Creation, the Mosaic account confirmed
by Pagan tradition, iii. 142
Creator, duty of remembering Him in
early life, iv. 33

Credibility of the Evangelical Histories,
iv. 547

Creeshna, account of his combat with

the great serpent Kali-Naga, i. 91
Criticisms. See INDEX OF TEXTS, and
WORDS

Critics and Commentators, Errors of,
iii. 525, 573. iv. 218

Crowns used in the Olympic Games, i.
109
Crucifixion, ceremony of the, performed
by the Latin Church at Jerusalem, ii.
244. By the Greek Church, 247
Cruden, his Concordance defended, iii.

427

Ctesias, his history of Assyria impro-
bable, i. 20

Ctesiphon, city of, i. 18
Curds, marriages of, i. 6
Cush, land of, i. 244, note 2

Dæmoniacal Possessions, difficulties con-
nected with the investigation, iii. 53.
Errors on this subject, ib. Summary
of the arguments for and against, 54,
97, 145, 433. Their reality main-
tained, 537

Danes. materials used for writing, among,
i. 147

Daniel, his writings, i. 449
Darkness at the Crucifixion, ii. 24
David, his lamentation for Saul and
Jonathan, paraphrased, i. 238. His
character as a writer, 448, and note 4.
His charge to Solomon, ii. 53. His
offence in numbering the People, iv.

55

Day, import of the term, ii. 42
Deacon, office of, ii. 497. Derivation
and import of the word, iii. 210
Dead Sea, account of, i. 257. Water of,
258. Peculiarities of, ib. Origin of,

261

Decapolis, account of, i. 207
Dedication, feast of, ii. 493
Deluge, traditions of, iii. 92. Geological
proofs of, 184

Denarius, a Roman coin, iii. 455

Deserts in the Holy Land, i. 250. Hor-

rors of travelling in the Great Desert
of Arabia. 338
Desire of all Nations; Enquiry into the

Import of Haggai's Prophecy, iv. 426
Destruction of Sennacherib, i. 478
Deuteronomy, (book of) title, chronolo-

gy, author, i. 374. Contents and im-
portance of, 375. Prediction of Mes-
siah, 377. Analysis of, 378
Dew, importance of, in the East, ii. 27
Dews of Palestine, i. 349

Dialects of the Old and New Testaments,
i. 364

Diana, an idol of the Greeks and Ro-
mans, ii. 501. Account of her temple
at Ephesus, i. 387
Diodorus, his history of Assyria not to
be relied on, i. 20. His account of
the marches of Semiramis, 461
Diseases, Classes of, according to Dr.
J. M. Good, iv. 355, 583
Divine Being, His Names or appellations,
ii. 297. Attributes, 299. Personality,
800. Works of, 302

Dogs, considered as emblems of the
Deity, ii. 153 note 2
Dreams, prophetic, ii. 463
Drinks, various kinds noticed in Scrip-
ture, iii. 196

Duke, derivation and Scripture import
of the word, iii. 210

Earing, derivation and import of the
word, iii. 210

Earth, general divisions of, ii. 115. Di-
vine constitution of, 116. Artificial
divisions of, ib.

Eastern hospitality. i. 246, 289
Ecclesiastes, Book of, Author and Scope,
iv. 455. Analysis, 456

Eden, its situation not ascertained, ii. 114
Edgar, Ecclesiastical laws ascribed to
him, ii. 177

Egypt, notices of, ii. 120. Plagues of,
i. 186

Elah, valley of, i. 250

Elders, Jewish, i. 8, 57
Elegiac Verse, i. 373

Elohim, import of the word, i. 21
Emphases, importance of, in the Sacred
writings, i. 451

ENCYCLOPEDia of the ScRIPTURES:
Introductory Suggestions, i. 265. Li-
terature, 308, 360, 395, 442. Cos-
mography, ii. 21, 111. Theology,
214, 297, 488. Natural Science,
iii. 19, 56, 104. Manufactures, 193.
The Arts, 260, 289. The Sciences,
343, 446. History, 519, 576. A-
alysis, 578

