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of the reformation drawn from the for-
inularies of a church established by hu-
man authority, b.; the rights of con-
science not to be transferred from the
keeping of one class of men to that of
another class, ib.; the author's expo-
sition of the duties of Christian pastors,
264; remarks on his exposition of the
going down of Christ into hell, &c., ib.,
et seq.; history of the article on the de-
scent into hell, 266, 7; different opi-
nions held concerning the hell of the
creed, 267; opinions of Dr. Horsley,
and Bishop Pearson, 268; observa-
tions on the resurrection of Christ, 269;
on the power of the church to decree
rites and ceremonies, ib.; on the au-
thor's defence of confirmation, 270, 1;
on excommunication, 271, 2.
Religion, revival in, sermons, &c., on,
537, et seq.; Mr. Burder on the mean-
ing of a revival in religion, 538; re-
mark of Mr. Fletcher on the same sub-
ject, ib.; revival of piety in the heart,
and in society, different things, ib.;
character of the American revival, 539;
Mr. Fletcher on the importance of a re-
vival among ourselves, 540, 1; the want
of success in practical labours a well
founded complaint, 541, 2; Mr. Wilson
on the improved character of the times
in regard to religious revival, 543, 4;
Dr. Smith on the same point, 544; Mr.
Wilson on a revived christianity, 546.
of the reformation; see Refor-

mation.
Restoration, Israel's future, to Palestine,
&c., objections to the doctrine of, 198,
et seq. See Millenarianism, modern.
Rivers, intermittent, in Guatimala, de-
scription of them, from the Modern
Traveller, 234, et seq.
Rome, Niebuhr's history of, 189, et seq.
persecutions of the protestants there
in the sixteenth century, 158.

the members of the church of, giv-
ing security to a protestant state, Ve-
vers's observations on, 365, et seq.
Russell's vestry library, 559; the editor's
account of his plan, 560.

Lord J., History of the English
Government, 98.

St. Paul, difficulties in the writings of,
Whately's essays on some of the, 120,

et seq.
Schleiermacher's critical essay on the Gos-
pel of St. Luke, 413, et seq.; religious
controversies, and their causes, discou-
raging to a pious thinker, 413,4; the
only applicable remedy to this state of
things, 415; the present work belongs
to the school of the German Neologists,
415; its translator, 416; the origina-

tion of the Gospels the subject of the
present work, 417; on the variations
occurring in the Gospels of Mattbew,
Mark, and Luke, ib.; chief questions
on this point, ib.; extract from a lecture
on this subject, delivered at a dissenting
college, 417, et seq.; remarks on it,
419; the Author's distribution of St.
Luke's Gospel into four divisions, 419,20,
strictures on his observations, 420, 1;
extract, on the presentation of the Child
Jesus, in the Temple, as illustrating the
Author's mode, 422, 3; extract from the
second part of the series, 424; on the
bloody sweat in our Lord's agony, 425;
illustration of the parable of the unjust
and crafty steward, 425, 6; remarks on
the principle of the Author's mode of
explanation, 426, 7; he does not deny
miracles; and allows a real inspiration
in the composition of the Holy Scrip
tures, 428, 9; late change in the Au-
thor's views respecting evangelical truth,
429; extract from his sermon preached
at the re-opening of the German Lu-
theran chapel, in the Savoy, 431.
Schleiermacher's sermon, at the re-opening
of the German Lutheran chapel, in the
Savoy, 413, et seq.

Scott's continuation of Milner's history of
the Church of Christ, 331, et seq.;
contents of the Author's former volume,
331; period treated of in the present
volume, ib.; leading events of the
Smalkaldic war, 332; character of the
Landgrave of Hesse, 332, 3; the coun-
cil of Trent translated to Bologna, 333;
publication of the Interim, ib.; noble
opposition made at Strasburgh, to the
Emperor's dictates respecting religion,
333, 4; excellent reflections of the au
thor on this conduct, 334; their appli-
cation universal, ib.; the German nobles
petition Ferdinand in regard to the Sacro-
ment, 335, 6; reply of Ferdinand, 336;
comment on the reply, 336, 7; account
of the renewal of the celebration of the
mass at Strasburg, 337, 8; the Author's
vindication of Melanchthon, 338, 9;
mode in which the reformers treat of the
law and the gospel, 339, 40; account of
the council of Trent, 441; it declara
the apocryphal books to be of equal au
thority with the others, 341, 2; con
cluding remarks, 342.
Scriptural Geology, 39, et seq.
Securities, the, considered, 365, el seq.;
the prevalence of popery in Ireland bas
been occasioned by the indolent repose
of the protestant church, 365; Eng-
land has shewed more anxiety about
protestant securities, than about pro-
testant principles, 366; the mode in
which the bill provides for the security and

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Selkirk, Alexander, the life and adven-
tures of, 185.

