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plished: and if the scripture-prophecies are accomplished, the fcripture must be the word of God; and if the fcripture is the word of God, the Christian religion must be true.

It is hoped therefore that the fame address may be applied to you, which St Paul made to king Agrippa, Acts xxvi, 27, 28. Believeft thou the prophets? I know that thou believeft:' and God difpofe your heart to answer a gain, Not only almoft, but altogether thou perfuadest me to be a Chriftian!" For your encouragement remember, that, Matt. x. 41. He who receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, fhall receive a prophet's reward.' Wherefore, I Theff. v. 19, &c. quench not the fpirit; defpife not prophefying; prove all things, hold faft that which is good. The grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift be with you. Amen.

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GENERAL INDEX.

The Letters denote the Volume, and the Figures the Page.

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BOMINATION of defolation ftanding in the holy place, the meaning of that expreffion, ii. 27, &c. why the Roman army is called the abomination, 27.

Abraham the patriarch of the greatest renown, i. 20. favoured with several revelations, 20. thofe concerning Ithmael, confidered, 21. the prophecies about Ifhmael and his pofterity, how fulfilled, 21. thofe about the Ifraelites, how accomplished, 35.

Abftinence from meats, a note and character of the apoftafy, ii. 144.

Acilius, the Roman conful, routs Antiochus, and expels him out of Greece, i. 339.

Aelius Adrian, the Roman emperor, builds Elia instead of Jerufalem, ii. 57. destroys and difperfes the Jews, 57, 178...

Agag, his king fall be higher than Agag, that part of Balaam's prophecy, explained, i. 70.

Agathocles, diffolute and proud in the exercife of his power, i. 339. the people of Alexandria rife against him, 340. caufe him, his relations and affociates to be. put to death, 340.

Alaric and the Goths invade Italy and befiege Rome, ii.

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Alexander the great, his defigns against the Arabs pre

vented by his death, i. 27. the rapidity of his conquefts, i. 293. the three chief battles he had with the king of -Perfia, 295. is met by the high-priett in his way to Jerufalem, 296. enters the temple, and the prophecies of Daniel are shown him, 297. characterized in that book, 326. his death and the miferable end of his fa

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mily, 303, 326. is fucceeded by four of his captains, 303, 328.

Alexander Severus, a just and provident emperor, ii. 179. Alexandria, after a long fiege, taken by the Saracens, i. 213. the famous library there, when founded and when deftroyed, 213.

Alfric in England, in the tenth century writes against tranfubftantiation, ii. 237.

Amalekites, Balaam's prophecy against them, how ful-. filled, i. 77.

Ambrofe, his affirmation about Antichrift, ii. 112.

Angel, flying in the midst of heaven and preaching the everlasting gofpel, ii. 292. what meant by faying, The bour of his judgment is come, 292.

Angels, feven, having the feven laft plagues, ii. 301. pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth, 303. Antichrift, what mistaken notions the fathers had in this. matter, and how, i. 260. how long he is to continue, 271. he and the man of fin, one and the fame person, ii. 110. the opinion of Juftin Martyr, Origen, the reformers and others about him, 110, &c. how the true no tion was fuppreffed and revived again with the reformation, 112. how afterwards it became, unfashionable, and now grows into repute again, 116. the blindness of the papifts in this point, 117. infamous for idolatry and deteftable cruelty, 316. all his power fhall be completely fubdued, and Rome itself destroyed, 346. described by Daniel and the prophets, 375. the prophets defcribe his downfal, manner, and circumstances of it, 376. Antigonus, his attempts against the Arabs not fuccefsful, i. 27.

Antiochus Epiphanes, fucceeds his brother Seleucus Philopater, i. 343. obtains the kingdom by flatteries, 344, the epithet of vile or despicable given him by the prophet Daniel, 344. though frantic and extravagant, yet fuccefsful and victorious, 345. prefers Jafon to the high priesthood, 345. afterwards advances Menelaus in his room, 346. extravagant in various inftances, 347comes to Joppa and Jerufalem, 348. his great fuccefs againft Egypt, 349. pretends to take care of the intereft of his nephew Philometor, 350. determines to be revenged on the people of Jerufalem for rejoicing at the

