HAGAR, Sarah's handmaid, becomes Abraham's secondary
wife, i 285. n. in her pregnancy treats her mistress with inso
lence, and being rebuked runs away, is advised by an angel
to return, obeys and has a son, Ishmael, ib. import of that
name, ib. her dismission from Abraham's house with her son,
her distress, 291. comforted by an angel, 292. gives Ishmael
her son in marriage to an Egyptian, by whom he had 12
sons, who dwelt in the wilderness of Paran, as their parents
had done, 292. prophecy concerning Ishmael explained,
323. his descendants verify it, ib. et seq. in conflicts with
Alexander, Antigonus, the Romans, and the Parthians;
they take the name of Saracens, 325, 326. n.

HAGARENES are protected from the power of Trajan by
the favour of Providence, i. 325

HAM, his immodest behaviour towards his father Noah,
i. 198. who curses his race in the person of Canaan, ib. why
the curse upon Canaan, 209. n.

HAMAN, Ahasuerus's prime minister, his implacable ha-
tred of Mordecai the Jew, for what, ii. 537. procures a de-
cree to extirpate the whole nation, 538. copy of the decree,
ib. orders a gibbet fifty cubits high to be erected, intending
to hang Mordecai thereon, 540. but is hanged on it himself,
and his estate given to Esther, 543. ten of his sons are also
executed, ib. why the wise men whom he consulted might
predict his ruin from Mordecai, being a Jew, 565. how his
great wealth might be procured, ib. the deliverance of the
Jews wonderful, 566.

HAMATH OF HAMAH, province of Syria, king of, sends
presents to David, ii. 179.

HANDMILLS, generally used before the invention of other
mills, ii. 75. n.

HANNIBAL marches directly towards Italy, but meets dan-
ger and difficulty by the way, ii. 683. loses about 30,000 men
in the attempt, defeats the Romans at Pavia, Trebya, Thra-
symene, and Cannæ, but is conquered by Scipio, and sues
for peace, 684. flies from Carthage to king Antiochus, who
deserts him, ib. escapes to Prusias, king of Bithynia, and
at last poisons himself, fearing that he should be delivered to
the Romans, 685. n.

HARAN OF CHARRAN, where Terah dwelt, a city of Meso-
potamia, i. 246. and n.

Harmony of the three first Gospels, iii. 84-113.
HAROSHETH, its situation, ii. 58. n

Harvest, wheat in Judea, began in June, ii. 115. n. storm
in time of, ib.

HAVILAH, thought by some to be part of Arabia, i. 37.
Hawk, sacred among the Egyptians, to kill one even in-
voluntarily, punished with death, i. 484.

HAZAEL, murders his master Benhadad, how, and suc-
ceeds him, ii. 847. reduces the king of Israel to wretched-
ness, 352.

HAZOR, city of, ii. 57. n.

"Hearing and not understanding," meaning of, iii. 155. n.
HEBREWS, why they and their kings were so addicted to
idolatry, ii. 421.

HEBRON, its situation, ii. 172. n. and iii. 6. n.

HELIODORUS is sent by Seleucus, king of Syria, to seize
the treasures of the temple at Jerusalem, ii. 590. but terri-
fied by angels, ib. aspires to the crown, poisons his master,
but is disappointed, and by whom, ib.

HEROD ANTIPAS, history and character of, iii. 15. n. his
conscience troubled after murdering the Baptist, 133. n. his
own death, ib.

ii. 657. his insolence and usurpation of power, ib. summoned
to appear before the Sanhedrim, by whom, and whv, ib. puts
himself under the protection of Sextus Cæsar, prefect of Sy-
ria, and by presents obtains the government of Colo-Syria,
658. marches into Judea, designing to cut off the whole San-
hedrim, but is prevailed upon by his father and brother to
spare them, ib. revenges his father's death on Malichus, 659.
quells the tumult caused thereupon, ib. complaints against
him to M. Anthony by the chief men of Judea among others,
ib. their efforts to injure him rendered ineffectual by bribes
and interest, ib is made governor of Judea, but refused ad-
mittance into it, 660. driven thence, he is denied admittance
into Arabia Petræa, ib. goes to Rome, obtains a grant of the
kingdom of Judea, 661. opposed by Antigonus, ib. he has
little aid from Rome, besieges Jerusalem, takes Antigonus
and puts him to death by Anthony's order, 663. slays the
whole Sanhedrim except two, ib. makes Aristobulus, Mari-
amne's brother, though only seventeen years of age, high
priest, ib. afterwards causes him to be drowned, 664. with
detestable hypocrisy mourns for him, and buries him splen-
didly, ib. accused for this to Anthony, but justified by artful
management, 665. orders his wife to be put to death upon
the event of his own, executes his uncle Joseph upon suspi
cion of intercourse with Mariamne, ib. cuts off old Hircanus,
secures his wife and mother in the castle of Alexandria, and
goes to meet Octavianus, 666. is kindly received and con-
firmed in the government of Judea, ib. kills Sohemus from
jealousy, and Mariamne herself, at the instigation of his bro-
ther and sister, and soon after his mother also and his two
sons, 666-7. his great veneration for Augustus; alienates
from him the affection of the Jews, and causes conspiracies
against him, 668. designs to rebuild the temple, ib. he de-
stroys the children at Bethlehem, iii. 13. why Josephus
passes over this, ib. n. his miserable end, his will and project
for procuring a general mourning at his death, 14. n.

