, i. 178. Origin of, 180. Various kinds of, 183, 412, 451. Gradational parallels, 271. Antithetic parallels, 314. Con- structive parallels, 366. Introverted parallels, 405. Importance of, 451
of the New Testament, ii. 30, 69, 122, 165, 417. Divisions of, 31. Gradational, ib. Antithetic, 69. Con- structive, 122. Introverted, 165. Im- portance of, in the interpretation of Scriptures, 230
-s, Scriptural and Classical, iii. 377,425
Passover, Jewish, ii. 493. Patriarchal Dispensation, object of, ii.
Paul, his speech to the Athenians para- phrased, i. 143. Character of, as a writer, 450
Pentateuch (Hebrew), title, i. 38. Writ- ten by Moses, 39. Authenticity of, confirmed by its internal evidences, iii. 141; by Jesus Christ, 39; by Pa- gan writers, 42, note 43, 148; and by heathen tradition, 91. Transposi- tions in, note 375. Number of letters in, 379
MS. copy in the Collegiate Library at Manchester, ii. 284 Peræa, account of, i. 206 Persecution. opposed to the spirit of Christianity, iv. notes 440, note 442, note 445
Peter, character of, as a writer, i. 450 Pharisees, character of, ii. 498 Philology, importance of, ii. 218 Philosophy, Natural, as connected with a knowledge of the Scriptures, iii. 344 Moral, divisions of, iii. 346. Places, holy and unholy, among the Jews, i. 160
Plagues of Egypt, account of, i. 186
Plain, cities of the, destruction of, i. 240 Plurality of persons in the Divine nature, i. 120, 211
ΠΝΕΥΜΑ, import and application of the word, iii. 248
Poem, designation of, in the Hebrews, i. 445
Poetic dialogue in the Old Testament, i.
Imagery used by the Hebrew writers, ii. 392, 453, 505
particles, used by Hebrew wri- ters, i. 85, note
Poetry, objects of, i. 33. Consecrated to the service of religion, 35, 178. Cul- tivated by the Hebrews, 37, 445. Par- ticularly in the time of David, 37
of the Hebrews, Characteristics, i. 79. Metre, 79, 125. Its rhythm, modulation, &c. unknown to us, 127. See PARALLELISM. Figurative lan- guage, ii. 364. Poetic imagery from the objects of nature, 392--from com- mon life, 458-from sacred topics, 505 -from the sacred history, iii. 27. Allegory, 113. The mystical allegory. 355. The comparison, 558, Personi- fication, iv. 22. The sublime, 57, 118, 164, 219. Various species cultivated, 346, 380. POETRY:-
The Midnight Slaughter, i. 48. Death of Ahab, 95. Paul's speech to the Athenians, 143. Destruction of Babylon, 192. David's lamentation for Saul and Jonathan, 238. Cities of the plain, 240. Sonnet from Ha- bakkuk, 288. Third chapter of Ha- bakkuk paraphrased,332.Overthrow of Pharaoh's army, 335. Death of Moses, 336. Destruction of theworld 383. The last day,384. The incarna- tion, 428. The war song of Gideon, 432. The Vale of Siddim, 478. De- struction of Sennacherib, ib. The First Day, ii. 76. The Second Day, 90. The Vision of Eliphaz, 110. Paraphrase of Job. xxviii. 12, 133 Eccles xii. 7, 139. Ps. cxiv., 141. Jerusalem destro ed by Titus, 164. Hymn on 1st chap. of Genesis, 174. Diffusion of Biblical Knowledge, 191. The Vision, 229. Sonnet to the Deity, 248. The Death of Ab- salom, 249. Paraphrase of Eccles. i. 9, 262. The Soul, 263. Para- phrase of Ps. xiv. 1, 267. The Ex- odus, 277. Jerusalem, 306. The Third Day, 813. Hymn on the Lord's Prayer, 333. Prov. iii. 13 -18, paraphrased, 363. The Over- throw of Tyre, 368. Last Judg ment, 410. The Bible, 452. The Crucifixion, 472. The Curse of Babylon, 474. Hymn on Eph. v. 1, 510. Job xli. versified, 534. Ode on Christmas Day, iii. 44. Fourth Day, 48. The Names of God, 86. Herod's Visit to the Royal Sepul-
chres, 87. Abraham surveying the Ruins of Sodom, 95. Silent expres- sion of Nature, 96. Sonnet on Job xxviii. 12, 133. Who is the King of Glory, 144. Death of Josiah, 229. Sonnet, 231. Star of Bethle- hem, 317. So stand fast in the Lord, 376. Value of the Bible, 377. On Death, 429. Paraphrase of Judges v. 31, 430. Paraphrase of Matthew vi. 28, 431. Folly of Atheism, 483. Verses, 483. Hap- piness of the Saints in Heaven, 498. Lament of the Mother of Sisera, 528. All is Vanity, 529. The Lyre of Palestine, iv. 40, 62, 163. Belshazzar's Feast, 63. Lines by James Edmeston, 116. To Reli- gion, 188. Human Life, 225. Let us go to Bethlehem, 286. Jesus on the Cross, 326. Cain on the Sea- shore, 402. Decision of Moses, 438. The Treasures of Scripture, 447. Uncertainty of Life, 510. Re- fuge from the Storm, 512. Mary's Tears, 558. Bible Society, 577. Paraphrase of Psalm cxxxvii., 582. Mortality, Job xiv. 1, 2-600. Death of the first-born of Egypt,
Polyglott, Walton's, noticed, i. 267. Bagster's, noticed, 329 Polyphrase Bible, Specimen of Genesis xlix. iii. 156. Epistle to the Ephesians, 213, 274, 318, 360, 460, 502 Pool of Bethesda, ii. 296
Porteusian Bible Society, anniversary of, ii. 284
Prætorium, a governor's house: also his body guard, iii. 458
