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INDEXES.



I.

PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE.


Gen. i. 1, page 75, note.
i. 1, 2, 331.
i. 3, 76, 77.
i. 26, 218.
ii. 4, 5, 85.
ii. 6, 85.
ii. 8, 89.
ii. 24, 93.
iii. 1, 11.
iii. 1–19, 86, 88.
iii. 5, 218.
iii. 22, 218.
iv. 1, 2, 94.
iv. 12, 389.
iv. 26, 289.
vi. 2, 163.
vi. 9, 289.
ix. 1, 163.
ix. 28, 164.
xi. 17, 218.
xviii. 7, 265.
xlix. 10, 309.
Ex. vii. 1, 219.
xiv. 31, 285.
xx. 3, 115.
xxii. 8, 218.
xxii. 28, 220.
xxiii. 6, 115.
xxxiii. 20, 252.
xxxv. 3, 418.
Deut. iv. 19, 100.
iv. 39, 221.
vi. 4, 221.
vi. 13, 221, 310.
viii. 11, 222.
x. 14, 15, 221.
x. 17, 219, 221.
Deut. x. 20, page 221.
xii. 11, 168.
xiii. 1-3, 223.
xviii. 15, 168.
xxxii. 8, 395.
xxxii. 12, 218.
xxxii. 39, 221.
Josh. xxiii. 7, 222.
2 Chron. vii. 12, 168.
Job ix. 9, 57.
Ps. vii. 5, 21.
xiv. 1–3, 101.
xviii. 32, 222.
xxxiii. 6, 58.
xxxix. 12, 405.
li. 8, 106.
lxx. 19, 222.
lxxxv. 8, 222.
cxxxv. 7, 57.
Prov. iii. 8, 106.
iv. 21, 22, 61.
iv. 25, 100, 118.
vi. 27–29, 118.
viii. 27, 75.
xxiv. 21, 22, 61.
Isa. i. 16, 17, 117.
xxx. 30, 106.
xxxi. 6, 117.
xl. 22, 80.
xl. 28, 101.
xlii. 5, 100.
xlv. 12, 101.
lv. 6, 116.
lviii. 6, 117.
lxv. 1, 310.
lxvi. 5, 118.
Jer. vi. 9, 16, 117. ​
Jer. x. 12, 13, page 101.
li. 17, 101.
Ezek. ii. 6, 390.
xviii. 21, 117.
Hos. vi. 6, 168.
xii. 6, 117.
xiv. 9, 107.
Joel ii. 16, 117.
Hab. ii. 18, 101.
Zech. i. 9, 10, 118.
Mal. iv. 1, 106.
Matt. iii. 12, 258.
iv. 10, 301, 310.
v. 8, 207, 251, 252.
v. 9, 210, 212.
v. 14, 15, 361.
v. 28, 29, 118, 357.
v. 32, 44, 118.
v. 45, 258, 310.
vi. 8, 119.
vi. 24, 308.
vi. 33, 205, 223, 246, 257, 259.
vii. 6, 194, 240.
viii. 9, 300.
viii. 11, 284.
ix. 13, 168.
ix. 37, 38, 284.
x. 12–15, 213.
x. 25, 211.
x. 26, 242.
x. 34, 35, 210, 212, 329.
xi. 25, 285.
xi. 27, 224.
xi. 30, 459.
xii. 7, 168.
xii. 25, 213.
xii. 41, 42, 336.
xiii. 23, 302.
xiii. 26, 272.
xiii. 44, 34.
xiii. 52, 285.
xvii. 9, 324.
xvii. 19, 305.
Matt. xviii. 7, page 275.
xxi. 22, 291.
xxii. 2–14, 302.
xxii. 30, 252.
xxiii. 9, 364.
xxiii. 25, 26, 334.
xxiv. 2, 168.
xxviii. 19, 20, 214.
Luke vi. 36, 310.
vi. 46, 285.
viii. 5, 243.
x. 5, 6, 213.
xi. 22, 232.
xi. 31, 32, 336.
xi. 52, 223.
xii. 29, 329.
xii. 52, 214.
xiii. 29, 284.
xvii. 6, 324.
xviii. 27, 79.
xix. 44, 158.
xxiii. 54, 330.
John i. 1, 88.
i. 3, 25.
i. 5, 18.
iii. 5, 333.
iv. 24, 8.
v. 23, 224.
viii. 34, 310.
Acts iii. 22, 23, 168.
vii. 59, 330.
Rom. i. 20, 9, 206.
ii. 6, 8, 64.
xi. 34, 320.
xiii. 7, 8, 119.
1 Cor. ii. 14, 15, 21.
x. 4, 167.
x. 30, 239.
xi. 9, 64.
Eph. vi. 13, 14, 17, 22.
1 Tim. ii. 2, 119.
Tit. i. 12, 33, note.
Jas. v. 17, 18, 321.
Rev. ii. 9, 324.



II.

INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

Abel and Cain, the story of, 94.

Abraham, 164; the posterity of, 165.

Actor, the Greek, described and ridiculed, 28.

Adam, why he was forbidden to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, 91; why Eve was formed of a rib of, 93; anointed a priest, 174.

Advent, the, of the true Prophet, 170.
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Ægis, 447.

Æschylus, quoted respecting judgments on the wicked, 105.

Aides, 438, 447.

Alexander the Great, as tutored by Aristotle, 6, 7.

