INTRODUCTION. ESSAY I. CHAOS AND CREATION. PASSAGE. page 3 And the earth was without form, and void, and dark- ORIGIN OF DRESS. LONGEVITY, And God faid unto Noah, make thee an ark of gopher He fent forth a dove from him, to fee if the waters fhe returned unto him into the ark; for the waters And he ftayed yet other feven days, and again he And the dove came into him in the evening, and lo, in THE SEASONS. PASSAGE. SUPREMACY OF MAN. PASSAGE. And God faid to Noah, the fear of you, and the dread of you, fhall be upon every beaft of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air; upon all that moveth STORY OF ABRAHAM AND LOT. PASSAGE. And Abraham faid, wilt thou alfo deftroy the righte Peradventure, there be fifty righteous within the city; Then Abraham give up the ghost, and died in a good STORY JACOB AND RACHEL. PASSAGI. And Jacob ferved feven years for Rachel, and they And Belah died, and Jabob reigned in his stead. And Jabob died, and Hufham reigned in his ftead. And it came to pafs, after these things, that one told And one told Jacob, and faid: Behold thy fon Jo- And when Jofeph's brethren 'faw that their father was dead, they faid: Jofeph will peradventure hate us, And there went a man out of the houfe of Levi, and And the woman conceived, and bare a fon P. 105 ESSAY XX. THE MIRACLES. And Miriam the prophetefs, the fifter of Aaron, and took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with 'timbrels, and with dances. And Miriam anfwered them, fing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed glorioufly: the horfe and his rider hath he thrown into the fea. ESSAY XXI INSTITUTES OF MOSES. PASSAGE. p. 110 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; and she hath done, fo fhall it be done unto him. ESSAY XXII. STORY OF BALAAM AND HIS ASS. PASSAGE. p. 115 And the Lord opened the mouth of the afs, and the faid unto Baleam, what have I done unto thee, that thou haft fmitten me thefe three times? ESSAY XXIII. DEATH OF MOSES. PASSAGE. p. 119 And the Lord faid unto Mofes, get thee up into this mount Abarim, and fee the Land which I have given unto the children of Ifrael And when thou haft feen it, thou alfo fhalt be gathered unto thy people. ESSAY XXIV. STORY OF CALEB AND OTHNIEL. PASSAGE. P. 126 And Caleb faid, he that finiteth Kirjath-fepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achfah my daughter to wife. ESSAY XXV. STORY OF NAOMI AND RUTH. PASSAGE. P. 130 And Ruth faid, intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee; for whither thou goeft I will go, and where thou lodgeft, I will lodge: thy people, fhall be my people; and thy God, my God. P. 135 ESSAY XXVI. GOLIAH OF GATH. And David faid unto Saul, let no man's heart fail becaufe of him: thy fervant will go and fight with this Philiftine. ESSAY XXVII. STORY OF ELIJAH AND THE WIDOW OF ZAREPHATH. PASSAGE. P. 157 And the faid, as the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a crufe. ESSAY XXVIII. CHARACTER OF SOLOMON. PASSAGE. P. 176 And Judah and Ifrael dwelt fafely, every man, under his vine, and under his fig-tree, from Dan, even to Beer-fheba, all the days of Solomon. ESSAY XXIX. CONCLUDING STRICTURES. p. 189 ON SCRIPTURAL SUBLIMITY AND BEAUTY. PASSAGE. He was honoured in the midst of the people, in his Doctor DWIGHT's Differtation on the Hiftory, Elo coming out of the fanctuary. queace and Poetry of the Bible. p. 191 P. 213 |