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Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1844, by ALEXANDER W. MITCHELL, M.D., in the Office of the Clerk of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Printed by

WILLIAM S. MARTIEN.

The Word of God is contained in the Scriptures,.

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The Scriptures show that they are the only rule,..

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Other rules; the Koran, the Shastres, Swedenborg's

books, &c.,.

CHAPTER XII.

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Other rules;-Inward Light, Human Reason, &c.,....74

PREFACE.

THERE is evidently a peculiar necessity at the present time for encouraging the study of the Scriptures, and for maintaining their sole and independent authority as the rule of faith and conduct. Our children are accustomed to learn the truth on this subject, at their second step in the Catechism, and they afterwards find the same doctrine more fully opened, in the first chapter of our Confession of Faith. But the proofs need to be familiarly stated and illustrated, in order to give this fundamental principle its proper place in the mind. This is the main design of the

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exposition now offered.

It is hoped

that it may prove useful to young persons generally; and that it may be added to the few manuals prepared with a special view to families, Bible-classes, and Sabbath schools, connected with the Presbyterian Church.