of the beast that carrieth her, &c. In this sense likewise the word mystery is to be understood in Eph. v. 32.

"Some sacred thing, hidden or secret, which is naturally unknown to human reason, and is only known by the revelation of God.” Thus, in 1 Tim. iii. 16. we read-Without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. "The mystery of godliness, or of true religion, consists in the several particulars here mentioned by the apostle-particulars, indeed, which it would never have entered into the heart of man to conceive (1 Cor. ii. 9.), had not God accomplished them in fact, and published them by the preaching of his Gospel; but which, being thus manifested, are intelligible as facts to the meanest understanding." So in 1 Cor. xiii. 2. the understanding of all mysteries denote the understanding of all the revealed truths of the Christian religion, which in 1 Tim. iii. 9. are called the mys tery of faith, and of which, in 1 Cor. iv. 1., the apostles are called stewards of the mysteries of God.

感

The word mystery is used in reference to things or doctrines which remain wholly or in part incomprehensible, or above reason, after they are revealed. Such are the doctrines of the resurrection of the dead, that all shall not die at the last day, but that all shall be changed (1 Cor. xv. 51.), the incarnation of the Son of God, the doctrine of the Trinity, &c. This is the ordinary or theological sense of the word mystery: it does not imply any thing contrary to reason, nor utterly unknown as to its being; but it signifies a matter, of whose existence we have clear evidence in the Scriptures, although the mode of such existence is incomprehensible, or above our reason. (Schleusner's and Parkhurst's Greek Lexicons to the New Testament, voce Musиprov. Dr. Campbell's Translation of the Four Gospels, vol. i. pp. 298-306. See also J. G. Pfeiffer's Instit. Herm. Sac. pp. 704-724.)

1. Birth, origin, or nativity. Jews by nature. Gal. ii. 15.

2. The constitution and order of God in the natural world. Rom. i. 26. xi. 21. 24.

3. The native dispositions, qualities, properties, &c. of any person or thing, 2 Pet. i 14. Partakers of a divine nature.-Eph. ii. 3. We were by nature, i. e. according to our natural disposition, when not enlightened and renewed by the influences of the Gospel, children of wrath.

4. A native feeling of decorum, a native sense of propriety, by which a person is withheld from needlessly receding from the customs of his country-1 Cor. xi. 14. Doth not nature itself-doth not your own native sense of decorum-teach you, that if a man have long hair, it is a shume unto him, viz. among the Greeks, to whom alone the apostle was writing; and consequently he does not refer to the customs of the Hebrews. (Robinson's Lexicon, voce pris.) NIGHT-Intellectual darkness; adversity.-Rev. xxi. 25. There shall be no night there; that is, there shall be no more idolatry, no more intellectual darkness, no more adversity in the New Jerusalem; but all shall be peace, joy, happiness, and security. NUMBERS.

Two; a few.-Isa. vii. 21. A man shall nourish two sheep.-1 Kings xvii. 12. I am gathering two sticks.

Three or third.-Greatness, excellency, and perfection.-Isa. xix. 24. In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and Assyria; that is, as the prophet immediately explains, great, admired, beloved, and blessed.

Four-Universality of the matters comprised therein.-Isa. xi. 12. The four corners of the earth denote all parts of the earth.-Jer. xlix. 6. Upon Elam (or Persia) will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of the earth; that is, all the winds. In Ezek. vii. 2. the four corners of the land, signify all parts of the land of Judea.

Seven.-A large and complete, yet uncertain and indefinite, number. It is of very frequent occurrence in the Apocalypse, where we read of the seven spirits of God, seven angels, seven thunders, seven seals, &c. &c. [See Dr. Woodhouse on Rev. i. 4.]

Ten.-Many, as well as that precise number. In Gen. xxxi. 7. 41. Ten times are many times; in Lev. xxvi. 26. ten women are many women. See also Dan. i. 20. Amos vi. 9. Zech. viii. 23.

OAKS of BASHAN.-The princes and nobles of Israel and Judah.-Isa. ii. 13. The day of the Lord shall be....upon all the oaks of Bashan. OLIVES.

1. The wild olive; Man in a state of nature.-Rom. xi. 17. Thou being a wild olive-tree, wert graffed in amongst them.......

2. The cultivated olive; the church of God.-Rom. xi. 24. If thou wert cut out of the olive-tree, which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive-tree...

