faid to fly out of his wound given up by all Dr. Mid-
dletons antagonifts, ii. i6g. Said by Irenaus to hav«
related the ftory of St.'Joljn and Cerivthus, ii. 417. £.-<-
horts to moderation towards thofe, who had fallep a-
way from the faith, ii. 424.
PoLYDORE Virgil : his remark on the cuftom of of-
fering votive images and pidures in churches, v. 109.
PoMPONius Mela affirms, that Egypt had twenty thou-
fand cities in the reign of Amafis, iii. 143.
Pontius follicitous to excufe St. Cyprians withdrawing
from his church in the time of perfecution, i. 230.
Pope may iHle himfelf the fucci^fibr of the Pontifex Max-
mus of old Rome, v. 158.
Popery : Growth of it of late, i. Intr. 36. Writers for
it make greit ufe of the prejudices in this protcllant
Country in favour of primitive antiquity, ibid. Th?
chief corruptions of it introduced, or the feeds of them
fown, in the third, fourth, and fifth centuries, i. 41;.
A fyftem of a very complex and comprehcnfive kind,
which could not be formed at once, ii. IC7. The pri-
mitive fathers were the founders of it, ibid. Sketch of
its rife and progrcfs, ibid, iff loS. More immediately
conneftcd with the ftudy of the fathers, than pro-
E e 3 tcr
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teftantlfm, ii. 128. A fyftem of craft and po-
licy, ii. 229. As a religion diltinguifhed from
that of proteftants, derived from paganifm, ii. 262.
The laft refort of it to refolve all religion into an im-
plicit faith, and a llavifli obedience to the authority of
the church, v, 56, Confequences of that obedience,
ibid. Calculated for the fupport of defpotic power,
and inconfiftent with the power of a free government,
V. 7g. The hiftory of it abounds with inftances of thg
groffeft forgeries both of faints and reliques, v. 123.
Popish Writers forced to allow, that many, both of
their reliques and their miracles, have been forged
by the craft of priefts for the fake of lucre, v.
Porphyry, i. 145. Blames St. Patil for his difTenfion
with St. Peter, ii. 271. Ufed to objed: and demand,
why a merciful God could for fo many ages fafFer
whole nations to perifli, through ignorance of his will
and law ; and why it was necefiary for Chrijl to come
folate, iii. 193.
Positive Precepts in religion : defence of them a^
gainjl Chrijiiamty as old as the Creation, iii. 59, & feq.
*pRAYiNG FOR THE Dead common in the fecond cen-
tury, i. Intr. 52,53. Ufed by the primitive Chriftians,
from the earlieft ages after the days of the apoftles, ii.
Praying for the faithful Deceased recommend-
ed as a duty by Dr. Deacon, ii. 15.
Press : the liberty of it the fureft guardian of right and
truth, V. 4. Its eifefts in the reformation of religion
forefeen by cardinal Wolfey, ibid,
Prideaux Dr. confutes the notion of //-^;7^«j and other
fathers, of the fcriptures being deftroyed in tLe Baby-
lonilh captivity, i. 172, 173. Declares the Bath-Kol
not to have been fuch voice from Heaven, as the Jeijos
pretended, but a fantaftical way of divination of their
own invention, v. 222.
Priests : the great variety of religious orders and fo-
cieties of them in the church of Rome feems to be
â– formed upon the plan of the old colleges of the Augurs^
Pcntificcs, &c. V. 160.
Primitive Antiquity affirmed by its admirers to be
the rule of regulating the doftrines and difcipline of aU
modern churches, i. Fref. 16.
Pri;
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Pkimitive fathers the founders of popery, ii. 107.
Generally efteemed the fymbolical or figurative inter-
pretation of fcripture to be on many occafions the on-
ly way of vindicating it, iii. 185.
Primitive Christians, univcrfally followed the alle-
gorical manner of expounding the Mofaic hiftory of the
creation and fall, ii. 455.
Prince of the Senate, iv. 272.
Printing : Origin ofit in England, V. 223, & feq. Firft
invented at Mcntz in Germany, v. 330. The inx-ention
of it afcribed by KxchH^o^ Parker to the city of Sfnif-
I'ltrg, V. 331. Affirmed by Mr. 'Richard Atkyus to be of
the prerogative royal, v. 332.
