tanea Sacra, Vol. I. to which I would refer those who desire a fuller Information of this Matter. ..The principal Thing I had in view from the Beginning to the End of this work, was to set down some of the moft necessary and the most important Matters of Fact recorded in Scripture; amongst which I have chosen out those which would be most entertaining to younger Minds, and would make the deepest and most lafting Impression upon them, and such as would lead them into a Survey of the various and wonderful Transactions of the Providence and Grace of God among Men, the successive and gradual Discoveries of the Will of God to Men, the different Forms of Religion in different Ages of Mankind, the Rules of Duty toward God and toward one another ; together with an Account of their Obedience or Disobedience to him, with their Bleffings and their Punishments, their Ami&tions, Trials and Deliverances, and that from the Beginning of the World to the Promulgation of the Gospel by the Apostles in the first Age of the Christian Church : and this is as far as the History of the Scripture reaches. I HE E N D. THE OF CONTENTS. The OLD TESTAMENT. THE Introduction. Page 1 1 An Account of the several Dispensations of God toward Men. 3 Chap. I. The History of Mankind before the Flood, • (viz.) of Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel, Enoch, &c. ibid. Chap. Il. Of Noah, Abraham, and their families after the Flood. II Sect. 1. Of Noah and his Sons. ibid. Sect 2. Of Abraham and Lot, Ishmael and Isaac. 14 Sect. 3. Of Efau and Jacob, and their pofterity. 20 Chap. III, The Deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt by Moses and Aaron. 24 Chap. IV. Of the Moral Law. 30 Chap. V. Of the Ceremonial Law of the Jews. 34 Sect. 1. Of the Ceremonies of Purification. ibid. Sect. 2. Of the boly Perfons, viz. Priests, Levites, Nazarites. 38 Sea. 3. Of the holy Places, particularly the Tabernacle, Sea. 41 Sect. 4. Of the holy Things, viz. the Ark, Ta- ble, Candlestick, Altars, Laver, Holy Gar- ments, Sacrifices, Incense, Ointment, Water of Sect. 5. Of the Holy Times, Feafts and Fasts, the Sabbaths, the New-Moons, the Passover, 53 Sect. 6. The Use of the Jewish Ceremonies both to the Jews and to Christians. Chap. VI. Of the Political or Judicial Law of the Jews, viz of their Wars, Marriages, Food, Rai- ment, Cattle, Sabbatical Year, Jubilee, &c. 62 Chap. VII. Of the Sins and Punishments of the Chap. VIII. Of the Jews Entrance into Canaan, and their firft Government by Judges. , 75 Sect. 1. Of their Pollefion of Canaan, and de- stroying the old Inhabitants. . ibid. Sect. 2. Of the Government of the Jews by Fudges, viz. Ehud, Shamgar, Deborah, Gideon, Chap. IX. Of the Government of the Jews, under their Kings; and first of Saul and David. : 90 Chap. X. Of the Reign of Solomon and Rehoboam i over all Israel, and the Division of the Nation Chap. XI. Of the Kings of Israel. Chap. XIJ. Of the Kings of Judah. Chap. XIII. Of the Return of the Jews from Cap- tivity, and the Building the City Jerufalem and the Temple, under the Conduct of Ezra and Ne- Chap. XIV. The Hi Aory of Job. Chap. XV. The History of Jonah. Chap. XVII. The History of Daniel. 152 Chap. XVIII. The History of Esther. 158 Chap. XIX. A Continuation of the Jewish History from the End of the Old Testament to the Seet. 1. Of Nehemiah's further Reformation; of Synagogues, Targums, Samaritans, Prose- Sect. 2. Of the Jewish Affairs under the Persian and Grecian Monarchies, and particularly Sect. 3. The Jewith Affairs under the Ptolemies Kings of Egypt. Of the great Synagogue, the Mishnah and Talmud, and Septuagint or Greek Transation of the Bible. . Sect. 4. Of the Jewish Affairs under Antiochus the Great, Seleucus, and Antiochus Epiphanes, · Sect. 5. Of Mattathias the great Reformer, the Sect. 6. Of the Jewish Government under the Al- moneans or Maccabecs; and first of the three Brothers, Judas, Jonathan and Simon. 194 Sect. 7. Of the Posterity and Successors of Simon, and of the several Sects among the Jews, viz. Pharisees, Saddueces, Efenes, Herodians, and Sect. 8. Of the Government of Herod the Great, Chap. XX. Å Prophetical Connexion between the Old Testament and the New, by a View of 280 The NEW TESTAMENT. CHAP. XXI. Of John the Baptift. 266 u Chap. XXII. of the Birth and Childhood of Jesus Chrift. 272 Chap. XXIII. Of the publick Life and Ministry of Chrift. 276 Introduction. His Preparation for his publíck Work. ibid. Sect. I. Jesus Chrift's Appearance, with the Characters of the Messiah. 278 Sect. 2. Of the Subjects of bis Preaching, his Parables, Disputes, &c. . Sect. 3. Of the Miracles of Christ. 288 Sect. 4. The Example of Christ. . 290 Sect. 5. His calling the Apostles, and instructing them. 292 Se&t. 6. His Appointment or Institution of two Sacraments. 295 Sect. 7. Remarkable Occurrences or Transactions in the Life of Christ. 297 Chap. XXIV. Of the Death, Resurrection, and Afcenfion of Christ. , Sec. 1. Of his Sufferings, Death, and Burial, ibid. Sect. 2. Of the Resurrection of Christ, and his several Appearances to his Disciples. 310 Sect. 3. Of his Afcenfion to Heaven. 313 Chap. XXV. Of the Acts of the Apostles, chiefly Peter and John, and the Deacons Stephen and Chap. XXVI. The Aets of Paul the Apostle, bis Travels and Sufferings, his Life and Death. 325 302 i Philip 314 The End of the TA BLE.. |