we had been ambitious to` acquire literary in would never have been published. Our chief usefulness. How far we have succeeded in in 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 them out and prove them to be false. our object, the public must judge. We har We hold ourselves in speak forth the words of truth and sobernes readiness to examine whatever may be said in opposition to municate our ideas in the plain, unvarnished our views, and will either acknowledge ourselves mistaken, truth. Whatever other faults may be found or stand up in their defence. in 1* we think no man will say that the ideas and s the writers are not clearly expressed in it wish to compose sermons on the subjects treated 19, this work will be convenient; as all the scriptures. and arguments, &c., will be before them st cixd will save them a vast amount of time and labor, otherwise have to be spent in hunting up proof ities, &c. To those who are engaged in publ either oral or written, it will be invaluable for the reasons. And to the general reader, especially th Eave but little time, and perhaps as little incl investigate these subjects as thoroughly as the importan them demands, it may perhaps communicate ser mportant, and useful instruction. If it shall ampl love objects, and be instrumental in promoting the use of truth and righteousness, we shall be satisfied estion with us has not been, what did our ancestors ha what is truth? The present is the age of cont the motto of the people is, "Give us facts." Fa ions herein expressed we hold ourselves responsi ublic; and we ask for them a candid consideration dianosed to controvert them, he must inva T 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 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 - • Section II. All the passages in the Old Testament where the Hebrew word Sheol occurs, and is rendered Grave in the common English -All the passages in the Old Testament wherein the Hebrew word Sheol occurs, and is rendered Pit in the common Section IV.-All the passages in the New Testament where the Greek word Hades occurs, and is rendered Hell and Grave in the common All the passages in the New Testament wherein the word Gehenna occurs, in all of which it is rendered Hell in the common 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 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- Section II. All the passages in the Old Testament where the word All the passages in the New Testament where the word Section IV. All the passages in the Bible in which the terms Satan and Devil are used to signify the same thing. Section V.All the passages in the New Testament where the Greek word Diabolos occurs, in whatever way rendered in the common Section VI.--Statement of facts, showing that the terms Shaitan, Satan, Devils, and Diabolos, were not used by the Scripture writers to sig- 5: |
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