Seth, an apocryphal book quoted in the Imperfect Work, v. 119
Sethians, observations concerning them, viii. 552. Epiphanius's
account of them, 553. called themselves the descendants of
Seth, ib. from whom they believed Christ descended, 555-6.
by Christ probably they meant the Holy Ghost, 557. ascribed
the creation to angels, 555. what books and scriptures they re-
ceived, 558-9
Severian, Bp. of Gabala, his time, works, and testimony to the
scriptures, iv. 570-572
Severus improved the notions of the Encratites, ii. 148
Severus (Septimius) emperor, his time, and that for a while he
was favourable to the christians, vii. 308-9. the date of his
edict against the christians, from Spartian, 313. the severity
and the duration of his persecution, and the sufferings of the
christians at that time, 309-318. they underwent grievous
sufferings before the publication of his edict, 314-15. an obser-
vation of Balduinus upon his reign, 309, 318
Severus (Alexander) emperor, his time, vii. 329-30. divers pas-
sages from his life, written by Lampridius, showing his regard
to Jews and christians, 330-333. and see 553-4. his mother,
Mammæa, said to have been a christian, 333. he is entitled to
commendation for his moderation, and the justness of his senti-
ments, 330-333
Sextus, an ecclesiastical writer of the second century, ii. 262
Sharistani, an Arabian author, iii. 309
Sharpe (Gr.) quotes the Philosophy of Oracles, as a work of
Porphyry, vii. 444-5
Sherlock (T.) Bp. of London, quoted with respect, vi. 257-8,
Sibylline oracles, used by christians, rejected by the heathens,
ii. 258-9, when composed, 334-338. how quoted by Clement
of Alexandria, 258-9. by Lactantius, 343-4. our collection the
same, in the main, which was used by the ancient christian
writers, 343–345. their testimony to divers books of the New
Testament, 338-343. not esteemed of sacred authority by
Lactantius, iii. 544-547. owe their pretended prophecies con-
cerning our Saviour to our evangelists, v. 248
Sicarii, or robbers, their character, i. 147-8
Sign, what sign the Jews required, i. 140
Silas, or Silvanus, his excellent character, vi. 274
Silvanus, Bp. of Gaza, a martyr in Dioclesian's persecution, iii.
Simeon, Bp. of Jerusalem, his martyrdom in the time of Trajan,
vi. 25, 61
Simeon Beth Arsam, his time and testimony to Theodore of
Mopsuestia, iv. 396. his reflections upon the same, 402
Simon the Cyrenian, that he being transformed suffered instead
of our Saviour, an absurd story, viii. 357-8
Simon Magus overcome by the united prayers of Peter and
Paul at Rome, in the time of Nero, iv. 576. See likewise
v. 140
Simon, son of Gioras, one of the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem,
taken prisoner, and reserved for the triumph, iv. 463. led in
triumph, at Rome, with other prisoners, and then put to death
according to Josephus, 466-7. the account of his death in Jo-
sippon, 550. what Tacitus says of him and the other generals,
632
Simon (R.) his remarks concerning St. Matthew's gospel, said
to be found in India, ii. 218. concerning the institutions of Cle-
ment of A. 224
Simplicius, his time and works, and his journey with divers phi-
losophers into Persia, and return thence, viii. 148–153. wrote
a Commentary on the Enchiridion of Epictetus, vii. 86. his ac-
count of Epictetus, 79, 84. wrote against the Manichees, iii. 296
Siricius, Bp. of Rome, iv. 347
Sisinnius, Novatian Bp. at Constantinople, iii. 102
Sisinnius, disciple of Mani, iii. 267-8, 337
Slaves, their condition among the Romans, iv. 213
Socinian writers, their character, x. 104
Socinus, his judgment on the Revelation, ii. 721
Socrates, the ecclesiastical historian, was not a Novatian, iii. 104.
his fine passages concerning the Novatians, and the treatment
given them by the Bps. of Rome and Alexandria, 104-5. con-
cerning the persecution, which the Novatians endured from the
Arians, in the reign of Constantius, 99, 100. his passage con-
cerning the Manichees, 261-263, 440. his observation concern-
ing the appointment of festivals, iv. 62, 208. his account of the
divisions in the church, after the council of Nice, 63. an ac-
count of his History, v. 171-2. his character, ib. his respect for
the scriptures, 172. quoted, x. 116
Soldiers (The Roman) and the Jewish rulers, a sermon, ix. 333
Solomon, the book of Wisdom quoted as his by Methodius, iii.
