Metre. See Poetry.

Micah, character of his writings, i. 449
Milliare, a Roman mile, iii. 458
Mind, importance of properly governing
it, iv. 231

Ministry, qualifications of the Christian.
iii. 396, 440

Mirage, description of, i. 337
Moderation among Religious Professors
enjoined, iv. 406

Modius, a bushel, iii. 458
Monarchy, Jewish, i. 197, 301

Money, various species noticed in Scrip-
ture, iii. 202

Months, Hebrew, dissertation on, iii. 324
Monthly Magazine, Letter to the Editor,
by the Rev. T. Boys, iv. 245
Moon, new, festival of, ii. 493

the, purposes answered by it, iii.
521, note 10

Morison, (Rev. J.), his representation of
Arminianism, iv. 308. 404
Mosaic dispensation, nature of, i. 87,
185. Superseded by the Christian, iv.
143. Its importance as a preparatory
Institution, 542, 550

Law, Harmony of, iv. 108
Moses, author of the Pentateuch, i. 39.
Account of, 42, and note 2. Charac-
ter of, 90. Metrical translation of his
song at the Red Sea, 319. Death of,
836. Not a philosopher, 454. Su-
periority of his inspiration, ii. 465
Mosque of Solomon, ii. 97
Mountains of Israel, i. 212. Of Gilead,

213

Mount of Olives, ii. 10

Music, a natural science, iii. 1. Civil and
Sacred, 2. Acquaintance of the An-
tideluvians with this science, iv. 16.
Scripture references to, iii. 289. His-
tory of, 291

Musical Instruments used by the pro-
phets, ii. 468. An attempt to ascer-
tain those mentioned in the Bible, iii.
1, 292

Mussulmans, orthodox sects of, ii. 109
Mythology, Heathen, confirmatory of
Scripture, iii 524

Nebuchadonosor, account of, i. 67
Nachash, (w) what? i. 214

Nahum, character of his writings. i. 449
Names, Proper, want of uniformity in
rendering those in Scripture, iv. 73
Naphtali, ii. 145

Nations, connected with Scripture his-
tory, iii. 577

Natural History, the acquaintance of the
Antediluvians with it, iv. 16. Impor-
tance of, iii. 67, note 7

Nazareth, description of, iii. 8
Nazarene, Christ called one, i. 177
Negri (Solomon), information relative to
him solicited, iii. 228

Nehemiah, book of, chronology and au-
thor, iii. 431. Analysis of, 432
Neighbour, derivation and import of the
word, iii. 354

Nile, inundation of, phenomenon of, i.
347, note 2

Nineveh, city of, i. 17

Noah, generations of the sons of, i. 11
prophecies relative to his sons,
iii. 371, 418, 530
NOTICES OF BOOKS. See Bibliographi-
cal Index

Numbers (book of), title, author, date,
and scope, i. 321. Prediction of
the Messiah, 323. Analysis of, ib.
Oaks of Bashan, i. 253

Olives, Mount of, ii. 10

Olive-trees of Palestine, i. 357
Olympic Games, alluded to by St. Paul,
i. 97, 108. Celebrity of, 97. In what
they consisted, 98. Candidates' for,
99. Foot race, 101. Boxing, 102.
Chariot race, 104. Method of excit-
ing the ardour of the competitors, 106.
Ceremony of crowning the conquerors,
107. Throw considerable light on
many passages of Scripture, 108
Oracles, heathen, various kinds of, ii.
515. Nature of, 513. Manner of
their delivery, 516
Origen, his allegorical method of inter-
preting Scripture censured, iii. 513
Pagan antiquities confirm Scripture
facts, i. 471

Paine (T.), his attack on Scripture pro-
phecy noticed, ii. 467
Painting and Drawing, Scripture allu-
sions to, iii. 234

