all things necessary to guide the faith and practice of every sincere Christian; and that the church is in possession of no other revelation, but what is recorded in these Sacred Books.

CONTENTS.

SECTION.

PART I.

INTRODUCTION-The importance of ascertaining the

true Canon of the Holy Scriptures.

I. Early use and import of the word Canon

II. Constitution of the Canon of the Old Testament by

Ezra. The Canon of the Old Testament as it

now exists, sanctioned by Christ and his Apostles-

Catalogues of the Books by some of the early fa-

thers--Agreement of Jews and Christians on this

subject.

III. Apocryphal books-Their origin--Importance of dis-

tinguishing between Canonical and Apocryphal

books-Six books of this class pronounced Canoni-

cal by the Council of Trent-Not in the Hebrew,

nor received by the Jews, ancient or modern.

IV. Testimonies of the Christian fathers, and of other

learned men down to the time of the Council of

Trent, respecting the Apocrypha.

V. Internal evidence that these books are not Canoni-

cal--The writers not prophets, and do not claim to

be inspired.

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V1. No Canonical book of the Old Testament has been lost. 95

VII. The Oral Law of the Jews without foundation.

ᏢᎪᎡᎢ II.

106

I. Method of settling the Canon of the New Testament. 129

II. Catalogues of the books of the New Testament-

Canonical books only cited as authority by the Fa-

thers, and read in the churches as Scripture.

14

III. Order of the Books of the New Testament--Time of

the Gospels being written-Notice of the Evan-

gelists.

IV. Testimonies to Matthew's Gospel---Time of publica-

tion Language in which it was originally com-

posed.

164

176

V. Gospel of Mark--On what occasion published---As-

cribed to the dictation of Peter by all the Fathers. 185

SECT.

VI. Gospel of Luke---Testimonies of the Fathers respec

ting it. VII. The objections of J. D. Michaelis, to the Canonical authority of the Gospels of Mark and Luke, considered, and answered.

VIII. The Gospel of John---Life of the Evangelist---Occasion and time of his writing-Canonical authority indisputable.

IX. The Acts of the Apostles-Luke the author-Canonical authority undisputed by the Fathers; Rejected only by heretics.

X. Testimonies to the Canonical authority of the four-
teen Epistles of Paul.

XI. Canonical authority of the seven Catholic Epistles.
XII. Canonical authority of the Book of Revelation.
XIII. No Canonical book of the New Testament has been

lost.

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XIV. Rules for determining what books are Apocryphal; some account of the Apocryphal books which have been lost All of them condemned by the foregoing rules; Reason of the abounding of such books. 302 XV. Apocryphal books which are still extant; Letter of Abgarus King of Edessa to Jesus, and his answer; Epistle to the Laodiceans; Letters of Paul to Seneca; Protevangelion of James; The Gospel of our Saviour's infancy; The Acts of Pilate; The Acts of Paul and Thecla.

XVI. No part of the Christian Revelation handed down by unwritten tradition.

NOTES,

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PART X.