Date and Corinthians (Saint Paul's Second Epistle to), II. 335. where written, 336. Occasion of this Epistle, ibid. Its scope, ibid. Synopsis of its contents, ibid. Observations on it, ibid. A supposed chronological difficulty in this Epistle elucidated, 336, 337. No other epistles written to the Corinthians but the two which are now extant, I. 57, 58. II. 335.

Corruption of the Scriptures, impossibility of, proved, I. 52-58.
Wilful corruption, how far a cause of various readings, 285.
Counsels of perfection, nature and fallacy of, I. 396. note.
Covenant, book of the, I. 57.

Creation of the world, true account of, unknown to the ancient
philosophers, I. 17. Mosaic narrative of, confirmed by profane
history, 69. And by the modern discoveries in philosophy, I.
420, 421.
Credibility of the Old and New Testaments, I. 59. Proofs that the
writers of them had a perfect knowledge of the subjects which
they relate; and their moral character, though rigidly tried, was
never impeached by their keenest opponents, ibid. This test ap-
And also to the New Testa-
plied to the Old Testament, ibid
ment, 60. These writings never charged with containing false-
hoods, ibid. This proved at large concerning the Old Testament,
60-62. And the New Testament, 62. The writers of which
were contemporary with, and competent witnesses of, the events
related, 62, 63. And could not have recorded the actions ascrib-
ed to Christ, if they had not been true, 62. Were neither enthu-
siasts nor fanatics, 63. Were neither deceived themselves, nor
did nor could deceive others, 63, 64. But on the contrary they
were men of the strictest integrity and sincerity, 64, 65. Ap-
pealed to notorious proofs, 66. And suffered every thing for the
truth of their narration, ibid. The credibility of the Scriptures fur-
ther confirmed by the subsistence, to this very day, of monuments
instituted to perpetuate the memory of the principal facts and
events therein recorded, 66, 67. And by the wonderful establish-
ment and propagation of Christianity, 67, 68. Testimonies from
natural and civil history to the credibility of the Old Testament,
69-78. And also of the New Testament, 78-83. The silence
of profane authors concerning facts recorded by the sacred histo-
rians no argument against their credibility, 85-87. Which is
further confirmed by coins and medals, 88-91. Recapitulation
of this argument, 185. Credibility of miracles, proved, 95-97.
Creed of unbelievers, I. 159. note.

Cretans, St. Paul's character of, confirmed by profane writers, I. 81.
Christianity, when planted in Crete, II. 347.
Criticism of the Scriptures, objects of, I. 188.

Cyprian, testimony of, to the genuineness of the New Testament,
T. 42.

Cyprian Recension of the New Testament, I. 209. note.
Cyrenius, census of, explained, I. 419, 420.

New Testament, I. 46.

EBER'S (Paul) revision of the Latin Vulgate, notice of, I. 277. Ebionites, testimony of, to the genuineness and authenticity of the Ecclesiastes (book of), II. 247. Its title, author, and canonical authority, ibid. Its scope and synopsis, 247, 248. Observations on this book, 249. Ecclesiasticus (apocryphal book of), account of, II. 291. Edessene Recension of the New Testament, account of, I. 206. Editions (ancient) of the Scripture, considered as a source of the sacred text, I. 280. Effect, metonymy of, I. 360.

Egypt, prophecies concerning, and their fulfilment, I. 125. The borrowing from the Egyptians by the Israelites explained, 409. Remarks on the plagues inflicted upon the Egyptians, II. 206, 207. Pretensions of the Egyptians to remote antiquity disproved, I. 73. Confirmations of Scripture from Egyptian hieroglyphics, 88, 89. Egyptian versions of the Scriptures, I. 272, 273. Egyptian Recension of the New Testament, 205. Eichhorn's theory of recensions, account of, I. 209. Elegiac Poetry of the Hebrews, I. 380. Elijah fed by ravens, remarks on the narrative of, I. 422. Different kinds of, 327. Em. Emphases, definition of, I. 326, 327. phasis of the Greek article, 327, 328. Emphases of other words, 328. Emphatic adverbs, ibid. Real emphases, ibid. Rules for the investigation of emphatic words, 328, 329. England, beneficial effects of Christianity in, I. 174. Enoch, translation of, confirmed by heathen traditions, I. 71. Remarks on the apocryphal book of, supposed to be quoted by the Apostle Jude, 318. II. 377.