PALMS.-Symbols of joy after a victory, attended with antecedent sufferings. Rev. vii. 9. I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude...clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands.

PARADISE-The invisible residence of the blessed.-Rev. ii. 7. To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the

midst of the paradise of God.-Luke xxiii. 43. To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. Christ our passover is

PASSOVER.-Jesus Christ.-1 Cor. v. 7. sacrificed for us. On the spiritual import of this term, compare Vol. II. Chap. IV. § IV. 3.

PHYSICIAN-The Saviour, curing the sins and sicknesses of the mind.-Matt. ix. 12. They that be whole, need not a physician; but they that are sick.

PILLAR or COLUMN.

1.

2.

The chief prop of a family, city, or state.-Gal. ii. 9. James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars.

Pillar of iron.-The symbol of great firmness and duration.—Jer. i. 18. I have made thee....an iron pillar.

PLOUGHING and breaking up the ground.-The preparation of the heart by repentance.-Hos. x. 12. Break up your fallow-ground. See also Jer. iv. 3.

POISON.-Lies, error, and delusion.-Psal. cxl. 3. Adders' poison is under their lips.-Psal. viii. 3, 4. They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies. heir poison is like the poison of a serpent.— Rom. iii. 13. The poi-on of asps is under their lips; whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

POWER.

1.

2.

Dignity, privilege, prerogative.-John i. 12. As many as received The emblem of power, or of honour and dignity, that is, a veil.-1 him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God. Cor. xi. 10. A woman ought to have power on her head, that is to be veiled, because of the spies, or evil-minded persons who were sent into the meetings of the Christians by their enemies, in order that they might be able to take advantage of any irregularity in their proceedings, or of any departure from established customs. The veil, worn by married women, was an emblem of subjection to the power of the husband. The marginal rendering of 1 Cor. xi. 10. is, a covering, in sign that she is under the power of her husband. POWERS.-A certain order of angels; whether good, as in Col. i. 16. Eph. iii. 10. 1 Pet. iii. 22. ; or evil, as in Col. ii. 15. and Eph. vi. 12. (Parkhurst and Robinson, voce 'Eğri.)

PRINCE of the power of the air.-Eph. ii. 2. Satan. In this passage the air denotes the jurisdiction of fallen spirits.

RAIN (gentle).

1. The divine goodness.—Isa. xxvii. 3. xliv. 3.

2. Pure and heavenly doctrine.-Deut. xxxii. 2. especially the word of the Lord. Isa lv. 10, 11. REAPERS.-The angels.—Matt. xiii. 39. REGENERATION.

1. The melioration of all things, the new condition of all things in the reign of the Messiah, when the universe, and all that it contains, will be restored to their state of pristine purity and splendourMatt. xix. 28. In the regeneration, when the son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory.

2. In a moral sense, renovation, that is, the change from a carnal to a
Christian life.-Tit. iii. 5. (Robinson, voce Ixxx.)
RICHES and TALENTS.-Gifts and graces from God.-Matt. xxv. 15
To one he gave five talents, &c. See also Luke xix. 13. &c.
RIVER.

1. An overflowing river.-Invasion by an army-Isa. lix. 19. The enemy shall come in like a flood.--Jer. xlvi. 7, 8. Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers? Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof. See also Isa. xxviii. 2. Jer. xlvii. 2. Amos ix. 5. Nahum i. 4.

2. A river being frequently the barrier or boundary of a nation or country, the drying of it up is a symbol of evil to the adjoining land; and signifies that its enemies will make an easy conquest of it when they find no water to impede their progress. Thus, Isaiah, foretelling the conquest of Cyrus and the destruction of the Babylo nian monarchy, has these words :-That saith to the deep, Be dry; and I will dry up thy rivers.-Isa. xi. 15. The LORD shall utterly de stroy the tongue of the Egyptian Sea (that part of the land of Egypt, which was inclosed among the mouths of the Nile); and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make [men] go over dry-shod. See also Isa. xix. 6. and Zech. x. 11.

3.

A clear river is the symbol of the greatest good.-Psal. xxxvi. 8. They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shall make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life.-Rev. xxii. 1. He showed me a clear river of water of life, (that is, the inexhaustible and abundant happiness of the inhabitants of the New Jerusalem,) bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and the Lamb. Its clearness indicates their holiness and peace; and the brightness of its shining like crystal, the glorious life of those who drink of it. ROCK.

