1165 212 er slk The Meat-Offering in to do. I s Page 163 VI. The Sin-Offering om i f.167 SOI VAL.Tke Trefpaff offerings sai 1170 SO VIII. The Confecration Offering, but ill 171 *** IX. Riber Offering lossi I 172 roi X. The Oblation of Incense 801 XLb Devotions at the Time of Sacrifice. 176 u XII. Josephus's Account of Sacrifices. Y 179 XIII. Scripture Examples of Sacrifices. '182 FiXIV Satrifices anly 4 Toleration. I 1.187 811 XV.Jesus the MESSPAH. RI:1195 b. XVI. The Ceremonial Law abolish'd. 71 200 XVIII. Who are the beft Chriftians. 209 15 XIX. Of Sacred Giftso-ylut *; XXIII. Vows and Freewill-Offerings. 220 XXIV. Sacred Donations not abolisbd. XXVI. True Fafting. duwit CH A P. VII, 224 7229 232 Sect. I. Designation of the Tribe of Levi. 233 II. The High-Priest. 236 III. Vestments of the High-Priest. 1,238 IV. Confecration of the High-Prieft. 7250 V. Qualifications of the High-Priest. v. 252 VI. The office of the High-Priest. W 254 VII. The: Succession to the High-Priest's Of- fice. 260 VIII. The Priests. *** bo te la 371 269 idi IX. Vestments of the Priests. ».? 270 sòi X. The Office of the Priests. XI. The ܝܨܰ 1 273 XII. The Consecration of the Levites. XIII. The Singer's. 290 XIV. The Porters or Doorkeepers. 295 XVIII. The Manner of Consulting God. 324 XX. The Pharisees, Sadducees, and Hero- CH A P. VIII. Sect. 1. The Civil Government. VI. The Great Council at Jerusalem. VIII. The Trials of several of the Apostles. 394 CHA P. IX. III. Captains of Thoufands, &c. IV. The Captain of the Temple. Conclusion. 456 INTRODUCTION. S E C T. 1. HE Nation or People; about whose Affairs the Bible is chiefly conversant, being mention'd therein under several Denominations; in order to give some Account of this, and to find out the Times when and Reasons why they assum'd each of them, we may observe that the Descent of Mankind, from the Beginning of the World, is divided into four Sets or Ages, succefsively, by the Scripture, term’d Generations : The first of which was, from Adam to Noab; the second, from Noah to Abra B , 2 bam ; ham; the third, from Abraham to David; and the fourth, from David to CHRIST. In the second of these, this People came to be distinguish'd and known by the Name of Hebrews; in the third, they obtain'd that of Israelites; and, in the fourth, were call's Jews. They are the most ancient of any People upon Record. For, in the second Age, , or Generation of the World, we find them fettled in Allyria; a Country of the first Account with the most early of the Heathen Writers. And whereas, upon the great and speedy Increase of Mankind, many Families blindly ran into Idolatry, and wholly gave themselves up to all kinds of false Worship; These, obeying the Law of Nature and the Dictates of right Reason, and probably retaining some Sparks of that Revelation which had been dispens’d, upon certain Occasions and to certain Perfons, from the very Beginning of the World, were such as, in a great measure, knew what Regard was proper to be had to the Supreme Being; and accordingly, adoring the One True God, were regular and constant in their Devotion. The na tural tural Consequence of which was," that they became the peculiar Favourites of Heaven; that God vouchsaf'd to reveal Himself to them, in an extraordinary manner; and to ordain that of them should be born, according to the Flesh, his Son Jesus CHRIST, for the Salvation and Redemption of degenerate, loft Mankind. For the first Man Adam, though form’d in full Maturity of Human Perfection, with all Powers and Capacities suitable to the Nature of his Condition, and moreover exprefly and fully instructed in his Duty to God his Creator, yet unhappily prov'd the first Example of Disobedience; and, by breaking the Divine Precept, entail'd Sin and Misery upon his wretched Posterity. Of his three Sons, Cain, Abel, and Seth, the First flew his Brother Abel, revolted from God, and propagated an impious Race of Mortals, who, treading in his Steps, deviated from the Paths of true Religion and Virtue, and lost themselves in the Mazes of Error and false Worship. Of them therefore the Scripture takes no Account; pursuing the Descent of that B 2 Line |
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