Part 2 of 2
Jacob, and Esau, the things mysteriously prefigured by, ii. 153, etc.;
his mission to Mesopotamia, 155;
his dream, 156;
his wives, 157;
why called Israel, 157;
how said to have gone into Egypt with seventy-five souls, 158;
his blessing on Judah, 159;
his blessing the sons of Joseph, 161;
the times of, and of Joseph, 221, etc.
Janus, the temple of, i. 98;
the relation of, to births, 260, 261;
nothing infamous related of, 265;
is it reasonable to separate Terminus and? 268;
why two faces, and sometimes four, given to the image of? 269;
compared with Jupiter, 270;
why he has received no star, 278.
Japhet, ii. 105.
Jeroboam, ii. 214.
Jerome, his labours as a translator of Scripture, ii. 271;
his commentary on Daniel referred to, 394.
Jerusalem, the new, coming down from heaven, ii. 377, etc.
Jews, the, the kingdom of, founded by God, i. 175;
what Seneca thought of, 255, 256;
their unbelief, foretold in the Psalms, ii. 208;
end of the captivity of,—their prophets, 246, etc.;
the many adversities endured by, 274, etc.;
the dispersion of, predicted, 277-279;
whether, before Christ, there were any outside of, who belonged to the heavenly city, 279.
Joseph, the sons of, blessed by Jacob, ii. 161;
the times of, 221;
the elevation of, to be ruler of Egypt, 222;
who were kings at the period of the death of? 224.
Joshua, i. 163;
who were kings at the time of the death of? ii. 229;
the sun stayed in its course by, 429, 430;
the Jordan divided by, 430.
Jove, are the many gods of the pagans one and the same Jove? i. 148;
the enlargement of kingdoms improperly ascribed to, 152;
Mars, Terminus, and Juventus refuse to yield to, 162, 169.
See Jupiter.
Judah, Jacob's blessing on, ii. 159, etc.
Judgment, ever going on,—the last, ii. 345, 346;
ever present, although it cannot be discerned, 346;
proofs of the last, from the New Testament and the Old, 349, etc.;
words of Jesus respecting, 350, 373, 374, 375;
what Peter says of, 379;
predictions respecting, 389, 390, etc., 395, etc., 399, etc.;
separation of the good and bad in the, 403;
to be effected in the person of Christ, 406, etc.
Julian the apostate, i. 219;
a persecutor, ii. 287.
Juno, i. 147, 148, 260.
Jupiter, the power of, compared with Janus, i. 270, etc.;
is the distinction made between, and Janus, a proper one? 273;
the surnames of, 273;
called "Pecunia,"—why? 275;
scandalous amours of, ii. 232.
Justinus, the historian, quoted respecting Ninus' lust of empire, i. 141.
Juventus, i. 162, 169.
Keturah, what is meant by Abraham's marrying, after the death of Sarah? ii. 150.
"Killeth and maketh alive, the Lord," ii. 174.
Killing, when allowable, i. 32.
Kingdom, the, of Israel, under Saul, a shadow, ii. 184;
the description of, 186;
promises of God respecting, 189, etc., 193, etc.;
varying character of, till the captivity, and, finally, till the people passed under the power of the Romans, 214, 215.
Kingdom of Christ, the, ii. 363, 364.
Kingdoms, without justice, i. 139;
[Pg 565]have any been aided or deserted by the gods? 142;
the enlargement of, unsuitably attributed to Jove, 152;
the times of, ordained by the true God, 175;
not fortuitous, nor influenced by the stars, 177-179;
the three great, when Abraham was born, ii. 130, 131.
Kings, of Israel, the times of the, ii. 163;
after Solomon, 213;
after the judges, 239;
of the earthly city which synchronize with the times of the saints, reckoning from Abraham, ii. 218, etc.;
of Argos, ii. 223, 224;
of Latium, 240.
Knowledge, the eternal and unchangeable, of God, i. 439, etc.;
of our own existence, 469, etc., 471, etc.;
by which the holy angels know God, 473, etc.
Labeo, cited, i. 64. 127, 325, ii. 533.
Lactantius, quotations made by, from a certain Sibyl, ii. 243, 244.
Language, the origin of the diversity of, ii. 111, etc.;
the original, 121, etc.;
diversities of, how they operate to prevent human intercourse, 310, 311.
Larentina, the harlot, i. 244.
Latinius, Titus, the trick of, to secure the re-enactment of the games, i. 165.
Latium, the kings of, ii. 240.
Λατρεία and Δουλεία, i. 383, 386.
Laurentum, the kingdom of, ii. 233.
Laver of regeneration, the, ii. 441.
Law, the, confirmed by miraculous signs, i. 407, etc.;
of Moses, must be spiritually understood, to cut off the murmurs of carnal interpreters, ii. 403, 404.
Lethe, the river, i. 428.
Lex Voconia, the, i. 124.
Liber, the god, i. 230;
and Libera, 248, 260, 261, ii. 232.
Liberty, the, which is proper to man's nature, ii. 323, etc.
Life, the end of, whether it is material that it be long delayed, i. 18;
the vicissitudes of, not dependent on the favour of the gods, but on the will of the true God, 79.
Life, eternal, the gift of God, i. 257;
the promise of, uttered before the eternal times, 504.
Light, the, the division of, from the darkness,—the significance of this, i. 458;
pronounced "good,"—meaning of this, 459.
Lime, the peculiar properties of, ii. 418, 419.
