Observations on "The Two Sons of Oil": Containing a Vindication of the American Constitutions, and Defending the Blessings of Religious Liberty and Toleration, against the Illiberal Strictures of the Rev. Samuel B. Wylie

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index Aaronic priesthood, 6, 27, 94, 109 Abiether, 13 Abihu, 101 Abolition Society, 158 Abraham: call of, 17, 18; civil societies in time of, 12; confederation and, 86–87; covenant with, 51, 109, 204, 250; as priest for own family, 5; promise to, 108–9; as slave-holder, 154, 161 Absalom, 13 Achan, 117 Adam, 19, 39, 163–64, 236 Addison, Joseph, 25 Adrian, 105, 111 Age of Reason (Paine), 42 Ahasuerus, 6 Alexander, 136 Algiers, slavery in, 127–28, 129, 151 aliens: property rights and, 146, 147; protection and accommodation of, 143, 144–45, 146, 148; seditious, 147–48; as slaves under law of Moses, 153 allegiance and protection, xxiv, 137, 144, 187–88, 199, 219. See also oaths Allen, Thomas, 170 Ambrose, Saint, 107 Ammonites, 134 Amorites, 95 Aner, 86 angels, 38, 81, 196 anointed ones, 1, 2, 6 Antiburgher Seceders, 239 Antichrists, 228, 236 apocalypse, 62 apostles: acting only by Christ’s authority, 46; civil governments and, 238; divisions in churches reproved by, 246; foundation of Christian church and, 8–9, 40, 250; grand apostacy foretold by, 105; obedience to civil government and, 84, 164, 196, 201; political churches and, 168; reconciliation to God and, 179; as servants in Christ’s church, 2; slavery and, 154, 155, 157, 158, 160, 161; terms of communion and, 76–77, 221, 222, 225–26, 242. See also Paul (apostle); Peter (apostle) Apostle’s Creed, 178 Arianism, 61, 62–63, 64, 175, 211 Arius, 61, 62–63 Ark of the Covenant, 6, 28, 242 Arminians, 69, 182, 211 Artaxerxes, 6 Articles of Confederation, 112 258 index Asa, 51, 52 Associate Presbytery, xxii, 207–8, 215, 238, 241, 246. See also Seceders Associate Reformed Synod, xxii, 215–16, 235, 239 Assyria, king of, 128 Athanasius, 63, 173 atheism, 250 atheists, 28–29, 30, 88, 116 Augustine, 68, 69, 105 auto de fe, 66, 90 Babylon: Cyrus, king of Persia and, 5; Jews in, 21, 128–29, 131–34, 135–36; union of church and state as, 180 Bacon, Roger, 25 baptism: Catholic Church and, 70; ceremonies of early church, 56, 57; circumcision and, 56, 109; of heretics, 55; by John the Baptist, 200; national covenants and, 214, 223–24; regeneration by, 243; as sacrament, 133; salvation and, 167 Barbary pirates, 127–28 Barbary powers, 151 Baxter, Richard, 170 Bellarmino, Roberto, 237 Beza, Theodore, 87 Bible. See law of Moses; New Testament; scriptures bishops of early church: Constantine and, 61, 62; disputes of, 56; Jewish priesthood and, 105; legislative authority of, 55; superstitions of, 57, 58; Theodosius and, 68, 71. See also pope (bishop of Rome) Black, Robert, 49, 50 Blackstone, William, 14 blasphemy: conscience and, 79, 80; constitution and, 84; law against, 82, 124; law of Moses and, 124; persecution for, 29, 116 Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 237 Boniface, 69, 113 Bossuet, Jacque-Bénigne, 229, 237 Boyle, Robert, 25 Brown, John, 125 Bruce, Robert, 49, 50 Brunswick, Duke of, 181 Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de, 23 Burgher Seceders, 239 Burkitt, William, 190 Burnet, Thomas, 23 Burroughes, Jeremiah, 176 Cabam, Lord. See Oldcastle, Sir John Caesar, tribute to, 168, 185–86, 192–93, 194–95, 197 Caesar Augustus, 198–99 Cain and Abel, 11, 76 Calamy, Edmund, 170 Calderwood, David, 48 Caligula, 133, 196, 197, 201 Calvin, John: civil government and, 180, 182–84, 237; conscience and, 183, 230; doctrine on the sacrament, 208, 230; followers in Catholic Church, 69; Geneva as refuge of, 87; as heretic, 66; Knox as disciple of, 49, 72; on orderly form in churches, 245–46; on signs of church of Christ, 247; on tribute to Caesar, 192; valid ministry of, 108 Campbell, Ulrich, 184 Canaan, 92, 158, 226 Case, Thomas, 170 Catechisms, 169, 176, 208, 214, 240, 244, 247 Catholic Church: errors in, 75; in Ireland, 73; in Switzerland, 87; Theodosius and, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69, 70–71. See also Church of Rome index 259 celibacy, clerical, 56 Chalcedon Council, 52, 67, 69, 86 Chamier, Daniel, 192 Charles I, 72, 234 Charles II: called to throne by parliament, 174, 177; English clergy and, xxiii, 71, 72–73; obedience to lawful commands of, 170, 172; persecution in Scotland under, 71, 234; William Temple and, 233–34 Charles V, 231, 232 Christ: barriers to belief in, in book of John, 103–4; earthly parents of, 199; obedience to authority and, 84, 192–94; Pontius Pilate and, 32, 192–93; Sinai covenant and, 18...