Processions in the church of Rome fhew the genuine
remains of Heathenifm, v. 137. Account of the hea-
then ores from Jlpuk'ms, ibid.
pROcuLus Julius took a folcmn oath, that Romulus
had appeared to him, and ordered him to inform the
fenate of his being called up to the aflemWy of the
gods, V. 50.
pRocuLus affirmed hy Tert:ili an X.o have cured the em-
peror Se'verus by oil, i. 200.
Prodigies, as well modern as antient, derived from the
conti-ivance of priefts or governors, in order to dr^w
fome gain or advantage out of the poor people, v.
149. Scarce any one in the old hiftorians, but what
is tranfcribed into the popirti legends, v. 154.
Prophecy in the primitive church by vifton or ecflnfy,
i. 237. The perpetuity of it aflerted by the orthodox,
i. 238. The evidence of it not fo proper in thefe da\s
to convert men to the faith of Cbrijl, as to confirm
thofe, who have already embraced it, ii. 372. Upon
the firft promulgation of the gofpel, bcft adapted to
perfuade and conquer the prejudices of the Joixis, ii.
373. A part of the evidence neccfi'ary to complete the
demonftration of the truth of Chriftianity, ibid. Our
Lord grounds the authority of his miffion on the evi-
dence of prophecy, v. 194, & feq. The ufe made of
it by the apoltles and evangelifts, v. igS, & feq. Treat-
ed by the bifhop of London in a loofe and indetermi-
nate fcnfc, v. 214. When literally fulfilled, as clear a
proof of its own divinity, as any miracle can be, v.
215. The antient ones all bear a relation to the pcr-
fon and coming of the Mcffiah, v. 25 1 ,
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Prophecies : general anfwer to all the objeftions madp
to the prophecies of the Old Teftament, as they are cited
and faid to be fulfilled in the New, ii. 371.
Prophetic Instruction : four degrees of it, y. 221,
222.
Prophets in tjie Old Teftament, though infpired and em-
ployed by God on fome occafions, yet on others were
guilty not only of weak but bad actions, ii. 289. N.
Obferved by Grttius not to be certain, at what time
they were to have the prophetic fpirit, i^i^ The efta-
blifhed and ordinary fign, by which they were diftin-
guifhed, was nothing elfe but the teftimony of prophecy
itfelf, when fulfilled, v. 214.
Protagoras banifhed the Athenian territories for de-
claring in one qf his books, that he had nothing to
fay, whether the gods really exifted or not, iii. 53,
54-
Protestants : the difputes between them in England
turn wholly on points of difcipline and external terms
of worfhip, i. Intr. 93. Their religion refts on the An-
gle but folid foundation of the facred fcriptures, unmixe^
with the rubbifh of antient tradition or antient fathers,
i. 119.
Prudent lus makes a dove fly out of the mouth ofEu-
lalia^ a virgin martyr, at the very moment, in which flie
expired, ii. 172.
Purgatory founded on the ufages of the fourth cen-
tury, ii. 116.
Pythagoras brought all his learning from Egypt ^ iii.
30. Submits to be circumcifed there, in order to pro-
cure a more intimate admilfion into their myfteries,
ibid.
Questor : that office the firft ftep of honour in the re-
.republic of Romey and what gave entrance into the
fenate, iy. 206.
R.
B.AISING the dead affirmed by IrenausXo have been fre-
quently done, i. 198. Not one inftaiice of this to be
found in the three firft centuries, except a Angle pafe
flightly intimated hyEuJetiw/i. 197. This power acknow-
ledged
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iedged by Mr. Dodixell to be loll towards the end of
the fccond century, i. iq8.
J^ A VENN A : archbilhops of it faid to have had the liAy
Ghoft defcend upon tiicm, v. 153.
Reason nefer had credit or authority enough in the
world to be received as a public and authentic rule
either of religious or civil life, iii. 50. Confeii'rd Ly
the antients not to have light or force enough to guK e
mankind in a courle of virtue and morality, ibid. The
conviftion and experience of its infufficicncy univerfal,
iii. 5 1 . Difclaimed by the voice of nature as a guide in
the cafe of religion, ibid.
Recognitions of St. Clemens, an antient but fpurious
piece, ajfirms, th..t Simon Magus confejfed himfelf to be
a necromancer, i. igi
Reformation: effedt 'of it in expofing the pretended
miracles of the church of Rome, i. Intr. 39. The fujida-
mental principle of it, tliat the Icriptures are a com-
plete rule both of faith and manners, i. 82. State of
it under HefiryVlll. i. 86. Under Edward Ml. i. 87.