Livy, quoted, i. 165.
Loadstone, the, ii. 420.
Locusts, a fearful invasion of Africa by, i. 134.
Lot, the parting of Abraham and, ii. 132;
the deliverance of, from captivity, by Abraham, 134.
Lot's wife, i. 293.
Love and regard used in Scripture indifferently of good and evil affections, ii. 10.
Lucan's Pharsalia, quoted, i. 20, 103, 129.
Lucillus, bishop of Sinita, cured of a fistula by the relics of St. Stephen, ii. 493.
Lucina, the goddess, i. 149, 260.
Lucretia, her chastity and suicide, i. 28, 29.
Lucretius, quoted, ii. 419.
Lust, the evil of, ii. 31;
and anger, to be bridled, 35, etc.;
the bondage of, worse than bondage to men, 224, 225.
Lying-in woman, the, her god-protectors, i. 249.
Maccabæus, Judas, ii. 276.
Maccabees, the Books of, ii. 262.
Madness, the strange, which once seized upon all the domestic animals of the Romans, i. 126.
Magic art, the impiety of, i. 33;
the marvels wrought by, ii. 424.
Magicians of Egypt, the, i. 393.
Magnets, two, an image suspended between, in mid air, ii. 425.
Malachi, ii. 399.
"Mammon of unrighteousness," ii. 469, 470.
Man, though mortal, can enjoy true happiness, i. 369;
recentness of the creation of, 496, etc.;
the first, 519, etc.;
the fall of the first, 521;
the death with which he first was threatened, 533;
in what state made, and into what state he fell, 534;
forsook God before God forsook him, 535;
effects of the sin of the first, ii. 1, etc.;
what it is to live according to, 6, etc.
See First Man.
Manichæans, the, references to, i. 461, 462, 463;
their view of the body, ii. 8, etc.
Manlius, Cneius, i. 123.
Manturnæ, the goddess, i. 249, 250.
Marcellus, Marcus, destroys Syracuse, and bewails its ruin, i. 8.
[Pg 566]Mares, the, of Cappadocia, ii. 422.
Marica, the Minturnian goddess, i. 81.
Marius, i. 79, 80, 81;
the war between, and Sylla, 128, 129, 130.
Marriage, as originally instituted by God, ii. 38;
among blood relations in primitive times, 78;
between blood relations, now abhorred, 79.
Marriage bed-chamber, the, the gods which preside over, i. 249, 250.
Mars, Terminus, and Juventus, refuse to yield to Jove, i. 162, 169;
and Mercury, the offices of, 276.
Martial, a nobleman, converted by means of flowers brought from the shrine of St. Stephen, ii. 493.
Martyrs, the honour paid to, by Christians, i. 350, etc.;
the heroes of the Church, 411;
miracles wrought by, ii. 499, 500.
Marvels related in history, ii. 417-423, 426, 427;
wrought by magic, 424, 425.
Massephat, ii. 188.
Mathematicians, the, convicted of professing a vain science, i. 183.
Mediator, Christ the, between God and man, i. 369;
the necessity of having Christ as, to obtain the blessed life, 374;
the sacrifice effected by, 410, etc.
Melchizedek, blesses Abraham, ii. 135.
Melicertes, ii. 233.
Men, the primitive, immortal, had they never sinned, i. 542;
the creation of, and of angels, ii. 472-474.
Mercury, and Mars, i. 276;
the fame of, ii. 225.
Metellus, rescues the sacred things from the fire in the temple of Vesta, i. 119.
Methuselah, the great age of, ii. 66.
Millennium, the, ii. 356.
Mind, the capacity and powers of, ii. 525.
Minerva, i. 146, 262, 279, 296, ii. 225.
Miracles, wrought by the ministry of angels, i. 392, etc., 400, etc., 405;
the, ascribed to the gods, 405, 406;
the, by which God authenticated the law, 407, etc.;
against such as deny the, recorded in Scripture, 408, etc.;
the ultimate reason for believing, 425-428;
wrought in more recent times, 484-499;
wrought by the martyrs in the name of Christ 499, etc.
Miseries, the, of this life, Cicero on, ii. 302;
of the human race through the first sin, 517-520;
deliverance from, through the grace of Christ, 520, 521;
which attach peculiarly to the toil of good men, 521, etc.
Mithridates, the edict of, enjoining the slaughter of all Roman citizens found in Asia, i. 125.
Monstrous races,—are they derived from the stock of Adam, or from Noah's sons? i. 116, 118.
Moses, miracles wrought by, i. 393;
the time of, ii. 161-163;
who were kings at the period of the birth of? 224;
the time he led Israel out of Egypt, 228;
the antiquity of the writings of, 264.
Mother of the gods, the obscenities of the worship of, i. 52, 53, etc.;
whence she came, 102.
Mucius, and king Porsenna, i. 211.
Mysteries, i. 266;
the Eleusinian, 283;
the Samothracian, 296.
Mystery, the, of Christ's redemption often made known by signs, etc., i. 299.
Mystery of iniquity, the, ii. 381, 382.
Nahor, ii. 125.
Nakedness of our first parents, the, ii. 32.
Nathan, his message to David, ii. 189;
the resemblance of Psalm lxxxix. to the prophecy of, 191, etc.
