Christianity, but in the event serviceable to the interest of truth, as has been observed by Origen, Augustine, and Clement of Alexandria, ii. 236, 237; iv. 527 to 529 Varus, (Quintilius) when he came president into Syria, i. 187
Vegetius, his account of the military oath in his time, iv. 380
Vercelli, an ancient Latin version of the gospels there, ii. 448
Verres, prætor of Sicily, steals images of the gods, i. 95; his government unrighteous and infamous, 103
Versions of the Scripture, (Greek) of the Old Testament, i. 446; ii. 474; a Latin version of the New Testament in Tertullian's time, i. 434; the ancient Latin version, and that made by Jerom, ii. 594; iii. 18, 60, 72; the scrip- ture said by Augustine to have been translated into many languages, 594; and by Chrysostom, 611; and Theo- doret, 14; See Latin translation of the Old Testament. Vespasian, appointed general in the Jewish war by Nero, iii. 508; proclaimed emperor in Judea and at Alexandria, 511, 512; miracles ascribed to him, but not really such, 512, 513; his treatment of Sabinus and Epponnina, with remarks, 513; his good character, 512, and see 508,
Vestal virgins, their number, office, and privileges, iv. 463 Vettius Epagathus, a martyr at Lyons, iv. 83
Victor of Antioch, his Commentary upon St. Mark's gospel, ii. 625, 626
Victor of Capua, his time and character, i. 327; what he writes of Tatian's harmony, 354
Victor, Bp of Rome, i. 445
Victor Tununensis, his story, that the gospels were corrected in the time of Anastasius, considered, iii. 67, 68 Victorinus, (C. M.) his history, particularly his conversion from heathenism to Christianity, the character of his writings, and his testimony to the scriptures, ii. 453, 454 Vincentius Lirinensis, his character of Tertullian and Origen, i. 417; his works and time, and testimony to the scrip- tures, with remarks, iii. 23 to 29; and see the contents of his chapter, 23
Virtue recommended under the similitude of white raiment, a sermon, v. 242
Vitellius, president of Syria, displaceth Pilate and Caiaphas, i. 49, 79, 202; his expedition to the Euphrates, 53, 203; at the request of the Jews forbids his forces to pass through Judea, 53, 98, 202; puts the keeping of the high priest's vestment into the hands of the Jews, and does divers other things at Jerusalem, 202, 203; see likewise 50, 53, 100 Vitellius, a Donatist writer, with a remark to the advantage of their authors, ii. 300
Vitringa (C.) quoted, iii. 444, 45, 452; iv. 532; his judg- ment concerning the passage in Josephus relating to Jesus Christ, iii. 542
Vives, Ludovicus, his character of Jerom, ii. 539 Ulphilas, Bp of the Goths, his eminence and usefulness to that people, ii. 321
Ulpian, (D.) his time, iv. 179; his character, ibid.; his description of the power of the presidents, and the power of the sword, i. 42; in his book of the Duty of a Procon- sul he made a collection of Imperial edicts against the Christians, ii. 68, iv. 179; fragments of his work, in the Pandects, 180
Unitarians, Archelaus said to speak like one, ii. 138; Uni- tarian Christians called Jews, i. 626; their sentiments de- fended from scripture by Praxeas, iv. 680. The Unitarian doctrine of one God the Father, according to the New Testament, v. 318 to 324
Unity of God asserted, v. 394, 423 to 425; how held by the Jews, 423, 425; acknowledged by all the ancient Here- tics, iv. 519; but they are charged with believing that the world was not made by him, ibid.
