Sharpe, Gregory, remarked the connexion between the OLD and NEW TESTAMENT, II. viii; his excellent interpretation of the Sequel of Micah's famous prophecy, 640.Sharpe, Granville, his important grammatical rule respecting the definitive article, as marking the identity or diversity of persons connected by a copulative conjunction, verified by Doctor Middleton, ii. 856; necessity of limitations to the rule, which otherwise might prove too much, as in their interpretation of Jude, verse 4, 856, 857, 858. Shaw, the Oriental traveller, his judicious remarks on the Palestine fig tree, ii. 835, 836; on the Pyramids of Egypt, proving that they were temples, not sepulchres, iii. 459, 460. Sheba's Rebellion against David, ii. 383. SHECHINAH, or Divine Presence, stationed before the Garden of Eden, ii. 25; where Adam and his family worshipped, 27; withdrawn at length, from the guilty world, before the deluge, 38. SHEM, the Patriarch, ii. 45. Shepherds, Asiatic, subdued Egypt, iii. 448; driven out by the native Egyptian princes into Palestine, where they were called Philistines, 456, 457. SHILOH, a title of THE MESSIAHI, signifying "sent," or " the Apostle," attributed to him by Jacob, in his prophecy of the fortures of Judah and his tribe, ii. 164; explained, 168-173. Shimei, a Benjamite, who cursed David, in his flight from Absalom, ii. 380; pardoned by David, 390; put to death by Solomon, 391. Sidmouth, Viscount, his bill for explaining and amending the Toleration act, ii. 1363, 1364. Sidon, its high antiquity, i. 440; precedence given to its king, by Xerxes, iii. 175. SIGNS OF THE TIMES, tokens, or prognostics,-of the deluge, ii. 37, 38, 41; iii. 10; of the destruction of Sodom, ii. 134; of the destruction of Jerusalem, by the Babylonians; 455; -by the Romans, 456, 770, 771, 560, 835, 1269-1277; of CHRIST's second appearance at the regeneration, 1278-1284; of the end of the world, 1284-1286, 1309, Signs of the present times tremendous, ii. 173, 1100, 1335, 1345, 1351, 1356, 1360. Siloah, or Siloam, a fountain at Jerusalem, emblematical of CHRIST, ii. 455; remarkably failed before the sieges of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar and Titus, 456; CHRIST's signi ⚫ficant miracle of the blind man gifted with sight thereat, 805, 806. Simeon and Levi, Patriarchs, fortunes of their tribes foretold by Jacob, ii. 163, 167. Simeon, the father of Gamaliel, ii. 642; his prophecy of CHRIST'S rejection and sufferings, 896, 897. Simon Maccabœus, ii. 577; remarkable reservation, at his election, by the people, “ until the coming of a FAITHFUL PROPHET," or the MESSIAH, 618, 619; the first Asamonean prince who coined money, 620. SIMON the Apostle, surnamed PETER. Simon Magus, the impostor, or false Christ of the Samaritans, ii. 1179; converted and bap tized, by Philip, 1179; offered money to the Apostles, for the power of working miracles," 1179; his sorceries at Rome, said to have been opposed by Peter, 1147. Sin, or Pelusium, in Egypt, i. 375. Sinai, Mount, in Arabia, description of, i. 408. Smerdis, Smerdis, the brother of Cambyses, put to death by him on account of a dream that excited his jealousy, iii. 131. Smerdis Magus, an impostor who personated Smerdis, iii. 89; slain by a conspiracy of seven Persian noblemen, 132. Smoke, symbolical of the false doctrines of Mahomet, ii. 1331. -, a remarkable, at Mecca, noticed in the Koran, iii. 347. Smyrna, one of the seven Churches of Asia Minor, still subsisting, ii. 1296. Solifidians, ii. 1000, 1001. Solacisms, falsely charged on the GOSPELS; ii. 689; on the APOCALYPSE, 1156. Solon, the Athenian legislator, his periods of human life, i. 86; recommended the fittest marriageable age, 86; visited Crasus, king of Lydia, iii. 117: his remarkable conversations with Crasus and Esop, 118; visited Amasis, king of Egypt, 487. SOLOMON, king of Israel, ii. 340; how old at his accession, 392; built the temple, 393; his sublime dedication thereof, 393; his building, revenues, &c. 396; his affluence, 397; his wisdom, 398; his faith and repentance, 399; his Canticles, allegorical, 400; his Ecclesiastes, explained, 401; his children, 411; " his glory," beautifully compared by Christ, to the Lilly," or