PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Works of John Owen — Volume 16
John Owen · 342,880 words · 351 reading sections
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ness, vi. 600. Of the gospel, apostasy from the, vii. 159. Must be our main design and business, ix. 166. Motives to, ix. 172. The way to peace and rest, ix. 173. The means of saving a nation, ix. 177. Its tendency to promote the glory of Christ, ix. 178. Of God seen in the everlasting covenant by his condescension, ix…
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Immanent works of God, i. 473. Immeasurable fulness of grace in Christ, ix. 480. Immensity of God, vi. 622, vii. 372, xii. 93. Immortality and glory, when not properly regarded, vii. 319. How ascribed to man in iunocency, xii. 150. Way to a blessed, xii. 160. Immutability of the decrees of God, x. 14. Impatience i…
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Infusion of divine life, in regeneration, iii. 469. Of a gracious ability to understand the truth, iv. 167. Of gifts, extraordinary, not to be expected, iv. 51S. Of the habit of grace, xi. 97. Ingenuity, filial, iv. 268. Ingenuousness in the acknowledgment of sin, vi. 372, 373. Ingratitude the highest sin against Go…
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Interpositions between us and Christ, i. 377. Interpretation, false assertion of the church of Rome on, iv. 121. Of Scripture, constant sup- plication necessaiy for the right, iv. 204. Of tongues, iv. 472. Of severe providences, viii. 604. Of ScripturL^, who is qualified and authorized for the, xiv. 40. Of Scripture, …
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Kingly office of Christ, i. 96, 480. Power of Christ, end of, iii. 637. Power of Christ glorious, ix. 475. Kings, their sins punished on the people, viii. 136. Equity of God towards them, viii. 136. IIow enslaved by the church of Rome, xiii. 167. Eccle- siastical power committed to, xiv. 378. Knowledge of the withdra…
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Life-giving power of the Father, ii. 17. JAfting up the eyes and hands to God, i. 107. Light of truth, i. 80. Of faith, why given to us, i. 305. Spiritu.il, how wisely distributed, i. 409. Of the morning and evening, how they differ, i. 4.38. Of the just and the hypocrite, i. 4.38. With- in, the, examined, iii. 36. …
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Lukeivarmness, evil of, ix. 498. Lust, power of, iv. 66. Tobe brought to the gospel for conviction, vi. 58. How the flesh is said to, against the Spirit, vi. 189. When habitually prevalent, ix. 381. Whether consistent with the truth of grace, ix. 386. The fountain of sin, xi. 511. Ljistrations of the heathen, iil. 42…
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INDICES. 559 viii. 5. The proper work of God, viii. 83. No en- couragement in wliat is called the general, ix. 39, 44. Of God, sparing, x. 561. Infinite, x. 574. Merit not reijuired of us, iii. 379. Inconsistent with gi-ace, iii. 3S0. Destructive of holiness, iii. 575. Of Christ, efficacy of, x. 87. Wherein it consi…
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Morality taught by the gospel, iii. 211. Improved by grace, iii. 218. Morrow, taking thought for the, vii. 303. Mortification of sin, its nature, iii. 638. Progres- sive, iii. 545. Manner of the Spirit in, iii. 551. Of sin a duty, vi. 5, vii. 526. Vanity of popish, vi. 39. Must be unintermitted. vi. 174. Neglect of, …
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Of spiritual gifts, ix. 449. Distinctions of, x. 586. Conditional, x. 586. Needle and loadstone, a simile from the, i. 385. Neglect of making religion our principal business, i. 451. Of duty ruinous, iii. 295. Of the spirit of prayer, iv. 318. Of the gospel, how God revenges it, vi. 110. Of mortification of sin, vii.…
