Deity, attributes of, i 16; the mode of union of three Divine Persons incomprehensible, 43-4; arguments for, ii 477; every argument against a Deity refutes itself, 479
Denmark, church of, its constitution not settled till 1683, under Christian the Fifth, i 385; doctrines, worship, rites, and ceremonies, 385-9; in baptism, exorcism and trine aspersion are used, and at the Lord's Supper wax candles are burnt and wafers are used, as in the church of Rome, 387; church government, discipline, &c. 389-92
Destructionists, name, tenet, writers pro and con, &c. ii 212-14 Devil's House, the ceremony of throwing stones at it, ii 480
Directory, Westminster, its object, i 150; prevailed in Scotland from 1645 to 1662, 434
Discipline, nothing fixed respecting it, in many reformed churches on the continent, i 148‡
Dissenters, the Protestant, names, rise, progress, &c. ii 29; present grounds of dissent, 30; acts in their favour at the Revolution, 32; and in 1779, 33; and lastly in 1812, 34; are highly respectable, 35; their emi- nent men, ibid t; originally confined to three classes, but now comprise many distinct communities, 36
Doctors of the church, i 279
Doddridge Dr., his Evidences quoted, i 13,31; his statement of supra- lapsarianism and sublapsarianism, 105; against necessitarianism, ii 444 Dort, the Synod of, i 100-1, 115; the English Divines at, 115+
Dositheos, archbishop, his account of the state of the Græco-Georgian church, i 222
Dubois, l'abbé, his letter to archdeacon Barnes referred to, i 3214 Dupuis, his deistical and pantheistical works, ii 452*, 463
Duty of Man, the Whole, the original object of its publication, i 130
EASTERN CHRISTIANS, a name claimed by the Nestorians exclusively, i 255, 257
Ekmaiazin, at the foot of Mount Arrarat, the patriarchal seat of the chief dignitary in the Armenian church, i 234
Elders, lay, i 147; unknown till Calvin's day, 148t; in the church of Scotland, ii 12,13; their power too great, 14
ruling, members of the general assembly, ii 16
Eminent Calvinists, i 121; Arminians, 120-1; Presbyterians, 151; Inde- pendents, 162; Greek Fathers, 195; divines of the church of Sweden, 384; of the church of Englaud, 417-18; of the episcopal church in Scotland, 441-42; of the church of Scotland, ii 21,22; among the Pro- testant Dissenters, 35+
Encyclopedia, the French, a storehouse of infidelity, ii 469
England, Church of-see United Church, below
Episcopacy, first objected to, i 10; whence so called, 133; rise, progress, &c. 133-7; leading doctrine, 137-40; maintained by, and authors pro and con, 140-1; rejected by Calvin, 145, and ii 3; supplanted in Scot- land, 4
Episcopal church in America, name, rise, progress, &c. i 443-7; doctrines, worship, rites and ceremonies, 447; church government and discipline, 448; its extent, clergy, seminaries, &c. 452 Episcopal church in Scotland, history, i 419,29; doctrines, 429-33; wor- ship, rites and ceremonies, 483,6; church government and discipline, 4361-40; number of members, eminent men, &c. 440-2
Episcopalians, many, according to bishop Horsley, have been doctrinal Calvinists, i 109
Episcopalians, Scottish, their church independent, but holds communion with the United Church and the Protestant episcopal church in America, i 419; are not non-jurors, ibid; acknowledged the existing government on the death of the late prince Charles Edward, 420; penal laws against
them repealed, 428; have increased of late in numbers and respectabi- lity, ibid; have adopted the Thirty-nine Articles, 431; are very loyal subjects, yet attached to no political party, 432; adopted the Book of Common Prayer in 1712, but till lately generally used the Scottish Communion Office, 434-5; their clergy derive their orders from the church of England, 438; enacted a set of canons, ibid; their bishops are elected by the clergy, and their presiding bishop has the title of Primus, 439 Episcopins, professor of divinity at Leyden, and afterwards at Amsterdam, an able advocate in favour of the Arminians at Dort, i 115; author of their Coufession, 119; his works, 120*
Epistles of the New Testament, rejected by the Socinian Unitarians, and by the Swedenborgians, ii 233
