plished: and if the scripture-prophecies are accomplished, the fcripture must be the word of God; and if the fcripture is the word of God, the Christian religion must be true. It is hoped therefore that the fame address may be applied to you, which St Paul made to king Agrippa, Acts xxvi, 27, 28. Believeft thou the prophets? I know that thou believeft:' and God difpofe your heart to answer a gain, Not only almoft, but altogether thou perfuadest me to be a Chriftian!" For your encouragement remember, that, Matt. x. 41. He who receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, fhall receive a prophet's reward.' Wherefore, I Theff. v. 19, &c. quench not the fpirit; defpife not prophefying; prove all things, hold faft that which is good. The grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift be with you. Amen. A GENERAL GENERAL INDEX. The Letters denote the Volume, and the Figures the Page. A A. BOMINATION of defolation ftanding in the holy place, the meaning of that expreffion, ii. 27, &c. why the Roman army is called the abomination, 27. Abraham the patriarch of the greatest renown, i. 20. favoured with several revelations, 20. thofe concerning Ithmael, confidered, 21. the prophecies about Ifhmael and his pofterity, how fulfilled, 21. thofe about the Ifraelites, how accomplished, 35. Abftinence from meats, a note and character of the apoftafy, ii. 144. Acilius, the Roman conful, routs Antiochus, and expels him out of Greece, i. 339. Aelius Adrian, the Roman emperor, builds Elia instead of Jerufalem, ii. 57. destroys and difperfes the Jews, 57, 178... Agag, his king fall be higher than Agag, that part of Balaam's prophecy, explained, i. 70. Agathocles, diffolute and proud in the exercife of his power, i. 339. the people of Alexandria rife against him, 340. caufe him, his relations and affociates to be. put to death, 340. Alaric and the Goths invade Italy and befiege Rome, ii. 194: Alexander the great, his defigns against the Arabs pre vented by his death, i. 27. the rapidity of his conquefts, i. 293. the three chief battles he had with the king of -Perfia, 295. is met by the high-priett in his way to Jerufalem, 296. enters the temple, and the prophecies of Daniel are shown him, 297. characterized in that book, 326. his death and the miferable end of his fa L13 mily, mily, 303, 326. is fucceeded by four of his captains, 303, 328. Alexander Severus, a just and provident emperor, ii. 179. Alexandria, after a long fiege, taken by the Saracens, i. 213. the famous library there, when founded and when deftroyed, 213. Alfric in England, in the tenth century writes against tranfubftantiation, ii. 237. Amalekites, Balaam's prophecy against them, how ful-. filled, i. 77. Ambrofe, his affirmation about Antichrift, ii. 112. Angel, flying in the midst of heaven and preaching the everlasting gofpel, ii. 292. what meant by faying, The bour of his judgment is come, 292. Angels, feven, having the feven laft plagues, ii. 301. pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth, 303. Antichrift, what mistaken notions the fathers had in this. matter, and how, i. 260. how long he is to continue, 271. he and the man of fin, one and the fame person, ii. 110. the opinion of Juftin Martyr, Origen, the reformers and others about him, 110, &c. how the true no tion was fuppreffed and revived again with the reformation, 112. how afterwards it became, unfashionable, and now grows into repute again, 116. the blindness of the papifts in this point, 117. infamous for idolatry and deteftable cruelty, 316. all his power fhall be completely fubdued, and Rome itself destroyed, 346. described by Daniel and the prophets, 375. the prophets defcribe his downfal, manner, and circumstances of it, 376. Antigonus, his attempts against the Arabs not fuccefsful, i. 27. Antiochus Epiphanes, fucceeds his brother Seleucus Philopater, i. 343. obtains the kingdom by flatteries, 344, the epithet of vile or despicable given him by the prophet Daniel, 344. though frantic and extravagant, yet fuccefsful and victorious, 345. prefers Jafon to the high priesthood, 345. afterwards advances Menelaus in his room, 346. extravagant in various inftances, 347comes to Joppa and Jerufalem, 348. his great fuccefs againft Egypt, 349. pretends to take care of the intereft of his nephew Philometor, 350. determines to be revenged on the people of Jerufalem for rejoicing at the report report of his death, 352. takes that city and acts with Apocalyps. See Revelation. Apoftafy of the latter times, St Paul's prophecy about Arabians, difdain to acknowledge Alexander the great, the the Arabs in some respects resemble the Jews, 35. ne. Arnold of Brescia, in the twelfth century, burnt for Afhur. And fball affli& Afbur, what meant by these words Afia, the feven epiftles to the feven churches there, ii. 158, Auftin, his opinion about Antichrift, ii. 112. B. ABYLON, prophecies concerning it, 151-172. it, ftate |