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the sanctuary not to be imitated, ix. 288. Olive branches, emblematical use of, iv. 257. Omission, sins of, iii. 485. Of duty, danger of, vi. 121, 244. Of any one duty, evangelical holiness will not admit of the, vii. 176. Of duties, parti- cular cause of, xv. 165. Omnijjotence of God, vii. 377. Of Christ, ix. 486. O…
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Partiality of many in religion, 1. 427. In speaking peace to ourselves mischievous, vi. 76. Participation of gifts, how obtained, iv. 518. Of good, how we are debarred from, vii. 555. Of Christ, ix. 620. Of the divine nature, xi. 337. Particular churches, of the communion of, xvi. 183. Passion of Christ represented …
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Persons, no difference of, to be made in church affairs, xiii. 80. Persincuity in illumination, iii. 232. And clear- ness of Scripture, iv. 193. Persuasion not convension, iii. 313. Undeceiving, of truth, how obtained, iv. 127. Whether grace is a soft, sweet, x. 130. Working by moral, on the will, xi. 451. Pestilenc…
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Powers of the world to come, tasting of the, ii. 24-6. And operations of second causes, the, iii. 103. Of the new world, what they are, iv. 433. Of the world to come, what they are, iv. 478, vii. 32. Practice of moral virtue not holiness, iii. 524. An- swerable, importance of, vi. 301. Of the apostles as to church com…
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lioliness, iii. 372. Pretenders to the Spirit, iii. 31 ; rules for trying them, iii. 32. PreraUncy of the word, iii. 306. Of any eiror, how best guarded against, iv. 203. Of the flesh, xi. 618. Price, the death of Christ is a, ii. 165, xii. 419. Ac- cepted by divine justice, x. 259, 281. Of redemp- tion as it was a, x…
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I'roperties of God, represented in Christ, li. 91, iii. 570 Divine, ascribed to the Holy Spirit, iii. 91. Of a habit, grace has the, iii. 482. Of the nature of God, consid ration of, gives assurance of for- giveness, vi. 482. Of the covenant, ix. 416. Of God, what they are, xii. 93. Property of his nature, how God is …
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I'urreyors of the soul, thoughts are, vi. 22. For Satan, things of the world are, vi. 296. Putting of the Spirit in or upon men, iii. 112. Qual-ers, errors of, iii. 66, 550, xvi. 427. Qualijications necessaiy for knowing the will of God, how ingeneratcd, i. 96. For receiving gos- pel gifts, iii. 411. For receiving t…
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Reformers, conduct of the, as it regarded the Scrip- tures, iv. 68. Character of the, xiv. 32, xv. 206. Refreshing pledges of the love of God, how ob- tained, vii. 439. Refreshment, spiritual, how obtained from Christ, i. 397. Great, in godly sorrow, vii. 294. Refreshments and comforts of believers, viii. 101. Refu…
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324. To sin, what it proves, vii. 515. Reputation, some graces not in, vii. 180. For de- votion, effect of, vii. 428. And glory of religion, how lost, vii. 462. Repute of learning, false, viii. 29. Reserve of known sins, effect of, vii. 533. Reserves, evil of sinful, iii. 485. In religion, folly of, vii. 240. Secret, …
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vii. 468. In th? soul, sin has no right to, vii. 509. Of siu to be cast off, vii. 509. Golden, to be ob- served in toleration, viii. €2. Of grace in the soul xi. 514. Of church communion fixed by Christ XV. 143. Rulers, civil, wisdom and prudence of, why re- jected of God, ii. 80. Prudence of, ii. 115. Of the church, …