Epistle, yearly, of the Quakers, often worthy of attention, ii 257+ Erasmus is thought to have favoured Arianism, i 67
Establishments, ecclesiastical, rejected by the Socinian Unitarians, i 91; by all classes of Independents, Baptists, &c. ii 119*
Euchelaion, in the Greek church, i 177
Eunuchs, self made, i 219
Europe, Christians in, i 32; Roman Catholics, 319; Jews, ii 318; Moham- medans, 412
Eusebius, bishop of Nicomedia, a promoter of Arianism, i 54
Eusebius, the historian, suspected not to be sound on the Trinity, i 54§; professor Janus Müller's Dissertatio Inaug. " de Fide Eusebii,” &c. re- commended, i 391
Evangelical, that title claimed by the Lutheran church, i 354 Evidences, of Christianity, brief summary of, i 18-15
Exorcism, in the Greek church, i 171; in the church of Rome, i 304; laid aside in the church of Sweden, 579; used in the church of Denmark, 387
FABER, bishop of Vienna, his refutation of the Augustan Confession, i 364 Faber, Rev. G. S. sees no connection between Calvinism and Presbyte- rianism, i 109*; his views of the Thirty-nine Articles, 400-1; and of the millennium, ii 202
Fairfield, near Manchester, a Moravian settlement, i 467
Fanal, the Christian quarter in Constantinople, i 194
Female preaching, the Wesleyan Methodists' view of, ii 88; adopted by the Ranters, 89; and practised by the Quakers, 250
Festivals and Fasts, the importance of observing, i 181; in the church of Sweden, 380; in the church of England, 404; the Jewish, ii 307 Filioque added to the Nicene Creed, i 170
Finland, Russian, the church of, now an independent Lutheran church' over which the archbishop of Abo presides, i 392
Fletcher of Madely, an able writer against Antinomianism, i 130; a friend and supporter of Mr. Wesley, ii 86; his works numerous, ibid*; his no- tion of Christian perfection, 79
Florence, the council of, i 168
Forbes, lord president, an able expositor of the Hutchinsonian theology, ii 225; lord Woodhouselee's high opinion of him, ibid*
Foreign Parts, the Society for propagating the Gospel in, ii 273-4; has lately co-operated in establishing the mission college at Calcutta, 274 Forsyth, Mr., his Principles of Moral Science described as anti-christian, ii 213
Fox, John, the founder of the sect of Quakers, ii 247; his life by Mr. Penn referred to, 248
France, the church of, never submitted to the discipline of the council of Trent, i 291; religious liberty now allowed there, 319; the Protestants in, ii 264, 271; present state of its religion, 449-50; the reign of Atheism in, 472
Free-thinking Christians, a small sect of, in London, ii 468+ Friends, the Society of-see Quakers, below
Frumentius, a zealous missionary among the Abyssinians, and afterwards bishop of Axuma, i 243
Fuller, Mr. Andrew, an able champion in the Calvinistic and Socinian con- troversy, i 112
Fulnec, near Leeds, a Moravian settlement, i 467
Funeral Service, its peculiarity in the Danish church, i 388; none in the church of Scotland, ii 10; the neglect of it an unchristian practice, ibid. §
GAMBOLD, bishop of the Moravian church, originally a clergyman of the church of England, author of the tragedy of Ignatius, &c. i 468*. General Assembly of the church of Scotland, ii 15-16
General Councils, the first seven received by the Greek church, i 170, 180; only three received by the Coptic and Abyssinian churches, 240; seven- teen received by the church of Rome, i 270; these specified, 270-4; her doctrine respecting them, 308; writers ou, 275; the first four ad- mitted by the church of England, 398
Geneva, has in a great measure renounced Calvinism, i 109; tolerates the Lutherans, 372*.
Germany, present state of religion in, i 374-8
Gill, Dr., his high notions have led to Antinomianism, i 129 *
Gisborne, Mr., i 29°; characterizes the several modes of church government, i 29; his opinion of the general sentiments of the present church of England on that subject, 139
Glas, John, founder of the Glassites, ii 119; originally a minister of the church of Scotland, 120; but maintaining Independent principles, was deposed, ibid; continued the exercise of his ministry, and was soon joined by Mr. Sandeman, 123; died in 1773: his works, ibid.
