ABASGI, effects of Chriftianity on them, p. 204.
Abubeker, Mahomet's fucceffor, p. 298. His valuable qual-
ities, p. 308.
Acacius, a bishop, fold church-plate to redeem captives, p.
Adalgarius, an apoftle of the northern nations, p. 228.
Adrian 2d. protected Lewis 2d. against the king of Hungary,
P. 157.
Kabizi Agem a learned Turk fuffered martyrdom for Chrif-
tianity, p. 314.
Aidan, a learned and pious Irishman employed by Oswald in
inftructing his fubjects in evangelical truth, p. 194.
Alaric, the Chriftian tho' fierce more mild than Rhadagisus
the Pagan, p. 198.
Alcuinus, his teftimony to the learning and piety of the Irish,
P. 193.
Alexander the Great, effects of religion on his conquests,
P. 22.
Alfred the Great, effects of Chriftianity on his laws, p. 179.
encouraged Irishmen to propagate letters in Britain, p. 191.
Alphonfus a Spanish prince, his piety and virtues, p. 202.
Ambrofe, bishop of Milan, obliged Theodofius to do pen-
nance for the maffacre at Theffalonica, p. 105. melted
the Church plate for the ranfom of captives, p. 148.
commended the care of widows and orphans, p. 152. and
diffuaded Maximus from feizing on the crown of Valen-
tinian a minor, p. 154
Anglefea, men facrificed in that ifle before their conversion,
p. 176.
Angola, its inhabitants in a shocking state before their con-
verfion, p. 251.
Anfgarius, the chief apoftle of the northern nations, p. 58,
227, 228, 230. effects of his piety, p. 228.
Antoninus Pius, his teftimony to the innocence of the primi-
tive Chriftians, p. 52.
Arabs, effects of Chriftianity on them, p. 170.
Ariftander, Alexander the Great's foothfayer, p. 22.
Ariftotle, his taws defective, p. 335. his maxim relative to
flaves, p. 141.
Armenians, effects of Chriftianity on them, p. 173.
Affociation for difcountenancing vice &c, p. 269.
Atheism, its innocence not proved by Bayle, p. 361.
Athelstan recommended the redemption of flaves for the love
of God, p. 150.
Attacotti, British cannibals, p. 187.
Attalus, a Chriftian martyr, p. 51.
Attila, king of the Huns, his violence reftrained by the piety
of bifhop Leo, p. 113.
St. Auguftine broke the facred utenfils for the redemption of
captives, p. 148. and exerted himself in relieving widows,
orphans and other diftreffed perfons, p. 152.
Bardefanes a famous Syrian heretic, his teftimony to the happy
effects of the Gofpel, p. 174.
Bafilius a pious emperor, effect of his piety, p. 132.
Bathildis a pious queen, prohibited the fale of men, p. 147.
Bayle, his falfe opinion and falfe arguments as to the inefficacy
of religion, p. 361.
Bede, his teftimony to the virtues and learning of the Irish,
p. 189.
Bergerus Jarlus of Sweden, his piety and virtues, p. 234.
prohibited the fale of men, p. 147.
Beffi, effects of Chriftianity on them, p. 199
Bogores a Heathen prince, how he became captivated with a
pious miffionary, p. 222.
Bohemians, their fhocking ftate before their converfion, p. 222.
Boleflaus 1ft of Poland, a pious prince protected the weak
against the powerful, at law, p. 165.
Boleflaus a Polifh king, an inftance of his wickedness, p. 239.
Boniface or Winnifred, the chief apoftle of Germany,
p. 205. murdered by the Frifians whom he wished to con-
vert, p. 206.
Bonzas, or Japanese priests maintained the fick and needy to
be odious to the gods, p. 268..
Britons, their fhocking ftate before their converfion, p. 175
the effects of Chriftianity on their manners and laws, p.
177. effects of British miffions to the Eaft Indies, p. 253.
Bulgarians, their fhocking ftate before their conversion, p. 222,
Burgundians, their ftate before their converfion, p. 207.
Callicratidas a philofopher, his unjuft idea relative to women,
P. 128.
Calvinifm not chargeable with turbulence, p. 400.
Camden's teftimony to the learning of the Irish, p. 190.
Canary islands, natives idolatrous and cruel before their con-
verfion, p. 251.
Canute fon of Eric, his piety and virtues, p. 233.
Canute king of England, his piety and virtues, p. 64, 181.
Cafimir of Poland, a religious prince renounced the practice
of robbing the shipwrecked, p. 169.
Charibert king of Neuftria, excommunicated for difbanding
his wife, p. 73.
Chariclea and Theagenes, a famous Greek novel, p. 129.
Charles of Sweden, his piety and virtues, p. 233.
Chindaswinthus, a pious king prohibited the murder of chil-
dren, p. 81. protected the weak against the powerful in
fuits at law, p. 163. his laws founded on Chriftian prin-
ciples, p. 217.
