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Grecian empire, II. 49. whether to be understood of Antiochus Epiphanes or of the Romans, Il. 50—65. the reason of its appellation, 53, 69. Lloyd, Bishop, his account of the ten kingdoms into which the Roman empire was divided, I. 461, 462. a memorable thing of his about the Revelation, II. 5, 6. his notion of the refurrection of the witnefles, 145, 146. Locufts, the Arabians compared to them, III. 100, 111. their commiffion, and how fulfilled, 101. not real, but figurative locufts, 102. likened unto horfes, 103. a defcription of their heads, faces and teeth, 103, 104, 105. like unto fcorpions, 106. their king called the deftroyer, 107. their hurting men five months, how to be underftood, and how exactly fulfilled, 107-111. Lollards, preach against the fuperftitions of the church of Rome, III. 184. prefent a remonftrance to the parlament against the doctrins and practices of that church, 186, 187.

Longinus reduces Rome to a poor dukedom, III. 94, 95. Loretto, the great riches of the image, house and treafury, III. 291, 292.

Luther, preaches against the pope's indulgencies, III. 196: that queftion answered, Where was your religion before Luther, 197. protefts against the corruptions of the church of Rome, 260.

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MAccabees, their great fuccefs against the enemies of
the Jews, II. 162, 163.

Macedonian empire, why compared to a leopard, I. 449,
450. why described with four wings and four heads, and
dominion given to it, 450, 451. why likened to a goat,
II. 29, 30.
Machiavel, his account of the ten kingdoms into which
the Roman empire was divided, I. 460, 461. points
out the little horn, 476. fhows how the power of the
church of Rome was raised upon the ruins of the empire,
II. 403-407.

Mahuzzim, what it means, II, 176, 177, 185. the pro-
phecy expounded, 186.

Mamulucs, Jerufalem long under their dominion, II. 333.
all their dominions annexed to the Othman empire, ibid.
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Man of Sin, St. Paul's prophecy about him. II. 359. the fenfe and meaning of the paffage, 360. what meant by the coming of Chrift and the day of Chrift, 361-366. who is the Man of Sin, 367. what by fitting in the temple of God, 369, 370. what by he who letteth will let, 371, 407, 418. the deftruction of the Man of Sin foretold, 373. the opinions of fome learned men rejected, 376-89. other opinions about the Man of Sin, 390, 392. applicable to the great apoftafy of the church of Rome, 394. the pope the Man of Sin, 408-411. what the fathers fay of the Man of Sin, 412-418. the evidences that the pope is the Man of Sin, 424. the opinion of the ancient fathers about this point, 412, 413, 414. this prophecy an antidote to popery, 424, 425. Marriage, an account of its being forbid to the clergy, II, 464-469. the worfhipping of demons and prohibition of marriage went together, 468. Maundrell, his account of the ftate of Paleftine, I. 225

228. his account of Tyre, 348, 349.

Maximin the emperor, a barbarian in all refpects, III. 61. Mede, a moft learned and excellent writer, I. 29. a mistake of that author's corrected, ibid, his account of the ten kingdoms into which the Roman empire was divided, 461. of the three kingdoms which the little horn subverted, 478. his great pains in explaining the prophecies, and fixing the true idea of Antichrift, II. 422. his excellent treatife of the apoftacy of the latter times, 427, 428. One of the best interpreters of the Revelation, III. 9. his hard fate in the world, II. 422. III, 9. his conjecture concerning Gog and Magog, 346. Meffiah principally intended in Mofes's prophecy of a prophet like unto himself, I. 158-172. expected about the time of our Saviour, II. 289. and foretold that he fhould work miracles, 290.

Mezeray, what that hiftorian says of the Waldenses, III.

177.

Millennium commences, and Satan bound and shut up a

thousand years, III. 329, 330. the prophecy not yet fulfilled, 331, 332. this period taught to be the feventh millennary of the World, 334. quotations in proof of this, 335, &c. the reafons of this doctrine growing into dif repute, 341, 342. curiofity into the nature of this future kingdom to be avoided, 411. Miracle

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Miracles and prophecies, the great proofs of revelation, I. 7. how to judge of miracles, II. 296, 297. what to think of the pagan and popish miracles, 297-302. those of the church of Rome, not real but pretended, III. 236, 237. their pretended miracles a proof of a falfe church and a diftinguishing mark of Antichrift, 237. prophecies accomplished, the greatest of all miracles, 443, 444.

Mohammed, the time when his new religion was propagated, II. 325. fome contend that he was the Man of Sin, 390. that opinion refuted, 391, 408. the ftar that opens the bottomlefs pit, III. 98, 99.

Monks, great promoters of celebacy and worshipping of the dead, II. 464-467.

Mofes, a faithful hiftorian in recording the failings of the patriarchs, I. 10, 11. his prophecy of a prophet like himfelf, 156-175. many proofs that the Meffiah was principally intended in that prophecy, 159-162. the great likenefs between Mofes and Chrift, 164-172. the comparison between them as drawn by one author and enlarged by another, 165, 166, 167. the punishment of the people for their difobedience to this prophet, 172175. the prophecies of Mofes concerning the Jews, 176, &c. his prophecy of their difperfion exactly fulfilled, III. 427, 428.

