LONDON:

GILBERT & RIVINGTON, PRINTERS,
ST. JOHN'S SQUARE.

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INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS.

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CHAPTER I.

DIVINE AUTHORITY OF THE BIBLE ILLUSTRATED BY

Its remarkable preservation.

Its moral effects......

The agreement of its several parts

The spirit of the writers....

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Miracles, and fulfilment of prophecy

CHAPTER II.

PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE BIBLE WAS GIVEN..

Ignorance of mankind without the Bible

God's great design in the gift of the Bible

CHAPTER III.

THE GREAT TRUTHS OF THE BIBLE GRADUALLY REVEALED, VIZ.

Nature and attributes of God

Character and prospects of man

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The great work of man's redemption

CHAPTER IV.

ON THE RIGHT INTERPRETATION OF THE BIBLE..

Terms used in speaking of God

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Importance of comparing Scripture with Scripture

Words used in different senses......

Importance of attending to proper names

Value of some knowledge of geography

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natural history

chronology

profane history..

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Manners and customs of eastern nations

Difficulties and seeming contradictions of the Bible........

Quotations illustrating the leading object of this chapter....... 107