III. 1. _Boundaries, and State of Germany, during the Franconian dynasty_ 2. _State of German Literature, during the Franconian dynasty_ A.D. 1138-1519. IV. 1. _State of Germany, from the beginning of the Suabian dynasty, until the accession of the Emperor Charles V._ 2. _State of German Literature, during this period_ A.D. 1138-1519. V. 1. _Antient, and modern Geography of the Netherlands_ 2. _The formation, of the different provinces of the Netherlands, into one State_ 3. _Brief view, of the History of the Netherlands, until the acknowledgment of the Seven United Provinces, by the Spanish monarch_ 4. _Their constitution, and principal officers_ CHAPTER I. A.D. 1582-1597. BIRTH, AND EDUCATION OF GROTIUS CHAPTER II. A.D. 1597-1610. GROTIUS, EMBRACES THE PROFESSION OF THE LAW CHAPTER III. THE EARLY PUBLICATIONS, OF GROTIUS CHAPTER IV. HISTORICAL MINUTES, OF THE UNITED PROVINCES, FROM THEIR DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, TILL THE ARMINIAN CONTROVERSY CHAPTER V. A.D. 1610-1617. THE FEUDS, IN THE UNITED PROVINCES, BETWEEN THE DISCIPLES OF CALVIN, AND THE DISCIPLES OF ARMINIUS, UNTIL THE SYNOD OF DORT CHAPTER VI. A.D. 1618. THE SYNOD OF DORT CHAPTER VII. A.D. 1618-1621. TRIAL AND IMPRISONMENT OF GROTIUS; HIS ESCAPE FROM PRISON CHAPTER VIII. A.D. 1622 JAMES I. VORSTIUS CHAPTER IX. A.D. 1621-1634. GROTIUS, AFTER HIS ESCAPE FROM PRISON, UNTIL HIS APPOINTMENT OF AMBASSADOR, FROM SWEDEN, TO THE COURT OF FRANCE CHAPTER X. SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL WORKS, OF GROTIUS 1. _New edition of Stobæus_ 2. _His treatise de Jure Belli et Pacis_ 3. ---- _de Veritate Religionis Christianæ_ 4. ---- _de Jure summarum potestatum circa sacra._--And _Commentatio ad loca quædam Novi Testamenti, quæ de Antichristo agunt, aut agere videntur_ 5. _His Commentaries on the Scriptures_ 6. _His other works_ CHAPTER XI. A.D. 1634-1645. GROTIUS, AS AMBASSADOR FROM THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN, TO THE COURT OF FRANCE CHAPTER XII. THE RELIGIOUS SENTIMENTS OF GROTIUS; SOME OTHER OF HIS WORKS, 1. _Subsequent History of Arminianism_ 2. _Grotius's religious sentiments_ 3. _Projects of religious Pacification_ CHAPTER XIII. THE DEATH OF GROTIUS CHAPTER XIV. A.D. 1680-1815. HISTORICAL MINUTES OF THE REVOLUTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SEVEN UNITED PROVINCES, FROM THE DEATH OF WILLIAM II. TILL THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS. 1. _William III._ 2. _John William Count of Nassau Dietz, 1702-1711; William IV._ 1711-1751 3. _From the death of William IV. till the erection of the Kingdom of the Netherlands_ APPENDIX I. _Some Account of the Formularies, Confessions of Faith, or Symbolic Books, of the Roman-Catholic, Greek, and principal Protestant Churches_ APPENDIX II. _On the Reunion of Christians_ FOOTNOTES INTRODUCTION.