posers of the episcopal government, iii.
63, 64.
the parliament and assembly, iii. 171.|
Indisposition, unfitness, or contrariety
of mind, a better reason for it than na-Druids, falsely alleged out of Cæsar to
have forbidden the Britons to write
their memorable deeds, v. 165. Utter-
ing direful prayers, astonish the Ro-
mans, 207. Their destruction in the
isle of Anglesey, anciently Mɔna, ib.
Druis, the third from Samothes, fabu-
lously written the most ancient king in
this island, v. 166.
Drunkenness, how to be prevented, iii.
363.
tural frigidity, 185. Reasons for it,
187, 191, 193, 194, 197, 206, 208, 209,
210. An idolatrous heretic to be di-
vorced, when no hope of conversion,
199. To prohibit divorce sought for
natural causes, is against nature, 206.
Christ neither did nor could abrogate
the law of divorce, 214. Permitted for
hardness of heart, not to be understood
by the common exposition, 217. How
Moses allowed of it, 232. The law of Duina, river, account of its fall into the
divorce not the premises of a succeed-
ing law, 238. A law of moral equity,
241. Not permitted, from the custom
of Egypt, 242. Moses gave not this
law unwillingly, 243. Not given for
wives only, 247. Christ's sentence con-
cerning it, how to be expounded, 251.
To be tried by conscience, 263. Not to
be restrained by law, 268. Will occa-
sion few inconveniences, ib. No inlet
to licence and confusion, 351. The pro-
hibition of it avails to no good end, 361.
Either never established or never abo-
lished, 369. Lawful to Christians for
many causes equal to adultery, 425.
Maintained by Wickliff, Luther, and
Melancthon, ib. 426. By Erasmus, Bu-
cer, and Fagius, 426, 427. By Peter
Martyr, Beza, and others, 427-431.
What the ancient churches thought of
divorce, 292. St. Paul's words concern-
ing it, explained, 296. Commanded to
certain men, 297. Being permitted to
God's ancient people, it belongs also to
Christians, ib. Allowed by Christ for
other causes beside adultery, 301. For
what cause permitted by the civil law,
ib. Allowed by Christian emperors, in
case of mutual consent, 308. Why per-
mitted to the Jews, iii. 444. Why Mil-
ton wrote on the subject, i. 259. When
permitted, on grounds of equity and
justice, iv, 243. Passages of Scripture
on, considered, ib. 246. Commanded for
religious reasons, ib. For other causes,
248, 249.
sea at Archangel, v. 396.
Dunstan, sent by the nobles to reprove
king Edwy, for his luxury, v. 340.
Banished by the king, and his monas-
tery rifled, ib. Recalled by king Ed-
gar, ib. His miraculous escape, when
the rest of the company were killed
by the fall of a house, 345. His saying
of Ethelred, at the time of his being
baptized, 347. His death and cha-
racter, ib.
Doctrine, no novelties of, taught by Mil-
ton, iv. 11.
Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce, iii. 169.
Judgment of Martin Bucer, concerning,
274. Defence of that tract, 434, &c.
Arguments against it refuted, 439.
Domitian, the killing of him commended
by Pliny, i. 132.
Donaldus, said to have headed the Cale-
donians against Septimius Severus,
v. 224.
Donaldus, king of Scotland, brought to
hard conditions by Osbert and Ella,
kings of Northumberland, v. 313.
Downham, bishop, his opinion of the op-
Dunwallo Molmutius, son of Cloten, king of
Cornwall, reduces the whole island in-
to a monarchy, v. 178. Said to be the
first British king that wore a crown of
gold, 179, Establishes the Molmutine
laws, ib.
Durstus, king of the Picts, said to be
slain by the joint forces of the Britons
and Romans, v. 243.
Dutch, summary of the damages received
from them by the East-India company,
ii. 241, 242.
Duties towards God, v. 18. Towards men,
76. Of man towards himself, 83, 97.
Which regard our neighbour, 109, 113,
128, 134. Of private duties, 134. Of hus-
band and wife, 135. Of parents, 137.
Of children, 138. Of guardians, 140.