189. wrote three books in the canon, according to Gregory
Nazianzen, iv. 286. Amphilochius, 292. Gregory Nyssen, 295-6.
Ambrose, 331. Jerom, 420-1, 435. Rufinus, 483. Augustine,
493, 497. and others, v. 10, 15, 90, 93
Son of God, the meaning of that character, x. 97, note; on what
account Jesus is so, 92-97, 108-9. ix. 866-372, 601. viii.
606, note *. not because he is of the same essence or substance
with the Father, ix. 371. equivalent with Messiah, x. 90–92.
ix. 371. Jesus the son of God, a sermon, 366
Son of Man, why our Saviour is so called, ix. 358–362. Jesus
the Son of man, a sermon, ix. 357
Sopater, a philosopher in the time of Constantine, his history and
works, from Eunapius, viii. 64, 108
Sophronius, his time and writings, iv. 391-2
Soter, Bp. of Rome, ii. 33. an excellent custom of that church
in his time, 311
Soul, some of opinion that it died with the body, and would be
raised with it, ii. 478. Transmigration of souls held by the
Manichees, iii. 369. who also said, that Christ came to save
souls, not bodies, 371. two souls in man, according to them,
364-5. how they return to heaven, 371
Sozomen, not a Novatian, iii. 104. a fine passage of his concern-
ing a law of Constantine against heretics, 98. an account of his
Ecclesiastical History, v. 172. his character and respect for the
scriptures, 172-3
Spanheim (Fr.) quoted and commended, vi. 87. vii. 353
Spartian, his testimony to the persecution of Severus, vii. 313. a
story told by him, of Caracalla, when young, 309
Spirit, several acceptations of that word in scripture, x. 117—
129, 262-264
Spirit (The Holy) said by Eusebius to be made by the Son, iv.
90. according to Victorinus may be styled the Mother of Jesus,
256. this word often signifies a gift, ii. 599, 664. iv. 304. some-
times good things in general, ix. 401-2. An explication of those
words, the Spirit, the Holy Spirit, and the Spirit of God, as
used in the scriptures, x. 117-169. A letter on the Person-
ality of the Spirit, 262–264. Remarks on Dr. Ward's asser-
tion, that the Holy Ghost in the New Testament denotes both
a person, and a power, 299. See Trinity
Gifts of the Spirit, ordinary and extraordinary, v. 134. how
general they were in the times of the apostles, x. 153–155.
Exhortations to those who were favoured with such gifts, 155
-157
Spoils of the temple delivered to Titus, vi. 460. carried in tri-
umph at Rome, 466-7. how long preserved, 468. what Josip-
pon says of these, 548-9. what the Talmudists say of their
being carried to Rome by Titus, 528-9
Spurious, the meaning of that word when applied to books, iv.
Spyridion, Bp. in Cyprus, iv. 234
Stairs, leading from the temple to the castle at Jerusalem, i. 108
Stephen (St.) his death not legal, but tumultuous, i. 60, 63, 64.
the time of it, 100. v. 474, 478-9. how long the persecution
lasted which began at his death, i. 100-1. v. 479-80
Stephen, Bp. of Laodicea, his history, iii. 146
Stichometries, a description of them, v. 85, 86. the stichometry
of Nicephorus, 86–88. a stichometry from Cotelerius, 89, 90.
another from the same, 91
Stilicho, his preferments and death, viii. 119
Stoic principles, a general account of them, vii. 85
Strangers, among the Israelites, who they were, x. 289, 292—
296, 305-6. the same as proselytes, 295
Strategius, respected and employed by Constantine, iii. 302. and
Constantius, viii. 47, 48
Subintroduced women, ii. 669. x. 202–207
Subscriptions, imposing subscription of speculative articles con-
demned, iv. 64—68
Suetonius, his time and works, vi. 641. what he says of Chrestus,
and of Claudius expelling the Jews from Rome, i. 259-60. vi.
642. and of Tiberius's treatment of the Jews, i. 119. his testi-
mony to Nero's persecution of the christians, vi. 624–645. to
the Jewish war, and to the desolation of Judea by Vespasian
and Titus, 644-646. And see 477. to Domitian's persecu-
tion, 646-648. the sum of his testimony, 649
Sufferings, the greatness of Christ in his last sufferings, a ser-
mon, ix. 299. Divine testimonies given him in his last suffer-
ings, a sermon, 324
Suicide, practised by the Jews, that they might not come alive
into the hands of the Romans, vi. 395-6, 433-4
Suidas, his time, and a passage from him concerning St. John,
iv. 549-50. passages concerning Augustus's Census, i. 260—
Sulpicius Severus, his time, and works, iv. 573. his character,
573-4. his account of Nero's persecution of the christians, vi.
