extravagant in various inftances, 134, comes to Joppa and Jerufalem, 135. his great fuccefs against Egypt, 137. pretends to take care of the intereft of his nephew Philometor, 139. determins to be revenged on the people of Jerufalem for rejoicing at the report of his death, 142. takes that city and acts with great cruelty, 142, 143. fends Apollonius afterwards to Jerufalem, who defiles the city and fets up the heathen worship, 148. the various opinions about the prophecies of Daniel being accomplished in Antiochus, 152, 153, affigns two cities for maintaining his favorite concubine Antiochis, 173. the awful manner of his death, I. 220, Antiochus Magnus, fucceeds his brother in the throne of Syria, II. 104. his army being defeated by Ptolemy, is forced to folicit a peace, 105, 106. kills the rebel Achæus and reduces the eaftern parts, 109. acquires great riches, 110. rifes up against young Ptolemy, 110, 111. takes pof- feffion of Cole-Syria and Paleftine, 113. defeats Scopas Ptolemy's general, 114. afpires after more conqueft and dominion, 118. marries his daughter Cleopatra to Ptolemy, 119, 120. engages in a war with the Romans, 121. is routed at the Straits of Thermopyla, ibid. the latter end of his life very mean, 122, 123. attempting to plunder the temple of Jupiter Belus is flain, 124. Apocalyps. See Revelation.
Apoftaly of the latter times, St. Paul's-prophefy about this, II. 424. the nature of that apoftafy, 427, 428. it was general, 429, 430, 431. fome particulars of this apoftafy about demons and worshipping of the dead, 453 454. was to prevail in the latter times, 454, 455. prophefied of by Daniel, 460. by what means to be propagated, 460-463. the notes and characters of this apoftafy, 426, 432, 454, 457, 460, 463, 468. III. 371, 372. Arabians, difdain to acknowlege Alexander the great, I. 48. his defigns prevented against them by his death, 48, 49. beautiful fpots and fruitful valleys in their country, 45. have always maintained their independency against the nations, 46, 49, 50. against the Egyptians and Affyrians, 46, 47. against the Perfians, 47, 48. against Alexander and his fucceffors, 48, 49, 50. against the Romans, 50, 51, 52. their ftate under their prophet Mohammed and afterwards, and now under the Turks,
52, 53, 54. what is faid of them by late travellers, 54 -58. their retaining the fame difpofition and manners for fo many ages, wonderful, 60. the prophecies con- cerning this people fignally fulfilled in their being pre- ferved and not conquered, 58-62. the Arabs in fome refpects refemble the Jews, 62, 63. never yet fubdued by the Turks, II. 194. rob and plunder the Turks as well as other travellers, 195. compared to locufts, III. 98, 111. the kingdoms and dominions acquired by them, 104-106. The time affigned for their hurting and tor- menting men, 107-110.
Arnold of Brefcia, in the twelfth century, burnt for preach- ing against the Temporal power of the pope and clergy, III. 169.
Afhur: And ball afflict dfbur, what meant by these words in Balaam's prophecy, I. 151.
Afia, the feven epiftles to the feven churches there, III. 19-30. why thefe feven addreffed particularly, 27. the excellent form and ftructure of thefe epiftles, 28. in what sense prophetical, 28, 29. the prefent ftate of these once flourishing churches, 30-41. the churches lay in a circular form, 39. their method and order obferved in addreffing them, 39. that prefent ftate a very strong proof of the truth of prophecy, 41.
Affyrians, terrible enemies both to Ifrael and Judah, I. 247, 248, 249. Ifaiah's prophecy against them, I. 249, 250. See Nineveh.
Attila, with his Huns lays wafte Macedon and Greece, Gaul and Italy, III. 88, 89. the fcourge of God and terror of men, 89.
Auftin, his opinion about Antichrift, II. 417.
Babylon, prophecies concerning it, I. 276-313. it, as
well as Nineveh, an enemy to the people of God, 276. a great and ancient city, 277. confiderably improved by Nebuchadnezzar, 278. one of the wonders of the world, 279. its deftruction foretold by Ifaiah and Jere- miah, 280, 281. prophecies about Cyrus the con- queror of Babylon, fulfilled, 281, 282. the time of its reduction foretold, ibid. befieged by the Medes and Perfians, 284. Armenians and other nations united VOL. III.
against it, I. 285, 286. the Babylonians hide themselves within their walls, ibid. the river dried up, 287, 288. the city taken during a feast, 288, 289. the facts related by Herodotus and Xenophon, and there- fore no room for fcepticifm, 290, the prophets foretold its total defolation, 291, 292. thefe prophecies fulfilled by degrees, 293. its ftate under Cyrus, 293, 294. under Darius, 294-297. under Xerxes, 297, 298. the accounts of it fince that time by Diodorus, 300. by Strabo, 301, 302. by Pliny, 301. by Paufanius, 301, 302. by Maximus Tyrius and Lucian, 302. by Jerome, 302. accounts by later authors, 303. by Benjamin Tu- delo, ibid. by Texeira, ibid. by Rauwolf, 304, 305. by Peter della Valle, 305. by Tavernier, 307. by Mr. Sal- mon, 307, 308. by Mr. Hanway, 308, 309. by these accounts it appears how punctually the prophecies were fulfilled, 309, 310.