-, Scripture, errors in, iii. 480
Palestine, names of, i. 157; ii. 119.
Boundaries, i. 160. Conquest of, by the
Israelites, note 161. Divisions in the
time of Joshua, 153, 202. Cities
of Refuge, 203. Divisions in the time
of Solomon, ib. Divided into the
two kingdoms of Judah and Israel, ib.
Divisions in the time of Jesus Christ,
204. Mountains, 208. Vallies, 247.
Plains and deserts, 250. Forests, 253.
Rivers, lakes, and fountains, 254. Cli-
mate, 341. Seasons, 343; ii. 29.
Soil, i. 350. Fertility, ib. Produc-
tions, 354. The depositum of the
sacred writings, 417. Success of mis-
sionary labours in, ii. 94 See Jewish
Nation.

,

defined and illustrated, i. 178.
Origin of, 180. Various kinds of,
183, 412, 451. Gradational parallels,
271. Antithetic parallels, 314. Con-
structive parallels, 366. Introverted
parallels, 405. Importance of, 451

of the New Testament, ii. 30,
69, 122, 165, 417. Divisions of, 31.
Gradational, ib. Antithetic, 69. Con-
structive, 122. Introverted, 165. Im-
portance of, in the interpretation of
Scriptures, 230

-s, Scriptural and Classical, iii.
377,425

Passover, Jewish, ii. 493.
Patriarchal Dispensation, object of, ii.

134

Paul, his speech to the Athenians para-
phrased, i. 143. Character of, as a
writer, 450

Pentateuch (Hebrew), title, i. 38. Writ-
ten by Moses, 39. Authenticity of,
confirmed by its internal evidences,
iii. 141; by Jesus Christ, 39; by Pa-
gan writers, 42, note 43, 148; and
by heathen tradition, 91. Transposi-
tions in, note 375. Number of letters
in, 379

MS. copy in the Collegiate
Library at Manchester, ii. 284
Peræa, account of, i. 206
Persecution. opposed to the spirit of
Christianity, iv. notes 440, note 442,
note 445

Peter, character of, as a writer, i. 450
Pharisees, character of, ii. 498
Philology, importance of, ii. 218
Philosophy, Natural, as connected with
a knowledge of the Scriptures, iii. 344
Moral, divisions of, iii. 346.
Places, holy and unholy, among the Jews,
i. 160

Plagues of Egypt, account of, i. 186

Plain, cities of the, destruction of, i. 240
Plurality of persons in the Divine nature,
i. 120, 211

ΠΝΕΥΜΑ, import and application of
the word, iii. 248

Poem, designation of, in the Hebrews,
i. 445

Poetic dialogue in the Old Testament, i.

125

Imagery used by the Hebrew
writers, ii. 392, 453, 505

particles, used by Hebrew wri-
ters, i. 85, note

Poetry, objects of, i. 33. Consecrated to
the service of religion, 35, 178. Cul-
tivated by the Hebrews, 37, 445. Par-
ticularly in the time of David, 37

of the Hebrews, Characteristics,
i. 79. Metre, 79, 125. Its rhythm,
modulation, &c. unknown to us, 127.
See PARALLELISM. Figurative lan-
guage, ii. 364. Poetic imagery from
the objects of nature, 392--from com-
mon life, 458-from sacred topics, 505
-from the sacred history, iii. 27.
Allegory, 113. The mystical allegory.
355. The comparison, 558, Personi-
fication, iv. 22. The sublime, 57, 118,
164, 219. Various species cultivated,
346, 380.
POETRY:-