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report of his death, 352. takes that city and acts with
great cruelty, 352. fends Apollonius afterwards to Je-
rufalem, who defiles the city and fets up the heathen
worship, 355. the various opinions about the prophecies-
of Daniel being accomplished in Antiochus, 358. af-
figns two cities for maintaining his favourite concubine
Antiochis, 369. the awful manner of his death, 120.
Antiochus Magnus, fucceeds his brother in the throne of
Syria, i. 335. his army being defeated by Ptolemy, is
forced to folicit a peace, 336. kills the rebel Achæus
and reduces the eaftern parts, 338. acquires great.
riches, 339. rifes up against young Ptolemy, 339.
takes poffeffion of Cale-Syria and Palestine, 335. de-
feats Scopas Ptolemy's general, 335. afpires after
more conqueft and dominion, 338, marries his daugh-
ter Cleopatra to Ptolemy, 339. engages in a war with
the Romans, 339. is routed at the Straits of Ther-
mopyla, 340. the latter end of his life very mean,
340. attempting to plunder the temple of Jupiter Be-
lus is flain, 341.

Apocalyps. See Revelation.

Apoftafy of the latter times, St Paul's prophecy about
this, ii. 117. the nature of that apoftafy, 119. it was
general, 120. fome particulars of this apoftafy about
demons and worshipping of the dead, 134. was to pre
vail in the latter times, 135. prophefied of by Daniel,
139. by what means to be propagated, 139. the notes
and characters of this apoftafy, 118, 120, 121, 134,
137, 138, 139, 143, 359, &c.

Arabians, difdain to acknowledge Alexander the great,
i. 27. his defigns prevented against them by his death,
27. beautiful fpots and fruitful vallies in their country,
25. have always maintained their independency against
the nations, 25-28. against the Egyptians and Affy-
rians, 26. against the Perfians, 26. againft Alexander
and his fucceffors 27. against the Romans, 28. their
ftate under their prophet Mohammed and afterwards,
and now under the Turks, 29. &c. what is faid of
them by late travellers, 30. their retaining the fame
difpofition and manners for so many ages, wonderful,
33. the prophecies concerning this people fignally ful-
filled in their being preferved and not conquerred, 34-

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the Arabs in some respects resemble the Jews, 35. ne.
ver yet fubdued by the Turks, i. 382. rob and plunder
the Turks as well as other travellers, 382. compared
to locufts, ii. 201, 209. the kingdoms and dominions
acquired by them, 205 the time affigned for their
hurting and tormenting men, 207.

Arnold of Brescia, in the twelfth century, burnt for
preaching against the temporal power of the pope and
clergy, ii. 242.

Afhur. And fball affli& Afbur, what meant by these words
in Balaam's prophecy, i. 83.

Afia, the feven epiftles to the feven churches there, ii. 158,
163. why thefe feven addreffed particularly, 162. the
excellent form and ftructure of thefe epiftles, 162. in
what fenfe prophetical, 163. the prefent ftate of these
once flourishing churches, 163-168. the churches lay
in a circular form, 168. their method and order ob-
ferved in addreffing them, 168. their prefent ftate a
very strong proof of the truth of prophecy, 169.
Affyrians terrible enemies both to Ifrael and Judah, i. 135.
Ifaiah's prophecy against them, 136. See Nineveh.
Attila, with his Huns lays wafte Macedon and Greece,
Gaul and Italy, ii. 196. the fcourge of God and ter-
ror of men, 197.

Auftin, his opinion about Antichrift, ii. 112.

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ABYLON, prophecies concerning it, 151-172. it,
as well as Nineveh, an enemy to the people of God,
151. a great and ancient city, 151. confiderably impro-
ved by Nebuchadnezzar, 152. one of the wonders of
the world, 152. its deftruction foretold by Ifaiah and
Jeremiah, 153. prophecies about Cyrus the conqueror
of Babylon, fulfilled, 154. the time of its reduction
foretold, 155. befieged by the Medes and Perfians,
155. Armenians and other nations united against it,
156. the Babylonians hide themfelves within their
walls, 156. the river dried up, 156. the city taken
during a feaft, 158. the facts related by Herodotus
and Xenophon, and therefore no room for scepti-
cifm, 159. the prophets foretold its total defolation,
160. these prophecies fulfilled by degrees, 160. its

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