prisoner by the king of Babylon, ib. repents, is restored and reforms, dies, 412. and is succeeded by his son Amon, ib. Mandrakes, what, i. 383. and n.
Manna, what, why so called, i. 506. directions concerning it by God, ib. a miraculous food, ib. ceases, ii. 3. n. MANOAH, Samson's father, his vision of an angel, ii. 70. n. Mantle, proper habit of prophets, ii. 304. n. MARAH, water so called, i. 505. n.
Marching of the Israelites, method of, i. 539.
MARIAMNE, her high birth and character, ii. 659. mar- ried to Herod, prevails with him to depose Ananel the high priest, and to substitute her brother Aristobulus in his stead, 663. her aversion to Herod, 666. accused by him, at a coun- cil of his friends, of conspiring against his life, and con- demned by them, ib. ordered to be put to death, by whose instigation, ib.
MARK, Evangelist, his birth and parentage, iii. 73. his writings and travels, 74, 75. for whom his Gospel was prin cipally intended, 75. n. not written in Latin but Greek, 76. n. not an abridgment of St Matthew, ib. his truth and impartiality, 77. See Appendix, &c. 88.
MARK, called JOHN, account of, iii. 411. n. Mark set upon Cain, what, i. 113. n. Marriage, instituted in paradise, i. 30.
Marriage feasts, rites of, ii. 71. marriage of Cana, iii.
Marriages of Seth's descendants with the Cainites, a fruitful source of the immoralities which brought the deluge upon the world, i. 132. of Jews with Gentiles unlawful, ii. 557. St Paul's opinion concerning, 558.
MARY, the mother of our Blessed Lord, her lineal descent, iii. 4. and n. her espousal with Joseph, of the same pedi- gree, though only a carpenter, ib, what her espousal was, and how the ceremony was performed, ib. and n. congratu- lated by an angel, why, 5. and n. her expostulation with him, ib. had not, though a virgin, vowed perpetual virginity, as some imagine, 6. n. her rapturous thanksgiving, ib. its character, n. conceals from her espoused husband her being pregnant, 7. which however he is informed of, and his resolu- tion thereupon, ib. and n. was known perhaps by him after her delivery, though not before, 8. and n. is delivered of a son without the aid of a midwife, without pains, 9. and n. is recommended by our Saviour on the cross to the care of St John, 289. with whom she lives some time in Pales- tine, ib. n. removes with him to Ephesus, and dies there in a good old age, ib.
MARY MAGDALEN, whether she or another Mary washed our Lord's feet with tears, and anointed them, when he was supping with Simon the Pharisee, iii. 122. n.
MARY, sister of Lazarus, pours rich odours upon our Sa- viour's head as he was supping with one Simon, iii. 213. n. MASORITES, who they were, ii. 568. probably inventors and teachers of the vowel-points, 570.
Massacre of the infants at Bethlehem by Herod, iii. 14. and n. Providence not blameable for that savage act, 67. mention of it by a Rabbi. ib. n.
MASSAH, reason of the name, i. 507. n. MASSALIANS, heretics, ii. 35. n.
MATTATHIAS, a priest of the Asmonæan family, opposes the tyrannical proceedings of Antiochus Epiphanes, ii. 594. his warm answer to Apelles, who was commissioned from the king to treat with the Jews, his uncommon zeal and cou- rage in slaying an apostate Jew, the commissioner himself, and all his retinue, he also overturns all the altars, and pulls
down the idols which had been erected, ib. his decree, that the Jews, if attacked on the Sabbath, might defend them- selves, 595. extirpates idolatry from Judah, re-establishing the true worship, ib. his speech to his sons, 596. dies in a good old age, and buried at Modin, in the sepulchre of his father, ib. n.
MATTHEW, Son of Alpheus, called also LEVI, who, and his employment, iii. 33. n. becomes an apostle and evange- list, ib. censured for quitting a lucrative employment to fol- low Christ, by whom, 38. n. vindicated by St Jerom, ib. account of his life and writings, 70. and n. 71, 72, &c.