1. A defence, or place of refuge.-Isa. xvii. 10. Thou hast forgollen the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength.-Psal. xviii. 2. The Lord is my rock.

2. A quarry, figuratively the patriarch or first father of a nation; who is, as it were, the quarry whence the men of such nation must have proceeded-Isa. li. 1. Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, that is, to Abraham and Sarah, whose descendants ye are.

3. An unfruitful hearer.-Luke viii. 6. Some fell upon a rock, and as soon as it sprang up, it withered away. See the interpretation of Christ himself, in verse 13.

(1) Piety, devotedness.-1 Pet. ii. 5. Spiritual sacrifices.

(2.) The praises of God and works of charity to men. See Heb. xiii.
15 16.

(3.) Virtuous conduct, correct deportment.-Rom. xii. 1.
your bodies a living sacrifice.

Present
(4.) Exertions for the support of Christian ministers and of the
Christian religion.-Phil. ii. 17. If I be offered upon the sacrifice
and service of your faith.

SALT.-Sound doctrines, such as preserves the world from corrup-
tion.-Matt. v. 13. Ye are the salt of the earth.-Col. iv. 6. Let your
speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt.

SAND of the sea.-An aggregate body of innumerable individuals.—
Their widows are increased above the sand of the seas.--Gen. xxii.
17. I will multiply thy seed....as the sand which is upon the sea-
shore.

SCORCHING Heat. See HEAT.
SEA.

1. The Gentile world.-Isa. lx. 5. The abundance of the sea shall be
converted. See also Rev. viii. 8. and Dr. Woodhouse thereon.
[Apocalypse, p. 213.]

2. The great river Euphrates, Nile, &c.-Isa. xxi. 1. The desert of
the sea, means the country of Babylon, which was watered by the
Euphrates.-Jer. li. 36. I will dry up her sea, and make her springs
dry: this refers to the stratagem by which Cyrus diverted the
course of the river and captured Babylon.-Ezek. xxxii. 2. Thou
art as a whale in the sea; the prophet is speaking of the king of
Egypt, through which the Nile flowed. See WAVES.
3. Sea of glass.-Rev. iv. 6. The blood of the Redeemer, which
alone cleanses man from sin. It is called a sea, in allusion to the
large vessel in the temple, out of which the priests drew water to
wash themselves, the sacrifices, and the instruments of which they
made use, for sacrificing.-1 Kings vii. 23. See also SAND and
WAVES.

SEAL-SEALING.

J. Preservation and security.-Sol. Song iv. 12. A fountain sealed,
is a fountain carefully preserved from the injuries of weather and
beasts, that its waters may be preserved good and clean.
2. Secresy and privacy, because men usually seal up those things
which they design to keep secret. Thus a book sealed, is one whose
contents are secret, and are not to be disclosed until the removal of
the seal. In Isa. xxix. 11. a vision like unto a book sealed, is a
vision not yet understood.

3 Completion and perfection, also authority; because the putting of
a seal to any decree, will, or other instrument in writing, com-
pletes the whole transaction.-Ezek. xxviii. 12. Thou (the King of
Tyre) sealest up the sum full of wisdom and perfect in beauty; that
is, thou lookest upon thyself as having arrived at the highest pitch
of wisdom and glory. See Neh. ix. 8. Esther viii. 8.
4. Restraint or hinderance.-Job xxxvii. 7. He sealeth up the hand
of every man; that is, the Almighty restrains their power.-Job ix.
7. Which sealeth up the stars; that is, restrains their influences.
5 Exclusive property in a thing.-Anciently, it was the custom to
seal goods purchased; each person having his peculiar mark, which
ascertained the property to be his own. Hence, the seal of God is
His mark, by which he knoweth them that are His. (2 Tim. ii. 19.)
Under the law of Moses, circumcision is represented to be the seal
which separated the people of God from the heathen who did not
call upon his name. (Rom. iv. 13.) And in this sense the sacra
ment of baptism succeeding to circumcision, was called by the fa-
thers of the church the seal of God: but in the Gospel, this divine
seal is more accurately described to be the Holy Spirit of God.
They who have this spirit are marked as his (2 Cor. i. 22. Eph. i.
13. iv. 30.) Our Lord Jesus Christ is represented as eminently pos-
sessing this mark. (John vi. 27.) Generally, all who name the
name of Christ and depart from iniquity, are said to be thus divine-
ly sealed. (2 Tim. ii. 19.) By the seal of the living God, mentioned
in Rev. vii. 2., is signified that impression of the Holy Spirit upon
the heart of man, which preserves in it the principles of pure faith,
producing the fruits of piety and virtue. This is the seal which
marks the real Christian as the property of the Almighty. In Rev.
vii. 3, 4. the sealed mark is said to be impressed upon the foreheads
of the servants of God, either because on this conspicuous part of
the person, distinguishing ornaments were worn by the eastern
nations; or because slaves anciently were marked upon their fore-
heads, as the property of their masters. [Dean Woodhouse on Rev.
vii. 2, 3.]

