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CHAPTER V. 

 The Dignity of Civil History and the Obstacles it has to enctunter. 



CHAPTER VI. 



Division of Civil History into Memoirs, Antiquities, and Perfect 



Histoiy. 



CHAPTER VII. 

 Division of Perfect History into Chronicles, Biographies, and Relationf 



The Development of their parts. 



CHAPTER VI 11. 



Division of the Histoi-y of Times into Universal and Particular. The 

 Advantages and Disadvantages of both. 



CHAPTER IX. 

 Secoiul Division of the History of Times, into Annals and Journals. 



CHAPTER X. 

 Second Division of Special Civil History into Pure and Mixed. 



CHAPTER XL 

 Ecclesiastical History divided into the General History of the Cliurch, 

 History of Prophecy, and History of Providence. 



CHAPTER XII. 

 Tlie Appendix of History embraces the Words of Men, as the Body of 

 History includes their Exploits. Its Division into Speeches, Letters, 

 and Aoophthegms. 



CHAPTER XIII. 

 Tlie Second leading Branch of Learning — Poetry. Its Division into 

 Narrative, Dramatic, and Parabolic. Three Examples of the latter 

 Bpecios detailed. 



BOOK. III. 



CHAPTER I. 



DIviision of Learning into Theology and Philosophy. Tlie latter divided 

 into the Knowledge of God, of Nature, and of Man. Construction uf 

 Phiiosophia Prima as the Mother of all the Sciences. 



CHAPTER IL 



Natural Tlieology with its Appendix, the Knowledge of Angels and 



Spirits. 



CHAPTER III. 

 Natural Philosophy divided into Speculative and Practical, The Nere» 



sity of keeping these Two Branches distinct. 