Enthusiasm, characteristics of, I. 63. Proof that Moses was not an enthusiast, 60. Nor the apostles and evangelists, 63. Especially Saint Paul, II. 322, 323.

Ephesus, temple of Diana at, I. 90. That city, why termed NEO. KOPOE, 90, 91. Account of the church at, II. 338. Genuineness and authenticity of the Epistle to the Ephesians, 338, 339. Its date, 339. Occasion and scope, ibid. Analysis of its contents, ibid. Observations on its style, ibid.

Epistles of the apostles, importance of, II. 329, 330. Their number and order, particularly those of St. Paul, 330. Of the Catholic epistles, ibid. General plan of the apostolic epistles, ibid. Causes of their obscurity explained, 331. Remarks on the phraseology of St. Paul's Epistles in particular, ibid. Rules for studying the apostolic epistles most beneficially, I. 393-395. Subscriptions attached to them, 215. See Catholic Epistles.

Epithets of Scripture, different kinds of, Í. 325.

Esdras, account of the two apocryphal books of, II. 289, 290. Esther (book of), II. 225. Its title and author, 225, 226. Argument, 266. Synopsis of its contents, ibid. Account of the Targums or Chaldee paraphrases on this book, I. 263. Apocryphal additions to the book of Esther, II. 290. Ethan, psalm ascribed to, II. 210. Ethiopia, prophecies concerning, and their fulfilment, I, 125, 126. Ethiopic language, notice of, I. 199. Ethiopic version of the Scriptures, 273, 274. Eusebius's account of the classification and genuineness of the books of the New Testament, I. 42. Notice of his Harmony of the four Gospels, 319, 320.; and of his recension of the Septuagint version, 268. Eusebian Sections, 214. Euthalius, Sections of, 1. 214. Evangelists, were contemporary with, and competent witnesses of, the facts recorded by them, I. 62, 63. Were not enthusiasts nor fanatics, 63. Neither did nor could deceive or impose upon others, 63, 64. Were men of the strictest integrity and sincerity, 64, 65. Appealed to notorious proofs, 66. Suffered every thing for the truth of their narrative, ibid. On the credibility and inspiration of the evangelists.-See Credibility, Inspiration. Evidence. See Historical Testimony.

Evil (moral and physical), the true cause of, unknown to the ancients, I. 17. The Bible account of it confirmed by heathen writers, 70.

Exodus (book of), Title, II. 206. Author and date, ibid. Occasion and subject-matter, ibid. Scope, ibid. Types of the Messiah, ibid. Synopsis, ibid. Illustration of Exodus, ch. vii.-xi. 206, 207. Expositors. See Commentators.

Ezekiel (the prophet), account of, II. 283. Canonical authority of
his prophecies, ibid. Their scope, 284. Analysis of them, 284—
286. Observations on the style of Ezekiel, 286. Supposed dif-
ference between him and Jeremiah reconciled, I. 124.
Argument,
Ezra (book of), II. 224. Its title and author, ibid.
scope, and synopsis of its contents, 224, 225. Observations on
a spurious passage ascribed to Ezra, 225.

LACTANTIUS, testimony of, to the genuineness of the New Testa- | ment, I. 42.; and to the moral change produced by the cordial belief of the Gospel, 170.

Lame man miraculously healed by Peter and John, I. 105. Lamentations of Jeremiah, date of, II. 276. Synopsis of the contents of this book, ibid. Observations on the style and structure of this book, ibid.