SEED.-The Word of God.-Luke viii. 11.

SERPENT.-Satan, the enemy of souls.-Rev. xii. 9. That old serpent,
called the Devil and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world.-2 Cor.
xi. 3. The serpent beguiled Eve through his subtility.
SEVEN. See NUMBERS.
SHADOW-Defence, protection. In the sultry eastern countries this
metaphor is highly expressive of support and protection.-Numb.
xiv. 9. Their defence (Heb. 3 TSILAM, shadow) is departed from
them. Compare also Psal. xci. 1. cxxi. 5. Isa. xxx. 2. xxxii. 2. and

li. 16. The Arabs and fermans employ the saine word to demon
the same thing, using these expressions:-" May the SHADOW of th
prosperity be extended."-May the SHADOW of thy prosperity be
spread over the heads of thy well-wishers."--"May thy protecum:
never be removed from thy head; may God extend thy SHADOW
externally." [Dr. A. Clarke on Numb. xvi. 9.]
SHEEP SHEPHERD.

1. Sheep under a Shepherd.--The people under a king.-Zech. xin
Smite the shepherd; and the sheep shall be scattered.

2. The disciples of Christ, who is their SHEPHERD; the church f
Christ, consisting of all true believers in Him their Shepherd-
John x. 11-14. I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd giteh
his life for the sheep. I....know my sheep-1 Pet. ii. 25. ....
are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls,
3. Lost or straying sheep represent persons not yet converted, but
wandering in sin and error.- Matt. x. 6. xv. 24. The lost sheep of
the house of Israel.-1 Pet ii. 25. Ye were as sheep going stray
Compare also Matt. ix. 36. and Mark vi. 34.
SHIELD.

1. A defence.-Psal. xviii. 2. The LORD is my buckler or shield. See
Psal. xxxiii. 20.

2. Faith, by which we are enabled to resist the fiery darts of the
wicked. Eph. vi. 16.

SHIPS of Tarshish; merchants, men enriched by commerce, and
abounding in all the elegancies and luxuries of life, particularly the
merchants of Tyre and Sidon. -Isa. ii. 12-16. The day of the
LORD of Hosts shall be.... upon all the ships of Tarshish-Isa.
SHOES.-The preparation of the Gospel of peace.—Eph. vi. 15.
1. Howl, O ye ships of Tarshish.
SILENCE.

1. Bringing to silence, or putting to silence.-Utter destruction. I.
xv. 1. As if Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence.-Jer.
2. A symbol of praying.-Luke i. 9, 10.
14. The LORD our God hath put us to silence.
SIT SITTING.

1. Reigning, ruling, and judging-In Judge v. 10. Ye that sit in
judgment, are the magistrates or judges. The sitting on a three
which occurs so very frequently in the Scriptures, invanaly
means to reign.

2.

With other adjuncts, sitting has a different signification: as,
(1.) To sit upon the earth or dust, (Isa. iii. 26. xlvii. 1. Lam. i. 10.
Ezek. xxvi. 16.) or on a dunghill, signifies to be in extreme misery.
(2.) To sit in darkness (Psal. cvii. 10. Isa. xlii. 7.) is to be in prison
and slavery.

SLAVE-One who has no property in himself, but is bought by
(3.) To sit as a widow (Isa. xlvii. 8.) is to mourn as a widow.
another. Such are all mankind, whom Christ has redeemed from
the slavery of sin.-1 Cor. vi. 20. Ye are bought with a price. See
Deut. vii. 8. Isa. Ixi. 1.
SLEEP.-Death.-Dan. xii. 2. Many that sleep in the dust of the carth

shall awake.