Crown imperial, 756; confounded with Solyman, a præadamite king, by some Oriental writers, iii. 32. Solyman, a præadamite king, of Oriental romance, iii. 32. Solyman the Magnificent, Turkish Sultan, iii. 392; the most powerful of that dynasty, 423. Sophocles, the Greek Tragedian, his fine description of the Unity of GoD, ii, 1228. Sothiacal or Canicular Period, amongst Egyptians, i. 141; its agreement with the Chaldean or Nabossarean, 142. Southcote, Joanna, the prophetess, ii. 1058; her divine mission maintained by the Rev. Philip Foley, 1058, 1059. Spanheim, the younger, unjustly censured Josephus, i. 96; his Ecclesiastical History commended, II. xxi, SPEECH, see LANGUAGE. Sphere Primitive, causes of its invention, i. 300; when first framed, 301. SPIRIT OF THE LORD, meaning of the phrase, ii. 302, 311, 318, 324, 327, 342, 348, 349; did not interfere with man's free agency, 342; conferred on the Apostles, 931. SPIRIT, THE HOLY, third person of THE TRINITY, ii. 967, 973, 974. SPIRIT OF THE MOSAICAL Law, ii. 254. OF THE GOSPEL, ii. 963. OF ISLAMISM, iii. 339. Stater, the Attic coin, its impress and value, ii. 797, in which CHRIST paid the tribute money, by a miracle, 798. Staunton, Sir George, his fanciful hypothesis of the priority of Hieroglyphical writing to Alphabetical, i. 369. STEPHEN the Deacon, ii. 1174; his noble defence before the Sanhedrim, 1175-1177; and martyrdom, 1178. Style of THE GOSPELS, resembling the style of the Seven Sages of Greece, ii. 687; its excellencies, 689; of the EPISTLES, 1115, 1131, 1136, 1142; of the APOCALYPSE, 1156, 1157. Sultanics, Sultanies, four Turkish, foretold in the Apocalypse, ii. 1333. Supererogation, Romish doctrine of, refuted by the Parable of the wise and foolish Virgins, ii. 1281. Susanna, saved by the wisdom of Daniel, ii. 533; supposed to have been the wife of Jehoiachin, or Jechoniah, the captive king of Judah, 533, 700. Susiana or Chusistan, described, i. 461. Sweat, bloody, instances of, ii. 865. Syene, its situation, i. 379. Symmachus, his Greek Version of the Old Testament, i. 77. OF PROFANE CHRONOLOGY, III. xxiii. Syrian kings, table of, i. 290. T. Tabernacle, built by Moses, i. 398; described, ii. 268. TABLES, ASTRONOMICAL and CHRONOLOGICAL, see CONTENTS, Vol. I. Tacitus, the Roman Historian, his character of Christ, ii. 953; his account of Feliz, 1111; of Nero's cruelty to the Christians, 1256; of the pestilence that followed their persecution, 1258; of the Jewish war, 1259, 1260, 1261, 1262. Tahpanes, Hanes, or Daphnæ, in Egypt, i. 376. Talib Abu, the Uncle of Mahomet, iii. 304; would not profess Islamism, 308. Talib's answer to David Levi, II. xxxviii. Tamerlane, see Timurlene. Targums Jewish, or Rabbinical Paraphrases on the Old Testament, II. xi. Taxation of Darius Hystaspes, king of Persia, see Darius Hystaspes. Taxing, or Assessment, introduced in Judea, after the deposal and banishment of Archelaus, ii. 709. TEMPLE OF THE LORD, at Jerusalem, built by Solomon, i. 102; ii. 392, 393; destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, 496; rebuilt by Zorobabel, 512; and by Herod, 650; twice purged by CHRIST, ii. 746, 836; destroyed by Titus, 238; to be rebuilt again more gloriously, in the latter days, 459, 513, 515. Terraqueous Globe, modern discoveries relative to, i. 347. Tertullian, his explanation of the VISIBLE LORD, ii. 136; his praise of the LORD'S PRAYER, 1005; held the doctrine of the TWO RESURRECTIONS, 1049. Tetzel, the infamous Agent of Pope Leo X. for the sale of indulgences for crimes, anecdote of, ii. 1022. TEXTS, two series of, expressive of the human and divine nature, character, and offices of JESUS CHRIST, ii. 1374-1380. Thales, foretold an Eclipse of the Sun, i. 12; its date determined, 184; confirmed by the history, iii. 92. Thamar, the incestuous daughter-in-law of Judah the Patriarch, ii. 161; reckoned among the ancestors of CHRIST, 701. Thebes, Thebes, in Egypt, i. 375; built by Misraim's family, 378, iii. 454. Thebez, in Canaan, where Abimelech, the Judge, was mortally wounded, ii. 316. Themistocles, the Athenian, his policy and stratagems in the Persian war, iii. 165, 166, 174; his character finely drawn by Thucydides, 176; his wise