Charlemage the emperor, his piety and endowments, p. 209.
required juft weights and just measures on Scripture autho-
rity, p. 118. enjoined bifhops to protect the oppreffed, p. 162.
to fee the caules of widows and orphans decided juftly and
expeditiously, p. 164. recommended hofpitality, p. 135.
required manumiffion to be performed in churches, p. 143.
folicited the acquaintance of foreign princes that he might
more easily prevail on them to fuccour the necffitous, p.
212. his Chriftian humility, p. 64. His laws founded on
religion, p. 210.
Chivalry, what? effects of it, p. 100,
Cholula, fhocking acts there before the converfion of the peo
ple, p. 250.
Chriftianity, its effects on the laws of various nations, p. 175
210, 213, 215, 216, 217. for its tendency and effects fee.
the table of Contents, ch; iii.
Chriftianity and Mahometanifm compared, p. 809.
Chrift and Mahomet compared, p. 311.
Chriftians, their virtues admitted by the Heathens Pliny and
Julian, p. 50. Chriftian princes lefs vicious than their
Heathen predeceffors, p. 1C4. in Chriftian ftates fewer
kings affaffinated and fewer revolutions than in Heathen na-
tions, p. 101. wars of Chriftians lefs conftant and lef
bloody than thofe of Heathens, p. 95.
Chryfoftom, a pious bishop recommended building of hofpi-
tals, p. 134. exhorted the emperor Arcadius to reform
abuses, p. 106. and reprobated a wicked law of the em
prefs Eudoxia, p. 162..
Columba, the founder of the monaftic order called Culdees,
p. 188, 194.
Columbanus, a learned and pious Hibernian, p. 188. erected
hofpitals in various parts of the Continent, built monafteries
in France and Italy, p. 195. reproved popes and princes,
p. 194. was beat and banished by the Pagan Burgundians
whom he was labouring to convert, p. 208.
Congo, shocking acts there before the natives were converted,
p. 250.
Conftantine ift Chriftian emperor, bis pious epiftle to Sapor
p. 174. offered rewards for faving the lives of captives, p.
97. his Chriftian humility, p. 63. his large donations to
the poor, p. 131. he deftroyed a temple of Venus and the
impure rites there, p. 69. prohibited exaction on his fub-
jects, p. 158. enouraged emancipation and allowed the
ceremony to be performed on Sundays, p. 142.
Culdees, an Irish order of pious and good monks, p. 193.
Cyprian, a bishop, his piety and goodness, p. 131.
Cyril bishop of Jerufalem, his piety and tenderness to the poor,
p. 132. his attention to ftrangers, p. 134.
Cyril and Methodius, two pious and learned men of Conftan-
tinople converted the Moravians and Bohemians and invent-
ed an alphabet for them, p. 58, 223.
Dagobert the ft. was reformed in his morals by a pious
bishop, 74. And expunged from his laws every thing in-
confiftent with Chriftianity, p. 207.
Danes, their fhocking state before their converfion, p. 224.
So hard hearted that they never wept 'till foftened by a
pious Chriftian p. 229.
Danifh miffions to the Eaft Indies, effects of them, p. 253.
Dda Höël a pious prince of Wales, effects of his piety, p.
183.
Deifts, not peaceable, p. 398.
Deo Gratias a pious bifhop, fold the church plate for the re-
demption of captives p. 150. Other effects of his piety,
Dionyfius bishop of Rome redeemed captives from the Goths,
p. 148.
Dungal a learned and pious Hibernian, a favourite of Char-
lemagne, p. 195.
Dunftan archbishop of Canterbury, reproved king Edgar
and obliged him to do pennance for defiling a virgin, p.
76. And afterwards protected Edgar's fon who was a
minor against his ftepmother, p. 155.
Ebba an abbefs, cut off her nofe and lips to preserve her
chastity, p. 126.
Ebbo, a learned and pious northern apostle, p. 227, 228.
Edgar, his canons tended to promote piety and morality, p.
Egino, an extraordinary effect of his pious exhortations p. 229.
Edmund a pious king, effects of his piety, p. 179.
Egica, his humane law for flaves, p. 146.
Elizabeth of Portugal, her piety and virtues, p. 247:
General Elleot thanked by parliament for his humanity to the
officers and foldiers of the enemy at Gibraltar, p. 100.
Emancipation, numerous inftances of it on religious princi-
plés, p. 141.
Enham, council of prohibited the fale of men, p. 147.
Epiphanius a bifhop fpent his whole fortune in relieving the
fhipwrecked p. 167.
Eric of Auxerre, his teftimony to the learning of the Irish,
Eric a pious king of Sweden who fucceeded Suercher, ef-
fects of his piety, p. 232.
Eric his grandfon, effects of Chriftianity on him, p. 233.
Ethelbert, the first northern prince who committed laws to
writing, p. 177.
Ethelred, a council held in his reign encouraged piety and
virtue, p. 180.
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