Pesukim, or verses of the Pentateuch, notice of, I. 213. Peter (St.), account of, II. 360, 361. Genuineness of his first Epistle, 361. To whom addressed, ibid. Whence written, 361, 362. Its scope, 362. Analysis of its contents, ibid. Genuineness and authenticity of his second Epistle, 362-364. Its date, 364. Scope and synopsis of its contents, ibid. Observations on the style of St. Peter's two Epistles, 362.

Pharaoh, hardening of, explained, I. 409. Pharaoh-Necho's war against Judæa confirmed by one of the pyramids of Egypt, I. 89. Philemon, account of, II. 347, 348. Date of the Epistle to him, 318. Its genuineness and authenticity, ibid. Occasion and scope of this Epistle, 348, 349. Observations on it, 349.

Philippians, notice of, II. 340. Date of the Epistle to, ibid. Occasion, ibid. Scope and synopsis of its contents, ibid. Philo-Judæus, account of, 1. 345. Value of his writings in the study of the Scriptures, ibid. His testimony to the genuineness of the Old Testament, I. 30.

Philosophers (ancient), ignorance of, concerning the true nature and worship of God, I. 16. The creation of the world, 17. And origin of evil, ibid. The means of reconciling man to God, 17, 18. Divine grace and assistance towards the attainment of virtue, 18. The true happiness of man, ibid. The immortality of the soul, ibid. A future state of rewards and punishments, 19. Effects of their ignorance in principle, 19, 20. They countenanced flagitious practices, 20. Why they produced so little effect on mankind, ibid. Importance of a knowledge of the ancient philosophical notions and sects to the interpretation of Scripture, 352. Philosophers (modern deistical), absurd and contradictory tenets of, concerning religion, I. 22-24. And morals, 25. Baneful effects of their principles on a nation, 25, 26. And on individuals, 26. Are indebted for every thing wise or good in their writings to the Scriptures, 22. 173.

Philosophy, alleged contradictions to, in the Sacred Writings, considered, and shown to be unfounded, I. 421, 422.

Philoxenian-Syriac version of the New Testament, account of, I. 271, 272.

Pilate (Pontius), procurator of Judæa, testimony of, to the character of Christ, I. 81, 82.

Place, importance of knowing where any of the sacred books were written, I. 348, 349. Examples of place, put for what is contained therein, 360.

Plagues inflicted upon the Egyptians, remarks on, II. 206, 207. Pliny's account of the character and principles of the Christians, with remarks, I. 84, 85.

Poetry of the Hebrews:-Account of its peculiar construction, I. 373-376. Vestiges of the poetical style in the New Testament, 377-380. Different species of Hebrew poetry, 380, 381. Observations for the better understanding the composition of the sacred poets, 381, 382. The poetical books of the Old Testament, why so termed, II. 227. For analyses of the poetical books of the Old Testament, see Ecclesiastes, Job, Proverbs, Psalms, and Song of Solomon, in this index.

Polytheism, deplorable effects of, I. 16, 17. 20-22. Abolished by Christianity, 171.

Popery, corruptions of religion by, a proof of the fulfilment of prophecy, I. 140. Remarks on some pretended popish miracles, 118, 119.

Porphyry, testimony of, to the authenticity of the Pentateuch, I. 35.
And of the New Testament, 47. And to the character of the first
Christians, 85. His objections against the prophecies of Daniel
refuted, II. 280.

Possessor of a thing put for the thing possessed, I. 360.
Poussines' collection of various readings, notice of, I. 245.
Practical Reading of the Scriptures, importance of, I. 425, 426.
Rules for it, 426, 427.

Prayer of Manasses, apocryphal, II. 292.
Preservation of the Scriptures, a proof of their divine origin, I. 168.
The uncorrupted preservation of the Old Testament proved from
the absolute impossibility of its being falsified or corrupted, either
by Jews, 52, 53.; or by Christians, 53. And from the agreement of
ancient versions and manuscripts, 53, 54. The uncorrupted pre-
servation of the New Testament proved from its contents, 54.; from
the utter impossibility of its being universally corrupted, 54, 55.;
from the agreement of all the manuscripts extant, 55. Of ancient
versions, and of the quotations of the New Testament in the
writings of the early Christians, 55, 56. Proofs that none of the
books of the Old Testament have ever been lost, 55, 57. Nor any
of the books of the New Testament, 57, 58. Recapitulation of
this argument, 184, 185.

