and the king, 28, 9; violent proceed-
ings of both parties, 29; ascendency of
the court, 174; removal of Melvil
from being rector of the University, 176;
change in the ecclesiastical polity of the
church, 176, 7; accession of James
to the throne of England, and his
conduct towards the Scottish church,
177, 8; assembly at Aberdeen declared
illegal, 178, 9; noble stand of the mi-
nisters in defence of civil and religious
liberty, 180; imprisonment and con-
demnation of the ministers, 180, 1;
eight ministers summoned to London
by the king, 181; conduct of James
and Andrew Melvil before the Scottish
privy council in London, ih.; death of
Andrew Melvil, 182; proceedings of
the assembly at Linlithgow, 183;
Court of high commission erected in Scot-
land, 184; attempt of the king to
subvert the presbyterian polity, which
is finally successful, 185; remarks on
the king's prohibitory edict, ib.; conse-
cration of the Scotch bishops, 186;
king projects further innovations,
186,7; conduct of the Scotch prelates,
and dissatisfaction of the king, 187; de-
termination of Charles to regulate the
public worship of Scotland by the
forms of the English church, 293;
his unconstitutional measures, 294;
tumult at Edinburgh occasioned by read-
ing the liturgy, 295; irritated state of
the minds of the people, ib.; perse-
verance of the king, ib.; framing of
the covenant, 297; its reception by
the people, ib.; hostile inclination of the
king, 298; votes of the elders in the
presbyteries established, ib.; violent
conduct of the covenanters, 299; the
assembly restore the presbyterian
polity, ib.; the king obliged to treat
with the malecontents, 300; turbu-
lent conduct of the protesters, 301, 2;
presbyterian polity again overthrown,
after the restoration, 302; re-esta-
blishment of episcopacy, 303; ils
altered form, ib.; affairs of the Scotch
church, at the revolution, 304; bold
and judicious conduct of Carstairs, ib.
Corea, account of, 568

Court of high commission, its erection in
Scotland, 184

Covenant, Scotch, the framing of it,

297; its first reception by the people, ih.
Coxe's letters to J. Benett, Esq. on the
commutation of tithes, 242, et seq.
Criticism, periodical, present state of,
author of Armata's thoughts on, 157

Decrees absolute, Sumner's remarks on the
preacher of, 133, 4

Dissenlerism, primitive, Mrs. Lucy Hutchin-
son's account of the origin of, 333, 4
Distress, national, one principal cause
of, 74, 5

Diversity of future rewards, 235, et seq.;
happiness of the saints in heaven re-
presented as a reward, 236; true
evangelical sense of the terms merit
and reward, 236, 7.; points from which
the diversity of future happiness is
argued, 237; effects of sameness of fu-
ture reward, 237, 8: opposite circum-
stances leading to the belief of equality
of reward, 233; argument indepen-
dent of scripture testimony, 239, el
seq.

Divine agency, the, pervades every part
of the creation, 360

Divine origin of tithes considered, as
connected with the Christian scheme,
612

Divine Revelation, Haldane's evidences
and authority of, 517, et seq.
Drummond's Odin, a poem, 77, et seq.;

subject of the poem, ib.; analysis of
the story and illustrative extracts,
ib.
Duppa's Life of Raffaello, 339, et seq.;
difference between English artists and
those on the continent, 540; birth and
school of Raffael, 541; engaged by
the Pope to decorate the Vatican,
541; description of his paintings of the
Stanze, ib.; Fuseli's remarks on
them,' 542; Sir J. Reynolds's re-
marks on the impression made by the
first view of Raffael's paintings, 543;
extract, ib,; Raffael appointed to con-
duct the building of St. Peter's, ib. ;
estimation in which he was held, 544;
his death, 545; his character as given
'by Fuseli,' ib.; by Sir J. Reynolds,
ib.; merits of Sir J. Reynolds, as a
painter, 546

Duty and means of ascertaining the
genuine sense of the scriptures, a
sermon, 374, et seq.

Early mode of admitting members into the
Christian church, 140
Ecclesiastical polity, a platform of, as
described by Knox and his associates,
in the first book of discipline, 9
Echoes, 488, 9
Edmeston's poems, 488, et seq.; echoes,
ib. ; lines on the resurrection, 490
Epistles, the apostolic, design of them,
159

Epistolary writings of the Apostles sel-

dom understood by the members of
establishments, its causes stated, 289
Establishments, advantages of, 287;
disadvantages, 289; things imprac-
ticable in them, ib.

