that he was the Messiah, refuted, 230
—his erroneous interpretation of Rom.
ii., considered, 697

Magdala, coast of, where situated, 226
Magi, a title given by the Persians to
their philosophers, 33-the opinions
which these wise men entertained, ib.
-the country from whence they came,
ib.—the testimony of Justin Martyr,
Tertullian, and Epiphanius, respecting
them, ib. no reason to imagine
that they were astrologers, ib.-their
probable religious character, stated, ib.
-the period of their visit, noticed,
560-important ends answered by this
visit, 37, 38, 560

Maimonides, quoted, on the ceremony of
espousals among the Jews, 25-ser-
vices which disciples performed for
their teachers, 50-the fasts of the
Jews, 58 his interpretation of the
phrase," inheriting the land for ever,"
70-the traditions of the elders, 79—
on the oaths taken by the Jews, 86-
he partially inculcated the golden rule
found in our Saviour's moral code, 114
-on the funeral rites of the Jews, 139
-the desire of the ancient prophets to
witness the days of the Messiah, 195

-on the phrase, "things new and
old," 205 on the treatment to be
shown towards offenders, 262-on the
proclamation of obstinate offenders, ib.
-the Jewish punishment of stoning,
307-his spiritual views of the resurrec-
tion, the effect of gospel influence
which he does not acknowledge, 317-
on the manner of occupying seats in
the synagogue, 326- the length of
prayers made by the Jews, 328-on the
destruction of Jerusalem, 339-on the
Jewish law relating to master and
servant, 362-on the right and left
hand in judicial proceedings, 368-his
description of the mode of celebrating
the passover, 383, 384-on the laxity
of Jewish forms of justice in the case
of persons charged with spiritual of-
fences, 403, 404-on the nature of that
service performed by the twenty-four
priests in the temple, 537-who were
authorized to read in the synagogues,
577

Makaρio, explained, 67

Malachi, a prophecy of, concerning the
character of John the Baptist, consi-
dered, 164, 165

Malefactors, compelled to bear their own
cross, 423-nature of the wine given
to them before their execution, 424-
the fulfilment of prophecy which pre-
dicted Christ suffering with transgres-
sors, noticed, 425-they join to revile
the Saviour, the motives by which they
were actuated in so doing, 426 — an
apparent discrepancy between Matthew
and Luke, respecting the reviling of
the malefactors, reconciled, ib.-the
law that the bodies of malefactors must
be taken down before the sabbath,
noticed, 433-to show external mourn-
ing at the burial of malefactors, for-
bidden, 434

Mammon, meaning of the term, 105
Man, in what respects a superior order in
creation, 106-the final doom of, the
result of his own negligence and de-
pravity, 337-the part which he is to
take in the establishment of the king-
dom of the Messiah, pointed out, 463,

66

464

Manger, kind of, in which the infant
Jesus was probably laid, described,
556-horses in the east do not eat out
of mangers, but hair-cloths, 556
'Many are called," &c., the phrase, ex-
plained, 286-a criticism of Bishop
Pearce on this passage, refuted, ib.—
occasionally used by our Lord in refer-
ence to the day of judgment, ib.—the
actual salvation of men, not the neces-
sary result of being called, ib.-the
custom on which the proverbial expres-

sion is founded, noticed, ib.

Mark, for whom his Gospel was written,
6, 9, 442—a discrepancy in the testi-
mony of Matthew, Mark, and Luke,
reconciled, 293-account of Mark, 443
-wrote his Gospel under the eye of
Peter, ib.-in what language it was
written, ib. the authenticity and
genuineness of this Gospel, stated, 444
-when it was composed, its distin-
guishing peculiarities, noticed, ib.-its
style, and in what sense the term,
"gospel," as used by him in the com-

mencement of his narrative, is to be
understood, 445-a mischievous and
uncritical conjecture respecting the
Gospel of Mark, refuted, 461. See
EVANGELISTS.
Market, the place where labourers want-
ing employment were accustomed to
assemble, 283