MATTHIAS, is chosen after our Lord's ascension, by the apostles assembled at Jerusalem, in the room of Judas, iii. 392. the solemnity of the election, ib. Joseph (there men- tioned) was one of our Lord's first disciples, reckoned one of the 70. and our Lord's relation, ib. n. is reported to have drank poison without being hurt, ib. continues an apo- stle, persecuted by the Jews, and suffering among them as a martyr, ib. Matthias made many converts in Ethiopia or Cappadocia, 470. and was, according to some, martyred there, ib.
MATTRA, its situation, iii. 68. n.
Meats, why some kinds forbidden, i. 552. MEGIDDO, its situation, ii. 415. n.
MELCHISEDECK, king and priest of Salem, blesses Abra- ham, i. 284. difficulties attending his character and person, 319. epistle to the Hebrews referred to, 320, 321. and n. and 322.
MEMPHIS, built, i. 267. ii. 586. n.
MENAHEM slays Shallum king of Israel, and mounts his throne, ii. 393. his cruelty to his opponents, 394. prevails on Pull, king of Assyria, to withdraw his forces, and to acknow. ledge his title to the crown, how, dies, and after a short in- terregnum is succeeded by his son Pekahiah, ib.
MENELAUS supplants his brother Jason, ii. 590. purchases the high priesthood of Antiochus Epiphanes, ib. accompa nies Antiochus in his expedition against Judea, 617. pro- vokes his own people, charged with fomenting the Jewish war, ib. cast into a tower full of ashes at Berhæa, ib. n,
MENES, a descendant of Ham, settles in Egypt, builds Thebes, &c. i, 267.
MEPHIBOSHETH, the son of Jonathan, gets back his grandfather Saul's estate, ii. 179. is kindly treated by Da- vid, and how he became lame, ib. his servant Žiba's treachery, 190-1. his mourning for David's distress, 217. n.
MEROM, where situated, ii. 11. n. waters of, ib.
MESHA, king of Moab, is defeated by the united forces of Jehoram and Jehoshaphat, his desperation in sacrificing his own son upon the walls of Kirhareseth, ii. 316.
MESSIAH, import of the name, iii. 3. n. sometimes given to kings and high priests among the Jews, peculiar to our Blessed Saviour, ib. n. was to be born of a virgin, 49. and of a virgin married, rather than of a single woman, ib. in what sense he is and will be king, 5. n. that he was to work mira- cles, ib. why not exempted from death, ib. and 50. and 319. METHEGAMMAH, what, why so called, ii. 178. n.
MICAH, of Mount Ephraim, his idolatry, the Danite spies come to his house, ii. 53. his ephod and Levite, the spies return and make their report, the Danites seize the Levite, Micah pursues them, 54. why he sets up the teraphim, 92.
Mice, golden, and five golden emerods, presents which the Philistines sent along with the ark, to appease, as they hoped, the Deity, ü. 109.
MICAIAH foretels that the enterprise against Ramoth-Gi- lead would be fatal to all Israel, his speech ironical, ii. 307. n.
MICHAEL, his contest with the devil, iii. 153. and 496. MICHAL, Saul's second daughter, marries David, ii. 122. contrives his escape from the phrenzy of her father, ib. taunts David for dancing before the ark, 177. n.
MICHMASH, its situation, ii. 115. n.
MIDIAN, fourth son of Abraham by Keturah, reputed pro- genitor of the Midianites, limits of their country, inhabitants of, habits, &c. i. 627.
MOABITES, Conquered by David, how "measured with a line," ii. 178. n, farther account of, 360. n.
MOLOCH, idol of the Egyptians, the same with Baal, the sun or lord of heaven, i. 550. n. and ii. 287. n.
Money, Roman, account of, and of the tribute, iii. 260. n. Money-changers, necessary among the Jews, their em ployment reasonable, iii. 25. n. their tables overturned by our Saviour, why, ib. and 255. n.
Months, Jewish, account of, when they began, i. Pref. xxxiii. and ii. 124. n. notice of, ib.
Monuments erected, why, ii. 4. n.