Glassites, founders, names, rise, progress, &c. ii 119-24; are In- dependents, 119; their peculiar notion of faith, 124; worship, &c. 126-8; admit promiscuous exhortation, and hold weekly communion, 126; and feasts of charity, 127; abstain from eating blood, &c. 128; in all cases of discipline require complete unanimity, 129; and must have at lest two elders for administering the sacrament, &c. 131; have been misrepresented or misunderstood by others, but their rule is not to answer their revilers or opponents, 133
Goar, author of the Euchologion, a caution in reading it, i 189
God, arguments for the being of a, ii 477-9; every argument e contra refutes itself, 479
Gomarus, the principal opponent of Arminius, i 114
Goodwin, John, an Independent, and the first that introduced Arminianism among the sectaries, i 157+
Gratian, the decree of, i 309
Gray, Dr., quoted on the millennium, ii 198
Greek Church, its separation from the church of Rome, i 7,168; its name, antiquity, &c. i 166-9; doctrines, 169-84; seven mysteries, or sacra- ments, specified, 171-8; seven general councils, 180-1; confessions, of faith, 182-3; worship, rites, and ceremonies, 184-9; church government, discipline, clergy, revenues, &c. 189-93; extent, number of members, &c. 193-5; eminent men, &c. 195-7
Greek Catholics-see Catholics, above
Græco-Georgian Church, an independent Greek church, but in a very low state, i 220-1
Gregory the Enlightener, a zealous missionary among the Armenians, and afterwards bishop of Cappadocia, i 227
Grotius, condemned, as a distinguished Arminian, to perpetual banish- ment, but made his escape, i 115
HAIL MARY, the, an attempt to defend its being repeated more frequently than the Lord's Prayer noticed, i 395
Hales, of Eaton, his letters referred to, i 117
Hall, bishop, quoted in disapprobation of theological novelties, ii 233*. Hartley, Rev. T., a disciple and friend of Swedenborg, whom he cha- racterizes, ii 229
Hawkstone, in Shropshire, an annual meeting of Swedenborgians held there, ii 231*
Heathens, or Gentiles, whence the word is derived, ii 333—see Paganism and Pagans
Heidelbergh Catechism, composed by Ursinus, was very generally adopted by the Calvinists, i 100*
Henry the Eighth, the cause of the Reformation not much indebted to him, i 395
Hermeneutica, strange systems of in Germany, i 376-7
Herrnhutters, the United Brethren so called from Herrnbutt, their chief settlement in Germany, i 424
Hill, Dr., his Theological Institutes quoted, i 142,6,8; a distinguished divine of the church of Scotland, ii 22; his life, by Dr. Cook, quoted, 23 Hindooism and Hindoos, il 351-7; chiefly confined to Hindostan, ex- hibit the most pitiable and shocking superstition, 351; their philosophy little better than Atheism, and their religious notions and practice the disgrace of human nature, 352; Mr. Ward's account of them, 352-5; their cruelties, burning of women, exposing of children, &c. 355-6; Hindoo sects, 357
Holstein, an Arminian settlement in, i 120‡
Hooker Mr., his challenge to anti-Episcopalians, i 135+
Horne, bishop, on the importance of the Trinity, i 47; on the present state of the Greek church, 168; his opinion of the episcopal church in Scotland, 435; an able advocate of the Hutchinsonian doctrine, ii 225 Horsley, bishop, for the distinction of clergy and laity, i 87*; his caution respecting Calvinism, 98; admits that some of the ablest writers in de- fence of episcopacy have been doctrinal Calvinists, 109; maintained the divine institution of episcopacy, 138, his opinion respecting Catholic emancipation, 322*; a warm friend to the episcopal church in Scotland, 435; quoted on the advantages of keeping Sunday, ii 215 Huguenots, name, i 3444; cruelly persecuted, 345; history, ii 264-6; their confession of faith, 266; church government and discipline, 266-8; their discipline restricted by the present laws, 268-70; are in an improv. ing state, 271; their pastors paid by government, ibid
Hungary, religious freedom granted there by the emperor Joseph, ii 110 Huntington, Lady, formed and patronised a distinct connection of Cal- vinistic Methodists on Mr. Whitfield's plan, ii 96; erected chapels, built a college at Trevecka, and was succeeded in the management of the society by lady Ann Erskine, 97; the society still distinct, but now less attached to the established church, removed their college to Cheshunt, 98; their creed as expressed in fifteen articles, 99-104; their present num- -bers, 104: many who have studied at their college, now labouring in dif- ferent communions, 105
