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hundred and fifteen. When Isaac was seventy-five years old; Esau and Jacob, fifteen; Ishmael eighty-nine, and Heber his great grandfather, from whom the name of Hebrew comes, four hundred and sixty. "By faith he sojourned in the land of promise as in a strange country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise," and when he gave up the ghost, was buried in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, by his sons Isaac and Ishmael.

And thus, my dear friends, we have, through the help of God, finished the first part of the plan of these Lectures. And the season of interruption and separation being now come, permit me, with a heart overflowing with affection and gratitude, to return you my sincere thanks for your regular attendance and patient attention. You were invited hither with much humility and diffidence; you have come hither with much alacrity and steadiness, and you must not depart hence, without bearing along with you the grateful acknowledgments of the Lecturer. He has the consolation of believing, that as neither he, nor his undertaking, are the creatures of party, or of human system, nor aim at any interests but those of virtue, good sense, and religion; so they have been encouraged by wise and good men of various sects and denominations. humbly hopes he has interfered with the happiness, fame or usefulness of no good man whatever. If he has led any one to read the Bible more carefully, to trace the connexion betwixt the Old and New Testament characters, institutions, and events more accurately; to trace the ways of Providence more closely; or to feel the powers of a world to come sensibly, verily he has his reward.

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But he affects not fastidiously to undervalue some considerations of inferior importance; he dwells with secret delight on the disinterested attachment and generous services of his private friends; his heart glows at the public marks of regard he has received; and the temporal emolument arising from his labours, he receives with much thankfulness to you, and to that kind Providence, which is pleased to smile upon another effort to rear up a numerous family. May the kindness you have shewn the preacher, return a thousand fold upon your own heads. The God of love be with you all. Amen.

END OF VOLUME I.

OR, THE

History of the Patriarchs.

TO WHICH IS ADDED

THE

HISTORY OF DEBORAH, RUTH AND HANNAH,

AND ALSO THE

HISTORY OF JESUS CHRIST.

BEING A

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2000

BY HENRY HUNTER, D. D.

The Third American Edition.

COMPLETE IN SEVEN VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

Jesus said unto them, verily, verily, I say unto you, before Abraham was, I am.

JOHN viii. 58.

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.-REVELATION i, 8.

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.

LECTURE I. INTRODUCTORY LECTURE.

Page 7 ZECH. I. 5, 6.-Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live forever? But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? And they returned and said, Like as the Lord of Hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.

LECTURE II.-HISTORY OF ISAAC.

11 GEN. XXV. 11.-And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac: And Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi.

LECTURE III.-HISTORY OF ISAAC.

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GEN. XXVI. 23, 24, 25.-And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. And the Lord appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father; fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed, for my servant Abraham's sake. And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there and there Isaac's servants digged a well.

LECTURE IV.-HISTORY OF ISAAC.

23 GEN. XXVII. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.-And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son. And he said unto him, Behold, here am I. And he said, Behold, now I am old, I know not the day of my death. Now, therefore, take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison; and make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die. And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son and Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.

LECTURE V.-HISTORY OF JACOB.

29 GEN. XXV. 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34.-And the boys grew; and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison; but Rebekah loved Jacob. And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint. And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage, for I am faint: therefore his name was called Edom. And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? And Jacob said, Swear to me this day and he sware unto him and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles, and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.

LECTURE VI.-HISTORY OF JACOB.

35 GEN. XXVIII. 5, 10.—And Isaac sent away Jacob, and he went to Padan-aram, unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother. And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went towards Haran.

LECTURE VII.-HISTORY OF JACOB.

40 GEN. XXIX. 20.-And Jacob served seven years for Rachel: and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

LECTURE VIII.-HISTORY OF JACOB.

46 GEN. XXX. 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30.-And it came to pass when Rachel had borne Josesph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place and to my country. Give me my wives, and my children for whom I have served thee, and let me go for thou knowest my service which I have done thee. And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry, for I have learned by experience, that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake. And he said, appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me. For it was little which thou hadst before I came and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the Lord hath blessed thee since my coming and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?

LECTURE IX.-HISTORY OF JACOB.

52 GEN. XXXII. 9, 10, 11.-And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant: for with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two bands. Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.

LECTURE X.-HISTORY OF JACOB.

58 GEN. XLII. 36, 37, 38.-And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children; Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me. And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to

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