Allegories, the, of Orpheus and Hesiod, relating to the heathen cosmogony, 445; relating to Jupiter, 447; relating to Venus, 448; an afterthought of the heathen, 449; of mythology 451, etc.

Amazons, strange stories of the, 415.

Amusements, public, of the Greeks, 28, 29, 30.

Andromeda, 443.

Angels, guardian, 220.

Angels, evil, seducers, 296; bear sway over nations, 391.

Angels unawares, 424.

Anger, righteous, 328, 456.

Animals and plants, illustrative of the providence of God, 374.

Animals, placed in the heavens by the heathen, 13, 14.

Animals, worship of, by the Egyptians, 60, 315.

Anointing, 173, 174.

Antioch, excitement at, caused by Simon Magus, 461.

Antiquity, the, of the doctrines of the Christians, 120.

Anubion, and Appion, 459; explains the design of Simon Magus' transformation of Faustinianus, 462, 463; persuades Matthidia to go to Antioch with Faustinianus, 465.

Aphrodite, 439.

Apostles, the, their public discussions with the Jews, 179–188; tumult raised against, by Saul, 188; authority of, 214.

Apostles, false, 301.

Appion and Anubion, 459, 462.

Aquila, sets forth the impiety of Simon Magus, 195–302; question of, as to responsibility, 204; and Niceta,—story of their shipwreck, 351, 352; discovers his mother, 352; story of their shipwreck, and introduction to Simon Magus, told by Niceta, 354, 355; and Niceta, plead with Peter for the immediate baptism of their mother, 356; discussion with the old workman about genesis, 383–399; his father, long lost to him, found in the old workman, 420–423; remarks on the cosmogonical and mythological allegories of the heathen, 449, etc.

Aradus, Peter's excursion to, and occurrences there, 444, 451.

Aratus, quoted, 72.

Archilochus, quoted, 105.

Argive kings, a catalogue of, 42.

Aristippus, 6.

Ariston, 6.

Aristophanes, quoted, 71.

Aristotle, tutor of Alexander the Great, 6.

Arts, the Greeks claim the invention of, 5; origin of, 95; necessary for the exercise of virtue, 404.

Astrologers, 408, 409.

Astrological lore, 411, 412; refutation of, 412, etc.

Astrology, the existence of evil in the world according to, 431, 432; test of, 433; baffled by free-will, 434.

Athene, 447.

Atoms, the doctrine of, 369; the concourse of, could not make a world, 370; more difficulties of the theory of, 371.

Ausis, 169.

Authority, apostolic, 214.

Authors, profane, have no ineans of knowing the truth, 108, 109; their mutual contradictions, 109, 110.

Autolycus, 53, 65.

Babel, the building of, 96; the tower of, raised to Zoroaster, 297.

Banquet of the gods, the, 451, 452.

Baptism, instituted, 169; removes the unclean spirit from men, 239; invitation to, 276; multitudes receive, 279; the wedding garment, 302; the necessity of, 331, 332; use of, 332; must be preceded by fasting, 355, 357; extinguishes the fire of sin, 408. [See Water.]

Barnabas, arrives in Rome, 146; interposition of Clement on his behalf, 148; Clement's intercourse with, 149; his departure from Pome, 150; addresses the Jews at Jerusalem, 182.

Bartholomew, 181.

Beasts and birds, created the sixth day, typical character of, 83.

Beggar woman, the, of Aradus, 344; turns out to be the mother of Clement, 345–349.
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Bel or Belus, 132.

Berosus, 41, 132.

Birth, the old and the new, 405.

Blood and breath, as illustrating the divine design, 378.

Body, the human, 17; as illustrating divine providence, 377; the symmetry of, 377, 378.

Breath, the, 378.

Brachmans, the, 413.

Caiaphas, challenge sent the apostles by, 172, 179; answer to the challenge of, 182, 183; charges Peter with presumption, 183.

Cain, and Abel, 9; the family of, and their inventions, 95.

Calisto, 443.

Cannibalism inculcated by the philosophers, 111.

Chaldæans, their testimony to the antiquity of Moses, 40.

Chaos, 437, 445.

Chastity, inculcated by the Scriptures, 118, 333; the importance of, 334; its reward, 358.

Chastisement, the, of the righteous and the wicked, 389, 390.

Christ, why the true Prophet is so called, 173; two comings of, 175, 187; rejected by the Jews, 175; the only Saviour, 176; the saints before the coming of, 177; consistency of His teaching, 211; acknowledged the God of the Jews, 223; and Moses, 285; temptation of, 301; the true Prophet, 308, 458, 459.

Christian, meaning of the name, 61.

Christian life, the, 272.

Christian morality, 335.

Christian, the weakest, more powerful than the strongest demon, 300.

Christianity, the antiquity of, 120, 131.

Christians, the, worship God alone, 8, 9; their doctrine of creation, 9; the doctrine of, and of the Greeks, respecting God, compared, 27; hated unjustly, 32; the doctrines of, fitted for all, 36; the women of, vindicated, 37; falsely accused, 110; their doctrines of God and His law, 114, 115; the innocence of, defended, 119; the antiquity of the doctrines of, 120; flight of, to Jericho, from Jewish persecution, 189.

Chronology, from Adam to Saul, 126–128; from Saul to the Captivity, 128; Roman, to the death of Aurelius, 130; leading epochs of 131.

Cleansing, inward and outward, 334.

