CRITICISMS, EXTRACTS, ECCLESIASTICAL AND UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
Absentees from the Lord's Supper, Address to, 463.
Absolution, form of, explained, 366. Acre, population of, 139.
Afflictions, injustice of considering, as the punishments of the sufferer, 443. Alaric the Goth, conduct of, towards Rome, 347, 348.
Ali Bey, notice of, 297.-strictures on his Turkish version of the New Testament, and on Professor Lee's defence of it, 297-305.
Amusements, observations on, 457, 458. Anselm, (Archbishop of Canterbury) bio- graphical account of, 517-522. Antinomianism, absurdity of, 189. Apostles vindicated from the charge of hav- ing two sorts of doctrine, one for the ignorant, the other for the initiated, 385, 386.
Arabic Language, importance of, to a He- brew Scholar, 412.
Architecture, Ecclesiastical, importance of, 144.-sketch of the progress and present state of Ecclesiastical Architecture in England, 147-155, 161-163. Arminius, biographical notice of, 340, 341. -causes of the unpopularity of his writ- ings, 340.-his sentiments on Predestina- tion, 342.-on the Free Will of Man, ib. 343.
Association in Ireland, incorporated for dis- countenancing vice, and promoting the knowledge and practice of the Christian Religion, account of, 498-500. Augustine's controversy with Pelagius, notice of, 338.
No. VI. VOL. III.
Baptist Society for promoting the Gospel, in Ireland, account of, 508. Baptizing in the name of the Lord, ex- plained, 74.
Ben David, extravagant hypothesis of, con- cerning the design of St. John's first ge- neral epistle, 336.
Bible, opposition of the Irish Roman Ca- tholic Clergy, to the circulation of, 490, 491.
Bona Notabilia defined, 475, 476. Books, mischievous, catalogue of, which have been found in common Irish schools, 503.
Bridegroom, allusion to, explained, 234. Brothers of the Christian schools in Ire- land, account of the society of, 508, 509.
Calvinistic tenets, observations on, 213, 214.-origin of the Calvinistic contro- versy, 339. Cambridge University, summary of the members of, 541, 542.-proceedings of, 271-274.539-542.
Canterbury (diocese), history of, 244-254. 512-522.
Celibacy, constrained, of the RomishChurch, evil effects of, 98, 99.
Charter Schools in Ireland, account of, with remarks, 492-498. Chemnitz's harmony, notice of, 21. Children, observations on the examples of, as proposed to Christians, 283, 284. proposed
Christ. See Jesus Christ. Christianity, accessible to, and intelligible by all, 17, 18.-early trials of, 32.-its alliance with commerce, 126.--difference between morality and practical Chris- tianity, 135.-Christianity a cheerful re- ligion, 179.-its beneficial effects upon Society, 201.-the causes which have prevented its progress, 205. Christmas-day, collects for, explained, 375. Church (Christian), fortitude of, 34.-re- marks on Milton's defective notions re- specting the government and worship of, 58-61. Church of England, moderation of, 64.
her high pretensions fairly stated, 175-177.-duty of promoting union in it, 178-her form of absolution explained. 366.-Not built on the foundation of Henry VIII. 388, 389.
Churchwardens, hints to, for ornamenting the battlement of a tower belonging to an ancient Church, 165, 166.
Clergymen, important studies of considered, 145.-importance of their ministerial commission, 362, 363.-powers given to them, in ordination, 365.-causes of the deficiencies in the sermons of modern clergymen, 439.
Clerici Harmonia, notice of, 21. Cognate Dialects, importance of, 412. Coleridge, (Mr.) aphorisms of, with re- marks, 132-134.
Commerce, alliance of, with Christianity, 126.
Confession, evils of the Romish system of, 101, 103.
Conscience, workings of, delineated, 445,
Cradock's Harmony, notice of, 21.
Weeks, obscurity of, 1.-translated, 4. -elucidation of, 5-16.
Death-bed repentance, folly of, exposed, 178.
Decrees of God, remarks on Milton's senti-
ments concerning, 48.
Demoniacal Possessions, objections against, 27.-proofs of their reality, 28, 29.- reasons for thinking that the unclean spirits, which entered into the possessed, were not devils, but the souls of evil men, 30-33-further observations on the nature of such possessions, 485-487. Dioceses, state of, in England and Wales, 255-266, 523-534.
Divines of the reign of Charles II. misre- presentation of, corrected, 397. Divinity of Christ, the turning point of the Scriptures, 287, 288.
Gandolphy's (Mr.) opinions of heresy and the Reformation, 107.—of the church of England, ibid.
