reception it may have experienced from others, has certainly seemed to obtain among that description of Christians, no small portion of applause.
Abraham's intended sacrifice of Isaac-a singular resemblance to it in the
Mystical sacrifice of the Phenicians, 211–218.
AгNOHMATA, or sins of ignorance, fully explained, 187—194-
of the Rabbis concerning sins of this description, 153-154.
Animal food not granted to man before the flood, 282-289.
Apostolical Fathers—their references to various passages of the New Tes-
tament, 505, 506—the nature and objects of their writings, 500, 506, 507
heir silence respecting the first two chapters of St. Matthew falsely
urged as an argument against the authenticity of those chapters, 500-507.
Articles (Thirty-nine)-not to be subscribed unless by those who believe
the doctrines which they propound, 449, 452-the bearing of the Sixth
Article on the interpretation of the rest, 449- Mr. Fellowes's unjustifiable
notions of their meaning and obligation, 448-453-Dr. Paley, Mr. Gis-
borne, Dr. Powell, and the Bishop of Lincoln, referred to upon their inter-
pretation, 452-reduced in number from thirty-nine to twenty-five by Mr.
Wesley; and those which are retained by him, materially altered, 100.
Asiatic Researches-the London Edition of this work contains a wicked
fabrication, intended to subvert revelation, 409.
Atonement-the received doctrine of, objected to on the ground that Christ's
death was not a propitiatory sacrifice, 32– -Objection answered by texts of
scripture describing it as such, 32, 131-Objected, that the language in
these texts is figurative, 33, 131, 143, 147———Objection answered, 33, 34,
128, 149-Leading arguments against the doctrine, urged with their great-
est force by Ben Mordecai, 148-Levitical atonement said by B Mordecai
and Dr. Priestley to imply only ceremonial purification, 183, 187-the
contrary shown, 183-187- -more minutely argued, 187-197-Atone-
ments in the Old Testament extended to the violations of moral law, and
procured a real forgiveness, 34, 35, 193-196-Objections against the
doctrine, unfairly drawn from the expression, vicarious punishment, 197-
198Arguments brought by Sykes and B. Mordecai against the doctrine,
on the supposition of an implied vicarious substitution, 198-shown to have
no weight against the true notion of atonement, 198-204-Christian
atonement described by the terms, bearing sins, &c. in such manner, as to
convey the propitiatory and vicarious import more strongly than is expressed
in the Mosaic, 199, 200, 219-inconsistency in the arguments urged on
this head against the doctrine, 219-language of the New Testament more
circumstantial and precise upon the nature of atonement, than that of the
Old, 49, 398, 399-contended by Dr. Priestley, that no trace whatever of
the doctrine is to be found either in Old or New Testament, 258—refuted,
258, 260-the doctrine, why not as fully explained in the Gospels as in the
Epistles, 259, 260, 447- -Doctrine of atonement does not sink our ideas of
the divine mercy, 265, 266-position to the doctrine arising generally from
what cause, 38- -see Redemption-
Bailly-maintains an extravagant antiquity of the Indian Astronomy, 410,
followed by Professor Playfair, ibid.confuted by La Place, 411,
412-and by Mr. Bentley, 412, 413.
Balguy's excellent argument to prove the natural insufficiency of repent-
ance to procure forgiveness of sins, 65, 66, 128.
Barbauld, (Mrs.)-her admirable remarks on prayer, 88, 89—defender
of public worship against Wakefield, 108-represents good works as giving
a claim of right to divine acceptance, 109—a highly accomplished writer,
108, 405.
Beattie, (Dr.)-his excellent confutation and exposure of Hume, 424, 427,
429, 450-
-pronounces the human invention of language to be impossible,
292.
