OF THE

HOLY SORIPTURES;

IN THREE PARTS.

I. FROM THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE EAST.
II, FROM THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE EAST.
III. FROM THE CUSTOMS OF ANCIENT AND MODERN NATIONS.

BY THE REV. GEORGE PAXTON,

PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY UNDER THE GENERAL ASSOCIATE SINOD, EDINBURGH.

WITH NOTES,
BY THE REV. IRA CHASE, A. M.

PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE AND OF THE LEARNED LANGUAGES IN THE

COLUMBIAN COLLEGE, NEAR THE CITY OF WASHINGTOX.

TO THE WORK IS ADDED,

Carpenter's Introduction

TO THE

GEOGRAPHY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT,

WITH SEVERAL MAPS.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. J.

PHILADELPHIA:

PUBLISHED BY DAVID HOGAN, NO. 255, MARKET STREET.

1822.

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Eastern District of Pennsylvania, to wit :

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty-fourth day of June, in the forty-sixth year of the independence of the United States of America, A. D. 1822, JAMES E. MOORE, of the said district, hath dedeposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit: “ Illustrations of the Holy Scriptures ; in three parts. I. From the

Geography of the East. II. From the Natural History of the East. III. From the Customs of Ancient and Modern Nations. By the Rev. George Paxton, Professor of Theology under the General Associate Synod, Edinburgh. With Notes, by the Rev. Ira Chase, A. M. Professor of Biblical Literature and of the Learned Languages in the Columbian College, near the city of Washington.

To the work is added, Carpenter's Introduction to the Geography of the New Testament, with several Maps. In two volumes.”

In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, intitled, “ An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned.” And also to the act, entitled “ An act supplementary, to an act, entitled, “ An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned,” and extending the benefits thereof 'to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other Prints.”

D. CALDWELL, Clerk of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. RECOMMENDATIONS.

From the Professors in the Theological Institution of the Baptist

General Convention.
WE hesitate not to say, that Paxton's “ ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE
HOLY SCRIPTURES” is a work which in no small degree merits the
patronage of the public. It furnishes, in two octavo volumes of little
more than six hundred pages each, a lucid view of the principal facts
in the Geography, the Natural History, and the Customs of the East,
that illustrate the sacred text. The author has availed himself of the
labours of Bochart, Wells, Calmet, Harmer,--various writers on the
Antiquities of the Jews,-the most distinguished travellers, from the
earliest who visited Palestine to Chateaubriand, and many other au-
thors, judiciously selecting whatever in them is most important, and
applying it to the elucidation of particular passages in the word of
God. He has, in the main, performed his undertaking with the hand
of a master; and the work, when enriched with a few Maps, and Car-
penter's Introduction to the Geography of the New Testament, will
be far the best compendium of the kind with which we are acquainted.
To the Biblical student it will be an invaluable treasure; and, indeed,
it ought to be in the hands of every individual.

WILLIAM STAUGHTON.
IRA CHASE.

From the Rev. Dr. Neil, Pastor of the Sixth Presbyterian Church,

Philadelphia, and editor of the Presbyterian Magazine. I am pleased to find that you propose printing an edition of PaxTON'S ILLUSTRATIONS. It is, in my opinion, a work of meritma rich and judiciously arranged collection of facts, relating to the geography, manners and customs of the East; and eminently calculated to elucidate many obscure passages of sacred writ. To those who read, and wish to understand the Bible, it cannot fail to prove a pleasant and useful companion. I wish you success in the undertaking: and request you to consider me a subscriber.

WILLIAM NEIL.

From the Rev. Dr. BANKS, Professor of Theology, and, Pastor of the

Associate Congregation, Philadelphia. With great satisfaction I have lately examined Paxton's Illustra. tions of Scripture. The geography, antiquities, and natural history of the Bible, are subjects vastly pleasing and instructive. On these subjects the author has condensed and arranged the important infor