630-1. his history of Priscillian and his followers, iv. 340-
346. did not approve, that civil penalties should be inflicted
upon erroneous christians, 364. his testimony to the scriptures,
574-5. select passages from him, and that he condemned all
persecution, 575-579
Sun and Moon, the Manichæan notion of them, iii. 352-3. made of
pure celestial substance, 360. vessels of passage for souls from
earth to heaven, 371
Susanna, the book so called, ii. 465-6, 541
Sykes, A. A. quoted, vi. 260. x. 112, 175
Syllæus, chief minister to Obodas king of Arabia, the difference
between him and Herod, i. 285-6, 291-2, 368
Symmachus, author of a Greek version of the Old Testament, his
history, and character, and works, ii. 326–330
Symmachus, a heathen, his preferments, works, and character,
viii. 220-222. and see also 200
Symphosius, a Priscillianist bishop, iv. 360-1
Sympronian, a learned Novatian, iii. 91
Synagogue, the worship there, i. 217–219. the Jews whipped
men in their synagogues, 42, 43
Synesius, Bp. of Ptolemais, a great admirer of Hypatia, viii. 147
Synopsis of Sacred Scripture, ascribed to Athanasius, but not his,
ii. 377. iv. 161. mentioned again, ii. 384, extracts out of it,
iv. 161-166. another Synopsis of Chrysostom, 535-537
Syria, the great authority of the president of that province, i.
Syrian christians, their canon of the scriptures of the New Tes-
tament, iv. 320--322, 325. their versions of the New Testa-
ment, 323, 325
Syrianus, president in the school of philosophy at Athens, and
predecessor of Proclus, viii. 130-1,
137
Tacitus (Cornelius) his time and works, vi. 626-7. his account
of Nero's persecuting the christians, i. 206. vi. 628-630. his
testimony to the destruction of Jerusalem by Vespasian and
Titus, 632-635
TALMUD, the several acceptations of that word, iv. 505-6. times
of the Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmuds, 507-8. extracts
from both, concerning the nativity of Jesus, 516. concerning our
Lord's journey into Egypt, 517-520. concerning his disciples,
520-1. concerning James in particular, 522. concerning his last
sufferings, 522-526. concerning the power of miracles in Je-
sus and his disciples, 525-6. and see 517-18. concerning the
destruction of Jerusalem and the temple by Vespasian and Ti-
tus, 527-530
Tarsus, what privileges it enjoyed, i. 236-239
Tatian, his time, ii. 147-8. his principles, 148. his Harmony of
the Four Gospels, 149. what Theodoret says of it, ib. a com-
mentary upon it, by Ephrem. ib. received the epistle to Titus
and other epistles of St. Paul, 151. references to the New Tes-
tament in his book against the Gentiles, 150-1. wrote a book
of difficult questions for explaining the scriptures, 324. his
Harmony still extant, 443. extracts out of it, 447–454
TEMPLE at Jerusalem, limits prescribed to foreigners, i. 72, 85.
its governors, 36. captain of the temple, 46, 109-10. when
taken by Pompey, vi. 399, 400. when destroyed by Titus,
407, 450, 464. its magnificence and great riches, 401, 450-1,
463. how rebuilt after the return from the Babylonian captivity,
577-579. forty-six years in building, i. 250—252, 396–398.
the times of the duration of the two temples, that built by
Solomon, and that built after the return from Babylon, vi.
The Temple of Onias in Egypt, demolished by orders from Ves-
pasian, vi. 470
The Temple of Peace, erected at Rome by order of Vespasian,
after the conquest of Judea, vi. 467-8
TERTULLIAN, his father's office, ii. 267. his time, 270-1. his
character, 267-8. whether he was once a heathen, 268. the
causes of his Montanism, 271-2. ascribes the survey at our Sa-
viour's birth to Saturninus, i. 342, 359. committed great mis-
takes in history, 343, 362. his remarks upon Trajan's rescript,
vii. 52, 56. his pathetic address to Scapula, proconsul of Africa,
140-1. the time of it, 308, 312. his accounts of the different
behaviour of governors of provinces to the christians, 304. the
time of his apology, 314-15, 564. how he treats the catholics,
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