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 HISTORIES 
 
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 FROM THE 
 
 CREATION of the WORLD, 
 
 TO THE 
 
 DEATH W JESUS CHRIST. 
 
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SCRIPTURE 
 
 HISTORIES; 
 
 FROM THE 
 
 Creation of the World, to the 
 
 DEATH OF 
 
 JESUS CHRIST. 
 
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 A Description of St. Paul's Church, 
 
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Scripture Histories. 
 
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 TAe Creation of the World. 
 
 N six days God created the whole 
 world out of nothing j that is to 
 
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 say, the heavens, the earth, fire, air, 
 water, birds, beasts, fish, and every 
 creeping thing. He made man also out 
 of the dust of the earth, and called his 
 name Adam. And unto Adam he gave 
 power over the fish of the sea, the 
 fowls of the air, the cattle, and every 
 thing that moved upon the face of the 
 earth. And Adam was planted in the 
 garden of Eden to dress it, and keep it, 
 and was perfectly happy there : for he 
 knew no sin. 
 
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 Adam and Eve. 
 
 
 ADAM had not been long in the 
 garden of Eden, before God 
 Almighty thought fit to increase his 
 happiness, and considering he was 
 alone, threw him into a deep sleep, 
 and took out one of his ribs, from 
 which he formed Eve, a more beautiful 
 creature than himself, and allotted her 
 to be a help-meet for him. Adam, at 
 first sight of this new and lovely com- 
 
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 panion, cried out with extacy of joy, 
 Bo?ie art thou of my lone, andjlesh of 
 my flesh. In this state of bliss they 
 lived but a short time 5 for Satan, envy- 
 ing their happiness,, tempted the wo- 
 man to eat of the fruit of the tree of 
 knowledge, which God,, to make trial 
 of theif obedience, had strictly charged 
 them not to touch. The artful insinua- 
 tions of the serpent, together with the 
 beauty of the fruit, prevailed on her to 
 transgress the divine law. She tasted, 
 and was highly delighted, and by her 
 winning behaviour, tempted her hus- 
 band to eat also. No sooner had they 
 swallowed down the gilded bait, but 
 their eyes were opened, they saw they 
 were naked, and, conscious of their 
 guilt, endeavoured to hide themselves 
 in the garden from the wrath of their 
 offended Creator j but he soon drove 
 them from their secret recess; turned 
 
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 them out of their seat of bliss, and de- 
 nounced thereupon not only a heavy 
 curse upon the serpent, but on them 
 likewise, though with this ray of mer- 
 cy in his anger, that the seed of the wo- 
 man should bruise the serpent's head. 
 
 Noah's Ariz. 
 
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 F all Adams sons, Seth was the 
 best. He and his sons called on 
 
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 the name of the Lord 5 but in process 
 of time, man indulging himself in all 
 manner of riot and excess, God repen- 
 ted that he had made him; and deter- 
 mined to destroy the whole world by 
 an universal flood. Noah, however, 
 who was one of Set/is posterity, found 
 grace in the eyes of the Lord. Where- 
 upon God commanded him to build an 
 ark of sufficient bulk for the reception 
 of himself, his family, and two of each 
 species of animals. No sooner were they 
 entered than the windows of the hea- 
 vens were opened, and it rained heavi- 
 ly for forty days and forty nights. By 
 this general deluge every living sub- 
 stance was destroyed, except Noah, his 
 wife, his three sons and their wives, 
 and the other creatures that were admit- 
 ted with them into the ark. But soon 
 after the deluge ceased, the earth was 
 stocked with inhabitants by the three 
 
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 sons of Noah, viz. Shew, Ham, and 
 Japheth. 
 
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 The Tower of Babel. 
 
 OON after the sons of Noah had 
 replenished the earth with inhabi- 
 tants, they assembled together in the 
 fruitful plains of Shinar, where they e- 
 rected the lofty Tower of Babel, and 
 vainly attempted to raise its walls to 
 the very skies^, in hopes to make their 
 
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 names immortal; but God Almighty 
 soon baffled their impious and ill-con- 
 certed project, confused their language 
 so that they could not understand each 
 other, and scattered and dispersed them 
 in various tribes all round the world • 
 
 Solomon s Temple, 
 
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 OD Almighty having blessed So- 
 lomon the son of David (the 
 
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 wisest of all men) with peace and plen- 
 ty, he determined to build a magnificent 
 temple to the Lord on mount Moriah. 
 For which purpose he sent to Hiram, 
 king of Tyre, his father's ancient friend, 
 for cedar wood, and other materials re- 
 quisite for the accomplishment of his 
 pious design. All things being duly 
 prepared, he erected a stately fabric 
 three stories high, and embellished it 
 within and without with a vast variety 
 of fine carved works, profusely over- 
 laid with gold. As soon as the whole 
 was complete, Solomon summoned a 
 numerous assembly of Israelites, and 
 with the utmost pomp and splendour, 
 dedicated this glorious building, by 
 prayer and supplication, to the only true 
 God. 
 
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 The Nativity & Passion of our blessed 
 
 Saviour! 
 