Clement, his early history, 143; his doubts and distress, 143; his dissatisfaction with the schools, and increasing disquiet, 144, 145; his desire to ascertain the truth of the doctrine of the immortality of the soul, 145; hears of Christ, 146; meets with Barnabas at Rome, 146–149; intercourse with Barnabas, 149, 150; arrives at Cæsarea and is introduced to Peter, 150; cordial reception of, by Peter, 151; his account of himself to Peter, 152; instructions given to, by Peter, 152–154; requests to be Peter's attendant, 154; profits by Peter's instruction, and Peter's satisfaction with, 154, 155; repetition of Peter's instructions to, 158; remarks on the power of habit, 193; contents of his despatches to James, 281; not as yet baptized, he is not admitted to unite with the disciples in prayer, 303; his joy at remaining with Peter, 339; his affection for Peter, 340; his family history,—disappearance of his mother, brothers, and father, 342, 343; his mother found at Aradus as a beggar woman, 344–349; recapitulation of her story by Peter, 351, 352; recognition of his brothers, 352–354; his mother requests to be baptized, 355; his mother receives baptism, 358; discussion with the old workman about genesis, 402–420; recognition of his father in the old workman, 420–423; his father recognised by his mother, 424; a suggestion made by, to Peter, 428; discussion with his father respecting good and evil, 430, etc.; Niceta's admonition to, 436; his discourse on the heathen cosmogony and mythology, 437–445 ; happy ending of his family history, baptism of his father, 471.

Climacteric periods, 408, 409.

"Climates" in astrology, 416, 417; the doctrine of, untenable, 417.

Comings of Christ, the two, 175, 187.
Commandments, the ten, ​corresponding to the ten plagues of Egypt, 268.
Community of wives, a, taught by Plato in his Republic, 111.

Conception, 236.

Conception in sin, 406.

Confusion of tongues at Babel, 96.

Consistency of Christ's teaching, 211.

Constellations, nativities controlled by, according to the heathen, 14.

Contraries in nature, 392.

Conversion, the duty of seeking one's own, 453, 454.

Cornelius, the centurion, his stratagem to cause Simon Magus to flee from Antioch, 460, 461.

Correspondences in creation, 379.

Cosmogony, the Gentile, 437; the, of Orpheus, 445; the, of Hesiod, 446.

Creation, the, the Christian doctrine of, 9; the six days' work of, 76, 78; of the world, remarks on—Hesiod's weak conception, 79; of man, 84; an account of, 161, 162; implies providence, 365; mode of, 368; theories of, 368; from nothing, 369; atomic theory untenable, 369; concourse of atoms could not form a world, 370; Plato's testimony respecting, 371; mechanical theory of, 372; correspondences in, 379, 380.

Creator, the, no God above, 229; our Father, 231; the Supreme God, 232; necessary, 367; the world made from nothing by, 369.

Creatures, the, often take vengeance on sinners, 320.

Crescens, the philosopher, his character, 25.

Customs, the, of different countries, 415, 416; Jewish, 417, 418.

Cynic philosophers, the, 30.


Daphne, 443.

Days, the six, of creation, 76, 78; the typical character of, 82.

Dead men deified, 442.

Deluge, the, errors of the Greeks about, 121; accurate account of, 122.

Demons, 12; give rise to superstitions, 13, 14; worshipped by the Greeks, 18; their severe punishment, 19; structure of, 21; vain display of power by, 21,22; falsely promise health to their votaries, 22; deceive instead of healing, 23; depravity lies at the root of the worship of, 24; how they get power over men, 290; why they wish to possess men, 291; the gospel gives us power over, 291; power over, is in proportion to faith, 292; incite to idolatry, 292, 293; their knowledge, 293, 294; sometimes speak truth—why? 294, 295; the weakest Christian mightier than the mightiest, 300; have no power over a man unless he voluntarily submits to them, 301; the friendship of, involves men in disgrace, 324; their connection with astrology, 409.

Demoniac, a, healed, 424.

Depravity, the root of demon-worship, 24.

Designing mind, a, seen in creation, 394.

Desiring the salvation of others, 356.

Deucalion, 121.

Dialects among the Greeks, 6.

Diatessaron, the, of Tatian, 4.

Diligence in study recommended, 253, 327.

Diogenes, 6.

Dionysius, quoted, 105.

Dionysus, 439.

Discussions, public, between the apostles and the Jews, 179, etc., 185; of Peter with Simon Magus, 205, etc., 241, etc.; of Niceta, Aquila, and Clement with the old workman, 359, etc., 383, etc., 401, etc.

Disorder and order, in creation, 387.

Dispersion, the, of the human race, 98.

Divination, 25.

Divinities, heathen, ridicule of the, 15.

Dora, Peter at, 282.

Dositheus and Simon Magus, 197, 199.

Earnestness in religion, 454.

Earth, the, made for man, 331.

Egg, the creative, developed from chaos, 437, 445, 446.

Egypt, the Israelites in, 166.

Egyptian idolatry, more reasonable than other forms of idolatry, 315.

Egyptians, the, their testimony to Moses, 42; the animal worship of, 60; the king of, at the time of the exodus of Israel, and his successors, 123.
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Empedocles, 8, 105.

Encratites, the, 3.

Enemies, the love of, 118.

Enemies of God, men are naturally, 203.

Enoch, the translation of, 28.

Epicurus teaches incest, 112; his theory of atoms, 369.

Error cannot stand with truth, 215.

Eternity of punishment, 320.

Euripides quoted, 73, 104.

Eva, the Bacchanalian cry of, supposed by the fathers to be an invocation of Eve, 93.