Of wards, ib. Of pupils, ib. Of the
elder, ib. Of the younger, ib. Of supe-
riors, 141. Of inferiors, 142. Of breth-
ren and kinsmen, ib. Of masters, ib.
Of servants, 143. Of duties exercised
towards strangers, 144. Of public du-
ties, 149. Of the magistrate to the
people, ib. 154. Of the people towards
the magistrate, ib. Of magistrate and
people towards their neighbours, 156.
Of ministers towards the church in ge-
neral, 160. Of the whole church and
individual believers towards their mi-
nisters, 162.
Eadbald, falls back to heathenism, v, 274.
Runs distracted, but afterwards re-
turns to his right mind and faith, 275.
By what means it happened, ib. He
gives his sister Edelburga in marriage
to Edwin, 276. Leaves his son Ercom-
bert to succeed, 282.
Eadbert, shares with his two brothers in
the kingdom of Kent, v. 294. IIis
death, 297. Eadbert, king of North-
umberland, after Kenwolf, wars against
the Picts, ib. Joins with Unust, king of
the Picts, against the Britons in Cum-
berland, 298. Forsakes his crown for
a monk's hood, ib.
Eadbright, usurping the kingdom of Kent,
and contending with Kenulph the Mer-
cian, is taken prisoner, 303.
Eadburga, by chance poisons her hus-
band, Birthric, with a cup which she
had prepared for another, v. 304. The
choice proposed to her by Charles the
Great, to whom she fled, ib. He as-
signs her a rich monastery to dwell in
as abbess, ib. Detected of unchastity,
she is expelled, 305. And dies in beg-
gary at Pavia, ib,
Eandred, son of Eardulf, reigns 30 years
king of Northumberland, after Alfwold,
the Usurper, v. 305. Becomes tribu-
tary to Ecbert, 308.
Eanfrid, the son of Edwin, converted and
baptized, v. 279.
Eanfrid, the son of Ethelfrid, succeeds
in the kingdom of Bernicia, v. 281.
Slain, ib.
Eardulf, supposed to have been slain by
Ethelred, v. 303. Is made king of the
Northumbrians, in York, after Osbald,
ib. In a war raised against him by
his people, he gets the victory, ib.
Driven out of his kingdom by Alfwold,
305.
Earth, whole, inhabited before the flood,
v. 166.
East-Angles, kingdom of, by whom erected,
v. 257. Reclaimed to Christianity, 282.
East-India Company, English, summary
of their damages from the Dutch, ii.
241, 242.
East-Saxon kingdom, by whom began,
v. 257. The people converted by Me-
litus, 272. They expel their bishop,
and renounce their faith, 274, 275. Are
reconverted by means of Oswi, 284.
Ebranc, succeeds his father Mempricius,
in the kingdom of Britain, v. 174.
Builds Caer-Ebranc, now York, and
other places, ib.
Ecbert, succeeds his father, Ercombert, in
the kingdom of Kent, v. 288. Dying,
leaves a suspicion of having slain his
uncle's sons, Ecbert and Egelbright, ib.
Ecbert, of the West Saxon lineage, flees
from Birthric's suspicion to Offa, and
thence into France, v. 303. After Birth-
ric's decease is recalled, and with ge-
neral applause made king, ib. He sub-
dues the Britons of Cornwall and be-
yond Severn, 305. Overthrows Ber-
nulf at Ellandune or Wilton, 306. The
East-Angles yield to his sovereignty,
ib. Drives Baldred, king of Kent, out
of his kingdom, and causes Kent and
other provinces to submit, ib. Withlaf,
of Mercia, becomes tributary to him,
307. Gives the Danes battle by the
river Carr, 309. In another battle he
puts to flight a great army of them,
together with the Cornish men, i.
He dies, and is buried at Winchester,
310.
Ecclesiastical Causes, Treatise of Civil
Power in, ii. 520.
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, a pure tyran-
nical forgery of the prelates, ii. 488.
Ecfert, the son of Offa, the Mercian,
within four months ends his reign,
v. 302.
Ecfrid, Oswi's eldest son, succeeds him in
the kingdom of Northumberland, v. 288.
