Eleusinian mysteries, by whom

offices in the celebration of

ii. 72

ibid.

taught a future state of rewards and punishments, ii. 77
initiation into, represented by poets allegorically,

scent into Hell

initiation into, compared with death -

alluded to by Solomon in Ecclus. ch. iv. 17, 18 -

by de-
ii. 96
ji. 152
ii. 153

the celebration of, a drama of the history of Ceres, ii. 158
-the rites of, contained in the Golden Ass of Apu-
leius

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ii. 191
ii. 201

magic rites in the corrupt state of
Elias, the sense in which he was predicted to come before
the day of the Messiah ascertained
vi. 78
Elihu, why distinguished from the other friends of Job, v. 362

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v. 366

Elijah, the difference of the account of his translation and
Enoch's accounted for -

v. 162

Elisha, exposition of the adventure between him and

Joash

Eloquence, defined by Milton

-

vi. 193

iv. 1

Elysium, the description of in Virgil, preferred to that in
Homer

the several stations allotted to the happy by Virgil, ii. 147
Embalming, the Egyptian method of
iv. 101. 113

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- this operation performed by the physicians, and the

reason

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iv. 102
iv. 114

the antiquity of the general practice of, proved
Enigmas, required in the nature of God's dispensation to the

Enoch, the difference between the account of his translation
and that of Elijah accounted for
Enthusiasm and fraud, the union of accounted for - iii. 261
Epic poetry, Homer, Virgil, and Milton, the triumvirate

of

Epictetus, his notion of death

ii. 95
iii. 103

Epicurus, his doctrine of matter compared with that of De-

Epistolic writing, account of the origin of
Error, ridicule the proper means of detecting
Essential differences, Aristotle the patron of
Establishments in religion, advantages of
Eucharistical sacrifice, origin and nature of, explained, vi. 275
Euhemerus, how subjected to the imputation of Atheism, ii. 51
examination of his conduct in disclosing the secrets of the
mysteries

Evander, observation on Virgil's account of his court, ii. 89
Eve, the creation of enquired into
Evremond, St. examination of his remarks on the characters
in the Æneis

vi. 236

ii. 85
Exodus,

Exodus, iii. 14:, and vi. 3, expounded

iv. 286

Expiatory sucrifice, origin and nature of it explained, vi. 276
Ezekiel, and Jeremiah, the actions recorded to be performed

by them to illustrate their prophecies accounted for, iv. 133
his famous visions, chap. 8, relating to the Jewish idolatry
expounded -
→ God's reproaches to the Jews for their perverseness and
disobedience, delivered by him

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iv. 294

the celebrated prophecy in his 20th chapter ex-
plained

his representation of the Jewish idolatry
quotations from, in confirmation of a particular provi-

dence

a passage in, predictive of the new dispensation
his vision of the dry bones explained

Ezra, his writings pointed out

supposed to be the writer of the book of Job
also the books of Chronicles and Esther

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iv. 331

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iv. 336

v. 56. 60

v. 137

by tradition among the Jews, the same person as Ma-
lachi

Faith, summary view of the disputes between it and mora-

the condition of the new covenant considered
St. Paul and St. James's accounts reconciled
Fall, enquired into

Falsely condemned, their being assigned to purgatory ac-

counted for

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ii. 130

Fanaticism, ill effect resulting from Butler's satire against
fanaticism

Fatalists, the influence of the principles on the conduct of,
compared with that of the Atheists

Fathers, Christian, enquiry into their sentiments of the hu-

Fiction, from what motive employed by the ancient law-

Figurative expressions, origin of -

iv. 456

man soul

givers

- iv. 170. 173

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First philosophy, according to Lord Bolingbroke
according to Sancho Panca

ii. 212

ii. 215

Fleetwood, Gen. his character

iii. 263

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Fool, its import in the Old Testament language
ro feitures, remarks on the laws of, in cases

treason

v. 349
of high
v. 169
Forgery,

Forgery, marks of, in ancient writings

i. 329

iii. 191

opposed to forgery by the primitive apologists for Chris-
tianity
Foster, his notions of the Jewish theocracy examined, v. 30
Fourmont, M. his mistake of the identity of Abraham with
Cronos corrected

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iv. 438

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iii. 190

Fraud, opposed to fraud by the primitive apologists
and enthusiasm, the union of accounted for
Free gift and claim of right, the difference between -
Freethinkers, proper estimation of that character
their complaints of the want of liberty ill-founded,
their principal abuses of liberty pointed out