Belsham, (Mr.)-rejects the notion of Christ's pre-existence, 53———refers
to others for the proof, 53, 54-indulges in impious raillery on the subject
of atonement, 105- -has no fixed creed, 108-explains the difference be-
tween Unitarians and Socinians, 95 argues in support of a purgatory,
462, 465, 468- -denies that any religious address should be offered to
Christ, 462-maintains, in opposition to the received notion of the corrup
tion of human nature, the preponderance of virtue over vice, 464 makes
virtue mechanism, 464, 465– -overturns his own scheme of merit, 464,
-must on his own principles reject the notion of punishment altoge-
ther, 465, 466- - adopts the principle of predestination, 465, 467—and the
fatalism of the Stoic, 467-inconsistently recommends gratitude to God,
467, 468-his new mode of reforming a sinner, 468, 469–
-objects spe-
cially to remorse in the sinner, as a thing pernicious, 468, 469-inconsist
ently calls upon the sinner to reform, whilst the principles which he advances
go to prove the impossibility of reformation, 469-adopts the unintelligi-
Ble phraseology of the Illuminati, 469 rejects the idea of prayer, and
necessarily, 470-objects to the Sabbatical observance, as forbidden by
the Gospel, 63, 470-considers it injurious to the cause of virtue, 470, 471
-short view of Mr. B's Christianity, 471, 473-differs little from the
deism of Lapaux, 107, 473-Mr. B. a moral teacher, 473, 474-but not
a teacher of Christianity, 473, 474-admits himself to be nearer to Infidel-
ity than to Orthodoxy, 474-guilty of a total want of charity in his judg
ment of the Clergy of the Established Church, 474, 476-arrogates exclu-
sively the profession of a pure Christianity, 476-complains of persecution,
ibid.his proof of this persecution. 477-sufficiency of this proof con-
sidered, 477, 479-asserts the Unitarian cause to be progressive, 479–
in what sense this can be allowed to be true, 480-Mr. B. prevented from
advancing to Deism by his early instruction in sounder principles, 482, 48S
-his assertion of the increase of the number of Unitarians borrows an
appearance of truth from one circumstance, 483- -One most extraordinary
and irrefragable proof of Mr. B's assertion, 483-484-he adimits Unitari-
anism to be hard to be understood, 485-called on to account for the dis-
solution of the Academy of Hackney, 63, 480, 485-admits and glories in
the licentiousness of the system at Hackney, 480, 481-explains how the
Unitarians contrive to retain the Bible, 485, 486--interprets like Lord Pe-
ter, 486-enjoys an exclusive monopoly of the powers of reasoning, 487,
488 exhibits singular proofs of this in a treatise on Logics, Metaphysics,
and Morals, by a reference to which treatise his high claims are estimated,
487, 488-classes the clergy of the establishment under the heads of im-
postors and bigots, 489—charges Doddridge with supporting from preju
fice an erroneous and unscriptural system, ibid.refers for the proof of
the truth of his tenets to other Commentators, 489, 509, 510-has made a
good selection for his purpose, 490, 491-why could not add Paine, 490
why not Geddes, 490, 491-exhibits a few specimens of his own criti-
cism, 492--509 — convicts St. Paul of ignorance, 497-502-sets him
right, 504, 508-commends Dr. Taylor's Scripture Key, reason why, 113,
462-refers to Dr. Taylor, whose observations make against him, 508-
compares Bonaparte to Jesus Christ, 509--has lately given a new digest of
the Unitarian creed as touching the person of Christ, 510, 511-shows
that the teaching of our Lord and his Apostles is to be received with great
caution and distrust, 511--expresses doubts as to the moral character of
our Saviour, 511.
Ben Mordecai, (H. Taylor,) his letters written with acuteness, 84-→→→→
his just views of the principle of mediation, 84-his scheme of Atone-
ment, 27-not free from a tincture of Socinian principles, 27, 110-
different from that of Dr. Taylor of Norwich, 115-objects to the re-
ceived doctrine of Atonement, its implication of the divine implacability, 28
-answered on his own principles, 28-30, 113-116-objects without
reason to Grotius, Stillingfleet, and Clarke, 115—objects to the doctrine
of atonement on the ground of a want of discoverable connexion between
the means and the end, 29-answered, 29, 30, 120, 121-objects on
the ground of the divine immutability, and of the texts which speak of
man's reconciliation to God, 30, 31, 118-answered, 30-32, 121-123
denies that the paschal lamb is referred to in calling Jesus the Lamb
of God, 128-refuted, 128, 129-endeavours to prove that the word
aμos does not support the idea of propitiation, 130shown to be mis-
taken, 130, 131, 142- -his argument from the word sarannage shown to
be inconclusive, 141, 142- -endeavours to prove that the phrase for us,
cannot mean in our stead, 144—his argument shown to be erroneous, 144-
146, 505-attempts to deprive the Levitical atonement of all propitiatory
import, and to represent it but as a ceremonial purification, 187—this
notion refuted, 184-187-his arguments against the doctrine of atone-
ment on the supposition of its implying the absurdity of a vicarious substi-
tution, stated and answered, 198, 203his attempt to do away the force
of the expression, bearing sins, examined and refuted, 227, 258-his
theory of Sacrifice, 276-shown to be erroneous, 40, 281, 282.