Principals include accessaries, I. 396.

Profane writers, alleged inconsistencies between, and the sacred writers, considered, I. 418-420. Supposed quotations from, in the New Testament, 318, 319.

Promises of Scripture, classification of, I. 398. Rules for the right interpretation of them, 398, 399.

Propagation of Christianity, a proof of the credibility of the New Testament, I. 67, 68. And that the Gospel is from God, 130–12. Examination of the difficulties attendant on the propagation of Christianity, 448-450.

Prophecy defined, I. 119, 120. Difference between the pretended predictions of the heathen oracles and the prophecies contained in Scripture, 120-122. Use and intent of prophecy, 122. On the chain of prophecy, ibid. Classification of Scripture prophe cies, ibid. Class I. Prophecies relating to Abraham, Ishmael, and the settlement of the Israelites in Canaan, 122, 123. Moses's prophecy concerning the sufferings, captivity, and present staa of the Jews, 123. Birth of Josiah foretold, and his destruction of idolatry, 123, 124. Predictions of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, and Hosea, relative to the Jews, 124. Class II. Prophe cies relating to the empires or nations that were neighbouring to the Jews, 124. Tyre, 124, 125. Egypt, 125. Ethiopia, ed. Nineveh, 125, 126. Babylon, 126. The four great monarchies, ibid. Class III. Prophecies announcing the Messiah, his offices, atonement, death, resurrection, and ascension, &c. 126–129. 454 -458. Class IV. Prophecies delivered by Jesus Christ and his apostles, 129. Predictions of Jesus Christ concerning the fall of Jerusalem, 129, 130. 458-462. And the spread of the Gospel, 130-132. Refutations of objections from the alleged obscuny of prophecy, 141. Prophecy, a standing miracle, ibid. Recapit. lation of this argument, 185, 186. Contradictions asserted to sist between the prophecies of Scripture and their fulfilmet shown to have no foundation, 406. On the accomplishment of prophecy in general, 390, 391. And on the accomplishment of prophecies concerning the Messiah in particular, 391, 392. And also of the Apocalypse, II. 383. Tables of the prophecies cited in the New Testament, as being accomplished, either literally, typically, or by way of illustration, I. 316, 317. Prophets, different kinds of, mentioned in the Scriptures, II. 253, 254. Their situation and manner of living, 254. Mosaic statules concerning prophets, ibid. Evidences of a divine mission, ibid. Qualifications of the prophets, 255. Nature of their inspiration, 255, 256. Antiquity and succession of the prophets, 257. Col lection of their writings and mode of announcing their pred tions, 257, 258. Observations on the structure of the prophete poesy, I. 380. The prophetical books, why so called, II. 253 Their number and order, 258. Tables of the prophets, according to the times when they are supposed to have flourished, 25 General rules for ascertaining the sense of the prophetic writings, I. 388-390.; and particularly the accomplishment of prophecies concerning the Messiah, 391, 392. For analyses of the prophet cal books, see their several titles in this index. The Prophets," an ancient division of the Old Testament, I. 213 Prophetic Poetry of the Hebrews, I. 380. Prosopopaia, instances of, I. 362, 363. Proverbs (Scripture), nature of, I. 370, 371. Prevalence of this mode of instruction, 370. Different kinds of proverbs: - Proverbal sentences, 371. Proverbial phrases, ibid. The proverbs occur ring in the New Testament, how to be interpreted, ibid. Proverbs (Book of), II. 245. Title, author, and canonical authority, 245, 246. Scope, 246. Quotations from this book in the New Testament, ibid. and note. Synopsis of its contents, ibid. Obser vations on this book, 247.