English Bible, suggestions for an im
proved edition, iii. 172

Etymologies, iii. 209, 352, 477
Engraving and Writing, Scripture allo-
sions to them, iii. 293

God, derivation and import of the word,
iii. 210

—, the unknown, of the Athenians, iii.
254

God forbid! impropriety of the phrase
i. 388

God save the king! origin and impro-
priety of the phrase, i. 388
Good (J. M.) errors of his noticed, iii.
525,573
Gospel, derivation and import of the
word, iii. 352, 477

, rapid and honourable spread of,
iii. 36

Gospels, exemplars of, in the British
Museum, i. 480. Arabic translations
in Africa, ii. 121, and note, 144.
Chaldee, 287

enquiry into the origin of the
three first, ii. 345. iv. 420. Pur-
- poses for which they were written, ii.
411. The events narrated in them not
chronologically disposed, ib.
Government of the Patriarchs, i. 7

of the Israelites, a theocracy, i.
9,54. By the Judges, 155. By kings,
197, 301. After the Babylonish cap-
tivity,-under the Asmonean and He-
rodian princes, 438; under the Roman
Procurators, 440

of the Assyrians, ii. 115

, state of, among the Antedilu-
vians, iv. 18

Gradational parallel. See Poetry
Grammar, definition of, i. 396
Grammatical view of the Scriptures, i.

Hail-stone in Palestine, i. 345

-, extraordinary, ii. 28
Harmer, (Rev. T.), Biography of, iv. 29
Harmonies of the Gospels, two classes
of, ii. 412. Difficulties in the way of
arranging them, 413

of the New Testament, iv. 41
Harp, an ancient instrument of music,
iii. 2. Various kinds of, mentioned in
Scripture, 3

Harvest in Palestine, i. 346
Heads of tribes or families, i. 57
Heaven. Scripture use of the term, ii. 22
Heavenly bodies, worship of, ii. 24

Months, iii. 324

Republic, form of, i. 56
Hell, derivation and import of the word,
iii. 211

Help-meet, import of the phrase, i. 171
Hero Worship, origin of, ii. 136
Herod the Great, account of, i. 438. His
murder of the Innocents, 174
Hewlett, (Rev. J.) an error of his noticed,
iii. 526

Hiddikel or Tigris river, i. 16
Hindoo house, purposes of, i. 246
Hindoostan, referred to in Esther, ii. 115
Himnom, valley of, i.248

Holy Land, why so called, i. 159. See
Palestine

Sepulchre, scite of, ii. 193. Church
of, 241; destroyed by fire, 248
Honey, procured from rocks and trees
in the East, 463

Horn, worn on the head in the East,
i. 433

Horne, a mistake of, relative to the cha-
racteristics of Hebrew poetry, pointed
out, i. 70, note

Horsley, his translation of Psalm xxiv.
i. 191. Of Isaiah xviii. 244
Hosea, character of as a writer, i. 448
Hospitality in the East, i. 246, 289
Houses, Eastern, ii. 337
Husband, etymology and import of the
word, iii. 211

History, Scripture, iii. 519. Periods of,

522. Chronology of, 569

Historical Books of the Old Testament,
general observations on, i. 415. Col
lected from authentic records, i
Compiled by Jeremiah and Ezra, 416.
Various eras assumed in, ib. Impor-
tance and authority of, ib
Ibex, description of, ii. 1
Idioms, Hebrew, i. 899

Idolatry, Scriptural allusions to, ii. 500
Illustrations. See Index of TEXTS and
WORDS

Imagery, poetic, use of by the Sacred
Writers, ii. 392, 453, 505
Incarnation, poem on the, i. 428

Indexes to the Bible, iv. 198
Infidels, their unfair attacks on Chris-
tianity, ii. 463