Evil a negative mode, and therefore
without a positive cause, 339
Explosion of a coal mine at Felling, ac-
count of the dreadful circumstances that
attended it, 197, 8

Fairclough's rule of faith, in answer to

Fletcher's Lectures, &c. 45, et seq.;
misrepresentations of the author, 46,
et seq.; his false reasoning, 48, et seq.;
inquiry into the nature and powers of
the church, as described by the Ro-
manists, 52, 3

Faith, Fairclough's rule of, in answer to
Fletcher's lectures on the principles
of the Roman catholic religion, 45,

et seq.
Fata Morgana, St. Pierre's description
of, 368, 9

Yejee islands, cannibalism a war custom
in them, 116

Felling, fatal circumstances occasioned by

the explosion of a coal mine there, 197, 8
Female character, influence of high life on
the tone of, 149

Female society in France, 463
Festivals of the Roman calendar, a great
grievance in agricultural districts, 456
First book of discipline, its principles
stated, 8

Fisher's letter to F. Lewis, Esq. on the
commutation of titres, 242, et seq.
Fletcher's principles, &c. of the Roman

catholic religion, 30, et seq.; popery
ever the same, 31; increuse of the pa
pists in England, 33; origin of the pre-
sent work, 34; subjects treated of, ib. ;
controversy between the Romanists
and the Protestants on the standard
of appeal in religion, ib..: apostolic
epistles written to all the members of
the Christian society to which they
were sent, 36; description of a Christian
church, from the New Testament, 37;
papal supremacy, 38; objection to
the author's explanation of Matt. xvi.
18. 38, et seq.; remarks on Paul's
withstanding Peter, 42, 3; on the invo-
cation of saints, 43; on the genius and
tendency of the papal religion, 44, 5
France, by Lady Morgan, 447, et seg.
Fry's lectures on the epistle to the Ro-
mans, 157, et seq.; difference of opi-
nion among theological writers of the
English church, a proof of the ineffi-

ciency of a fixed creed, 158; design
of the epistles, ib. author's remarks on
the Evangelists, Acts of the Apostles,
and the Epistles, 159; his statement of
the designation of Paul to, the apos-
tolic office, erroneous, 160; religious
experience of the Apostles not much su-
perior to that of other Christians, ib. ;
idolatry the great crime of the Gentile
world, ib. et seq.; evils of war, and
cruelty towards our fellow creatures, 162;
exposition of part of the eighth chapter,
163, et seq.; remarks on Macknight
on the epistles, 165; extract, 166;
author's remarks on Anti-christ, ib. ;
persecution not confined to Catholic com-
munities, ib.; parade of modern cha-
ritable societies, 167; instance of the
influence of secularization in religion,
168; careless writing of the author,
168, 9; divine right and obedience
of subjects considered, ib.; objection
to the author's remarks on weak
brethren, 170, 1; his statement of
the fundamental principle of the
Church of England, erroneous, 171,
et seq.

Fuller, Andrew, his remarks on the con-
sistency of the Scripture doctrine of re-
demption with the modern opinion of
the magnitude of Creation, considered,
207, et seq.; note.

Fuseli's remarks on the paintings of the
Stanze of Raffaello, 542; his cha-
racter of Raffaello, 545

Future rewards, attempt to support the
diversity of, 235, et seq.

Geography of Palestine, 421

German courts, arzecdotes illustrative of the
manners of, 61

Germany, &c. James's tour in, 391, et
seq.
Germany, Naylor's civil and military
history of, 53, et seq.