Benson, (Dr.) admits that bearing sins, signifies suffering the penalty due
to them, 252-his criticism on the word avapego examined and refuted,
255, 256.
Blaney, (Dr.) not consistent, 249, 250.
Bolingbroke supplies, without intending it, a good argument against cer-
tain mistaken views of the Mosaic institution, 406a short review of his
character, and of his attempts to overturn revelation, 416, 42?.
Bryant, (Jacob)-grounds of his opinion that Philo Judæus derived his
knowledge from Christian sources, 161-his striking observations on the
Mystical Sacrifice of the Phenicians, 213–216.
Buchanan, (Dr. Claudius)—his Memoir on the Expediency of an Eccle-
siastical Establishment for British India, a work deserving most serious
attention, 74-76-it presents a melancholy view of the neglect of reli-
gion in India by the British, 75-exhibits a pleasing picture of the Church
of Malabar, 76-represents that church as possessing the purity of the
Protestant profession of Christianity, transmitted to it from the apostolic
age, ibid.
Celsus-bears testimony to the authenticity of the first two chapters of
St. Matthew's gospel, 408, 409.
Chubb, exhibits curious specimens of deistical arguments against Chris-
tianity, 84-86.
Cloppenburgh's judicious remarks on the distinction between the sacri-
fices of Cain and Abel, 373.
Condillac, (Abbe de)-his attempt to explain the natural rise and growth
of language, 236, 237-followed by Dr. Adam Smith, and Mr. Dugald
Stewart, 237-his theory untenable, 27, 238
Corruption of human nature, 24, 96-98-fully examined by Leland,
96 eloquently described by Mr. Wilberforce, 96, 97-also by Mrs.
Hannah More, 98-denied in a certain sense by the Wesleyan Method-
ists, as well as by the followers of Priestley, 98, 99, 102, 103.
Crellius,-his criticism on Isaiah liii. and particularly on the phrase bear-
ing sins, fully examined, 227-258.
Cumberland, (Bishop)-opposes the idea of the Phenician sacrifice be-
ing derived from the intended sacrifice of Isaac, 217-the particular
impressions under which this writer engaged in the Review of Sanchonia-
tho's History, disqualified him for the due discharge of the task, 217.
Deist, rejects totally the idea of a Mediator, 18-his objections apply
equally to Natural as to Revealed Religion, 18-23-not a true philoso-
pher, 18, 19-
-cannot prove from reason the sufficiency of repentance,
19, 20 well answered by Balguy, 65, 66-refuted by experience,
showing the necessity of a revelation on this head, 20, 21, 67-83—his
objections against a Mediator bear with equal force against repentance and
prayer, 22-
-The error in all such reasonings, 22, 23, 87, 88.
Dodson, (Mr.)-his criticisms on Isaiah liii. and his endeavours to do
away the force of the expression bearing sins, carefully examined, 223-
258- -commended, yet partial in his translation and commentary, 223,
224-refers in proof of the justness of his criticisms to writers who have
given no proof, 230, 231, 242-247.
Evanson, (Mr.) charges the evangelists with gross contradictions, 106
-retains only the gospel of St. Luke, and but a part of that, 106, 107.
Fellowes, (Mr.) attacks most unwarrantably the doctrines and articles of
the established church, 440-456-observations upon his writings, ibid.
Female writers of modern times, who have contributed by their publica
tions to the advancement of virtue and religion, 469.
Geddes, (Dr.)-Specimen of his respect for the writings, and of his
qualifications as a translator, of the Old Testament, 270-272, 290, 291-
instance of his grotesque rendering of certain words, 178—his absurd
view of the sacrifices of the Hebrews as borrowed from the Egyptians,
270-272-opposed and answered by Dr. Priestley, 272-274--his
strange distinction between those whom he calls the vulgar Papists, and
the vulgar Protestants, 390, 391.
Grotius, his erroneous translation of Heb. i. 2. 54, 55-charged with
Socinianism, 55-his extravagant application of the famous prophecy of
Isaiah liii. to Jeremiah, 227- -his strange notion concerning the nature of
Abel's sacrifice, examined, and confuted, 368-371-his excellent re-
marks on the relation subsisting between the Mosaic and the Christian sa-
crifices, 394, 395.
Heath, (Mr.)-The objections urged by him and others against the anti-
quity of the book of Job fully examined, 320-325.
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