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REASON AND FAITH,

OR,

Philofophical Abfurdities,

AND THE

NECESSITY OF REVELATION.

INTENDED

TO PROMOTE FAITH AMONG IN. FIDELS,

AND

THE UNBOUNDED EXERCISE OF HUMANITY AMONG ALL RELIGIOUS MEN.

By one of the SONS of ABRAHAM to his BRETHREN.

דע מה שתשיב לאפיקורוס

PHILADELPHIA:

PRINTED BY F. BAILEY, NO 116, YoRICK'S HEAD, MARKET-STREET.

M DCC XCI.

No. 84.

He is e

nach.

Jerusalem.

enthaltend:

Die Reisen welche vierzehn Engländer im Jahr 1667,

nach

Jerufalem, Bethlehem, Jericho, den Jordan, und das Todte Meer gethan.

Rebst denen Alterthämers, Monumenten, und merkwürz dige Orten, wovon in der Heiligen Schrift Meldung gethan wird.

Welcher vorgedruckt ist,

Denkwürdigkeiten über den alten und neuern Zus stand der Jüdischen Nation, als:

1. Eine Beschreibung vom Gelobten Land, deffen Lage, Fruchtbarkeit, c. 2) Die verschiedenen Gefaugenschaften der Juden, nachdeme sie dasselbe in Befiz bekommen hatten. 3) Muthmaßung was aus denen zehn Stämmen geworden, nachdeme sie von denen Assyrern gefangen hinweg geführet worden, nebst verschiedene damit verwandten Umfånden. 4) Den Zustand der Juden seit ihrer Berbannung Hebst dem jezigen Zustand des Gelobten Landes, ic.

Aus dem Englischen Uebersezt.

Laneaster:

Gedruckt bey Johann Albrecht, und Comp. in der Meuen Buchdrufferey, nahe beym Gefängniß, 1792

86. HORNE, GEORGE, A COMMENTARY ON THE BOOK OF PSALMS, 1792.

A Commentary | on the | Book of Psalms. | In which | their literal or historical sense, as they relate to King David, and the People of Israel, is illustrated: | and their application to Messiah, to the Church, and to individuals, | as members thereof, is pointed out: | with a view to render the use of the Psalter pleasing and profitable to all orders and degrees of Christians. | The First American edition, from the fourth British. | By George, Lord Bishop of Norwich, and President of Magdalen College, Oxford. | [Three lines of Scripture texts.] Vol. I [-II] Philadelphia: | Printed by William Young, Bookseller, No. 52, Second- street, the corner of Chestnut-street. M,DCC,XCII. [1792]

Collation: 8°, 2 vol. pp. (2), xxxiv, (1), 260; (2), 261-554. Printed on thick, and on thin paper; and in one volume with this general title-page, also. The American Antiquarian Society has copies of the three variants.

The copy of the NYPL is in 1 volume.

87. JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS, WORKS, 1792.

The Whole Genuine and Complete | Works | of | Flavius Josephus the learned and authentic | Jewish Historian, | and celebrated warrior. | . . . | Translated from the Original in the Greek Language. | And diligently revised and compared with the writings of contemporary Authors, of different Nations, on the subject. | All tending to prove the Authenticity of the Work. To which is added various useful Indexes, |... | Also a | Continuation of the | History of the Jews, from Josephus down to the present Time, including a period of more than one thousand seven hundred years. | Containing | an Account of their dispersion into the various Parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America; their different Persecuti- ons, Transactions, various Occurrences, and present State throughout the known World. | With a great variety of other interesting and authentic Particulars collected from various valuable Works, recording the Principal Transactions of the Jews since the time of Josephus. By George Henry Maynard, LL. D. | Illustrated with marginal references and notes, historical, biographical,

classical, critical, | geographical, and explanatory. | By the Rev. Edward Kimpton, | Author of the Compleat Universal History of the Holy Bible. | Embellished with upwards of sixty beautiful engravings, taken from original drawings of Messrs. Metz, Stothard, and Corbould, Members of the Royal Academy, and engraved by American artists. | New-York: Printed and sold by William Durell, at his Book Store and Printing office, No. 19, Queen-Street, near the Fly-Market. M.DCC.XCII. | [1792]

Folio.

Evans No. 24437 has the following note:

"First issued in parts, to be completed in sixty numbers, each number to contain an engraving, and the names of subscribers to be printed. The first number, containing the titlepage, dated 1792, [as above] and frontispiece, was issued in June, 1792, and publication was not finally concluded until

1794.

Copies located: BPL; AAS.

88. D'ISRAELI, ISAAC, CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE, 1793. Curiosities of Literature. | Consisting of Anecdotes, Characters, and | Observations, | literary, critical, and historical. Indocti discant, | ament meminisse periti. Horace. [2 lines from Pope.] London, printed- | Philadelphia: reprinted and sold by William Gibbons, No. 144, | North Third Street. 1793. |

Collation: 8°, p. (i) Title, p. (ii) blank, p. (iii)-vii, (viii) blank, pp. (ix)-xii, pp. (13)-216.

Copies located: NYPL; AAS.

89. HARRIS, THADDEUS M., NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIBLE, 1793.

The Natural History of the Bible: | or a Description of all the Beasts, Insects, Plants, | Birds, Reptiles, Metals, Fishes, Trees, Precious Stones, &c. [from "Beasts" to "&c." in double columns] mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures. | Collected from the best authorities, and alphabetically arranged By Thaddeus M. Harris, A. M. | Librarian of Harvard University, Cambridge | [Quotation from I. Kings, 3 lines] Published according to Act of Congress. | Printed at

Boston by I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews, Faust's Statue,
No. 45 Newbury Street | MDCCXCIII.

Collation: 12°, frontispiece, pp. (i)-xii, (13)-272.
Has passages in Hebrew type.
Copies located: DC; AAS.

90. CROUCH, NATHANIEL, JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM, 1794. A Journey to Jerusalem, containing, the travels of fourteen Englishmen in 1667, to the Holy Land, and other memorable places noted in Scripture. Philadelphia: From the Press of Mathew Carey, 1794.

Title from Evans; no copy located.
See No. 109.

91. DIVINE CALL TO THE JEWS, 1794.

A Divine call to the Jews, in which the most important truths of Holy Scripture, concerning that people are made manifest, and in the issue of which all mankind are interested; its reports being on the true grounds of a new scene which is now opening, for the general good of society, among all denominations of people, beginning with a new epoch, that appears to have been reserved in the womb of Providence, for the present century to unfold. Annapolis: Printed by F. and S. Green? 1794.

Title from Evans. No copy located.

92. JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS, GENUINE WORKS, 1794.

The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus, Translated from the Original Greek, according to Havercamp's | accurate Edition. . . . . | To which are prefixed, | Three Dissertations. | Concerning | I. The Testimonies of Josephus | vindicated. II. God's command to Abraham to offer up his Son for a Sacrifice. | III. Tacitus's Account of the Origin of the Jewish Nation, and of the Particulars of the last | Jewish War. [Contents in double columns.] With a Table of the Jewish Coins, Weights, and Measures. In six Volumes. Vol. I. | By William Whiston, A. M. | Professor of Mathematicks in the University of Cambridge, in

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