Eve, why she was formed out of a rib of Adam, 93.

Evil, the existence of, 243, 244; denied by some, 244, 245; origin of, 248, 395; God not the author of, 248; does not exist in substance, 295; why God permits, 295, 296; the existence of, on astrological principles, 431, 432.

Evil and good, set over the one against the other, 392.

Evil, the prince of, why made, 394, 403.

Evil angels, seducers, 296, 297.

Evil beings, turned to good account, 296.

Evil-doers, shall be punished, 104, 390, 391.

Evils, the, brought in by sin, 391; uses of, 406; admitted, 431.

Exodus, the, 166, 167.

Faith, the importance of, in all things, 59; and reason, 237; and unbelief, 305.

Fall of man, the, 10.

Fasting, baptism must be preceded by, 355, 357.

Fate, the heathen view of, 11; the sins of men not due to, 16; an avenger, 105.

Faustinianus, father of Clement, Peter's first meeting with, 359; his discussion with Peter, etc., 360, etc.; recognition of, by Clement and his brothers, 420, etc.; transformed by 8imon Magus into his own likeness, 459; Simon's design in the transformation of, 461, 462; how his transformation was effected, 462; personates Simon Magus to defeat him, 465–468; restored to his own form, 468, 469; his baptism, 471.

Faustus and Faustinianus, 352. [See Aquila and Niceta.]

Fear, the restraining influence of, 407, 408; of men and of God, 410.

Fifth day's work of creation, 82. 

Fire-worship, the, of the Persians, 298.

Flesh, the desires of, to be subdued, 307.

Flood, history of the, 96, 163; the world after the, 164; brought as the punishment of evil-doers, 391.

Form of sound words, the, 382.

Fourth day's work of creation, the, 82.

Frauds, pious, singular illustrations of, 460–469.

Free-will, the sins of men spring from, 16; possessed by men, 306, 403.

Freedom of the will, 246, 247.

Friends of the Son of God, the, 402, 403.

Friendship with God, 161.

Gamaliel, stills a tumult raised against the apostles, 185; his speech, 186.

Garment of baptism, the, how it may be spotted, 302.

Gelones, customs of the, 414.

Genealogies, fabulous Gentile, 71.

Generation, as illustrating a designing mind, 379.

Genesis, the truth of the account of man's creation and fall in the book of, 89.

Genesis, discussion about, 359, etc.; prayer inconsistent with, 366; further discussions about, 384, etc., 402, etc.; not it, but free-will, determines the history of men, 416; divided into seven parts or climates, 416; the gospel more powerful than, 418; inconsistent with the justice of God, 419; stubborn facts in support of, 420; the difiiculties cleared up by recognitions, 421, etc.

Gentile cosmogony, 437.

Gentilism, buttresses of, 444.

Gentiles, the, the call of, 170, 309; waited for the true Prophet, 309; invitation to, 310.

Germination of seeds, illustrating divine providence, 375.

Giants, the, 163.

Gladiators and pugilists described, 29.
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God, Christians worship Him only, 8; the Creator, through the Logos, 9; thanks due to, for all things, 26; the doctrines of the Christians and Greeks respecting, compared, 27; can be seen by the purged eye only, 53; the nature of, 53–55; attributes of, 55; invisible, but seen in His works, 56; known by His works, 57; will be seen when we put on immortality, 58; absurd opinions of the philosophers concerning, 67; why described as walking, 88; the Christian doctrine of, 114; unity of, 218, 221; the author of good only, 248; His will irresistible, 249; shall be seen by the pure in heart, 252; righteous, 257; His justice, 258, 419; to be loved supremely, 267; both good and righteous, 290; alone the proper object of worship, 312; His care of human affairs, 321; who are worshippers of, 324; to be loved more than parents, 330; why He has made vile creatures, 386; the folly of sitting in judgment on, 396; created the world by His Son, as a double house, 402; His long-suffering, 457.

Gods of the heathen, their character controlled by fate, 12; ridiculous stories of, 15, 71, 72; immoralities of, 59; despised when made, but valuable when bought, 65; what becomes of them, 66; Homer and Hesiod's opinions of, 68, 69; varying doctrines of the philosophers respecting, 102; wickedness attributed by the heathen writers to, 114; many so called, 219; things sacred to, 444; why they are worshipped, being so vile, 444, 445; how learned Gentiles explain the shameful stories told of, 144, 450; the supper of the, 451, 452.

Good and evil, 429, 430.

Good works, the necessity of, 333.

Goodness, none without liberty, 250.

Gospel, the, the success of, 171; gives power over demons, 291, 292; more powerful than genesis, 418, 419.

Greeks, the, claim the invention of the arts, 5; the doctrine of, and of the Christians, respecting God, compared, 27; the solemnities of, ridiculed, 28, 29; the studies of, ridiculed, 31; the philosophy of the Christians more ancient than that of, 35; statues erected unworthily by, 37–40; errors of, respecting the deluge, 121; the prophets more ancient than the writers of, 125, 126; the contrast between the writings of, and the writings of the Hebrews, 129; why they did not mention the Scripture histories, 133.

Guardian angels, 220.

Habit, the power of, 192, 193.

Ham, the first magician, 297.

Hand, cutting off the right, 357.

Harvest, the, plenteous, 284.

Heaven, the visible and the invisible, 237; the visible, why made, 250; why to be dissolved, 251.

Hebrew chronology, 126–130.

Hebrews, the, in Egypt, 123; contrast between the writings of, and those of the Greeks, 129.