ERODIANS, who, why so called, and their tenets, iii. 259.
n. their attempts to ensnare our Saviour in his talk, ib. how
defeated by him, 260.

HERODIAS, her birth and account of, iii. 132. her cruel
temper, ib. her death and that of her daughter, 133. n.
Heroism, David's in sparing Saul, ii. 153.

HEZEKIAH succeeds his father Ahaz as king of Juda,
and reforms the nation, ii. 403. renews the passover, 404.
demolishes the idols, establishes the true worship, ib. his suc-
cess against the Philistines, 406. sickens but recovers, ib.
his alliance with M. Baladan, king of Babylon, ib. reproved
by Isaiah for showing the riches of the kingdom to the Ba-
bylonish ambassador, 407. his sorrow, prepares for a vigorous
defence against Sennacherib king of Assyria, who invaded
Judah, ib. his alliance with the king of Egypt, reproved for
it by Isaiah, promises to submit to Sennacherib, 408. receives
insolent messages from him by Rabshakeh, his alarm and
anxiety and humble applications to Isaiah in this distress, 409.
sees Sennacherib's proud army miraculously defeated, 410.
ends his days in peace, ib. his death and burial, ib. is suc-
ceeded by Manasseh, the worst of his race, ib. why Heze-
kiah might fear to die, 423. what his distemper, ib. n. his
sun-dial, 425. and the miracle upon it, ib. his wealth ac-
counted for, ib.

HIDDEKEL, one of the rivers that watered paradise, de-
scription of it, i. 38.

HIEL of Bethel, the seat of idolatry, presumptuously ad-
ventures to rebuild Jericho, ii. 298. punished by the succes
sive deaths of alt his children, ib. and why, 330.

HEROD the Great, son of Antipater, governor of Galilee,

HIERAPOLIS, the notions of its inhabitants concerning the
deluge, i. 189. n.

Hieroglyphic writing, the origen of brute worship, i.483,499.
High Places, what, ii. 112. n.

High Priest's office, i. 562. office of the other priests, ib.
n. from Josephus, ib. types of our Lord, ib. their pectoral
and robes, ib.

HILLEL, a great doctor of the law, ii. 663. n.
HINDOOS and Egyptians, their sciences, i. 4. n.
HINNOM, vale of, ii. 252. and 400. n. place of idolatrous
worship, 412. on that account represents hell, ib.

Hippodrome, what, ii. 587.

HIRAM congratulates David upon his accession to the
throne, ii. 175. his name what formerly, ib. n. sends men
and materials to build him a palace, ib. finished, 177. letter
to Solomon, 230. n. and presents, ib. refuses twenty cities
in payment of the help which he gave by workmen, &c.
263.

History of the Holy Bible from the creation to the flood,
i. 1. from the flood to the call of Abraham, 195. from Abra-
ham's call to the Israelite's departure out of Egypt, 279.
from the departure from Egypt to their entering into Ca-
naan, 501. from their entering into Canaan to the building
of the temple, ii. 1. from the building of the temple to the
captivity in Babylon, 259. from the Babylonish captivity to
the birth of Christ, 479. from the birth of Christ to the
completion of the canon of the New Testament, iii. 1.

HOLOFERNES, account of, ii. 448. n. his acting like a
Persian accounted for, ib. and 459. n. the rapidity of his
conquest, 448. his career stopt at Bethulia, 449

HOLY GHOST, the third person of the Blessed Trinity,
why he assumed the form of a dove when he descended up-
on our Lord at his baptism, iii. 21. n. his descent upon our
Lord accounted for, 51. unction of necessary to our Lord,
why, 52. sin against, what, 164. effusion of at Pentecost, 392. n.
Holy of Holies, in the tabernacle, ii. 256.
Holy Place described, ii. 256.

