FIRST MONTH, Abib. March-April.
SECOND MONTH, Zif. April-May.
FIFTH MONTH. July-August.
SIXTH MONTH. August-September.
SEVENTH MONTH. September-October.
EIGHTH MONTH.
October-November.
NINTH MONTH. November-December.
TENTH MONTH. December-January.
ELEVENTH MONTH. January-February.
TWELFTH MONTH.
February-March.
Sinai. The Passover observed (Numb. ix. 1).
Leave Sinai on the 20th of this month (Numb. x. 11); but before they go, on the 1st day of the month, they are numbered for the second (!) time (Numb. i. 1, 2). On the 20th day they march, and, going three days' journey, stop at Taberah, their 13th Stage (Numb. x. 33; xi. 3). [Qu. in the wilder- ness of Paran (Numb. x. 11, 12)? or at Kibroth-Hattaavah (Numb. xxxiii. 16)?
Kibroth-Hattaavah, or Taberak.
14th Stage. From Kibroth-Hattaavah to Hazeroth. Miriam's leprosy.
15th Stage. From Hazeroth to Rithmah (?) (Numb. xxxiii. 18). or Paran (?) (Numb. xii. 16).
or Kadesh-Barnea (?) (Numb. xxxii. 8). Spies sent hence.
At Kadesh they "spent many days," at least they spent forty; till the spies returned.
THE THIRD TO THE THIRTY-NINTH YEAR, Compassing Mount Seir.
Ije-abarim, in the border of Moab, "to the east of Moab" (Numb. xxi 11). Observe, that they have come up thus far, leaving Mount Hor S.W. They are still tending northward; they are now "in the wilderness before Moab" (Numb. xxi. 11). Next they come to “Dibon-gad" (Numb. xxxiii. 45), which was probably in the valley, or brook, of Zared? (Numb. xxi. 12.) Passing quietly by the Moabites, they pass the brook Zared.
The north side of the brook Zared. Thirty-eight years have now elapsed since they sent the spies from Kadesh-barnea (Deut. ii. 14), and all the military men are dead that came out of Egypt. They are now on the borders of the Ammonites (?) (neighbours of the Moabites), whom they are commanded not to molest (Deut. ii. 19).
They pass over the river Arnon, into the country of the Amorites*. Sihon is defeated at Jahaz; the Israelites lay waste his cities from Aroer, on the Arnon, to Gilead.
They advance to the river Jabbok, the southern boundary of the Ammon- ites, which they did not cross, having received a Divine command not to molest the children of Ammon.
They now turned (eastward ?) and attacked Og, the king of Bashan, whom they defeated at Edrei (Numb. xxi. 13; Deut. iii. 1). They then settle in the plains of Moab, on the east side of Jordan, over against Jericho. Here Balaam's affair took place, between Beth- Jesimoth and Abel-Shittim. Here also they are seduced to idolatry and fornication with the daughters of Moab. Here, too, the people are numbered. (This was the third numbering, but not of the same per- sons.) Laws respecting sacrifices, Numb. xxviii. xxix. xxx. The Midianites are spoiled, and Balaam is slain. Reuben and Gad have their territories assigned them. Cities of the Levites and of refuge. On the 1st day of this month Moses recites the book of Deuteronomy to the assembled tribes. (See Note 1, Sect. clxxi.)
He afterwards ascends Pisgah, the highest point of Mount Nebo, one of the mountains of Abarim, or a mountain named both Nebo and Abarim, and there dies, after taking a survey of the promised land.
The people mourn for Moses thirty days.
TWELFTH MONTH. February-March.
• This part is difficult; I will here give the reader the parallel passages from Numbers and Deuteronomy: NUMBERS XXI.
Ver. 12.-" And pitched in the valley of Zared."
13.-" Pitched on the other side of Arnon" (qy. the south side ?).
16. "Thence they went to Beer" [in the wil- derness (ver. 18)]. [A well dug here, and song sung by the people.] 20.-"From the top of Pisgah, which looketh towards Jeshimon." Rather, as in mar- gin, "From the top of the hill, which looketh towards the wilderness." A civil message sent "to Sihon king of the Amorites."
Ver. 13.-"Get ye over the brook Zered."
18.-"Pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab."
26.-" And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon."
MATTERS CONTAINED IN THE DEDICATIONS.
ACTS of parliament, enumeration of those passed under Henry VIII., by which the English Church was rendered independent of Rome, ii. 67, n.
Additions of Pius IV. to the Nicene Creed not necessary, even if admitted to be true, i. 524. Not made a new Creed by the Council of Trent, 525.
Address of the head of a family in com- mencing a systematic plan of domestic worship, i. 17.
Agonistici, who so called, ii. 28, n. Aix-la-Chapelle, Congress of, ii. 76, n. Alvarez de Paz, prayer of, i. 15. Anglican Church, Episcopate of, chargeable with the error of reminding their people rather of the Reformation than of Chris- tianity, ii. 102.
Apostasy, the crime originally meant by the word heresy, ii. 64, n.
Apostle, true meaning of the term, ii. 103-106.
Apostolic office, its resumption by the Uni-
versal Episcopate the great remedy for the evils of discord and disunion, ii. 93; its field of operation uncircumscribed, 103— 108; advantages of it, 115; means of restoring it, 115.