Huntington, Mr., lately at the head of the Antinomians in England, i 129 Hutchinsonianism, has been favoured by some divines of the Episcopal church in Scotland, as well as of the United Church, i 432; has excited attention to the Hebrew language, ii 226
Hutchinsonians, name and founder, ii 219; tenets, 220-4; conceive that the Scriptures contain a system of philosophy, as well as of theology, 220; are advocates for a plenum, 221; their notion of Eloin and Berith, 222; believe that Melchisedec was our Saviour, 223; their notion of the Trinity from the three conditions of fire, light, and air, 223; where found, eminent men, writers pro and con, 222; remarks, 226
IBERIANS, the ancestors of the members of the present Græco-Georgian church, in Georgia, Imeretta, and Mingrelia, í 220
Idolaters, either Trinitarians are idolaters, or Socinian Unitarians are heretics, i 95; in the opinion of Mohammedans, Christians are, ii 400 Idolatry, began with the worship of the heavenly bodies, ii SS4; remarks
Ignatius, his smaller epistles genuine, i 134*
Ignatius Loyola, St., founder of the Jesuits, i 354 (No. 221 note) Ikonostos, the, in the Greek church, i 207*
Immersion, in baptism, practised in the Greek church, i 171; in the church of the Armenians 233; in the church of the Copts, 240; and in that of the Abyssinians, 247; not practised by the Dutch Baptists, ii 192 Immortality, a doctrine of Christianity, i 19; uncertainty of the wisest heathen respecting it, 20; Cicero's doubts, ibid'; the uncertainty of Deists not less, ii 456
Index expurgatorius, the first published by Pius IV. its object, i 275 Independency, its founders, Brown, Robinson, and Jacobs, i 153-4; intro- duced into America, 155; the Independent principle, 150; its rise and progress, 153-6
Independent principle, the, i 150 Independents, alias Congregationalists, whence so called, i 152-5; a name not appropriate, ibid; their leading doctrine and discipline, 156-61; worship, &c. 161; eminent men, numbers, &c. 162; remarks, ibid; those in America forgot their love of toleration, 156; the severity of their discipline, 159*; the dependent state of their ministers, 160+ Indulgences, reference made to the form of, i 9*; the doctrine of, 289 Infallibility, the Roman Catholics' account of, i 290; maintained by Bel- larmine, ibid t
Infidelity, appeared soon after the Reformation, i 12-see Deism and
Innocent III. pope, instituted the Inquisition: his character, i'332 (No. 175) Inquiry, Calm, Mr. Belsham's, quoted, i 58, 63,75,80
Inquisition, re-established by the present pope, i 535
Institutes, Calvin's, i 99, 103‡,7,43*; Dr. Hill's quoted, i 103§, 7t, 42,45,48, ii 11,17
Interests, our temporal promoted by Christianity, i 24,6 ii 482* Interregnum, state of religion during the, i 397-8
Intolerance, the, of the Presbyterians, i 145§; of the Independents, 156; of the standards of the church of Scotland, ii 173+; of the Mohammedans, ii 420
Invocation of saints, in the Greek church, i 178; in the church of Rome, 287
Ireland, the Reformation in, i 396; the church government there, 411; the church of, united with that of England, 393, and ii,6
Ivimey, Mr., his history of the English Baptists referred to, ii 51; one of their leading divines, 56
JACOBITES, the, so called from Jacob Albardai, a Syrian, are Monophy- sites, i 223; the use of the term restricted, ibid; residence of the Jaco- bite patriarch, 224
Japan, the mischievous exertions of the Jesuits in, 324
Japanese, the, are Pagans: grant liberty of conscience, except to Chris- tians, whom they have extirpated, ii 347,8; their superstition divided into three classes: the Sinto or old religion, S48; that of the Philosophers and Moralists, and that of Budsdo or Foe, 349; their supreme deity called Amida, their five commandments and their future state, ibid. a species of Buddhism, confounding the Creator with the creature, 350; concluding remarks, 350-1
Jerusalem, the church of, the mother of all churches, i 166, 268*; its pre- sent inhabitants, ii 315
Jerusalem, the New, ii 227, 239-sec Swedenborgians, below
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