Commonwealth, of England, more equally balanced than any other civil government, i. 47. Means propofed to heal the ruptures in it, iii. 393. A free Commonwealth delineated, 398. Reafons for establishing one, 401, &c. Comes nearest to the government recommended by Chrift, 408. Preferable to monarchy, 438. Conanus, Aurelius, an ancient British king, iv. 114. Condidan, a British king, vanquifhed and flain, iv. 115. Confcience, not to be forced in religious matters, iii. 319, &c. Conftans, the emperor put to death by the chriftian foldiers, iii. 204. Of a monk made emperor, iv. 78. Reduces Spain, ibid. Difplacing Gerontius, is oppofed by him, and flain, ibid. Conftantine, makes war upon Licinius, and why, iii. 203. Conftantine, the fon of Conftantius Chlorus, faluted emperor after his father's death, iv. 72. His mother faid to be Helena the daughter of Coilus a British prince, ibid. His eldest fon enjoys this ifland, 73. A common foldier of the fame name faluted emperor, 77. By the valour of Edebecus and Gerontius, he gains in France as far as Arles, 78. By the conduct of his fon Conftans, and of Gerontius, he reduces all Spain, ibid. Gerontius difplaced by him, calls in the Vandals against him, ibid. Befieged by Conftantius Comes, he turns prieft, is afterwards carried into Italy, and put to death, 79. Conftantine, the fon of Cador, fharply inveighed against by Gildas, iv. 113. He is faid to have murdered two young princes of the blood royal, ibid. Conftantine, king of Scotland, joining with the Danes and Irish under Anlaf, is overthrown by Athelftan, iv. 191, 192. Conftantius Chlorus fent against Caraufius, iv. 70. Defeats Alectus, who is flain in the battle, 71. Is acknowledged by the Britons as their deliverer, ibid. Divides the empire with Galerius, 72. Dies at York, ibid. Conftantius, the fon of Conftantine, overcomes Magnentius, who contended with him for the fole empire, iv. 73. Confubftantiation, not a mortal errour, iv. 262, Contention, in minifters of the Gofpel, fcarce allowable even for their own rights, iii. 350, Copulation, no longer to be efteemed matrimonial, than it is an effect of love, ii. 140. Cordeilla's fincere answer to her father, begets his difpleasure, iv. 14. She is married to Aganippus, a king in Gaul, 15. She receives her father, rejected by his other daughters, with most dutiful affection, 16. Reftores him to his crown, and reigns after him, ibid. Vanquished, depofed, and imprifoned by her two fifter's fons, ibid. Corineus, a Trojan commander, joins forces with Brutus, iv. 10, Slays Imbertus, ibid. Anives with Brutus in this ifland, ibid. Cornwal Cornwal from him denominated falls to his lot, ibid. Overcomes Corinthians, governed by prefbyters, i. 101. Schifm among them Coronation-Oath, fome words faid to be ftruck out of it, iii. 310. Council, General, what their power and employment, iii. 412. Council, Saxon, of little authority, ii. 252. Council of nobles and prelates at Caln in Wiltshire, killed and Councils and Fathers, an intangled wood, which papifts love to fight Courland, duke of, Oliver's letter to him, iv. 428. Craig, John, his opinion of kings, ii. 291, 292. Cranmer, and the other bifhops concur in fetting afide the princeffes Crida, the first of the Mercian kingdom, iv. 115. Criminal, more juft to try one by a court of justice, than to butcher Crowns, a clerical debate about the right fhaving them, iv. 139. Cuichelm, the Weft Saxon, fends Eumerus to affaffinate king Cullen, council there, voted tithes to be God's rent, iii. 365. Cuneglas, a British king, reigns one of five a little before the Saxons Cunobeline, fee Kymbeline. Cutha, helps his father Keaulin againft Ethelbert, iv. 111. Cuthulf, the brother of Keaulin, vanquishes the Britains at Bedan- Cuthwin, fee Keaulin. Cyprian, unwilling to act without the affent of his affiftant laics, DANAUS, D DANAUS, the ftory of him and his fifty daughters, iii. 226. Danish ambaffadors, anfwers to them from the council of state, iv. Danius, reckoned emong the ancient British kings, iv. 20. David, his exclamation in the 51ft Pfalm explained, ii. 280. Ab- Dedication, Remarks on one to our Saviour, i. 214. Dee, John, the mathematician, invited to Mofcow, iv. 310. Deira, kingdom of, in Northumberland, fet up by Alla, the Weft- Demetrius Evanovich, emperor of Ruffia, an impoftor, dragged out Denmark, king of, fee Frederick III. Deodate, Charles, letters to, i. vi. viii. xvi. Digreffion, concerning the affairs of church and ftate, in 1631, Dinothus, abbot of Bangor, his fpeech to bishop Auftin, iv. 124. Dioclefian, the emperor, perfecutes his chriftian fubjects, iv. 72% Diedrus Diodorus, his account how the Ethiopians punish criminals, iii. 221. Diogenes, his delineation of a king, iii. 224. Dionyfius, Alexandrinus, commanded in a vifion to read any books Dis, the first peopler of this ifland, as fome fabulously affirm, the Difciples, of Chrift, their faying relating to marriage, explained, ii. 204. Difcipline, in the church, neceffary to remove diforder, i. 80. Its Difpenfation, what it is, ii. 15. Divines, Advice to them not to be difturbers of civil affairs, ii. Divorce, arguments for it, addreffed to the parliament and affem- Doctrine and Difcipline of Divorce, i. 332. Judgment of Martin Domitian, the killing of him commended by Pliny, iii. 231. Donaldus Donaldus, faid to have headed the Caledonians against Septimius Donaldus, king of Scotland, brought to hard conditions by Obert Downam, bishop, his opinion of the oppofers of the epifcopal go- Druids, falfly alleged out of Cæfar to have forbidden the Britons to Druis, the third from Samothes, fabulously written the most ancient Drunkennefs, how to be prevented, ii. 163. Duina, river, account of its fall into the fea at Archangel, iv. 274. Dunwallo Molmutius, fon of Cloten, king of Cornwall, reduces the Durfus, king of the Picts, faid to be flain by the joint forces of Dutch, fummary of the damages received from them by the Eaft- E. EADBALD falls back to heathenifm, iv. 125. Runs diftracted, Eadbright, ufurping the kingdom of Kent, and contending with Eadburga, by chance poifons her husband Birthric, with a cup VOL. VI. Hh Eandred, |