The Midnight Slaughter, i. 48. Death
of Ahab, 95. Paul's speech to the
Athenians, 143. Destruction of
Babylon, 192. David's lamentation
for Saul and Jonathan, 238. Cities
of the plain, 240. Sonnet from Ha-
bakkuk, 288. Third chapter of Ha-
bakkuk paraphrased,332.Overthrow
of Pharaoh's army, 335. Death of
Moses, 336. Destruction of theworld
383. The last day,384. The incarna-
tion, 428. The war song of Gideon,
432. The Vale of Siddim, 478. De-
struction of Sennacherib, ib. The
First Day, ii. 76. The Second Day,
90. The Vision of Eliphaz, 110.
Paraphrase of Job. xxviii. 12, 133
Eccles xii. 7, 139. Ps. cxiv., 141.
Jerusalem destro ed by Titus, 164.
Hymn on 1st chap. of Genesis, 174.
Diffusion of Biblical Knowledge,
191. The Vision, 229. Sonnet to
the Deity, 248. The Death of Ab-
salom, 249. Paraphrase of Eccles.
i. 9, 262. The Soul, 263. Para-
phrase of Ps. xiv. 1, 267. The Ex-
odus, 277. Jerusalem, 306. The
Third Day, 813. Hymn on the
Lord's Prayer, 333. Prov. iii. 13
-18, paraphrased, 363. The Over-
throw of Tyre, 368. Last Judg
ment, 410. The Bible, 452. The
Crucifixion, 472. The Curse of
Babylon, 474. Hymn on Eph. v.
1, 510. Job xli. versified, 534. Ode
on Christmas Day, iii. 44. Fourth
Day, 48. The Names of God, 86.
Herod's Visit to the Royal Sepul-

chres, 87. Abraham surveying the
Ruins of Sodom, 95. Silent expres-
sion of Nature, 96. Sonnet on Job
xxviii. 12, 133. Who is the King
of Glory, 144. Death of Josiah,
229. Sonnet, 231. Star of Bethle-
hem, 317. So stand fast in the
Lord, 376. Value of the Bible,
377. On Death, 429. Paraphrase
of Judges v. 31, 430. Paraphrase
of Matthew vi. 28, 431. Folly of
Atheism, 483. Verses, 483. Hap-
piness of the Saints in Heaven, 498.
Lament of the Mother of Sisera,
528. All is Vanity, 529. The
Lyre of Palestine, iv. 40, 62, 163.
Belshazzar's Feast, 63. Lines by
James Edmeston, 116. To Reli-
gion, 188. Human Life, 225. Let
us go to Bethlehem, 286. Jesus on
the Cross, 326. Cain on the Sea-
shore, 402. Decision of Moses,
438. The Treasures of Scripture,
447. Uncertainty of Life, 510. Re-
fuge from the Storm, 512. Mary's
Tears, 558. Bible Society, 577.
Paraphrase of Psalm cxxxvii., 582.
Mortality, Job xiv. 1, 2-600.
Death of the first-born of Egypt,

611

Polyglott, Walton's, noticed, i. 267.
Bagster's, noticed, 329
Polyphrase Bible, Specimen of Genesis
xlix. iii. 156. Epistle to the Ephesians,
213, 274, 318, 360, 460, 502
Pool of Bethesda, ii. 296

of Solomon, ii. 486

Porteusian Bible Society, anniversary of,
ii. 284

Prætorium, a governor's house: also his
body guard, iii. 458

Praise, a part of Divine worship, ii. 489
Prayer, an act of Divine worship, ii. 489
Preaching, import of the word, i. 269

a Divine institution, ii. 490
Priests, Jewish and Christian, i. 75. ii.
496

Primitive abode of mankind, i. 19
languages, i. 395

Procurators, Roman, powers and func-
tions of, i. 440

Productions of Palestine, iv. 6, 52, 106,

155, 211, 271, 319, 428, 479, 535, 575
Promised land, described, i. 164
Prophecies, familiar expositions of, iii.
371, 443

Prophecy, mode and purposes of, ii. 450.
Importance of, as a branch of evidence
for the truth of Revelation, 461. De-
finition of, 463. Methods of commu-

nicating, ib. Distinguished from the
heathen oracles, 511

Prophet, derivation and import of the
word, iii. 354

Prophetic calculations, with reference to
the Ottoman power, iii. 222
Prophetical books of scripture, general
remarks on, iv. 519. Their morality,
519. Inspiration, 521. Number, ob-
ject and style, ib. Order of, 523

parts of the New Testament,

purposes of, ii. 450
Prophets, inspiration and offices of, ii. 497
schools of, i. 37, 455