MIDIANITES, by Balaam's instigation, allure the Israelites Moon, why called a great light, i. 18. 21, &c. to join in their impure practices, i. 579. their total defeat MORDECAI, the Jew, discovers fortunately a conspiracy and slaughter, without the loss of a man on the part of the against the life of Ahasuerus, ii. 537. his neglect of Haman Israelites, none but their virgins saved alive, a victory similar the prime minister, ib. is vilified, and threatened severely for to this recorded in 1st Maccabees, 582. account of their king-it, ib. deeply concerned for the intended massacre of his dom, religion, and government, ii. 61. their oppression of the Israelites, ib. conquered by Gideon, and how, ib.
Midwives, Egyptian, their humanity, God's favour to them, i. 437. and n.
MILCOM, an idol of the Ammonites, ii. 287. n.
MILETA, OF MELITA, now Malta, short account of, iii. 449. n. and of the natives, 450. n. doubtful whether it be the is- land on which St Paul was wrecked, ib.
MILETUS, how situated, iii. 434. n. MILLO, its situation, ii. 250. and 266. n.
MILLO, house of, what, buildings, ii. 250. See Jerusa lem.
Milch kine, policy of the Philistines in making them draw the cart which contained the ark, ii. 109.
Minah of silver, its value in our money, i. Pref. xxxvi. and ii. 498. n.
Ministers of Christ, why required now to be men of learn. ing, iii. 158. divers orders established in the church after the apostles, 482. 500-507.
Miracles, what, i. 13. Introduction; the only proofs of an original revelation, ib. the reality of those of Moses and Christ proved by demonstrative evidence, iii. 232.-255.
MIRIAM, daughter of Jochebed, sister of Moses, born, i. 438. and n. See Aaron. Becomes leprous, why, 541. dies, 574. buried pompously, ib. n.
MITHRIDATES, his wars with the Romans, their cause, ii 685. his monstrous cruelty to two of their generals, his pri- soners, ib. n. and to the Romans and Italians in general, up- on any defeat of them, ib. n. is defeated himself by Lucius Lucullus, forced to fly into Armenia, to implore protection of his son-in-law Tigranes, ii. 686. fearing lest he should fall into the hands of Pompey, he gives poison first to all his fa- mily, and then poisons himself, 687. which not operating, on account of the antidotes he had been used to take, he falls on his sword, after a reign of 60 years, ib. his character,
Mitre, Jewish, described, i. 561. the other vestments of the high priest, the breast-plate, the ephod, robe, close coat, and girdle, described, ib. and 562. and n.
MITYLENE, its situation, iii. 434. n.
MIZPEH, its situation, ii. 110. n. and 479. n.
MIZRAIM, or MENES, king of Egypt, had three sons, who, after his death, were kings of different parts, i. 269. builds Thebes and Memphis, ib. progenitor of the Philistines, ii.
MOAB, the son of Lot, progenitor of the Moabites, coun- try of, where, religion, government, i. 626, 627.
countrymen, he obtains from queen Esther a promise to in- tercede for them, 589. highly honoured, when the king re- collected his having discovered the conspiracy against him- self, 542. why he would not honour Haman, 563. why not rewarded by the king at first, 564.
MOREH, oak of, its situation, i. 280. n.
MORIAH, mountain, where Isaac was offered up, and So- lomon built the temple, and our Redeemer suffered, i. 293. n. and iii. 287. n.
