that he spake by the authority of God himself. many arguments, founded in the more than human character of Jesus, in the rapid propagation of the Gospel, in the excellence of its precepts and doctrines, and in the constancy, intrepidity, and fortitude of its early professors, incontrovertibly establish the truth and divine origin of the Christian religion, and afford to us, who live in these latter times, the most positive confirmation of the promise of our Lord, that “ the gates of hell shall not prevail against it (a)." The Places and Times of writing the Books of the NEW TESTAMENT. St. Matthew St. Mark St. Luke St. John Acts Romans 1 Corinthians 2 Corinthians Galatians Ephesians Philippians Colossians i Thessalonians 2 Thessalonians 1 Timothy 2 Timothy Titus Philemon Hebrews St. James i St. Peter 2 St. Peter 1 St. John 2 St. John 3 St. Jolin St. Jude Revelation · Judæa - Rome Greece Asia Minor Greece - Corinth - Ephesus Macedonia - Corinth or Macedonia - Rome · Rome - Rome - Corinth - Corinth Macedonia Rome Greece or Macedonia Rome Rome Jerusalem Roine Rome Judæa Unknown A.D. 38 65 63 97 64 58 56 57 52 61 62 62 52 52 64 65 66 62 63 61 64 65 69 69 69 70 95 or 96 END OF THE FIRST VOLUME. |