 7^ HEN Herod reigned in Judea, 
 and Augustus Cces-ir was em- 
 peror of Rome, there dwelt at Nazareth, 
 asmall city of Galilee, in the Holy Land, 
 a Virgin whose name was Mary : God 
 Almighty sent Gabriel, one of his fa- 
 vourite angels, down from heaven to vi- 
 sit her, and to reveal to her the secret 
 purpose of his divine pleasure. Gabriel, 
 on. his first approach, addressed her in 
 
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 the following words, Hail thou that art 
 highly favoured-, the Lord is with thee; 
 blessed art thou among women. Mary 
 thereupon was troubled and seemed 
 startled at this salutation. Ga,hriel, haw- 
 ever, bid her fear.not, for that she bad 
 found favour with God. Behold, said 
 he, thou shall conceive and firing forth 
 a son, and shall call his name Jesus, 
 At this she seemed still morej surprised; 
 How shall this be, said she, seeing I 
 know not a man? Then Gabriel assured 
 her that the Holy Ghost should oversha- 
 dow her 3 and thereupon, with submis- 
 sion to the divine will, she made the 
 following reply : Behold the hand-maid 
 of the Lord) he it unto vie according to 
 thy word. At which time the Son of God 
 became incarnate, and was like unto 
 man, sin only excepted. At thirty 
 years of age he began to preach, and 
 his doctrine was most holv, and tends 
 
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 only to the glory of God and good of 
 mankind. He wrought a great number 
 of miracles, which manifested an infi- 
 nite power and goodness. His life 
 was perfectly holy. We may find there- 
 in an example of all kinds of virtue. 
 Jesus having lived after this manner 
 among the Jews, about four years, they 
 then put him to death ; but he rose a- 
 gain the third day after his death ; and 
 forty days after his resurrection he as- 
 cended into heaven, from whence he 
 sent the Holy Ghost to his apostles upon 
 the day of Pentecost. 
 
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 Christ's Death. \ 
 
 THE blessed Jesus being condemn- 
 ed^ by Pilate, was crucified at a 
 place called Golgotha, between two 
 thieves. | At his death the sun was 
 darkened, the earth shook, the vail of 
 the temple was rent in twain,, the 
 graves opened, and many people who 
 had been dead appeared to their friends. 
 This great sacrifice was offered up for 
 our redemption on a Friday, the day of 
 
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 the Jewish passover, and the solemn 
 feast observed by the christian church 
 called Good Friday. I 
 
 The Ascension of Christ. 
 
 AFTER our Saviour's death, his 
 body was embalmed and laid in 
 a sepulchre. On the third day, however, 
 which was Sunday, he arose trium- 
 phant from the grave, and ascended in- 
 
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 to heaven before the eyes of his blessed 
 apostles, with whom he promised to 
 be ever present to the end of the world. 
 He now sits at the right-hand of God 
 the Father Almighty, and there is conti- 
 nually interceding for us poor sinners, 
 and so will continue to do, till he shall 
 descend from heaven in all his glory* 
 to judge both the quick and the dead 
 at the last day. 
 
 Description of St. PauVs Church. 
 
 HT^HE foundation of this Cathedral 
 X was first laid by Segbert, a Saxon 
 king, in the year 6 10, and afterwards 
 much improved by one Erkenwald, 
 who was the 4th bishop of London. 
 The greatest part of it, however, toge- 
 ther with, the whole city, was burnt 
 down in the year 1086. One Mauri- 
 
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 Hus, the 35th bishop, began to rebuild 
 it, and in the year 1221 it was comple- 
 ted. It was then QgO feet long, the 
 body of it was ,102 feet in height and 
 130 in breadth; The area three acres 
 and a half, and the tower in the middle 
 
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 520 feet high, exclusive of a ball of 
 copper gilt, which was nine feet round, 
 whereon was a cross 15 feet and a half 
 high, and upon that an eagle of copper 
 gilt, which was 4 feet in length. In 
 this condition it continued till the 
 year 1(5(56, at which unhappy time it 
 became once more a heap of ruins in 
 the second fire of London; but it was 
 soon after rebuilt at a vast expence, by 
 that ingenious and justly admired archi- 
 tect the late Sir Christopher Wren. No 
 church (that of St. Peter s of Rome on- 
 ly excepted) can stand in competition 
 with it. It is near 500 feet in height. 
 It is principally composed of Portland 
 
 
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 stone, and built according to the anci- 
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 inside is most beautifully adorned with 
 select historical paintings by the late 
 celebrated master, Sir James TkornhilL 
 The west front, and the two towers are 
 more beautiful than those of St. Peter s. 
 The choir is spacious and very grand, 
 and the entrance to it, -which is paved 
 with marble, is exceedingly beautiful. 
 The west door is the object of particular 
 admiration, and the north and south 
 porticos, as well as the pavement of the 
 church in general, are all excellent 
 performances. 
 
 The expence that attended the erec- 
 tion of this magnificent Cathedral, the 
 glory of England, amounted (as appears 
 by an accurate estimate thereof laid be- 
 fore the parliament in the year 1721) 
 to no less than eight hundred and ten 
 thousand pounds. 
 
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