Heraclitus the philosopher, 7.

Heroes, Moses more ancient and credible than the ancient heathen, 43.

Hero-worship, 298.

Hesiod, his opinions concerning God, 68, 69; on the origin of the world, 69, 70; his weak conceptions of God, 79; his cosmogony, 446.

Hiram king of Tyre, his relations with Solomon, 125.

Holy place, the, for sacrifice, 168.

Holy Spirit, the necessity of union with, 20; the prophets inspired by, 74.

Holiness of life enjoined by the prophets, 99.

Homer and Hesiod, their views of God, 68, 69; quoted, 73, 107.

Homer and Moses compared, 35.

Hospitality, a contest about, 381.

Human race, the dispersion of, 98.

Hyacinthus, 443.

Idolatry, the absurdities of, 60; the origin of, 289, 296; demons incite to, 292; the folly of, 293, 311; led to all immorality, 299; the Egyptian, 315.

Idols unprofitable, 311.

Ignorance, the mother of evils, 305.

Image of God, man the, 20.

Imagination, 232; Peter's experience of, 232, 233; the fallacy of, 235.
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Immensity, the doctrine of, as taught by the law, 236.

Immorality, produced by idolatry, 299.

Immortality of the soul, the theory of, 18, 258.

Impiety, the origin of, 323.

Incest, taught by the Stoics and Epicureans, 112.

Inequality, the necessity of, among men, 403, 404.

Innocence, a state of, a state of enjoyment, 287.

Innocence, the, of the Christians defended, 119.

Instincts manifested, 364.

Interpretation of Scripture, 453.

Intestines, how they illustrate divine providence, 378.

Israelites, the, in Egypt, 166; their exodus from Egypt, in the wilderness, and at Sinai, 167; the sins of, 169.

James the bishop of Jerusalem, 181, 187; assaulted by the Jews, 188; sends Peter to Cæsarea to meet Simon Magus, 189; teachers coming from Jerusalem must bring testimonials from, 301.

Jehovah, the only God, 221.

Jesus, the true Prophet, 308.

Jewish customs, 417, 418.

Jews, the, the rejection of Christ by, 175; the animosity of, against the Christians, 178; sects of, 178; discussions with the apostles, 179, etc.; Christ the acknowledged God of, 273.

John, the disciples of, 179; the disciples of, refuted, 182.

Judgment to come, 325.

Judging God, ridiculous, 396, 397.

Juno, 439.

Jupiter, his deeds, 59; how many of the name there are, 60; when born, hid by his mother, 438; incests of, 438, 439; goes to war with his father, 439; adulteries of, 439, 440; vile transformations of, 441; sepulchre of, 442; sepulchres of the sons of, 442; allegory of, 447.

King, the, to be honoured, 61.

Kingdom of God, the, and His righteousness, 205; righteousness the way to, 206.

Knowledge, the advantages of, 306; the responsibility which it involves, 306; enhances responsibility, 335; deadens lust, 410; the value of, 419; universal, possessed by none, 435.

Knowledge, the tree of, righteously forbidden by God to man, 90, 91.

Laodiceans, the, a chief man of, offers Peter and his friends hospitality, 381; meeting at the house of the chief man of, 383.

Law, the Christian doctrine of God's, 114, 115; enjoins righteousness, 117.

Learners and cavillers, 254.

Learning, necessary before teaching, 255.

Liberty, no goodness without, 250.

Life, the Christian, 272.

Life, oil from the tree of, 173.

Light, the supreme, Simon Magus' views of, 224.

Logos, the, the Creator, 9, 16.

Love of enemies, 118.

Love, of self the foundation of goodness, 267.

Luna, and Simon Magus, 197, 199.

Lying for religion, a striking illustration of, 464; competition in, 466–469.

Magic, the secret of that practised by Simon Magus, 200.

Magic art, the, 390.

Magician, Ham the first, 297.

Magicians of Egypt, 268; miracles of the, 269.

Magusæei, the, 413, 414.

Male and female, the correspondence and relation of, 379.

Man, the fall of, 10, 86; not only a rational animal, but the image of God, 20; the creation of the first, 84; the first placed in Paradise, 84, 85; righteously forbidden to eat of the tree of knowledge, 90; the goodness of God in expelling him from Paradise, 91; the nature of, 92; the earth made for, 331.

Manetho, the inaccuracy of his statements respecting Moses and the Hebrews, 123, 124.

Maro, Peter stops at the house of, 282, 283; appointed by Peter bishop of Tripolis, 337.

Matter, its various forms, 16, 17.
Matthidia, mother of Clement, her disappearance, 342; found at Aradus as a beggar woman, 344; her ​story, 345–347; Peter's reflections on her story,—recognised by Clement, 348, 349; recapitulation of her story, 351, 352; recognised by Aquila and Niceta, 352–354; seeks baptism, 353, 355; baptism of, delayed, 356, 357; baptized, 358; recognises her husband, 423; accompanies her husband to Antioch, 465, 466.
Mechanical theory of creation, the, 372.

Medea, 439.

Medicine, the vanity of, 23, 24.

Melchizedek, 97.

Men, naturally enemies of God, 203; the responsibility of, notwithstanding the arts of deception practised on, 204.

Menander, the poet, quoted, 73.

Menander, the Ephesian, quoted, 125.

Mesraim, 297.

Metamorphoses, 443.

Minerva, 447.

Miracles, false, 266; of the magicians of Egypt, 289; the uselessness of false, 271.

