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Holy Garments, Sacrifices, Incense, Oint-

ment, Water of Purification, &c. 44

Sect. 5. Of the Holy Times, Feafts and

Fajts, the Sabbaths, the New-Moons,

the Pass-over, Pentecoft, Feast of Taber-

nacles, Day of Atonement, &c.

54

Seet. 6. The Use of the Jewis Ceremonies

both to the Jews and to Chrifians, 6

Chap. VI. Of the Political or Judicial Law

of the Jews, namely, Of their Wars,

Marriages, Food, Raiment, Cattle, Sab.

batical Pear, Jubilee, &r.

Chap. VII. Of the Sins and Punishments of

the Yews in the Wilderness,

71

Chap. Vill. Of the Jews Entrance into Ca-

naan, and their first Government by

Judges,

Seot. 1. Of their Palession of Canaan, anil

destroying the old Inhabitants,

Sect. 2. Of the Government of the Jews

by Judges; namely, Ehud, Shamgar, De-

borah, Gideon, Jephthah, Samson, &c. 82

Chap. IX. Of the Government of the Jews :

under their Kings; and firft of Saul and

David,

91.

Chap. X. Of the Reign of Solomon and Re-

boboam over all Ifrael, and the Division:

of the Nation into two Kingdoms,

Ehap. XI. Of the Kings of Ifrael,

Chap. XII. Of the Kings of Judah,

117

Chap. XIII. Of the Return of the Jews from

Captivity, and the Building the City of

Jerusalem and the Temple, under the

Conduct of Ezra and Nehærniah, 131.

Chap. XIV. The History of Job,

141

Chap. XV. The History of Jonah,

145

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76.

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Chap. XVI. The History of Jeremiah, 147

Chap. XVII. The History of Daniel,

145

Chap. XVIII. The History of Esther, 161

Chap. XIX. A Continuation of the Jewish

History from the End of the Old Tesla-

ment to the Times of CHRIST,

165

Sect. 1. Of Nehemiah's further Reforma-

tion ; of Synagoguis, Targums, Samari..

tans, Profelytes, &c.

166

Sect. 2. Of the Jewish Affairs under the .

Persian and Grecian Monarchies, and

particularly under Alexander the Great, 174

Sect. 3. The Jewish Affairs und r the Pto-

lemies Kings of Egypt. Of, the great Sy- .

nagogue, the Mishnah and Talmud, anch

Septuagint, or. Greek Translación of the

Bible,

178

Stct. 4. Of the Jewish Affairs under An-

tiochus the Great, Seleuius, and An.

tiochus Epiphanes, Kings of Syria, 187

Sect. 5. Of Mattathias the great Reform-

er, the Farber of the Maccabees,

192

Sect. 6. Of the Jewish Government. under

the Afmanears or Maccabees. į and first

of the three Brotberis, Judas, Jonathan, -

and Simon,

196

Sect. 7. Of the Pofterity and. Succeffors of

Simon, and of the several Sects among

the Jews; namely Pharisees, Sadduc.es,

Esenes, Herodians, and Karaites,

213

Se&. 8. Of the Government of Herod the

Great, and his Pofterity,

232

Chap. XX. A Prophetical Connection be-.,

tween the Old Testament and the New,

by a View of the Prophecies relating to

CHRIST,and their: Accomplishment,

247

278

278

The. NEW TESTAMENT..

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HA P. XXI. Of John the Baptist, 268 :

Chap. XXII. Of the Birth and Child-

hood of Jesus Chrift,

274,

Chap. XXIII. Of the public Life and Mi-

nistry of Chrip,

Introduction. His Preparation for his

public Work,

Sect. 1. Jesus Christ's Appearance, with

the Characters of the Messiah,

281

Sect. 2. Of the Subjects of bis Preaching,

his Parables, Disputes, &c.

282

Sect. 3. Of the Miracles of Chrift,

291

Sect. 4. The Example of Chrift,

292

Sect. 5. His calling the Apostles, and in-

Strulling them, -

294

Se&t. 6. His Appointment or Institution of

the two Sacraments,

297

Sect. 7. Remarkable Occurrences or Trans-

actions in the Life of Chrift,

299

Chap. XXIV. Of the Death, Resurrection,

and Afcenfion of Chrift,

304

Se&. 1. Of his Sufferings, Death and Burial, 304

Sect. 2. Of the Refurrection of Chrif, and

his feveral Appearances to his Disciples, 312

Sect. 3. Of his Ascension to Heaven,

Chap. XXV. Of the Acts of the Apostles,

cbiefly Peter and John, and the Deacons

Stephen and Philip,

Chap. XXVI. The Acts of Paul the Apostle,

his Travels and Sufferings, his Life and

Death,

316

316

328

ASHORT

*HERE is no History in the World

so ancient as the Bible, nor is there T

any which gives us so early an Account of Things. The Old Testa.

ment begins at the Creation of the World, brings us into Acquaintance wiih Adam and Eve, our first Parents, informs us of their State of Innocence, their Sin againft God, and their being driven out of Paradise ; it recounts the firft Generations of Men, and their multiplied Iniquities, which provoked God to destroy them by a Flood, B

Then

Then iť treats of the Character, Circumftances and Conduct of Noah and Abraham, and of their Families after the Flood; enlarging most upon the Houshold of Jacob, or lfrael, the Grandson of Abraham, who, at the Invitation of his Son Jofeph, went down with his family to dwell in Egypt, where they were enslaved by Pharaoh the King

The History proceeds to the Deliverance of the Israelites out of Egyptian Bondage, by Moses and Aaron, and their being set apart to be a peculiar People to God. It rehearses the Laws and Statutes which were given them, together wich their Sins and Punishments while they were in the Wilderness, travelling to the Land of Canaan, which God had promised them.

Then there follows an Account of their Cona quest over the Land of Canaan under the Conduct of Joshua; their Government by: Judges several hundred Years:; and after that there is a Narrative of their four first Kings, namely, Saul, David, Solomon, and Rehoboam. In his Days the Nation was divided into two Kingdoms, which were called the Kingdom of ISRAEL, and the Kingdom of JUDAH,

There are also particular Records of the Go. vernment of these cwo distinct Kingdoms, under a long Succession of their own Kings, till they were both carried into Captivity by the Kings of Affyria.

After this, the sacred History relates the Return of many of them, (chiefly the Tribes of Judah and Benjamin) into their own Land, and their rebuilding the City of Jerusalem, and the Temple of God, and the Settlement of the Affairs of the

Church