INDEX TO THE NOTES.

INDEX TO THE NOTES.

*The Numerals refer to the Volumes; the Arabic Figures
to the pages of each volume.

A.

Abeillard, Theological system of, described, i. 152.

Aben Ezra, his view of the meaning of , i. 209. His inter-
pretation of the Waters above the Firmament' in the
Mosaic account of the Creation, ii. 149.

Anaxagoras, the ovcía áráμaros the distinctive tenet of his phi-
losophy, i. 148.

Arenaceous Rocks, important data furnished by, in the Mineral
history of the globe, ii. 163.

Augustine, St. his view of them in Genes. i. 2.,
i. 227.

B.

Bacon, his observations respecting philosophers of the Rational
class, i. 148. his view of the doctrine of Second Causes, i.
156.

Na, meaning of, according to Rosenmüller, i. 207. Contro-
verted, ibid. Distinction between, and y, as laid down
by the older Grammarians, i. 208.

Buckland, Dr., his hypotheses relative to the Beginning' of
Genes. i. 1., and the Days of the Hexaëmeron, i. 198. sq.
Proper acceptation of the former considered, i. 213.

C.

Cabbalists, their mode of interpreting Scripture, i. 147.
Causes, Second, their Necessity controverted, not the Fact of
their being employed in the demiurgic agencies, i. 205.
Chaos, supposition of, as a primary state of Matter, incon-
sistent with the principles of the Newtonian philosophy, i.
179.
Chemistry, Attestation of, to the truth of the Mosaic account
of the Creation, ii. 134.

Clericus, his observations on the text, Genes. i. 26., i. 195.
Coal, position of, important, as throwing light on the early

history of our planet, ii. 207. sq. Probable epoch of its for-
mation, ibid. 208. Experiments respecting, instituted by
Dr. Macculloch, and Mr. Hatchett, ib. 206.

Coal-measures, a groupe, the study of which is of great im-
portance in researches respecting the early history of the
globe, ii. 162.

Cocceius, his opinion respecting the construction of ',
in opposition to that of Grotius, i. 269.

Coincidence, at the period assigned by Moses to the ope-
rations of the Hexaëmeron, of the Sun's Perigee and the
Vernal Equinoctial point, ii. 182.

Creation, Agency of, properly so called, antecedent to the
Mosaic era of the Hexaemeron, i. 165. Doctrine of, essen-
tial to the purity of Theistic belief, i. 173.; foundation of
the first principles of Natural Theology, ibid. Act of, inde-
pendent of Time, i. 184. Doctrine of, not inconsistent with
the supposition of the after agency of Second Causes, i. 185.
Basis of its proof, independently of Scripture, i. 190. Mr.
Esdaile's view of, i. 191. Not an Occult cause, being attest-
ed by Reason, and Natural phænomena, ibid. Must neces-
sarily be admitted with respect to a principle which presup-
poses not organization, i. 193. Difficulties which oppose
themselves to assigning it as a cause, in any particular species
of inorganic matter, i. 193. sq. Example of this, Primitive
Rocks, according to Mr. Penn's theory of their formation,
i. 205. sq. Jewish doctrine of, alleged as an evidence of the
inspiration of their Sacred writers, i, 210. reconcileable with
the succession of operation, as implied in the Second Verse
of the first Chapter of Genesis, ii. 131. Act of, properly so
termed, not implied in the Third Verse, ii. 132. Mosaic ac-
count of, not derived from the Egyptians, ii. 141. Testimony
of Sir William Jones relative to this, ibid. Mosaic account of,
addressed to a supposed Percipient, ii. 187. This supposi-
tion interferes not with that of a just philosophical lan-
guage, ibid. Agency of, in the several parts of the Ma-
terial world, not necessarily to be regarded as exerted simul
et semel, ii. 193.
Darkness, (n, Genes. i. 2.,) probable meaning of, i. 223.
Deluge, the Universal, Deluc's hypothesis respecting, i. 178.
Certain Divines solicitous to account for, on Natural prin-
ciples, ii.209. Error of this mode of proceeding, ibid. et sq.
Attestations of Geologists to the truth of the Mosaic Re-
cord, in the period which it assigns to, ii. 210. Phænomena
on which its evidence is rested, as stated in the Reliquiæ Di-
luvianæ, ii. 211. Conflicting theories of Dr. Buckland and

Mr. Penn, respecting, ii, 212. Observations on that of the
latter, ibid. et ss. Important distinction to be observed in
this question, ii. 214.

Demiurge, doctrine of the, whence originating, i. 145.
Demiurgic, agencies, attempt at arrangement of, from the in-
dications of Genes. i. 2. ibid. 218. ss. Epochs, observations
on M. Ramond's doctrine concerning, i. 239.ss. When sub-
jected to actual measures of time, i. 240. ii. 202.
Design, defects in M. de la Place's conception of, as re-
gards the establishment of the present order of things, i.

175. ss.

NW, true sense of, as distinguished from wy, in Genes. i. 11.
Vol. ii. 152. Purport of this distinction, conformable to the
spirit of the Mosaical philosophy, ii. 152.

Diluvian waters, Reflex current of, a supposition countenanced
by the words of Scripture, ii. 176.

E.

Egyptians, Theology of the, formed no part of the Mosaical,
i. 218. The latter essentially abhorrent from the former, ii.
142. sq. Diodorus' account of the, ii. 141. sq. Demiurgic
system of, wholly at variance with the Mosaical, ii. 144.
Branches of Education usual amongst, as detailed by Diodo-
rus, ii. 144. Sacerdotal system of the, as viewed by Pr.
Creuzer, ii. 142.

Elohim, Agencies of the, as announced in the Mosaic Record,
distributed over Four periods, ii. 196. Construction of the
Hebrew term, regarded as indicative of the Trinitarian doc-
trine, i. 248. ss.
Evidence, Cumulative, defined, i. 166. Moral, distinction be-
tween the relation of a system to, and to that founded on
Philosophical principles, i. 167. Independent Moral,' of
Scripture, in what consists the, i. 168.

Faber, hypothesis of Mr, respecting the Days of the Hexaë-
meron, examined on physical principles, i. 199. ss. Contro-
verted, ii. 215. Supposition of, not less untenable, that the
Vicissitude of Seasons, accompanied by a change in the
length of the year, commenced at the time of the Deluge, ii.

177. ss.

Final Causes, observations on Newton's doctrine of, as also
on that of the Intelligence inherent in a First Cause of be-
ing, in the Système du Monde, i. 145. Of pre-eminent im-
portance in the present state of Natural science, i. 168.
Not limited, as principles of research, to Natural History, i.
169. Subservience of the natural effect to, illustrated, ibid.