Psalms (Book of), II. 237. General title, ibid. Their structure, 23 Canonical authority, ibid. Authors to whom they have been ascribed, ibid. Moses, 239. David, ibid. Asaph, ibid. The sons of Korah, ibid. Heman and Ethan, 240. Solomon, ibid. Anony mous Psalms, ibid. Chronological arrangement of the Psalms by Calmet, 240, 241. Collection of the Psalms into a volume, Al, 242. The hundred and fifty-first Psalm spurious, ibid. and n On the inscriptions or titles of the Psalms, 242, 243. Probable meaning of the word Selah, occurring in them, 243, 244. Scope of the book of Psalms, 244, 245. Table of Psalms, strictly pr phetical of the Messiah, I. 316. Rules for better understanding them, II. 245. Table of the Psalms classed according to their several subjects, ibid.

Pseudo-Jonathan, Targum of, I. 263.

Punctuation of the New Testament, I. 214, 215.
Pythagoras, fabulous miracles ascribed to, exposed, I. 117.

QUALIFICATIONS (moral) for studying the Scriptures, I. 186, 187. Quotations: I. Quotations from the Old Testament in the New, general observa tions on, I. 293. Quotations from the Hebrew Scriptures and from the Septuagint version in the New Testament, with notes thereon, 293-310. Classification of quotations from the Hebrew Sep tures in the New Testament, 311, 312. And of quotations frem the Septuagint version, 312, 313. On the probable causes of seeming discrepancies in such quotations, 313, 314. On the ma ner in which the quotations from the Old Testament are applied in the New, 315. Rabbinical and other modes of quoting in the New Testament, 315, 316. Classification of quotations from the Old Testament in the New, 316. Quotations in which the pre dictions are literally accomplished, ibid. Quotations applied in a spiritual or mystical sense, ibid. Quotations made in the way of illustration, 316, 317. Quotations from the Old Testament, which are alluded to in the New, 318. Quotations from the apocryphal writers, ibid. And from profane authors, 318, 319

RABBINICAL HEBREW Dialect, notice of, I. 198.

Rabbinical writings, importance of, in studying the Scriptures, I. 314, 345.

Rabbinisms of the New Testament, I. 198.

Rainbow, observations on, 1. 75, 76.

Ravens, the supplying of Elijah by, with food, explained and vindicated, I. 422.

Reason insufficient, without Revelation, I. 22.

Recensions, or editions of MSS. found among ancient classic authors, I. 205. Account of the recensions of the Old Testament, 203. Of the New Testament, 204, Bengel's system of recensions, 205. Of Griesbach's system, 205, 206. Of Michaelis's, 206. Of Matthæi, ibid. Of Nolan, 206–208. Of Hug, 208, 209. Of Eichhorn, 209. Of Scholz, 209-212.

Redemption, Scripture doctrine of, not inconsistent with the received notions of the magnitude of creation, I. 159, 160. Regal government of the Israelites and Jews. See Kings. Reigns of Jewish monarchs, on the commencement of, I. 405. Religion of the patriarchal times, I. 142, 143. Of the Mosaic dispensation, 143-148. Religion of the Jews, a source of Scripture metaphors, 363.

Resurrection (future), doctrine of, unknown to the ancients, I. 19. Fully revealed in the Scriptures, 145, 146. 151. Believed by Job, II. 237. And by the patriarchs, I. 143. Circumstances of the resurrection of Jesus Christ considered, 106–115. And of the resurrection of Lazarus, 105, 106.

Revelation (divine), defined, I. 15. Its possibility, ibid. Probability, 15, 16. Necessity of, shown from the state of moral and religious knowledge among the ancients, 16-21. 183, 184. And also from the actual state of morals among the modern heathen nations, 21, 22. 184. And from the absurd, impious, and contradictory tenets of modern infidels, 22-26. On the possible means of affording a revelation, 26-28. See Scripture, Testament, Old and New. Revelation of St. John the divine, II. 378. Title, ibid. External arguments for its genuineness, 378-380. Internal evidences of its genuineness, 380. Objections to the Revelation examined and refuted, 380, 381. Its date, 381, 382. Occasion and scope, 382. Synopsis of its contents, 382, 383. Observations on this book,

383.