Gibbon, the most offensive writer in the
whole republic of letters, 318, note
Gipsies, Hoyland's customs, &c. of, 579,
et seq.; of Hindoo origin, 581
Gospel, More's sermons on the leading
doctrines of, 280

Grace, special, Mr. Sumner's assertion that
the doctrine of nullifies the sacrament of
baptism, 136, 7

Greek church, ceremonies of, 404
Gregoire's, Abbé, collection of Negro au-
thors, 463, 4

Haldane's evidence and authority of

Divine revelation, 517, et seq.; infi-
delity springs from the heart rather

than from the understanding ib.; cha-
racter of the majority of infidels, ib.;
gospel not successfully preached by
combating infidel objections, 519;
recommendations of the present work,
520, subjects treated of, 520, 1; contrast
between Cicero and Paul, 521, 2; re-
marks on the tolerating spirit of poly-
theism, 525; causes of its intolerance
towards the Christian system, 523;
sophistry of Hume on the subject exposed,
ib; inspiration of the Scriptures con-
sidered, ib.; remarks of Dr. Camp-
bell,' 526; on the testimony of the Scrip-
tures considered as inspired writings, 526,
7; considerations on the suitableness of
the scene, and of the period chosen for
our Lord's manifestation, 527, 8; types,
et seq.; prophecies of the Old Testa-
ment, 530, 1; misinterpretation of
the Scriptures, the cause of the rejec-
tion of the Messiah by the Jews,
532; on the general expectation of
the Messiah, ib.; supposed allusions
of the ancients considered, 533;
Judas's testimony of Christ, ib.; author's
concluding remarks on the testimony of
Christ, ib.; on the testimony of the Apos-
tles, 534, 5; provision made by grace, for
good works and holy dispositions, 536;
firm evidence of the scriptures to the
minds of real believers, 537
Hall's speech at the Leicester bible so-
ciety, extract from, 277

Harmonies of Nature, by St. Pierre, 366,

et seq.

Mistory, cause of the general taste for,
310; requisites to render it interest-
ing, ih.; its general tendency, ib.;
first exhibited in poetry, 311; its
moral efficacy, 311

History, its advantage over experience,
as a means of instruction, ib.
History of the Jesuits, 497, et seq.
Henry, IV. his fear of the Jesuits, 555; re-
marks on bis abjuring the Protestant
faith, 556

Henry's elements of chemistry, 477, 8;
advantages of an acquaintance with
the general principles of chemis-
try, ib.

Holmes on the coal mines of Durham,
and Northumberland, 195, el seq.;
importance and superficial extent of
this coal formation, ib.; its probable
duration as a supply to London, &e.
ib; national importance of Sir H.
Davy's safety lamp, 196; explosion of
a coal mine at Felling, and its dreadful
consequences, 197, 8; contents and
@haracter of the work, 198, 9

Hoyland's customs, &c. of the Gipsies,
579, el seq.; gipsies overlooked in all
the present schemes of active bene-
volence, 580; gipsies of Hindoo origin
and language, 581; thickly scat-
tered through Europe, queries re-
lative to the manners and customs of
the gipsies, 582, 3

Hume's history of England, Mitchell's
family edition of, 309

Hutchinson's, Mrs. Lucy, principles of
the Christian religion,and on Theology,
319, et seq.; character of the work,
320; author's account of her design, ib.;
necessity of uniting stability of principle
with catholicism of temper and conduct,
321; necessity of being well-grounded
in the first principles of Christianity, ib;
on the person and work of the Mediator,
322, et seq.; nature of true love to God
exhibited, 324, et seq.; reviewer's re-
marks on a disinterested love of Gol,
ib. note; Christian fear of God, 326;
character of the treatise On Theo-
logy,' and of the age in which it was
written, 327; of the schools and school-
men, 327, 8; definition of theology,
328; indifference of Christian writers
of past times, in regard to the state of
the world, 329, et seq.; extract, ih. ;
natural theology under a state of corrup-
tion considered, 331; origin of the
ancient philosophy, ib.; technical know-
ledge unfriendly to true wisdom, 351;
nature of true virtue, 332; incurable
conceit of the wicked, ib.; origin of the
first dissenters, ib. et seq.; author's
statement of the Calvinistic system
unsatisfactory; the revolting state-
ments of scripture press equally
against every hypothesis of a reli-
gious nature, 336; fatal consequence
of admitting existence of which God
is not the cause, 336; argument
drawn from the unequal distribution of
good, 337, 8; on the existence of evil,
and its connexion with the doctrines
called Calvinistic, 338; language
used by many writers esteemed cal-
vinistic, unscriptural, and unphiloso
phical, 339; evil a negative mode, and
therefore has no positive cause, 340
Hutton, William, life of, 440, et seq.;
curious adventure in the neighbourhood of
Birmingham, 443; the author a suf-
ferer in the Birmingham riots, 445