Volusian's correspondence with Augustine A.D. 412; vol. iv. 483 to 489
Vopiscus, (Ft.) one of the Augustan writers, his character, and his account of a Letter of Aurelian to the senate, in which the Christians are mentioned, iv. 207, 251 Vossius, (J.) his opinion concerning Hagiographal books, ii. 543 Vow of the Nazarite, i. 114 to 116
Upton's, (J.) edition of Epictetus, quoted, iv. 49, notes Urbanus, Roman president in Palestine, his cruel treatment of the Christians in Dioclesian's persecution, ii. 118 Usher's, (Jam.) judgment upon the book called the Doctrine of the Apostles, ii. 386, 387; his character of the Com- piler of the Constitutions, 437; an observation of his upon them, 441
Wagenseil, (J. C.) his accounts of the time of the Mishna, and of Jehudah, the composer of it, iii. 547, 548, 552; his remarks upon a passage in the Talmud, 555, 556; upon the Toldoth Jeschu, 574 note c
Wake, (Alp.) his opinion of the Responsiones ascribed to Polycarp, i. 327; his translation of a passage in Ignatius's epistles corrected, 320 note a
Wall, (Dr. W.) his opinion of Clement of Rome, i. 550; his interpretation of Phil. ii. 6. 572; quoted, iii. 307, 382, 387, 416; v. 387, 406, 410, and elsewhere; his observa- tions upon John viii. at the beginning, iv. 140
War condemned by Archelaus, ii. 138; and some think by the Manichees, 197
War with the Romans, (Jewish) its time and duration, iii. 496; events preceding it, and the siege of Jerusalem, 496 to 501; the occasion of it, according to Josephus, 501 to 505; the history of it and the siege of Jerusalem from Josephus, 505 to 528; from other histories of it, besides that of Josephus, 531 to 533
Warburton, (Dr.) Bp of Gloucester, quoted, ii. 247; iii. 542; iv. 108, 110, 326, 327, 331
Ward, (Dr. John) commended, i. 153 note a; his observa- tion concerning the Egyptian impostor, 227; a critical ob- servation of his, ii. 327 note; his advice to the author con- cerning Libanius's oration for the temples, iv. 359 note a; his remarks upon that oration, 360 note, 365 note &; REMARKS upon DR. WARD'S DISSERTATIONS upon several passages of the sacred scriptures, v. 475 to 521 Waterland, (Dr.) his opinion of the Constitutions, ii. 424 Wesselingius, (P.) quoted, iii. 68
West, (Gilbert, Esq.) ii. 145 note a
Weston's Inquiry into the rejection of the Christian miracles, by the heathens, referred to, i. 250
Wetstein (J. J.) quoted, i. 505, 50S, 512, 563; ii. 17, 18, 123, 577; iii. 3o, 33, 34, 62, 162, 165, 181, 191, 199, 239, 246, 328, 338, 343, 347, 421, 451; an inaccurate quotation of Isidore of Pelusium, in his Greek Testament, iii. 173
A DISSERTATION upon the two EPISTLES ascribed to CLEMENT of ROME, lately published by Mr. Wetstein, v. 432 to 446
Wetstein, (J. Rodolph), quoted, i. 514
Wharton, (H.) his opinion concerning the author of the Testaments of the twelve patriarchs, i. 457; quoted again, 465
Whiston, (W.) his supposition that the Jews were enrolled at the request of Augustus, i. 145, 146; his solution of a difficulty concerning the assessment of Cyrenius, 163 to 165; his opinion, concerning the time of Pilate's removal, 204; concerning the time of Herod's death, considered, 231; he defends the larger epistles of Ignatius, 314; his opinion of the Sibylline oracles, 455; of the Testaments of the twelve patriarchs, 456, 457, 458; of the author of the Recognitions, 467; of the work itself, 468; a mistake of his, ibid.; his opinion of the Constitutions, ii. 425; his 4 G
canon of the New Testament, 143; computes St. John to have written his gospel, before the destruction of Jerusa- lem, about the year 63, iii. 236, 239; quoted 491, 515, 541, 546; v. 372, 468