MOSAIC cosmogony, objections against, answered, i. 14-
MOSES, his birth, i. 438. preserved by Thermuthis, daugh- ter of Pharaoh, ib. and n. his sister Miriam's ingenious pre- sence of mind, his weaning, import of his name, education, slays an Egyptian, the fact discovered, 439. and n. flees to Midian, particulars of his life from Josephus, n. defends Je- thro's daughter from rude insults, 440. marries Zipporah, has by her two sons, Gershom and Eliezer, chosen as the instrument of Israel's deliverance, 441. and n. the burning bush, ib. his diffidence and dread, 442. and n. still re- luctant and fearful, miracle to convince and encourage him, 443. fable of his leprosy, ib. n. at last obeys the Almigh- ty, 444. proceeds to visit his brethren, incident on the road about his child, ib. and n. his wife, more mindful of the Di- vine command than he, saves him, 445. meets his brother Aaron, they go to court, reception by the king, ib. and n. ex- postulation, 446. and n. upon the name of God, ib. directions to both the messengers, 447. and n. who exhibit miraculous proofs of their commission before Pharoah, 448. n. upon the Nile, ib. plagues, frogs, water turned into blood, &c. 449, 450, 451. and n. passover instituted, 452. and 453. n. records his own faults, 456. justified from the aspersions of infidels, see Objection and Answer, 453. et seq. called to go up to Sinai, the Mount of God, 509. delivers his message to the people, description of the Mount, ib. dreadful preparations for the promulgation of God's laws, ib. he receives the ten commandments, and several other laws, imparts them to his people, their covenant and promise to obey them, takes Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy elders, to witness the Divine presence, and Joshua higher up, the mountain itself, conti- nues there forty days, names Bezaleel and Aholiab to build the tabernacle, receives two tables of stone, which he breaks in pieces, and why, 511, 512 melts the image, 513. inter- cedes for Israel, ib. tables renewed, ib. excellency of his laws, 520. See Answer to Objection, makes a chest to con- tain the law, 523. appoints Aaron and Hur to rule while he was conversing with God, 525. consecrates Aaron to the
high priest's office, who eight days afterwards made the first sacrifice for himself and people, 538. Moses chuses seventy elders to assist him as a supreme court, 540. his fasting, 547. justifies himself in the quarrel between himself and his bro- ther and sister, 556. lays up Aaron's rod as a witness, 558. n. lays his hands on Joshua as his successor, 584. divides the land among the tribes, calls them together, gives them an eloquent and admirable recapitulation of his laws, ib. causes a record of all things necessary to be made, takes a solemn farewel of them, sees Canaan from the top of Pisgah, and commits his soul to God, who, to prevent superstitious a- buse, disposes of his body according to his adorable will, 585. and n. not to be impeached of unfaithfulness in his records, 261. commendation of him by the author Ecclesiasticus, 586. from his history and example, heathen lawgivers formed their plans of government, as Minos, Lycurgus, Seleucus, Numa, 528. composes the 90th Psalm, 573. n. his prophecy of a fu- ture prophet, explained, 597.
"Mother and brethren," our Lord's, ecclesiastical tradi- tion of, iii. 125. n.
Mountain, that on which the devil tempted our Saviour described, iii. 22. n.
Mountains, several of them before the deluge, i. 192. their natural uses, beauty, and pleasantness, ib.
Mourning, how practised in times of the patriarchs, i. 295. n. and in time of the judges, ii. 107. n. general tokens of, 217. n. and iii. 212. n.
Mules, princes used them, ii. 223, n.
Mulberry trees, the meaning of the sound in them, ii. 205. Murder of one's self, an instance of madness and brutali- ty, the effect of cowardice, ii. 156. n prohibited in the sixth commandment, though not specified, ib. reason of so few prohibitions against, ib. when, and when not, a damnable sin, ib. aggravations of the first, i. 108. n.
Murmurings of the Israelites, on being deprived of the leeks, onions, and cucumbers of Egypt, i. 551.
Museum of Alexandria, its building and institution, ii. 583. n.
Music, used in the schools of the prophets, ii. 146. its powerful effects on the mind and body, 147. in healing dis- eases, Jewish music, Elisha made application to a minstrel, Moses's song, ib. 148. music used by the heathens in pro- cessions, also dancing, 176. n. also on birth-days with dan- cing, iii. 132. n.
Musicians, &c. at funerals, iii. 130. n. MYSIA, its situation, iii. 418. n.
Mysteries in religion, objections to those in the Christian doctrine answered, iii. 349. distinction between things con- trary to reason and things above reason, ib. why we ought to assent to the former, and why we may expect such in a Di- vine Revelation, 350. no contradiction or absurdity in any of them, ib.
Mystery of our Lord's equality with the Father, iii. 310 -311. and n.
NAAMAH, inventress of spinning and weaving, and who she was, i. 109.