Infidelity, difficulties of, iii. 88, 133.
Folly of, 469

Spread of, as depicted by the
Rev. E. Irving, iv. 418
Innocents, murder of, by Herod, i. 174
Inquisition, when, founded, ii. 276
Inspiration of Solomon's Song, Enquiry
into, iv. 554

of the Evangelists, Enquiry

into, iv. 391. 487. 540
Internal Evidence of the authenticity of
the Old Testament, i. 128
Introverted Parallel. See Foetry.
Inundations, destruction occasioned by,
ii. 49

Isaiah, the Book of, Author, iv. 580. Style,
Inspiration, and Order, 581. Analysis,
258

Metrical translation of chap.

xviii. i. 244
Ishmael, fulfilment of prophecy in his
history, iii. 4.3

Israel, remains of the ten tribes ii. 287,
380, 429.

Israelites, departure of, from Egypt,
i. 129, note. Acquainted with the doc-
trine of a future state, ii. 179
Ituræa, account of, i. 207

Jacob's Farewell Address to his children,
metrical translation of, i. 226

Well, account of, i. 264
Jasher, book of, opinions respecting it, ii.

131

Jebb (Bishop), strictures on his remarks

on Bishop Lowth, i. 82, 86, notes. His
Sacred Literature noticed 444, note 4
Jehosaphat, valley of, i. 248, ii. 293.
Jehovah, name of, i. 169. Known to
the heathen, 171

our only happiness, iii. 408
Jeremiah, character of his writings, i.
449. Quoted by Matthew, 466. The
title given to the Prophets, ib.

-,Lamentations of, ii. 438, iv. 617
Arrangement of his prophe-

cies, iii. 428

Book of, author, iv. 612.
Arrangement of its prophecies, 613.
Historical sketch of the times to which
it refers, 614. Style, 617. Prophe-
cies of the Messiah, ib.

Lamentations of, author and

style, iv. 617
Jericho, plain of, i. 252
Jerusalem, history of, i. 390. Topogra-
phy of, ii. 8. Gradual extension of, 9.

Fortifications of, 11. Buildings in,
52, 97, 193, 241, 290, 389.
Jesus, name of, i. 29. See Christ.
Jews, their veneration for the Temple
at Jerusalem, ii. 59. Instruction of,
in Germany, 143. Their great care
in preserving the accuracy of Scrip-
ture, ii. 975

Jewish Antiquities, i. 7, 54, 153, 197,
301, 437

Calendar, iv. 6

Nation, political state of, from
the Patriarchal times to the Babylo-
nish captivity, i. 7, 54, 153, 107, 301.
From their return from the captivity
to the subversion of their civil and
ecclesiastical polity, 437, iii. 11. Lan-
guage of. See Hebrew Language
Jezreel, plain of, i. 251

Job, book of, Subject, Chronology, and
Author, ii. 184, iv. 349. Scene and
Scope of the Poem, ii. 183, iv. 350.
Its exhibition of the Patriarchal Faith,
351. Analysis, 352. Object of, ii. 185.
Views of a future state, 318

Joel, character of his writings, i. 449
John's (St.), first Epistle, Remarks on
the disputed Passage, iv. 87
Jonah, Improvement of his History, iv.

457

Joppa, or Jaffa, history of, iii. 546
Jordan, river, i. 252, 251. Region about,

252. Vale of 255. Source of, 254
Josephus, his omission to notice the

massacre of the infants at Bethlehem
considered, iii. 499

Joshua, succeeds Moses in the govern-
ment of Israel, i. 153. Division of the
Holy Land, by, 153. The "Angel"
who was to keep the Israelites in the
way, 434. His character as an histo-
rian, 448. A type of Christ, ii. 131

(Book of) Author, ii. 129. Au-
thenticity of, 130. Chronology of, ib.
Importance of, 181. Scope, ib. Ar-
rangement of, 132. Analysis of, ib.
Jubilee, feast of, ii. 493
Judea, account of, i. 205. Wilderness
of, 253, 270. Medals of, iv. 24, note
Judges of the Israelites, powers and
functions of, i. 59, 155

(Book of) Authors, ii. 175. Date
and scope, ib. Authenticity of, 176.

