do mention it, 208. 221. Goguet, prefident de, quoted, 215. God invifible, known by his works-author and fupporter of the univerfe, 30.-impartial in the diftribution of his greatest bleffings, 161.-not the author of the abfolute dominion of one man over another, 65.-knowledge of the exiftence of, from tradition and reafon, 139.-forefight of, confiftent with human agency, 142.-will of, the ne ceffity of nature, 146.-confequences of that pofition, 147. -difficulty of difcovering the interpofition of, in the government of the world, 150.- want of interpofition not proved by prefent irregularities, 152.-interpofition of, proved from scripture, 154.-primary cause of every phenomenon in nature, 144. 245. Good, natural, equal diftribution of, 61. Government, civil, ought to be fupported-may be refifted, 124. H Ham, number of generations from the time of, 207. Hebrew language, Jerome well skilled in-schools for teaching of, when inftituted, 191.-best commentators on scripture acquainted with, 195. Herculaneum, when deftroyed-covered by feveral different lavas, 386. Hiftorians, Roman, culpably incurious concerning Chriftianity, 316. Hiftory, univerfal, use of, in tracing the providence of God in the government of the world, 17. 150.-antient, treats of the tranfactions of nations to the weftward of Armenia and Shinar, 199.-is filent as to Indoftan, Thibet, Siam, China, &c. 200. Honour due to the civil magiftrate-miftaken notions of, 94. Hofpitals, none in Greece or Rome, 38.-first, by whom founded, 40.- frequent, as foon as Chriftianity was established, 42.-prefent in England, mostly founded fince the Reformation, 43.-erected in the Eaft for fuperanuated animals, 45.-for the fick, not liable to the objections ufually brought against fome other charitable inftitutions, 48. I Janus, temple of, how often fhut, 107. Jefuits, their mode of propagating Christianity cenfured, 243. Jews, difperfion of, à ftanding miracle, 10.-propenfity of, to idolatry, no proof of their disbelief of the miracles of Mofes, 243.-error of Tacitus concerning the origin of, 317. India, fpiritual condition of it's inhabitants recommended to the attention of the legislature, 160.-famous for arts in the most diftant times, 200.-Hiftory of, among the inhabitants of Napal, 202.-fuppofed antiquity of, 205. Inftruments, various, common to all nations, 215. Intereft, mutual, beft bond of union between great states, 104. 132. Jones, Sir W. fociety established by him at Calcutta-finds the most antient books of India corresponding with the Mofaic account of the deluge, 221. Judges, duty of, 18. Judgment, private, right of, in religious concerns, 233. Juftice, public, incorrupt adminiftration of, the moft certain criterion of public liberty-happiness of Great Britain in this point, 99. Ireland, juftice done to, 133. Kennet, Bp. quoted, 427. K Kings ought not to confider their kingdoms as private estates nor themselves as fuperior to the laws, 66-ought not -to ufe degenerate parliaments as tools of tyranny, 75.obedience and honour due to, 97. King, prefent of, Great Britain, his declaration refpecting the independence of the Judges-improvements in the adminiftration of juftice during the reign of, 101. King, Mr. quoted, 225. L Languages, Oriental, little cultivated from the fourth to the fourteenth century-fchools for teaching of, when erected, 191.-dead, not so generally understood now as 150 years ago, 193. Lavas, time requifite for converting into vegetable foil dif ferent in different forts, 384. Law of nature, imperfection of, 6. 354.-fyftem of, derived from the natural equality of mankind, 65. Law, civil, imperfection of, 12.-extent of, circumfcribed - by Christianity, 13. Legislature, power of, not omnipotent, 24. 74.-tyranny of, what, 75.-established by the authority, and for the benefit of the people, 76.—of Great Britain, why refifted by America, 78. Liberty, civil, the greatest blefling of life-in what it confifts, 99.-beft preferved in fmall empires, 157.—religious, cherished by the Houfe of Hanover, 101. Life, period of, much the fame in all climates, 61. pofed, pofed, 212. Locke, his opinion concerning human freedom and divine omnifcience, 142.-his advice to a young man, 390.his divifion of knowledge, 284. M Magiftrate, fupreme, power of, whence derived, 65.-how limited, how forfeited, 66. Man, if left to himself would fcarcely be rational, 6.-in what diftinguished from other animals, 7. Mankind, an aggregate of equal and independent individuals, 59.-have found it expedient to inftitute civil focieties, 60.-arguments for the common origin of, 213. Manufcripts, Oriental, collection and tranflation of, recommended to the Univerfity of Cambridge in 1780, 197.