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Science, faith more certain than, iv. 101. Sciences and arts, use of, in the interpretation of Scripture, iv. 126. ScnJIing at spiritual things, iii. 264. Scope and end of the Scriptures to be considered, iv. 509. Scriptum and Lectum, xvi. 401. Scripture, authority of, viii. 497. Sufficiency of, pleaded, xiv. 37, …
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Sensuality of life, vii. 182, 521. 570 INDICES. Sentence of the law on sinners, ri. 315. Of the law, severity of, vi. 367. Of the law against sin, xii. 532. Separation of persons and things to the service of God, iii. 370. Of the body and blood of Christ, ix. 526. Between God and man by sin, xii. 531. From the worl…
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Sincerity, in duty, iii. 471. The best evidence of, vi. 24. Of the affections, vii. 4S2. Singing of psalms, ix. 465. Single acts of obedience, holiness doth not consist in, iii. 473. Sinner, convinced, state of, v. 98. Sinners, their extremities make them see their need of Christ, viii. 120. The promises made to, x…
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Spirits, why false prophets are called, iii. 33. How to be tried, iii. 33. Discerning of, iv. 471. Spirituality in religious duties, ix. 372. Spiritualness, we must maintain a humbling sense of our aversation to, vi. 187. Splendid sins, what, iii. 293. Splendour of the glory of Christ too great for our present cond…
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XV. 495. Suggestions of Satan, power of, iv. 169. Of the Holy Ghost, iv. 362. Suitableness of spiritual things, iii. 261. Of the operations of the Holy Spirit to our condition, iii. 318. Between the mind and duty, whence derived, iii. 498. Of every thing in creation, v. 50. Of holiness, how acknowledged, v. 42S. Of a…
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Terms used by the ancient church to describe the hypostatical union, i. 227. Of peace, vi. 517. Upon which we enter into covenant with God, ix. 426. Used to express the punishment of sin, X. 449. Of communion, imposition of, .kv. 158. Terror of God, how made known to his own people, vi. 631. The, which accompanies dea…
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Trembling oiYmart, viii. 82. Trial of prophets and prophecy, iii. 34. What cir- cumstances men are placed in for their, vii. 358. Trials, great, permitted to prevent sin, vi. 263. And temptations, why they sliould be considered, vii. 312. Trijiing with temptation, vi. 99. Trinity, order of the holy persons in the, …
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Universe, the good of the, consulted in the dispen- sations of God, i. 186. Unkindness, how we may be guilty of, towards God, iv. 414. Towards God, sense of, vi. 334. Unreadiness to receive instruction, iii. 256. To obedience, how overcome, iii. 497. Of grace for exercise, vii. 497. To prayer, vii. 530. Unspiritedne…
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Visibility of the church, xiv. 368. Vision of God in heaven, i. 51, 242. Heavenly, of the glory of Christ, i. 288. Of Christ in heaven, perpetual, i. 409. Of unchangeable free mercy, viii. 5. Prescience of, x. 23. How it belongs to God, xii. 127. Visions, prophetical, of the glory of Christ, i. 350. Prophetical, iii.…
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of the, vi. 204, 252. The principle of obr-dience and disobedience, vi. 252. Perverted by corrupt rea- soning, vi. 256. And counsel of God, the rule of his dispensations, viii. 10, Worship and tyranny inseparable, viii. 137. Sovereign, of God the fountain of special grace, ix. 44. And purpose of God, whether it may be …
