HELP TO THE READING

OF

THE BIBLE.

BY

BENJAMIN ELLIOTT NICHOLLS, M.A.

OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE,

CURATE OF ST. JOHN'S, WALTHAMSTOW,
AUTHOR OF SUNDAY EXERCISES ON THE MORNING AND EVENING

SERVICES OF THE CHURCH.

“ Search the Scriptures.”—John v. 39.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR J. G. & F. RIVINGTON,

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD,
AND WATERLOO PLACE, PALL MALL.

1838.

LONDON: GILBERT & RIVINGTON, PRINTERS,

ST. JOHN'S SQUARE.

DIVINE AUTHORITY OF THE BIBLE ILLUSTRATED BY

Its remarkable preservation ........

Its moral effects...........

The agreement of its several parts ......................

The spirit of the writers.........

Miracles, and fulfilment of prophecy .......................

CHAPTER II.

PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE BIBLE WAS GIVEN....

Ignorance of mankind without the Bible ..................

God's great design in the gift of the Bible .........

CHAPTER III.

THE GREAT TRUTHS OF THE BIBLE GRADUALLY REVEALED, VIZ. 39

Nature and attributes of God .................

Character and prospects of man .........................

The great work of man's redemption ....................

CHAPTER IV.

ON THE RIGHT INTERPRETATION OF THE BIBLE..............

Terms used in speaking of God .................

Application to ourselves of Scripture examples ........

Interpretation of Doctrines, promises, &c. .............

Prophecy ...........................

- Types ..............................

- Parables .............................

Importance of comparing Scripture with Scripture ..........

Words used in different senses..........

Importance of attending to proper names ........

Value of some knowledge of geography .......

-- natural history ...........

-- chronology ....

- profane history........

Manners and customs of eastern nations .......

Difficulties and seeming contradictions of the Bible.....

Quotations illustrating the leading object of this chapter.......