the facts and arguments upon which our opinions are based. If we hold any opinions which are erroneous, we shall feel under peculiar obligations to the man who will point thei out and prove them to be false. We hold ourselves in readiness to examine whatever may be said in opposition to our views, and will either acknowledge ourselves mistaken, or stand up in their defence.

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PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.

THE first edition of the Book of Reference was issued in 1844, and met with a ready sale. The edition was exhausted about five years since, and, as the work was not stereotyped, the original publishers did not feel disposed to run the risk of issuing another. The call for the work for the few years past, from all parts of the country, has been constant and urgent; and, with the belief that in its revised and improved form it is calculated to do great good, it is now offered to the public.

BOSTON, SEPTEMBER, 1853.

CONTENTS.

Chapter 1.-Bible Doctrine of Hell.

Section I. All the passages in the Old Testament in which the original

word Sheol occurs, and is rendered Hell in the common English

version.

Section II. All the passages in the Old Testament where the Hebrew

word Sheol occurs, and is rendered Grave in the common English

version.

Section III.

All the passages in the Old Testament wherein the

Hebrew word Sheol occurs, and is rendered Pit in the common

English version..

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Section IV. All the passages in the New Testament where the Greek

word Hades occurs, and is rendered Hell and Grave in the common

English version.

Section V. All the passages in the New Testament wherein the word

Gehenna occurs, in all of which it is rendered Hell in the common

English version.

Section VI.-The only passage in the Bible wherein allusion is made

to Tartarus, rendered Hell in the common English version. .

Section VII. Statement of facts, showing that the Scripture writers did

not use the words Sheol, Hades, Tartarus, and Gehenna, to signify a

place of endless misery..

Chapter II. Bible Doctrine concerning the Devil.

Section I. All the passages in the Old Testament where the original

word Shaitan or Satan occurs, in whatever way rendered in the com-

mon English version.

Section II.All the passages in the Old Testament where the word

Devils occurs.

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Section III.

All the passages in the New Testament where the word

Satan occurs.

Section IV. All the passages in the Bible in which the terms Satan and

Devil are used to signify the same thing.

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Section V. All the passages in the New Testament where the Greek

word Diabolos occurs, in whatever way rendered in the common

English version. .

Section VI.Statement of facts, showing that the terms Shaitan, Satan,

Devils, and Diabolos, were not used by the Scripture writers to sig-

nify a Fallen Angel, or personal being called the Devil..

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