INDEX. ACCOUNTS, distinction between two kinds of, 184. Analogy, illustration of the argument from, 35. Anti-Christians, change which has taken place among, 29. Apostolic history, general reality of the, 77. Austerities, not enjoined by Christ, 236. BARNABAS, Epistle of, contrast to our own Scriptures, 367. CATALOGUES, formal, of the Scriptures, 171. Celsus, attacks made by, on the Scriptures, 166. Character, heroic and christian, differences between the, 223. Christian, use of the word in the Gospels, 110. Christians, early, conclusions respecting the, 46; evidence for the vol- untary sufferings of the, 51; account of the exertions of the, 63; Christianity, position assumed by the opponents of, 2; profession of, in 42; primitive condition of, 57; inference that the original story Civilization, introduction of, how to be accounted for, 20. Coincidences, undesigned, 295. Commentaries, ancient, 152. Controversy, ancient, topics of, 156. Credulity and incredulity the same mental quality, 34. Cumulative proofs, nature of, 395; confusion respecting, exemplified, 397. Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, his testimony examined, 138. DEATH and the Resurrection, how to be considered, 392. Dionysius, reference by him to Clement's epistle, 123; testimony of, Discourses, our Lord's, considered, 231. Dispensation, the christian, compared with the order of nature, 368. ENTHUSIASTS, religious and anti-religious, curious anomalies exhibited Epistles, purpose of the, 107. Eucharist, the, account of the institution of the, 253. Eusebius, testimony of, examined, 139. Evangelists, the honesty of the, 248; testimonies to the fairness of the, 254; particular design of the, 338. Evidence, miraculous, illustration of, 19; the direct historical, of Christians, 63; miraculous, the foundation of the argument for Evidences, christian, desirability of the study of, 4. Evil, existence of, difficulty respecting the, 374. FATHERS, the apostolic, silence of the, about christian miracles, 362. Frauds, pious, 190. GOSPELS, title of the, to credit, 99; genuineness of any one of the, a Gregory, Bishop of Neocæsarea, and others, testimony of, examined, 138. HEATHENS, testimony of, 51. Hegesippus, testimony of, examined, 131. Heretics, ancient, appeals by, to the Scriptures, 156. Hermas, quotation from, 74; antiquity of, 125; read in the early Histories, distinction between two kinds of, 182. History, distinction between naked, and books, combined with an 399. Hume, his view of miracles, 15; his alleged parallels considered, 201; IDENTIFICATION of our Scriptures with the original story, 85. Ignatius, epistles of, 126. Impossibility, a physical, meaning attached to the term, 27. Improbability arising from want of experience, 14. Irenæus, evidence of, 131. Isaiah, chap. liii., considered, 208. JERUSALEM, prophecy respecting, 217, 219. Jesus, life assumed by the followers of, 78. Jewish books, references to, (see note) 88. Jews, the treatment of their religion by Christ, 237; their national John, St., differences and agreements between him and the other Evan- Josephus, silence of, and omissions in, how to be accounted for, 86. Justin Martyr, examination into his writings, 129. KNOWLEDGE, christian, want of universality in, 367. Koran, argument for the genuineness of the, 250; sole reference in the, LARDNER, Dr., his argument for the honesty of the Evangelists, 254. Lyons and Vienne, epistle to the churches of, 131. MAGNETISM, animal, 207. Mahomet, religion of, 324. Man, every civilized, a monument of a revelation, 17. Martial, testimony of, 55; conjectural emendation of a passage in, 56. Miracles, argument for, probability of, 12; a modern objection to, Morality, not a subject of discovery, 221. Mortality, man's, grounds for inferring, 28. Mosaic institution, assumption by Christ of its divine origin, 345. NARRATIVE, the christian, material parts of, preserved, 92 Nature, the course of, in what it consists, 18. Neologists, German, hypothesis of some, refuted, 110. New Testament, omissions in the, 96; its style and language, 116; OBJECTION, a modern, to miracles, considered, 13; against St. Luke, Old Testament, authority of, considered, 343. Origen, testimony of, examined, 137. PAINE, TOM, remarks of, confuted, 113. Paley, fundamental error of, 245; observation of, concerning sleep, Parables, the, considered, 234. Paris, Abbé, miracles alleged to have been wrought at the tomb of, 205. Particularity a mark of truth in history, 185. Paul, St., history of, 69. Perceptions, false, distinguished from miracles, 190. Persecution, evil of, in what it chiefly consists, 382; as practised by votaries of Christianity, 383. Persecutors, conscientious, 379. Pliny, the younger, epistle of, 54. Polycarp, epistle of, 127. Porphyry, attacks made by, on the Scriptures, 168. Positivists, doctrine held by, 30; specimen of the style assumed by, 30. Possession, demoniacal, Paley's reasoning respecting, 343. Prayer, the Lord's, 235. Preachers, early, of Christianity, difficulties of, 41. Predictions, miraculous, 199. Principle, an immaterial, notion of, 393. Prophecy, 208; points requisite to establish the claims of, 217. RATIONALISTS, language used by, 200. Religion, the Jewish, character of the, 39; changes in, not patronized Resurrection, the, effects of spreading the story of the, 47; the evan- |