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ARTICLE II. How Youth may prepare them-
selves for pleading,
Demosthenes,
Cicero,
Reflections upon what has been said on this
Subject,
ARTICLE III. Of the Lawyer's Morals,
I. Probity,
II. Disinterestedness,
III. Delicacy in the Choice of Causes,
PAGE 102
ibid.
106
114
119
120
122
IV. Prudence and Moderation in Pleading, 123
V. Wise Emulation remote from mean and
low Jealousy,
SECT. IV.
125
OF THE ELOQUENCE OF THE PULPIT,
PART I.
Of the Manner in which a Preacher ought to
deliver himself,
I. Duty of a Preacher,
128
129
Toinstruct, and for that End to speak clearly, ib.
The Necessity of Perspicuity in Catechists, 131
II. Duty of a Preacher,
To please, and for that End, to speak in a
florid and polite Munner,
To affect and move the Passions of his Audi-
tors by the Strength of his Discourse,ibid.
Extract from St. Austin,
Extract from St. Cyprian,
151
153
Extracts from St. J.Chrysostom against Oaths,154
Extract of St. Chrysostom's Discourse on
Eutropius's Disgrace,
157
Extract from the first Book of the Priesthood, 162
PART
1. Simplicity of the Mysterious Writings,
II. Simplicity and Grandeur,
173
176
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,
2. Repetition,
S. Apostrophe, Prosopopæia,
190
VI. Sublime Passages,
192
VII. Tender and affecting Passages,
VIII. Characters,
The Song of Moses after his Passage
through the Red Sea,
The Song of Moses explained according to
the Rules of Rhetoric,
206
Occasion and Subject of the Song,
207
Explication of the Song,
208
III. Furniture. Dress. Equipage, 247
IV. Of Luxury in Eating and Drinking, 254
V. Honours. Dignities,
265
SECT.
SECT. VI. Victories. Nobility of Blood. Abilities.
Reputation,
Victories,
I. To bear Praise with Pain, and to
speak of one's self with Modesty,
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272
277
280
283
284
287
288
II. Heartily to contribute to the Re-
putation of others,
III. To sacrifice one's own Reputa-
tion for the Good of the Public,
SECT. VII. Wherein solid Glory and real
Greatness consist,
PART II.
OF SACRED HISTORY,
CHAP. I.
Necessary Principles for the understanding
Sacred History,
ARTICLE I. The proper and peculiar Charac-
ters of Sacred History,.
ARTICLE II. Useful Observations for the
Study of Sacred History,
CHAP. II.
The Application of the foregoing Principles to
some Examples,
ARTICLE I. The Story of Joseph,
I. Joseph sold by his Brethren, carried into
Egypt, brought into Potiphar's House,
and thrown into Prison,
Reflections,
II. Joseph's Advancement. The first De-
scent of his Brethren into Egypt,
III. The second Descent of Jacob's Chil-
dren into Egypt. Joseph made known
to his Brethren,
301
302
313
327
528
330
334
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339
342
Particulars
Particulars of Agreement between Jesus
Christ and Joseph,
PAGE 344
ARTICLE II. The miraculous Deliverance of
Jerusalem under Hezekiah,
Reflections. I. Sennacherib the Instrument
of God's Wrath,
II. The great Men apply to the Kings of
Ethiopia and Egypt,
III. The impious Speeches, and blaspheming
Letter of Sennacherib,
IV. The Defeat of the King of Ethiopia,
V. The Army of the Assyrians cut off by
the destroying Angel,
VI. Reasons of God's Patience in bearing
with Sennacherib, and his Slowness in
the Deliverance of Jerusalem,
347
351
352
353
355
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,
359
Reflection upon the Prophecies,
363
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,
371
SECT. V. To study the Character of the People
and great Men mentioned in His-
tory,
PAGE 376
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,
The Application of the foregoing Rules to some
particular Facts in History,
ARTICLE I. Of the History of the Persians
332
383
and Greeks,
398
III. The Continuation of the War, the
taking of Babylon. New Conquests.
The Death of Cyrus,
THE SECOND PIECE TAKEN FROM THE HIS-
TORY OF THE GREEKS,
Of the Grandeur and Empire of Athens,
1. Characters of Themistocles, Aristides,
Cimon, and Pericles,
II. Of Ostracism,
III. Emulation in Arts and Sciences.
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406
413
431
441
445
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