Under queen Mary, i. 88. Under queen E/izabet/p, ibid.
Under king James I. and king Charles, i. 90. Under
the following reigns, i. 92.
Reformers, the firft and principal of them in the reign
of HeTrry VIII. had not power to carry the reforma-
pon fo far as they defired, i. Intr, 85, 87. Thofe of
them, who infilled moll on antiquity, were generally
of that fort, who adled under the diredlion of the
court, ij. 63.
JIeligion invented, according to Euripides, when the
laws to repel injuftice were found infufficient, iii. 50.
Reduces men, according to Tully, from a favage life to
humanity, ibid. No public one in any nation ever
formed upon the plan of nature, or inllituted on the
principles of mere rcafon, iii. 51.
Reliques of martyrs: St. Chryfpjlcm'h zeal for them, i.
Intr. 48. The tranllations and proceflions of them fo-
iemnized with great pomp in the primitive times, Poll,
i. 117. Affirmed by St. Chryf'Jlojn to call out devils,
and cure all difsafes, i. 265. Thofe of St. Stephen re-
vealed in a vifion by Gamaliel, i. 270. Performed mi-
racles, i. 271. The miracle fuppofed to be worked by
them fufpeded from the beginning by the more difcrcet
and honell part of the clergy, ii. 48. The worlhip of
them own'd by Dr. Chapman to be found in the orders
of the church in the middle of the fourth century, ii.
112.
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112. Rife and progrefs of their worfhip, ii. 1 19, & feq.
The fuperftitious veneration and folemn tranflations of
them in the Romifh church derived from Paganifm, v.
46. The difcovery and tranflation of them ufually
grounded on fonie pretended vifion or revelation from
heaven, ibid.
Reply to the Letter to Dr. Waterland : the au-'
thor of it charged with want of candour and truth, and
the love of calumny, iii. 127. Calls the Septuagint
tranflation an idle one, iii. 133, The author of it af-
£rms, that St. Stephen''^ words concerning the wifdom
of the Egyptians were not a proof of any thing, but that
lie fpake according to the then received tradition of the
Je'ws, iii. 139. The author's criticifms either trifling
or falfe, iii. 69. He is defied to fhew any thing ad-
vanced in that letter, which had not the authority of the
bell and moft rational apologifts, as well of the ycvoijh as
Chriftian religion, iii. 70. The author of it affirms, that
Dr. Middleton in that letter had hardly made one original
quotation of an author in his true fenfe, iii. 74.
Revelation doubted of, or difbelieved by many perfons
of feeming honour, virtue and fobriety of life, iii. 7.
RiGALTius, Nicholaus, his remark upon St. Cypi-ian^ ufe
ofvifions and divine revelations, i. 228.
Rivetus, Andrew, declares that Philo^ St. Aujiin, Pro-
copius, and Cajetatius held the fix days creation to have
an allegorical meaning, iii. 226.
Roe, Sir Thomas, relates a ftory of a Jefuit in hdia,
who, upon the Great Mogul's promifing to become a
Chriftian, if the crucifix being caft into the fire did not
burn, refufed the trial, v. 70.
Rogers, Dr. an ingenious and orthodox defender of
Chriftianity, ii. 352. Suppofes that the learned Tifii'?/^
doftors might probably apprehend the Meffiah to be de-
lineated in forne pafTages in the prophetic writings,
which had ro relation to him, ibid. Afiirms the in-
fpiration of the apoftles to be a fundamental point, ii.
364. His two general folutions to all the objeftions
made to the application of prophecies in the NewTefta-
ment, ibid.
RoLLiN fays, that the golden calf fet up by the I/rae/ites
was in imitation of the Egyptian god Jpis, iii. 153,
154.
Romans : their religion feems the beft calculated of all
the antient heathen ones, to promote the general good
and profperity of the republic, ii. 259. Had their
gods
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gods who prcfulcd peculiarly over the roads, ilrcets,
and highways, v. 130.