Lampridius, testimony of, to the character of Christ, I. 82. Language of the Old Testament, a proof of its authenticity, I. 31. Of the Pentateuch, a proof of its authenticity, 32. Of the New Testament, also a proof of its authenticity, 48, 49. See the articles Cognate Languages, Greek, Hebrew.

Laodicea, church of, no separate epistle addressed to by St. Paul, I. 58. Pretended epistle of Paul to them, 441.

Latin Versions (ancient) of the Scriptures, account of, I. 275–277. Latinisms of the New Testament, I. 198.

Law." The Law," an ancient division of the Old Testament, I. 212.

Law (Mosaic), a proof of the authenticity of the Pentateuch, I. 32, 33. Table or harmony of the entire Mosaic law, arranged under heads, II. 212, 213.

Lazarus, miracle of the resurrection of, examined, I. 105, 106.
Legal types, I. 385.

Letters, antiquity of Hebrew, I. 190. Form of Greek letters in manuscripts, 221.

Leviticus (book of), title, author, and date, II. 207. Scope, ibid. Synopsis of its contents, 207, 208.

Lice, on the plague of, II. 206.

Literal sense, nature of, I. 322. In what cases the literal meaning
of words and phrases is to be retained, or given up, 356, 357.
Vindication of the literal sense of the first three chapters of
Genesis, II. 205.

Literature, influence of the Gospel on, I. 172, 173.
Locusts, on the plague of, in Egypt, II. 207.

Longevity of the early inhabitants of the world, the Scripture account of, confirmed by profane history, I. 71.

Lord's Supper, celebration of the sacrament of, a perpetual memo-
rial of the truth of the New Testament, I. 67.
Lucian's Recension of the Septuagint version, I. 268.
Lucian, the philosopher, testimony of, to the character of the first
Christians, I. 85.

Of

Luke (St.), account of, II. 307. Title of his Gospel, ibid. Genuineness and authenticity of his Gospel, ibid. Vindication of its genuineness from the objections of Michaelis, 308, 309. Vindication of the genuineness of chapters i. and ii., 309, 310. chapter viii. verses 27. to 39., 310.; and of chapter xxii. verses 43. and 44., ibid. His narrative confirmed by profane historians, I. 49, 50. 80.; and by ancient coins and inscriptions, 90, 91. Date of his Gospel, II. 310. For whom written, 310, 311. Its occasion and scope, 311. Synopsis of its contents, 312, 313. Observations on the style of his Gospel, 313. See Acts of the Apostles. Lycaonians, Paul's address to, illustrated, II. 326. Lying, systematically taught by some heathens, I. 20. and note. Lyric poetry of the Hebrews, I. 381.

MACCABEES, account of the first apocryphal book of, II. 292. the second book, ibid. Of the third and fourth books, 293. the fifth book, ibid.

Magistrates and subjects, reciprocal duties of, I. 153.
Mahalath and Mahalath-Leannoth, import of, II. 243.
Malabar coast, account of a valuable Hebrew MS. brought from, I.
219, 220.

Malachi (the prophet), account of, II. 288, 289. Occasion and scope
of his prophecy, 289. Analysis of its contents, ibid. Its style, ibid.
Man, Scripture account of the creation and fall of, confirmed by
profane historians, I. 69, 70. Mutual duties between man and
man, enforced in the Gospel, 152, 153.
Manasses, apocryphal prayer of, II. 292.
Manuscripts of the BIBLE, agreement of all that are extant, a proof
of its uncorrupted preservation, I. 54, 55. Use of manuscripts
for determining various readings, 285.

Manuscripts (Hebrew) of the OLD TESTAMENT, different classes of, I. 216. The rolled manuscripts of the synagogues, ibid. Rules attended to in copying them, 217. Square manuscripts in private use, ibid. The age of Hebrew manuscripts, ibid. Order of books in them, 217, 218. Notices of the most ancient manuscripts, 218, 219. Modern families of Hebrew manuscripts, 218. Notices of the manuscripts of the Indian Jews, 219–221. Manuscripts of the Samaritan Pentateuch, 221.