ώσει ήμεραι όκτω, explained, iii. 142. n.
Honey, wild, John Baptist's food, iii. 18. n.

HOR, the same with Mount Seir, in the land of Edorn,
i. 574. n. where Aaron died, being 123 years old, ib.
HORITES, account of, i. 626.

HOREB, a mountain in Arabia Petræa, account of, i. 441.
n. Mount of God, why so called, ib. the tremendous scene
there, 509. n.

Hosanna, what, how used, iii, 216. n.

HOSEA, prophet, his life and character, ii. 365. of his mar-
riage with an adulteress, 463

HOSEA, king of Israel, murders Pekah, and, after nine
years interregnum, ascends the throne, ii. 395. is vanquish

ib. acquaints David with all that passes, and saves him by
his advice, 193.

HYMENÆUS and Alexander excommunicated, by whom,
why, account of them and their heresy, Alexander's crime,
iii. 461. n,

Hymn, sung by our Saviour and his apostles, what, iii.
273. n.

Hypocrites, why our Lord called the Scribes and Phari-
sees, iii. 137. n.

HYRCANUS, the youngest son of Joseph, his remarksble
birth, ii. 588. his conduct in the Egyptian court, 589. his
perfidy to his father, ib. opposed by his brothers, and threat-
ened by Antiochus Epiphanes, kills himself, 590.

HYRCANUS, Son of Simon, succeeds his father, ii. 627.
why Josephus's report of his breaking up David's sepul-
chre to take money from it, false, 628. n. shakes off the Sy.
rian yoke, 630. builds the tower of Baris, takes several
cities, subdues Shechem, destroys the temple on Gerizzim,
conquers the Idumæans, and converts them, ib. his all-
ance with the Romans, and siege of Samaria, ib. his rage
against the Pharisees, 631. succeeded by his son Aristobu-
lus, ib.

HYRCANUS, elder son of Alexander Jannæus, named suc-
cessor to his father by Alexandra, queen dowager, but de-
posed by his brother Aristobulus, ii. 655-4. is assisted by
Aretas, defeats Aristobulus, and appeals to Pompey, and
pleads his cause before him, 655. is restored by him to his
government under some restrictions, 655. confirmed in it by
Julius Cæsar, 657. is delivered by the Parthians in chains to
Antigonus, king of Judea, who cuts off his ears and delivers
him again to the Parthians, who leave him at Seleucia, 660.
is released from his chains by Phraortes, king of Persia, and
allowed to reside at Babylon, 664. returns to Judea, ib. and
put to death there by Herod upon some pretence, ib.

I. J.

JABAL, one of Cain's descendant's, an artful herdsman,
and the first inventor of tents or moveable houses, is sup
posed to be the Pales of the Gentiles, i. 109.

JABESH GILEAD, situation, ii. 113. n. massacre at, 95.
JABIN, king of Canaan, his vast army, who he was, ii. 57.
and n. is conquered by Deborah and Barak, 59.

JACOB born, i. 342. his name and Esau's, what they sig-
nify, ib. beguiles Esau of his birthright, 342. gets the bless-
ing from his father Isaac, 346. is sent by his mother to his
uncle Laban in Mesopotamia, 347. censured for obtaining
his brother's birthright clandestinely, 348. and intercepting
the intended blessing, explanation and solution of difficul

of the ladder, 360. his devotions, and arrival at Haran, 361.
n. on his vow, ib. and of tithes, then mentioned for the se-
cond time, interview with Rachel, serves seven years for her,
is deceived by Laban, who gives him Leah instead of her
whom he loved, marries Rachel also, his children, n. remarks
on some passages, 362, 363. his contract with Laban, 364.
departs from Haran, after having been defrauded and ill-
treated by Laban, 365. the interview with his father-in-law,
their parting, 366. n. upon the monument which he set
up, ib. message to his brother Esau, n. his fears of the
approaching interview, 367. his name changed by the ange!
that wrestled with him, ib. Esau treats him kindly, account

