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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

Edda, the, ii 336

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

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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

on, 367

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

Deists

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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