Natural history, curious facts in:—the salamander, ii. 417;
the flesh of the peacock, 417, 418;
fire, 418;
charcoal, 418;
lime, 418, 419;
the diamond, 419;
the loadstone, 420;
the salt of Agrigentum, 421;
the fountain of the Garamantæ, and of Epirus, 421;
asbestos, 421;
the wood of the Egyptian fig-tree, 421;
the apples of Sodom, 421;
the stone pyrites, 421, 422;
the stone selenite, 422;
the Cappadocian mares, 422;
the island Tilon, 422;
the star Venus, 429.
Nature, not contrary to God, but good, i. 484;
of irrational and lifeless creatures, 485;
none in which there is not good, 320, 321.
Natures, God glorified in all, i. 486.
Necessity, is the will of man ruled by? i. 195.
Necromancy, i. 302.
Neptune, i. 279, 296;
and Salacia, and Venilia, 285.
Nero, the first to reach the citadel of vice, i. 216;
curious opinions entertained of him after his death, ii. 382.
[Pg 567]New Academy, the uncertainty of, contrasted with the Christian faith, ii. 328.
New heavens, and new earth, the, ii. 373, 374, 376, etc.
Nigidius, cited in reference to the birth of twins, i. 181.
Nimrod, ii. 108, 109, 112, 122.
Nineveh, ii. 109;
curious discrepancy between the Hebrew and Septuagint as to the time fixed for the overthrow of, in Jonah's prophecy, 273, 274;
spared, 446;
how the prediction against, was fulfilled, 455.
Ninus, ii. 219, 220.
Noah, commanded by God to build an ark, ii. 98;
whether after, till Abraham, any family can be found who lived according to God, 104;
was prophetically signified by the sons of? 105;
the nakedness of, revealed by Ham, but covered by Shem and Japheth, its typical significance, 106, 107;
the generation of the sons of, 108, etc.
Noctes Atticæ, the, of Aulus Gellius, quoted, i. 356, 357.
Numa Pompilius, the peace that existed during the reign of, is it attributable to the gods? i. 98;
introduces new gods, 101, etc.;
the Romans add new gods to those introduced by, 102;
the story of finding the books of, respecting the gods, and the burning of the same by the senate, 301, etc.;
befooled by hydromancy, 302.
Numantia, i. 124.
Numitor and Amulius, ii. 240, 241.
Ogyges, ii. 225, 226.
Old Testament Scriptures, caused by Ptolemy Philadelphus to be translated out of Hebrew into Greek, ii. 270, 271.
Opimius, Lucius, and the Gracchi, i. 126.
Oracles of the gods, responses of, respecting Christ, as related by Porphyry, ii. 344, etc.
Order and law, the, which obtain in heaven, and on earth, ii. 322.
Origen, the errors of, i. 463-465.
Ὁρμή, ii. 303.
Orpheus, ii. 233.
Pagan error, the probable cause of the rise of, i. 281, 282, 347.
Paradise, man in, ii, 23;
would there have been generation in, had man not sinned? 39, etc., 41, etc., 44, etc.;
Malachi's reference to man's state in, 401.
Paris, the gods had no reason to be offended with, i. 93.
Passions, the, which assail Christian souls, i. 359, etc.;
which agitate demons, 360.
Paterfamilias, ii. 325.
Patricians and Plebs, the dissensions between, i. 69, 70, 113.
Paulinus, i. 16.
Paulus and Palladia, members of a household cursed by a mother-in-law, miraculously healed at the shrine of St. Stephen, ii. 497-499.
Peace, the eternal, of the saints, ii. 314, 315;
the fierceness of war, and the disquietude of men make towards, 315-319;
the universal, which the law of nature preserves, 319, etc.;
the, between the heavenly and earthly cities, 326, etc.;
the, of those alienated from God, and the use made of it by God's people, 341;
of those who serve God in this mortal life, cannot be apprehended in its perfection, 341-343;
of God, which passeth all understanding, 534, 535.
Peacock, the antiseptic properties of the flesh of, ii. 417.
Pecunia, i. 264;
Jupiter so named, 275.
Peleg, ii. 122, 123.
Peripatetic sect, the, i. 323.
Peripatetics, and Stoics, the opinion of, about mental emotions,—an illustrative story, i. 355-358.
"Perish," ii. 296.
Periurgists, i. 404.
Persecution, all Christians must suffer, ii. 284;
the benefits derived from, 285;
the "ten persecutions," 286-288;
the time of the final, hidden, 288-290.
Persius, quoted, i. 55, 56.
Perturbations, the three, of the souls of the wise, as admitted by the Stoics, ii. 12;
in the souls of the righteous, 15, etc.;
were our first parents before the fall free from? 20.
Peter, ridiculously feigned by the heathen to have brought about by enchantment the worship of Christ, ii. 289;
heals the cripple at the temple gate, 291.
Petronia, a woman of rank, miraculously cured, ii. 496.
Philosopher, origin of the name, i. 307.
[Pg 568]Philosophers, the secret of the weakness of the moral precepts of, i. 55;
the Italic and Ionic schools of, 306, etc.;
of some who think the separation of soul and body not penal, 536;
the discord of the opinions of, contrasted with the concord of the canonical Scriptures, ii. 267-270.
Philosophy, Varro's enumeration of the multitudinous sects of, ii. 293-297.
Phoroneus, ii. 221.
Picus, king of Argos, ii. 233.
"Piety," i. 384.
Pirate, the apt reply of a, to Alexander the Great, i. 140.
