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combated, and the most remote in the period of composition,) to 

 harmonize, not only with each other, but with the rest of the 

 scriptures ; with prophecy, and with its fulfihnent, with the rich ef- 

 fusions of thanksgiving in the Psahns, the cold language of nar- 

 ration in the historical books, and the formal and accurate phrase- 

 ology of the law— to coalesce the records of sacred history with 

 those of profane, and both of these with the accounts of tradition, 

 the remnants of art, and the strong testimonies arising from the man- 

 ners of mankind, in various times and nations— in fine, to afford an 

 additional instance of the agreement that exists between all these 

 authentic evidence and the Christian Regulations. 