Moon, the, its typical character, 82; motions of, 388.

Morality, Christian, its superiority, 335.

Moses, and Homer compared, 35; testimony of the Chaldæans to the antiquity of, 40; testimony of the Phœnicians to the antiquity of, 41; testimony of the Egyptians to the antiquity of, 42; more ancient than the heathen heroes, 43; summing up of the argument for the antiquity of, 44; antiquity of, evinced by the reign and succession of the Egyptian kings, 122, 123; Manetho's inaccurate and nonsensical statement about, 123, 124; older than all other writers, 132; allows the Israelites to offer sacrifices, 168; and Christ, 285.

Mother of Clement. [See Matthidia. ]

Motions of the sun, moon, and stars, 388.

Muses, the, invoked by Hesiod, 69.

Music, the invention of, 95.

Mythology, heathen, 437, etc.; explanation of, 451.

Nativities, the supposed control of the constellations over, 14. [See Genesis. ]

Nature, the folly of speaking of, as making, 380, 381.

Necromancy, 200.

Neptune, 438, 447.

Niceta, deceived at first by Simon Magus, bears testimony to the formidableness of the magician, 195; leaves Simon Magus and becomes a Christian, 205; and Aquila, discovered to be Clement's brothers, 352, 354; tells the story of his own and Aquila's shipwreck, 354, 355; pleads for the baptism of his mother, 356; discussion with the old workman, 362–381; recognises the old workman as his father, 420–423; pleads for his father's reception to the church, 427; admonition to Clement, 436; explains the allegories of the heathen, cosmogonical and mythological, 445–449, 451–453.

Nimrod, 298.

Noah and his sons, 163, 289.

Oil from the tree of life, the, with which Christ was anointed, 173.

Olympus, 67.

Oracles, the heathen, 293, 294.

Orcus, 438.

Order, and disorder, 387.

Order, in instruction, 255.

Origin of the world, Hesiod on the, 69, 70.

Orpheus, the cosmogony of, 445, 446.

Osiris, 60.

Paganism, the enormities of, 322.

Pairs, good and evil, 270; ten, 272.

Paradise, man placed in, 84; the Scripture account of, 85, 86; the beauty of, 89; the goodness of God in expelling man from, 91.

Parents, God to be loved more than, 330.

Peace, and strife, proclaimed by Christ, 211; to the sons of, 212; and war, 213; and the sword, 229.

Pearls not to be cast before swine, 240.

Persephone, 439.

Persians, the fire-worship of, 298; unnatural customs among, 413, 414.
Peter the apostle, his cordial reception of Clement, 151; instructions given by, to Clement, 152–154, 158: requests Clement to be his attendant, 154; his satisfaction with Clement, 155; postponement ​of his discussion with Simon Magus, 156, 157; further instructions given by, to Clement, 158, etc.; sent to Cæsarea, to meet Simon Magus, 189; challenged by Simon Magus, 190; his discussion with Simon Magus begins, 205, etc.; his experience of the fallacy of imagination, 233; his reverie, 234; rebuked by Andrew, 234, 235; adjournment of his discussion with Simon Magus, 238; his discussion with Simon Magus resumed, 241, etc.; accessibility of, 265; resolves to follow Simon Magus to Rome, 275; appoints a bishop, elders, and deacons in Cæsarea, 275; sends twelve persons before him, 277; proceeds to Tripolis, halts at Dora, and heals the sick, 286; arrangements made by, at Tripolis, 236; leaves Tripolis for Antioch, 338; his simplicity of life, 340; his humility, 341; his excursion to Aradus, where he finds the mother of Clement, 434; his reflections on the story told by Clement's mother, 347; brings her to Clement, 348, 349; leaves Aradus, 350; recapitulates the story of Clement's mother, 351; which leads to the discovery that Niceta and Aquila are her sons, 352–354; requires that their mother shall fast before receiving baptism, 355–358; finds an old workman at the harbour who accosts him, 359; arranges for a friendly conference with the old workman, 360; states the question for discussion, 361; has a contest of hospitality with the chief man of the city, 381; arranges for another conference at the house of the chief man, 382; renews the conference, 399; discovers the old workman to be the father of Clement, 421; heals a demoniac daughter of the chief man by his presence in the house, 424; shows Clement the necessity of probation in the case of his father, 426; is appointed umpire in the further discussion with the old man, 430; his words about the true Prophet, his Master, 435; Clement's discourse before, 435, etc.; remarks of, on Clement's speech, 440; Faustinianus, Clement's father, requests his permission to visit Appion and Anubion, 459; Simon Magus excites the people of Antioch against, 460; stratagem suggested to, by Cornelius, against Simon Magus, 460, 461; a counter-plot of, against Simon Magus, 464; success of his plot, 467; his entry into Antioch, and thanksgiving, 469; miracles of, 470; baptizes Faustinianus, 471.
Pharisees, the, refuted, 181.

Philemon, quoted, 113, 114.

Philip, his encounter with the Jews, 181.

Philosophers, the errors and vices of, 6, 24, 25; ridicule of, 7, 8; boasting and quarrels of, 30; absurd opinions of, concerning God, 67; the teaching of, confirm the Hebrew prophets, 106; inculcate cannibalism. 111; teach a community of wives and atheism, 111, 112; varying doctrines of, concerning the gods, 112; uncertain conjectures of, 120; different opinions of, 393; their ignorance, 398; errors of, in regard to morals, 456; not benefactors of men, 457.