Articles, the Thirty-nine, classification of, i. 240.
Augustine, extract from, on the power of one Council to rescind the acts of another, i. 519, n.
Bede, the Venerable, some notice of him and his writings, i. 496. Beveridge, Bishop, extract from, describing the Church of England, i. 539, n. Bible, the, its universally acknowledged au- thority, and its predictions respecting the ultimate triumph of the truth which it reveals, ii. 93. 97, 98; impiety and arro- gance of the Papal interdiction of its general perusal, 101.
Bishop of Rome, Dedication to the, on the repentance of himself and his Church, i. 493-542.
Bishops of the Catholic Church, the principal causes of the failure of Christianity, ii. 93; earnest appeal to them, 97-142; originally called "Apostles," 110; mischievous con- sequences attending the discontinuance of the appellation, ib.
Blessings, four, of inestimable value to every independent nation, ii. 70.
Britain, Great, the three great services it has rendered to the Christian world, ii. 70. -, why blessed in God's provi- dence with such great temporal prosperity, ii. 71.
sketch of its conduct through- out the war of opinions which has lasted for three centuries, ii. 75. British Empire, its Protestant monarchy a powerful obstacle to the progress of Popery, i. 509.
Bull of Leo X. conferring the title of De-
fender of the Faith on Henry VIII., par-
ticulars concerning, ii. 66.
Bull of Pope Pius IV., necessity for rescind- ing it, i. 516.
circumstances under which that bull was enacted, i. 517; nature of it, 518.
Canons of antiquity, doctrine of the Creed of Pope Pius IV. concerning their authority, i. 528. Proposed modification of that article, ii. 49.
Canterbury, Archbishop of, appeal to his Grace respecting the Union of Christians, ii. 140.
Centuries, the three first, their decisions may be received in controversies on doctrine or discipline, ii. 84.
Children, importance of their early religious training, i. 8.
Christian, the influence that name should exert over all who claim it as their own, ii. 8. Christian rulers, their duty to promote Chris- tian peace and union, ii. 7.
must be the originators of
any scheme for this end, ii. 9.
called upon to uphold their own supremacy, ii. 39; recommended to summon a general council, ii. 42. Mode in which this might be effected, 43. Good effects of such a proceeding, 44.
bound to circulate the Scrip-
general appeal to, to imitate the example of Constantine, ii. 53. Christians, early, their conduct under perse- cution, ii. 19.
Christianity, Scriptural, certainty of its final establishment, i. 541. Causes which have impeded its progress, ii. 103.
the only remedy for the evils with which irreligion, Popery, and infidelity are cursing the nations, ii. 90. Church, the first upon earth was a family, i. 2.
the early Apostolic, summary of its faith, i. 242.
present state of the, as the result of past controversies, i. 511.
"" the term substituted by the clergy for the word Christ, ii. 99. Churches, episcopal, of England, Scotland, and America, present a great obstacle to the progress of Popery, i. 507.
Church of England, her Scriptural mode of training children, i. 8.
more entitled to the ap- probation of Christians in England, than any other communion, i. 235.
the argument in its favour
truths taught by, con- cerning God, the soul, and the means of grace, i. 239.
neither adds to, nor takes from, the primitive truths, i. 245. contrasted with the Romish and other churches as to the manner in which it has kept the truths of Revelation, i. 245.
its continuance in the
unity and communion of the one Catholic Church, i. 248.
Church of England, summary of the reasons for preferring it to all others, i. 249.
its recognition of the foundations on which an attempt at the reunion of Christians may be begun, ii. 74. Circumcelliones, who so called, ii. 28, n. Clergy, Roman Catholic, generally conformed to the English service till forbidden by the Pope, i. 521.
Coke, Sir Edward, his testimony of the con- formity of Roman Catholics with the English service, i. 523.
Commentator on the Scriptures, qualifications of a, i. 14.
Confessions of faith, Protestant, their har mony an obstacle to the progress of Popery, i. 510. Congress to promote Christian union, prin- ciples by which it should be guided, ii. 84. , persons to whom its deliberations should be entrusted, ii. 85.
the extent to which its decisions would be received as international law amongst Christians, ii. 86.
its effects upon Popery, Secta- rianism, Episcopacy, personal piety, and general peace, ii. 88.
Conscience, rights of, what, ii. 13. Constantine, parallel between the circum- stances of the Church in his days and in the present, ii. 12.
causes of his conversion, ii. 20. publishes the edict of Milan, ii. 21. His departure from its principles the foundation of all subsequent persecution,
-, proofs of his belief in the deity of Christ, ii. 30, n. his impartiality a pattern for Christian rulers, ii. 34. --, upheld his own supremacy, ii. 38. consulted the Catholic episcopacy,
adopted a Catholic, not a sectarian
acknowledged the Episcopate and the Catholic Church, ii. 50.
endeavoured to extend the know- ledge of the Scriptures to every member of the Church, ii. 52.
sanctioned the canons and litur- gies of the Catholic Church, and worshipped Christ as divine, ii. 53.
his error in making the Canons of Nice a portion of the civil law, ii. 87. Controversies, religious, nature of them in different ages of the Church, i. 238, n. their evil effects seen in the present state of the Church, i. 511.
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