counsel, after the battle of Salamis, 184, 185; exiled, 165; his hospitable reception by Artaxerxes Longimanus, 206. THEOCRACY, the divine form of government among the Israelites, ii. 262; rejected by them, 338. Theodotion, his Greek version of the Old Testament, i. 77. THEOLOGY, PRIMITIVE, its original purity, and subsequent corruptions, iii. 491. Theophanes, his solution of the Saracen victories over the Christians, iii. 356. Theophilus, Bishop of Antioch, his system of Chronology restored, i. 105; its harmony with Josephus, 105. Thermopyla, battle of, iii. 162. Thirst, a usual concomitant of great bodily torture, or mental agony, ii. 899. Thomas, the Apostle, his incredulity, or disbelief of CHRIST's bodily resurrection, ii. 932; his sudden conversion, and full confession of faith, 933. Thonus Concolerus, king of Assyria, iii. 57; probably the father of Pul, 57. Thucydides, best edition of his works, III. vi; confirms the truth of Xerxes' canal at Mount Athos, 161. Thymbra, battle of, iii. 103. Tiberius, Roman Emperor, ii. 655; appointed Pontius Pilate governor of Judea, 880; his shrewd apologue, on the peculation of the provincial governors, 880; his displeasure at Pilate's conduct, about the votive shields, 883; his proposal to the Senate for deifying CHRIST, 955; threatened the accusers of the Christians with death, 957; his enquiry about the Egyptian tale of the god Pan, 776, 956. Tiglathpilesar, king of Assyria, iii. 58; carried the Transjordanite tribes into captivity, 61. Tigris, or Hiddekel, one of the rivers of Paradise, i. 326; its swellings earlier than the swellings of the Euphrates, 323. Timariots, veteran Turkish soldiers, like the Roman Beneficiarii, rewarded with grants of lands in the conquered countries, iii. 423. Timur lenk, or Tamerlane, the Mogul Tartar, iii. 399; his boundless ambition, 400; reduced the Georgians, and attacked Anatolia, subdued Syria and Egypt, 402; took Bajazet pri soner, and confined him in an iron cage, 403, 404; died on an expedition against China, 405; most fully accomplished Noah's prophecy of Japheth, 406; his atrocious cruelties accounted for, 407; his extraordinary vigour of body and mind, 408. Tobias, his adventures, resembling the Persian Romances, iii. 34; his time ascertained, 72. Tobit, his Apocryphal book, a valuable historical record, iii. 72; his time ascertained, 71. Tolerution, its nature and limits, ii. 1368-1370. TONGUES, CONFUSION OF, at Babel, i. 365; wherein it consisted, 365; THE GIFT OF, on the day of Pentecost, to the Apostles, ii. 1164; various and manifold, 1064, 1164; its duration, 1068. Torshell, Samuel, his plan for harmonizing the Psalms and Prophecies, II. xxiii. VOL. III. 4 E Townson's Townson's Harmony of the Resurrection, cited, ii. 909. TRANSFIGURATION of CHRIST, ii. 793. Translation of the Bible, last, superior to most, in plainness and simplicity, but not sufficiently TREE OF LIFE, ii. 7; its sacramental nature, 9; neglected by Adam, 24; the way thereto TRIALS OF TEMPTATIONS, difference between, ii. 1033; of Eve, 13; of Adam, 14; of Job, 877. Tribute money, miraculous payment of, by CHRIST, ii. 797. Trimmer, Mrs. her ill founded censure of Judas Maccabæus, ii. 609. TRINITY, the mysterious doctrine of, ii. 964; analogy between the Jewish and Christian, TRINITIES, pagan, iii. 502; the Orphic, 502; Platonic, 502; Egyptian, 504; Greek and Troy, various epochs of its destruction, i. 10; pious remark of Herodotus thereon, iii. 472. 423-427. Twilight, morning and evening, i. 115; critically determined by the four Evangelists, 116; Tyre, Old, or Continental, date of its foundation, i. 440; described, 442; besieged by Shal- Tyre, New, or Insular, i. 443; besieged and taken by Alexander the Great, iii. 226. V. Vallancy, General, his ingenious astronomical exposition of Joseph's dream, and Jacob's allt- sion thereto, in his prophecy, explained and improved, ii. 165. Van Mildert's Sermons at Boyle's Lecture, commended, ii. 686; and cited, 1287. Varieties of mankind, i. 358. Vernal equinoxes, table of, i. 157. Versions, ancient, of the Bible, II. xi. Veto rejected by the Romish Hierarchy in Ireland, ii. 1347. Vignoles, his judicious corrections, ii. 413. Vincent, |