Geddes, Dr, his doctrine with respect to the Deftruction of the Canaanites, ii, 183. Refutation of it, 184.-193. Genealogies, contained in Scripture, ufe of, i, 191, 192. Genefis, book of, the hiftory recorded here neceffary in con- nexion with that of the Ifraelites, and as laying a founda dation for, or illuftrating many of the legal ordinances, i, 70.-83.
Gibeonites, their prefervation a standing teftimony of the truth
of the hiftory of Ifrael, i, 30.-33.; ii, 191.-193. Saul's pofterity punished on account of his conduct towards them.
Gideon, would not have the judiciary power fecured to him- felf, or his pofterity, i, 311. Appearance of the Angel- Jehovah to him, ii. 321. His victory typical, 391,-394- Giving of the Larv, Feast of, i. 421, 429.
Glory of the Lord, ii, 328. See Cloud.
God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, reafon of this defignation, ji, 32.-36.
Gods of the Heathen, judgments on them, ii, 19.-22.
Government of the Ifraelites, typical, i, 308.-349.
Grace of God, not injured, but difplayed, by the doctrine of atonement, ii, 105, 106.
Guilt, accumulation of, ii, 128. Its aggravation, 129.-131.
Ham, as the punishment of his crime, the curfe entailed on his pofterity, ii, 109.
Haman, wonderful difplay of Providence with respect to him, ii, 274 -278; 284, 285.
Hands, why laid on the head of a criminal, ii, 95.; and of a victim, 96, 351.
Harvest, Feaft of, i, 421.
Heart of Man, hiftory of, i, 175-179.; its corruption, ibid. Neceffity of almighty power for changing it, ii, 380.-401.
Heathen Nations, hiftory of, calculated for guarding the Ifrael- ites against imitating their finful courfes, i, 255,-258. Mean ideas of the Divine Nature, ii, 11. 14. Judgments on their
Heathen Writers, teftimonies of, as to the truth of the History of Ifrael, i, 52.-70.
Herod, his fin and punishment, ii, 290, 291.
Hezekiah, his iniquity vifited on his children, ii, 117, 118. Hiftory, Sacred, its matter adapted for making the deepest impreffion, i, 235.-241. Its form, 241.-244.
Holiness of God, how displayed, ii, 71.-73.
Hofanna, meaning of this afcription, i, 445.-448.
Hofts, the Lord of, this name explained, ii, 59-70. Angels and devils are his hofts, 60.; wicked men, 61. His own People, 63., efpecially Minifters of the Gofpel, 64; the heavenly bodies, ib.; the elements, 66.; all irrational crea- tures, 67. Comfort arifing from this character, 69.
Humanity, its interefts fecured by the law given to the Jews,
Hycfos, or Shepherd-kings in Egypt, refemblance between them and the Ifraelites, i. 61.-63.
Jacob, his zeal for the doctrine of the Divine Unity, ii. 33. His wrestling with the Angel, 318.-320. The Ladder he faw, 326, 327.
Jannes and Jambres, Magicians in Egypt, i, 66, 67. Jao, the name Jehovah, thus written by Greeks, i, 98. Idolatry, peculiarly offenfive to God, ii, 131, 132. Jehovah-Sabaoth, the meaning of this name, ii, 59.-70. Jehu, a remarkable instrument of Providence in the punish- ment of others, ii, 291.-293. Punished in his posterity, for his unhallowed motives in performing this work, 124, 125. Jericho, deftruction of, i, 22. Judgment on Hiel, who rebuilt it, what it proves, i, 24.
Jerufalem, a type of the New-Teftament Church, i, 317.-320. Jethro, who, i, 33, 34.
Jews, in crucifying Chrift, brought on them the guilt of all the righteous blood fhed by their ancestors, ii, 135.-137- Jewish writers, their view of the language ufed with respect to the Creation, Fall, Confufion of Tongues, Promulgation of the Law, ii, 41.-45.
Imagination, the hiftorical parts of Scripture admirably adapt- ed for making an impreffion on this power, i, 231.-247- Imputation, this doctrine illuftrated, ii, 370.-380. Justice of God vindicated in the imputation of the fin of Adam, 113. Incarnation of the Son of God, illuftrated, ii, 315--337- Indians, their doctrine concerning Creation, i, 100. Ingathering, Feaft of, when celebrated, i, 452.
Inheritances, in the land of Ifrael, might not be fold, i, 409,410 Iniquity, measure of, filled up, ii, 133, 134.
Interceffion of Mofes, Aaron, and David, ii. 435.
Job, book of, has been called a deistical compofition, i, 83.; coincides with the hiftory contained in Genefis, 83.-87. Jofeph, difplay of Providence with respect to him, ii, 271.- 273. 294.
Jofephus, his teftimony concerning the books of Mofes, i. 127. Jofbua, a type of Chrift, i. 328. Conducted Ifrael into Ca- naan, 407. Angel, who appeared to him, ii. 3z0.
