Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1809-04-17

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CRITICAL, DocraINAI & PRACTICAL,
In which are recorded the original Of Man.
kind, of the feveral nations of the world, and
of the Jewifh Nation in particular-the lives
Of the Patriarchs Of ifrael the journey of
that people from Egypt ihro' the Wildernefs
to the land Of Canaan, and their fettlement in
that land; their laws, moral ceremonial and
Judicial their government, and fate under
judges and kings; their teyerai captivities |;
aud their facred books of Devotion, with a
copious expedition on The Books Of the Pro-
phets, ihewing that they chiefly belong to
the Goipel times, and great number Of them
to times yet to come and a didertation on
the feveral Apoeryphal writings. Contain
ing a correct copy of the Sacred Text, an
account of the fevera books. aud the writers
OF them, fummAry of each chapter, & the
geauins fenfe of every verle ; and throughout
the whole, the original Text, aud the ver6ons
of it, arc infpe6ted and compared; interpre-
tiers of the beit note, both Jewiih and Cria-
ian, cenfulted; difficult places at large ex-
planned, ieeMing contradictions rcconciled,
and various pafages iliutrated and confirmed,
by teltimones of writers as well by Gentle as
Jew.
1t is expected after vol. IN is printed, that
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the benefit OF their Miniiters--And it Is con-
: hdently hoped that principal part of them
in the United States will alto iubfcrbe. The
New Tehsment will fri go to prefs, and be
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IL or Is months, ,hi, nay be fubfcrihed for
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the old engage to take the New, fhould not
fuihcient encouragement be given for publifh-
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Church, Lower Dublin, Pennsylvania.
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Bellies Letters in Univerfty Of Penfylvania.
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as names will be received at the original fub.
icription, until vol. N is printed
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GILL's Commentary, as far As /, was printed
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p. s A Circular Letter addreiled to the
Bap,it Churches in the United States, by
fome of the mon Respectable Mlniifers is pub
liihed, requef.ing the influence of the vari
Gus Alterations in getting this valuable work
TO prels, aud folieiting the churches to fub-
icribe each copy for their Miniilers, &c.
awhile "the Prince of the power of the
Air, the Spirit that now worketh in the chill
dreo of dliobedience" is, through the inaru-
mentality of J, Spiritual wickednefs in high
places" ALTERNATING the fentiments OF Uni
verbatim, Socnianiim, Arianiim, and Arme-
nianiim, it is earnetly deiired that the Friepis
OF the divine Prince of Peace would patron
! ize the above commentaries, which vindica'e
with iFrellltable argument, the pure Doctrines
of Grace, in contradiction 10 thole of the per
verted Goipel of Chrf."
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], that he holds a fubfcription Paper, and will
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required by the publither.
CALVIN STOCKBRIDGE.
No,fb TsrmOai6, Mareb 2S, 1909.
e NJ q. Mr.. MARX HARRIS, merchant
y Portland, holds fubieription paper for the
b ABOVE work
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