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SCRIPTURE HARMONY.

Draw me, we will run after thee.-Sol. Song i. 4.

All that the Father giveth me, shall come to me: and him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out.-John vi. 37.

Turn ye to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope. Zech. ix. 12.

Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort. - Psalm 1xxi. 3.

He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks.Isa. xxxiii. 16.

Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart.-Mat. xi. 29.

That which I see not, teach thou me.Job xxxiv. 32.

They shall be all taught of God.-John vi. 45.

Abide in me.-John xv. 4.

Cast me not away from thy presence.Ps. li. 11.

I will give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall any pluck them out of my hands. - John x. 28.

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Rom. vi. 12.

Keep back also thy servant, from presumptuous sins, let them not have dominion over me.-Psalm xix. 13.

Sin shall not have dominion over you, for ye are not under the law, but under grace. Rom. vi. 14.

Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord.-2 Tim. i. 8.

I will speak of thy testimonies also before Kings, and will not be ashamed.Psalm cxix. 46.

They shall not be ashamed that wait for me. Isa. xlix. 23.

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free. Gal. v. 1. Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe.Ps. cxix. 117.

He shall be holden up for God is able to make him stand. Rom. xiv. 4.

Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.-Mark xiv. 38.

Lead us not into temptation.-Matthew vi. 13.

God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able.1 Cor. x. 13.

Be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.-Ephes. vi. 10.

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Enter not into the path of the wicked; and go not into the way of evil men.Prov. iv. 14.

Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man.-Psalm cxl. 1.

Understanding shall keep thee; to deliver thee from the way of the evil man.Prov. ii. 11, 12.

Pray without ceasing.-1 Thess. v. 17. Lord, teach us to pray.-Luke xi. 1. I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and supplication.-Zech.

xii. 10.

Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say rejoice.-Phill. iv. 4.

Make me to hear joy and gladness, that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Ps. li. 8.

Ye now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your hearts shall rejoice; and your joy no man taketh from you. John xvi. 22.

Your adversary the Devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about, seeking whom he may devour: whom resist stedfast in the faith. -1 Peter v. 8, 9.

Save me from the lion's mouth.-Psalm xxii. 21.

The God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. Rom. xvi. 20.

Grow in Grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.-2 Pet. iii. 18.

O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years. Hab. iii. 2. They shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine, and the scent thereof shall be as the vine of Lebanon.-Hos. xiv. 7.

Be thou faithful unto death. Rev. ii. 10. Let integrity, and uprightness preserve me.-Ps. xxv. 21.

Even to old age I am He; and even to hoary hairs I will carry you.-Isa. xlvi. 4.

Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises to our King, sing praises.-Psalm

xlvii. 6.

O Lord, open thou my lips: and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.-Psalm

li. 15.

This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise. Isaiah xliii. 21.

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE,

SHEWING, AT ONE VIEW,

The Period in which the SACRED Writers flourished, and the most celebrated of the HEATHEN Poets, Historians, Orators, and Philosophers, contemporary with them; compiled from Dr. Enfield's History of Philosophy, Dr. A. Clarke's "Bibliographical Dictionary" and " Sacred Literature," &c. &c.

It not being possible, at this distance of time, to ascertain the births and dates of these very early writers, we have contented ourselves with marking the dates at which they wrote or flourished.

Century
В. С.

Inspired Writers.

XV.

Moses.

XII.
ΧΙ.

David.
Solomon.

Heathen Writers.

There is no Pagan writer that can be traced nearly to the age of this Sacred Historian and Legislator.

Samuel the Prophet. Orpheus, Musæus, and Linus, are placed by some in

this century, but on very doubtful authority.

Hesiod, Poet. Some place him before Homer.

Homer, the father of Greek poetry.

X.

Lycurgus, the Spartan Legislator.

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Zoroaster, Chaldean Philosopher.

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Greek Sages.

Sappho, Greek female Poet.

Auacharsis, Scythian Philosopher.

Æsop, Phrygian Philosopher, and celebrated Fabulist. Pythagorus, founder of the Pythagorean Philosophy. Heraclitus, a Pythagorean Philosopher, of atheistical principles, and of so melancholy a turn, that he was called " the weeping Philosopher."

Democritus, the laughing Philosopher, who made a jest of every thing.

Anacreon, a beautiful but licentious Greek Poet.
Herodotus, of Halycarnassus, the father of history
among the Greeks.

Pindar, of Thebes, the prince of lyric poets.
Cato, of Utica, Roman patriot and stoic philosopher;
but who ended his days by suicide.
Thucydides, Greek historian of the Peloponesian war.
Æschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles, three celebrated
Greek tragic poets.

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE.

Century B. C.

IV.

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Heathen Writers.

Socrates, a celebrated moral philosopher, and pronounced, by the Oracle, the wisest man in Greece, was iniquitously condemned, and poisoned in the first year of this century.

Plato, founder of the Platonic philosophy, and Xenophon, celebrated general, philosopher, and historial, were both pupils of Socrates.

Aristotle, called the prince of philosophers and critics,
and chief of the Peripatetics.
Demosthenes, the prince of Greek orators.
Isocrates and Æschines, two other eminent Greek

orators.

natural history.

Theophrastus, disciple of Aristotle, and writer en
Theocritus, father of the Greek pastoral poetry.
Callimachus of Cyrene, eminent Greek elegiac poet.
Manetho, ancient Egyptian historian.
Epicurus, founder of the Epicurean philosophy,
founded on the love of sensual pleasures.
Zeno, of Cyprus, founder of the stoic philosophy.
Pyrrho, founder of the sceptical philosophy, which
doubts of every thing.
Archimedes, of Syracuse, and
Euclid, of Alexandria, celebrated mathematicians.
Polybius, Greek historian, and author of a universal
history of his own times.
Terence, Latin dramatic poet.
Quintilian, Roman lawyer, rhetorician, and orator.
Lucretius, Roman philosopher and poet; but atheistical.
Virgil, the prince of Latin poets, author of the Eneil.
Horace, a pleasant, elegant, and witty Latin poet.
Tibullus, an elegiac Latin poet, usually published with
Catullus and Propertius.
Ovid, a popular Latin poet, of very licentious character.
Cicero, the prince of Roman orators.
Cornelius Nepos, the Latin biographer of Greek and
Roman generals.

Diodorus Siculus, of Sicily, author of a Universal
History.

Dionysius, of Halicarnassus, Latin historian and
critic, author of Roman Antiquities.
Seneca, tutor to Nero, and a celebrated moral writer.
Livy, historian, author of the celebrated Roman
History.

Plutarch, celebrated Roman histórian and biographer.
Phædrus, Latin poet and fabulist.
Strabo, Greek philosopher, geographer, and historian.
Perseus, a Roman knight, Latin satirical poet.
Lucan, a celebrated Latin poet, put to death by Nero.
Lucian, Greek critic and satirist.
Pliny, the elder, lawyer and natural philosopher, and
anthor of a celebrated Natural History.

Juvenal, a celebrated Roman satirist.
Tacitus, Roman historian, the first statesman and
orator of his age,

Martial, eminent Roman epigrammatist.
Statius, Latin epic poet.

Dio Chrysostom, eminent Roman orator.

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