many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.

Hab. ii, 2. And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that read

eth it.

John xx, 30. And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are

not written in this book.

John xxi, 25. And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be

prophecy of this book; for the Horeb, when the Load made! time is at hand

ILLUSTRIOUS EXAMPLE.

THE DECALOGUE.

Exod. xx, 1-17. And God spake all these words, saying. I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other Gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou

covenant with the children Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

Neh. ix, 13 Thou camest dov also upon mount Sinal, and spakest with them from beate and gavest them right judgment and true laws, good statutes and commandments.

Luke xviii, 20. Thou kav the commandments, Do not conmit adultery. Do not kill, Dod steal, Do not bear false wit Honour thy father and L mother.

2 Cor. ii, 3. Forasmuch as

written every one, I suppose that shalt not bowdownthyself to them, are manifestly declared to be

even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.

Gal. vi, 11. Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand.

Eph. iii, 3. How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; as I wrote afore in few words.

Heb. xiii, 22. And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation; for I have written a letter unto you in few words.

epistle of Christ ministered bra written not with ink, but wit Spirit of the living God; but in tables of stone, but in fly

tables of the heart.

DECALOGUE WRITTEN ST

GOD.

Exod. xxiv, 12. And the Lad said unto Moses, Come up to will give thee tables of state into the mount, and be there und and a law, and command which I have written; that max mayest teach them.

unto Moses, when he had tw Exod. xxxi, 18. And be r an end of communing with a pon mount Sinai, two tas testimony, tables of stone, wan with the finger of God.

nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold in vain. Remember the sabbath-I him guiltless that taketh his name day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the 1 Pet. v, 12. By Sylvanus, a faith-sabbath of the LORD thy God: in ful brother unto you, (as I sup- it thou shalt not do any work, pose.) I have written briefly, ex- thou, nor thy son, nor thy daugh horting and testifying that this is ter, thy man - servant, nor thy the true grace of God wherein ye maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath-day, and hallowed it. Honour thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

stand.

Rev. 1, 11, 19. Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia. Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter.

Rev. v, 1-4, 7. And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. And I wept much. because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.

Rev. x, 4. And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.

Rev. xxli, 10. And he saith unto me Seal not the sayings of the

Deut. x, 5. And I turned myself, and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded me.

1 Kings viii, 0. There was
nothing in the ark save the two
tables of stone, which Moses put
there at Horeb, when the LORD
made a covenant with the children
of Israel, when they came out of
the land of Egypt.

nothing in the ark save the two
2 Chron. v, 10. There was
tables which Moses put therein at

AL

Exod. xxxii, 15, 16, 19. And Moss turned, and went down from t mount, ant the two tables of the testimony were in his Land 2 tables were written on both the sides; on the one side and ente other were they written. the tables were the work of G and the writing was the Tr of God, graven upon the tab And it came to pass, as soon as 2 came nigh unto the camp, that saw the calf, and the dancing Moses' anger waxed hot, ani cast the tables out of his haŠ and brake them beneath a mount.

Exod. XXXIV, 4, 28. And he best two tables of stone, like und D first; and Moses rose up esriy D the morning, and went up commanded him, and took in 1 mount Sinai, as the Lose but hand the two tables of stone. AN he was there with the LORD by days and forty nights neither eat bread, nordrink wa And He wrote upon the tables words of the covenant, the commandments.

Deut. iv, 13. And be declared uuto you his covenant, which be ten commandments and he was commanded you to perform, es them upon two tables of stone

Deut. v, 22. These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount, out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice; and he added no more: and he wrote them in the two tables of stone, and delivered them unto

me.

Deut. ix, 10, 11, 17. And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone, written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words which the LORD spake with you in the mount, out of the midst of he fire, in the day of the assembly. And it came to pass, at the end of orty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the Covenant. And I took the two ables, and cast them out of my wo hands, and brake them before Four eyes.