Analysis of, ib.

Jupiter, the supreme deity of the Greeks
and Romans, ii. 501
Jurisprudence, the science of, iii. 451

Kali Naga, the serpent, i. 91
Kedron, river, i. 257

Kingdom of heaven, import of, i. 400
Kings. Moses permits the Israelites to
choose a king, i. 198. Their func-
tions and powers, 199. Their reve-
nues, 200. Persons of, inviolable, 301.
Inauguration of, 302. Their apparel,
306. Grandeur of, ib. Manner of
approaching, 307. Honours paid to
them when deceased, ib. Duration of
the regal form of government, 308

sepulchres of the, ii. 458, note
books of, chronology and title,
iii. 39. Authors, 40. Analysis of, 41
Kishon, river, i. 257
Kobi, desert of, i. 19

Lad, derivation and import of the word,
iii. 211

Lady, etymology and import of the word,
iii. 211

Lamentations of Jeremiah, ii. 438. iv. 617
Language. Origin, i. 310. Character-

istic of man, ib. Primitive, 311, 395.
Effect of the confusion at Babel, on,
See Hebrew Language.
Figurative, of the Scriptures,

311.

ii. 364

and style of the Old Testament,
a proof of its authenticity, i. 129
Institution, noticed, iii. 422

Last day, poem on, i. 384
Latin words, glossary of those occurring
in the New Testament, iii. 354
Law (Mosaic), object of, i. 10, 55. Ad-
mirably adapted to the state of the
Israelites, 284

Laws (Jewish), see Government

of Solon inscribed on wood, i. 145
Lebanon, mount, i. 208. Hospitality
at, 292

Legion, number of soldiers in the Roman,
iii. 457

Letters, alphabetical, origin and number,

i. 396. Significancy and application,
397. Eastern, 445, and note 2. Hebrew,
396

of Mr. Selden and Archbishop
Usher, relative to Walton's Polyglott,
ii. 330. Bishop Walton's to Mr. Clarke,

331

Leviathan, what? i. 470, note 3
dissertation on, ii. 527
Levitical dispensation, object of, ii. 179
Leviticus (book of), title, i. 282. Author,
chronology, and style, 283. How to
be read with profit, 283. Analysis of,

285

Libertines, iii. 457

Library, Collegiate, of Manchester, ii.
284

Light, produced before the sun, i. 70

Man, derivation and import of the word,
iii. 212

-, creation of, i. 119, 221
-,scripture designation, iii. 111. Struc-
ture, &c. 112

-

fall of, tradition of among Pagan
nations, iii. 182

Manuscripts of the Hebrew and Greek
Scriptures, i. 452

Maps, construction of, probably known
in the time of Joshua, ii. 112
Marriage, serious considerations on, iii.
250
Marriages among the Bedouin Arabs, i.
5. The Assyrians, 116 The Jews,
150. The Greeks, ibid. Pagan East
Indians, and Hindoos, 151

Mary Magdalen, her character considered,
iii. 235

Masorah, account of, i. 40. notes 379
Masoretic system of punctuation, i. 369
Matthew, style of his writings, i. 450
Magi, eastern, account of, i. 72
Measures, Scripture, iii. 201
Medicine, history of, iii. 447. Scripture
allusions to, &c. ib. Various branches
of, 448. Cultivated by the Jews, 451
study of, iv. 353, 583

Meditations on the Bible, ii. 428
Mediterranean Sea, plain of, i. 251
Meek, derivation and import of the
word, iii. 354

Melancholy year, calendar of, iv. 7
Melchisedek, a type of Christ. iii. 162
Melons and cucumbers on the Nile, i. 197
Mercy, derivation and import of the
word, iii. 354

Mesopotamia, import of the name, ii. 118
Metallurgy, proficiency made by the an-
tediluvians in the art. iv. 16

Metals, various kinds mentioned in Scrip-
ture, iii. 25
Metaphysics, science of, iii. 247. Sys-
tems of, 348. Scripture allusions, 348,
Meteorology, science of, ii. 25