Idolatry, the great crime of the Gentile
world, 160, 1

Infidelity, a disease of the beart rather
than of the understanding, 517

Inclosures and barren lands, operation

of ythes in regard to them, 247, 8
Indifference of Christian writers of past
times, in regard to the state of the
world, 229, et seq.; reflections of Mrs.
Hutchinson on this subject, ib.
Innes's sketches of human nature, 286,

et seq.; vexations occurring in dis-
senting churches offer no rational
objection to dissent, 286; the primi-
tive churches subject to the same
trials, ib.; the place maintained in
ecclesiastical incorporations not the
effect of Christian principles, strictly
so called, ib.; its general causes in
those communities, 287; advantages
of an establishment, i.; its utility of
the present work, 288; influence of
teachers of secularized habits, in dissemi-
naling error, 288, 9; disadvantages of
establishments, 289; cause that the
epistolary writings are very generally
unintelligible to the members of an
establishment, b.; things imprac-
ticable in an establishment, ib.; real
state of the primitive church, 291
Inspiration of the Scriptures, Haldane's
remarks on, 523; Dr. Campbell on

526

Israelites' borrowing of the Egyptians, Mi-

chaclis's remarks on, 597, S

Israelites, their right to Palestine con-
sidered, 423, 4; opinion of Michaelis,
424, 5

James I., his interference with the church

of Scotland. See Cook's History, &c.
James's journal of a tour in Germany,

&c. 391, et seq.; state of the Con-
tinent in 1813, ib.; anecdote of Blucher,
ib.; political system of Germany, 392;
deep policy of Bernadotte, 392, 3;
national character of the Swedes, 394, 5;
author's proofs of a sanguinary pro-
pensity in the Swedes, 395; narrative
of a remarkable vision, reported to have
been seen by king Charles XI, and his
senators, and attested by them on oath,
395, 6; author's delineation of the
Swedish character unsatisfactory, 397,
system of Swedcuborg, as maintained
by his followers, considered in Sweden
as a pecuniary speculation, 398; pre-
ponderance of Russia, 398,9; remarks
on its power, 399, et seq.; state of the
peasantry, 401; corruption of the courts
of justice, 402; Russian ladies, 403;
character of the emperor, ib.; cere-
monies of the Greek church, 404; ten-
dency of the Russian religion, bene

ficial, b.; change of the religion of
Russia from Paganism to Christianity,
405; novigation of the Msto, 405,6;
state of the Jews in Poland, 406;
Jewesses, 407

Jay's sermons, Vol. IV, 479, el seq.;
author's illustration of the term evan-
gelical, b; excellence of his sermons,
480 scriptural faith, 481; effect of
grief on a noble mind, ib. ; necessity for
pious persons appearing cheerful, 482;
Christian humility not ignorance, ib.;
danger of indecision, 483; author's
reasons for introducing poetry into his
discourses, 484; difficulty of exciting
attention in a congregation, 485; on
sanctification, 486; love to the Saviour,
487, 8

Jesuits, history of, 497, et seq.; present
active proceedings of the Papists,
498; reflections on the revival of the
Order of the Jesuits, 498, 9; design
of the author, 500; atrocious conduct
of the Popes, ib.; glaring inconsis-
tency of the Papists in demanding
toleration for a system radically in-
tolerant, 502; intolerant proceedings
of the Roman catholic bishops of Bel-
gium, 503; the system of Popery in-
curably defective, 504; absurdity of
Mr. Dallas's reasoning, ib.; the
French revolution not occasioned by
the abolition of the Order of the
Jesuits, 505; exhibition of its probable
causes, 505, et seq.; moral degradation
of the monks in Spain, 507, note; rise
of the inhdel party in France, 508;
Roman catholic system necessitates vice,
509; account of relics found in two
religions houses in the time of Crom-
well, 511, 2; account of the Jesuits' es-
tablishment at Stony Hurst, 548. 9;
sketch of the origin of the Order,
and its final establishment, 549; op-
position of the Faculty of Theology,
at Faris, ib.; character of the Jesuits,
by the Catholic arch-bishop of Dublin,
552; their conduct in choosing their se-
cond general of the order, 553; their ex-
tensive power, 554; their expulsion
from France, and re-admission under
Henry IV. 555, 6; author's remarks on
the abjuration of Protestantism by
Henry IV. ib. ; secular and ambitious
spirit of the Jesuits, 557; account ef
the constitution of the Order, 557, 8;
its four classes, 559; their crafty policy
exhibited in the case of Count Zani, 560;
subdivision, ib.; their morality, 562
the Bible prohibited by the Papists

