gion in the world; denouncing them as inadequate to the wants of man, false in their foundations, and dangerous in their tendency. It not only solicits the grave attention of all, to whom its doctrines are presented, but it demands their cordial belief, as a matter of vital concernment. These are no ordinary claims; and it seems hardly possible for a rational being to regard them with even a subdued interest; much less to treat them with mere indifference and contempt. If not true, they are little else than the pretensions of a bold imposture, which, not satisfied with having already enslaved millions of the human race, seeks to continue its encroachments upon human liberty, until all nations shall be subjugated under its iron rule. But if they are well founded and just, they can be no less than the high requirements of heaven, addressed by the voice of God to the reason and understanding of man, concerning things deeply affecting his relations to his sovereign, and essential to the formation of his character and of course to his destiny, both for this life and for the life to come. Such was the estimate taken of religion, even the religion of pagan Rome, by one of the greatest lawyers of antiquity, when he argued that it was either nothing at all, or was everything. Aut undique religionem tolle, aut usquequaque conserva.' With this view of the importance of the subject, and in the hope that the present work may in some degree aid or at least incite others to a more successful pursuit of this interesting study, it is submitted to your kind regard, by HARVARD UNIVERSITY, DANE HALL, MAY 1, 1846. Your obedient servant, Simon Greenleaf. 1 Cicero, Phillip. II. § 43. 21. At the Passover Jesus drives the Traders out 22. Our Lord's discourse with Nicodemus. Je- 23. Jesus remains in Judea and baptizes. Fur- ther testimony of John the Baptist. 24. Jesus departs into Galilee after John's im- 4, 12. 25. Our Lord's discourse with the Samaritan 27. Jesus again at Cana, where he heals the son of a nobleman lying ill at Capernaum. 28. Jesus at Nazareth; he is there rejected, and 29. The call of Simon Peter and Andrew, and of James and John, with the miraculous draught of fishes. Near Capernaum. 30. The healing of a Demoniac in the Syna- 31. The bealing of Peter's wife's mother, and 32. Jesus with his Disciples goes from Caper- 33. The healing of a Leper. Galilee. 14, 3-5. 2, 13-25 3, 1-21 3, 22-36 4, 14. 4, 4-42 39. Jesus arrives at the Sea of Tiberias, and is followed by multitudes. Lake of Galilee. 12, 15-21 3, 7-12 40. Jesus withdraws to the Mountain, and choos- 42. The healing of the Centurion's servant. 43. The raising of the Widow's son. Nain. 5,1,-8, 1 6, 20-49 11, 20-30 48. The healing of a Demoniac. The Scribes 12, 22-37 3, 19-30 11, 14.15. 56. Jesus directs to cross the Lake. Incidents. 8, 18-27 4, 35-41 The tempest stilled. Lake of Galilee. 57. The two Demoniacs of Gadara. S. E. coast 59. The raising of Jarius's daughter. The wo- man with a bloody flux. Capernaum. 60. Two blind men healed, and a dumb spirit 61. Jesus again at Nazareth, and again rejected. 62. A third circuit in Galilee. The Twelve in- 70. The Pharisees and Sadducees again require 15, 39 a sign. [See $ 49.] Near Magdala. 71. The Disciples cautioned against the leaven of the Pharisees, etc. N. E. coast of the 72. A blind man healed. Bethsaida (Julias). 73. Peter and the rest again profess their faith 74. Our Lord foretells his own death and resur- rection, and the trials of his followers. 16, 21-28 8, 31-38 9, 22-27 75. The Transfiguration. Our Lord's subse- quent discourse with the three Disciples. 76. The healing of a Demoniac, whom the Dis- ciples could not heal. Region of Cesarea 77. Jesus again foretells his own death and re- surrection. [See § 74.] Galilee. 78. The tribute-money miraculously provided. |