rium, refuses to comply with its propofals, and obferves upon what terms an union must be effected, 81, 82; commends the candour and openness in the Commonitorium, but refufes giving his fentiments at large concerning it, 83; his principal views in this correfpondence, with a defence of his conduct relative to the Commonitorium, ib. his fentiments on the primacy of the Bishop of Rome, ib. his project of union explained, 84; his hopes of the Gallican church's feparation from that of Rome, and whence, 85; weighty obftacles to this feparation, 85; defence of the fecrecy observed in this correfpondence, ib. and [y]; the correfpondence divulged, and the confequence, 87 and [a]; is informed thereof by Mr Beauvoir; the correfpondence is fufpended, with his doubtful fentiments about the event, ib. his letter to Du Pin, who dies before the receipt of it, regretting the ill fuccefs of the projected union, 88; writes to Mr Beauvoir, before he had heard of Du Pin's death, on the fame fubject, and expreffes his hopes of renewing their good defign, ib obfervations on Du Pin's account of this correfpondence left behind him, which feemed to intimate that the Archbishop was the first mover in this project of union, ib. and the promife of the former to rectify it, who was prevented by death from doing it, 89; a faint correfpondence carried on with Girardin, but without fuccefs, ib. impartial conclufions drawn from the preceding account of the correspondence, 90; his charitable correfpondence with the Proteftant churches abroad, ib. his letter to Le Clerc, expreffing his affections for them, and defire of their union with the Church of England, 91; his exhortatory letter to the paftors. and profeffors of Geneva, and account of, ib. letters to Profeffor Schurer of Bern, and Turretin of Geneva, full of moderation and charity, 92; remarkable letter to M. Jablonski of Poland, with the two queftions propofed by the latter, that occafioned this letter, ib. account of his conduct with relation to the Diffenters, and defence, 93; makes no attempts to unite them to the Church of England, with the reafons, ib. his change of conduct with refpect to

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them,

them, whom he at firfi defended, and afterwards oppofed, partly accounted for, 94; this fufficiently vindicated, and by whom, 95; his great character, as drawn from the preceding accounts of his charitable correfpondence with different Christian churches, and the declaration of a learned divine concerning him, 96 and [i]; authentic copies of the original letters relative to his correfpondence with the French doctors, 97, 122; extract of his letter to Mr Le Clerc, 124; his letter to the pastors and profeffors of Geneva, 125; to Profesfor Schurer, 130, 132; to Profeffor Turretin, 130, 133; to Mr Jablonski, 135.

Waldeck, Count, retakes Munfter from the fanatics, and puts their King to death, iv. 453.

Waldemar I. King of Denmark, his zeal for propagating Christianity in xii cent. iii. 2; converfions among the Sclavonians and the Ifle of Rugen by his arms, and the miniftry of Abfalom of Lunden, ib. 4 and [b].

Waldenfes, their origin in xii cent. various names and history, iii. 120, 121; amazing fuccefs owing to the innocence of their lives, ib. diftinguished from the inhabitants of Piedmont, 122 and [g]; their doctrine, difcipline, and views, 124; formed into a fect, not through a spirit of oppofition, but intention to restore primitive piety, 125 [i]; adopt the three orders of Bishops, Priefts, and Deacons, in church discipline, 126 and []; think it neceflary these perfons fhould exactly refemble the apoftles of Chrift, ib. and [1]; their laity divided into two claffes, and different fentiments among them concerning the Romish church, and the poffeffion of worldly goods, 127 and [m]; increafe in xiv cent. 362; their ftate and fettlement in xv cent. 461; account of their reformation in xvi cent. iv. 408; perfecuted by the Dukes of Savoy in xvii cent. 355, 356 and [].

Walenburg, two polemic divines of this name in the Romish church in xvii cent. unfair in managing controverfies, v. 132 and [e].

Wallis, contributes to the progrefs of natural knowledge,

v. 92.

Walter, head of the Beghards in xiv cent. his fate and character, iii. 378 and [e].

Wanfieb,

Wanfleb, John Michael, is fent upon the million to Abyffinia by Ernest of Saxe-Gotha in xvii cent. v. 260; neglects his miffion, ib. turns Romanist, and enters the Dominican order, with the reason, ib. and [x].

Warner, Dr, character of his Ecclefiaftical Hiftory, ii. 183, [e].

Wars, holy, the first plan laid for them in x cent ii. 283; and renewed in xi cent 4,8; the first of them began at the folicitations of Peter the Hermit, and Pope Urban II. and its progrefs, 440; why called Crufades, 441; history of the firft, ib. the melancholy confequences arifing from them, and their legality examined, 448 and [], 450 and [a, b]; their unhappy effects on religion, 45, 453 and [f,g]; the unfortunate iffue of the fecond of them, iii. 14; and caufe, ib. hiftory of the third, 16, 17; promoted by the Popes, and why, 133; attempts to renew them in xiv cent. unfuccefsful, 295.

Warsaw, terrible law against the Socinians here, and how executed, v. 500.