Germany, important services conferred on sacred literature by the earlier divines of, 424, 425.-origin and progress of their departure from orthodoxy, 425, 426.-character of Semler, 427, 428.- and of the modern rationalizing divines of Germany, 429, 430.-evil effects re- sulting from this school, 430, 431.—ex- tent to which they have spread, 432, 433. -causes of this evil, 433, 434.-encou- raging circumstances in the present state of the church in Germany, 435.
Gesenius's Hebrew Lexicon, advantages of, 414-417.-specimen of it, 417-422. Gospel, makes a continual appeal to the af- fections, 279.-its practical character, 280-282.
Gothic Kings, conduct of, toward Rome exaggerated, 347, 348.
Governor of the feast, office of, 231. Grace of God, sentiments of Arminius on, 343.
Grass growing on the house-tops, explain- ed, 137, 138.
Happiness, earthly, imperfection of, 449. Harmonies of the New Testament, number of, 19.-notice of the principal harmo- nies, 21-23.-their value, 23.-Analysis of Mr. Townsend's harmony, 24-26. Holy Spirit, influence of, upon the soul, 215, 216.
Homer, ingenious hypothesis to account for his mythology, and the perfection of "his style, 347.
Ignatius, (St.) mistranslation of a passage in one of the epistles of, detected, 386, 387.
Inquisition, terrors produced by, 100. Ireland, notice of parliamentary enact-
ments for promoting education in, 492.
account of the charter schools, 493- 497. of the association for discounte- nancing vice and promoting the know- ledge and practice of the Christian reli- gion, 498-500.-of the parochial school, 500.-of the schools established by the Kildare-street society, 500-504.-of the Lord Lieutenant's School Fund, 504.- of the Sunday School for Ireland, 504, 505.-of the London Hibernian Society for establishing schools and circulating the Holy Scriptures in Ireland, 505-507. -of the Baptist Society for promoting the Gospel in Ireland, 508.-of the Irish Society for promoting the education of the native Irish, through the medium of their own language, 508.-account of Roman Catholic Institutions for the in- struction of the Irish, 508.--the brothers of the Christian schools, 509.-the so- dality of the Christian doctrine, 509, 510. -Roman Catholic free schools, 510.- suggestions of the commissioners for inquiring into the state of education in Ireland, 510-512.-number of schools in Ireland, 512.-demands of the Irish Ro- man Catholics, 111, 112,
Jacob's well, notice of, 477, 478. James I. prohibition of, against preaching on predestination, 396. Jerusalem, population of, 141.
Jesus Christ, why termed the Lamb of God, 229.-explanation of his conversation with Nicodemus, 232, 233.-with the woman of Samaria, and the Samaritans, 479-483.-and of his teaching in the sy- nagogue at Nazareth, 485.-his divinity the turning point of the Scriptures, 287, 288.-observations on the gradual deve- Jopement of his person, offices, and cha- racter, in prophecy, 293, 294, 295.-why his instructions were levelled so much against pride and self-sufficiency, 443, 444.-how he is to be remembered in the sacrament of the Lord's 'Supper, 461, 462.-nature of Christ's presence in, 462. Jens, considerations on the state of, 35, 36. at Jerusalem, 141.-in Abyssinia, ibid, 142.-their number at Tunis, 142. -and condition, 143.-hatred between the Jews and the Samaritans, 479,- origin of their synagogues, 485. John, (St.) First Epistle of, ch. v. ver. 7. -argument against the genuineness of, from the context, 331.-argument for its genuineness, from a reference to it in the second Symbolum Antiochenum,332- 334.-extravagant hypothesis of Ben David, (i. e. Dr. John Jones), that this epistle was written to prove the simple humanity of Jesus Christ, 336. Justification by faith, mistaken statement of, corrected, 182, 183.-the doctrine stated, 185-188.
Lord Lieutenant's School Fund, for Ire- land, notice of, 504. Lord's Supper, solemnity of the sacrament of, 460.—universality of its obligation, ibid.-how we are to remember Christ in it, 461,462.-nature of Christ's presence in, 462.-Address to persons who ab- sent themselves from it, 463.
Macknight's Harmony, notice of, 22. Marriage at Cana, circumstances of ex- plained, 230, 231.
Messiah, expectation of, among the Sama- ritans, 482, 483.
Milner, (Dr.) misrepresentation of, detect- ed, 386, 387.