Manuscripts (Greek) of the SEPTUAGINT VERSION, account of, I. 222

-229.

Manuscripts (Greek) of the NEW TESTAMENT, on what materials written, I. 221. Form of letters, ibid. Abbreviations, ibid. Codices Palimpsesti or Rescripti, 222. Account of the different families, recensions, or editions of manuscripts, 205-212. On the Fœdus cum Græcis, or coincidence between many Greek manuscripts amd the Vulgate version, 212. Descriptions of manuscripts containing both the New and the Old Testaments, 222-226. Of Manuscripts of the New Testament, entire or in part, which have been used in critical editions of the New Tes tament, 229-261.

Mark (Saint), account of, II. 304. Genuineness and authenticity of his Gospel, 304, 305. Its title, 304. Its date, 305. Occasion and scope, ibid. In what language written, ibid. Synopsis of its contents, 305, 306. Examination of the question, whether Sant Mark transcribed or abridged the Gospel of Saint Matthew, 306. Style of his Gospel, 307.

Martial, testimony of, to the persecutions of the Christians, L. 83 Martyrdom, how far a test of truth, I. 66. Maschil, psalms, why so called, II. 243. Masora, account of, I. 201, 202. Estimate of its real value, 202 Massacre of the infants at Bethlehem, 1. 419. Matthai's system of recensions considered, I. 206. Matthew (Saint), account of, II. 296. Title of his Gospel, 295. Its date, 296, 297. In what language written, 297, 298. Genuineness and authenticity of his Gospel, 299. Particularly of the first two chapters, 299-302. His Gospel, for whom written, 302, 303. Synopsis of its contents, 303. Observations on its style, ibid. Ha narrative of the slaughter of the infants at Bethlehem vindicated, I. 419. Apparent contradiction between his account of our Sa viour's genealogy and that of Saint Luke reconciled, 400, 401 417, 418.

Meaning of words, general rules for the investigation of, I. 324–396 Medals (ancient), a proof of the credibility of the Scriptures, 1.88 -92.

Mediator, Scripture doctrine of the necessity of, confirmed by the traditions and opinions of the heathens, I. 70, 71.

Megilloth, a division of the Jewish Scriptures, notice of, I. 213. note 2. And of the Targum or Chaldee paraphrase on it, 263. Mekama, a species of Oriental poetry, nature of, II. 232. note 2. The book of Job a poem of this description, ibid.

Melito (Bishop of Sardis), testimony of, to the genuineness of the New Testament, I. 43.

MESSIAH, OF THE CHRIST, observations on the accomplishment of prophecy concerning, I. 126, 127. 390—393.

MESSIAH, OF THE CHRIST.

I. Prophecies in the OLD TESTAMENT, concerning the Messiah, and their fulfilment :-That a Messiah should come, I. 127. 451. The time and place when and where he was to come, 127.451. That he was to be God and man together, 451. From whom he was to be descended, 127. 451. That he was to be preceded by prophet, in the spirit and power of Elias, 451. That the Messiah was to be a prophet, and confirm his doctrine by great miracles, 451, 452. Predictions relative to his sufferings, death, resurres tion, and ascension, 128. 452, 453. Predictions relative to the par ticular offices of the Messiah, as a prophet, priest, and king, 453 -456.

II. Predictions of Jesus the Messiah relative to his own sufferings, &c. and their fulfilment :-Predictions and their fulfilment for the confirmation of his disciples' faith, I. 456, 457. Relative to the time, place, and manner of his sufferings, and the persons by whom they were to be inflicted, 129. 457, 458. His resurrection and ascension, 457. The descent of the Holy Spirit on his apostles, 129. Prophecies concerning the various minute circumstances which were to precede, accompany, and follow the destruction of Jerusalem, 129, 130. 458-462. Prophecies concerning the spread of the Gospel, with a refutation of their alleged non-fulfiï!ment, 130-141.