Plato, would exclude the poets from his ideal republic, i. 63, etc.;
his threefold division of philosophy, 310, etc.;
how he was able to approach so near Christian knowledge, 321, etc.;
his definition of the gods, 324;
the opinion of, as to the transmigration of souls, 427;
the opinion of, that almost all animals were created by inferior gods, 519;
declared that the gods made by the Supreme have immortal bodies, 536, ii. 531;
the apparently conflicting views of, and of Porphyry, if united, might have led to the truth, 532, 533.
Platonists, the opinions of, preferable to those of other philosophers, i. 312, etc.;
their views of physical philosophy, 314, etc.;
how far they excel other philosophers in logic, or rational philosophy, 316;
hold the first rank in moral philosophy, 317;
their philosophy has come nearest the Christian faith, 318;
the Christian religion above all their science, 319;
thought that sacred rites were to be performed to many gods, 323;
the opinion of, that the souls of men become demons, 365;
the three qualities by which they distinguish between the nature of men and of demons, 365, etc.;
their idea of the non-intercourse of celestial gods with men, and the need of the intercourse of demons, 371, etc.;
hold that God alone can bestow happiness, 382;
have misunderstood the true worship of God, 386;
the principles which, according to, regulate the purification of the soul, 413;
blush to acknowledge the incarnation of Christ, 423;
refutation of the notion of, that the soul is co-eternal with God, 429, 430;
opinion of, that angels created man's body, 518;
refutation of the opinion of, that earthly bodies cannot inherit heaven, ii. 501, etc.
Players, excluded by the Romans from offices of state, i. 60, 61.
Plays, scenic, which the gods have exacted from their worshippers, i. 165.
Pleasure, bodily, graphically described, i. 217.
Plebs, the dissensions between, and the Patricians, ii. 69, 70, 113;
the secession of, 113.
Plotinus, men, according to, less wretched than demons, i. 364;
regarding enlightenment from above, 385.
Plutarch, his Life of Cato quoted, i. 34;
his Life of Numa, 173.
Pluto, i. 296.
Πνεῦμα, i. 553, 554, 555.
Poetical licence, allowed by the Greeks, restrained by the Romans, i. 57, 61.
Poets, the, Plato would exclude from his ideal republic, i. 63, etc., 325;
the theological, ii. 232, 233.
Pontius, Lucius, announces Sylla's victory, i. 82.
"Poor, He raiseth the, out of the dunghill," ii. 175.
Porphyry, his views of theurgy, i. 394, etc., 396, etc.;
epistle of, to Anebo, 397, etc.;
as to how the soul is purified, 413;
refused to recognise Christ, 414;
vacillation of, between the confession of the true God and the worship of demons, 418;
the impiety of, 419;
so blind as not to recognise the true wisdom, 422;
his emendations of Platonism, 426, etc.;
his ignorance of the universal way of the soul's deliverance, 430, etc.;
abjured the opinion that souls constantly pass away and return in cycles, 511;
his notion that the soul must be separated from the body in order to be happy, demolished by Plato, 531, etc.;
the conflicting opinions of Plato and, if united, might have led to the truth, 532, 533;
his account of the responses of the oracles of the gods concerning Christ, ii. 334-339.
Portents, strange, i. 133;
meaning of the word, ii. 429.
Possidonius, the story of, i. 179.
Postumius, the augur, and Sylla, i. 81, 82, 83.
[Pg 569]Præstantius, the strange story related by, respecting his father, ii. 237.
Praise, the love of, why reckoned a virtue? i. 204;
of the eradication of the love of human, 205.
Prayer for the dead, ii. 453.
Predictions of Scripture, i. 434.
Priest, the faithful, ii. 181.
Priesthood, the, the promise to establish it for ever, how to be understood, ii. 184;
of Christ, described in the Psalms, 204, 205.
Proclus, Julius, i. 108.
Projectus, Bishop, and the miraculous cure of blind women, ii. 492, 493.
Proletarii, the, i. 116.
Prometheus, ii. 224.
Promises, the, made to Abraham, ii. 129, etc., 131, etc., 133.
Prophetic age, the, ii. 165.
Prophetic records, the, ii. 163.
Prophecies, the threefold meaning of the, ii. 167-169;
respecting Christ and His gospel, 247-249, 250, 251, 252, 256, 258, 259.
Prophets, the later, ii. 215;
of the time when the Roman kingdom began, 246.
Proscription, the, of Sylla, i. 130.
Proserpine, i. 284, 288.
Protasius and Gervasius, martyrs, a blind man healed by the bodies of, at Milan, ii. 485;
a young man freed from a devil by, 491.
Providence of God, the, i. 197, 403;
not disturbed by the wickedness of angels or men, ii. 46.
Prudence, ii. 304.
Psalms, the, David's concern in writing, ii. 199.
Ptolemy Philadelphus causes the Hebrew Scriptures to be translated into Greek, ii. 270, 271.
Puberty, was it later among the antediluvians than it is now? ii. 75, etc.
Pulvillus, Marcus, i. 212.
Punic wars, the, the disasters suffered by the Romans in, i. 117;
the second of these, its deplorable effects, 119, etc.