of his wives, ib. his journeyings, 369. his daughter Di-
nah, by her misconduct causes him great anguish, ib. and
n. furious proceedings of his sons, 370. removes to Bethel,
where his nurse Deborah dies, 371. n. comes to Ephrah,
where Rachel dies, 372. comes to Mamre, ib. defended for
purloining Laban's property, 374. his vow, 376, 377. reforms
his household, ib. his polygamy, 379. wrestling with the an-
gel, ib. Origen's fancy concerning it, ib. Josephus upon this,
381. n. the idols stolen by Rachel, what, 383. the mandrakes,
ib. n. and 384. dotal maid's, 385. Jacob's ladder and pillar,
386-391. he is partially fond of Joseph, and why, 391.
Joseph's coat, ib. n. lamentation for his supposed death,
394. Joseph in Egypt, 394-396, 398, &c. Jacob sends
his sons to Egypt to buy corn, 401. again a second time,
with Benjamin, 404. n. on his present, ib. their reception,
ib. blesses Joseph's sons, 411. and all his own sons, ib. to
413. dies, is buried in Machpelah, 414. n. the embalming,
ib. mourning for, ib. the first who declared the future state of
every one of his sons when he left the world, 420.

JAEL, wife of Heber the Kenite, kills Sisera, Jabin's ge-
neral, ii. 60. vindicated, 80. and n. but see 81. n.

JAIR, is made a judge of Israel after Tola's death, ii. 67.
oppresses the people, ib. aggrandizes his own family, intro-
duces a multiplicity of idols, 68.

JAIRUS, ruler of the synagogue, his office what, iii. 129. n.
JAMES and John desire leave to command the fire of hea-
ven to destroy the Samaritans, iii. 184. and n. their request,
at their mother's instigation, what, 209. n.

JAMES the Great, why so called, his birth and parentage
and education under John the Baptist, iii. 409. n. farther
account of, ib. and his martyrdom under Agrippa, ib.

JAMES the Less, why so called, iii. 398. n. why called the
Just, ib. is made bishop of Jerusalem in preference to all
the rest, why, ib. diocesan, 502. writes an epistle to the con-
verts of the twelve tribes of Israel, 456. contents of it, ib.
when and why it obtained the name of Catholic, ib. n. why
not generally received at first, ib. suffers martyrdom at Je-
rusalem, 457. his character, ib. n.

JANUS, his temple shut up at Rome at the time our Sa-
viour was born, how often shut before, ii. 670. and n. of the
Christian era, ib.

JAPHET, eldest son of Noah, though usually mentioned
last, i. 243. where he and his posterity settled, ib. See Dis-
sertation,

42.

JASHER, a book of that name, opinions concerning it, ii.

JASON, reputed bishop of Tarsus, iii. 421. n.

JASON, and the Argonauts, fabulous story of, ii. 213.
Ibis, sacred among the Egyptians, death to kill one even
involuntarily, i. 484.

ICONIUM, its situation, iii. 413. n.

JEHOAHAZ succeeds his father Jehu in the kingdom of Is-
rael, ii. 352. is oppressed and sadly reduced by Hazael, king
of Syria, and his son Benhaded, dies, and is succeeded by his
son Joash, 353.

JEHOAHAZ, or SHALLUM, son of Josiah, succeeds his fa-
ther, though not the eldest son, in the kingdom of Judah, ii.
437. his conduct very different from that of his father, ib. is
thrown into chains, and sent to Egypt by Pharaoh Necho,
ib. dies miserable and disgraced, ib.

JEHOIACHIN, called also CONIAII and JECONIAH, succeeds
his father Jehoiachim in the kingdom of Judah, ii. 442. but in
a few months is sent a prisoner into Babylon by Nebuchad-
nezzar, 443. released and kindly treated by his son Evil-
merodach, ib. dies and succeeded, as a nominal prince, by
his son Salathiel, 489. n.

JEHOIADA, the high priest, keeps Joash, son of Ahaziah,
concealed six years in the temple, ii. 353. crowns him and
proclaims him king, 354. guides the young king wisely, dies,
and is buried in one of the royal sepulchres, 355. as high
priest had a right to defend Joash, and oppose the usurper
Athaliah, 373.

JEHOIAKIM, formerly called ELIAKIM, made king of Judah,
after his brother Jehoahaz, ii. 437. a bad prince, boldly re-
proved by Jeremiah and by Urijah, the prophets, 438.
the latter he pursues into Egypt, takes him prisoner, and
executes him at Jerusalem, 438. is invaded by Nebuchad-
nezzar, and with the vessels of the temple carried to Babylon,
is restored conditionally, 439. rebels, and is again invaded
by Nebuchadnezzar, 442. is slain, and his body cast out
without any funeral, ib,

JEHORAM, king of Israel, succeeds his brother Ahaziah,
and makes some reformation, ii. 315. joined by Jehoshaphat
against Meshec, king of Moab, why, ib. defeats and be-
sieges him in his royal city, 316. thinks of killing Benhadad's
men, but desists, by Elisha's persuasion, 344. vows revenge
against Elisha as the cause of the famine, 345. slain with an
arrow in Jehu's conspiracy, 349.