Proverbs, (Scripture,) nature and use of,
i. 445

235

Selections from, iv.

book of, authors, design, and
inspiration, iv. 455

Psalm the second, viewed in its chronolo-
gical connexion, iv. 20

Essay on the fortieth, iii. 241
Psalms, the book of, title, authors, in-
spiration, &c. iv. 401

arrangement of, iii. 296
Punctuation of the Scriptures, requires
emendation, i. 400
Purgatory, doctrine of, iv. 387, note
Quotations, scripture, i. 353

in the New, from the Old
Testament, ii. 155. Purposes of, ib.
Manner of making, 156, 220. Generally
made from the Septaugint version,157.
Accommodated to various circum-
stances, 221

Rachel and Jacob, i. 3

Raiment, various kinds noticed in scrip-
ture, iii. 197

Rain, ii. 28. Desolation by, 49
Rainbow, ii. 27

Rains, early and latter, importance of, i.
347

Razor, hired, (Isa. vii.) what? i. 3
Reeves, his edition of the Bible noticed,
i. 267

Regimen prescribed in scripture, iv. 228,
276, 322

Religion, unity of the true, iv. 261
Rephaim, valley of, i. 250
Reptiles, various kinds of, iii. 106
Reservoir of Sheba, ii. 487
Revelation, defence of See PROPHECIES
- book of, i. 447
Revenues, royal, among the Jews, i. 200
Rezen, city of, i. 18

Rimmon, a Syrian idol, ii. 501

Rivers, of Assyria, i. 16. Of Palestine,

254

Rock Goat, description of, ii. 1

Ruth (Book of) Chronology, ii. 279
Author and scope, ib.
Sheba, reservoir of, ii. 487
Sabianism, origin of, ii. 136

Pe-

Sabbath, the, not instituted till the time
of Moses, iv. 71. This position con-
troverted, 327. The probable reason
of the mention of the Sabbath in the
second chapter of Genesis, 139.
culiar to the Jewish people, as a divine
institution, 141. Observed by the
Pagan nations of antiquity, 484.
Confined to a particular day, 198.
Whether transferred to the first day,
by the authority and example of the
apostles? 194. The testimony of the
fathers to the fact, 199. Advantages
and obligations of, 200. Forms a part
of natural religion, 429

extensive observance of, iii. 182
Sacred literature, character and claims
of, iv. 8

iv. 448

writings, history and fate of the,
Sacrifices, origin and design of, i. 284,
ii. 490

- under the Mosaic law, typical
of Christ, iv. 552

-,extensive prevalence of, iii. 185
Sadducees, opinions of, ii. 498
Saints, the, Roman Catholic doctrine,
concerning their intercession, iv. 388,

note

Salt, applied to the bodies of new-born
infants, ii. 50

Salvation by Faith, iv. 316

Samaria, account of. i. 205

Samaritan, parable of, illustrated, i. 212
language, i. 365

Samuel, notice of, i. 448

(the books of) title and author,
ii. 322. Scope of the first book, 323.
Analysis of, 324. Scope of the second
book, 325. Authenticity, ib. Import-
ance of these books in illustrating the
Psalms, ib.; and note 2. Analysis of
the second book, 326

Sanhedrim, Christ's conversation with
some members of, i. 52
Saracus, account of, i. 68

Sargon or Esarhaddon, account of, i. 66

-

-

-

2. The Prophecies of Jeremiah,
iii. 428

-

-

3. The Book of Job, iii. 482
4. The Chronology of Scripture,
iii. 569

5. Books of the New Testament,
iv. 129

6. Grammatical-of the Hebrew
Scriptures, iv. 331

Scripture, portions for daily reading, iv.
5, 51, 106, 154, 110, 278, 318, 374,
422, 478. 534, 590

Almanack, iv. 1, 49, 105, 153,
209, 269, 317, 373, 421, 477, 533,
589

SCRIPTURE BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Introduction, iii. 223

Period I. Before the deluge, iii. 225
II. The Patriarchal Age, iii.