Punishment, eternal, ii. 413;
whether it is possible for bodies to last for ever in burning fire, 414;
whether bodily sufferings necessarily terminate in the destruction of the flesh, 414-417;
examples from nature to show that bodies may remain unconsumed and alive in fire, 417;
the nature of, 432, etc.;
is it just that it should last longer than the sins themselves lasted? 436, etc.;
the greatness of the first transgression on account of which it is due to all not within the pale of the Saviour's grace, 437, etc.;
of the wicked after death, not purgatorial, 438-440;
proportioned to the deserts of the wicked, 444;
of certain persons, who deny, 444;
of those who think that the intercession of saints will deliver from, 445;
of those who think that participation of the body of Christ will save from, 447;
of those who think that Catholic baptism will deliver from, 447;
of the opinion that building on the "Foundation" will save from, 448;
of the opinion that alms-giving will deliver from, 449;
of those who think that the devil will not suffer, 450;
replies to all those who deny, 451, 457, etc., 460.
Punishments, the temporary, of this life, ii. 440;
the object of, 441.
Purgatorial punishments, ii. 399, 400, 453.
Purification of heart, the, whence obtained by the saints, i. 412;
the principles which, according to the Platonists, regulate, 413;
the one true principle which alone can effect, 414.
Purifying punishment, the, spoken of by Malachi, ii. 399.
Pyrites, the Persian stone so called, ii. 421.
Pyrrhus, invades Italy,—response of the oracle of Apollo to, i. 116;
cannot tempt Fabricius, 213.
Pythagoras, the founder of the Italic school of philosophy, i. 307.
Queen, the, the Church, ii. 202, 203.
Quiet, the temple of, i. 154.
Radagaisus, king of the Goths, the war with, i. 221.
Rain, portentous, i. 133.
Rape of the Sabine women, the, i. 103, 104.
Rebecca, wife of Isaac, ii. 149;
the divine answer respecting the twins in the womb of, 151.
Recentness of man's creation, an answer to those who complain of, i. 496.
Regeneration, the laver or font of, ii. 490.
Regulus, as an example of heroism, and voluntary endurance for religion's sake, i. 22, etc.;
[Pg 570]the virtue of, far excelled that of Cato, 35.
Reign of the saints with Christ for a thousand years, 263, etc.
Religion, i. 384;
no true, without true virtues, ii. 340.
Religions, false, kept up on policy, ii. 174.
Republic, Cicero's definition of a,—was there ever a Roman, answering to? ii. 330-333;
according to what definition could the Romans or others assume the title of a? 339, 340.
Resting on the seventh day, God's, the meaning of, i. 444, 445.
Restitutus, presbyter of the Calamensian Church, a curious account of, ii. 42, 43.
Resurrection, the, of the flesh of believers, to a perfection not enjoyed by our first parents, i. 544, 546, 547;
the first and the second, ii. 353-356, 367, 368;
Paul's testimony on, 384;
utterances of Isaiah respecting, 387, etc.;
some refuse to believe, while the world at large believes, 477;
vindicated against ridicule thrown on it, 504, etc.;
whether abortions shall have part in, 506;
whether infants shall have that body in, which they would have had if they had grown up, 507;
whether in the, the dead shall rise the same size as the Lord's body, 508;
the saints shall be conformed to the image of Christ in the, 508, 509;
whether women shall retain their sex in, 509, 510;
all bodily blemishes shall be removed in, 512;
the substance of our bodies, however disintegrated, shall be entirely reunited, 515;
the new spiritual body of, 517;
the obstinacy of those who impugn, while the world believes, 529, etc.
Resurrection of Christ, the, referred to in the Psalms, ii. 205, 206.
Reward, the, of the saints, after the trials of this life, ii. 314.
Rhea, or Ilia, mother of Romulus and Remus, ii. 240, 241.
Rich man, the, in hell, ii. 435.
Righteous, the glory of the, is in God, i. 205.
Righteous man, the, the sufferings of, described in the Book of Wisdom, ii. 209, etc.
Rites, sacred, of the gods, i. 245.
Rituals of false gods, instituted by kings of Greece, from the exodus of Israel downward, ii. 229.
Roman empire, the, which of the gods presided over? i. 143;
whether the great extent and duration of, should be attributed to Jove, 165;
whether the worship of the gods has been of service in extending, 168;
the cause of, not fortuitous, nor attributable to the position of the stars, 177, etc.;
by what virtues the enlargement of, was merited, 198, etc.
Roman kings, what manner of life and death they had, i. 108, etc.
Roman republic, was there ever one answering to Cicero's definition? i. 331-333, 339, 340.
Romans, the, the folly of, in trusting gods which could not defend Troy, i. 4, etc.;
by what steps the passion of governing increased among, 43;
the vices of, not corrected by the overthrow of their city, 45;
the calamities suffered by, before Christ, 50, etc., 67, etc.;
poetical licence restrained by, 57, etc.;
excluded players from offices of state, and restrained the licence of players, 60, 61;
the gods never took any steps to prevent the republic of, from being ruined by immorality, 77, etc;
the obscenities of their plays consecrated to the service of their gods, contributed to overthrow their republic, 87, etc.;
exhorted to forsake paganism, 89;
was it desirable that the empire of, should be increased by a succession of furious wars? 99;
by what right they obtained their first wives, 103;
the wickedness of the wars waged by, against the Albans, 105, 106;
the first consuls of, 111, etc.;
the disasters which befell, in the Punic wars, 117, etc., 119, etc.;
the ingratitude of, to Scipio, the conqueror of Hannibal, 123;
the internal disasters which vexed the republic, 125, etc.;
multiplied gods for small and ignoble purposes, 144;
to what profit they carried on war, and how far to the well-being of the conquered, 208;
dominion granted to, by the providence of God, 218.
