OF THE

OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS

PROVED TO BE CANONICAL,

AND THEIR

VERBAL INSPIRATION MAINTAINED AND ESTABLISHED;

WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE

INTRODUCTION AND CHARACTER OF THE APOCRYPHA.

BY THE LATE

ROBERT HALDANE, Esq.

Sixth Edition, Enlarged.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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The Septuagint, B. c. 280, contains a history of 2500 years,

Preserved by Samaritans as well as Jews,

Introduction to the present edition,

Preface to original edition,

Genuineness of Scripture, Definition of,

Authenticity of Scripture, Definition of,

Antiquity of the Bible,

Moses, 1000 years before Herodotus,

Ezra and Nehemiah, the last Old Testament historians, ear-
lier than Herodotus,

Written Revelation unnecessary before the abbreviation of
human life,

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Malachi lived B. C. 420,

Old Testament accounted genuine by the Jews,

Testimony of Josephus to the Old Testament Canon,

Its authenticity confirmed by collateral evidence and uncon-

tradicted proofs,

By notices in heathen writers,

Testimony of Porphyry,

Leslie's test of truth,

Jewish Bible history interwoven with early Egyptian and
Assyrian,

Bishop Cosin quoted, "

Jewish division of the Old Testament,

Old Testament Canon fixed в. c. 280,

Testimony of Josephus,

Of our Lord,

Of the Apostles,

Bishop Melito's journey to Palestine in the second century,

to authenticate the Jewish Scriptures,

His catalogue only contains the 22 Inspired Books,

Written after Malachi,

Testimonies of Origen, Athanasius, and Hilary of Poictiers,

Of the Council of Laodicea, A. D. 363,

Apocrypha-

Internal evidence, its character of God, and character of man, 38

Apocrypha-

Impiety of its writers in blasphemously speaking in the
name of the Lord,

Without external, and condemned by internal evidence,

Contradicts the doctrine of justification by faith,

Incurs the anathema of Paul,

Not quoted by Justin, A. D. 163,

Disallowed by Eusebius, A. D. 320,

Not in the Bible of the First Council of Nice, A. D. 325,

Its abettors reproved by Athanasius,

Is the subject of warning by Cyril, A. D. 320,

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as fabulous,

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Reading of, forbidden by the Council of Laodicea,

A. D. 363,

Is characterised by Jerome, A. D. 378,

and unworthy of perusal,

Loose use of the word Canonical by the third or sixth
Council of Carthage,

Pronounced Canonical by the Council of Trent,

Intermingled with the Inspired Books by the Papists,

An Anathema of the Council of Trent,

The Reformers protest against this decree,

Books of Esther and Solomon's Song much venerated by the Jews, 55

The New Testament Scriptures not given till there were
churches to whose care they could be intrusted,

Six Apostles and Two Disciples employed in the work,
Completed before the death of the last Apostle,

Care of the Canon by the ancient churches,

Genuineness of the New Testament SS. admitted by their first
opponents,

Numerous copies and translations made,

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150,000 MS. copies said to exist,

Trivial differences in the copies,

Testimonies of Barnabas, Clement third Bishop of Rome,

Hermas, Ignatius, Polycarp, Papias, all contempories

of the Apostles,

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of Justin Martyr, Dionysius, Tatian, Hegesippus, and

Pothinus of Lyons,

of Tertullian, who affirms the original autograph of the
Four Gospels to be in existence in his time,

and rejects the mutilated Gospel of St Luke by Mar-

cion,

of Origen, who quotes them much, and has preserved
Celsus, an opponent's, attestation to their history,

of Victorinus of Germany,

of Arnobius and Lactantius,

of Eusebius, born 270, who wrote a history of Chris-

tianity,

of Athanasius, who affirmed each book by name to be

inspired,

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of the Council of Nice, a. D. 325,

of Augustine,

Force of historical testimony,

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The Traditions of the Romish Church not written or historical, 78

The Canon as well ascertained as if there were an inspired
list of its books,

Integrity of the Canon a matter of Revelation,

Assertion that the Canon is a point of erudition subversive of
all Revelation,

Testimony on which our Lord was acknowledged,

To question the integrity of the Canon leads to complete un-
belief,

Jews faithful depositaries of the Old Testament though re-
jecting the New-Christians faithful to the New Testa-
ment though adulterating the Old,

Unity in variety between the various writers of the Old and
New Testaments,

Not one passage of Scripture contradicts its inspiration,
Theory of graduated inspiration untenable, superintendence,
elevation, suggestion, direction,

Inspiration of transcribers never alleged,

Meaning of the word Inspire,

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Use of the word Oracle by the Greeks, by Stephen, and by

the Apostle Paul,

verbal inspiration,

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All Scripture, all writing, or "word written," must include

Professor Edwards and Dr Owen quoted, :

Verbal Inspiration-

Diversity of style no proof against,

Diversity of style in the Prophets uttering words they

did not understand, as great as in their relation of

common events,

Objections against refuted,

Previous knowledge of the facts no objection to,

Not disclaimed by St Paul in 1 Cor. ii. 13; 1 Cor. v. 4,

Nor by St Peter in 2 Peter i. 19,

Mr Carson quoted,

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Instruction to be derived from 1 Tim. v. 23,

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Also from the passages concerning the cloak and parchments,

Levity in treating parts of the Inspired Word of God as

Erroneous and low views of, resulting from the idea of

superintendence merely,