penfe his reveal'd Will; infuch
Manner, that any ordinary Capacity
may be enabled to apprehend the
Drift and Design of the Holy Scrips
tures, upon all Occafions; either
when they peruse them at home,
or chear others read them by fmall
Portions at a time, in the Pfalms
and Leffons appointed for the daily
Service of the Temple.tolon
For whatever Dangers and Diffi-
culties may
have been furmis'd, as
attending the Study of them, the
whole Scope of the facred Writings,
from the Beginning to the End, ap
pears evidently to be but this one,
The Salvation of Mankind through

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JESUS

JESUS CHRIST. Which being at tainable only by a proper Faith, and at good do moral oiLife, the Bible contains nothing but what re lates to one or the other of thefe; nothing but Genealogies, Types, Predictions, and Demonftrations, concerning the MESSIAH; and Inftitutions, Precepts, Exhortations, and Examples, for living righteoufly.32

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Therefore, that I might not burden, either the Reader or my felf, with more than was neceffary, and perhaps fafe upon this Occafion, I have omitted confulting any of those very learned Authors who have written profeffedly upon the fame Sub

ject,

ject, except Sigonius; and him, more

for Method than any thing elfe;

keeping as close as poffible to the

express Senfe and Meaning of the

Scriptures; which I take to be the

beft, if not the only allowable Inter-

preters of what themselves contain.

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION.

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Sect. I. The Origin of the People of God. page i

II. Whence called Hebrews.

III. Whence called Ifraelites,

IV. Whence called Jews.

V. The Rife of the Samaritans.

CHAP. I.

Sect. 1: The Law.

II. The Ten Commandments.

III. Further Particulars of the Law.

IV. How the Law was to be taught.

V. How the Law came to be neglected

VI. The Obfervance of the Law revived.

VII. The Law in a languishing State, at

Chrift's coming into the World.

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VIII. The Law fulfilled by Chrift.

43

CHA P. III.

Sect. 1. The Holy-Land.

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CHA P. II.

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Sect. I. Their Form of Government.

II. First, an Ariftocracy.

III. Afterwards, a Monarchy.

IV. Other Particulars of their Government. 55

V. Of the Strangers, or Profelytes.

50

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II. The Metropolis of the Holy-Land.

III. First Shiloh.

IV. Afterwards, Jerufalem.

V. The Babylonish Captivity.

VI. Their Return to their own Land.

CHA P. IV.

Sect. I. Their Religious Affairs.

II. Places of Worship.

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TOI V. The Temple. -? T .IV

OIVI. Building of the Temple by Solomon.” 102

VII. Dedication of the Temple, P.III 103

VIII. The Revolt and Captivity of the Ten

Tribes to morta sa X 107

IX: The Idolatry of the Kings of Judah, 108

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81XI. Both rebuilt the Return: X112

X. The City and Temple deftroy'd IIX 111

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XII. The Second Temple finally deftroyd. X117

XIII. Temples in Samaria and Egypt. 118

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XIV. Synagogues Vibid.

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CHAP. VAN JIIVX

Seat. I. Their Holy-days.210 XIX121

SIS II. Their Computation of Time, by Years, 122

$15 III, By Months.
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Os IV. By Weeks. M kool s41 10 JIKT27

OSS V. By Days-lierové? Ain accoN INX128

* VI. The daily Sacrifice.hamon? VIK129

ass VII. The New Moons. MONA VA 131-

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VIII. The Sabbaths.

IX. The Feast of the Paffover.

X. The Feast of Pentecofte."

* XI. The Feast of Trumpets.

* XII. The Day of Atonement.

XIII. The Feast of Tabernacles,

XIV, The Sabbatical Year.

XV. The cam

of Jubilee.

XVI. The Feast of the Dedication,

XVII. Other Anniversaries.

CHAP. VI, :

208

Sect. I. Rites and Ceremonies.

II. Sacrifices.

III. The Burnt Offering,

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IV. The