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turf, and various fciviccs wliich lie liad r<rnder«d to religion 

 and i.'ic reformation, was not depreciated in the eftimation 

 of llie bcil judges. Having prolradcd his ufefiil life, and 

 enjoytd an uncommon lliarc of health and fpirits to the 

 76th year of his age, he died at London, Feb. 21 (I, 1717 ; 

 " Icavmg behind him the reputation of a man equally iilTidu- 

 ous in the rlglit diftharge of all th- offices of public and 

 private life, and every way as amiable for his virtues and 

 focial qualities, as venerable for his uprightnefs and inte- 

 grity, and famous for his various and profound Icarn- 



Mr. Bayle highly commends the learning, candour, and 

 abilities of Dr. AUix ; and in fpcaking of'his fermons he 

 fays, '' that they contain a thonfaiid beautiful paflages, 

 equally llrong in fentiment, and dehcatc in their turn and 

 cxpreflion." His works were numerous, and they were 

 written in Latin, French, and Englifli. Thofe of the firil 

 clafs were " A Diirertation on the (irft rife of the Triia- 

 gium or Doxologv," Kvo, Rouen, 1674; " On the Blood 

 of our Lord Jcfiis Chrill," 8vo. ; " On the Life and 

 Writings of Tenullian," i2mo. Amfterdam, 1701 ; "On 

 the authority of certain Councils," 8vo. 1680; " Anafta- 

 fius's twelfth Book of Contemplations on the Six Days 

 Work of the Creation, &c. from the Verfion and with the 

 Notes of Andrew Uacier, with an expoftulatory Prefiice, 

 &c." 4to. London, 1682 : " An hillorical Preface, as to 

 the Doctrine of Tranfubftantiation, to the Determination 

 of Brother John Paris, Jacobin, as to the mode of our 

 Lord's Body exifting in the Sacrament of the Altar, &c." 

 8vo. London, 1686 ; " Of the two Advents of the Mefliah, 

 in as many DifTertations againft the Jevi-s," l2mo. Lon- 

 don 1701 ; " Nedtarius's Confutation of the Pope's Au- 

 thority in the Church," a tranflation from the Greek ori- 

 ginal, printed in 1672 in Moldavia, 8vo. London, 1702 ; 

 " A Preface to, Augullus Herman Francke's Introduction 

 to the Reading of the Holy Scriptures," 8vo. London, 

 1 706 ; " A Diffeitation on the Year and Month of the 

 Nativity of our Lord Jefus Chrill," 8vo. London, 1707, 

 and 1 7 10. In French, Dr. AUix publidied, " An Anfwer 

 to a Diflertation of Anfelm on Bertram and John Scot," 

 printed at the clofe of Claude's anfwer to Arnaud, Quevilly, 

 8vo. 1670 ; " Ratramn, or Bertrand, the Prieft, on the 

 Body and Blood of our Lord," in Latin and French, l2mo. 

 Rouen, 1672; " Twelve Sermons on feveral Texts," 

 12mo. Rotterdam, 1685; " The Maxims of a good Chrif- 

 tian," Amfterdam, 1687 ; " St. Paul's Farewell to the 

 Ephefians," i2mo. Amft. 1688; "Preparations for the 

 Lord's Supper," 8vo. often printed at Geneva. In Eng- 

 lifli we have by Dr. AUix, " Refleftions upon the Books of 

 the Holy Scripture, to prove the Truth of the Chriftian 

 Religion," 2 vols. Svo. London, 1688 ; " Some Remarks 

 upon the Ecclefiallical Hiftory of the Ancient Churches of 

 Piedmont," 4to. London, 1690; in anfwer to the " Hif- 

 tory of the Variations of the Proteftants in Matters of 

 Faith," by the bilhop of Meaux, which was penned to faci- 

 litate the defign of Lewis XIV. to oblige all his fubjefts 

 to be, or fecm to be, of one faith ; " Refearches upon the 

 Ecclcfiaftical Hiftory of the Ancient Churches of the 

 Albigenfcs," 4to. London, 1692 ; " The Judgment of 

 the Ancient Jewifli Church, againft the Unitarians in the 

 Controverfy upon the Holy Trinity, and the divinity of our 

 BlefTed Saviour," Svo. London, 1689 ; " Preface and Ar- 

 guments on the Pfalms," in which the author difapproves 

 uf the notion of a double completion of the prophecies 

 contained in them ; " The Prophecies which Mr. Whifton 



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applies to the times immediately foUowing the appearance of 



the Mcfliah, confukred and examined," Svo. London, 1707 ; 

 " Remarks upon fome Places of Mr. Whiilon's Books, either 

 printed or in MS." 8vo. London, 17 u. Biog. Brit. 