Praise, a part of Divine worship, ii. 489 Prayer, an act of Divine worship, ii. 489 Preaching, import of the word, i. 269
a Divine institution, ii. 490 Priests, Jewish and Christian, i. 75. ii. 496
Primitive abode of mankind, i. 19 languages, i. 395
Procurators, Roman, powers and func- tions of, i. 440
Productions of Palestine, iv. 6, 52, 106,
155, 211, 271, 319, 428, 479, 535, 575 Promised land, described, i. 164 Prophecies, familiar expositions of, iii. 371, 443
Prophecy, mode and purposes of, ii. 450. Importance of, as a branch of evidence for the truth of Revelation, 461. De- finition of, 463. Methods of commu-
nicating, ib. Distinguished from the heathen oracles, 511
Prophet, derivation and import of the word, iii. 354
Prophetic calculations, with reference to the Ottoman power, iii. 222 Prophetical books of scripture, general remarks on, iv. 519. Their morality, 519. Inspiration, 521. Number, ob- ject and style, ib. Order of, 523
parts of the New Testament,
purposes of, ii. 450 Prophets, inspiration and offices of, ii. 497 schools of, i. 37, 455
Proverbs, (Scripture,) nature and use of, i. 445
book of, authors, design, and inspiration, iv. 455
Psalm the second, viewed in its chronolo- gical connexion, iv. 20
Essay on the fortieth, iii. 241 Psalms, the book of, title, authors, in- spiration, &c. iv. 401
arrangement of, iii. 296 Punctuation of the Scriptures, requires emendation, i. 400 Purgatory, doctrine of, iv. 387, note Quotations, scripture, i. 353
in the New, from the Old Testament, ii. 155. Purposes of, ib. Manner of making, 156, 220. Generally made from the Septaugint version,157. Accommodated to various circum- stances, 221
Rachel and Jacob, i. 3
Raiment, various kinds noticed in scrip- ture, iii. 197
Rain, ii. 28. Desolation by, 49 Rainbow, ii. 27
Rains, early and latter, importance of, i. 347
Razor, hired, (Isa. vii.) what? i. 3 Reeves, his edition of the Bible noticed, i. 267
Regimen prescribed in scripture, iv. 228, 276, 322
Religion, unity of the true, iv. 261 Rephaim, valley of, i. 250 Reptiles, various kinds of, iii. 106 Reservoir of Sheba, ii. 487 Revelation, defence of See PROPHECIES - book of, i. 447 Revenues, royal, among the Jews, i. 200 Rezen, city of, i. 18
Rimmon, a Syrian idol, ii. 501
Rivers, of Assyria, i. 16. Of Palestine,
Rock Goat, description of, ii. 1
Ruth (Book of) Chronology, ii. 279 Author and scope, ib. Sheba, reservoir of, ii. 487 Sabianism, origin of, ii. 136
Sabbath, the, not instituted till the time of Moses, iv. 71. This position con- troverted, 327. The probable reason of the mention of the Sabbath in the second chapter of Genesis, 139. culiar to the Jewish people, as a divine institution, 141. Observed by the Pagan nations of antiquity, 484. Confined to a particular day, 198. Whether transferred to the first day, by the authority and example of the apostles? 194. The testimony of the fathers to the fact, 199. Advantages and obligations of, 200. Forms a part of natural religion, 429
extensive observance of, iii. 182 Sacred literature, character and claims of, iv. 8
writings, history and fate of the, Sacrifices, origin and design of, i. 284, ii. 490
- under the Mosaic law, typical of Christ, iv. 552
-,extensive prevalence of, iii. 185 Sadducees, opinions of, ii. 498 Saints, the, Roman Catholic doctrine, concerning their intercession, iv. 388,
Salt, applied to the bodies of new-born infants, ii. 50
Salvation by Faith, iv. 316
Samaria, account of. i. 205
Samaritan, parable of, illustrated, i. 212 language, i. 365
Samuel, notice of, i. 448
(the books of) title and author, ii. 322. Scope of the first book, 323. Analysis of, 324. Scope of the second book, 325. Authenticity, ib. Import- ance of these books in illustrating the Psalms, ib.; and note 2. Analysis of the second book, 326
Sanhedrim, Christ's conversation with some members of, i. 52 Saracus, account of, i. 68
Sargon or Esarhaddon, account of, i. 66
Saul's dividing the yoke of oven illustrated, iii. 496
Scio, (P.), information respecting him sought, iii. 229
Schism, import of the term, ii. 499 Scholia, what? i. 453
Schools of the Prophets, i. 37 Science, divisions of, iii. 343 moral, iii. 349
Scribes, Jewish, account of, ii. 60. 76 SCRIPTURE ARRANGEMENTS: Suggestions and Enquiries, ii. 567 No. 1. The Psalms, iii. 296
2. The Prophecies of Jeremiah, iii. 428
3. The Book of Job, iii. 482 4. The Chronology of Scripture, iii. 569
5. Books of the New Testament, iv. 129
6. Grammatical-of the Hebrew Scriptures, iv. 331
Scripture, portions for daily reading, iv. 5, 51, 106, 154, 110, 278, 318, 374, 422, 478. 534, 590
Almanack, iv. 1, 49, 105, 153, 209, 269, 317, 373, 421, 477, 533, 589
SCRIPTURE BIBLIOGRAPHY: Introduction, iii. 223
Period I. Before the deluge, iii. 225 II. The Patriarchal Age, iii.
