Short View Of The Whole Scripture History

Author : Isaac Watts
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330065464
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (654 download)

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Download or read book A Short View of the Whole Scripture History written by Isaac Watts and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-14 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Short View of the Whole Scripture History: With a Continuation of the Jewish Affairs The Holy Scripture is divided into two books, which are commonly called the Old Testament and the New. And as each of these books contains several articles or propositions which God has revealed to men for the direction of their faith and practice in the successive ages of the world; so there are several histories contained in them, or narratives of the lives and deaths of men, of the affairs of nations, and especially of transactions of God with mankind. Some knowledge of these historical matters is necessary and useful, in order to obtain a more clear and full acquaintance with the principles of our holy religion, as well as to assist and engage us in the practice of it by way of motive. It is the history all along introduces the peculiar doctrine and duties; and all the latter revelations of the mind and will of God, relating to religion, have some connexion with and dependence upon the events which went before. The very Gospel of Christ consists partly in the history of his life and death; nor can the other part of it, namely, the doctrines and duties, be so well understood without some knowledge of the law of Moses, the ceremonies of the Jews, the religion of the patriarchs, and the transactions of God with Adam, the first father of all mankind. The great and blessed God at one single view surveys all his own works and designs, from the beginning to the end of them; and every part of his grand scheme stands in a delightful harmony with the rest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.