pense his reveald Will; in fuch a Manner, that any ordinary Capacity may be enabled to apprehend the Drift and Design of the Holy Scrips gutes)upon all Occasions;; ceither when they peruse them at home, or heat others read them by small Portions at a time, in the Psalms and Lessons appointed for the daily Service of the Temple."

For whatever Dangers and Difficulties 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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Jt's Us Christ. Which being at tainable only by a proper Faith, and a good moral Lífe, the Bible contains nothing but what ire lates to one or the other of thefe ; nothing but Genealogies, Types, Predictions, and Demonstrations, concerning the Me SSIAH; and Institutions, Precepts, Exhortations, and Examples, for living righteously.

Therefore, that I might not burden, either the Reader or my felf, with more than was necessary, and perhaps fafe upon this Occasion, 'I have omitted consulting any of those very learned Authors who have written professedly upon the fame Sub

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ject, except Sigonius; and him, more
for Method than anything else;
keeping as close as possible to the
express Sense and Meaning of the
Scriptures; which I take to be the
best, if not the only allowable Inter-
preters of what themselves contain.

CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION

Sect. 1. The Origin of the People of God. page i
II. Wbence called Hebrews.

6

III. W bence called Ifraelites,

IV. Whënce called Jews.

V. The Rise of the Samaritans.

23

CH A P. I.

Sect. I. The Law.

27

II. The Ten Commandments.

28

III. Further Particulars of the Law.

IV. How the Law was to be taught.

V. How the Law came to be neglected 36 1

VI. The Observance of the Law revived

39

VII. The Law in a languishing State, at

Christ's coming into the World. 41

VIII. The Law fulfilld by Christ.

43

CH A P. II.

Sect. I. Their Form of Government.

II. First, an Aristocracy.

47

III. Afterwards, a Monarchy.

50

IV. Other Particularsof their Government. 55

V. Of the Strangers, or Proselytes.

58

CHAP. III.

Sect. I. The Holy-Land.

II. The Metropolis of the Holy-Land.

III. First Shiloh.

IV. Afterwards, Jerusalem.

68

V. The Babylonish Captivity.

75

VI. Their Return to tbeir own Land.

CH A P. IV.

Sect. I. Their Religiaus Affairs.

77

II. Places of Worship.

78

III. The

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o 111. The Tabernacle: TO-I-MedT

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do IV, The High-Places. 10-80019 sd 17

90

To V. The Temple, TS 10-013 3'T .IV 99

OVI. Building of the Pemple by Solomony 102

VII. Dedication of the Temple, so T III 1103

VIII. The Revolt and Captivity of Hd Ten

Tribes. 01 70 0:31 ST .X

107

DIX: The Idolatry of the Kings of Judah, 108

ex. The City and Temple destroyd. IIX111
58

TXI. Both rebuilt, after the Return: MICKI 12

FOXII. The Second Temple finally destroyd. 117

2 XIII. Temples in Samaria and Egypt 1% 118

OOXIV. Synagogues. I face IV ibid,
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Se&t. I. Their Holy-days, 210 X1YI2I

II. Their Computation of Time, by Years, 122

EIS III, By Months.

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DIE IV. By Weeks.

Mosás o 127

V. By

Days-turset I 128

$$$ VI. The daily Sacrifice. grond V 129

PSS VII. The New Moons.

chine V131

SVIII. The Sabbaths.

? ibid.

IX. The Feast of the Passover.

134

X. The Feast of Pentecofte.

141

Of XI. The Feast of Trumpets.

145

S XII

. The Day of Atonement.

O XIII. The Feast of Tabernacles, 148,

XIV. The Sabbatical Year.

151

. XV. The Year of Jubilee.

153

XVI. The Feast of the Dedication, 155

XVII. Other Anniversaries.

157

CH A P. VI,

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Sect. I. Rites and Ceremonies.

II. Sacrifices.

Band X 161

JII. The Burnt Offering, of X

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