Beveridge, Bishop, his obfcure account of the Trinity, 17.

Referred to, 322.

Beza, how he understood Hades, 68.

His fenfe of 2 Cor. iv. 7. 422.

Bible a learned book, 172.

Various ways of expreffing regard for it, 171.

Matthews's, contains a judicious preface to the Romans,

122.

Interleaved, very useful, 102.

Biddle, his reading of Phil. ii, 6. 188.

Bigotry, its beggarly arguments, 244.

Birch, Dr. his parallel between Saul and Charles I: 356. Biffe, Dr. his ridiculous comparison of ancient and modern bishops, 384, 385.

Biffet, his low wit in a fermon for reformation of manners,

15.

Bitonto, Bishop of, his fermon at opening the council of Trent, 381.

Blackftone, Judge, referred to, 325.

Blair, Dr. his chronology referred to, 330.

Blafius, St. his employment in the church of Rome, 266. Blondell, his account of meflengers of primitive churches,

174.

Bochart, his opinion of Elijah's ravens, 301, 302.

Wrote on scripture animals, 172.

Boerhaave, what prevented his studying divinity, 299, 300. Bogomiles, who, 291.

Boileau would have rhyme fubfervient to reason, 71.

Bona, Cardinal, his mysticism, 248, 249.

Boniface VIII. Pope, his inaccuracy, 380.

Bonnivard pleaded for toleration at Geneva, 353.

Book of the wars of the Lord, what, 144.

Of fports, hurt the morals of the common people, 257.

Books, a few well read, beft for minifters, 104.

Bouhours, Father, what he faid of the controverfy concerning grace, 108.

Boulduc, his opinion of the giants mentioned in fcripture, 425.

Bourignon, Madam, what the thought of Adam, 308.
Boys, Dr. his opinion of Chryfoftom, 104.

His quaint ufe of fcripture, 263.

Bradbury, referred to, 380.

Bradford, Bishop, his liberal fentiments, 395, 396.

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Brad

Bradford, Bishop, his argumentative comparison of bishops with apoftles, 385, 386.

Breithaupt,, referred to, 401.

Brightman, his expofition of Rev. xiv. 20. 38.
Brilliancies, falfe, cenfured, 25. 357-390, 391.

Brochmand, his definition of a gospel miniftry, 213.

Brown, cenfures vulgar errors, 253. 266.

Bruyere, La, his character of ancient and modern preaching,

35.

Bucher, a fanciful expofitor, 263, 264.

Buddeus, his ftandard of church purity, 268.
His juft notions of church government, 299.
His defcription of wisdom, 362.

His opinion of English epifcopal writers, 321.
What abilities he thought neceffary in a preacher, 90.
Senfe of Dan. xi. 320.

Referred to, 403.

Bull, Bishop, on St. Paul's books and parchments, 436.
Bunyan, his library, 39.

An excellent popular divine, 348.

Burnet, Bishop, his rule of preaching to plain people, 13. His liberal fentiments, 346.

Cenfures numerous quotations, 35.

Butler, a mere buffoon, 363, 364.

A tool to epifcopacy, 370. 363.

Ridicules a fcholaftical ufe of rhetorical rules, 80. Buxtorf elucidates fcripture by Rabbinical writings, 320 Byam, Dr. his play on the word but, 374, 375.

Bythner, his account of Selah, 100.

Cabbalism, what, 267.

C

Cabiri, whether St. Paul alludes to them, 359.

Caiaphas, how he got the priesthood, 324.

Calendars, the first, how they affected the Chriftian ritual,

275.

Calling, effectual, what, 418.

Calmet, Father, his canon of interpretation, 302, 303.

Calovius, his method of expounding fcripture, 269.

Referred to, 403.

Calvin, his method of expounding scripture, 23.

His notion of grace, 108: 1II.

Cenfures oftentatious preachers, 238.

Calvin,

On Phil. ii. 13.

199.

433.

On Col. i. 20.

On 1 Cor. vii. 31.

On Pfal. xxvii. 3.

Calvinifm, fpurious, what, 362.

Camerarius, his liberal notions of government, 247.

Cameron, on 1 Cor. xv. 28. 333.

On 2 Cor. iv. 7.

422.

On 1 Tim. iii. 16. 307.

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Canon, of interpreting fcripture, papal, 302, 303. 429.

St. Chryfoftom's favourite, 95.

Bishop Law's, 99, 100.

Canons fynodical, primitive, what, 299.

English epifcopal, 78.414.

Cannell, how he states the cafe of the pretender, 415.