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iii. 261

vi. 269
i. 142.
i. 144

i. 147

in classic times would have been styled enemies to their
country

this abuse the evidence of a weak cause

their professions and their practice compared
the multifarious characters they assume

both dogmatists and sceptics

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Funeral rites, the great attention paid to them by the an-

of the Egyptians, described from Herodotus
iv. 113
Future state of rewards and punishments, the doctrine of, ne-
cessary to the well-being of civil society i. 200-220
the importance of the doctrine of, to the well-being of
society, believed by all the wisest part of mankind, i. 297
how taught in the mysteries
ii. 7
the ancient legislators unanimous in the propagating the
belief of

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ii. 328
the sages as unanimous in propagating the belief of - ibid.
the sages as unanimous in thinking the doctrine.of, ne-
cessary to the well-being of society

Lord Shaftesbury's opinion of

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sentiments of theistical philosophers on

sentiments of antiquity on the use of to society

iii. 1

Cæsar's disbelief of, with Cato and Cicero's answers to
him

of all the ancient Greek philosophers only believed by
Socrates

iii. 47

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from what causes disbelieved by the ancient Greek phi-
losophers

considered as a moral designation, as necessarily implying
punishments as rewards

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its being disbelieved by the wisest of the ancients, no dis-
credit to the Christian doctrine of -
not of the number of those doctrines taught by
religion

the benefits of that doctrine to the Gentile world,
supplied to the Jews by an extraordinary providence

Future state, no part of the Mosaic dispensation
purposely omitted in the Mosaic dispensation
the want of how supplied

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strongly inculcated by the Suevi and Arabs

positive declarations against the expectation of, instanced
from the Jewish writers

corroborated by the New Testament writers

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v. 178

v. 186

V. 202

V. 225

examination of Lord Bolingbroke's notion on the omission
of that doctrine in the Mosaic dispensation
the doctrine of deducible by natural reasons
a review of the prejudices which have induced to the
belief that it was taught in the Mosaic dispensation, v. 289
that taught by natural religion to be distinguished from
that taught by the Christian Revelation
v. 291
its mention by Moses and by the following writers to be
distinguished
v. 296
- a review of those passages in scripture urged to prove that
it was taught in the Mosaic dispensation
v. 384
- a list of texts urged by the rabbins in proof of its being
taught under the Mosaic law

v. 414

- an examination of the arguments founded on the 11th
chapter of the Hebrews, to shew that it was taught by
Moses

v. 428
that it was not taught in the Mosaic law, confirmed by
the authorities of Grotius, Episcopius, Arnaud, and Bp.
Bull

v. 441

Dr. Rutherforth's opinion, of Moses not being studious to
conceal this doctrine, examined

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not contained in the Mosaic dispensation
this omission a proof of its divine origin
brought to light by the Gospel alone

the origin and progress of that opinion

into

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Germany, ancient, Caesar's account of the gods of -
Glycho, account of the mysteries of

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v. 480
vi. 106
ibid.

vi. 233

enquired
vi. 250
vi. 269

God, note on the various opinions of the human
of

examination of Lord Bolingbroke's notions of the divine
attributes

ii. 212

the disbelief of a future state of rewards and punishments
founded by the Greek philosophers on his immuta
bility

God, whether endowed with human passions -

iii. 132

the distinction made by philosophers between the good
and the just

iii. 133

a censure of those who estimate his decrees by the stand-
ard of their own ideas

iii. 329

the only means of preserving the doctrine of his unity, v. 3
God of Israel, why he gave himself a name to the
Jews

- iv. 283

the relation in which he stood to the Jewish people, v. 25
why represented with human affections
v. 29

not less benign to man under the Law, than under the
Gospel -

ibid.

v. 36

how considered by the neighbouring nations

his character as the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of
Jacob, explained, and the mistakes concerning this text
pointed out -

v. 416

Gods of the Pagans, bad consequences of the vicious exam-

ples of..

who they were, explained

three systems concerning

the fear of amongst the Romans

the necessity of a fear of to society

how so many immoralities came to be recorded of

account of the origin of local tutelary ones in Greece,

from Plato

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Golden Calf, account of it omitted by Josephus
Good, natural, requires human industry to prepare
ply it -

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Gospel, the moral precepts of, the same with those of

natural
i. 286
v. 436

vi. 234

vi. 221

Greece, when dead men first began to be deified there, i. 308

the three distinguished periods in the religion of iv. 248
charged by the Egyptians with stealing their gods, iv. 250
ignorant of the use of cavalry at the time of the Trojan

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