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 ncw offered to the public.

BOSTON, SEPTEMBER, 1853.

CONTENTS.

Chapter I.-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.

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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.

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

Section III. All the passages in the New Testament where the word

Satan occurs.

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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.

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Bection 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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Section I.

Chapter III.- Bible Doctrine concerning Demons.

All the passages in the Old Testament wherein reference is

had to Demons.

Section II.

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All the passages in the New Testament wherein allusion is

made to Demons.

Section III. Remarks and observations on Demons, and facts stated,

showing that the Demons mentioned in the New Testament were not

Fallen Angels.

Chapter IV.-Bible Doctrine of Rewards and Punishments.

Section I.- Promises to the obedient.

Section II.-Threatenings to the disobedient.

Section III.-Instances of Divine punishment inflicted in this life.

Section IV.-Remarks on Rewards and Punishments.

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Chapter V.- On the Scripture usage and meaning of the words Eternity, End-

less, Eternal, Everlasting, Never, Forever, and Forever and Ever.

Section I.-Facts stated in relation to the Scripture usage of these

words.

Section II. - Passages from the Bible in which these words are evidently

used in a limited sense..

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Section III.-Examination of all the passages in the Bible where these

words are applied to punishment.

Section IV.-Statement of facts, showing that the fact of the application

of these words to punishment is no proof of the doctrine of endless

punishment.

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Chapter VI.- Bible Doctrine of Judgment.

Section I. Those passages of Scripture which show the manner of, the
time when, and the place where, God judges his creatures.

Section II. Passages from the New Testament which speak of judg-

Section III, On the Greek terms Krino, Krisis, Krima, their different

forms, &c., rendered judge, judgment, condemned, condemnation,

damned, damnation, &c., in the New Testament.

Section IV. -Statement of facts in relation to the Bible doctrine of

judgment, and an examination of those passages of Scripture which

by some are supposed to teach the doctrine of a future general judg-

Section I. All the passages in the New Testament which speak of the

second coming of Christ.

Section II.-Those passages which are supposed to refer to Christ's final

coming, at the resurrection of the dead..

Section III. Closing remarks on the coming of Christ.

Chapter VIII. - On the Scripture usage of the phrases That Day, Last Day,

Last Days, Last Time, Last Times, Great Day, Day of Wrath, Day of

the Lord, &c.

Section I.Passages from the Old and New Testaments wherein these

phrases occur.

Section II.-General remarks on these phrases.

Chapter IX.- On the Scripture usage and meaning of the phrase End of

the World.

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Section I. All the passages in the Bible, wherein this phrase occurs. .
Section II. Remarks on the phrase End of the World.