NAAMAN, the Syrian general, is cured by the propet Eli- sha of his leprosy, by dipping himself seven times in Jordan, ii. 317. converted thereupon to the worship of the true God, ib. deprecates any offence that might be from his bowing
with the king in the temple of Rimmon, 318. presses a gra- tuity upon the prophet for his service, who steadily refuses to accept it, ib. the meaning of what he says of bowing in the house of Pimmon, 321, 322.
NABAL, his boorish manners and death, ii. 129. 155.
NABOTH refuses to sell his vineyard, and why, ii. 306. by the contrivance of Jezebel, he is tried, condemned and exe- cuted, ib. and 307. his blood avenged by the death of Ahab, and all his posterity, ib.
NADAB and Abihu struck dead, i. 538. their punishment just, 554.
NADAB succeeds his father Jeroboam in the kingdom of Israel, ii. 277. follows his bad example, ib. is treacherous- ly killed by Baasha, his captain general, who usurped his crown, ib.
NAHASH, account of his besieging Jabesh Gilead, the ca- pitulation, &c. ii. 112. n.
NAHUм the prophet, a short account of him, ii. 438. n. NAIM, or NAIN, its situation, iii. 120. n. and 148. NAIOTH, School of prophets, ii. 122. n. and 123. n. Nakedness of our first parents, the term explained, i. 51. n. that of Saul when he prophesied, ii. 123. n.
Names, proper, how given by parents, i. 122. n. iii. 7. n. the propriety and meaning of that assumed by God-I AM, 459. and n. our Lord's name, iii. 5. and 63.
NAPHTUHIM, Son of Misraim, king of middle Egypt, his extraordinary qualifications and good actions, i. 269. n.
NATHAN, prophet, his first appearance, ii. 177. character of, ib. his parable to David, 183. and n. anoints Solomon, 223. and n.
NATHAN and Gad, history of David, written by them and Samuel, ii. 129. n.
Nations and families, their origin and affinity to each other, how to be judged of, i. 243. n. though difficult to as- certain their first founders, yet we have certain knowledge how some were peopled, 244.
NATANAEL, account of him, iii. 23.
Nativity of our Blessed Saviour, when it happened, and why at that particular time, iii. 9. n. 10.
Navigation, vastly improved by Ninus and Semiramis, i.
NAZARETH, its situation and description, iii. 4. n. NAZARENE, our Lord called so, iii. 64.
NAZARENES, how our Lord escaped from their fury, iii. 32. n. sect of, 72. n.
NAZARENES reproach our Lord, iii. 131. n.
NAZARITE, what the vow of, ii. 70. n. long hair prized by, ib. and iii. 438. n.
NEBUCHADNEZZAR, his golden image, the weight and value of it, what, i. 238. n. defeats Necho's army on the banks of the Euphrates, and recovers the provinces of Syria and Palestine, besieges Jerusalem, takes it and Jehoiakim, gives him liberty on certain conditions, ii. 439. but upon his rebellion, sends his lieutenants &c. against him, who in a sal- ly slay him before the walls of Jerusalem, 442. he takes Jehoiachin his son, imprisons him at Babylon, where he con- tinues till the death of his conqueror, 443. Zedekiah having sworn fealty to him, is put in possession of the kingdom; but Nebuchadnezzar, finding that he had entered into a confederacy with Pharaoh Hophra, king of Egypt, marches an army to- wards Judea, overruns that country, 450. besieges Jerusa- lem, reduces it to the last extremity, by cutting off all sup- plies of provision, and at last takes it by storm, 451, 452. Zedekiah, trying to escape by night, is taken, and treated
with the utmost cruelty, ib. Nebuchadnezzar causes his sons and the princes of Judah, whom he had also ta- ken prisoners, to be slain before his face, ib. orders Ze- dekiah's eyes to be put out, and himself to be cast into prison, 452-3. the city and temple plundered and burnt by Nebusaradan, captain of the guards, and the nobles and chief men killed, 453. makes Gedaliah governor, whom he leaves behind him, 454 shows a peculiar regard for Jeremiah the prophet, ib. disturbed by a dream, which is interpreted by Daniel the prophet, 483-5. his gratitude to Daniel and his friends on that account, ib. erects a golden statue, and what, 486 n. orders all his subjects to attend the de- dication of it and adore it, ib. and Daniel's three friends, for the neglect thereof, to be cast into a fiery furnace, ib. upon their miraculous escape, he glorifies God himself, pu- blishing an edict favourable to the Jewish religion, and con fers honours upon them. 487. reduces the kingdom of Egypt, sets Amasis over it as viceroy, ib. destroys all the Jews who had retreated thither, ib. returning to Babylon, he has ano ther dream which Daniel interprets, 488. God punishes him for his pride, and reduces him to the condition of a brute, 489. but after seven years is restored to his reason again, and to his throne, dies soon after his restoration, and is suc ceeded by his son Evilmerodach, ib. his character, 489. n. the occasion of his pride, makes Babylon one of the won ders of the world, description of it, the nature of his crime, and the fitness of his punishment, what that punishment was, his contrition and repentance, 521-528.
