OF

CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY:

CONTAINING
PROOFS OF THE AUTHENTICITY AND INSPIRATION

OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES;

A SUMMARY OF THE HISTORY OF THE JEWS;

A BRIEF STATEMENT OF THE CONTENTS

OF THE

SEVERAL BOOKS OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS

A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE

ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF THE BIBLE

AND OF THE

LITURGY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND;

AND

A SCRIPTURAL EXPOSITION OF THE THIRTY-NINE

ARTICLES OF RELIGION.

BY

GEORGE TOMLINE, D.D. F.R.S.,

LORD BISHOP OF LINCOLN.

DESIGNED PRINCIPALLY FOR THE USE OF YOUNG STUDENTS

IN DIVINITY.

IN TWO VOLUMES.--VOL. I.

ELEVENTH EDITION OF VOL. 1.-EIGHTH EDITION OF VOL. II.'

LONDON:

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FOR T. CADELL AND W. DAVIES, IN THE STRAND.

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MY DEAR SIR,

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