Marriage, the institution of, a source of
domestic virtue and public morals, 85
-festivities of, used to express seasons
of rejoicing, 137-the phrase, “child-
ren of the bride-chamber," explained,
137-the law of marriage, expounded
by our Lord, 269-and which no man
is at liberty to break, or any state to
modify or alter, ib.-when alone the
law of marriage is dissoluble, ib.-not
a mere civil institution, ib.-why the
metaphor taken from the yoking of
oxen is used to represent the marriage
contract, ib.-the custom of ancient
nations in reference to this metaphor,
noticed, ib.-the permanency and in-
dissolubility of the matrimonial con-
nexion, a motive for the exercise of
prudence in its formation, 270-the
moral influence which this union ex-
ercises upon the character of man and
woman, ib.-under what circumstances
our Lord discouraged marriage, 271-
ministers, and other officers of the
church, ordinarily more useful when
married, 271-the procedure of God
under the gospel dispensation, com-
pared to a king who made a feast on
the marriage of his son, 309—the idea
that Christ alluded to a feast of inau-
guration by which a king is united to
the kingdom, as by a conjugal bond,
noticed, 309, 310-marriage allowed
in heaven, the notion of the Pharisees,
317-refuted by our Lord, 318-cus-
toms observed at a Jewish wedding,
stated, 357-customs followed by the
Hindoos on similar occasions, noticed,
357, 358-preparation for the coming
of Christ, inculcated, in allusion to
servants waiting for their master with
the nuptial train, 648, 649
Martha, account of, 626-her anxious
and careful character, noticed, 626,
628-the wise and affectionate reproof

of our Lord, considered, 627 - the
many things about which Martha
cared, were not condemned in them-
selves, but her unnecessary care, ib.—
the idea that the "one thing," men-
tioned by our Lord, meant one dish,
debases the passage, ib.-how far
attention to household affairs is to be
followed, ib.-neither Mary nor Mar-
tha was called to relinquish domestic
concerns to follow Christ, ib.—a renun-
ciation of all secular affairs, in favour
of a contemplative life, recommended
by Papists, not countenanced in this
history, ib.

Martial, quoted, 213
Mary, the mother of Jesus, her faith in
the divine interposition on her behalf,
noticed, 25, 560-the idolatrous wor-
ship paid to her by Papists has led
Protestants to undervalue her piety
and example, 26-the doctrine of her
perpetual viginity, not founded on
scripture, tradition, or reason, 31, 189
-was not so highly spoken of by the
angel at the annunciation as some
other distinguished women, 542-was
blessed among but not above women,
ib.-meaning of the word, "blessed,"
as applied to her, 548-her dignified
ancestry, noticed, 556-the agony of
mind which she should endure on ac-
count of her immaculate Son, pre-
dicted, 564-her piety manifested in
attending the great feasts of the Jews,
566-her blessedness, as acknowledged
by our Lord, 633-in what it consisted,
ib.-the idolatrous and extravagant
notions of this blessedness, condemned,
ib.

Mary, sister of Lazarus, the precise time
of the anointing of our Lord as per-
formed by her, critically considered,
373, 374-in what this action origi-
nated, 375-Christ's commendation of
this work, ib.-her devout and amiable
character, noticed, 376, 626-has been
unjustly confounded with the woman
who anointed the Saviour at the house
of the Pharisee, 601-the name, Mary,
is the same as Miriam, 626-the good
effects of Mary's choice, considered,
628

Mary, of Magdala, attended at the cru-
cifixion, 433-the notion that she was
an impure woman, destitute of all
foundation, ib.- has been unjustly
confounded with the woman who
anointed the feet of our Lord at the
house of the Pharisee, 601-her de-
moniacal possession was an affliction,
not a crime, ib.—the respectable situa-
tion which she filled in life, noticed,
604

Master, a term frequently applied to
Jesus Christ, 295-a custom in the
east for masters to entrust capital with
their servants, noticed, 362, 512-a
master could not take a servant out of
Judea against his own consent, 362-
customary in ancient times for the
host to perform those services in
honour of his guests which were ordi-
narily performed by servants, 648
Matthew, for whom his Gospel was writ-
ten, 6, 9-the title it bears, noticed, 8
-its date, ib.-reasons in favour of the
early date ascribed to it, 9-the lan-
guage in which it was written, 11-16
-account of Matthew, 20-his call to
the apostleship, 20, 134, 587- his
quotation of Isaiah liii. 4, reconciled
with the Hebrew and the Septuagint,
127-the apparent discrepancy between
the testimony of Matthew and Luke
on the dispute among the disciples,
reconciled, 253-another between the
testimony of Matthew, Mark, and
Luke, respecting Christ's contiguity to
Jericho, in restoring sight to the blind
men, reconciled, 293 - his quotation
from the Psalms according to the
LXX., and applied to the songs of the
children in the temple, illustrated, 300,
301-the apparent discrepancy between
his record and that of John respecting
the anointing, reconciled, 373, 374-
another between Matthew and the
other evangelists respecting the time
in which Peter denied our Lord, no-
ticed and reconciled, 408-no discre-
pancy exists between the accounts of
Matthew and Peter concerning the
death of the traitor, 413-the manner
in which Matthew frequently quoted
the prophets, noticed, 416-the quota-

tion from Jeremiah, which is only found
in Zechariah, considered, 416-a pecu-
liar feature of his Gospel, to notice the
fulfilment of ancient prophecy for the
conviction of the Jews, 424-how he
was enabled immediately to leave his
occupation and follow Christ, ac-
counted for, 587—his respectable rank,
noticed, and the nature of the feast
which he gave when "he forsook all."
587-why he is called Levi by St.
Luke, 587, 388