Waterland, Dr, opposes Dr Clark's fentiments concerning the Trinity, vi, 42, fub not. [g]; cenfured SemiTritheilt, and whence, ib.

Waterlandians, a fect of Anabaptifts in xvi cent. iv. 463 and [y]; draw up and lay before the public a fummary of their doctrine, 466; their respect for learning, 475 ; abandon the fevere difcipline and opinions of Menno, v. 495; divided into two fects, with their names, 495; account of their ecclefiaftical government,

ib.

Wayen, John Vander, flaming diffenfion between him and Frederic Spanheim, with the occafion, v. 422.

Weller, opposes Calixtus in xvii cent. v. 304.

Wertheim's Tranflation of the Bible, and divifions occafioned by it, vi.26 and [m].

Weffelus, John, called the light of the world from his extraordinary genius and penetration, iii. 443; cenfured the Romish church with freedom and candour in xv cent. ib. Weftphal, Joachim, renews the controverfy [cn the Eucharift, and how he conducted it, iv. 368 and

on

[b]; is answered by Calvin, 369; the confequences,

ib.

Weftphalia, involved in calamities by the fanatics in xvi cent. iv. 314; famous peace of, v. 112.

whifton, William, defends the doctrine of the Arians in xviii cent. vi. 40 and [x]; is oppofed and treated with severity, and cenfure on this account, 42 fub not. [g]. whitby, Dr, account of his differtation on the manner of interpreting the Scriptures, v. 361 [y].

white, Thomas, his notions and works, v. 239 and [t]; doctrine condemned at Rome, 240; and embraced by fome, ib.

whitefield, George, his ministerial labours and great views, vi. 35; his doctrine seems reducible to two propofitions, and what these are, 36.

Whitehead, a famous writer among the Quakers, v. 479, fub not. [b].

Wickliff, John, a violent oppofer of the Mendicants in xiv cent. iii. 332; attacks the monks and papal authority, ib. refutes many abfurd and fuperftitious notions in his times, ib. exhorts the people to the ftudy of the Scriptures, and gives a free translation of them, 333; his adverfaries, who, ib. opinions condemned, partly as heretical, partly as erroneous, 334 and [g]; dies peaceably, and by what means he escaped unpunished uncertain, ib. and [b]; leaves many followers, who are perfecuted by the inquifition, ib. his writings and alhes committed to the flames by the council of Conftance, 416.

Wigelius, Lutheran Doctor, goes over to the Paracelfifts, iv. 301.

Valentine, his writings cenfured as erroneous,

v. 339. Wilhelmina, her extravagant notions, and what these are, iii. 289; is admired, ib. a fect founded to fupport her tenets is crushed by the inquifition, 290 and [f]. William the Conqueror, a great patron of learning, ii. 460; rejects the Pope's order of fubmiffion to the See of Rome, 496 and [ƒ}.

Prince of Orange, procures a toleration for the Mennonites, iv. 477.

William

william III. king of England, enriches the fociety for propagating the Chriftian religion in foreign parts, v. 40 and [f]; his act of toleration in favour of the Nonconformifts, 416; deprives Sancroft and feven other Bishops of their Sees, for refusing the oath of allegiance to him, and the event, 417, 418 and [ and i].

Willibrord, an Anglo-Saxon, his zeal in propagating Chriftianity in vii cent. ii. 155; is accompanied by others in this undertaking, ib. his own, and the motives of his followers in this defign examined, ib.

wireker, Nigel, an English bard, his fatire upon the Monks, iii. 65 [d]...

wifnovius, Stanislaus, follows Farnovius in his fchifm, iv. 528,

Witnefes of the Truth, those so called who attempted a reformation in ix cent. ii, 544; their laudable oppofition against the fuperftition of the church more vehement than prudent, 545; errors confequent on their illgrounded notions, 546. Wittemberg, tumult raised there by Caroloftadt, iv. 315 and [g]; but appeafed by Luther, ib. magiftrates of, banish Huber, and for what, 354.

wlodomir, first Chriftian Duke of Ruffia, ii. 277; a high faint among the Ruffians, but not acknowledged as fuch by the Latins, ib.

Wolf, his philofophy and that of Leibnitz detrimental to Arminianifm, and how, v. 464 [ee]; applied to the illuftration of the Scriptures by fome German divines, 465, fub [ee]; reduces the fcience of Metaphyfics to a fcientific order, and brings it to a great perfection, vi. 24. Worms, diet held there in xii cent. concerning inveftitures, iii. 49, conditions made relative to this difpute, ib. the edict paffed against Luther at a diet held in xvi cent. and disapproved, iv. 56 [r]. ̧

Worship, public, its form in iv cent. i. 395, 396 and [s]; its variety of liturgies, whence, 396; changes introduced into many of its parts, ib. confifted in little more than a pompous round of external ceremonies in xvi cent. iv. 24; wretched fermons, and common-place fubjects, with the true cause of the people's ignorance, fuperftition, and corruption of manners, 25; hence a reform,