CHURCH

PASTOR OF THE BRICK CHURCH IN THE CITY OF NEW-YORK.

I certify you, that the Gospel which was preached of me is not
after man.-PAUL.

PUBLISHED BY THE

AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY,

150 NASSAU-STREET, NEW-YORK.

1847

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1847, by

O. R. KINGSBURY,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of the State of

New-York.

JOHN D. FLAGG, PRINTER,

150 Nassau-street, New-York.

CONTENTS.

PRELIMINARY DISSERTATION.

THE FITNESS OF THE TIME SELECTED BY DIVINE

PROVIDENCE FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF THE

CHRISTIAN DISPENSATION.

The extreme corruption of religion and manners throughout

the pagan world

The religious and moral condition of the Jewish nation

It was an age of great intellectual vigor and refinement

The world was at peace

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The time was that predicted in the Jewish Scriptures

It was such that it is difficult to account for the success of

the Gospel without the intervention of Almighty power 35

Allegations of Gibbon refuted

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THE BIBLE ABOVE THE INVENTION OF THE HUMAN

INTELLECT.

The views which the Scriptures give of the Deity

The views presented of the Divine purposes

The Scripture account of the work of creation

The Scripture account of the works of Providence

The view the Scriptures present of the redemption of man

Everything the Bible reveals, forms a part of one great whole

The inexhaustible fulness of the Sacred Writings

The intellectual character of the writers of the Bible, and of

the age in which it was written