Metaphors, nature of, I. 361. Sources of Scripture metaphors, 361, 362. The works of nature, 362. The occupations, customs, and arts of life, 363. Religion and things connected with it, ibid. Sacred history, ibid. Rules for the interpretation of them, 355–

358.

Metonymy, nature of, I. 359. Metonymy of the cause, 359, 360. Of the effect, 360. Of the subject, ibid. Of the adjunct, 360, 361. Micah (the prophet), account of, II. 270. Occasion and scope of his prophecy, ibid. Synopsis of its contents, 270, 271. His predic tion concerning the Messiah, 271. Observations on his style, ihd. Michaelis (J. D.), notice of his system of recensions of the New Te tament, I. 206.

Michtam, or Golden Psalms, II. 242.

Midianites, severity of Moses to, vindicated, I. 410. Ministry of Christ, duration of, I. 321. Miracles recorded in the Scriptures are proofs of their divine insp ration, I. 93. Definition of a miracle, 93, 94. Nature of the eve dence from miracles, 94. Their design, 94, 95. The credibility of miracles proved, 95-98. Refutation of the sophistry of Mr. Hume, 96, 97. Six criteria for ascertaining miracles, 98, 99, Inapplicable to pretended popish miracles, 99. note. Why Jesus Christ on some occasions enjoined secrecy on the persons healed by him, 98, 99. And used external applications, 99, 100. Application of our six criteria to several miracles related in the Old Testament, 100. And to the miracles recorded to have been wrought by Jesus and his apostles, 101. Their number, ibid. Variety, ibid. Design, 101, 102. Greatness, 102. Persons by or before whom they were wrought, 102, 103. In what manner pet formed, 103. Their effects, ibid. Were never denied, ibid. Ex amination of some of them, 103-106. Particularly of the miracle of Christ's resurrection, 106-115. General summary of the arg ment from miracles, 115, 116. Comparison of the miracles related in the Scriptures with pretended pagan and popish miracles, 116 -119. Cessation of miracles, 117, 118. note. The moral and religious instruction concealed under the miracles of Jesus Christ, illustrated, 384, 385.

New Testament, I. 46.

11. 243.

Misna, account of, I. 344, 345.

Mistakes of transcribers, a cause of various readings, I. 283, 284. Mohammed acknowledged the authority of the Gospels, I. 83. Deplorable state of religion and morals among his followers, 22. The spread of Mohammedism no objection to the truth of Christianity, but rather a confirmation of it, 137. Its progress accounted for, 137, 138.

Monarchies (the four great), Daniel's prediction concerning, and its fulfilment, I. 126.

Moral Parts of Scripture, rules for interpreting, I. 395-398. Moral Qualifications for studying the Scriptures, I. 186, 187. Moral Sense of Scripture, Kant's theory of, unfounded, I. 323, 324. Morality, apparent contradictions to, in the Scriptures, considered, and shown to have no foundation, I. 408-414. Morality of the patriarchal ages, 143. Of the Mosaic dispensation, 146, 147. Of the Gospel, 152-156. Superior motives of the morality of the Gospel, 156-158. It is not too strict, 162, 163. Nor are any the moral precepts of Christianity unreasonable and impracticable,163, 164.

of

Morgan (Dr.), contradictory deistical observations of, I. 23. Moses not a mythological but a real person, I. 34, 35. 77. Character of, as an historian, 59. Was not an enthusiast, 60. Was not himself imposed upon, ibid. Did not impose upon others, 61. His impartiality, ibid. Credibility of his writings confirmed by testimonies from natural and civil history, 69-77. Observations on the miracles wrought by him, 100, 101. Christ, in what sense a greater prophet than Moses, 453, 454. His predictions respecting the Jewish nation, and their fulfilment, 123. Summary view of the doctrines and precepts of the Mosaic dispensation, 143-147. The Mosaic dispensation introductory to that of the Gospel, 148. Apocryphal books ascribed to Moses, II. 203. Psalms ascribed to him, 239. Accounts of his genuine writings; see the articles Deuteronomy, Exodus, Genesis, Leviticus, Numbers, Pentateuch, in this index.