NABUCHODONOZOR, a name common to all great kings be- yond Euphrates, ii. 457.
Necromancy, its origin and progress, ii. 162. laws against it, its rites, ib. called the spirit of Python, 163. n.
"Needle's eye, a camel going through," the proverb ex plained, iii. 208. n.
NEHEMIAH Succeeds Zerubbabel in the government of Judah and Jerusalem, ii. 546. who he was, his character, ib. n. is cup- bearer to king Ahasuerus, 547, who sends him with a full com mission to rebuild and fortify Jerusalem, ib. carries on the work successfully, in spite of the efforts of Sanballat to defeat him, 548. his completion of the walls, and dedication of them, 549. his wise orders for the preservation of the city, 550. suppresses usury, ib. his generous way of life, 551. returns to Shushan, but first makes all the principal people sign a cove- nant, and what, ib prevents Tobiah the Ammonite from ha- ving an apartment in the temple, why, 552. orders the re- payment of tythes, and a more strict observance of the Sab bath, 553. annuls the unlawful marriages among the Jews, 554. how long he lived afterwards in Jerusalem, and conti- nued to govern Judea, is uncertain, 555. how he might build the walls of Jerusalem in 52 days, 559. how long he conti nued at the Persian court after his return from Jerusalem is uncertain, ib. is the author of the account of his own govern. ment in Judea, commends himself, yet no blame attaches to him, 560. expects a reward from God, not without good grounds, ib. after his death, the administration comes into the hands of the high priests, and the effects of it. 578.
Neighbours, the Jewish notion of one, what, iii. 189. n what is implied in the term according to the Christian mean- Ing of it, ib. and n.
Neighbours, who, and what our love to them should be, iii. 206. and 262.
NERGAL an Assyrian idol, described, ii. 396. n.
NERIGLISSAR succeeds Evil-Meradoch in the kingdom
of Babylon, and is slain in battle by Cyrus the Persian, in
NERO, the emperor, is a professed patron of magicians and sorcerers, iii. 460. puts Peter and Paul in prison, ib. raises the first general persecution, ib n. at first he go. verns well, his monstrous wickedness afterwards, cruelties, murders, and burning of Rome, 514, 515. his horrid designs, ib. pronounced by the senate an enemy to the state, con- demned to die, more majorum, ib. his abject complaints and death, 516. n.
NERVA, his reign, iii, 528. his many good acts, liberality, clemency, adoption of Trajan, and death, 529
Nibhaz and Tartak, Assyrian idols, what, ii. 397 n.
NICANOR, is sent by Demetrius general against the Jews, for what purpose, ii. 619. makes peace with Judas Macca. beus, but breaking its articles, is defeated by him, and slain, ib.
NICODEMUS, his discourse with our Lord, of regeneration, &c. iii. 26. and n. interposes with the Sanhedrim in his fa vour, 186. and contributes towards the expence of his fu- neral, 293. and n.
NICOLAITANS, heresy of, iii. 467. n.
NICOPOLIS, its situation, iii. 298. n. and 462. n.
NILE, a famous river of Egypt, described, i. 448. n. abounded formerly with fish, why not now, 449, frogs its na- tural product, but their abundance in the Egyptian cities and houses miraculous, ib.