SODOM and GOMARRAH.-Any

apostate city or people: or the wicked
world at large.-Isa. i. 10. Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of
Sodom; give hear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah
See Rev. xi. 8.
SOLDIER-A Christian who is at war with the world, the flesh and
the devil.-2 Tim. ii. 3. Endure hardness as a good soldier of Jens
Christ.

SORES, or ULCERS, symbolically denote sins; because, according to
the Hebrew idiom and notions, to heal signifies to pardon sins; and
to pardon a sin is equivalent to healing-2 Chron. xxx. 20 The
pious monarch, Hezekiah, having prayed that God would excure
and pardon those who had eaten the passover without being suff
ciently purified, the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed de
people-Isa. liii. 5. By his stripes we are healed. In Isa. i. 6.
Wounds, bruises, and sores, are sins; the binding up of them signifies
SOUTH.-Judæa.-Ezek. xx. 46.
repentance; and the healing up, remission or forgiveness.
Set thy face towards the south, and
drop [thy word] towards the south.-Judæa lay to south of Chaldra
SOUTH FIELD.-Ezek. xx. 46. Prophesy against the forest of the South
where the prophet Ezekiel stood.
field; that is, against Jerusalem, in which there were good and ba
SoWER.-A preacher of the word.-Matt. xiii. 3. A sower went for
men, as there are trees in a forest.
SPEAKING. See VOICE, 2.
See verse 39.
STAR.

1.

2.

3.

4.

to sow.

A ruler or conqueror.-Numb. xxiv. 17. There shall come a star
out of Jacob and a sceptre shall arise out of Israel, and shall smile the
corners of Moab, and shall destroy all the children of Sheth.-See an
The rulers of the church.-Rev. i. 20. The seven stars are the
exposition of this prophecy in the note to p. 208 of this volume.
angels of the seven churches.

Glorified saints.-1 Cor. xv. 41. One star differeth from another
star in glory.

Wandering stars.-Jude. 13. Wicked apostates, that go from light

into outer darknss.

STONE.

1. Head stone of the corner-JESUS CHRIST. See CORNER STONE
2. Stone of stumbling, (1 Pet. ii. 7.) spoken of Jesus Christ; who is
termed a stone of stumbling, that is, an occasion of ruin to the Jews,
since they took offence at his person and character, and thereby
Stones.-Believers who are built upon the true foundation, the
brought destruction and misery upon themselves.
Lord Jesus Christ.-1 Pet. ii. 5. Ye also as lively (or living) stones
are built up a spiritual house.

3.

WIND.

1. Violent wind.-Destruction.-Jer. n. 1. 1 will raise up against Ba-
bylon....a destroying wind.-Jer. iv. 11, 12. A dry wind of the high
places in the wilderness..even a full wind from those places shall come

unto me.

2. The four winds-General destruction.--Jer. xlix. 36. Upon Elam
will I bring the four winds, from the four quarters of heaven. See
also Dan. vii. 2. viii. 8. Rev. vii. 1. See AIR.
WINE.

1. Wine, when mentioned together with corn and oil (as it very fre-
quently is), denotes all kinds of temporal good things.-Hos. ii. 8.
gave her corn, and wine, and oil. See Joel ii. 19. Psal. iv. 7.
2. As the choicest heavenly blessings are frequently represented in
the Scriptures by the salutary effects of wine: so, from the noxious
and intoxicating qualities of that liquor,-(which anciently was
mixed with bitter and stupefying ingredients, and given to male-
factors who were about to suffer death,)-is borrowed a most tre-
mendous image of the wrath and indignation of Almighty God.-
Psal. lxxv. 8. In the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine
is red; it is full of mixture, &c.-Psal. lx. 3. Thou hast made us to
drink the wine of astonishment. See Jer. xxv. 15. Rev. xiv. 10.
xvi. 19.

-

1. Protection.-Psal. xvii. 8. Hide me under the shadow of thy wings.
See Psal. xxxvi. 7. and xci. 4.

2. Wings, when used to fly upwards, are emblems of exaltation.-Isa.
xl. 31. They shall mount up with wings as eagles; that is, they shall
be highly exalted.

WOLF-A thief, or religious impostor; a devourer of the church.-
Luke x. 3. I send you forth as lambs among wolves.-John x. 12.
He that is a hireling....seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep,
and fleeth: and the wolf scattereth them.

WOMAN.