Rome : Chrillians of it in the early times of the gospel
celebrated for their zealous adherence to the faith of
Chnll, V. 13. But after a fucceflion of ages introduced
in the church the pagan ceremonies, ihiJ. Of all the
places, which Dr. Middletou had feen in his travel';, the
niolV delightful, v. 84. Of all cities in the world the
moil entertaining to llrangers. v. 84, 85. â– Origin of it
involved in fable and obfcurity, iv. 200.
KoMULus faid to appear 10 Julius Procuius,Vin& order him
to inform the fenate of his bein^cajlcd up to the afl'em-
bly of tlie gods, v. 50. The temple of him]and Repius
now pofl'cflcd \>y Coftnus and Damianus, v. 117. The
ilatue of him and Kemus fuckled by a wolf, v. 118. His
temple at the foot of Mount Palarine, tbid. Thought
propitious to the health and fafety of young children,
V. 119. That temple converted into a church, and de-
dicated ioTheodonts, V. 1 20. The rod with which h»
performed his auguries, prefcrved as a facred relique
in old RoTne, v. 146. His preteaded cottage ihewn on
tlie Capitoline hill, v. 150. In imitation of the cities
of Greece, opened an afylum to fugitives of all nations,
V. 156. Grants great powers and privileges to the peo-
ple, V. 193, Inllitutes the ComiHa Curiata, v. 1^4.
Rood, Theodoric, o{ Cologne, a printer at Oa/o;v/, v. 339,
341-
Ru FFiNUs, tranflated mofl: of Or/^/ff's works into Latin,
and wrote an apology for him, iii. 414.
S.
Sacraments, reprcfented as ten in number by Dr. Dea-
con, ii. 1 2.
Sacrifjce : account of the ufe and intent of it by the
bllhop of London, v. 283, & fcq. Did not, according
to Dr. Spencer, derive its birth from any command of
God, ibid.
Saddvceus, though little concerned for religion, were
moll in^lacable and rigorous animadverters on every
flight tranfgrefiion of the law, iii. 55.
Sainte Ampoulle, ixRhelms: the miracle of it defend-
ed by the h\i\x. Vertot, i, 361, 362. Account of it,
ibid
Sain-ts: the worflilp of them idolatrous, v. 24. Addrefied
to in tlxe church oif Romf under che titles of interceirors,
proteftors,
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proteflors, and difpenfors of grace, v. 40. Some of the
modern ones lefs worthy of veneration than feme of the
antient heroes, v. 42. Many of the popifli ones never
heard of but in legends, or had no other merit but
of throwing kingdoms into convulfions for the fake of
fome gainful impofture, v. 43. Creation of them be-
come almoft as common as that of cardinals, v. 48.
The greater ones of the church of Rome preferred not
only to the apoftles, but to Chrift himfelf, for the num-
ber and importance of their miracles, v. 71 .
Salmasius declares, that we are not to infer from the
miracle of the gift 6t tongues, that the apoftles re-
ceived a faculty of fpeaking all the feveral languages,
which are commonly uied in the world, ii. 394. De-
nies any fuch dialed as t\ie HelleTiiJiic, ii. 401. Allows
the language of the New Teftament to be a fort of Greek
compounded of various barbarifms, ibid. Of opinion
that the greateft part of the apoftles learnt the Greek
tongue but very late, ii. 41 3.
Sanctuaries : the privilege of them transferred from
the heathen temples to the popifti churches, v. 156.
Not more than one at Rome in the time of the Roman
republic, ibid. The antient Roman ones compared with
the modern, v. 157.
Satan : Jujiin Martyr''^ abfurd etymology of that word,
j. 152.
Satur>i : his temple now pofleffed by St. Adrian, v.
Savonarola, Jerom, preached againft the corruption of
the church of Rome, i. 346. N. Hiftory of him related
by Dr. yeremy Taylor, ibid,
Scaliger, Jofeph, declares the old tranflator of yo/^/^aj
to be a great blunderer, iii. 208.
Scriptures: a moft abfurd and ridiculous method of
interpreting them, the very charafteriftic of the earlieft
I ages of Chriftianity, i. Pref. 50. A complete rule both
of faith and manners, i. 82. Gift of expounding them
claimed by the primitive fathers, i. 242. Not the leaft
trace of this gift to be found in any age of the church
from the days of the apoftles, ibid. Impofiible to be
interpr. ted with fucceis by men even of the greateft
learning and piety, when prepofTeffed with fyftems, ii.