Murrain among cattle, on the plague of, II. 206.

Muthlabben, import of, II. 243.

Mysteries (Grecian), inefficacy of, in a religious and moral point of view, I. 17.

Mysteries in religion, no just ground for rejecting the Scriptures, I. 158, 159.

Mystical Sense of Scripture defined, I. 323. Necessity of it argued à priori, 382. Instances of it found in the Old and New Testaments, 382, 383. The Song of Solomon, a sublime mystical allegory, II. 251-253.

Names, synonymous with persons, I. 197. Of persons and places liable to change, 402. Several names sometimes given to the same persons and places, ibid. False readings sometimes a source of differences in names, ibid. Names of things put for the things themselves, 361.

Natural History, importance of, in studying the Sacred Writings, I. 352. Confirms the Mosaic narrative of the deluge, 71, 72. Nature, works of, a source of Scripture metaphors, I. 362. The course of nature explained, 93, 94.

Nebuchadnezzar, prophecies concerning, and their fulfilment, I. 124. Neginoth, import of, II. 243.

Nehemiah (book of), II. 225. Its title and author, ibid. Argument and synopsis of its contents, ibid. Observations on the character of Nehemiah, ibid.

Nehiloth, import of, II. 243.

Neokoros, office of, I. 90, 91.

Neologian Interpretations exposed, I. 326. Particularly in the book of Genesis, II. 205.

New Testament. See Testament (New).

Nineveh, prophecies concerning, and their fulfilment, I. 125, 126. Nolan's (Dr.) system of recensions, abstract of, I. 206-208. Numbers, apparent contradictions in, explained, I. 403, 404. Singu lar number put for the plural, 372. And a definite for an indefinite number, ibid.

Numbers (book of), title, author, date, and argument, II. 208. Scope, ibid. Types of the Messiah, 208, 209. note. Predictions of the Messiah, 208. Chronology, ibid. Synopsis of its contents, 209. Observations on the Book of the Wars of the Lord, mentioned in Num. xxi. 21., I. 57. II. 210.

OBADIAH (the prophet), account of, II. 282. Synopsis of his prophecy, ibid.

Obedience, powerful motives to, contained in the Gospel, I. 156-158.
Objections, various, of infidels to the doctrine and morality of the
Scriptures refuted, I. 158-167. Inability to answer all such
objections no just cause for rejecting the Scriptures, 180, 181.
Observations on the Scriptures, importance of collections of, I. 353.
Occasions of particular books of Scripture, importance of knowing,
I. 349. Particularly for the interpretation of Scripture allegories,
364, 365.

Occidental Recension of the New Testament, account of, I. 205.
Old and New Testaments, alleged contradictions between, explained,
I. 414-418. See Testament (Old), and Testament (New).
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Onkelos, Targum of, I. 262.

Oracles (heathen), vagueness of, contrasted with the clearness of the Scripture prophecies, I. 120, 121. "Ordained to eternal Life," the phrase explained, I. 423, 424. and

notes.

Order of books, importance of knowing, I. 348. In what order the
Scriptures should be read, 187. In what order the books of the
Old Testament are arranged in Hebrew Bibles, 217, 218.
Oriental Languages, remarks on, I. 188, 189.
Oriental and Occidental Readings, account of, I. 202, 203.
Oriental Recension of the New Testament, I. 205.
Origen, notice of, I. 42. His testimony to the genuineness of the
New Testament, ibid. Account of his biblical labours, 267. Spe-
cimen of his Tetrapla and Hexapla, ibid. Observations thereon,
267, 268.