VII. Captivity at Babylon, iii.

VIII. Restoration of the Jews,
iii. 579

IX. Times of Christ and his
Apostles, iii. 581

Duplicates of Scripture, iv. 302
History and fate of the Sacred
Writings, iv. 448, 506. 565, 608

Discussions, iii. 35, 75, 129,
162, 250, 312, 408, 469. iv. 33

History, remarkable events in,
iv. 5, 51, 106, 154, 210, 270, 318,
374, 422, 478, 534, 590

Manual, ii. 15, 62, 149, 201,

251, 436. iii. 11

Philology, iv. 193

Principles, iii. 8!

Tracts, suggestion for, ii. 524

,

Beauties of, i. 31. Excellency
of, 265, 308, 327. Arrangements of,
266. Division of the Hebrew, ib.
Circulation recommended, 327. Gram-
matical view of, 395. Facts confirmed
by Pagan Antiquities, 471

Regard paid to them by the
early Christians, iv. 310

their Importance, iv. 9, 82,
194. Cautions to be exercised in their
interpretation, ib.

Enquiry as to the best Me-
thods of Reading them, and Helps to
the Understanding thereof, iv. 80

their Reading not prohibited

by any Church, iv, 75

Roman Catholic Exhortation

to the Reading thereof, iv. 82

Evidences of their authen-
ticity and inspiration, iii. 472. Folly
of rejecting them, 473

the fate of, during Apocryphal

times, iii. 581

Septuagint Version, account of, i. 230
Sepulchres of the Kings, description of,
ii. 388, 458, note

Serampore, College of, ii. 144
Seraphim, fiery serpents, so called, i. 219
Serpent,criticism on Gen. iii. i. 214.
Charming of, i. 225.

Kali-Naga, i. 91

Seven, considered as a Sacred number,
iv. 485

Shalmanezer, account of, i. 62
Siddim, Vale of, i. 249, 261, 478
Signets, their use in the east, i, 443.
iii. 285

Siloam, Pool of, i. 263

Simoon, description of, i. 342. Effects
of, 343. ii. 29

Sin, the unpardonable, iii. 129
Singing in the Jewish worship, i. 179.
ii. 489

Slavery, Scripture View of, v. 251
Snow, formation of, ii. 28

Solomon, his character as a writer, i. 448
-, Temple of, ii. 54
Mosque of, ii. 97

Pools of, i. 264. ii. 486
Solon, laws of, inscribed on wood, i. 145
Song of Solomon, the, opinions of com-
mentators on its character, iy. 518.
Author, mystical reference, and style,
ib. Enquiry into its inspiration, 554
Song of Moses at the Red Sea, i. 319
Spain, notice of, ii. 121

Speculator, a Roman executioner, iii. 459
Spirit of God, (in Gen. i. 2.) what? i. 26
Star in the east, i. 73, 121

Stones, various kinds mentioned in Scrip
ture, iii. 24

-connected with worship, ii. 491
Style of the Old Testament, a proof of
its authenticity, i. 129

Sublimity of the Hebrew Poets, iv. 57,
118, 164, 219

Sun-dial of Ahaz, ii. 24
Supper, Lord's, ii. 494

Sycamore tree of Judea, i. 358
Synagogue, Jewish, ii. 492

Synonymes occurring in the New Testa-
ment, iii. 170, 205
Syriac Language, i. 365
Tabernacle, Jewish, ii. 492
Table, ancient attitude at, ii. 481
Tabor, Mount, i. 210

Talmud, the, Defence of, iv. 146
Tally-writer, origin of the, i. 148
Tartars, marriages of the, i. 6
Taylor, (editor of Calmet) decease of,
ii. 91

Temple, Solomon's, ii. 54, 492. Des-

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