Sermon, Hinton's, on the means of a reli-
gious revival, 537, et seq.

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Services, important, conferred on Christen-
dom by Mohammedism, 404.
Shunem, Edmeston's woman of, Patmos,
and other poems, 457, et seq.

Sims's christian records, 87; design of the
work, ib.

Sismondi, his parallel between Italy and
Greece, 408, 9.

Skeletons, Guadaloupe, opinions respect-
ing their formation, 50.
Smith's, Dr., introductory essay to Jona-
than Edwards's narrative of the revival of
religion in New England, 537.
Smith, Dr. Pye, on the principles of in-
terpretation, as applied to the prophecies
of Holy Scripture, 446, et seq.; minis-
ters of limited attainments generally
select their texts from the prophetical
parts of the Old Testament, 446; its
probable cause, ib.; real design of a
translation, 447; a diligent search into
the meaning of the prophetic oracles, the
duty of those who possess the requisite
means, 448; it is not the duty of all
Christians, 449; remarks on the prin-
ciple of accommodating Scripture to new
purposes, 450, 1; the Author's objec-
tion to the term, double sense' of scrip-
ture, 452.

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Smith's translation of the chronicle of

Geoffry de Villehardouin, 494, et seq.
Speeches and proceedings of a dinner to
commemorate the abolition of the sacra-
mental test, report of the, 85, 6.
Spirit, the, and manners of the age, 281.
Stewart's tendency to disease of body and
mind, in refined life, &c. 453, et seq.;
three classes of medical publications,
453; professed object of the author,
454; the great secret for avoiding ner-
vousness, 454, 5; evils arising from in-
dulging in the allurements of large cities,
455; baneful effect of a state of listless-
ness and irresolution, 456, 7.
Suttee, the Hindoo doctors' account of the
original intention of becoming one, 533.

Tales and legends, 178, et seq.

of a modern genius, 178, et seq.;
detail of the author's disappointments,
and unmerited neglect, 179; his sple-
netic statement of the treatment of his
work by some dissenting ministers, 180;
reception of his work by the London
publishers, 181; extract, 182.

Tales of the Great St. Bernard, 178, et seq. ¡
description of a burning forest, 183.
Taylor's process of historical proof ex-
emplified and explained, 74, et seq.;
two-fold aspect presented to us by the
Holy Scriptures, 75; Herodotus the
subject of the Author's investigations,
76; skill of Herodotus in the combina-
tions of the materials of his history, ib.;
superiority of the European over the
Asiatic nations, 77; a demand for a
correspondence, in force, &c., between
facts and testimony, is the effect of pre-
judice, 78, 9.

Test, sacramental, report of the speeches
and proceedings of a dinner to com-
memorate the abolition of the, 85, 6.

The shame of the cross, stanzas by Edme-
ston, 458.

Thierry's lettres sur l'histoire de France,
431, et seq.; eminent qualifications of
the author, 431, 2; notice of the early
histories of France, 432, et seq.; Ni-
cholas Gilles' portrait of Charlemagne,
433; Girard's history, ib.; his descrip-
tion of the old chroniclers, ib.; Meze-
ray's history, 434; the Jesuit Daniel's,
ib.; the Abbé Velly's, 435; the Au-
thor's reply to the question, Which is the
best history of France? 435; modern
writers of French history, 435, 6; M.
Thierry's account of the origin of the
present work, 436; its complexion and
spirit, ib.; prevailing evil among his-
torical writers, 487; necessary qualifi-
cations for the writer of history, 438;
plan used by the early writers of French
history, 438, 9; change of fashion in
literature, 439; M. Thierry's mode,
ib.; great improvement in historical
writing, 440; the Author's hypothesis of
the origin of the franchises of the French
communes, 440, 1; revolutionary insur- ́
rection of Laon, 441, 2; tragical death
of the bishop, 442, 3; reduction of the
city by the king, 444; the bell-tower
ordered to be deprived of the name
belfry, 444, 5; remarks on the Author's
view of the state of society at this
period, 445.

Townsend, the Rev. John, memoirs of,
279, et seq.; his active co-operation
with many of the existing charitable
societies, 279; his pastoral conduct,
279, 80; his domestic character, 280.
Twelve years' military adventure in three
quarters of the globe, 301, et seq.

Vellore, origin of the mutiny there, 809.
Venetians, and a party of the Crusaders,
twice capture the city of Constanti-
nople, 502, et seq.