Revolution in France, horrid effects of, I. 25, 26.

Rewards and punishments, doctrine of, not of human invention, I. 160, 161.

Romans (Epistle to), II. 331. Its date, and where written, ibid. Its genuineness and authenticity, ibid. And of chapters xv. and xvi., ibid. The church at Rome, when and by whom founded, 331, 332. Its internal state, 332, 333. Occasion of this Epistle, 332. Its scope, 333. Synopsis of its contents, 333, 334. Observations on this Epistle, 334.

Romish Church, corruptions of, a proof of the truth of the Gospel,

I. 140.

Rossi. See De Rossi.

Rousseau, profligate principles and conduct of, I. 25. His involuntary testimony to the character of Jesus Christ, 156. note. Ruth (Book of), title and argument of, II. 218. Its date and chronology, ibid. Author, ibid. Scope, ibid. Synopsis of its contents, ibid.

SACRAMENTS of baptism and the Lord's supper, a proof of the credibility of the New Testament, I. 67.

Sacred Writers, alleged contradictions between, shown to have no foundation, I. 414 418, Seeming contradictions between them and profane writers accounted for, 418-420.

Sacrifices (human), universal among the ancients, I. 17. and note 1. Prevalence of, among some modern heathen nations, 21. Abolished by Christianity, 171.

Sahidic version of the Scriptures, I. 272, 273. Samaritans, origin of, I. 203. Account of the Samaritan Pentateuch, ibid. Differences between it and the Hebrew Pentateuch accounted for, 204. Manuscripts of the Samaritan Pentateuch, 221. Critical use of the Samaritan Pentateuch in determining various readings, 286, 287. Samaritan version of the Pentateuch, 204. Arabic version of the Samaritan Pentateuch, ibid. Account of their copy of the book of Joshua, II. 215. Samuel (the prophet), reality of the appearance of, to Saul, II. 219.

note. Samuel (two books of), II. 218. Their titles, ibid. Authors, 218, 219. Argument, scope, and analysis of the First Book of Samuel, 219. And of the Second Book of Samuel, 219, 220. Observations on the importance of these books, 220. Sanctification, New Testament doctrine of, I. 151. Sarcasm, instance of, I. 372.

Scholia, nature of, I. 335. 352. Rules for consulting scholia to advantage, 335.

Scholz (Dr.), abstract of the system of recensions of, I. 209-212.

Scope, definition of, I. 339. Its importance, ibid. Particularly in studying the epistles, 394. Rules for investigating it, 339, 340. Application of the scope to the interpretation of parables, 367. Scriptures, different appellations of, I. 212. Why committed to writing, 27. Proofs that none of the canonical books of Scripture either are or ever were lost, 56-58. Impossibility of their being the contrivance or invention of men, 92. Proofs that they are of Divine authority, and their authors divinely inspired, 93. (See Authenticity, Genuineness, Christianity, Miracles, Prophecy, Doctrine, Moral Precepts, Harmony, Preservation, Benefits, Objec tions.) A perfect rule of faith and practice, I. 186. Moral qualifications for the study of the Scriptures, 186, 187. In what order they should be read, 187. Original languages of, 188-199. Manuscripts of, 216-261. Divisions and marks of distinction in, 212-215. Ancient versions of, 261-280. Knowledge of the order of time, authors, and occasion of each book, necessary to a right interpretation thereof, 318, 349. And also of biblical geography and antiquities, &c., 350-352. See Testament (Old) and Testament (New).

Selah, import of the word explained, II. 243, 244. Sennacherib's army, destruction of, I. 418. Sense of Scripture, definition of, and general rules for investigating it, I. 322-324. Subsidiary means for ascertaining it, 329-354. Interpretation of the figurative meaning of Scripture, 355-358. Of the spiritual sense, 382-384. Of the typical and symbolical sense, 385-387. Different senses given to the same words in different texts, a source of apparent contradiction in doctrinal points, 407. Septuagint version, critical history of, I. 264-266. From what MSS. it was made, 266. Held in the highest esteem by the Jews and early Christian fathers, ibid. Biblical labours of Origen concerning it, 267, 268. Recensions of Eusebius, Lucian, and Hesychius, 268. Similarity of its Greek with that of the New Testament, 193. Estimate of the real value of the Septuagint, 268. Its importance in the criticism of the New Testament, 268. and note 6. Syriac version of Origen's Hexaplar edition of the Septuagint, 272. Tables of quotations from the Septuagint, in the New Testament, 312, 313.