Cant, its inefficacy, 229.

Cappel, quoted, 185.

Cappells, the two, elucidated fcripture by rabbinical writings,

320.

Cafaubon, on Phil. ii. 190, 191.
Cafe in point, hard to find, 379.
Caffander, prayers from him, 96.

His account of image-worship, 184.

Catarino, his difpute with Soto, 380.

Cave, Dr. a partial faithless author, 267. 321.

Cenobites, who, 278.

Cennick, fome unguarded affociations in his hymns, 234. Ceremonies, Jewish, various opinions of their origin, 158. English epifcopal, 244, &c.

What neceffary to the appointment of any, 217.

Chaderton, his excellent manner of preaching, 167.
Chaldaifms in the new teftament, 203.

Chambers on artificial memory, 82.

Chamier, his notion of the Mofaic economy, 135.

Chance

Chance, 368.

Chandler, Bp. wrote well againft Deism, 318.

Charles the great, remarkable faying of his on perfecution 346.

Chaftity, in preaching, what, 18, &c.

Xepypages, what, 142.

Chemnitius, his notion of the ufe of the law, 125.
Chifhull, his fermon on duelling, 389.

Chriftians, primitive, why reproached with ignorance, 186.
Chriftianity, of divine original, 137 to 164, et paffim.
Debased by a mixture with human fcience, 238.

A conciliating plan, 273.

Agrees with found civil polity, 273, 274.

Christopher, St. why reprefented by an enormous image, 425. Chronology, minifters should study it, 47.

The knowledge of it not effential to practical religion, 2776 Chryfoftom, the best orator of the fathers, 103, 104. Afraid of nothing but fin, 364.

On Phil. ii. 13. 199.

His ufe of inconfiderable propofitions, 435. Church, patriarchal, 137.

Jewish, 139, &c.

Primitive chriftian, 298, 299.

English epifcopal, founded on papal principles, 300. 342.

399.

Ciampini, his account of various expreffions of refpect to the

bible, 171.

Cicero, his uncertainty on the immortality of the foul, 112.
Whom he thought the most perfe&t orator, 24.
Ufed divifions in his orations, 44.
Cenfures immodeft language, 19.

On the origin of figurative style, 30.
Referred to, 411.

Cigninius, a nafty queftion-monger, 326.

Circumfcriptive, a beauty of St. Paul's ftyle, 360.
Civil fociety, on what principle founded, 242, 243.

Liberty, what, 242, 243:

Power defeated the principles of the reformation, 227.
Government, chriftianity friendly to it, 273, 274.

Clarke, Dr. Samuel, his account of Hades, 66.

On a Hebrew idiom, 376.

Wrote well against deifm, 318.

Examples from him, 381, 382. 386, 387. 418.

Clement

Clement of Alexandria, how he understood the cross borne by

christians, 354

Clergy, English epifcopal, Atterbury's account of them,

388, 389.

Their rule of expounding fcripture, 399.

To what fubfcription obliges them, 342.

How they expofe themfelves to contempt, 257. 267, 268, 397, 398. 244, &c.

Cloak, S. Paul's, 436.

Cocceius, his method of expounding fcripture, 269.
Cocceian method of expofition, what, 271.

What divines, who ufe this method, ought to attend to,

407.

Colby, his comical affociation of divinity and medicine, 215.
Cole, Elifha, his method of expounding fcripture, 269.
Collet, his ingenious fermon on Gal. vi. 14. 354.
Collins, how he attacked christianity, 318.

Coloffe, Bishop of, his way of catching hereticks, 77.
Comments, 101.

Common placing, 93. 365.

Comparisons, 14. 300. 383, &c.

Compound, in words, fometimes effential to the fenfe, 206.

Conclufions, how to difcufs, 48.

Coney, Dr. example from him, 195.

Confirmation, what, 191. 402.

Conjunctions, rules concerning them, 374.

Connection of text and context, 37.

Of two truths, 381.

Of particles, 375

Conringius referred to, 311.

Confcience fhould not be oppreffed, 247. 233. 137.

Should be addreffed by preachers, 343.

Confignificative terms, what, 372.

Contreras, a fanciful genealogift, 327.

Contrition, what, 287.

Converfion, what makes it difficult, 111.

Converfation, religious, fhould be encouraged by pastors,

345.

Corinthians, whether St. Paul wrote more than two epistles to

them, 145.

Cornelius a Lapide, his sense of Rom. vi. 1. 75.

Of Col. ii. 3. 172.

Of 2 Tim. iv. 13. 436.

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