Venice, cruel persecution of the protestants
there in the sixteenth century, 157, 8.

Vevers's observations on the members of
the church of Rome giving security to
a protestant state, 365, et seq.; Wes-
ley's sentiments on popery, 372, 3; cause
of the violent anticatholic zeal of the
Wesleyan methodists, 373.
Villehardouin, Geoffry de, the chronicle of,
&c. 494, et seq.; narratives of the old
chroniclers, a source of high literary
enjoyment, 494, 5; history and cha-
racter of Villebardouin, 495; the trans-
lator's estimate of the present work, 496;
the chronicle confined to the detail of
the occupation of Constantinople by a
party of the Crusaders, 497; leaders of
the enterprise, ih.; they seek the aid of
Venice, ib.; shrewd policy of the doge,
ib.; their appearance before the great
council, 497, 8; the crusaders, like
pious Eneas, great weepers, 498; the
Venetians engage them to attack Zara,
498, 9; Alexius hires them in order to
recover the throne of Constantinople,
ib.; their departure from Corfu, and
arrival at Chalcedon, 500; they cross the
strait, 500, 1; attack upon the city, ib.;
dauntless conduct of the blind old doge,
501, 2; flight of the usurper, and cap-
ture of the city, 502; war between the
Franks and the Greeks, 503; usurpa-
tion of Mourtzouphles, and death of
the emperor, ib.; assault, and second
capture of the city by the Franks, &c.,
503, 4; the city set on fire, 504; sub-
jects of the remainder of the work, ib.
Volcano, the water, 233; it destroys the
old city of Ciudad Veija, ib.
Volcanoes in Guatimala, 232; account of
two celebrated ones, ib.

Voyage dans la Marmarique, la Cyre-
naique, &c. par M. Pacho, 32, et seq.

Waldenses, history, &c. of the, 253, et
seq.; remarks on the question, --Is the
use of arms permitted to a Christian?
253, 4; origin of the Vaudois, 254;
are, probably, the descendants of those
who dwelt in that country in the
Apostles' times, ib.; the House of
Savoy persecutes them, 254; receive
relief from the protestant states of
Europe, 254, 5; are again oppressed by
the duke of Savoy, 255; they retire
into Swisserland, 255, 6; attempt to
recover their country by arms, 256;
defeat a part of the French army, 257;
they refuse to give quarter, ib.; detail of
the military operations of the Vaudois
in the valleys, ib., et seq.; Arnaud's

account of their hazardous escape from
the rock of Balsi, 259, 60; flight and
death of Arnaud, 260; details of the
present state of the Vaudois, 260, 1;
charge against the University of Cam-
bridge, for unfairly detaining papers said
to belong to the Vaudois, 261, 2.
Whately's essays on some of the difficulties
in the writings of Paul, &c., 120, et seq.;
the proper business of the theologian, 120;
subjects of the essays, 121; the schools of
the philosophers a kind of intellectual
palæstra, 122; they considered truth as
unfit to be communicated, ib.; and
maintained the popular religion as po-
litically expedient, while themselves dis-,
believed it, 123; truth the characteristic
of the Christian religion, 123, 4; objec-
tions to the universal propagation of
truth answered, 124, 5; four cautionary
maxims, concluding the first essay, 125;
observations on the second maxim, 125, 6;
on the prevalent prejudice of consider-
ing the inspired Epistles as of inferior
authority to the Gospels, 126, 7; the
chief objection against St. Paul's epistles
is, not from things hard to be under-
stood, but from those easy to be under-
stood, 127; if the gospel is against a
man, that man will be against the gospel,
ib.; on election, ib.; the three great
questions for discussion, ib.; on the na-
ture of the election of the Israelites, 128;
St. Paul's language applied, ib.; provi-
dential election, 128, 9; on the scriptural
uses of the term elect, 129, 30; election
distinct from predestination, 130, 1; on
election, as connected with salvation,
181, 2; accordance of Calvin's language
with the seventeenth article of the church
of England, 132, 3, note; on predesti-
nation, 134, 5; remarks on the author's
opinion that the whole of the Mosaic
law, including the Decalogue, has been
entirely abrogated, 135, et seq.; he
thinks the observance of the sabbath is not
a part of the moral law, 137; on the
presence and influence of the Holy
Spirit, 189, 40.

Wilson's, the Rev. Daniel, introductory
essay to Baxter's reformed pastor, 587,

et seq.

Zara, siege and capture of, by the Vene-
tians and a party of the Crusaders,
498, 9.
Zurmie and Zarrie, account of lakes form-
ed by the rivers, 175.

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