ABRAHAM'S offering Isaac Canaan, number of acres in its
vindicated, 207, 208. Alexander Janneus, 231. Ananias, why Paul did not know him to be high Priest (Act. xxiii.) 161. Animals forbidden as unclean, and the reasons and purposes of this prohibition, 259, 268. Antiquities, study of the Jewish Antiquities recommended, 85, 87. Appearances, (visible) of Deity, 131, 137.
importance of them to his antient people, 131, 132, 143. Ark, 139.
territory, and how proportion- ed to the number of the Israel- ites, 43.
Canaanites, their destruction vin- dicated, 20, 27.
Ceremonies of the Hebrew word ship, their special objects, 96, 98. Charms, 337-
Circumcision, its origin, fitness, and usefulness, 99, 104. Cities, assigned to the Levites, 170.
1 Corinthians, xi. 4, 6, illustrated, 162, 178.
Cow, esteemed sacred by the E gyptians, 333.
Bible, used in divination, 202, Dreams, divine revelations in
G Garments of the Priests, 155, 157. peculiar garments for the high Priests, 157, 161. these gar ments allegorised in a fanciful manner by Josephus and Phi- lo, 163. why men and wo- men might not wear each oth- er's garments, 256. Gemara, 221. Government, (civil) its origin and progress in the early ages, 11,15.
of the Israelites, its de- sign, 23. why temporal bles- sings and evils were its sanc- tions, 23, 24. the utility of its sanctions, 25. the reason of some statutes, which may ap- pear trifling or severe, 28, 29. contrasted with the govern- ment of the antient heathens, 37, 41. originally a free and equal republic, 43. required that the territory should be e- qually divided, estates holden as a freehold from God, and descend in perpetual succes- sion, 44. allowed a popular assembly, an advising senate, and a presiding magistrate, 49. popular branch, 50, 52. sen- atorial branch, 54, 59. execu- tive branch, 59, 62. its excel. lence, as an immediate com- munication from Jehovah, 64. as it precluded selfish ambi- tion, 76. its operation com- menced in the wilderness, 74. degenerated in form and execu- tion after the death of Joshua, 76.
by Judges, 77. by kings, 80. Groves, why prohibited near the altar of God, 39, 256.
Jonah's prediction respecting
Nineveh conditional, 198.
Fonathan, remarks on the people's rescuing him from death, 51. Jepthah, reflections on his vow,
77, 79. Jubilee, 46, 252. Fudges, the institution and nature
of their office, 77.
K Karraites, 229.
Kid, why not to be sodden in its
mother's milk, 40, 123, 256. Kings, establishment of monarchy and regulations respecting the choice, duties, &c. of a king, So.
accounted gods among the Hindoos, 326. Kircher makes an image appar- ently speak, and supposes the heathen priests used similar ar- tifices, 65, 66.
Lamech, opinions on his story, 17. Langles (Mr.) 312.
offerings, trespass offerings, peace offerings, 115. offering of first fruits, and the daily sacrifice, 116.
of Cain and Abel, 135. their story illustrated, 135, 136. Oil poured on the head, 158. Oracle of the Israelites, 65. its
difference from the heathen oracles, 66, 67, 184, 185. an- tecedent to any heathen ora- cle, 67. its particular design, 68. guarded against imposi- tion, 69, 79. useful purposes,
Pagans attributed temporal pros- perity to their idols, 90, 93. Passover, 120, 124.
Paul's offering sacrifice to con- ciliate the Jews (record. 21 chap. of Acts), justified, 75. his vow of Nazariteship, 218, Pentecost, 125.
Pharisees, 131, 133. Pollutions and purifications, 270. Priests, their orders, qualifica- tions, ceremonies of their in- duction into office, and their duties, 147, 150. their gar- preroga- ments, 155, 157. tives of the high priest, 151. his garments, 157, 161. how the priests were maintained,
166, 170. why supported by tithes, 170, 172. Punishments inflicted on those who
assumed the priestly office, 154. Priesthood, the union of civil and spiritual jurisdiction in it con- sidered, 174. typical of Christ, 307. Priestly's (Dr.) dicourses, deliver- ed at Philadelphia, referred to, 37. quoted, 41, 52. account of two responses of the oracle A. pollo, 184.
Property in land, how divided a- mong the Israelites, holden, and how transmitted, 44, 45. Prophets, the nature and design
of their office, 178. were se- rene and composed, when they received the spirit of inspira tion, 192. the manner, in which divine communications were made to them, 193. by dreams, 194. by visions, 195. by inspiration, 198. by voic- es, 201. by ministry of an- gels, 204. how the people were assured of their authori- ty, 197. the character and writings of the Hebrew proph- ets vindicated, 205. prophet- ic schools, 180, 182.
Rams worshipped by Egyptians,
Ritual, of the Hebrews, its de- sign, and the reasons, why its observance was enforced by temporal considerations, 89, 95, 297, 300. its tendency to promote the glory of God, and its benefits,280,286. arguments in support of its divine origin, 291. it required inward purity, holiness, and obedience, 294, 299. considered, as a typical dispensation, 302, 311.
S Sabbath, 104. in some respects a new appointment to the Jewish nation, 106, 110. sabbatical
year, 249, 251. Sacrifices, part of the civil as well
as religious establishment of the Israelites, 75. various o- pinions about their origin, III, 112. Jewish law prescribed
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five sorts of sacrifices, 112. their design, 113, 117. rifice at the Passover 122. the new moon, 246, 247. the beginning of the year, 248. sacrifices of purifications, 276. Sadducees, 227, 229. Samaritans, 224, 227. Sanhedrim, its origin, progress, and power, 56, 59. Shechinah, 137, 305. Scribes, 213.
Scriptures, the care of the Jews to preserve their scriptures, 222. Sects, 224.
Selden's account of the manner of tithing lambs, 167.
Shiloh, the origin and significa. tion of the word, 22.
Tabernacle, 138. feast of Taber-
nacles, 126.
Talmud, 221. Temple, 138.
built by the Samaritans on Mount Gerizim, 225. Tithes, 167, 169. why a tenth rather than any other portion was paid in tithes, 172, 173. U Urim and Thummin, 69, 159. V
Vows of the Nazarites, 18. Vedas, 313, 314. W
Wise men or Sophoi, 212. Warburton's divine legation, 299. Women, their treatment among the Hindoos, 326.
Year, sacrifices at the beginning of the year, 248. sabbatical, 249, 251. of Jubilee, 252.
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