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Worm, the, that never dies, xii. 492. W<yrship and honour, the person of Christ the ob- ject of, i. 104. In heaven not merely mental, i. 256. Of the law, represented the glory of Christ, i. 348. Keason and cause of, ii. 268. The foundation of, iii. 64. First institutions of, what they regarded, iii. 4.32. Of God, iv. …
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SSJ, s'aj, iii. 130. yas, iii. 113. bjj, xii. 472. 1SJ3, xii. 472. -T fp:.7^b , xvi. 397, n. ^1353, xii. 473. ^'iS'sp, iv. 128, 135, vii. 32. api, viii. 166. abi, ii. 453, x. 266, xii. 451. "I'ly sp , xii. 452. nrs, iii. 112. '- T Vaa , ii. 453, xii. 454, 622,/. h^a , Ti. 380. nin'-sD nV?s, vi. 478. shavi-T…
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310,/. 'B^pYi[icc,y. 328,/ vii. 22. Eav u^raa'rE/XjjTa/, xi. 655, 657. iyyun, ii. 442. lyyunrns, V. 181, 184. Eyv^/oc, V. 181, 182, 184, X. 281. iyUsro, xii. 225, .^. £7&i e/^/, xii. 234, IhfiiXie^iTee;, xii. 277. fUlos, xii. 102. Eio^j tronj^ou, vi. 194. (I luvaTov, xi. 200,/ tix^v, xii. 291, 422. iU, xi. 327.…
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irapoixoi, vapoixia, Xiii. lOo. Tapaviria, xii. 74. ?!-a^'';^;»), vapo^o;, Xlll. 105. vappnffia.. iv. 293, 311,512. ?raf. X. 308, .^', 337. !TSp a/uafrias, xii. 446. ^ipixa.(apy,a, xii. 420,/. vipifffftiot, ;^«/"To;, V. 329, 330. 'jripi^upniri;, xii. / 4. •jri-TT-ra, vii. 35. fr/Vrs/, V. 109-111. TXtipti; Hiiu[/…
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XXX iv. 5-7, xxxiv. 6, i. 311. i. 368. vi. 479. XV. Zl.ff. i. 354. V. 127. i. 138. i.59,66;vi. ii. 81. X. 513. ix. 31. Leviticus. X. 1-3, * xvi. 21, xvi. 21, 22, xiv. 33, XV. 38, jf. ix. 597. V. 34. i. 354, 355. DEUTEEONOliy iv. 2, vi. 4, xii. 32, xiii. 1-3, xxi. 1-9, XXV. 1, xxix. 29, x.xxi. 16-18, x…
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ECCLESIASTES. vi. 182. vi. 128. vi. 169,jr, 189, 206,J?: vi. 471. Song of Rosgs. ii. 41, ff; V. 7, 125, ii. 125,,#: xii. 450. i. 377. vi. 353, 613. i. 318. ii. 128, f. ii. 55,/,118. ix.lOO. ). 444 ; vi. 292, 346. vi. 570. Cluip. Vol. V. 9, .. ii. 49,Jf. V. 10-16, .. ii. 71,#. V. 16, . . ii. 68. vii…
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ix. 415. XXV. 14^30, iv. 504 ; ix. 448. iii. 34, iii. 172,/ Zephaniah, xxvi. 28, x.214,jf. iv. 10, i. 439. iii. 17, i. 60. xxvi. 41, xi.9l,ff,VZ-i,ff. iv. 10, 12, vii. 278. #. x.xvii 3, vi. 438. iv. 14, ..iv.3S8;xi.352. Zechaeiah. * -xxviii. 17, ix. 569. iv. 42, X 342. iii. 9, ii. 73. xxviii.…
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iii. 19, 21, .. i. 61 iii. 20, 22, . . xii. 349. iii. 21, .. iv. 356,/. V. 9, . . iii. 87. vi. 1, 3, 5, 6, .. XV. 503,/. vi. 1-5, . . ix. 434. vi. 2, 3, 5, . . XV. 495. vi. 4, . . xvi. 77. vi. 15, . . i. 383. vii. 51, . . ii. 267, 258. vii. 55, 56, .. i. 3S3. viii. 13, 20-23, . . x\'i. 160, /. ix. 31, . . i…
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ii. 14, iii. 257, #; v. 45, #. iii. 18, . . iv. 467. V. 1, . . xvi. 225. V. 1,2, 5-7, .. xvi. 160,/. V. 1-7, xvi. 160,/, 163, 172. V. 4, . . xvi. 169. vi. 11, .. V. 131,/. vi. 20, .. xii. 419. viii. 1, . . vi. 301. viii. 6, i. 219; xii. 324, #. viii. 11, . . X. 361. ix. 27, vi. 10,Jf; xi. 418. X. 12, 13, ..…
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xvi. 189. iv. 17, 18, . . iii. 249,jf: iv. 20-24, . . vii. 113. iv. 21, .. vi. 456,/. iv. 22-24, .. iii. 221,/. iv. 30, ii. U8,jSr, 230, 264,jf ; iv. 373,/, 400,jr, 413, #;vi. 65 ; xi. 621. V. 2, . . xii. 408. V. 8, .. iv. 171,/. V. 11, . . vi. 268. V. 13, . . xvi. 319. V. 18, . . vii. 300. V. 25-27, . . X.…
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vi. 76, 113. iv. 93. 1. 248. ix. 64. ii.l41,jf: vi. 82, 136. ii. 142, jf; ix. 109. xii. 409. xii. 407. xi. 649,^ vii. 31-51. xi. 465. xi. 638,jf: ii. 246; iv. 478,/. vi. 432 ; ix. 32. ii. 251. i. 253. ix. 63. xii. 405,/. xii. 367, f. V. 181. xii. 407. xii. 405. xii. 421. xii. 405. xii. 367,/. …