Philosophy, the, of the Christians more ancient than that of the Greeks, 35.

Phœnicians, the, their testimony to the antiquity of Moses, 41.

Pindar quoted, 104.

Pious frauds, a striking illustration of, 460–469.

Pitch, tow smeared with, 407.

Plagues, the ten, of Egypt, 268.

Plants and animals, as illustrating the providence of God, 374.

Plato, and his school, their views of God, 67; teaches a community of wives. 111; on the immortality of the soul, 113; on the antiquity of the world, 120; quoted respecting creation, 311.

Poets, the, denounce evil-doers, 104, 106; the teachings of, confirm the Hebrew prophets, 106; the writings of, 450.

Polytheism, Simon Magus argues for, 218; Peter's refutation of, 219; the serpent the author of, 221; inexcusable, 222; the folly of, 442.

Polytheists, the inconsistency of, 443.

Prayer inconsistent with genesis, 366.
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Precepts from the prophetic books, 100.

Priest, the true Prophet a, 174.

Prince of evil, why was he made, or was he not made? 394, 395, 403.

Probation, the necessity of, before admission to the church, 426, 427.

Prophecy, the word of, 454.

Prophet, the true, 153, 308; the advent of, 170; the rejection of, 170, 171; why called Christ, 173; a Priest also, 174; alone knows all things, 397; to be sought for by those who wish to learn, 398, 458, 459.

Prophets, the, inspired by the Holy Ghost, 74; holiness of life enjoined by, 99; precepts from the books of, 100, etc.; confirmed by the teachings of the Greek poets and philosophers, ; more ancient than the Greek writers, 125, 126.

Providence, opinions of the philosophers concerning, ; Ariston quoted respecting, 113; vindicated, 287; implied by creation, 365; general and special, 366; seen in the motions of the stars, and in earthly things, 373; in rivers and seas, 374; in plants and animals, 374, 375; in the germination of seeds, 375, 376; in the power of water, 376; in the human body, 377, 378; in the breath, and blood, and intestines, 378, 379.

Prudence, in dealing with opponents, 194.

Ptolemy, priest of Mendes, quoted, 42.

Pugilists and gladiators, 29.

Punishment, the eternity of, 320.

Punishment, the, of evil-doers referred to by the poets, 104; of the righteous and the wicked, 389, 390; fear of, 408; here and hereafter, 409.

Pure in heart, the, 252.

Pyramus, 443.

Rainbow, the, 385.

Recognitions, the, of Clement, an account of, 137–139; reason of the title, 349, 352, 420–424.

Regeneration by water, 332, 405.

Religion, of one's fathers to be abandoned if bad, 322; the true, calls to sobriety and modesty, 323.

Repentance, 116; the duty of, 454.

Responsibility, the, of man, 204, 247; increased by knowledge, 306.

Resurrection, the, the Christian doctrine of, 10; proved by analogies, 62.

Retribution, future, 409.

Rhea, the wife of Saturn, hides her son Jupiter, to preserve him from being devoured by his father, 438, 446–447.

Rib, why Eve was formed of one of Adam's, 93.

Righteous, the, and the wicked, chastisements of, 389.

Righteousness, 117; the way to the kingdom of God, 206; what it is, 207.

Rivers and seas, as illustrating the providence of God, 374.

Rose without a thorn, a, not to be found, 392.

Roman chronology to the death of Aurelius, 130.

Rufinus, his preface to the Recognitions of Clement, 140–142.

Rulers appointed over all orders of being, 173.

Sabbath, the, 79.

Sacrifices, allowed for a time, 167, 168.

Sadducees, the, 178, 179; confuted, 179, 180.

Saints, the, before the coming of Christ, 177.

Salvation, the duty of desiring that of others, 356.

Samaritans, the, 179; refuted, 180.

Satan, instigates Cain to kill Abel, 94.

Saturn, worshipped by the Romans, 132; the family of, 437; devours his children, 438.

Saul, raises a tumult against the apostles, 188; receives a commission against the Christians, 189.

Sea, the world compared to the, 81.

Seas and rivers illustrate the providence of God, 374.

Scribes, the, refuted, 181.

Scripture, the, the interpretation of, 453.

Sects of the Jews, 178, 179.

Seeds, the germination of, as illustrative of the providence of God, 375.

Seeing or hearing, which the stronger, 261.

Seeing God, 58, 252.

Self-love, the foundation of goodness, 267.

Sense, the sixth, 225.
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Sepulchres of the gods, 442.

Seres, the, 390, 412.

Serpent, the, 93; the author of polytheism, 221; suggestions of, 313–319; to be resisted, 326.

Sibyl, the, quoted as to the gods, 66, 103; as to the confusion of tongues, 86; reproofs of, to the race of men, 102.

Simon Magus, postponement of his discussion with Peter, 156, 157; how Peter was sent to meet, 189; how he challenged Peter, 190; a formidable opponent, 195; the impiety of, 195, 196; history of, 196; the secret of his magical power, 200; professes to be God, 201; professes to have made a boy of air, 202; hopelessness of the case of, 202; his discussion with Peter begins, 205, etc.; his subtlety, 216; his creed, 217; argues for polytheism, 218; his cavils, 223; his presumption, 225; his view of the supreme light, 224; his blasphemy, 227; how he learned from the law what the law does not teach, 228; his inconsistency, 230; adjournment of Peter's discussion with, 238; Peter's discussion with, resumed, 241; a seducer, 241; his arrogance, 243; his subterfuges, 260, 261; his rage, 263; his vanity, 263, 264; his retreat, 264; resisted Peter as the Egyptian magicians did Moses, 269; a deserter from the camp of, 273; sets out for Rome, 273; is followed by Peter, 274; strange transformation wrought upon Faustinianus by, 459; strives to excite the people of Antioch against Peter, 460; stratagem used against, by Peter and Cornelius, 460; his design in the transformation of Faustinianus, 461–464; counter-plot of Peter against, 464–468; is defeated, 469.