Deut. x, 1--4. At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two ables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the nount, and make thee an ark of wood. And I will write on the

ables the words that were in the

law, and put it in the side of the
ark of the covenant of the LORD
your God, that it may be there
for a witness against thee.

the high priest said unto Shaphan
2 Kings xxii, 8, 10. And Hilkiah
the scribe, I have found the book
of the law in the house of the
LORD: and Hilkiah gave the book
to Shaphan, and he read it. And
Shaphan the scribe shewed the
king, saying, Hilkiah the priest
hath delivered me a book: and
Shaphan read it before the king.

2 Chron. xvii, 9. And they
taught in Judah, and had the
book of the law of the LORD with
them, and went about through-
out all the cities of Judah, and
taught the people.

Isa. i, 1. The vision of Isalah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

Jer. i, 1-3. The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin: To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josial king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth

month.

2 Chron. xxxiv, 14-16. And Ezek. 1, 2, 3. In the fifth day of the month, (which was the fifth when they brought the money that was brought into the house year of king Jehoiachin's captivof the LORD, Hilkiah the priest ity,) The word of the LORD came found a book of the law of the expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, LORD given by Moses. And Hil- the son of Buzi, in the land of the kiah answered and said to Sha-Chaldeans, by the river Chebar; phan the scribe, I have found the and the hand of the LORD was book of the law in the house of there upon him. the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan. And Shairst tables, which thou brakest, phan carried the book to the king, and thou shalt put them in the again, saying; All that was comand brought the king word back irk. And I made an ark of shittim-mitted to thy servants, they do it. wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having he two tables in mine hand. And e wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten comnandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount, out of the midst of the fire, in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me.

III.

THE BIBLE.
IN EARLY TIMES.

Deut. xvii, 18, 19. And it shali se, when he sitteth upon the hrone of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law n a book, out of that which is before the priests the Levites: And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law, and these statutes, to do them.

Deut. xxxi, 9, 24-26. And Moses wrote this law and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the

elders of Israel. And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying, Take this book of the

Neh. vill, 1, 2, 5. And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water-gate; and they spake unto Ezra the Scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel. And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation, both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up.

(See under PROPHET.)

his reign, I Daniel understood by Dan. ix, 2. In the first year of books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD that he would accomplish seventy came to Jeremiah the prophet, years in the desolations of Jerusalem.

Dan. xii, 9. And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.

Hos. i, 1. The words of the LORD that came unto Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

Joel i, 1. The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

Amos i, 1. The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

Obadiah 1. The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.

Jonah i, 1. Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying.

Mic. 1. 1. The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiab kings of Judah,

which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

Nah, 1, 1. The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

Hab. i, 1. The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. Zeph. i, 1 The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

Hag. i, 1. In the second year of

Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying.

Zech. i, 1. In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah the son of Barachiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying.

Mal. i, 1. The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.

SOME BOOKS IN THE NEW

TESTAMENT.

Matt. 1, 1. The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Mark i, 1. The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the son of God.

Luke i, 3, 4. It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.

John xx, 31. But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

Acts 1. 1. 2. The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen.

Rom. 1, 1. Paul, a servant of Je sus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God. 1 Cor. i, 1, 2. Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours.

2 Cor. i, 1. Paul, an apostle of
Jesus Christ by the will of God,
and Timothy our brother, unto
the church of God which is at
Corinth, with all the saints which
are in all Achaia.

Gal. i, 1, 2. Paul, an apostle
And all the brethren which are
with me, unto the churches of
Galatia.

Eph. i, 1. Paul, an apostle of Je-
sus Christ by the will of God, to
the saints which are at Ephesus,
and to the faithful in Christ Jesus.

Phil. 1, 1. Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons.

Col. i, 1, 2. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thess. I, 1. Paul, and Silvanus and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Thess. i, 1. Paul, and Silvanns,
and Timotheus, unto the church

of the Thessalonians in God our
Father, and the Lord Jesus
Christ.

Jesus Christ, to the strange scattered throughout Poutas, latia, Cappadocia, Asia, and b thynia.

2 Pet. 1, 1. Simon Peter, a vant and an apostle of Jese Christ, to them that have obtain like precious faith with us throng the righteousness of God and or Saviour Jesus Christ

Jude 1. Jude, the servant ofJe sus Christ, and brother of Jas to them that are sanctifial ! God the Father, and preserve Jesus Christ, and called.