JEHORAM, king of Judah, succeeds his father Jehoshaphat,
ii. 310. his vices, ib. he murders all his brothers, and many
chief men of Israel, ib. Elijah's letter to him, many revolt
against him, 311. dies miserably, and unlamented, ib.

JEHOSHAPHAT, valley of, described, ii. 252. and iii. 280. n.
JEHOSHAPHAT succeeds his father Asa in the kingdom of
Judah, ii. 276. excels him in piety, 296. his reformation at
home and authority abroad, 297. beloved by his subjects,
and revered by his enemies, ib. but marries his son Jehoram
to Athaliah, daughter of Ahab, king of Israel, which dis-
pleases God, and causes great trouble to himself and family,
ib. this act palliated, how, ib. n. goes with Ahab to Ramoth-
Gilead, 308. his danger in that expedition, ib. returns in
peace to Jerusalem, but severely reproved by the prophet
Jehu for assisting Ahab, an enemy to God, ib. his pious ad-
monition to the judges, ib. his prayer excellent, 309. obtains
a complete victory over the Moabites and Ammonites with-
out striking a blow, 310. but suffers great loss by joining A-
haziah, king of Israel, in equipping a fleet at Ezion-Geber,
which was dashed in pieces in the mouth of the harbour, ib.

598. n.

IDUMEANS, conquered and converted by the Maccabees,
iii. 117. n.

JEBUSITES Occupy Jerusalem until the reign of David, ii.

175.

Moab, why, 315. dies, and is buried in the city of David,
succeeded by his son Jehoram, 310. why he appointed itine-
rant preachers, and who they were, 332. why his subjects
and armies so numerous, 333.

JEHU, the grandson of Nimshi, anointed king of Israel,

ii. 348. conspires against his matser, cuts off the house of
Ahab, and puts an end to the worship of Baal in his king-
dom, 349-352.

JEPHTHAH, though the son of Gilead's concubine, chosen
as a deliverer of Israel, ii. 69. the Gileadites make him their
general, his rash vow, quarrels with the Ephraimites, their
bad conduct, his success in fighting, appoints a test to distin-
guish his foes, ib. having triumphed over enemies foreign and
domestic he retires, and peaceably ends his days, 70. See
Dissert on his vow, 97.

JEREMIAH, denounces God's judgments against Jehoiakim
and his family, ii. 438. prophesies the captivity of Judah for
their sins, 489. employs Baruch, his amanuensis, to copy his
prophecies, and afterwards to read them to the people, 440.
his inspiration appears by his remembering them, 441. is for-
ced to abscond, why, ib. advises Zedekiah to obey the king
of Babylon, 444. his letter to the captive Jews, for which he
is grossly abused, ib. agrees with Ezekiel, then at Babylon,
in his predictions, 445. imprisoned for prophesying the ruin
of Jerusalem, 451. cruelly treated by the princes, ib. after
the city and temple are plundered, he is saved by Nebuchad
nezzar's order, and treated kindly, 454. his poem called
Lamentation, 453. n. his carrying his cup, sending yokes and
bonds, and carrying his girdle to Euphrates, all explained,
462. 467. our Saviour taken for, iii. 140. n.

JERICHO, its situation, ii. 2. and n. its ancient and present
state, ib. account of its siege, 6. might be taken on the Sab-
bath, 24. what is meant by the rams horns employed at the
siege of it, 25. n. destruction of it miraculous, 26. n. curse
against the man who should rebuild it, how fulfilled, 6. n.

JEROBOAM, Son of Nebat, an enterprising man, is made
overseer of Solomon's buildings, and ruler in the house of
Joseph, ii. 266. and n. is informed by Ahijah of his future
promotion over ten tribes, 267. prevails on them to revolt,
and join him, ib. sets up two golden calves at Dan and Be-
thel, 269. reproved by a prophet from Judah, 270. meaning
of the prophecy, ib. n. orders, in his rage, the prophet to be
seized, ib the hand which he stretched out withers, ib. but
is restored by the prophet, ib. sends his queen in disguise,
upon his son Abijah's illness, to consult Ahijah, 271. why he
sent her, not another, ib. is defeated by Abijah king of Ju-
dah, 273. how he set up idols, 281. why he chose the figure
of a calf, ib. why set up in Bethel, 282.

