Excerpt from The Genuineness, Authenticity, and Inspiration of the Word of God

English version; on the Jewish writings, the apostolic and primitive fathers and doctors of the, church; on the Jewish sects, factions, and orders of men; on the Jewish and other coins, weights, and measures; on the Jewish and Roman modes of computing time and on the geography and history of the nations mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures.

From this mass of materials such portions have been se lected as comported with the design of this work, merely add ing occasionally a few connecting words, or such passages of Scripture as were necessary for the correct apprehension oi the subject. A great body of notes (at least as much as would form a volume of equal dimensions with the present) on the geography, natural history, antiquities, manners, customs, &c. Of Judea and other eastern countries, has necessarily been left untouched, as they were foreign to the object of this work. This object was, generally, to establish the genuine ness, uncorrupted preservation, authenticity, and inspiration of the Sacred Volume, and specially in the illustration of the arguments on these all-important topics, to prove the principal facts, to illustrate the miracles, to show the fulfilment of the prophecies, to exhibit the harmony, and to display the doc trines and precepts of the word OF god. In the prosecution of this design, the author has sedulously labored, he trusts not altogether in vain; and he would earnestly implore the Divine blessing to render the work efficient for the purpose of con vincing the unbeliever, of confirming the wavering, of strength ening the weak, of instructing the ignorant, and of building up the believer in his most holy faith, that being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ him self being the chief corner stone, and led by the Holy Spirit, both the writer and reader, through the merits of the atone ment of the Son of God, may finally find that, when heart and flesh fail, God is the strength of their heart, and their portion for ever.

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