Rome, the sack of, by the Barbarians, i. 2;
the evils inflicted on the Christians in the sack of,—why permitted, 39;
the iniquities practised in the palmiest days of, 67, etc.;
the corruption which had grown up in, before Christianity, 71, etc.;
Cicero's opinion of the republic of, 74;
[Pg 571]frost and snow incredibly severe at, 117;
calamities which befell, in the Punic wars, 117, etc., 119, etc.;
Asiatic luxury introduced to, 123;
when founded, ii. 241;
the founder of, made a god, 480.
Romulus, the alleged parentage of, i. 94, 95;
no penalty exacted for his fratricidal act, 95, etc.;
the death of, 108, 109, ii. 240;
suckled by a wolf, ii. 240, 241;
made a god by Rome, 480, etc.
Rule, equitable, ii. 325.
Rulers serve the society which they rule, ii. 322, 323.
Sabbath, the perpetual, ii. 543.
Sabine women, the rape of the, i. 67, 103, 104.
Sack, of Rome, the, by the Barbarians, i. 2, etc.;
of Troy, 6, etc.
Sacrifice, that due to the true God only, i. 387;
the true and perfect, 390;
the reasonableness of offering a visible, to God, 409;
the supreme and true, of the Mediator, 410;
of Abraham, when he believed,—its meaning, ii. 136.
Sacrifices, those not required by God, but enjoined for the exhibition of the truth, i. 388.
Sacrifices of righteousness, ii. 400, 401.
Sacristan of Hercules, a, the story of, i. 244.
Sages, the seven, ii. 244, 245.
Saguntum, the destruction of, i. 121, 122.
Saints, the, lose nothing in losing their temporal goods, i. 14, etc.;
their consolations in captivity, 22;
cases in which the examples of, are not to be followed, 37;
why the enemy was permitted to indulge his lust on the bodies of, 39;
the reply of, to unbelievers, who taunted them with Christ's not having rescued them from the fury of their enemies, 41, etc.;
the reward of, after the trials of this life, ii. 314;
the happiness of the eternal peace which constitutes the perfection of, 314, 315;
in this life, blessed in hope, 330.
Salacia, i. 285.
Salamander, the, ii. 417.
Sallust, quoted, i. 7, 8, 67, 69, 92, 100, 107, 113, 198, 201, 263, ii. 219.
Salt, the, of Agrigentum, the peculiar qualities of, ii. 421.
Samnites, the, defeated by the Romans, i. 115.
Samothracians, the mysteries of the, i. 296.
Samuel, the address of, to Saul on his disobedience, ii. 186, etc.;
sets up a stone of memorial, 188.
Saul, spared by David, ii. 184, 185;
forfeits the kingdom, 185, 186.
Sanctity, the, of the body, not violated by the violence of another's lust, i. 26, 27.
Sancus, or Sangus, a Sabine god, ii. 238.
Sarah, and Hagar, and their sons,—the typical significance of, ii. 51, 52;
Sarah's barrenness, 52, 53;
preservation of the chastity of, in Egypt, and in Gerar, 32, 146;
change of the name of, 143, 144;
the death of, 149.
Satan, transforms himself into an angel of light, ii. 313. See Devil.
Saturn, i. 147, 260, 261, 265;
and Genius, thought to be really Jupiter, 275, etc.;
interpretations of the reasons for worshipping, 282;
and Picus, ii. 233.
Saved by fire, ii. 460.
Scævola, the pontiff, slain in the Marian wars, i. 129, 131;
distinguishes three kinds of gods, 166, 167.
Scenic representations, the establishment of, opposed by Scipio Nasica, i. 44;
the obscenities of, contributed to the overthrow of the republic, 84, etc.
Schools of philosophers, i. 306, etc.
Scipio Nasica, Rome's "best man," opposes the destruction of Carthage, i. 42, 43;
opposes scenic representations, 144.
Scripture, the obscurity of,—its advantages, i. 458.
Scriptures, the canonical, the authority of, i. 438;
of the Old Testament, translated into Greek, ii. 270, 271.
Sea, the, gives up the dead which are in it, ii. 375;
no more, 377.
Sects of philosophy, the number of, according to Varro, ii. 293-297.
Selenite, the stone so called, ii. 422.
Semiramis, ii. 220.
Seneca, Annæus, recognises the guiding will of the Supreme, i. 189;
censures the popular worship of the gods, and the popular theology, 252-255;
what he thought of the Jews, 255, 256.
Septuagint,—is it or the Hebrew text to be followed in computing years? ii. 70, etc.;
[Pg 572]origin of the, 270, 271;
authority of, in relation to the Hebrew original, 271-273;
difference between, and the Hebrew text, as to the days fixed by Jonah for the destruction of Nineveh, 273-275.
Servitude introduced by sin, ii. 323.
Servius Tullius, the foul murder of, i. 110.
Seth and Cain, heads of two lines of descendants, ii. 81;
relation of the former to Christ, 82.
Seven, the number, i. 475, ii. 173, 174.
Seventh day, the, i. 475.
Severus, bishop of Milevis, ii. 420.
Sex, shall it be restored in the resurrection? ii. 509, 510.
Sexual intercourse, ii. 34;
in the antediluvian age, 75, etc.
Shem, ii. 105;
the sons of, 109;
the genealogy of, 119, etc.
Sibyl, the Cumæan, i. 421;
the Erythræan, 422.
Sibylline books, the, i. 118.
Sicyon, the kingdom and kings of, ii. 219, 220, 221, 239.