282. Every part of them muft be expounded in fuch
a manner, as to render it confiftent with reafon, and
the known attributes of God, ii. 439. The fyftem that
every paflage of them muft be received as the very
wor4
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>vord and voice of God himfclf, cannot be maintained,
iii. 45, 46. Some things will be found in them, that
no wit of man can account for, or reconcile to the na-
tural didlates of reafon, iii. 193.
Secousse, Monf. his judgment of Plutarch, iv. 326.
Sell I, the monks of the Pagan world, feated in Dodona,
V. 160.
Semo San c us, a Sabhie Deity, miftaken by Jujlhi Mar-
tyr, Iren<€us, Tertullian, Eujebius, Epiphanius, and uiu-
gujiin, ioT Simon Magus, i. 163.
Senate of Rome, different ranks and orders of men in it,
and the method ufed in their deliberations, iv. 270.
Its number, and the qualifications required in its num-
bers, iv. 237. Its power and jurifdiftion, iv. 250.
Right and manner of fummoning it, iv. 259. The
place where it ufed to meet, iv. 262. The time when
^ it might be legally aflembled, iv. 266.
Seneca : his remark on the praftice of thofe who ufed
to whip and torture themfelves out of a fuperftitious
dread of the gods, v. 139. Declaims againft Caligula %
offering his foot to be killed, v. 159.
Senis, mount, a chapel there, v. 134.
Septuagint verfion; the divinity of it believed hy yujlin
Martyr, i. 160. By Irenetus, i. 172. Called by the
author of the reply to the letter to Dr. Waterland an idle
otie,'in. 134. Authenticated by our Saviour, the apoftles,
and evangelifts, and held for facred and infpired by
all the primitive fathers, ibid.
Serpent fo like a feraph, according to fome writers,
that Eie miftook it for a good angel, iii. 16. Of
more common ufe as an hieroglyphic among the Egyp-
tiam than any other animal, iii. 25.
Sibylline oracles, believed to be genuine hyjujlin Martyr ^
i. 155. And hy Clemens Alexandrinus, ibid. Books cited
by all the fathers, and in all ages, as genuine and in-
fpired by God, ii. 55.
Signatures; the ufe of them in printed books when
firft introduced, v. 336.
Sign o/" the crofs the fubjeft of much fuperftition in the
primitive ages, i. Intr. 54. The fopperies of the church
of Rome with regard to it much lefs extravagant than
thofe of the primitive ages, ii. 1 1 7.
SiGONius, C.znd P. Manutius, of all the moderns, feem
to have had tke moft exa<5t, as well as mod extenfivc
knowledge of the affairs of antient Rome, iv. 250.
Sl.MO.V,
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Simon, father, his account of father Jfne/ofe''s French ttzrS-^
lation of the New Teftament, iii. 347. His Account
of Origens exemplar, iii. 420.
SixTus Senensis : a man of great piety and learning, iii.
226. Declares in favour of the allegorical interpreta^
tion of fcripture, ibid. His charader of Philo Judceus^
iii, 225.
Snape, Dr. dedication to him of Dr. Middlefonh method
of fettling the public library at Cambridge, iv. 47, &
feq.
Socrates : his vifion while under fentence of death, ii.
160. N. Denies the charge of fubverting the religion
of his country, iii. 52.
Socrates, the ecclefiaftical hiftorian, his account of
TheodoT-iis a martyr, i. 336.
SoRACTE, the name of a mountain, being corrupted, has,
according to Mr. Addifo?!, added one faint, St. Orejie, to
the i?o»7«H calendar, v. 122.
Spencer. Dr. fuppofes it confonant to the charafter and
hiftory of M(5/?j-, that God defigned that he Ihould write
in that myftical and hieroglyphical way, in which he
had been educated, iii. 25, 26. Favours the opinion
of circumcifion having been borrowed from Egypt, iii.