VII. Captivity at Babylon, iii.
VIII. Restoration of the Jews, iii. 579
IX. Times of Christ and his Apostles, iii. 581
Duplicates of Scripture, iv. 302 History and fate of the Sacred Writings, iv. 448, 506. 565, 608
Discussions, iii. 35, 75, 129, 162, 250, 312, 408, 469. iv. 33
History, remarkable events in, iv. 5, 51, 106, 154, 210, 270, 318, 374, 422, 478, 534, 590
Manual, ii. 15, 62, 149, 201,
251, 436. iii. 11
Philology, iv. 193
Principles, iii. 8!
Tracts, suggestion for, ii. 524
Beauties of, i. 31. Excellency of, 265, 308, 327. Arrangements of, 266. Division of the Hebrew, ib. Circulation recommended, 327. Gram- matical view of, 395. Facts confirmed by Pagan Antiquities, 471
Regard paid to them by the early Christians, iv. 310
their Importance, iv. 9, 82, 194. Cautions to be exercised in their interpretation, ib.
Enquiry as to the best Me- thods of Reading them, and Helps to the Understanding thereof, iv. 80
their Reading not prohibited
by any Church, iv, 75
Roman Catholic Exhortation
to the Reading thereof, iv. 82
Evidences of their authen- ticity and inspiration, iii. 472. Folly of rejecting them, 473
the fate of, during Apocryphal
Septuagint Version, account of, i. 230 Sepulchres of the Kings, description of, ii. 388, 458, note
Serampore, College of, ii. 144 Seraphim, fiery serpents, so called, i. 219 Serpent,criticism on Gen. iii. i. 214. Charming of, i. 225.
Seven, considered as a Sacred number, iv. 485
Shalmanezer, account of, i. 62 Siddim, Vale of, i. 249, 261, 478 Signets, their use in the east, i, 443. iii. 285
Siloam, Pool of, i. 263
Simoon, description of, i. 342. Effects of, 343. ii. 29
Sin, the unpardonable, iii. 129 Singing in the Jewish worship, i. 179. ii. 489
Slavery, Scripture View of, v. 251 Snow, formation of, ii. 28
Solomon, his character as a writer, i. 448 -, Temple of, ii. 54 Mosque of, ii. 97
Pools of, i. 264. ii. 486 Solon, laws of, inscribed on wood, i. 145 Song of Solomon, the, opinions of com- mentators on its character, iy. 518. Author, mystical reference, and style, ib. Enquiry into its inspiration, 554 Song of Moses at the Red Sea, i. 319 Spain, notice of, ii. 121
Speculator, a Roman executioner, iii. 459 Spirit of God, (in Gen. i. 2.) what? i. 26 Star in the east, i. 73, 121
Stones, various kinds mentioned in Scrip ture, iii. 24
-connected with worship, ii. 491 Style of the Old Testament, a proof of its authenticity, i. 129
Sublimity of the Hebrew Poets, iv. 57, 118, 164, 219
Sun-dial of Ahaz, ii. 24 Supper, Lord's, ii. 494
Sycamore tree of Judea, i. 358 Synagogue, Jewish, ii. 492
Synonymes occurring in the New Testa- ment, iii. 170, 205 Syriac Language, i. 365 Tabernacle, Jewish, ii. 492 Table, ancient attitude at, ii. 481 Tabor, Mount, i. 210
Talmud, the, Defence of, iv. 146 Tally-writer, origin of the, i. 148 Tartars, marriages of the, i. 6 Taylor, (editor of Calmet) decease of, ii. 91
Temple, Solomon's, ii. 54, 492. Des-
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