Shaftesbury (Lord), absurd and contradictory notions of, concerning religion, I. 23.

Shechinah, notice of, II. 255.
Sheminith, import of, II. 243.
Shemitish Languages, remarks on, I. 188, 189.
Sheggaion, import of, II. 243.

Shir, Shir-Mismor, and Shir-Hammachaloth, psalms so called, II. 243.
Sign, put for the thing signified, I. 361.
Signification of words, general rules for investigating, I. 324–326.
Sin, origin of, as related by Moses, confirmed by facts, and by his-
tory, I. 69, 70.

Sinai (Codex of), I. 203.

Singular number put for the plural, I. 372.
Society, influence of Christianity on. I. 170, 171.
Sodom and Gomorrah, destruction of, confirmed by profane histo-
rians, I. 77.

Solomon, list of psalms ascribed to, II. 240. Notice of writings attributed to him, I. 57. See Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Wisdom of Solomon.

Son, different significations of, I. 197.

A

Song of the Three Children, apocryphal book of, II. 292.
Song of Solomon, author of, ÍI. 249. Canonical authority of, ibid.
Structure of the poem, 250. Its subject and scope, 250, 251.
sublime mystical allegory, 251-253. Observations on its style, 253.
Songs of the Steps, what psalms so called, II. 243.
Soul. See Immortality of the Soul, Transmigration.
Spanish Jews, manuscripts of, I. 218.
Spirit. See Holy Spirit.

Spiritual Sense of Scripture, nature of, I. 323. Vindicated, 382,
383. Observations on the spiritual interpretation of the Bible,
383. Rules for such interpretation, 383, 384. Cautions against
extremes in spiritually expounding the Scriptures, 384.
Spurious writings, criteria for ascertaining, I. 39, 40. None of these
criteria to be found in the New Testament, 39.
Stations of the Israelites in the wilderness, II. 210.
riz and Erixomerpis, account of, I. 214, 215.
Style of the Old Testament, a proof of its authenticity, I. 31. And
also of the New Testament, 49. Examination of it, 194–196.
And of its dialects, 196-199.

Subject, metonymy of, what, I. 359. Examples of it, 360.
Subject-matter defined, I. 338, 339. Examples showing the necessity
of considering it in the interpretation of the Bible, 339.
Subjects, duties of, I. 153.

Subscriptions annexed to the epistles, remarks on, I. 215.
Substantives used by the Jews in lieu of adjectives, I. 197.
Suetonius, testimony of, concerning Jesus Christ, I. 82. And to the
persecutions of the Christians, 83.

Suicide, recommended and practised by the ancient philosophers, I. 20. and note 1.

Sun standing still, account of, vindicated, I. 421. Sunday, or Lord's day, observance of, a perpetual proof of the cre dibility of the New Testament, I. 67.

Susanna, apocryphal history of, II. 292.

Swine, destruction of the herd of, vindicated, I. 102. Symbolical language of Scripture, remarks on, I. 387. Symbolic actions, how to be interpreted, 390. Concise dictionary of the

principal symbolical terms occuring in the prophetic writings, | II. 457-466.

Symmachus's Greek version of the Old Testament, account of, I. 269. Synecdoche, nature of, I. 371. Examples of it, 371, 372. Synonymous words, observations on, 1. 325.

Syriac Language, notice of, I. 199.

Syriac Versions of the Scriptures, account of, I. 270-272. Syriac version of Origen's Hexaplar edition of the Septuagint, 272. Syriasms of the New Testament, I. 198.

TABERNACLES (feast of), a proof of the credibility of the Old Testament, I. 66.

Tacitus, testimony of, concerning Jesus Christ, I. 82.; and the character and persecutions of the Christians, 83.