28. Declares, that God, when he gave the law of
Mofes, thought fit to tolerate and transfer into his own
worihip many cuftoms and inftitutions, which xheje'n;s
had been trained up to in Egypt, iii. 34. Affirms, that
no man, unlefs fupinely credulous, can believe the
Egyptians to have followed the Je^vs in their rites, but
the latter the former, iii. 124. He and Sir John
Marjham derive in a manner the whole ritual law of
Mofes from Egypt, ibid. Calls circumcifion a moft harih
dangerous thing, iii. 125. Has examined the queftion
concerning the antiquity of hieroglyphics with more
learning and judgment than any man, iii. 157. Af-
firms the hieroglyphical literature to have been an-
tienter than Mofes, ibid. His book de legibus Hehraorum
greatly and julily admired in all Chriftian countries, iii,
igi. His zeal for revealed religion fo little queftioned
on that account, that archbifhop Tennijon left fifty
pounds by will as a -4-eward to the publifher of a new
edition of it, ibid. Obferves, that Bath-Kol was con-
fid ered by all the "Jenjcijlj doftors as an inferior kind of
prophecv, v. 220, 221. Declares the whole ftory of
the Bath-Kol to be a Jewjh fable, v. 222. His account
of
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of the Importance of prophetic evidence, v. 244, 24^."
Confidered the queftion of facrificc as accurately per-
haps as any man, v. 283. Maintains, that the right of
facrificing did not derive its birth from any command of
God, but from the free-will and appointment of man,
ibid.
Spiritual gifts, fpoken of by the apoflolical fathers,
as abounding among th» Chrillians of that age, mean
only the ordinary gifts and graces of the gofpel, faith,
hope, charity, (s'c. i. 124.
Spiritual jurisdiction muft of courfe terminate in
civil penalties, ii. 435.
Spon, Dr. James, endeavours to confute the opinion of
the fervile ftate of the phyficians at Rome, iv. 97.
Spurious books forged and publilhed in the earlieft
ages of the Chriftian church, i. Intr. 74, 75-
Stagirius fuppofed to be pofleffed by an evil fpirit,
i. 259. St. Chtyfojloms books of confolation addreffed to
him, ibid.
Stephen, St. his autjiority treated (lightly by the author
of the reply to the letter to Dr.Waterland, iii. 139. His
teftimony obliges us to believe, that learning flouriftied
in Egypt before Mofes's time, iii. 141 .
Stephens, Robert: his edition of the New Teftament,
iii. 446. His edition of the New Teftament univerfally
received and acquiefced in by all people, protellants as
well as papifts, ibid.
Stillingfleet, bilhop, obferves, that the compliance
of Chriftians with pagan cuftoms was attended with
very bad confequences, v. 1 80.
Stoics held divination to be an eflential and principal
part of religion, iii. 182.
Storie, Dr. John, a bigotted papift, when executed,
declared, that he died in the faith of St. Jcrom, ii. 126.
Strabo, his account of ^/f«/rt//Ws temples, i. 203.
Says, that the women in Egypt were circumcifed, iii.
89. Declares that circumcifion was one of the moft
famed and remarkable cuftoms of Egypt, but in ufe
alfo with the Je^ivs, who were originally Egyptians, m.
28. Obferves, that divination and oracles were treated
with much contempt in his days, v. 262.
Suetonius affirms, that Vefpajian reftored a blind man
to his fight, and a cripple to his limbs, i. 300. His ac-
count of the Chriftians, i. 325.
€vii>ASj his remark on the madoefs of the poet* and pro-
phets,
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phets, i. 2 22. Hints that all the Egyptians were 5ir-
cumcifed, iii. 89,
SuLPicius ordered St. Martin to be painted on one fide
of the baptillry, and Paulinas on the other, v. 178,
179.
Sykes, Dr. a very learned and judicious writer, ii. 175.
Declares, that there is great reafon to fufpeft the vera^
city of the compiler of the martyrdom of St. Polycarpy
ii. 176.
Sylla, the diftator, makes an extraordinary creation of
fenators, iv. 226.
Symmachus, governor of Rome, prefented a petition for
the replacing of the altar of Viftory in the fenate-houfe,
V. 170. His petition anfwered by St. Ambrofe, ibid.
Rejefted by Valentinian, and granted by Eugenius, v.
Simeon Stylites : his miracles recorded hyTheodoret,
i. 292. Called a madman by the author of Chrijiiamty
as old as the Creation, i. 291 . Chriltianity not concerned,
whether he was a madman or not, i. 292. Defended by
Dr. Chapman, ibid. Account of him by Theodoret, i.
295. His fame fpread through the whole world, i.
• 299. Affirmed by Theodoret and E'vagrius to have been
infpired by God, and to have performed many things
above the force of human nature, i. 300. His miracles
doubted by Dr. Ca^e, i. 302, 303. And declared