Page Numbers, who perished by the sword, or in other ways, be Probable total of the loss of life to the Jews, in every way ibid. Revolt of the Jews in the time of Trajan.. 358 Revolt of the Jews in the reign of Hadrian 359 The false Christ κar' èçoxǹv Barchochab.... ibid. Disposal of the captive Jews on that occasion).. ibid. Third effect; desolation of Jerusalem, and alienation from the Jews.... 354 Event predicted, how to be restricted 357 (Note. Proofs of the desolation of Jerusalem produced by the war, at the time 361 .... Site of Ælia Capitolina, or the new city of Jerusalem, in reference to the old 362 Foundations of the temple when ploughed up 363 .... State of ancient Jerusalem in the time of Eusebius, Jerome, or Theodoret Expulsion of the Jews from their own country, dated Second part of the second member of the first general divi- 362 366 Nature and significancy of the matter of fact alluded to in all these instances, as a sign of the end... 368 Motive to the warning against false Christs, in behalf of (Note. No such historical character as a false Christ, prior to the birth of Jesus Christ, nor for some time after 380 Page Inference hence deducible that the rise and success of false 381 Diabolical agency concerned in cooperating with them.... ibid. Miracles, as wrought by them, with such cooperation, possible ibid. Final end of such miracles, in respect to the believers in the true Christ... Expectation of the Messiah before the birth of Christ.... 383 The first appearance of false Christs not to be accounted for from the prevalence of this expectation Caution of Josephus in abstaining from the mention of false Christs, by that name 382 ibid. 385 Recorded appearances of false Christs. The Samaritan impostor in the time of Pilate. Simon Magus, contemporary with this impostor 386 ibid. Dositheus First appearance of a false Christ among the Jews, and coincident with what period in the progress of the propagation of the Gospel ibid. .... Subsequent appearances, from that time to the end of the Jewish war 387 Subsequent false Christs, up to the reign of Hadrian 389 ibid. Barchochab) ibid. Second of the signs first enumerated; wars and rumours of wars; literally to be construed, and why .... 381 Nature of such rumours, to answer to the description in the prophecy 390 First instance of the matter of fact, in the reign of Caius 391 ibid. Practical benefit to the Hebrew Christians, to have been set at rest with respect to these rumours, illustrated by what contrast 392 Connection of this sign also, with the coming of the end.. 393 Third member of the first general division 394 Events about to be predicted, posterior to, yet not neces sarily consecutive upon, the former ibid. Conjunction of remote events in the prospect of omni- Especially of events, however remote, yet parts of one and ibid. Possible connection of it with the Book of Revelation ibid. .. Distinction in the events, in this instance also, having the nature of signs, analogous to that which was made before 402 -Signs of the first description, how distinguished ........ ibid. Time of the fulfilment of this part of the prophecy, where defined in the Book of Revelation.... (Note. Objection to the literal construction of the above Inference from its name, as the sign of the Son of man, with respect to its meaning ibid. Page Retrospect of the prophecy, illustrative of its general cha racter, and the special propriety of its circumstances Prophecy on the Mount, a regular composition 412 413 Grounds of the assurance of the futurity of the events pre dicted as signs. . . . 424 ........ 426 427 The second of these grounds not incompatible with the first 425 Use and design of the second subdivision ... Particular uncertainty of the time of the coming of Christ, and general certainty of the fact of that event.... (Note. Why the time of the event might not be known even to the Son, at present, and yet known hereafter)...... ibid. Characteristics of the event, resulting from these two things in conjunction, and how illustrated ... Practical tendency of the illustration in each case . 428 429 Use and design of the last subdivision. Enlargement of the scope of the prophecy, from this time forward, into what kindred subject.. ibid. (Note. Intimated by what various reading in the text of the Gospels). 431 Distribution of the remainder of the prophecy into the purely preceptive and purely parabolic part.. ibid. Common end of the former, what ... 432 Prima facie inference about the nature of the duty inculcated ibid. Disproof of this inference, by the more particular consider- 433 439 |