Wins Lindsey from Wulfur, the Mer-
cian, ib. He wars against Etheldred,
the brother of Wulfer, ib. 291.
sends Bertus with an army to subdue
Ireland, 291. Marching against the
Picts, is cut off with most of his army,
ib. His death revenged by Bertfrid,
a Northumbrian captain, 293.
Eclipse of the sun, followed by a pesti-
lence, v. 287. Another, obscuring almost
his whole orb, as with a black shield,
296.
Edan, a king of the Scots in Britain, put
to flight by Ethelfrid, v. 271.
Edelard, king of the West-Saxons, after
Ina, molested with the rebellion of his
kinsman, Oswald, v. 296. Overcoming
those troubles, dies in peace, ib.
Edgar, the brother and successor of Edwy,
in the English monarchy, calls home
Dunstan from banishment, v. 340. His
prosperous reign, and favour towards
the monks, 341. His strict observance
of justice, and care to secure the nation
with a strong fleet, ib. He is homaged,
and rowed down the river Dee, by eight
kings, ib. His expostulation with Ke-
ned, king of Scotland, 342. He is
cheated by the treacherous duke Athel-
wold, of Elfrida, 343. Whom, avenging
himself upon the said duke, he mar-
ries, ib. Attempting the chastity of a
young lady at Andover, is pleasantly
deceived by the mother, 344. Buried
at Glaston abbey, ib.
Edgar, surnamed Atheling, his right and
title to the crown of England, from his
grandfather, Edmund Ironside, v. 382,
386. Excluded by Harold, son of Earl
Godwin, 386.
Edilhere, the brother and successor of
Anna, in the kingdom of the East-
Angles, slain in a battle against Oswi
v. 286,
Edilwalk, the South-Saxon, persuaded to
Christianity by Wulfer, v. 289.
Edith, Earl Godwin's daughter, eminent
for learning, v. 373. Is married to Ed-
ward the Confessor, ib. Is harshly di-
vorced by him, 377.
Edmund, crowned king of the East-Angles,
at Bury, v. 313. His whole army put
to flight by the Danes, he is taken,
bound to a stake, and shot with arrows,
316, 317.
Edmund, the brother and successor of
Athelstan, in the English monarchy,
frees Mercia, and takes several towns
from the Danes, v. 338. He drives An-
laf and Suthfrid out of Northumber-
land, and Dunmail out of Cumberland,
ib. The strange manner of his death, ib.
Edmund, surnamed Ironside, the son of
Ethelred, set up by divers of the nobles
against Canute, v. 360. In several bat-
tles against the Danes, he comes off
for the most part victorious, ib. At
length consents to divide the kingdom
with Canute, 362. His death thought|
to have been violent, ib.
Edred, third brother and successor of
Athelstan, reduces the Northumbrians,
and puts an end to that kingdom,
v. 339. Dies in the flower of his age,
and buried at Winchester, ib.
Divorce allowed by those laws for other
causes beside adultery, ib. Acknow-
ledges the common-prayer book to be
chiefly a translation of the mass book,
i. 430.
Edward the Elder, son and successor of
king Alfred, v. 327. Has war with
Ethelwald his kinsman, who stirs up
the Danes against him, ib. Builds
Witham in Essex, 328. He proves suc-
cessful and potent, divers princes and
great commanders of the Danes sub-
mitting to him, ib., 330. The king and
whole nation of Scotland, with divers
other princes and people, do him
homage as their sovereign, 331. Dies
at Farendon, 332. And buried at Win-
chester, ib.
Edward, surnamed the younger, Edgar's
son, by his first wife Egelfleda, advanced
to the throne, v. 345. The contest in
his reign between the monks and se-
cular priests, ib. Great mischief done
by the falling of a house where the
general council for deciding the con-
troversy was held, ib. Inhumanly mur-
dered by the treachery of his step-
mother Elfrida, 346.
Edward, son of Edmund Ironside, heir
apparent to the crown, dies at London,
v. 382.