JEROBOAM, the Second, is successful in many exploits, ii.
360. dies honoured and renowned, but leaves the govern-
ment in such confusion, that there was an interregnum for
many years, 361.

men, ib. attempt of Herod to murder him, 13. carried into
Egypt and preserved, ib. goes at 12 years of age to the
passover with his parents, 15. remains behind, why, n. ib.
16. their concern, ib. is found in the temple disputing and
teaching, ib. blamed by his mother, and his excuse, why, n.
ib. returns to Nazareth and is subject to his parents, ib. lives
obscurely as a carpenter, though in favour with God and
man, 17. the silence of the evangelists as to his life from
14 to 30 years, accounted for, 16. n. removes from Naza-
reth, goes to Bethabara in Judea, and is there baptized by St
John, 19. circumstances of the baptism, 20. n. carried into
the wilderness, he fasts 40 days and 40 nights successively,
being tempted by the devil, and how, 21. his conquest, and
the ministration of angels to him, 22 chuses several persons
to be his disciples, and who, 23. why called the Son of Man,
24. n. his first miracle at a marriage feast at Cana, ib. goes
from Cana to Capernaum, thence to Jerusalem to the pass-
over, 25. reforms the abuse and profanation of the temple,
and how, ib. and n. the manner of it justified, n. ib. his dis-
pute with the Jews thereupon, 26. works many miracles, ib.
discourses with Nicodemus on regeneration, ib. and 27. goes
through the province of Judea, converting many wherever
he comes, 27. makes his disciples baptize them, and why, ib.
the place where himself first baptized uncertain, why sup-
posed to be at Jericho, 27. n. he removes into Galilee, and
why, 29. why he delegated the office of baptizing to his apo-
stles, 28. n. discourses with a woman of Samaria at Jacob's
well, 29. invited to Samaria, and treated kindly, 30. cures a
nobleman's son, and converts him and his family, 31, begins
to preach in Galilee, why, the good effects, ib. from thence
he comes to Nazareth, but the inhabitants in a rage hurry
him to the brow of the hill, intending to kill him, ib. he with-
draws from their fury miraculously, 32. their rage against
him, how to be accounted for, ib. removes to, and abides in
Capernaum, ib. the wonderful draught of fishes caught by
his order, ib. calls Peter, Andrew, James, and John, who in-
stantly obey, and become his followers, 33. his preaching,
how more excellent than that of the Jewish doctors, ib. n.
cures a person possessed by the devil, to the amazement of
all the spectators, 34. whether the devil knew him to be the
Son of God disputed, ib. n. cures Peter's wife's mother, 34.
removes from Capernaum into other parts of Galilee, 35.
cures a leper with a touch, ib. without contracting any pol-
lution, ib. n. cures a paralytic person, let down through the
roof of the house, 36. how that could be done, ib. n. gives
him absolution from his sins, 37. censured for it by the
Scribes and Pharisees, ib. he reproves and convinces them,
ib. calls Matthew the publican from the receipt of custom, ib.
censured, by whom, for keeping company with publicans,
38. his apology and arguments, ib. and n. vindicates his
disciples for not observing any fasts, ib. and 39. cures a pa-

JESUS, his name very significant, and given, like some few
others in Scripture, by a particular appointment of heaven,
iii. 5. n. is born in an inn, laid in a manger, 9. announced
by angels to the shepherds of Bethlehem, ib. the angels
hymn, ib. adoration of the shepherds, the circumcision on
the 8th day, and why, carried soon after to Jerusalem by his
mother and Joseph, 10. presented in the temple, manner and
form of his redemption, 11. n. why a pair of turtles offered,
ib. manifested to old Simeon, ib. who in an estacy proclaims
him the Messiah, and to Anna, ib. and 12. and to the wise

up his bed and walk home, 113. why he cured but one, 114.
is brought before the Sanhedrim as a Sabbath breaker, with
an intent to have been put to death, 115. his defence before
the council, ib. causes him to be thought a blasphemer as
well as breaker of the Sabbath, ib. vindicates his disciples for
pulling and eating ears of corn on the Sabbath day, and him-
self for curing the man with the withered hand on the same
day, 116. forced by the malice of the Pharisees and Hero-
dians to withdraw to the sea side, 117. great multitudes fol-
low him thither, and he heals all that were brought to him,
ib. makes an election of 12 persons to be his apostles, who
they were, 118. summary of his sermon on the Mount, 119,