Rev. i, 1, 2. The Revelation Jesus Christ, which God g unto him, to show unto Ese vants things which must dri come to pass; and be sent nified it by his angel unte Es vant John: Who bare mort the word of God, and of theist mony of Jesus Christ, and dthings that he saw.

BOOKS QUOTED IN SE
TURE, BUT NOT IN TH.
CANON.

Num. xxi, 14, 15. Where is said in the book of the was the LORD, What he did 25 Red sea, and in the brock Arnon, And at the stream 461 brooks that goeth down dwelling of Ar, and lieth p the border of Moab.

Josh. x, 13. And the D SCH still, and the moon stayed 1 Tim. i, 1, 2. Paul, an apostle of the people had avenged Jesus Christ by the command-selves upon their enemies ment of God our Saviour, and this written in the book of fac Lord Jesus Christ which is our So the sun stood still in the me hope; Unto Timothy my own son of heaven, and hasted not bi in the faith. down about a whole day.

2 Tim. 1, 1, 2. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and Christ Jesus

our Lord.

Titus i, 1, 4.
God, and an

Christ.

Paul, a servant of
apostle of Jesus

To Titus, mine
own son after the common faith:
Grace, mercy, and peace, from
God the Father, and the Lord
Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Philemon, 1. Paul, a prisoner of
Jesus Christ, and Timothy our
brother, unto Philemon our dearly
beloved, and fellow-labourer.

Heb. xiii, 22. And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.

James i, 1. James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

1 Pet. 1, 1. Peter, an apostle of

2 Sam. i, 18. Also he bade the teach the children of Judah use of the bow; behold, it is ten in the book of Jasher.

1 Kings xi, 41. And the re the acts of Solomon, and he did, and his wisdom, are

not written in the book of a acts of Solomon?

1 Chron. xxix, 29. 30. Nov £ acts of David the king, first last, behold, they are wri the book of Samuel the seer

in the book of Nathan t phet, and in the book of Gate might, and the times the seer, With all his reign sud ta over him, and over Israel over all the kingdoms of t countries.

the acts of Solomon, first** 2 Chron. ix, 29. Now the rest last, are they not written u. book of Nathan the propka in the prophecy of Ab> Shilonite, and in the visi Iddo the seer against Jernban the son of Nebat?

Jeronoam. The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet. Now 2 Chron. xiii, 22. And the rest the rest of the acts of Nadab, and of the acts of Abijah, and his all that he did, are they not writways, and his sayings, are written in the book of the Chronicles ten in the story of the prophet of the kings of Israel?

QUOTATIONS FROM PRO

FANE AUTHORS.

Esth. x, 2. And all the acts of bis power, and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecal, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not writ ten in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?

Acts xvii, 28. Fer in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

Tit. i, 12. One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.

THE BIBLE A PERFECT
REVELATION.

Deut. iv, 2. Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

Deut. xii. 32. What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

Prov. xxx, 6. Add thon not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

Rev. xxii, 18, 19. For I testify unto every man that beareth the

in the ears of all the congregader of Israel the words of this song until they were ended.

words of the prophecy of this
book, If any man shall add unto
these things, God shall add unto
him the plagues that are written
in this book: And if any man shall
take away from the words of the
book of this prophecy, God shall
take away his part out of the book
of life, and out of the holy city,
and from the things which are speaking all these words to di

Exod. xix, 7. And Moses came, and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.

Exod. xxiv, 7. And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient. Deut. xxxi, 30. And Moses spake

Deut. xxxii. 44, 45. And Me came and spake all the word! this song in the ears of the peopl

he and Hoshea the son of Nm. And Moses made

Israel.

Josh. viii, 34. 35. And aftermi he read allthe words of the law the blessings and cursings, acous to all that is written in the ba the law. There was not & of all that Moses commuded which Joshua read not belan the congregation of Israel, the women, and the little on and the strangers that wer versant among them.

2 Kings xxiii, 2. And the kne went up into the house of th and all the inhabitants of Jers LORD, and all the men of lem with him, and the pries the prophets, and all the pege

both small and great; and be ra

in their ears all the wa the book of the covenant ri was found in the house of >>