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AHUM, the time of his prophecying uncertain, I.
258. foretold the utter deftruction of Nineveh, I.
258-270. his prophecies of the manner of its deftruc-
tion exactly fulfilled, 264-268.
Nebuchadnezzar, his dream of the great empires, I. 399-
440. the interpretation of it by Daniel with the occa-
fion of it, I. 402-406. the emblems of that dream
confidered and explained, 406-440.

Newton, Sir Ifaac, his account of the ten kingdoms into
which the Roman empire was divided, I. 462. of the
three kingdoms, which the little horn fubverted, 479.
penetrates into fcripture as well as into nature, II. 51.
his account of the little horn in the Grecian empire,
60, . his the best interpretation of Dan. XI. 51, &c.
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155, . his obfervations about the interpreters of the Revelation, III. 7, 8.

Nineveh, prophecies concerning this metropolis of the Affyrian empire, I. 246–275. an ancient and great city, 251, 252. the fcripture account of it confirmed by heathen authors, 253-256. abounding in wealth and luxury, became very corrupt, 256. the king and people repented at the preaching of Jonah, ibid. their repentance of fhort continuance, 258. their deftruction foretold by Nahum, 258-261. this city taken and deftroyed by the Medes and Babylonians, 261. the prophecies of the manner of its deftruction exactly fulfilled, 264-268. its great compafs, walls and towers, 269, 270. authors not agreed about its fituation, 270. the predictions about it fulfilled according to the accounts of antients and moderns, 270-375. the ruins of this city may ftrongly affect us in this kingdom, 274, 275.

Noah, very few prophecies before his time, I. 9, 10. his excellent character, ibid. was notwithstanding guilty of drunkenness, ibid. the behaviour of his fons at that time, II. foretels the different conditions of their families, 12. his extraordinary prophecy wonderfully fulfilled to this day, 29.

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Doacer, king of the Heruli, puts an end to the very name of the western Roman empire, III. 93. Omar propagates Mohammed's religion, II. 325. the many kingdoms he fubdued, ibid. invefts Jerufalem, and it furrenders, 325, 326.

Onias, removed by Antiochus Epiphanes from the highpriesthood, II. 131.

Oldcastle, Sir John, profecuted for being the principal patron of the Lollards, III. 188. examined before the archbishop of Canterbury, ibid. his ftrong declarations against tranfubftantiation and other doctrines, ibid. afferts the pope to be antichrift, ibid. fuffers death for the cause of religion, 189.

Origen, what that learned writer relates about Antichrift, II.

43, 414.

Oftrogoths, their kingdom in Italy, III. 93, 94.

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Othmans or Turks, fubdue Egypt, I. 393. II. 199. take Jerufalem, 333, 334. their fultanies or kingdoms, III. 114, 115, 116. their conquefts, 118. the Jews to be restored about the time of the fall of this empire, 405, See Turks.

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PARIS, the maffacre of the proteftants there, III. 143
the many thoufands flain in a few days, ibid.
Paris, Matthew, that hiftorian freely cenfures the great

wickedness of the pope and clergy, 181, 182
Pafchefius Radbertus in the ninth century firft advances
the doctrin of tranfubftantiation, III. 152. oppoted by
many learned men, ibid. &c.

Pergamus, its fituation and prefent ftate, III. 33. formerly
the throne of Satan, and now in a wretched condition, 34.
Pella, the Chriftians remove thither before the deftruction
of Jerufalem, II. 266.

Perfecution, the spirit of popery, I. 242. the Jews greatly
perfecuted in popifh countries, ibid. diffuafives from it,
243, 244. the perfecutions of the Chriftians before the
deftruction of Jerufalem, II. 251-255.
Perfian empire, why compared to a bear, I. 446. its great
cruelty, 447, 448. why likened to a ram, II. 27.
Philadelphia, its beautiful fituation, III. 37. next to Smyrna
hath the greatest number of Chriftians among the former
feven churches, 38.

Pococke (Dr.) his account of the Arabians, I. 56, 57. of

Tyre, 345.

Pope of Rome, the marks of the Man of Sir juftify the
application of it to him, II. 394, 396, 402. how his
power was at firft eftablifhed, 402-407, 418. the Re-
formers of opinion that the pope was Antichrift, 420. he
forbids to speak of the coming of Antichrift, 421. the
evidences of the pope being Antichrift, 424. the apoftafy
eftablished by the pope, 458. the pope the image and re-
prefentation of the beaft, III. 239. is firft elected and then
worshipped, 240. as great a tyrant in the Chriftian
world as the Roman emperors in the Heathen world,
ibid. popifh excommunications like Heathen perfecutions,
244.

Popery, prevails in the ninth century, III. 150. the oppo-
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