Edric, the son of Edilwalk, king of South-Edward, surnamed the Confessor, the son
Saxons, slain by Kedwalla, the West-
Saxon, v. 290.
Edric, a descendant of Ermenred, king of
the South-Saxons, v. 290. Died a vio-
lent death and left his kingdom in dis-
order, ib.
Edric, surnamed Streon, advanced by king
Ethelred, marries his daughter Edgi-
tha, v. 352. He secretly murders two
noblemen whom he had invited to his
lodging, 357. He practises against the
life of prince Edmund, and revolts to
the Danes, 358. His cunning devices
to hinder Edmund in the prosecution
of his victories against Canute, 361.
Is thought by some to have been the
contriver of king Edmund's murder,
362. The government of the Mercians
conferred upon him, 364. Put to death
by Canute, and his head stuck upon a
pole, and set upon the highest tower in
London, ib.
Education, of youth, rules for the method
and progress of it, iii. 462, &c. That
of the clergy generally at the public
cost, 35.
Edward the Confessor, his law relating to
the king's office, i. 174. Said to be the
first that cured the king's evil, iii. 386.
To have cured blindness with the water
wherein he washed his hands, ib.
Edward VI. a committee appointed by
him to frame ecclesiastical laws, iii. 432.
of king Ethelred, by Emma, after Har-
dicnute's death is crowned at Win-
chester, v. 373. Seizes on the trea-
sures of his mother Queen Emma, ib.
Marries Edith, earl Godwin's daughter,
ib. Makes preparation against Mag-
nus, king of Norway, ib. But next year
makes peace with Harold Harvager,
374. He advances the Normans in Eng-
land, which proves of ill consequence,
375. He is opposed by earl Godwin,
in the cause of Eustace of Boloign, ba-
nishes the earl, and divorces his
daughter whom he had married, 376.
Entertains duke William of Normandy,
378. He sends Odo and Radulph, with a
fleet, against Godwin and his sons exer-
cising piracy, ib. Reconciliation at
length made, he restores the earl, his
sons and daughter, all to their former
dignities, 379. He is said to have de-
signed Duke William of Normandy his
successor to the crown, 385. Buried at
Westminster, ib. His character, ib.
Edwi, the son and successor of Edmund,
is crowned at Kingston, v. 339.
banishes bishop Dunstan, for reproving
his wantonness with Algiva, 340. The
Mercians and Northumbrians set up
his brother Edgar, ib. With grief
whereof he ends his days, and is buried
at Winchester, ib.
Edwin, thrown out of the kingdom of
Deira, by Ethelfrid, v. 266, 275. Fleeing
to Redwal, the East-Angle, for refuge,
is defended against Ethelfrid, 275, 276.
He exceeds in power and extent of do-
minion all before him, 276. Marries
Edelburga, the sister of Eadbald, ib.
He is wounded by an assassin from Cui-
chelm, 277. The strange relation of his
conversion to Christianity, ib. He per-
suades Eorpwald, the son of Redwald,
to embrace the Christian faith, 279.
He is slain in a battle against Ked-
wallay, 280.
Edwin, duke of the Mercians. See Morcar.
Egyptians, their conduct toward kings,
i. 119.
Eikon Basilike, whether written by king
Charles, i. 315. Answers to the several
heads of that tract: On the king's call-
ing his last parliament, 317. Upon the
earl of Stafford's death, 331. Upon his
going to the house of commons, 337.
Upon the insolency of the tumults, 341.j
Upon the bill for triennial parliaments,
351. Upon his retirement from West-
minster, 357. Upon the queen's depar-
ture, 368. Upon his repulse at Hull,
and the fate of the Hothams, 370. Upon
the listing and raising of armies, 378.
Upon seizing the magazines, 389. Upon
the nineteen propositions, 397. On the
rebellion in Ireland, 407. Upon the
calling in of the Scots, 417. Upon the
covenant, 422. Upon the many jealou-
sies, &c., 425. Upon the ordinance
against the common prayer book, 430.