NINUS, account of his improvements, i. 271. n. NINYAS, account of him, i. 268.
NIOBE, fable of, ii. 130. n.
NISROCH, an Assyrian Idol, ii. 410. conjectures concern- ing it, n. ib.
NOAH. his birth, i. 124 the import of his name, ib. op- poses, but in vain, the wickedness of the place he lives in, settles, when and where, 125. and n. builds the ark, his pray- er, 161. n. his sacrifice when he came out of the ark, 195. and n. receives a gracious promise to himself and all man- kind, 196. grants to him and his sons, 197. and n. betakes himself to husbandry, 198. becomes intoxicated, and the effects, ib. how long he lived, and where supposed to have died, and to have been buried, ib. why his sacrifice was ac- cepted, 201. God's covenant with him, what, ib. liberty of eating flesh, 204. n. concerning the antediluvians diet, ib. why his drunkenness is recorded by Moses, 208. how to be understood, ib. why he cursed Canaan, and not Ham, 209. n. the curse how verified, ib. also his blessings upon his other sons, 210 not the effects of intoxication, but the words of truth and soberness, 211.
NOB, its situation, ii. 124. n. NoD, its situation, i. 109. and 114.
Numbering Israel, David's remarks on the sin of, 241. the different accounts of the men able to bear arms not to be reconciled, 243.
OATHS, veneration for them among the heathens, ii. 80. that of the Israelites in the case of the Benjamites illegal, and why, y5. that relating to the Gibeonites, 101. Saul's, ib.
OREE and Zeeb both slain by the Israelites, their names,
form of oaths among the ancients, i. 295. n. why taken by them fasting, 344. n. David's oath to Saul conditional, ii.what, ii. 64. n.
OBADIAH, who he was, various conjectures, ii. 299. n. his praises, 300.
OBADIAH the prophet, when he lived, and the character of his prophecy, ii. 366.
OBEDEDOM, the ark brought to his house, ii. 139.
Objections, to which answers are annexed in their proper order, (vol. i.) against the Mosaic account of the creation, 14. of paradise. 34. of man's fall, 54. of Cain, &c. 111. of the antediluvians, 127. of the deluge and the ark, 161. of Noah, &c. 199. of the situation of Mount Ararat, 191, 222. of the peopling of the world, and the origin of nations, 247. of A braham, Lot, and Melchizedeck, 298. of Isaac, &c. 347. of Laban, Jacob, &c. 373. of Joseph, &c. 416. of Moses, con- cerning himself, &c. 453. the wanderings of the Israelites in the wilderness, of the laws which they received, and of the manner in which those laws were given, 514. some other particulars, 546. of Moses taking a view of the land of Ca naan, 586. of Balaam, ib. and 606. Vol. ii. Against the ac- count of the Israelites, their battles, &c. 16. of the judges, 76. of Samuel, Saul, &c. 135. of David, 194. of David and Solomon, 232. of other kings of Israel, 279. of Elijah, &c. 319. of Isaiah, Elisha, &c. 367. of Josiah, &c. 416. of Je- remiah, Ezekiel, &c. 454. of Daniel, &c. 499 of Ezra, Ne- hemiah, &c. 555. of the Maccabees, 600. of Judas Mac- cabæus, &c. 632. of Josephus, Septuagint, &c. 671. Vol. iii. B. 8. Against the application of prophecies to our Saviour, &c. 40 against our Lord's miracles, &c. 144. to the ac count of his triumphant entry into Jerusalem, &c. 217. to our Lord's divinity, sufferings, &c. 305. to the account of the apostles, their travels, &c. 474.
Obliquity of the earth's axis before the deluge, i. 154, n. OCTAVIANUS, who he was, and why so called, ii. 659. n. his breach of friendship with Anthony, which ends in An- thony's ruin, 665. its cause, ib. n. pleased with Herod's intre- pidity, he admits his apology, 666. his character, 693. n. de- feats Anthony in a sea fight at Actium, 694. gives a splen did funeral to Cleopatra, returns in triumph to Rome, 695. made sole emperor, 696. has the name of Augustus, why, ib. is made Pontifex Maximus, ib. enquires into the Si- bylline books, ib. and n. See AUGUSTUS.