[The translation of the Arabic mff. in the king of Spain's library, and in that of the Efcurial, is now carrying on at Madrid, in the manner recommended in page 196; a priest and his companion from Syria, being employed in that work. L'Efprit des Journaux, Juin. 1787, p. 254.] Martyrdom of Charles I. what may be learned therefrom both by kings and people, 156. Mercenary foldiers, traffic in, condemned, 118. Millennium, doctrine of, never generally received in the Church, not derived from the Apoftles, 274. Miracles, poffible for God to work them, and for human teftimony to eftablish the fact of their having been wrought, 286. 368.-of Mofes, not disbelieved by the Jews, 244.-of the Apoftles, the primary cause of the converfion of the Gentiles, 276.-thofe recorded in fcripture cannot be feparated from the narration of common facts, 280.-true, gave rife to fictitious ones, 282.-truth of, admitted by the early enemies of Chriftianity, 369. Monarchy, limited, difficulty of eftablishing and of preferving in the opinion of Tacitus-has long fubfifted in Great Britain, 85.-preferable to Ariftocracy and to Demo. cracy, 407. 1 Montefquieu, his opinion refpecting the difficulty of establishing Christianity in China, 260. Mofaic account of the creation and of the deluge, confirmed by the hiftory of the human race, 222. Mountains, higheft, have no fhells, 228. Mortmain, fuppofed inconvenience of, lands held in, confidered, 431. N Nature, ftate of, what, 1.-law of imperfection of, 6. Nations, condition of, dependent on their moral virtue, 16. 162. Non Non-refiftance, doctrine of, when introduced, 71.-on what founded, 87.-not countenanced by revelation, 91. Oaths, obligation of, not to be avoided by tricks, zo. to, 210. Omniscience, divine, rafhly denied by Socinus, 142. P Parliament, independence of, ferviceable to the Crown, 400, -and to the conftitution, 408. Party zeal, excefs of, cenfured, 96. 129. Paffive obedience, doctrine of, when introduced, 71. Pliny, his teftimony to the innocence of the Chriftians valuable, 345. Pleadings, law, whether allowable on Chriflian principles to ufe colourings in, 19. Perfia, government of, how eftablished, 83. Perfecution, repugnant to Chriftianity, 169.-Romans given to, 335. Princes, councils of, frequently not confonant to Christian morality, 115. Price of labour, and of provifions, whether three times as great now as it was a century ago, 41. Poland, difmemberment of, reprobated, 116. Poor, how provided for in the primitive Church-annual expence of maintaining of, in England and Wales, 41. Power, civil, legitimate origin of-circumfcribes natural liberty, and remedies the inconvenience of a state of nature, 7.-legiflative, not arbitrary but fiduciary, 24.tyranny of, what, 74. Phyficians, when first introduced into Rome, 39. Prophecy, a ftrong argument for the truth of Christianity, 332.-of Daniel, faid by Porphyry, and of Matthew, concerning the deftruction of Jerufalem, faid by Voltaire to have been written after the events, 373. Providence, different notions of, 140.-difficulty of proving by reafon the interpofition of, 151.-proved by fcripture, 154.-rafhness of referring particular events to, 155. Pryme, Abraham, quoted, 226. R Ranks, inferior in fociety, condition of, foftened by Chrif tianity, 173. Recu Recupero, his argument for the great antiquity of the Earth examined, 383. Rental of the kingdom, whether three times as great now as it was a century ago, 41. Republican form of government, reprobated, 67. 97. 99. 127. 156. Reprefentation, probable dangers to the conftitution from it's prefent ftate, 69. Refidence of the Clergy, importance of, to the community, 454• Revenue of the Church of England, better diftribution of, recommended, 423. Revolution, principles of, vindicated, 55-political truths, at that period not known, or not admitted, 67. Richardson, Mr. his obfervation refpecting the little correfpondence between the Afiatic and European hiftories of the fame empire during the fame period, 204. S Sectaries, early, vices of, obftructed the progrefs of Chriftianity, 296. Slaves, traffic in, reprobated, 117.-miferable condition of, in Greece and Rome, 132.-ought to be treated as brethren on the principles of Christianity, 173. Spinofa, remarkable laying of, 372. State of nature, what-doubt whether ever it exifted amongst individuals, 6. may be Societies, civil, independent in a ftate of nature with refpect to each other, 6 expediency of inftituting, 60-no man ought to be compelled to enter into-whether he justly compelled to continue a member of, 66. Strabo, an obfervation of his refpe&ting India, 201. Strength, national, on what it depends, 162. Stuarts, policy of, in attempting to enflave the nation, 99. T Tacitus referred to, 85.-mistake of, refpe&ting the Jews, 317. Taxation without reprefentation, real or virtual, not justifiable, 25. Temper, benevolent, importance of acquiring, 179. Tertullian quoted, 310. Teftimony, contrary to experience may be eftablished, 285. Toleration, religious, encouraged by the reigning family, 102. Tory, what, according to Hume, 126. Truth, fearch after, thould not be difcouraged, for fear of confequences, 206. U Unanimity of opinion in religious fubjects not poffible, 441. h Universe, |