Joshua, book of; evidences of the authenticity of the history contained in it, i, 22.-24.
Ifraclites, placed in the most proper fituation for displaying the truths of God, i, 197, 198. Prefigured the fpiritual If-, rael, 271.-278. Idolaters in Egypt, 280. Bondmen, 279. Chofen of God, 283. Sovereignty of this choice, ii, 217.- 229. Redeemed, i, 289. Received the Law, 295. Brought into Covenant, 349. Adopted, 360. Separated, 366. So- journers, 370. Called to a life of Trial, 373.; and of Faith, 379. Their Rebellions, 385. Judgments inflicted, 390. Pardoned, 396. Brought into the Promised Land, 405. Wonderful Prefervation, ii. 439.
Judgment, day of, prefigured by the Deluge, ii. 79. Destruc- tion of Sodom, 84.; and of the Canaanites, 166. Judgments inflicted on the Ifraelites, i, 390. Prefigured thofe of Christians, 392. Their infufficiency to change the heart, ii, 384.-387.
Juftice of God, to imprefs us with the majefty of this, one fpe- cial defign of the Spirit of Infpiration, ii. 73. Displayed in God's conduct towards Adam, 74; Cain, ib.; the An- tediluvian world, 75.; in the Deluge, 76.; Destruction of Sodom, 80.-84. Refemblance between Sin and Punish- ment, 85; Mofaic Economy, 86; Sufferings of Chrift, 102. 3 Deftruction of the Canaanites, 165.
Julin, the hiftorian, his teftimony. See Trogus Pompeius.
Kenites, their prefervation a permanent proof of the truth of the History of Ifrael, i. 33--37.
Kings of Ifrael, God's deputies, i, 310.-317.
Korah, his children perifhed not with him, i, 25.
Ladder, that which Jacob faw, what it fignified, ii, 326, 327. Law, revealed from Sinai in its form as a Covenant of Works, i. 297. Its Precept and Curfe both referred to Chrift, 298, 299. Employed in fubferviency to Converfion, 300.- 302. How a Rule of Life, 300. 303. Judicial, not for- mally binding, 341. Contained a remarkable difplay of punitive Justice, as to its matter, 87; the manner in which it was revealed, 89.; and its punishments, 94.
Law of Ceremonies, illuftrates divine holinefs, ii, 72. Leprofy, afcribed to the Ifraelites, as the reason of their ex- pulfion from Egypt, i, 57.-64. The charge accounted for, 58.
Levirate, law of, its typical reference, ii. 330.
Levites, feparation of, affords a proof of the truth of the Mi-. racles recorded in the books of Mofes, i, 45-47.
Longevity of the Patriarchs, what defigned by it, ii, 56. Longinus, teftimony of, concerning Mofes as a writer, i, 212. Longfuffering of God towards Ifrael, i, 387.
Magiftrate, Civil, has no power over confcience, or in matters purely religious, i. 339.-349.
Manna, pot of, a memorial of the miraculous fuftentation of Ifrael, i, 26.-113. This acknowledged by the Jews in eve- ry age, 123. What was signified by this food, 364. Faith to be exercised with refpect to it, 381. Marah, the waters of, i. 375.
Melchizedeck, a type of Chrift, ii, 338.
Mercy difplayed towards Ifrael, i. 396.
Mercy-feat, Chrift the antitype of this, i. 307. Pardon de- fcribed in relation to this, 401. A figure of the true A- tonement, ii, 363.-366.
Millennium, doctrine of the Jews concerning it, i. 431. Minifters of the Gofpel, God's army, ii. 64.
Miracles, faid to have been wrought in behalf of the Ifraelites, attefted in fucceeding ages by ftanding memorials, i. 21.- 29.; by the prefervation of the Gibeonites, 30.-33.; and Kenites, 33-37; by various ordinances, 37.-52. Miraculous Conception of Chrift, a proof that all mere men are born in fin. ii, 312, 313. This doctrine illustrated, 337-346. Preludes of this event, ib.
Mofes fuppofed to be the Mercury of the Greeks, i. 127. What he fays concerning his meeknefs vindicated, i. 132, 133. Rejected by Ifrael, at his first appearance, 284. A media- tor, 296.-298. An interceffor, 401. Joshua, although his minifter, preferred to him, 407, 408.
Mofes, the Books of, authentic. Would not otherwise have been received by the Ifraelites, i, 2.-5. Not written in any period after they entered Canaan, 6.-21. Intrinsic evidence that they were written by Mofes, i. 108.-123. Proved from the Prophecies contained in them, 123.-125.; from the tes- timony of the Samaritans, 125, 126. Heathen teftimonies concerning their antiquity, 127.-130.
Murder, why fo remarkably pursued by divine vengeance, ii, 132, 133.
Naboth, perfecuted for righteousness' fake, i. 410.
Names of the Patriarchs contain important inftruction, ii. 306,
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