Matthias, included in the intention of our
Lord, when he declared, that the
apostles should sit upon twelve thrones,

281

Maundrell, his description of the wilder-
ness of Judea, 56-of the fossil salt of
that country, 75-of an ancient sepul-
chre, 437

Μη δόξητε λεγειν, a common Jewish phrase,
explained, 49

Meekness, in what it consists, 69-en-
forced by the example of Christ and
his apostles, ib.-was not regarded as
an element of practical piety among the
Jews, ib.-in what respects the meek
shall inherit the earth, 70-inculcated
on the disciples by our Lord, on the
occasion of the inhospitable conduct of
the Samaritans, 616
Meyaλo, explained, 29
Melchisedec, in what respects our Saviour
answered to, 296

Meλeтav, explained, 511
Μελι αγριον, what, 45
Mλwn, explained, 116
Mercies, abused, are, by a righteous de-
cision, and upon the principle of
God's moral government, withdrawn,
193

Mercifulness, in what a merciful disposi-
tion consists, 71, 594-strongly en-
joined by our Lord, and enforced by
the highest example, 71-mercy de-
scribed as one of the weightier matters
of the law, 331
Mepuvare, explained, 105
Mepioтns, described, 642
Messengers, represented in scripture as
speaking in the very words of those
who send them, 596
Messiah, certain signs of his having come,

noticed by our Lord, but disregarded by
the Jews, 228-Peter's confession ac-
knowledged the Messiahship of Jesus,
231-various opinions entertained of
the Messiah by the Jews of our Lord's
time, noticed, ib.-reasons why they
imbibed such strong notions of a tem-
poral Messiah, ib.-Peter's prejudices
in favour of a temporal Messiah, re-
proved, 238, 239-the Jews invented
the idea of two Messiahs, in order to
elude the force of prophetic truth, 296,
297-proof that the Messiah was to
appear at the very time our Lord as-
sumed that character, 446
Messiahs, false, one of the names of Bar-

chochebas, mentioned, 134-the ap-
pearance of pretenders to the Messiah-
ship, predicted, 340-why the Jews
were easily induced to join their ranks,
340, 347-an account of several who
appeared, 341-the proceedings of cer-
tain false messiahs prior to the destruc-
tion of Jerusalem, noticed, 348
MEOTOUS, explained, 678

n, explained, 587
MeTavoew, explained, 43

Metaphor, of the strait gate, in reference
to the doctrines, principles, and duties,
delivered by our Lord, explained, 115
-to express seasons of rejoicing, con-
stantly drawn from marriage-feasts,
137

Metempsychosis, the Pharisees, by some,
have been supposed to hold this doc-
trine, 230-there is no evidence that it
was embraced by any of the Jews,

231

Μετεωρίζεσθαι, explained, 645

Micah, fulfil:nent of his prophecy, denot-
ing the place where Christ should be
born, 35-an apparent contradiction
between the prophet and the evangelist
Matthew, reconciled, 35

MIKOOL, O, explained, 161

Mill, the millstones used in Palestine,
described, 256-the work of grinding
generally performed by women, no-
ticed, 353-the hand-mill of the east,
mentioned, 354

Millennium, the idea that our Saviour
alluded to it when he used the word
"regeneration," noticed, 279

Mind, affections and opinions of, com-
pared to plar.ts, which spring from
seeds sown by instruction, 221-want
of understanding enumerated in St.
Paul's description of the awful immo-
rality of the pagan world, 678
Ministers of Christ, who ought to be em-
ployed as such in the church, 117-
how they are to be known, 118-their
learning and eloquence never to be
considered a substitute for piety, ib.-
the awful doom of unfaithful ministers
pointed out, 119, 356, 357-should live
disentangled from the affairs of the
world, 129-are compared to diligent
labourers in the harvest-field, 143—
should be employed by God, ib.—the
state of mind in which they should dis-
charge the duties of their office, ib.-
are to be supported in their work, 148
-important that they cultivate a spirit
of dependence upon God, 152—have
equal right to seek the aid of the Holy
Ghost in their public duties as the
apostles, ib.-how this aid is vouch-
safed, ib.-the reward of those who
receive them on the ground of being
ministers of Christ, 160, 255-in what
respect, the "least" teacher in the
kingdom of heaven is greater than
John the Baptist, 165-the corruption
brought into the church on account of
the inattention of ministers to piety
and discipline, 198-those who teach
others should possess a fulness of
knowledge themselves, 206--how
ministers may obtain things new and
old, ib.-the nature of these fruits, ib.
-new things do not mean novelties,
ib.-the duty of ministers to pluck up
error, not by coercion and violence, but
by faithful and unsparing refutation,
221-the awful danger of discouraging
the servants of Christ in their work,
257-none are bound by the words of
Christ to attend a wicked ministry,
324, 325-harsh terms in reproving
sinners, not justifiable, 335-ministers
may instruct and persuade, but are not
to condemn, ib.-the office and duty
of a minister, parabolically pointed out,
355-a threefold end of the Christian
ministry, declared, 441-ministers are

