A.

Abbeys, spoliation of, 3, 4.

Abraham, example of, not now bind-
ing, 178.

Acta Eruditorum, praise of Selden in
the, xxv.

Affection, nature of, 124.

Alchemists find their art in Virgil's

aureus ramus, 155.
Allodium, meaning of, 97.

Altar, bowing to or towards, whether
idolatrous, 78 and n.

Amsterdam, independency in use at,
83.

An eye for an eye, &c., meaning of
command, 168.

Andrews, Bishop, much studied pro-
verbs, why, 159.

Angers, Bishop of, attempts to change
the Breviary, 141.
Anglican religion, antiquity and con-
tinuity of the, 163.
Apocrypha, 12.

Aquinas on unbaptized children, 7 n.
on admission of bastard to orders,
8 n.
Archer, the last person tortured in
England, 185 n.

Aristotelians, absurd saying of the,
186.

Aristotle excommunicated in France,
181.

Bacon, Sir Nicholas, judge in an
ecclesiastical dispute, 27 and n.
Roger, on Astrological Conjunc-
tions, 49 n.

on Cæsar's use of perspective
glasses, 155 n.

on the change of opinion among
theologians about Aristotle, 180 n.
Baillie, Robert, complains of Selden's
antagonism, xix.

Bancroft, Bishop, changes subscription
to Articles, 6 and n.

Baptism in the Church of England, 7.
in the Church of Rome, 7 and n.
Bastard, not to enter into the con-
gregation of the Lord, 8.

not admitted to Orders in Church
of Rome, 8 and n.

appointment of, to See of Worces-
ter, letter on, 8 and n.

Baxter on Selden's religion, xxi.
Bible, how to be judged, 9, sec. 1, and

n.

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20.

contrast between old and new, 22,
sec. 8.

unfit to govern, 22.

votes of, whether to be taken away,
22, 23.

- originally the same as presbyters,
23, 24, 25.

whether 'jure divino,' 25, sec. 4,
and n.; 26.

stand best with monarchy, 26, sec. 8.
Protestants in France have not, 26.
to be retained, 26, sec. 8; 27, secs.
II and 12; 28, sec. 14.

lands of, 27, sec. 10.
Boccalino, story about Euclid, 118.
- precedence of scholars, soldiers,
and butchers, how settled in, 192.
Books, value of Popish, 29.

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- how to be answered, 31, sec. 6.
what, are to be quoted, 31, secs. 7-9.
Borrichius interprets Virgil's 'golden
bough' alchemically, 155 n.

C.

Cæsar said to have used perspective
glasses, 155.

Cambridge, why Oxford to have prece-
dence of, 187.

Canon law, how to be studied, 31.
Canons, how far received in England,

19.

Catholics uncharitable, 40.

Cavellus, an editor of Duns Scotus, 115.
Ceremony, use of, 31.

not to be decried by ladies, 32.
Chancellor, bishop's, his jurisdiction,
32.

Chapel establishment, the king's, 92,
205.

Christ, a great observer of the civil
power, 140.

exact birth and death of, cannot be
known, 197.

- acted lawfully in whipping buyers
and sellers out of the temple, 199.

gative, 38.

Church subject to the civil power in

England, Spain, and France, 141.
Churches, main entrance to, by the
west door, 41 and n.

City, what makes a, 42.

Clergy, claim of, to teach, how far
admitted, 43.

a learned body, 44.

interference of, sometimes mis-
chievous, 44.

Clink, keeper of the, story about, 117.
Cocledemoy, probably referred to by
Selden, 189 n.

Coleridge, S. T., remarks by, on
Selden's Table Talk, xxv.
Commandment, the second, view of
Papists about, 80 and n.
Comme d'abus, 142.

Commendams, use and abuse of, 14.
Commission, High, a mixed lay and
clerical court, 45.
Commons, House
opinions in, 46.
Confession, 48.

of, erroneous

Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn,
48.

Conscience, a scrupulous, a tender, 49.
not to be pretended against law, 50.
special case of, 50 and n.
Consecration, its effect, 51.
Constantine, alleged rescript of, 66
and n.; how far genuine, Excursus
A, 201.

Constitutions, Imperial, punishments
inflicted by, 81.

Contracts, not to be receded from, 52.
- always to be kept, 100.
- some not valid, 196.
Convocation, who to be members of,
53, 21 and n.

Cotton, Sir Robert, story about, 161.
Councils, general, swayed by a
majority of votes, 53.

Court of England, change of manners
in the, 93.

Crashaw, Mr., how converted from
writing against plays, 134.

Idolatry, true nature of, 78.

Ignorance, invincible, nature of, 79. Image of St. Nicholas, story about, 80, 106.

Images, use of, whether defensible, 80. - whether worshipped by Papists, 80. Imperial constitutions, punishments inflicted by, 81.

Impropriations of Tithes, 177, 178. Incendiaries of the State, 83, 202. Independency, nature and antiquity of, 83.

Independents, claim of, to be above the law, 84.

Irish Lords, rank of, in England, 106.

J.

James, King, his opinion about the death of Henry IV, 86.

Jardine, reading on torture in England, 184 n.

Jesuits, learned, 102.

Jewish year, how reckoned, 197.

Jews are cursed and hated, but thrive, 79.

Jews, how a doctor of law was made among the, 112. John O'Powls, 189.

Johnson, praise of the Table Talk by,

XXV.

Jonson, Ben, his satire on the disputes

of divines, 164.

Joseph, Christ's pedigree, why traced through, 72.

Judges, rascality of, the cause of all mischief in the commonwealth, 87. Judgments of God, presumptuous to pronounce about, 86.

Juggling necessary for government, 88.

Jurisdiction in the Church, not spiritual but civil, 88.

Oath of allegiance, when and by whom taken, 69.

Oaths taken without knowledge of their meaning, 121.

cannot be imposed where there is a parity, 121.

different kinds of, 121.

may be broken if their observance is very prejudicial, 122.

rule concerning, among Jews, 122. to be taken in the swearer's own sense, 123.

- so frequent that they should be 'swallowed whole,' 123.

Obedience due to a prince, how to be determined, 191.

Opinion, nature of, 124.

Oracles ceased after Christ, why, 123. Ordeals, 183 and n.

Ovid, judgment about, 134.

Oxford, the King's friends summoned to, 96.

right of electing to, how fixed, and why, 126.

its power as a court of law, 100, 142.

- privilege of, its asserted and its true nature, 127.

Parliamentary party, unfair tactics of the, 128, 129.

Parson, meaning of word, 129.

- conjuring by, did much good, 130. Pelias hasta, Selden's History of Tithes compared to, 180.

Penance, not to be confused with penitence, 131.

People, good of the, to be studied by lawgiver, 131.

Perjury first punished in Queen Elizabeth's time, 123.

Personatus, meaning of word, 129.
Philosophy, how useful, 132.

Pictures in churches, a discreet rule about, 81.

Pigeon-house, who licensed to keep,

50 n.