scription is rather an allusion to the known inscription on the forehead of the high priest, Holiness to the Lord. Whereby is intimated, that this idolatrous persecuting government was an antichristian church, of a temper and spirit quite contrary to the true worship of the one true God. Lowman, in loc. No. 598.-+xix. 10. I fell at his feet to worship him.] This appears to have been the act of homage usually paid to great men in the East, and which was now performed under impressions more solemn than those which were made by the presence of princes and kings. Mr. Bruce thus describes the ceremony now alluded to: “ The next remarkable ceremony in which these two nations (of Persia and Abyssinia) agreed, is that of adoration, inviolably observed in Abyssinia to this day, as often as you enter the sovereign's presence. This is not only kneeling, but absolute prostration; you first fall upon your knees, then upon the palms of your hands, then incline your head and body till your forehead touches the ground, and, in case you have an answer to expect, you lie in that posture till the king, or somebody from him, desires you to rise.” (Travels, vol. iii, p. 270.) No. 599.-xxi. 2. Prepared as a bride.] In the East brides frequently change their dress, and are presented each time they do so to the bridegroom. D’Arvieux gives this account of the Arabs, (Voy. dans la Pal. p. 225.) “When the evening is come, the women present the bride to her future husband. The women who con. duct her make him a compliment, who answers not a word, sitting perfectly still, with a grave and serious air. This ceremony is three times repeated the same evening; and whenever they change the bride's dress, they present her to the bridegroom, who receives her always with the same gravity. It is a sort of magnifi. cence in the East, frequently to dress and undress the bride, and to cause her to wear in that same day all the clothes made up for her nuptials. The bridegroom's dress is also frequently changed for the same reason.' Au attention to this circumstance throws an energy into the words of St. John, when he speaks of the New Jerusalem coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride for her husband. HARMER, vol. ii. p. 122. a No. 600.-xxi. 19. Foundations of the wall.] “ This is not only a description of what must be exceeding beautiful in its appearance, but is moreover manifestly corresponding with the mode of building amongst the ancient Romans, who, it is well known, constructed their walls from the bottom to the top with alternate layers, or rows of bricks, and of white stone, and sometimes of black flints. Each of these layers was always of a considerable thickness, or breadth; and whilst their different colours formed a beautiful appearance to the eye, and were a most elegant kind of ornament, this mode of placing materials of different dimensions and substance in alternate rows greatly strengthened the work.” KING's Morsels of Criticism, vol. i. p. 67. . FIRST INDEX. PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE INCIDENTALLY ILLUSTRATED, OR ALLUDED TO, IN THIS VOLUME. N. B. The Figures refer to the Numbers of the Articles, xxii. 2 ............. xxvi. 30....... No NO 572 373 xxii. 8...246, 429 97 xxiv. 1....... 369 XXV. 4 258 62 XXV. 9.......... 61 11 xxvii. 14.... 87 xxviii, 58... 390 xxix. 9 390 xxxii. 13 ... 371 xxxii. 36 .... 115 87 453 100 xix. 19, 189 286 iv, 19....... 83 vi. 2... 231 vi. 37 111 414 71 xi. 34.. 40 176 369 xv. 1..............351, 453 433 xvi. 27... 86 ........... v. 30 ........... ..... 540 xlix. 22... ................ 448 xvi. 21........... ........... xvi. 12 ...... xviii. 5 ........ NO N. 151 Chronicles ii. 55.. 410 445 xii. 1............ 115 xii. 33.. 449 xxii. 29,...... 8 892 Chronicles ix, 14........... 370 xvi. 14. 293 xviii, 9......... 111 87 xxvi. 23 137 4 xxxii. 33..241,247 xxxiv. 13...... 410 xxxvi. 4.. 461 249 304 40 188 577 viji. 10..... 147 ix. 38.. 261 180 261 341 ji, 19 15 287 444 40 86 100 187 288 288 240 240 228 133 88 48 444 230 i. 5 113 111 113 123 445 2 110 88 466 240 77 xxxviii. 1 .... 113 176 410 278 133 279 133 583 152 176 258 351 115 279 124 284 1xxv. 5.. 113 438 402 41 ji. 25..... X. 21 124 v. 23 X. 15 ........ XXV. 19 lxxviii 20 ........... X. 2 XV. 3 ........ No NO 330 371 101 515 179 580 302 284 68 353 219 18 290 203 278 230 283 278 321 229 241 113 563 557 279 444 197 ix. 3...... 330 x. 8 231 446 ..ill, 258 362 264 ji. 8 487 457 578 449 19 229 427 372 63 262 311 410 236 358 382 339 6 233 339 249 515 343 229 565 v. 25.... 64 428 vii. 13 15 ix. 6..... 487 264 503 xiii. 29.. 413 xiv. 10......... 199 xvi. 18.. 15 xvi. 19 248 xxi. 24. 365 133 xxii. 13.. 386 xxii. 35 ....... 410 XXV, 11 385 267 XXV, 30 386 iii. 5, lx. 8 ........ X. 27 |
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