diligently to learn that they may teach
others, 463-the part which they are
to take in propagation of the Gospel,
and the necessity of divine influence
pointed out, 463, 464-encouraged to
sow the seed of the word in faith, 464
-he is not a true minister who speaks
only of pardon and salvation without
declaring man's guilt and danger, 472
—their duty inculcated from the phrase,
"Put the hand to the plough," &c.,
617-the important nature and object
contemplated in the institution of the
Christian ministry, 622, 660, 661-in
what the true ordination of ministers
consists, 658-none ever sent forth by
Christ as his ministers, without a pre-
vious knowledge of the grace which
bringeth salvation, 660

Miracles, the signs and wonders of the
false prophets, noticed, 347-the gene-
ral credulity of the Jews, and the rea-
son of their incredulity respecting the
real miracles of our Lord, stated, ib.
-the amazing credulity of infidelity,
mentioned, ib.

Miracles of Christ. Healing the leper,

122-why publicly performed, and im-
mediately after the sermon on the
mount, ib.-the healing miracles of
our Lord were types, as well as attesta-
tions, 122, 578-he heals Peter's wife's
mother, 126-the perfect character of
the miracles of Christ, considered, ib.
-these miracles, and the forgiveness
of sins, were not substantially the
same acts, 133-truth of the miracle,
in raising the ruler's daughter, uncon-
sciously attested by the scornful min-
strels, 140-the miracles of Christ
were invariably submitted to the se-
verest scrutiny, 142-distinguishing
peculiarities of the miracle of the
loaves, noticed, 211, 212, 475-the
miracle which was worked to pay the
temple tribute-money, noticed, 252—
the notorious incredulity of the Jews
respecting these miracles, accounted
for, 347-Christ heals the man with an
unclean spirit, 447, 448-remarkable
points connected with this miracle,
specified, 448, 449-our Saviour dis-
possesses a legion of devils, 132, 466

-and heals the woman with an issue
of blood, 468, 469—her miserable con-
dition, noticed, 468-the manner of her
cure, considered, 468-470-the reason
why our Lord, in several miracles,
made use of an external application,
481, 484-the miraculous draught or
fishes, spiritually explained, 583, 584
-the miracle of raising from the dead
the son of a widow of Nain, considered,
597, 598. See JESUS CHRIST.
Miraculous conception, intimated in the
words, "Of whom was born Jesus," 24
-the doctrine defended, against a cri
ticism of Gilbert Wakefield, 25-the
design contemplated by the miraculous
conception, 25, 31-a prophecy of
Isaiah concerning it, illustrated, 28-
this doctrine closely connected with the
whole plan of redemption, 31-the
reason why those who reject the doc-
trine of the atonement impugn that of
the miraculous conception, ib.-the
terms, power of the Highest," and
"the Holy Ghost," do not mean the
same thing, 544-the two acts which
were necessary to be performed in the
preparation of the body for Christ, 545,
546-not on account of the miraculous
conception, that our Saviour is called
the Son of God, ib.-the phrase, "that
holy thing," explained, 546-the rea-
son why the account of the miraculous
conception was not made public during
the life of Christ, 574

Miraculous powers, were vouchsafed to
the first preachers of the gospel, 118—
were not in every case confined to good
men, 118, 250-examples, in proof of
this assertion, 118, 119-testimony of
Origen on this subject, noticed, 119-
the question, why these powers were
occasionally imparted to wicked men,
considered, 119, 120-the distinction
between the miraculous powers of
Christ, and those of his apostles, no-
ticed, 144, 489, 586, 620-were not
wielded at the judgment and discretion
of man, 147, 302-how they were to
be exercised, 147-not employed dur-
ing the first apostolical journey of the
disciples, ib.-the objections which
have been raised against the actual