Upon the differences in point of church
government, 434. Upon the Uxbridge
treaty, &c., 440. Upon the various
events of the war, 445. Upon the re-
formation of the times, 450. Upon his
letters taken and divulged, 452. Upon
his going to the Scots, 456. Upon the
Scots delivering the king to the En-
glish, 457. Upon denying him the at-
tendance of his chaplains, 458. Upon
his penitential vows and meditations
at Holmby, 462. Upon the army's sur-
prisal of the king at Holmby, 466. To
the prince of Wales, 472. Meditations
on death, 483.
Eikonoclastes, Baron's preface to that tract,
i. 304. The author's preface, 307. Rea-
son of calling it so, 313.
Elanius, reckoned in the number of an-
cient British kings, v. 181.
Eldadus, v. 183.
Elect, calling of, iv. 322. Not the elect, but
those who continue to the end, said to
obtain salvation, 372.
Election, not a part of predestination, iv.
46.
Elled, the sister of king Edward the
Elder, her army of Mercians victorious
against the Welsh, v. 328. Takes Derby
from the Danes, 329. She dies at Tam-
worth, 331.
Elfred, the son of king Ethelred, by
Emma, betrayed by earl Godwin, and
cruelly made away by Harold, v. 368,
369.
Elfwald, succeeding Ethelred in Northum-
berland, is rebelled against by two of
his noblemen, Osbald and Ethelheard,
v. 299. He is slain by the conspiracy
of Siggan, one of his nobles, 306.
Elfwin, slain in a battle between his bro-
ther Ecfrid and Ethelred, v. 291.
Elidure, his noble demeanour towards his
deposed brother, v. 182. After Archi-
gallo's death, he resumes the govern-
ment, ib.
Eliud, reckoned in the number of ancient
British kings, v. 181.
Elizabeth, Queen, against presbyterian
reformation, ii. 134.
Ella, the Saxon, lands with his three
sons, and beats the Britons in two bat-
tles, v. 255. He and his son Cissa
take Andredchester, in Kent, by force,
ib. Begins his kingdom of the South-
Saxons, 256.
Ella, a king in Northumberland, v. 313.
Elmer, a monk of Malmsbury, fitted wings
to his hands and feet, with which he
flew more than a furlong, v. 387.
El Shaddai, a name applied to the Deity,
Elwold, nephew of Ethelwald, reigns
king of the East-Angles, after Aldulf,
v. 306.
Embassador. See Ambassador, also French,
Spanish, &c.
Emeric, succeeds Otho in the kingdom of
Kent, v. 262.
Emma, the daughter of Richard, duke of
Normandy, married first to king Ethel-
red, v. 350. Afterwards to Canute,
364. Banished by her son-in-law, Ha-
rold, she retires to Flanders, and is en-
tertained by earl Baldwin, 368. Her
treasures seized on by her son, king
Edward, 373. She dies, and is buried
at Winchester, 378. A tradition con-
cerning her questioned, ib.
Emperors, of Rome, their custom to wor-
ship the people, i. 77.
End, the, when it will be, iv. 487.
England, history of, v. 164.
English nation, their pronunciation of
the vowels censured, iii. 468. Its cha-
racter, ii. 90. The wits of Britain pre-
ferred before the French by Julius
Agricola, 91. Had been foremost in
the Reformation, but for the perverse-
ness of the prelates, ib. Have learnt
their vices under kingly government,
i. 74. When they began to imitate
the French in their manners, v. 375.]
Their effeminacy and dissoluteness
made them an easy prey to William
the Conqueror, 392. Their putting
Charles the First to death defended,
i. 3, 216.
Englishmen, to be trusted in the election
of pastors, as well as in that of knights
and burgesses, ii. 408. Their noble
achievements lessened by monks and
mechanics, 478.
Enniaunus, an ancient British king, de-
posed, v. 183.
Eorpwald, the son of Redwald, king of
the East-Angles, persuaded to Chris-
tianity by Edwin, v. 280. He is slain
in fight by Ricbert, a pagan, ib.
Epiphanius, his opinion of divorce, iii.
Episcopacy, answers to several objec-
tions relating to the inconveniences of
abolishing it, ii. 410, 412. Insufficiency
of testimonies for it from antiquity,
and the fathers, 421. Not to be de-
duced from the apostolical times, 436.