Silvanus, the god, i. 249.
Silvii, ii. 239.
Simplicianus, bishop of Milan, his reminiscence of the saying of a certain Platonist, i. 426.
Sin, should not be sought to be obviated by sin, i. 36;
should not be sought to be shunned by a voluntary death, 38;
had not its origin in God, but in the will of the creature, 456;
not caused by the flesh, but by the soul, ii. 4;
servitude introduced by, 323.
Sins, how cleansed, i. 413.
Six, the perfection of the number, i. 474.
Slave, when the word, first occurs in Scripture;
its meaning, ii. 324.
Social life, disturbed by many distresses, ii. 307, etc.
Socrates, a sketch of,—his philosophy, i. 308-310;
the god or demon of, the book of Apuleius concerning, 325, 327.
Sodom, the region of, ii. 431.
Solomon, books written by, and the prophecies they contain, ii. 209, etc.;
the kings after, both of Israel and Judah, 213.
Son of God, but one by nature, ii. 441.
Sons of God, the, and daughters of men, ii. 91, etc.;
not angels, 92, etc.
Soranus, Valerius, i. 274.
Soul, the, immortal, i. 257;
the way of its deliverance, 430;
created in the image of God, 515;
Porphyry's notion that its blessedness requires separation from the body, demolished by Plato, 531;
the separation of, and the body, considered by some not to be penal, 536.
Soul of the world, God not the, i. 151;
Varro's opinion of, examined, 267.
Souls, rational, the opinion that there are three kinds of, i. 325, 326;
the, of men, according to the Platonists, become demons, 363;
views of the transmigration of, 427, 428;
not co-eternal with God, 429;
do not return from blessedness to labour and misery, after certain periodic revolutions, 509.
Σωφροσύνη, ii. 303.
Speusippus, i. 324.
Spirit, i. 553, 554, 555.
Spiritual body, the, of the saints, in the resurrection, ii. 516.
Stars, the supposed influence of, on kingdoms, births, etc., i. 177, 178, 179, 180;
some, called by the names of gods, 277, etc.
Stephen, St., miracles wrought by the relics of, and at the shrine of, ii. 492, 493, 494, 495, 496, 497.
Stoics, opinions of, about mental emotions, i. 355, etc.;
the three perturbations admitted by, in the soul of the wise man, ii. 12, etc.;
the belief of, as to the gods, 268;
suicide permitted by, 304, 305.
Strong man, the, ii. 356.
Substance, the, of the people of God, ii. 194.
Suicide, committed through fear of dishonour or of punishment, i. 25;
Christians have no authority for committing, under any circumstances, 30;
can never be prompted to, by magnanimity, 32;
the example of Cato in relation to, 34;
should it be resorted to, to avoid sin? 38;
permitted by the Stoics, ii. 304, 305.
Sun, the, stayed in its course by Joshua, ii. 429, 430.
Superstition, i. 171.
Sylla, the deeds of, i. 81-83;
and Marius, the war between, 128, 129.
Sylva, i. 95.
Symmachus, i. 51, and note.
Tarquinius, Priscus, or Superbus, his barbarous murder of his father-in-law, i. 110;
[Pg 573]the expulsion of, from Rome, 110, 111.
Tatius, Titus, introduces new gods, i. 161.
Tellus, i. 147;
the surnames of, and their significance, 289.
Temperance, ii. 303.
Ten kings, the, ii. 394.
Terah, the emigration of, from Ur of the Chaldees, ii. 125;
the years of, 126.
Terence, quoted, i. 56.
Terentius, a certain, finds the books of Numa Pompilius, i. 301.
Terminus, i. 162, 169;
and Janus, 268.
Thales, the founder of the Ionic school of philosophy, i. 307.
Theatrical exhibitions, publish the shame of the gods, i. 57;
the obscenities of, contributed to overthrow the republic, 87.
Theodorus, the Cyrenian philosopher, his reply to Lysimachus, i. 20, note.
Theodosius, the faith and piety of, i. 224, etc.
Theological poets, ii. 232, 233.
Theology, Varro's threefold division of, i. 238-243.
Θεοσέβεια, i. 384.
Theurgy, i. 394, etc., 396, etc.
Thousand years, the, of the Book of Revelation, ii. 356;
the reign of the saints with Christ during, 362, etc.
Threats employed against the gods to compel their aid, i. 399.
Θρησκεία, i. 384.
Tilon, the island of, ii. 422.
Time, i. 442.
Time, times, and a half time, ii. 394.
Times and seasons, the hidden, ii. 288, 289.
Titus, Latinius, i. 325.
Torquatus, slays his victorious son, i. 210.
Transformations, strange, of men, ii. 235;
what we should believe respecting, 235-238
Transgression, the first, the greatness of, ii. 347, 348.
Transmigration of souls, the Platonic views of, amended by Porphyry, i. 427, 428.
"Tree of life, the, the days of," ii. 402.
Trinity, the, i. 414;
further explained, 447-450;
further statements of,—indications of, scattered everywhere among the works of God, 465;
indications of, in philosophy, 466-468;
the image of, in human nature, 468.
Troy, the gods unable to afford an asylum during the sack of, i. 6;
were the gods justified in permitting the destruction of? 93, etc.
Truth, the sad results where it is hidden, ii. 309, etc.
Tullus Hostilius, i. 109, 110.
Twelve thrones, ii. 351.