A city, a state, or body politic, or the inhabitants thereof.-The
daughter of Tyre in Psal. xlv. 12., of Babylon in Psal. cxxxvii. 8.,
and of Jerusalem in 2 Kings xix. 21., signifies the inhabitants of
those cities, respectively. The daughter of Jerusalem, when

the sun.

virtuous, is honoured with the high appellation of the espoused of
God in Isa. liv. 1. 5., and Jer. xxxi. 4. When wicked and idolatrous
she is styled the harlot, the adulteress. See ADULTERESS.
2. The true church of Christ.—Rev. xii. 1. A woman clothed with
WRITE-To publish or notify. This was the first intention of writing;
and, in the earliest ages, no writings were made but upon pillars or
monuments, merely to notify things.-Jer. xxii. 30. Write this man
childless; that is, publish it, and let all men know that he shall
have no child to succeed him upon the throne. For it appears from
1 Chron. iii. 17, 18. and Matt. i. 12., that Jeconiah (of whom the
prophet is speaking) had children; but being born probably after
he was carried to Babylon, where he lived many years a captive
none of them ever succeeded to the royal authority. See 2 King

XXV. 27.

2.

has delivered us.

Punishment for sin.-Lam. i. 14. The yoke of my transgressions
is bound by his hand.

3. Those useful restraints, which arise from a sense of the duty which
we owe to God, and the obedience we ought to pay to his laws-
Lam. iii. 27. It is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth.

4. The doctrines and precepts of Jesus Christ, and the temper, dispo
sitions, and duties which flow from them.-Matt. xi. 29, 30. Tele
my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lerinin
heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and
my burden is light.-Quesnel's remark upon the last sentence is not
more beautiful than devout. "How easy and sweet is it, to serve
Christ even in bearing his cross! How hard and painful is the slavery
of the world, of sin and of our own passions, even with all their
false pleasures! That satisfaction, peace, and comfort, which grace
gives here below, and that which hope encourages us to expect in
heaven, make a Christian full amends for all his pains in subduing
his passions, and in opposing the world.... A yoke, which Christ
takes together with us,-can that be uneasy? A burden, which He
bears in us by His Spirit,-can that be heavy? Come, then, taste
and know by experience how sweet the Lord is, and how worthy
His yoke is to be chosen and loved!"

ABBREVIATIONS in manuscripts, account of, I. 221.

Abraham, predictions concerning, and their fulfilment, I. 122, 123.
His posterity, in what sense as numerous as the stars of heaven
for multitude, 421.

Abyssinian (Ancient) version of the Old and New Testaments, 1.
273, 274.

Accents (Hebrew), uses of, I. 192.

Accommodation, theory of, shown to be unfounded, I. 324.
Acœmets, notice of, I. 223. note.

Acrostic poetry of the Hebrews, I. 381.

Acts of the Apostles:-Title, II. 318. By whom written, ibid. Genu-
ineness and authenticity, ibid. Scope, ibid. Chronology, 319.
Analysis of this book, 320. Observations on its style, ibid. Im-
portance of this book, as an evidence for the truth of Christianity,
320, 321. Confirmation of its veracity by Josephus, I. 80. Coin-
cidence between it and the apostolic epistles, 50, 51.

Acts of the Senate, what. I. 81. Appeals made to them by the first
Christia ns, as evidence, 82.

Adjunct, metonymy of, what, I. 360, 361.

Advantages, peculiar to the Christian revelation, a proof of its supe-
riority o ver all other religions, and that it is from God, I. 177-180.
Adverbs (emphatic), instances of, I. 328.

Affections, the moral government of, enforced in the Gospel, I. 153,
154.

Age of Hebrew manuscripts, how ascertained, I. 217.
Agreement of ancient manuscripts and versions, a proof of the un-
corrupted preservation of the Scriptures, I. 54, 55. Of quotations
by Christian writers, a like proof, 55.

Alexander of Pontus, fabulous miracles recorded of, exposed, I. 117.
Alexandrian Manuscript, account of, I. 222–224. Fac-simile of it,
224.

Alexandrian Version. See Septuagint.

Alexandrine Recension of the New Testament, account of, I. 205.
Allegorical Sense, I. 323.

Allegory defined, I. 364. Different species of, ibid. Rules for the
interpretation of allegories, 364, 365.

