CHAP.

THE OLD TESTAMENT.

THE Introduction

An Account of the several Dispensations of God to-
ward Men

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I. The History of mankind before the Flood, namely, of Adam,

Eve, Cain, Abel, Enoch, &c.

II. Of Noah, Abraham, and their Families after the Flood

Sect. 1. Of Noah and his Sons

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2. Of Abraham and Lot, Ishmael and Isaac

3. Of Esau and Jacob, and their Posterity

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ib.

III. The Deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt by Moses

2. Of the holy Persons, namely, Priests, evites,

Nazarites

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Sect. 1. Of the Ceremonies of Purification

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3. Of the holy Places, particularly the Tabernacle 36

4. Of the holy Things, namely, the Ark, Table,

Candlestick, Altars, Laver, Holy Garments,
Sacrifices, Incense, Ointment, Water of Puri-
fication, &c.

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5. Of the holy Times, Feasts, and Fasts, the Sab-
baths, the New Moons, the Passover, Pentecost,
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6. The Use of the Jewish Ceremonies both to the
Jews and to Christians

VI. Of the Political or Judicial Law of the Jews, namely, of

their Wars, Marriages, Food, Raiment, Cattle,

Sabbatical year, Jubilee, &c.

VII. Of the Sins and Punishments of the Jews in the Wil-

VIII. Of the Jews' Entrance into Canaan, and their first Go-

vernment by Judges

GHAP.

Sect. 1. Of their Possession of Canaan, and destroying

the old Inhabitants

2. Of the Government of the Jews by Judges,

namely, Ehud, Shamgar, Deborah, Gideon,

Jephthah, Samson, &c.

IX. Of the Government of the Jews under their kings; and

first of Saul and David

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X. Of the Reign of Solomon and Rehoboam over all Israel,

and the Division of the Nation into two Kingdoms 89

XI. Of the Kings of Israel

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XII. Of the Kings of Judah`

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 Nehemiah

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XIV. The History of Joh

XV. The History of Jonah

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XVI. The History of Jeremiah

XVII. The History of Daniel

XVIII. The History of Esther

XIX. A Continuation of the Jewish History, from the End
of the Old Testament to the times of Christ

Sect. 1. Of Nehemiah's further Reformation, of Syna-

gogues, Targums, Samaritans, Proselytes, &c. - 146

2. Of the Jewish affairs under the Persian and

Grecian Monarchies, and particularly under

Alexander the Great

3. The Jewish Affairs under the Ptolemies, Kings

of Egypt. Of the great Synagogue, the Mish-

nah and Talmud, and Septuagint, or Greek

Translation of the Bible

4. Of the Jewish Affairs under Antiochus the Great,

Seleucus, and Antiochus Epiphanes, Kings of

Syria

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5. Of Mattathias the great Reformer, the Father

of the Maccabees

6. Of the Jewish Government under the Asmo-

neans or Maccabees; and first, of the three

Brothers, Judas, Jonathan, and Simon -

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Sect. 7. Of the Posterity and successors of Simon, and of

the several Sects among the Jews, namely, Pha-

risees, Sadducees, Essenes, Herodians, and

Karaites

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his Posterity

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XX. A Prophetical Connexion between the Old Testament

and the New, by a view of the Prophecies re-

lating to Christ, and their Accomplishment

THE NEW TESTAMENT.

XXI. Of John the Baptist

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XXII. Of the Birth and Childhood of Jesus Christ

XXIII. Of the Public Life and Ministry of Christ

Introduction. His Preparation for his Public Work, ib.

Sect. 1. Jesus Christ's Appearance, with the characters

of the Messiah

2. Of the Subjects of Preaching, his Parables, Dis-

putes, &c.

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5. His calling the Apostles, and Instructing them 257

6. His Appointment or Institution of the Two

Sacraments

7. Remarkable Occurrences or Transactions in the

Life of Christ

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XXIV. Of the Death, Resurrection, and Ascension of Christ 265

Sect. 1. Of his Sufferings, Death, and Burial

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2. Of the Resurrection of Christ, and his several

Appearances to his Disciples

3. Of his Ascension to Heaven

XXV. Of the Acts of the Apostles, chiefly Peter and John,

and the Deacons, Stephen and Philip

XXVI. The Acts of Paul the Apostle, his Travels and Suffer-

ings, his Life and Death

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A

SHORT VIEW

OF THE WHOLE

SCRIPTURE HISTORY,

&.c.

THE

HISTORY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.

INTRODUCTION.

THERE is no history in the world so ancient as the Bible, nor is there any which gives us so early an account of things. The Old Testament begins at the creation of the world, brings us into acquaintance with Adam and Eve, our first parents; informs us of their state of innocence, their sin against God, and their being driven out of Paradise: it recounts the first generations of men, and their multiplied iniquities which provoked God to destroy them by a flood.

Then it treats of the character, circumstances, and conduct of Noah and Abraham, and of their families after the flood, enlarging most upon the household of Jacob or Israel, the grandson of Abraham, who, at the invitation of his son Joseph, 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 with their sins and punishments while they were in the wilderness, travelling to the land of Canaan, which God had promised them.

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