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Acta Eccles. Min. Pol. Syn., xii. 17, 18. Acts and Men. Hist. Pap., viii. 263. Ado, xiv. 396. Adrian, x. 520. Adrianus, Ferrariensis, xvi. 353, .^lian, X. 519 ; xiii. 359. .ffilius Spartianus, viii. 186. .ffilurus, XV. 260. .ffischylus, viii. 109, 603; xii. 107, 123. Agricola, xiv. 315. Albertus Magnus, 1. 23. Albinu…
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Baron, Robert (of Aberdeen), viii. 505, 516, 526. Baroaius, x. 409 ; xi. 26 : xii. 2S ; xiv. 210, 231, 232, 23o, 292, 332, 3S9, 3J0, 392, 398, 402, 447, 456 ; xv. 20, 21, 22, 260, 282; xvi. 454. Bartholus, xii. 610. Basil, i. 10, 23 ; ii. HO; iii. 22, 94, 108 ; iv. 112; xi. 24 ; xii 69 : xiii. 109 ; xiv. 165, 272 ; xv…
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xvi. 59, 297, 417. Church of England, v. 164, 174. Church of Smyrna, epistle of, xiv. 435. Churches of Vienne and Lyons, epistles of, xiv. 43-5 ; XV. 289, 290. Cicero, ii. 8, 9 87, 99, 140 ; iv. 40, 89; v. 23 ; vl. 33 ; viii. 57, 86, 176 ; x. 106, 503, 527 ; xi. 20, 95, 151; xii. 70, 98, 99, 107, 141, 536,609; xiii.…
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first) ; XV, 22. Cyrillus, xiv. 437. Daille, xi. 24 ; xv. 400. Damascenus, i. 23 ; iii. 160, 286 ; viii. 13 ; x. 36 ; xii. 70, 634 ; xiv. 236. Daniel, viii. 178. Dante, xvi 328. Davenant, iii. 218; v. 208, S68 : x. 432; xi.497. David, Franciscus, xii. 31, 32, 34. 41, 47, 376. Decius, Emperor, xv. 414. De Dieu, xvi.…
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" God's Love to Mankind," x. 61. Gomarus, xii. 289 ; xvi. 289, 455. Goodman, Dr, vii. 74,/. Goodwin, John, xi,, throughout the vol. Goodwin, Thomas, iii, 80 ; x. 494. Gotteschalcus, xi. 67. Gramond. Hist. Gal., xii. 23, 495. Gratian, xi. 68. Greenham, xi. 4S3, 487. Gregorius NeoCffisariensis, xvi. 433. Gregor…
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211, 250 ; xiv. 358. Jobius, iii. 94, 190. Johannes Isaac, xvi. 361, 371, 373, 337. John, Patriarch, xiv. 431. Jonathan, xvi. 360, 387. Jornandes, x. 526. Josephus, viii. 174, 177, 274'; x. 63, 528, 536; xii. 360, 423 ; xiii. 11 ; xiv. 154 ; xvi. 354, 360, 389, ;;07, 416. Josephus de Voisin, xvi. 278, 378, 392. Judah…
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340, 342, 347, 349, 354, 355, 356, 358, 415. Morinus, xvi. 285, 286, 2S8, 289, 291, 292, 326, 351, 355, 356, 357, 302, 368, 369, 371, 372, 375, 394, 3JS, 399, 402, 404, 413, 420. Mornaeus, viii. 539. Morton, xi. 497. Moscorovius, x. 506; xii. 40, 59. MuUerus, xvi. 455. Munster,xvi. 115, 116, 288, 397, 417, 455. Mus…
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Pliny, ii. 139, 167; v. 166 ; viii. Ill ; xvi. 395. Pliny, younger, viii. 1S6 ; xii. 203; xiii. 571 ; xiv. 435 ; XV. 354. Plotinus, ii. 80 ; iii. 129 ; iv. 329 ; x. 30. Plutarch, viii. 9, 44, 45, 73 ; x. 497, 519, 528 ; xi. 154 ; xii. 98, 291, 436, 437, 521, 535 ; xiii. 31, 359 : xiv. 221. Pococke, xvi. 291, 349, 36…
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Sigibert, xi. 67 ; xiv. 403, 404. Sigonius, xiv. 207, 404. Silius, xiv. 455. Simeon de Muis, xvi. 268, 288, 290, 361. Simeon, Rabbi, xii. 467. Simon Magus, ii. 374 ; v. 389 ; vi. 26 ; xii. 16. " Six Articles," xiii. 408. Sixtus Senensis, xiii. 11 ; xvi. 373. Sleidan, viii. 66, 142, 181 ; x. 6 Smalcius, v. 108 ; x. 50…
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Theognis, xii. 605. Theoplianes, viii. 64. Theophilus, iii. 129 ; xvi. 431. Thoophrastus, viii. 10 ; x. 30. Theophylact., iv. 228; v. 353; viii. 2-53; xii. 359; xiv. 297, 382. Theorianus, i. 12. Thomas Aquinas, i. 22 ; ii. 18, 24, 28, 158, 161, 369 ; v. 12 ; viii. 10, 23, 45, 105, 166, 167; x. 23, 24, 28, 31, 44,…
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