Milton's treatise on Christian doctrine cha- racterized by mildness and moderation, 44.-and by piety, 45.-his sentiments on moderation and temperance, 45, 46.— on falsehood, 47.-on the divine decrees, 48.-on predestination, 49, 50.-errors of his doctrinal scheme concerning the Trinity, 52-54.-his erroneous views re- specting polygamy, 56.-ministerial au- thority, 57.- and the government of the Church, 58.- 3.-on public worship, 60, 61. -estimate of his theological learning, 62, 63.
Missionaries, causes of the want of success of, 373.-character of the Moravian mis- sionaries, 370.-appeal to the Quakers, to join in missionary undertakings, 369. -address to Protestant ministers con- cerning, 371.-sums raised for mission- ary purposes, 372.-encouragement to missionary exertions, 373.-qualifica- tions for missionaries, ibid. Moderation, nature of, 45, 46.-moderation of the Church of England, 64. Morality, mere, how distinguished from practical Christianity, 135.
Moravian missionaries, character of, 370. Morehead (Rev. R.), strictures on the style, &c. of the sermons of, 440, 441.-fine passages from two of his discourses, 441, 442.
Mysticism, evils of, to the Christian Church, 289,290.
Natural Religion, on the study of, 277,278. Nazareth, population of, 139.-Christ's preaching there, elucidated, 485. New Testament, proofs of, that it was ori- ginally written in Greek, 316-320.-stric- tures on Ali Bey's Turkish version of it, 297-305.
Palæoromaica, fanciful hypothesis of, 315, 316.-examined and refuted, 316-320. Palladio, fine passage of, on architecture, 146, 147.
Park (Mr.), anecdote of, 406. Parkhurst's Greek Lexicon, defects of, 410.
Parochial Schools in Ireland, notice of, 500. Paul (Saint), character of, 375, 376. Pelagian controversy, notice of, 338. Pilkington's Harmony, notice of, 22. Polygamy, Milton's erroneous views re- specting, 56.
Population of Beirout, 138.-of Acre, 139, of Nazareth, ibid. Prayer, directions for, 91, 92. Predestination, remarks on Milton's senti- ments concerning, 49, 50.-sentiments of Arminius on, 342.King James I.'s prohibition of certain persons from preaching on it, 396.
Presence (real) of Christ in the Lord's Sup- per explained, 462.
Priestley's Harmony, notice of, 23. Primer of King Edward VI., importance of, 89, 90.-its beautiful directions re- specting prayer, 91, 92.
Prophecy, requisites for the right interpre- tation of, 2, 3.-on the gradual develope- ment of the offices, &c. of Christ, on the prophecies, 293, 294.
Psalm 150, translation of 222, 223.-ob- servations on mistranslations of the titles of, 307-314.-Impropriety of sitting, while the Psalms are sung, 451. Publications (Quarterly), lists of foreign theological, 543.
Quakers, appeal to, in behalf of missions, 369, 370.
Religion, consolations of, 221. Remembrance of Christ in the Lord's Sup- per, 461, 462.
Rennell, (Rev. Thomas), biographical ac- count of, 167-172.-his death and cha- racter, 173.-his eloquence in the pulpit, 174.-extract from one of his sermons on the conformity of the Established Church to the gospel of Jesus Christ, 175-177.— a death-bed repentance, 178. Revelation, sketch of the gradual develope. ment of, 197-203.
Roman Catholic free schools in Ireland, no-
tice of, 510.-demands of the Irish Ro- man Catholics, 111, 112.
Romish Church, inerrancy of, refuted, 470. Rule of faith, 472.
Sabbath, history of, 323-325.-its obliga- tion, 326-328.
Sacrament. See Lord's Supper. Salvation, on working out, with fear and trembling, 216, 217.-mistake concern- ing, corrected, 218.
Samaritan Woman, Christ's discourse to, explained, 477-483.
Schools, number of, in Ireland, 512. Scriptures, peramount importance of, 286, 287.-opposition of the Romish Clergy in Ireland to the circulation of, 490, 491. Seals, allusion to, explained, 235. Semler's Writings, character of, 427. Senses, classification of, 409. Sermons, influence of, on the mind, 210. Sichar, import of the name, 477. Sin, evil influence of, 219-220. Sitting, impropriety of, during the singing of Psalms, 451.
Sodality of Christian doctrine, account of the Irish Society of, 509, 510. Stem of trees, office of, 407, 408. Stigand (Archbishop of Canterbury), bio- graphical account of, 245-251. Sunday School Society for Ireland, account of, 504, 505.
Symbolum Antiochenum, reference to 1 John v. 7. in, 332-334.
Symposiarch, or Governor of the Feast, office of, 231.
Synagogues (Jewish) origin of, 485.
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