his eloquence, prevailed upon him to leave Italy: Genseric, king of the Vandals, however, sacked Rome in 455. This pope died in 461, having reigned twenty-one years. His works have been printed in two volumes quarto, and also in folio. HILARIUS died 467-reigned six years.

SIMPLICUS died 483-reigned sixteen years. FELIX III. He had a violent dispute with the Emperor Zeno on behalf of the Western Churches, and died in 492, having reigned nine years.

GELASIUS I.—He had a sharp contest with the patriarch of Constantinople, and by his arrogance prevented a union between the two churches. He condemned the practice of communicating only in one kind, although that practice became afterwards a standing rule in the Roman church, as far as relates to the laity. Several of his writings are extant. He died in 496, having reigned four years.

ANASTASIUS II.- He endeavoured to bring about a union between the Eastern and Western Churches, but was cut off by death from executing his design in 498, having reigned two

years.

SYMMACHUS died 514-having reigned six

teen years.

HORMISDAS. He called a council at Rome against the Eutychians, and died in 523, having reigned nine years.

JOHN I.-Theodoric, king of the Goths, a violent Arian, threw this pontiff into prison at Ravenna, where he died in 530.

FELIX IV.-A native of Beneventum: he governed the church with zeal and piety, and died in 530, having reigned four years. He introduced extreme unction.

BONIFACE II.He was born at Rome, and his father was a Goth. He compelled the bishops in a council to allow him to nominate a successor, when he pitched upon Vigil; but another council disavowed the proceedings of the former. He died in 531, reigning only one year.

JOHN II. He was a Roman, and opposed the Eutychians and Nestorians. He died in 535, having reigned four years.

AGAPET I. He opposed the attempts of Justinian to invade the rights of the church; but he died within twelve months after his election.

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SILVERIUS died in 540-having reigned four

years.

VIGIL was a Roman, and obtained that dignity from Theodora, wife of Justinian, on a promise of revoking the acts of the council of Constantinople made against the Eutychian bishops, in 537. He afterwards published a condemnation of the Eutychians, for which he was persecuted and banished. He died at Syracuse in 555.

PELAGIUS I.—A Roman. He endeavoured to reform the clergy; and when the city was besieged by the Goths, he obtained from Totila, their general, many concessions in favour of the citizens. He died in 558.

JOHN III. died in 572—having reigned fourteen years.

BENEDICT I. surnamed Bonosus, died in 577, having reigned five years.

PELAGIUS II.—He opposed John, patriarch of Constantinople, who had assumed the title of Universal Bishop. Pelagius died of the plague in 590, having reigned thirteen years.

GREGORY I.-surnamed the Great, born in 544. He was appointed prefect of the city, and held other civil dignities; but being inclined to

a religious life, he retired to the monastery of St. Andrews, of which he was abbot. He died in 604, and reigned fourteen years. He sent Austin the monk to convert the English to Christianity.

NOTE. This List of the Popes is continued down to Benedict VIII., who died in 1024.-ED.

A

HISTORY OF THE JEWS,

FROM

THE TIME OF JACOB TO THAT OF JOHN HYRCANUS, HIGHPRIEST, ONE OF THE MACCABEES.

COMPILED FROM

JOSEPHUS, MOSES, MILLOT, ELLWOOD, JONES,

AND OTHERS.

VOL. I.

BY F. J. POST.

ISLINGTON, 1829.

NOTE. This little work, although only brought

down to the time of Moses' death, is exceedingly inter

esting, and contains much historical information of the patriarchs and the subsequent journeyings of the Israelites.

At the end of this volume is a copious index, and also the following remarks.- ED.

Upon the Religion of the Israelites, their Settlement in Palestine, &c.

The family of Jacob on his arrival in Egypt, was seventeen souls, where they remained 430 years. When Israel departed from Goshen, they amounted to 600,000 men, exclusive of women and children. A cloud by day, and a pillar of fire by night, guided them from danger. At Sinai, water came from the rock, and manna from heaven. The Lord graciously gave Moses many useful laws and regulations, especially the Decalogue, or ten commandments, with every accompaniment of awe and terror-thunder, lightning, and impenetrable darkness. These laws, the basis of the Jewish religion, may be comprised as follow:

1. There is but one God, and Him only we

must serve.

2. Thou shalt not worship images.