ii. 161-163;

were there any outside of, before Christ, who belonged to the fellowship of the holy city? 279, etc.

Italic school of philosophy, the, i. 306.

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; 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.

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.

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, 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, 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.

Philosophers, the secret of the weakness of the moral precepts of,