Nineveh, prophecies concerning, conclusive, mortifying declaration of a, O. Objections to the scriptures, with answers, Okely, Dr. recants his deistical principles, Page 108 50, 54 187, 204 161 306, 307 305 Oliver, Dr. conversion and death of, Oxford, Earl of, an infidel and hypocrite, Ostervald, attributes great blame to the clergy, Oxenstiern, Chancellor, found rest in the bible alone, 34 55, 56 227 56 2 243 79 157 57 277 5 68, 69, 205, 305 340 142 challenged to produce morals equal to the New Testa- ment, on national Popes, a man of some natural talents, an ignorant and malignant person, insolently attacks the clergy on their learning, 37 objections of, to the scripture, answered,. specimens of the insolence of, jests of Solomon recommended to, Paley, Rev. William, on subscription, account of the Methodists by, 305 152 205 Ibid. 206 205, 213 214, 215 262, 263 persuasion of, that he was right, no proof, 273, 274 345 Addenda. 75 87 232 55 150 158, 159 147 22 Father, a great student in the scriptures, 298 Persecution, Pascal, spent his whole time in prayer and the bible Patronage, of livings, brief view of, sad abuses of the Patric, Bishop, endeavoured at a reformation, Paul, St. triumphant death of, Persecution, a sure mark of Antichrist, Peter, St. curious anecdote of, Peterborough, Lord, Eulogium of, on Fenelon, Philosophers, French, of various sentiments, Pluralities of livings, very common, Pomfret's Poems, quotation from, a believer, Page 219 219, 220, 237 93 309, 310 280 237 324 91 7 49, 204, 248, 249, 269, 294 137 Pope, of Rome, duration of, anecdote of, 135 337 cruelly treated by the French, Popes, of Rome, number of, in all, however virtuous, to go into perdition, Popery, a grievous curse to Christendom, P-t, Lord, infidelity and death of, 165 135, 136 144 97 145 Pref. 7, 8 Pope, William, infidelity and awful death of, Porson's account of Gibbon's history, Porteous, Bishop, quotation from, on the Atonement, on a Future State, recommended, 18 122 275 251 Prayers, for the King, too frequently repeated, 261 Prebends, Canons, &c. some account of, 77 Preferment, large, not necessary to our usefulness, Priestly, Dr. considers all lively religion as enthusiasm, Priests, by their folly, the curse of Christendom, 24,600 of, murdered in France, Prophecies, a wonderful chain of, in scripture, 174 144 277 191 166 a remarkable one, concerning the French, 254, 255 Propertius, Propertius, quotation from, Prussia, Frederic, King of, egregiously mistaken, Page 270 302 244 146 293 Raleigh, Sir Walter, dying advice of, Rank, men of, sometimes the pest of a neighbourhood, Rectories, number of, 310 177 339, 351 75 Reformation, prevented the clergy from amassing the wealth of Europe, 168 of England, essential to the salvation of the coun- Religions, of the world, should be compared, 276 Renty, Mons. de, read three chapters daily on his knees, Repentance, death-bed, very dangerous, Reyner, a bankrupt, afterwards honourably paid his debts, Ridley, Bishop, able to repeat much of the bible, 289 41 330 297 302, 303 Robertson, Dr. opinion of, on Christianity, Robinson, Dr. a great admirer of the bible, 5 sermon of, recommended, 324 242 335 Robison's Proofs of a Conspiracy, Robert, King of Sicily, preferred his bible to his kingdom, 241 Romaine, Rev. William, read nothing but; the bible for 30 years, glorious death of, Rowe, Nic. Esq. died in the faith, Roscommon, Earl of, passage from, applied to the bible, 300 61 268 269 Rousseau, Rousseau, extraordinary life and death of, Rush, Dr. a philosopher, yet a Christian, S. Scaliger, a fine stanza, admired by, Scarlett, New Testament of, for universal restitution, Scott, Rev. Thomas, conversion of, answer of, to T. Paine, quotation from, Scotland, kirk of, some account of, Sheffield, Duke of Bucks, lines on the death of, 227 45 66 314 195 39 185, 186 78 236 299 57, 243 313 9 26 92, 177, 256, 274 50 Dr. on the Test Act, on Divine Providence, recommended, Shepherd, of Salisbury Plain, read his bible daily for 30 years, 156 199 301 Sidney, Sir Philip, dying advice of, 290 Slavery, in ancient times, common and cruel, Spirit, Holy, operation of, defended by Bishop Pearson,' Stars, number of, discoverable, Stackhouse, Rev. T. on the objections to the bible, 315 325 201 Steel, Steel, Sir Richard, on the death of three infidels, Sterne, Lawrence, Sermon of, on Conscience, Stillingfleet, Bishop, endeavours reformation, Origines Sacræ of, strongly recommended, Struensee, Count, conversion of, Subscription, to the 39 Articles, a great hardship, Page 50 262, 301 310 273 103 147 304 39 153, 161 154 does a Bishop in England believe fully his own 162 Susannah, Countess of Suffolk, read the bible over twice a year, Swendenborgh, strange errors of, letter in defence of, fallacious, Switzerland, overthrow of, T. : Tacitus, on the three States in a Government, Temple, Sir William, Burnet's account of, Tennison, Archbishop, endeavoured reformation, Testimonies, Heathen, to the birth of Christ, Theology, difficulties in, Thomson, James, quotation from, Tillotson, Archbishop, quotation from, endeavoured reformation, on the eternity of future misery, Toleration, unknown for many ages, Tithes, originally a usurpation, Tollet, an apostate priest, a blood-hound, clergy often unfriendly to, Toplady, triumphant death of, Tribes, ten of the Jews, now in the East, Tronchin, Dr. confirms the bad end of Voltaire, Turk, fall of, |