ARTICLE II. How Youth may prepare them-

selves for pleading,

PAGE 102

Demosthenes,

ibid.

Cicero,

106

Reflections upon what has been said on this

Subject,

114

ARTICLE III. Of the Lawyer's Morals, 119

I. Probity,

ibid.

II. Disinterestedness,

120

III. Delicacy in the Choice of Causes, 122

IV. Prudence and Moderation in Pleading, 123

V. Wise Emulation remote from mean and ,

low Jealousy,

125

SECT. IV.

OF THE ELOQUENCE OF THE PULPIT, 128

PART I.

Of the Manner in which a Preacher ought to

deliver himself,

ibid.

I. Duty of a Preacher,

129

Toinstruct, and for that End to speak clearly, ib.

The Necessity of Perspicuity in Catechists, 131

II. Duty of a Preacher,

135

To please, and for that End, to speak in a

florid and polite Manner,

ibid.

FIRST DEFECT.

Taking too much Pains about the Ornaments, 139

SECOND FAULT.

The being too negligent of the Ornaments of

Speech,

141

III. Duty of a Preacher,

148

To affect and move the Passions of his Audi-

tors by the Strength of his Discourse, ibid.

Extract from St, Austin,

151

Eriract from St. Cyprian,

153

Extracts from St. J.Chrysostomagainst Oaths,154

Extract of St. Chrysostom's Discourse on

Eutropius's Disgrace,

157

Extruct from the first Book of the Priesthood, 162

PART

1

PART II.

The Learning requisite in a Christian Ora-

tor,

PAGE 165

Of the Study of the Scriptures,

166

The Study of the Fathers,

171

SECT. V

OF THE ELUQUENCE OF THE SACRED WRI-

TINGS,

173

I. Simplicity of the Mysterious Il’ritings, 176

II. Simplicity and Grandeur,

178

III. The Beauty of the Scriptures does not arise

from the Words, but the Things, 182

IV. Description,

184

V. Figures,

189

1. The Metaphor and Simile,

ibid.

2. Repetition,

ibid.

3. Apostrophe, Prosopopæia,

190

VI. Sublime Passages,

192

VII. Tender and affecting Passages, 196

VIII. Characters,

199

The Song of Nsoses after his Passage

through the Red Sea,

204

The Song of Moses explained according to

the Rules of Rhetoric,

206

Occasion and Subject of the Song,

207

Explication of the Song,

208

BOOK 1V.

OF HISTORY.

THE INTRODUCTION,

225

PART I.

OF THE TASTE FOR SOLID GLORY AND REAL

GREATNESS,

981

Sect. I. Riches. Poverty,

2S +

11. Buildings,

010

III. Furniture. Dress. Equipage, 247

IV. Of Luxury in Eating and Drinking, 254

V. Honours. Dignities,

Sect. VI. Victories. Nobility of Blood. Abilities.

Reputation,

PAGE 268

Victories,

ibid.

Nobility of Birth,

272

Talents of the Mind,

277

Reputation,

280

1. To bear Praise with Pain, and to

speak of one's self with Modesty, 283

II. Heartily to contribute to the Re-

putation of others,

284

III. To sacrifice one's own Reputa-

tion for the Good of the Public, 287

Sect. VII. Wherein solid Glory and real

Greatness consist,

288

PART II.

301

OF SACRED HISTORY,

CHAP. I.

Necessary Principles for the understanding

Sacred History

302

ARTICLE I. The proper and peculiar Charac-
ters of Sacred History,,

ibid.

ARTICLE II. Useful Observations for the

Study of Sacred History,

313

CHAP. II.

The Application of the foregoing Principles to

some Examples,

327

ARTICLE I. The Story of Joseph,

ibid.

I. Joseph sold by his Brethren, carried into

Egypt, brought into Potiphar's House,

and thrown into Prison,

328

Reflections,

330

II. Joseph's Advancement. The first De-

scent of his Brethren into Egypt,

334

Reflections,

S36

III. The second Descent of Jacob's Chil-

dren into Egypt. Joseph made known

to his Brethren,

339

Reflections,

Particulars of Agreement between Jesus

Christ and Joseph,

PAGE 344

ARTICLE II. The miraculous Deliverance of

Jerusalem under Hezekiah,

347

Reflections. I. Sennacherib the Instrument

of God's Wrath,

351

II. The great Men apply to the Kings of

Ethiopia and Egypt,

952

III. The impious Speeches, and blaspheming

Letter of Sennacherib,

ibid.

IV. The Defeat of the King of Ethiopia, 353

V. The Army of the Assyrians cut of' by

the destroying Angel,

ibid.

VI. Reasons of God's Patience in bearing

with Sennacherib, and his Slowness in

the Deliverance of Jerusalem,

955

VII. Trust in God the prevailing Character

of Hezekiah,

356

VIII. The Deliverance of Jerusalem the

Figure of the Church,

357

ARTICLE IV. Prophecies,

358

The Prophecy of Daniel; occasioned by the

Statue of different Metals,

559

Reflection upon the Prophecies,

363

PART III.

OF PROFANE HISTORY,

365

СНАР. І.

Rules and Principles for the Study of profane

History,

ibid.

Sect. I. Order and Method necessary for the

studying History to Advantage, 366

II. To observe what relates to the Laws,

Manners, and Customs of Countries, 368

III. Principally to enquire after Truth, ibid.

IV. To endeavour to find out the Causes

of Events,

S71

SECT.

Sect. V. To study the Character of the People

and great Men mentioned in this-

tory,

PAGE 576

VI. To observe in History what relates

to Morality and the Conduct of Life, 380

VII. Carefully to observe every Thing

that relates to Religion,

392

CHAP. II.

The Application of the foregoing Rules to some

particular Facts in History,

383

Article I. Of the History of the Persians

and Greeks,

ibid.

THE FIRST PIECE TAKEN FROM THE HIS-

TORY OF THE PERSIANS,

ibid.

CYRUS,

284

1. The Education of Cyrus,

ibid.

Reflections,

389

II. The first Expeditions and Conquests

of Cyrus,

390

Reflections,

398

III. The Continuation of the War, the

taking of Babylon. New Conquests.

The Death of Cyrus,

400

Reflections,

406

THE SECOND PIECE TAKEN FROM THE HIS-

TORY OF THE GREEKS,

413

Of the Grandeur and Empire of Athens, ibid.

Reflections,

431

1. Characters of Themistocles, Aristides,

Cimon, and Pericles,

ibid.

II. Of Ostracism,

441

III. Emulation in Arts and Sciences, 445

BOOK