PAGAN pretended miracles, observations on, I. 116-118. Pagan writers, value of, in the study of the Scriptures, I. 335, 336. Their testimony to the credibility of the facts related in the New Testament, 78-87. Palestino-Syriac Version of the New Testament, I. 272. Papias, testimony of, to the genuineness of the New Testament, Parable, nature of, I. 366. Antiquity of this mode of instruction, ibid. Rules for the interpretation of parables, 366-368. Parables, why used by Jesus Christ, 368, 369. The parables of Christ compared with the most celebrated fables of antiquity, 369, 370. Parabolic Sense, I. 323.

1. 44.

Parallel Passages, or analogy of Scripture, importance of, I. 330. Nature of them, ibid. Different kinds of, ibid. Verbal parallelisms, ibid. Real parallelisms, 330, 331. Parallelisms of members, or poetical parallelisms, 331, 332. Rules for investigating parallel passages, 332, 333. And for employing parallel passages in the determination of various readings, 288.

Parallelism, defined, I. 374. Examples of parallel lines gradational, 375. Parallel lines antithetic, ibid. Parallel lines constructive, 375, 376. Parallel lines introverted, 376. The poetical parallelism not confined to the Old Testament, 377. But proved to exist in the New Testament, 377, 378. Examples of parallel couplets, 378. Triplets, ibid. Quatrains, ibid. Five-lined stanzas, ibid, Stanzas of six lines, 379. And of more than six parallel lines, ibid, Parallel lines gradational in the New Testament, ibid. Intro. verted parallelisms, 379, 380.

Paralytic, circumstances of the healing of, I. 104.
Paraphrases, nature of, I. 353.
Paraschioth, or ancient divisions of the Pentateuch, notice of, I. 213.
Parents, put for their descendants, I. 359.
Parenthesis, nature and use of, in the interpretation of Scripture,
Paris (Abbé de), pretended miracles ascribed to, exposed, I. 118,
119.
Paronomasia, nature of, I. 372.

I. 338.

Part put for the whole.-Examples of, I. 371. Passover, observance of, a proof of the credibility of the Old Testament, I. 66. Patriarchal Theology, idea of, as contained in the book of Job, II. 236, 237. And in the book of Genesis, I. 142, 143. Patriotism, the duty of, taught in effect in the New Testament, though not by name, I. 165, 166.

Paul (St.), account of the life and labours of, II. 321-325. Remarks on his conversion, 322, 323. His character, 325, 326. Observations on the style of his writings, 326-329. Was intimately acquainted with the Greek classic poets, 327. note. The genuineness of Paul's writings attested by Peter, I. 45. Propriety of his address to Felix illustrated, II. 327. Number and order of his Epistles, 330. Observations on their phraseology, 330, 331. Rules for studying them most advantageously, I. 393-395. Paul wrote no other Epistles to the Corinthians than those now extant, 57, 58. II. 335. For Critical Analyses of Saint Paul's Epistles, see their several titles in this index.

The

Pentateuch (Hebrew), import of, II. 203. Its divisions, ibid. External Proofs of its authenticity, I. 32. Its language, ibid nature of the Mosaic law, 32, 33. The united testimonies of Christians, Gentiles, and Jews, from the latest to the remotest times, 33-35. Internal Evidences arising from its contents, 35, 36. Its credibility confirmed by natural and civil history, 68-78. Refutations of objections to the authenticity of the Pentateuch, 3638. Its argument, II. 203. How divided by the Jews, I. 213. History of the Hebrew text of the Pentateuch, 200. Form of synagogue rolls of, 216. The Pentateuch, the best executed portion of the Septuagint Greek translation, ibid. For accounts of the several books of the Pentateuch, see the articles Deuteronomy, Exodus, Genesis, Leviticus, and Numbers. Pentateuch (Samaritan), account of, I. 203. Manuscripts of it, 221. Differences between it and the Jewish Pentateuch, how accounted for, 204. Samaritan version of it, ibid. Arabic version, ibid.

Pentecost, feast of, a proof of the credibility of the Old Testament,

1. 66.