Talmud, account of, I. 344, 345. Talmudical arrangement of the books of the Old Testament, 217. Testimony of the Talmuds to the character of Jesus Christ, 81.

Targums, or Chaldee paraphrases of the Old Testament, critical account of, I. 262-264.

Tatian, testimony of, to the genuineness of the New Testament, I.
43, 44. Notice of his harmony of the Gospels, 319.
Tertullian, testimony of, to the genuineness of the New Testament.
I. 42, 43.

Testament (Old), the Hebrew Scriptures why so termed, I. 28. Genuineness of, ibid. External evidences of its genuineness, 29, 30. Internal evidences. Its language, style, and manner of writing, 31. The circumstantiality of its narratives, 31, 32. Its uncorrupted preservation proved from the absolute impossibility of its being falsified or corrupted, either by Jews, 52, 53. 184, 185.; or by Christians, 53.; and from the agreement of all the ancient paraphrases, versions, and manuscripts, 53, 54. Particular proofs of the integrity of the Old Testament, 56, 57. Its accounts confirmed by profane historians, 73-83. History of the Hebrew text of, 200-203. Different appellations given to it, 212. Order and ancient divisions of, 212, 213. Modern divisions of, 213. Ancient versions, 261-280. Account of the principal Hebrew MSS. of the Old Testament, 216-221. Editions, 203. See Credibility, Inspiration, Pentateuch, Preservation.

Testament (New), general title of, 1. 38, 39. Account of its canon, 39. The New Testament, why written in Greek, 193, 194. Similarity of its Greek with that of the Septuagint version, 193. Examination of its style, 194-196. Account of its dialects, 196199. Genuineness and authenticity of the New Testament proved, from the impossibility of forgery, 40. 54, 55. From the external evidence afforded by the testimonies of ancient Christians, 4045. Of heretical writers, 45, 46. And heathen testimonies 4648. And by ancient versions of it, 48. From the internal evidence furnished by the character of its writers, ibid. By its language and style, 48, 49. 195, 196. By the circumstantiality of its narratives, 49. And by the coincidence of its accounts with the history of those times, 49-51. Its uncorrupted preservation proved from its contents, 54. From the utter impossibility of its being universally accomplished, 54, 55. From the agree ment of all the manuscripts, 55. Versions and quotations from the New Testament in the writings of the early Christians, 55, 56. Particular proofs of its integrity, 57, 58. Its accounts confirmed by profane historians, 78-87. (See Credibility, Inspiration.) Recensions or families of manuscripts of the New Testament, 204-212. Descriptive catalogue of the principal manuscripts, 222-261. Classification of its several books, II. 293, 294. Ancient divisions of, I. 213, 214. Titles to each book, 215. Subscriptions, ibid. Ancient stichoi and modern verses, 214, 215. Ancient and modern punctuation, 214. See Versions. Testimony, observations on the credibility of, I. 95, 96. Refutation of Mr. Hume's objections against testimony, 96, 97. Testimony of native contemporary writers a source of interpretation, 329— 333. And also the testimony of foreigners who have acquired a language, 335, 336.

Tetropla of Origen, account of, I. 267.

Theodotion's Greek version of the Old Testament, account of, I. 269. Its critical value, ibid.

Theophilus (bishop of Antioch), testimony of, to the genuineness of the New Testament, I. 43.

Thessalonians, First Epistle to, II. 341. Account of the Thessalonian church there, ibid. Its genuineness, 342. Occasion, scope, and synopsis of its contents, ibid.

Thessalonians, Second Epistle to, II. 342. Its date, occasion, and scope, ibid. Analysis of its contents, ibid. Observations on this Epistle, ibid.

Threatenings of Scripture, interpretation of, I. 399.

Time, instances of, being put for things done in time, I. 360. Dif. ferent modes of computing time sometimes adopted by the sacred writers, 405,

Timothy, account of, II. 343.

Timothy, First Epistle to, II. 343. Its date, 343, 344. Genuineness and authenticity of the Epistles to Timothy, 344. Scope and synopsis of the First Epistle, 344, 345.