Twenty Martyrs, the, how a tailor got a new coat by praying at the shrine of, ii. 492.
Twins, on the difference of the health, etc., of, i. 179, 180;
of different sexes, 185.
Unbaptized, the, saved through the confession of Christ, i. 527, 528.
Unbelief of the Jews, the, foretold, ii. 208.
Unity, the, of the human race, i. 513, etc.
Universe, the beauty of the, i. 457.
Valens, a persecutor, ii. 287.
Valentinian, protected by Theodosius, i. 224;
a confessor, ii. 287.
Valerius, Marcus, i. 213.
Varro, his opinion of the utility of men feigning themselves to be the offspring of gods, i. 94;
boasts of having conferred the knowledge of the worship of the gods on the Romans, 159, 160;
what he thought of the gods of the nations, 232;
his book concerning the antiquities of divine and human things, 234, 235, etc.;
his threefold division of theology into fabulous, natural, and civil, 238, etc.;
the opinion of, that God is the soul of the world, 267, 272;
pronounces his own opinions respecting the gods uncertain, 280;
holds the earth to be a goddess, 286, etc.;
his doctrine of the gods not self-consistent, 295;
assigns the reason why Athens was so called, ii. 226;
the opinion of, about the name of Areopagus, 227, 228;
what he relates of the strange transformations of men, 235, etc.;
on the number of philosophical sects, 293-299, etc;
in reference to a celestial portent, 429;
his story of the Vestal virgin falsely accused, 503;
his work on The Origin of the Roman People, quoted in relation to the Palingenesy, 533.
Vaticanus, i. 149.
Venilia, i. 285.
[Pg 574]Venus, a peculiar candelabrum in a temple of, ii. 423, 424.
Venus, the planet, a strange prodigy that occurred to, ii. 429.
Vesta, i. 147, 148, 279.
Vestal virgin, a, to prove her innocence, carries water in a sieve from the Tiber, ii. 503.
Vestal virgins, the punishment of those caught in adultery, i. 95.
Vice, not nature, contrary to God, and hurtful, i. 484.
Vicissitudes of life, the, on what dependent, i. 79, etc.
Victoria, the goddess, i. 152, 153;
ought she to be worshipped as well as Jove? 154.
Virgil, quoted, i. 2, 4, 5, 6, 29, 78, 89, 92, 101, 103, 106, 107, 199, 200, 270, 272, 294, 332, 333, 384, 412, 421, 428, ii. 5, 234, 397, 425, 439, 470.
Virgin Mary, the, ii. 204.
Virgins, the violation of, by force, does not contaminate, i. 25.
Virtue and Faith, honoured by the Romans with temples, i. 156, 157;
the Romans ought to have been content with, and Felicity, 157;
the war waged by, ii. 203.
Virtues, as disgraceful to make them serve human glory as to serve bodily pleasure, i. 217;
true, necessary to true religion, ii. 340, 341.
Virtumnus and Sentinus, i. 260, 261.
Virtus, the goddess, i. 263, 264.
Vision, the beatific, ii. 534-540.
Vulcan, i. 279.
Warfare, the Christian, ii. 442.
War, against the Albans, i. 105;
with Pyrrhus, 116;
the Punic, 117, etc.; 119, etc.;
the civil, of the Gracchi, 126;
the civil, between Marius and Sylla, 128, etc.;
the Gothic and Gallic, 130;
severe and frequent, before the advent of Christ, 131;
the duration of various, 220;
with Radagaisus, 221;
the miseries of, ii. 311.
Waters, the separation of the, i. 479.
Wicked, the, the ills which alone are feared by, i. 91;
God makes a good use of, ii. 284;
going out to see the punishment of, 392;
the end of, 343;
and the good, one event befalls, i. 10, ii. 348;
the connection of, and the good together, i. 11.
Wickedness, not a flaw of nature, i. 456.
Will, the consent of, to an evil deed, makes the deed evil, i. 26;
is it ruled by necessity? 195;
the enemies of God are so by, 484, 487;
no efficient cause of an evil, 490;
the misdirected love by which it fell away from the immutable to the mutable good, 490, 491;
whether the angels received their good, from God, 491, 492;
the character of, makes the affections of the soul right or wrong, ii. 9, etc.;
in the state of perfect felicity, 542.
Will of God, the eternal and unchangeable, ii. 474.
Wisdom, described in the Book of Proverbs, ii. 211.
Wisdom, the Book of, a prophecy of Christ in the, ii. 209.
Wives, how the Romans obtained their first, i. 103.
Woman, shall she retain he sex in the resurrection? ii. 509, 510;
the formation of, from a rib of sleeping Adams, a type, 510.
World, the, not eternal, i. 439;
the infinite ages before, not to be comprehended, 441;
and time had both one beginning, 442;
falseness of the history which ascribes many thousand years to the past existence of, 494;
of those who hold a plurality of worlds, 496;
predictions respecting the end of, ii. 395, etc.
Worlds without end, or ages of ages, i. 508, etc.
Wonders, lying, ii. 483.
Worm, the, that dieth not, ii. 393, 433.
Worship of God, distinction between latria and dulia, i. 383, 384, 386, etc.
Xenocrates, i. 324.
Years, in the time of the antediluvians, ii. 68, etc., 73, etc.;
in the words, "their days shall be an hundred and twenty years," 97, etc.;
the thousand, of the Book of Revelation, 356;
the three and a half, of the Book of Revelation, 394.
Zoroaster, ii. 440.