ALLOA, or Alloway, mGeography, a fea-port town of 

 Scotland, fituated in the Frith of Forth, about 10 miles 

 above Leit'i, and five miles caft of Stilling. The town is 

 populous, has two market days in the week, and is remark- 

 able for its fine caftle, the feat of the Earl of Mar, and 

 for its adjacent coal-mines. The harbour is commodious, 

 having a good depth of water for fliips of burden, and 

 veflels are expeditiouUy loaded with coals, conveyed from 

 the pits by a waggon-way in carriages of fuch eafy draught, 

 that one horfe may draw three waggons, each containing 

 one ton and an half. A dry dock has lately been ereded, 

 and there is a glafs-houfe in the town, from which any 

 quantity of bottles may be fupplied at the fhortcft notice. 



The I'nth at this town firft becomes a copious and navi- 

 gable river. N. lat. se^io'. W. long. 3° 45'. The tower and 

 lands of Alloa were exchanged by David king of Scots in 

 1355, with Thomas Lord Erflcine, for the lands and eftate 

 of Stratilgarney, in PerthUiire, and fince that time the 

 callle has been the rcfidence of the family of Mar. The 

 fituation is beautiful, and the gardens, containing about 40 

 acres, were laid out under the direction of Le Nature, and 

 the plantation was begun in 1706. The tower of Alloa is 

 89 feet high, its walls are 1 2 feet thick, and it was built 

 towards the clofe of the 13th century. The laft heir of 

 the Scots monarchy, who was nurtured here, was Henry 

 prince of Wales ; of whom fome youthful relics are pre- 

 ferved, as is alfo the private fignet of the unfortunate Mary, 

 after (he was obliged, by the treaty of Edinburgh, to dellft 

 from wearing the arms of England in the firft quarter, the 

 chair of James VI. her fon, and the feftive chair of Thomas 

 Lord Erikine, the fecond earl of Mar of that name, with 

 an infcription ; 



" Soli deo honor et gloria." 



ALLOBROGES, in Ancient Geography, the inhabit- 

 ants of that part of Gallia Narbonenfis, which was fituated 

 between the rivers Ifara to the fouth, and Rhodanus to the 

 north, and the lacus Lemanus, comprehending a great part 

 of the countries fince known by the names of Savoy, Dau- 

 phine, and Piedmont. Polybius, Plutarch, Dion, and Ap- 

 pian write their name, Allolriges, and Ptolemy and Stephan. 

 Byz. Allobryges ; but the true orthography, eftablifiied by 

 two infcriptions, is Allohroges. Their metropoUs was Vien- 

 na. The AUobroges were inferior, neither in ftrength no'r 

 riches, to any of the inhabitants of Gaul. When Hanni- 

 bal palled the Rhine into their country, he found two bro- 

 thers contending for the crown, and took part with the 

 eldeft. This people, whofe country bordered on that of 

 the Salycs, and with whom they were in amity, were dif- 

 pofed to fuccour them againft C. Sextius Calvinus, who 

 had overcome TeutomaUus, their king. But after Domi- 

 tius had, during his confulfhip, fettled the country of the 

 Salyes in peace, a work which had been happily begun by 

 Sextius, three years before, the AUobroges, being uneafy at 

 the fettlement of the Romans in their neighbourhood, pre- 

 pared to make an attack upon the Roman colony at 

 Aqu» Sextiae. Domitius, in order to prevent the Arverni, 

 a powerful people, from joining the AUobroges, formed an 

 aUiance with the jEdui, one of the nioft confiderable na- 

 tions in Tranfalpine Gaul. In confequencc of this con- 

 nexion the Arverni commenced hoftihties againft the iEdui; 



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