Allusions to the Old Testament in the New, I. 312. 318.
Alphabetical Poems of the Hebrews, account of, I. 381.
America, observations on the peopling of, I. 76.
Ammonian Sections, what, I. 214. Ammonian dialect, 273.
Amos (the prophet), account of, II. 259, 260. Occasion of his pro-
phecy, 260. Its scope, ibid. Synopsis of its contents, ibid. Ob-
servations on his style, ibid.

AVAYVEσμATX, or Church-Lessons, I. 214.
Analogy of languages, defined, I. 340, 341. Use of grammatical
analogy for interpreting Scripture, 341. Of kindred languages,
341, 342. Foundation of analogy in all languages, 342. Analogy
of Scripture, 330-333. Analogy of faith defined, 342. Its im-
portance in studying the sacred writings, 342, 343. Rules for
investigating the analogy of faith, 343, 344.

Ananias, why not acknowledged as high-priest by St. Paul, I. 50.
Ancestors put for posterity, I. 359.

Anglo-Saxon version of the New Testament, account of, I. 280.
Antediluvians, longevity of, confirmed by heathen writers, I. 71.
Ante Hieronymian Version of the Bible, I. 275.
Anthropopathy, nature of, I. 362.

Avivo, propriety of the title of, given by St. Paul to Sergius
Paulus, I. 90.

Antiquities (Biblical), importance of, to the study of the Sacred
Writings, I. 350. Cautions in applying them, 350, 351.

Antitype, what, I. 385. Rules for the application of types to anti-
types, 386, 387.

Apamean Medal confirms the Mosaic account of the Deluge, I. 88.
Apocalypse. See Revelation of St. John.
Apocrypha, derivation of the term, I. 435.

The Apocryphal Books of the Old Testament, why rejected from
the canon of Scripture, I. 435, 436. Their uses, 344. 436. Ana-
lysis of these books, II. 289–293. Supposed quotations from them
in the New Testament, I. 318. Actual value of these produc-
'ions, 436.

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2. Apocryphal Books of the New Testament, I. 437. Enumeration
of these writings, ibid. EXTERNAL EVIDENCE to show that they
were never considered as inspired or canonical, 437, 438.
TERNAL EVIDENCE, 438-442. These apocryphal books are so
far from affecting the credibility of the genuine books of the
New Testament, that the latter are confirmed by them, 47,
48. 442.

Apollonius, of Tyana, fabulous miracles ascribed to, exposed, I. 118.
Apostles and evangelists, credibility of. See Credibility and Inspi-

ration. On the descent of the Holy Spirit upon them, I. 447, 448.
Apostolic Fathers, testimonies of, to the authenticity of the New
Testament, I. 44, 45. In what manner they quoted the Scrip-
tures, 41. Force of their testimony, 45.

Aquila's version of the Old Testament, I. 268, 269.
Arabic language, notice of, I. 199.

Arabic versions of the Old and New Testament, I. 274, 275. Of the
Samaritan Pentateuch, 204.

Aramaan Language, and its dialects, I. 199.
Aramæisms of the New Testament, I. 198.
Aretas, a king of Arabia Petræa, why at war with Herod the Great

I. 50.

Ascension of Jesus Christ, circumstances of, considered, I. 446.
Asher (Rabbi Aaron Ben), Codex of, I. 203.

Atheists, principles of, contrasted with those of the Gospel, I. 176,
177. Effects of, in republican France, 25, 26.
Athenagoras, testimony of, to the genuineness of the New Testa
ment, I. 43.

Athens, miserable condition of the women at, I. 19. note 7. Origin
of the altar erected at, to "The unknown God," 90. St. Luke's
and St. Paul's account of the Athenians confirmed by Demos-
thenes, 80. and by ancient inscriptions, 91. Remarks on Paul's
admirable address to them, II. 326, 327.

Atonement, true notion of, unknown to the heathen, I. 17. Though
they felt the necessity of an atonement for sin, 70, 71. The doc.
trine of, as set forth in the New Testament, 150.
Authenticity defined, I. 28. Of the Old and New Testaments proved,
28-52. Recapitulation of this argument, 184. Especially of
Matt. i. and ii. and Luke i. and ii., II. 299-302. 309. Of Luke
viii. 27-39., 310.; and xxii. 44., 310. Of John vii. 53. and viii. 1
11., 315. Examination of the authenticity of 1 John v. 7., 366—
375.

Author, put for his book or writings, I. 359. Importance of know-
ing, 348.