Timothy, Second Epistle to. II. 345. Its date, 315, 346. Where written, 346. Its scope, ibid. Synopsis of its contents, ibid. Observations on this Epistle, ibid. On the use which the Christain church in every age is to make of the two Epistles to Timothy

and that to Titus, 345.

Tindal, absurd and contradictory tenets of, concerning religion, I. 23. Titles of books, remarks on, I. 348. Of the Psalms, II. 242, 243. Of the books of the New Testament, I. 215.

Titus, account of, II. 346, 347. Date of the Epistle to him, 347. Its scope and analysis, ibid. Observations on it, ibid. Titus (the Roman emperor), triumphal arch of, a proof of the redibility of the Scriptures, I. 91. His destruction of Jerusalem commemorated by a coin, ibid. Inscription erected in his honour, ibid. note.

Tobit, apocryphal book of, II. 290.

Tradition, insecurity of, I. 27.

Trajan, letter of, concerning the Christians, I. 84. Transubstantiation, Romish notion of, unsupported by Scripture, L 356, 357. No miracle in it, 99. note.

Tropes and figures, on the interpretation of, I. 355–358.
Tropical Sense, 1. 322.

Types, nature of. I. 385. Legal types, ibid. Prophetical types, 385, 386. Historical types, 386. Rules for the interpretation of types, 386, 387. Types of the Messiah, in the book of Genesis, II. 24 Exodus, 206. Numbers, 218.

Typical sense of Scripture, I. 323.

Tyre, prophecies concerning, and their fulfilment, I. 124, 125.

ULPHILAS'S Gothic version of the New Testament, account of, L 277. Notice of some manuscripts of it, 277—279. Universal Propositions to be understood with limitations, I. 395, 3 "Unknown God," origin of the altar to, at Athens, I. 90. Urim and Thummim, what, II. 255. Usus Loquendi, defined, I. 329. Direct testimonies for ascertaining it, 329-336. Indirect testimonies for ascertaining it, 336-32 VARIOUS READINGS, the Christian faith not affected by, I. 55. 281. 282. Their nature, 282. Difference between them and mere errata, ibid. Notice of the principal collations and collections of various readings, ibid. Causes of them, ibid. The negligence or mistakes of transcribers, errors or imperfections in the mann script copied, 283, 284. Critical conjecture, 284. Wilful corrap tions from party motives, 285. Sources whence a true reading is to be determined, ibid. Manuscripts, 285, 286. Ancient editions, 286. Ancient versions, 286, 287. The writings of Josephus, 288. Parallel passages, ibid. Quotations of the fathers, 288, 2 Heretical writings, 289. Critical conjecture, 289, 290. General rules for judging of various readings, 290–292. Notice of the collections of various readings by Poussines, 245., and the Marquis of Velez, ibid. note.

Velesian Manuscripts, notice of, I. 245. note. Verses, the Old and New Testament, when divided into, I. 213 Versions (ancient), a proof of the genuineness and authenticity of the New Testament, I. 48. Account of the ancient versions of the Old and New Testaments, 261-280. Versions of the Sam ritan Pentateuch, 204. The critical value of ancient versions and hints for consulting them to the best advantage, 333-335 Their use in determining various readings, 286, 287. Vespasian, pretended miracle of, exposed, I. 118. Victorinus, testimony of, to the genuineness of the New Testament, Virtue, no motives to, among the heathen nations, I. 18. Admi rable and beautiful motives to virtue presented in the Gospel 156-158.

I. 42.

Visions, prophetic, II. 255, 256.

Visiting the sins of fathers upon their children explained, I. 409. Voltaire, impious opinions of, on religion, I. 24. Advocated imme rality, 25. And exemplified his precepts by his own profligate example, 26. His miserable death, 176. Vowel Points (Hebrew), evidence concerning the ancient or mo dern date of, I. 191, 192. Their relative utility, 192.

Vulgate Latin version of the Scriptures, account of, I. 275, 276. Variations between the Sixtine aud Clementine editions, 276, 277. Its critical value, 277. Modern revisions of it, ibid.