A mere child of ceremony, 451. Not
recommended to the Corinthians by
St. Paul, as a remedy against schism,
459. See Prelacy, and Prelatical Epis-
Erasmus, writes his treatise of divorce,
for the benefit of England, iii. 314.
Erchenwin, said to be the erector of the
kingdom of the East-Saxons, v. 257,
Ercombert, succeeds Eadbald in the king-
dom of Kent, v. 282. Orders the de-
stroying of idols, ib. The first estab-
lisher of Lent here, ib. Is succeeded
by his son Ecbert, 288.
Eric, see Iric.
Ermenred, thought to have had more
right to the kingdom than Ercombert,
v. 282.
Errours, of service to the attainment of
truth, ii. 65.
Esau, taught the true worship of God,
iv. 71. His reprobation not to last for
ever, 72.
How God evinced his ha-
tred, ib.
Escwin, and Kentwin, the nephew and
son of Kinegil, said to have succeeded
Kenwalk in the government of the
West-Saxons, v. 288. Escwin joins
battle with Wulfur at Bedanhafde, ib
Estrildis, beloved by Lochrine, v. 173.
With her daughter Sabra thrown into
a river, 174,
Eternal counsel of God, iv. 285. See Pre-
destination.
Eternal death, the punishment of the
damned, iv. 284.
Eternal life, offered equally to all, iv.
50. Only those excluded whose hearts
are hardened, 74.
Eternity, an attribute of God, iv. 22. Words
used in Scripture to denote, often sig-
nify a limited period, 23.
Ethelbald, king of Mercia, after Ina, com-
mands all the provinces on this side
Humber, v, 294. He takes the town
of Somerton, 296. Fraudulently as-
saults part of Northumberland in
Eadbert's absence, ib. His encounter
at Beorford with Cuthred, the West-
Saxon, ib, In a fight at Secandune,
is slain, 298.
Ethelbald, and Ethelbert, share the Eng-
lish Saxon kingdom between them after
their father, Ethelwolf, v. 314. Ethel-
bald marries Judith his father's widow,
ib. Is buried at Sherburn, ib.
Ethelbert, succeeds Emeric in the king-
dom of Kent, v. 262. He is defeated
at Wibbandun by Keaulin and his son
Cutha, ib. Enlarges his dominions
from Kent to Humber, 268. Civilly
receives Austin and his fellow preachers
of the Gospel, 269. Is himself bap-
tized, 270. Moved by Austin, he builds
St. Peter's church in Canterbury, and
endows it, 271. He builds and endows
St. Paul's church in London, and the
cathedral at Rochester, 272. His death,
274.
Ethelbert, Eadbert, and Alric, succeed
their father Victred in the kingdom of
Kent, v. 294.
Ethelbert, or Pren. See Eadbright.
Ethelbert, the son of Ethelwolf, enjoys
the whole kingdom to himself, v. 314.
During his reign the Danes waste Kent,
315. Is buried with his brother at
Sherburn, ib.
Ethelfrid, succeeds Ethelric in the king-
dom of Northumberland, v. 267. He
wastes the Britons, 271. Overthrows
Edan, king of Scots, ib. In a battle at
Winchester, slays above 1200 monks,
274.
Ethelmund, and Weolstan, in a fight be-
tween the Worcestershire men and
Wiltshire men, slain, v. 304.
Ethelred, succeeding his brother Wolfer
in the kingdom of Mercia, recovers Lind-
sey, and other parts, v. 288. Invades
the kingdom of Kent, 289. A sore
battle between him and Ecfrid the
Northumbrian, 291. After the violent
death of his queen, he exchanges his
crown for a monk's cowl, 293.
Ethelred, the son of Mollo, the usurper
Alcred being forsaken by the Nor-
thumbrians and deposed, crowned in
his stead, v. 299, Having caused three
of his noblemen to be treacherously
slain, is driven into banishment, ib.
After ten years' banishment restored
again, 300. He cruelly and trea he-
rously puts to death Oelf and Oelfwin,
the sons of Elfwold, formerly king,
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