Whitly, (Dr.) his interpretation of Luke ii. 1, 2. i. 142, 165; quoted, iii. 343, 351; his observations upon the testimony of Josephus and the Talmuds to the destruction of Jerusa- Jem, 530; quoted, v. 384 note; 391, 401, 410, 412,
417, 431 Willes, (Dr.) his remarks upon the prodigies preceding the destruction of Jerusalem as related by Josephus, iii. 520 Wisdom, quoted as Solomon's by Methodius, ii. 103; not reckoned a canonical book by Jerom, 540, 541; nor by Rufinus, 573; nor by Chrysostom, 601; see likewise 69, 80
Wisdom attainable by those who seek it, a sermon, v. 89 Witsius, (H.) commended, iii. 307, 308, 316, v. 410; his observations upon Ulpian and the Pandects, iv. 179, 181 Wolfius, (J. C.) quoted and commended, i. 550, 645, 647; ii. 18, 158, 227, 239, 466, 478, 492, 544; v. 416 Woman, (the) who anointed Jesus with precious ointment, a
Woolston; A VINDICATION of THREE of our blessed SA- VIOUR'S MIRACLES, viz. The raising of Jairus's daughter, the widow of Nain's son, and Lazarus; in answer to the objections of Woolston, v. 333 to 370; objection the first, p. 336; second, p. 345; third, p. 346; fourth, p. 349; fifth, p. 351; sixth, p. 352; particular objections to the story of Lazarus, 355 to 358; his Jewish rabbi's letter answered, p. 358 to 362; observations on the relation of the three miracles, p. 363 to 370; Letter to Lord Bar- rington concerning the raising of Jairus's daughter, i. p. xxxvii.
WORD, or LOGOs, its several acceptations, i. 584, 618; how used by St. John at the beginning of his gospel, iii. 239 to 241; iv. 678. A LETTER concerning the question, whe- ther the Locos supplied the place of a human soul in the person of JESUS CHRIST, V. 371 to 431
Good works recommended, ii. 599, 622; iii. 21, 83. Worship, that of the Manichees: its simplicity, ii. 205; they read and explained the scriptures in their assemblies, 206; they had baptism, and the eucharist, ibid.; observed the
Lord's-day, Easter, and the anniversary of Mani's death, 207; their discipline, ibid.; they met together for divine worship, though prohibited by the laws, 161
Wotton, (Dr.) his observations upon the testimony of Jo- sephus to the destruction of Jerusalem, iii. 530; upon the two Talmuds, 548 note b
Writings of three sorts, genuine, mixed, and spurious, i, 554, 555, 562. And see ii. 372 to 375
Xiphilinus, (J.) his account of Marcus Antoninus's deliver- ance in Germany, iv. 101; his Epitome of Dion Cas- sius, 182
Xistus, Bp of Rome, a martyr in the time of Valerian, iv. 198
Zacagni, (L. d.) quoted, iii. 39; and elsewhere Zacharias, son of Baruch, put to death at Jerusalem, i. 45, 46, 217, 218; a difficulty concerning Zacharias son of Barachias considered, 217 to 221
Zaccheus called a dwarf, i. 511
Zeal, private zeal, or zealotism, its nature and rules, i. 34, 35, 116 to 118
Zealots, how they killed Zacharias son of Baruch, i. 217, 218. Zenas, said to be a Jewish lawyer, and a Christian, ii. 522; by Jerom he is called a doctor of the law, and an apostoli- cal man. Zenam vero, legis doctorem, de alio scripturæ loco quis fuerit, non possumus dicere, nisi hoc tantum,. quod et ipse apostolicus vir, id operis, quod Apollo exerce- bat, habuerit, Christi ecclesias extruendi. In Tit. T. 4. P. 439 Zenobia, queen of the Palmyrenes, favoured Paul of Samosata, i. 623; her character, 623, 624; some remarkable events of her history, iv. 203
Zosimus, his time and work, iv. 397, 398; extracts from it, 398 to 416; general remarks upon those extracts, 415; Dr. Bentley's remarks upon his work, ibid.; his false account of Constantine's conversion, ii. 333, iv. 399, 400
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