Simonides quoted, 73, 105.

Simple and compound, 364.

Simylus quoted, 114.

Sin, the cause of suffering, 287, 304; the punishment of, 389, 390; evils brought in by, 391; men conceived in, 406.

Sinners, the creatures often take vengeance on, 320.

Sins of men, the, not caused by fate, 16.

Six days' work, the, 76; the glory of, 78; the typical character of, 82–84.

Sixth sense, the, 225.

Solemnities, the, of the Greeks ridiculed, 28.

Solomon, his relations with Hiram king of Tyre, 124, 125.

Son of God, the, 402, 403; friends of, 403.

Sophocles quoted, 73, 106.

Soul, the, the immortality of, 18; composite, 20; the eyes of, 53, 54.

Spirit of God, the, dwells with those who live justly, 19; necessity of union with, 20.

Spirits, two kinds of, 16, 17; in various things, 18.

Stage, the, of the Greeks ridiculed, 29, 30.

Stans, Simon Magus so called, 189, 196, 199.

Stars, the, motions of, 373.

Statues, the, erected by the Greeks to women, 37, 38; ridicule poured on, 39.

Strangers, humanity to, 116.

Studies of the Greeks, ridicule of the, 31.

Study, diligence in, 253, 327.

Sufferings, salutary, 288; the effects of sin, 304.

Sun, moon, and stars, their typical character, 82; motions of the, 388; ministers of good and evil, 388, 389.

Superstitions, originated by demons, 13, 14.

Supper, the, of the gods, 451, 452.

Susidæ, the customs of the, 414.

Swine, casting pearls before, 240.

Sword, not peace, but a, 329.

Tatian, sketch of the history of, 3, 4; account of the conversion of, 33–35.

Temple, the, of Jerusalem, the antiquity of, 124, 125.

Temptation, the, of Christ, 301.

Ten commandments, the, and the ten plagues of Egypt, 268.

Ten pairs, the, 272.

Thanks due to God, 322.

Theophilus of Antioch, his personal history, 51, 52; his conversion, 63.

Thestius, quoted, 73.

Thetis, 439.

Thorn, no rose without its, 392.
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Thysbe, 443.

Time of making the world, 380.

Tow smeared with pitch, 407.

Tower of Babel, the, 297.

Transformation, a strange, wrought on Faustinianus by Simon Magus, 459.

Tree of knowledge, the, God justified in forbidding man to eat of the fruit of, 90.

Tree of life, oil from the, 173.

Tripolis, the disciples at, 336; departure from, 338.

Truth, the, being conquered by, 209; error cannot stand with, 215; not the property of all, 255; self-evidence of, 256; veiled with love, 270.

Types and forms, 385.

Types, natural, 82–84.

Tyrians, the relations of, with the Hebrews, 125.

Unbelief and faith, 305.

Unclean, the, separation from, 238; not to be eaten with, 353.

Unclean spirits, 239.

Unity of God, the, 219.

Useless things, why made, 387.

Venus, the origin of, 439; allegory of, 449.

Vile things, why made by God, 386, 387.

Virtue, arrangements of the world, to secure the exercise of, 404.

Voice of God, what, 38.

Walking, why is God described as? 88.

War and strife, proclaimed by Christ, 211, 213.

Water, the power of, illustrating divine providence, 370.

Water, born of, 332; regeneration by, 405, 407.

Waters, the, things proceeding from, blessed, signification of this, 83.

Wedding garment, baptism the, 302; to be kept unspotted, 302.

Wicked, the, the success of, in this life, a proof of immortality, 259; and righteous, chastisement of, 389.

Will, the freedom of the, 246, 247.

Will of God, irresistible, 249.

Wives, a community of, taught by Plato, 111.

Womb, the, 379.

Women, Christian, vindicated, 37.

Word, the, the world created by, 74, 75; begotten of the Father, conversed with man in Paradise, 88.

Workman, the old, discussion with, 359; turns out to be Clement's father, 421, etc.

Works, God known by His, 57.

Works, good, the necessity of, 333.

World, the, the Christian doctrine of the creation of, 9; Hesiod on the origin of, 69, 70; made by the Word, 74, 75; remarks on the creation of, 79; compared to a sea, 81; made out of nothing by a creator, 369; time of the creation of,—why not made long before? 380; arrangements of, to secure the exercise of virtue, 404.

World, the, after the flood, 164.

Worship, due to God only, 312.

Worship of heroes, 298.

Worshippers of God, who are, 324.

Worshippers of the gods, like the gods they worship, 450.

Writings, the, of the Hebrews and Greeks contrasted, 129.

Zacchaeus, 205; appointed by Peter bishop of Cæsarea, 275; rescued Aquila and Niceta from Simon Magus, 355.

Zoroaster or Mesraim, a son of Ham, regarded as the author of the magic art, 297; adored, 297, 208.


MURRAY AND GIBB, EDINBURGH,
PRINTERS TO HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE.

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