OG, king of Bashan, a giant, account of him and of his de- feat by the Israelites, i. 576. n.
Oil, prescribed unction to the sick, iii. 132. n. Ointments and costly perfumes, the use of them by the ancients, especially at entertainments, iii. 122. n. OLIVET, Mount, ii. 190. its situation, ii. 252.
Olympic games, when instituted, ii. 469. and n. 470. n. OMRI Succeeds Zimri in the kingdom of Israel, establishes idolatry, builds a palace at Samaria, which soon becomes the metropolis, ii. 278.
ONAN punished with sudden death, why, i. 396. ONESIMUS, a short account of him, iii. 453. n.
ONIAS is murdered by Andronicus, and why, ii. 590. n. OPHIR, land of, its situation, difficulties in ascertaining it, ii. 293. various opinions as to the riches of Solomon, history of its trade, and how it was carried on, dissert. i. 290. OPHRAH, its situation, ii. 61. n.
Oratories among the Jews, ii. 35. and n. farther explained, iii. 117. n. and 419. n.
Ore, art of smelting invented, i. 109. VOL. III.
Original sin, different opinions about it, the question sta- ted, and the most probable explication of it, i. 70—104.
OTHNIEL, first enters Debir, and obtains his uncle Ca- leb's daughter as the reward of his gallantry, is the first of those whom the Scripture calls judges, conquers Chusam Rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia, ii. 52, 53.
OTHо usurps the empire, iii. 517. his beginning good, ib. fights three considerable battles with the army of Vitellius, and where, 518. is successful in all of them, ib. defeated af- terwards in another sharp engagement, ib. his fortitude and speech to his soldiers, ib. n. stabs himself, and dies with a single groan, ib.
ÖVID, though the favourite of Augustus, is banished by him to Pontus, for writing his amorous epistles and art of love, iii. 508. why these pieces gave offence, ib. his descrip- tion of Chaos, i. 3. n.
PAINTING the eyes, a custom, when used, ii. 349. n. Palaces, description of that erected by Solomon in Je- rusalem, also of that called the house of the forest of Leba- non, ii. 262. and n.
PALESTINE, the fruitfulness of the country described, i. 280 n. and 542-3.
Palm branches, the Jewish custom of carrying them in their hands, whence derived, iii. 215. when broken and thrown away, and way, ii. 650. n. used by the Jews not only at the feast of tabernacles but on all other days of solemn rejoicing, ib.
PAMPHYLIA, a province of Asia Minor, its situation, iii.
PANDATARIA, a desolate island, to which Augustus banish- ed his daughter Julia for her infamous behaviour, iii. 507. PAPHOS, its situation, iii. 412. n.
Parables and emblems are frequently used in the discourse and writings of the Oriental sages, iii. 154. especially by the Jewish doctors, ib. and n. those of our Saviour agreeable to the education of his hearers, and far from being obscure, 155. that of a king who had two debtors, explained, 182. that of the good Samaritan, 189. of the marriage feast, 199. of Dives and Lazarus, 201. of a king going into a far coun- try, 211. and n.
Paradise described, i. 32-37. iii. 289. n.
Paralytic cured, how, iii. 37. n.
Paranymphs, comrades of the bridegroom, ii. 71. Parishes, when first erected in England, iii. 505. n. Passages of Scripture reconciled, ii. 274. n. iii. 32. n. 128. n. 180. n. 323. n.
Passover instituted, i. 452. the requisites for, ib. and n. and iii. 270. n. renewed at Mount Sinai, i. 539. At this festi- val, and at that of Pentecost and Tabernacles, all the males were obliged to attend, ii. 105. whence its name, iii. 25. n. children not obliged to go to it before the age of 12, iii. 15. n.
PATMOS, a small island in the Archipelago, to which St John was banished, iii. 470. n. its present name, what, moun- tainous, but the soil good, its circumference, &c. 471. n.
PATHRUSIM, son of Mizraim, king of the Upper Egypt, how called by the natives, i. 269. is thought to be the inven 4 C
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