Keats's poems, 267, et seq.; modern
poetry deficient in thought, ib. ; pre-
vailing error in regard to poetic com-
position, 268; character of Words-
worth's and Scott's poetry, 268, 9:
contrast between our earlier and pre-
sent poets, 269; present state of
poetry, 270 character of Mr. Keats's
poetry, ib.; extracts and remarks, 271,
et seq.; hints to the author, 274, 5
Knight on voluntary subjection to God;
a sermon, 374, et seq. the gospel, a
dispensation of liberty, 375, 6
Knox's historical relation of the island
of Ceylon, 219, et seq.

Lainez, second general of the Jesuits, cir-
cumstances attending his election, 553, 4
Lalla Rookh, a poem, 340, el seq.
Laws of Moses, Michaelis's commenta-

ries on, 413, et seq.; great importance
of an acquaintance with them, 417; in-
quiry, if still obligatory, 418; not the
best laws possible, 419; not to be un-
alterable, 421

Legislature, its right to interfere equally
with the provision of the poor, and
that of the clergy, 622

Letter, pastoral, on non-conformity, 66,
et seq.; character of the work, 67;
christian peace not to be obtained at
the expense of the abandonment of
revealed truth, 67; causes which have
operated in attaching some dissenters to
the establishment, 69; additional cause,
ib.; contents of the letters, and re-
marks and extracts, ib. et seq. ; bap-
tismal regeneration the doctrine of the
church, 71

Levirate law, remarks on, 589, et seq. ; not
peculiar to the Jews, ib.

Levites considered by Michaelis as a learned
noblesse, 426; their greal revenues, 427,
and official duties, ib.

Lewchew Islands, interesting description
of the natives, 569, et seq.; their exem-
plary behaviour at the interment of an
English seaman, 571

Libel, remarks on the subject of, 151, 2
Libertie of a Christian, Luther's treatise
touching, 494, et seq.

Life of William Hutton, 440, et seq.

Literature, its great national importance
exhibited in the different conduct of
the English and French peasantry,
454
Liturgy, tumult at Edinburgh occasioned
by reading it in the church of St. Giles,
295

Luther's treatise touching the libertie of
a Christian, 494, et seq.; character of
the writings of the reformers, ib.;
faith the sole ground of justification, 495,
6; Luther's desire of peace, 496

Macknight on the epistles; character of
the work, 165

Malay officers, heroic conduct of two
in the British service, in the island of
Ceylon, 230

Malay pirates, their attack on the ship-
wrecked crew of the Alceste, in Pulo
Leat, 576, 7.

Manfred a dramatic poem by Lord
Byron, 62

Mariner's account of the natives of the

Tonga islands, &c. 105 et seq.; cause
of the publication, 106, 7; education,
attainments, and early age of the
adventurer, ib. ; enters on board the
Port an Prince, with Capt. Duck, for
the South Seas, 108; humane con-
duct of Captain Duck, ib.; author's
interview with the daughter of the go-
vernor of Tola, 108, 9; death of Cap-
tain Duck, ib.; character of Brown,
the new Captain, ib.; ship anchors
at Lefooga, one of the Hapai islands,
ib. treachery of the natives suspect-
ed, ib.; obstinate incredulity of the
captain, ib.; massacre of half the
crew, including the Captain, by the
natives, and seizure of the vessel, ib.;
preservation of Mariner, by command
of Finow, the chief, 110; horrible
scene on the deck, ib.; ship burned,
and some of the natives drowned in a flood
of oil, 111; ill treatment suffered at
first by Mariner, ib.; placed under
the care of one of the king's wives,
ib.; her affectionate attention to him, ib.;
Tonga island described, 112; cruel
conduet of the late king, (note), ib.;
conspiracy of some of the chiefs, and
death of the tyrant, ib. et seq.; divided
state of the island at the author's
visit, 113; instances of the native
cruelty of the present king, 114;
Finow's attack on the Tonga people,
ib.; destruction of the fort and mas-
sacre of the besieged, 115; fifteen pri-
soners slain and eaten, ib. this prac
tice introduced from the Fejee islands