Babylon, the fall and deftruction of fpiritual Babylon, III. 256, 311. after her fall becomes a fcene of defolation, 311, &c. the fall of Roman Babylon and her fudden deftruction, 256, 316, 317. the confequences of her fall, the lamentations of fome and the rejoicings of others, ibid, her irrecoverable and utter defolation, 316, 317. the church join in praises and thanksgivings to God for his truth and righteousness in judging this idolatrous city, 320, &c. a prophecy about Babylon particularly fulfilled, 422.
Babylonian, the first of the four empires, compared to a lion, I. 443, 444. to eagles wings 444, 445, to à man's heart, 445, 446.
Bacon (Lord) wifheth for a hiftory of the prophecies com- pared with the events. I. 2. How he would have it written, III. 7. Badby, convicted of herefy and
burnt in Smithfield, III.
188. refufes an offered pardon, and chooses to die with a good confcience, 188.
Balaam, the prophet, a heathen and an immoral man, I. 115, 116. the ftory of Balaam's afs confidered, 117– 121. the ftile of his prophecies beautiful, 122. his pro- phecy of the fingular character of the Jewish nation, how fulfilled to this day, 123, 124, 125. his prophecy of their victories much the fame as Ifaac's and Jacob's,
I. 125, 126. that of the king higher than Agag, how ful- filled, 126, 127, 128. his preface to his later prophecies explained, 129, 130. his prophecy of a star and scepter to fmite the prince of Moab, how fulfilled, 130, 131. who meant by the fons of Sheth, 131134. fome parts of this prophecy understood of the Meffiah and of David, 130-140. his prophecy against the Amalekites how fulfilled, 140-143, againft the Kenites, and who the Kenites were, 143, 144, his prophecies of the coaft of Chittim, of Afher and Eber, 146-154. what conclu- fion to be drawn from the prophecies of this wicked man, 155.
Beronius, his character of the tenth century, III. 157. Bainage, a remarkable paffage in his ftory about the Jews, I. 196, 197, 198.
Beaft, with feven heads and ten horns defcribed, III. 220. denotes a tyrannical idolatrous empire, 299. marks whereby the beaft was diftinguished, 221, 224. his words and actions wonderful, 226, 227. his blafphemies, 227, 228. his making war with the faints, 229, 230 the mystery of the beaft that carrieth the woman, 297, &c. the mystery of the beaft with the feven heads and ten horns, 301-305. the beaft with two horns, described, 234, 235. his power and authority, 235, 236. pretends to fupport it by great figns and wonders, 236. what meant by the image of the beast, 238, 239. what by his mark or character, 241. thofe without his mark not fuffered to buy or fell, 242, &c. the number of the beast explained, 244, &c. the ftruggles of the true church with the beaft, 250. the ruin and destruction of them who worship the beaft, 255, 256. denuncia- tion of judgments against the followers of the beaft, 266. the threefold ftate of the beaft, 299, 300. the explication of its feven heads and ten horns, 301, 305. the power and ftrength given to the beaft, 309! His reafons for the Jews not dwelling at Jerufalem, II. 334 335.
Benjamin, this tribe became an appendage to Judah. I. 165. 109. the prophecy of Jacob concerning them fulfilled, 91, 112, 113.
Benjamin of Tudela his travels to Jerufalem, I. 189. his account of its defolate ftate, 189. Gg 2
Berengarius, writes againft tranfubftantiation, III. 164. . compelled to burn his writings, ibid. his numerous fol- lowers, 164.
Berenice, daughter of Ptolomy Philadelphus, married to Antiochus Theus, II. 96. her father called the dowry- giver, 96, 97. is murdered by order of Laodice, 97. Bernard, inveighs againft the corruption of the clergy and tyranny of the popes, III. 167.
Betram, infcribes his book to the Emperor, III. 154. his opinion against the doctrine of tranfubftantiation, ibid. Bohemians, their opinions in religion, III. 190 193. fight for their religion, and are victorious at first, 193. 194. are defeated, and retire to the mountains and caves, 194.
Bolingbroke, Lord, cenfured for his indecent reflections on Noah's prophecy, I. 31. his ignorance about the Codex Alexandrinus, 32. his blunder about the Roman hifto- rians, 33. his fneer about believers, refuted, 33, 34. condemned by himself, 34, 35. had great talents, but mifapplied them, 35, 36.
Book, vifion of the angel with the little book, III. 126, &c. the contents of it, 132, 133.
Boyle, Mr. the lecture founded by him, II. 2. the author appointed to preach that lecture, ibid. the subject agree- able to the defign of the founder, 18, 19. His merits and excellence, 19.
Britain, Chriftianity planted in it before the deftruction of Jerufalem, II. 258.
Burden of Egypt, that phrase explained, I. 355, 356, 357.* Burnet (Bp.) his account of Bishop Lloyd's ftudying the Revelation, III. 5, 6.
Burnet (Dr.) his strange notion of Gog and Magog, III. 346.
Calvin reputed wife for writing no comment upon the
Revelation, III. 4. Canaan, the prophetical curfe upon him and his pofterity confidered, I. 13, &c. his curfe properly a curfe upon the Canaanites, 15. their wickedness very great, 16, 17. the curfe includes the fubjection of his defcendents to thofe of Shem and Japhet, 17, 18. the completion of it from Jofhuah's time to this day, 19, 20, 332, a
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