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' Devil . —I will give thee all these things , if thou wilt fall down and worship me , - ¦ . io ' Hist . —Then Jesus saith to him , ' JESUS . —Begone , Satan ! for it is written , ( Deut . vi . i % . ) " Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God , and Him only shalt thou serve . " 11 ' Hist . —Then the devil leaveth Him , and behold , angels waited upon . Him . ~
§ 10 . JESUS WITHDRAWS TO CAPERNAUM . ii ' Hist . —Now , when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison , he 13 withdrew into Galilee ; and leaving Nazareth , he came and dwelt in Capernaum , which is upon the sea coast , in the borders of Zabulon and 14 . Nephthalim : whereby was fulfilled what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet , 15 ( ix . 1 , 2 . ) saving , " The land of Zabuion , and the land of Nephthalim 16 on the sea coastbeyond Jordan , Galilee ofthe Gentiles : the people who
, sat in darkness saw a great light ; and to them who sat in the region and the shadow of death , light is sprung up . " 17 * Hist . —From that time Jesus began to preach , and to say , * JESUS . —Repent ! for the kingdom of heaven is at hand . § II JESUS CALLS PETER , ANDREW , JAMES , AND JOHN ,. ' 18 . ' Hist . —And Jesus walking . by the-sea of Galilee , saw two brethren ,
Simon called Peter , and Andrew his brother , casting a net into the . sea ; 19 ( for they were fishermen ) . And he saith to them , ' J ESUS . —Follow me , ' and'I . will make you fishers of men . JO ' Hist . —And they immediately left their nets and followed him . And ; i going on from thence , he saw two other brethren , James the son ofSe- ' bedee , and John his brother , in a vessel with Zebedee their father , mending 22 their nets - , and he called them . And they immediately left the vessel and . their father , and followed him .
§ 1 ? .. JESUS TEACHES AND HEALS IN GALILEE . 33 Hist—And Jesus went-about , all Galilee , teaching in their synagogues , and declaring the good news of the kingdom , and healing all s + manner of sickness , and all manner of disease among the people . And his fame went throughout all Syria . And they brought to him all sick people who were affefted with divers diseases , and tormenting pains , and 25 demoniacs , and lunatics , and paralytics ; and he healed them . And
great multitudes of people from Galilee , and Decapolis , and Jerusalem , and from Judea , and beyond Jordan , followed him . ' . . . This manner of splitting narration into dialogue , may be-acceptable to that class of seftarists for whom Mr . Scarlet's Testament seems chiefly intended ; but to us , who have not been accustoiiied to dramaiicize the scriptures , it not only appears ridiculous , but incapable of effecting any moral tendency ,
unless the association of ideas that must press upon the mind of him who reads the New Testament in this strange dress , is calculated to make him feel a greater glow of divine sentiment ; by having the history , the parabolic discourses , the important injunftions , the commands ofhis Redeemer , deliy . esed in the same dialogicai way as a piece written by Shakspeare or Congreve . An Old Friend vjith a JYeiu Face . A Novel . BMrs . Parsons . 3 w /; . nas
y lor . 6 d „ Longman . NOTWITHSTANDING Mrs . Parsons has acquired some celebrity as a writer of novels , it must , however , be acknowledged that this effort of her imagination does not equal her former flights . VOL , XI . ii
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Review Of New Publications
' Devil . —I will give thee all these things , if thou wilt fall down and worship me , - ¦ . io ' Hist . —Then Jesus saith to him , ' JESUS . —Begone , Satan ! for it is written , ( Deut . vi . i % . ) " Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God , and Him only shalt thou serve . " 11 ' Hist . —Then the devil leaveth Him , and behold , angels waited upon . Him . ~
§ 10 . JESUS WITHDRAWS TO CAPERNAUM . ii ' Hist . —Now , when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison , he 13 withdrew into Galilee ; and leaving Nazareth , he came and dwelt in Capernaum , which is upon the sea coast , in the borders of Zabulon and 14 . Nephthalim : whereby was fulfilled what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet , 15 ( ix . 1 , 2 . ) saving , " The land of Zabuion , and the land of Nephthalim 16 on the sea coastbeyond Jordan , Galilee ofthe Gentiles : the people who
, sat in darkness saw a great light ; and to them who sat in the region and the shadow of death , light is sprung up . " 17 * Hist . —From that time Jesus began to preach , and to say , * JESUS . —Repent ! for the kingdom of heaven is at hand . § II JESUS CALLS PETER , ANDREW , JAMES , AND JOHN ,. ' 18 . ' Hist . —And Jesus walking . by the-sea of Galilee , saw two brethren ,
Simon called Peter , and Andrew his brother , casting a net into the . sea ; 19 ( for they were fishermen ) . And he saith to them , ' J ESUS . —Follow me , ' and'I . will make you fishers of men . JO ' Hist . —And they immediately left their nets and followed him . And ; i going on from thence , he saw two other brethren , James the son ofSe- ' bedee , and John his brother , in a vessel with Zebedee their father , mending 22 their nets - , and he called them . And they immediately left the vessel and . their father , and followed him .
§ 1 ? .. JESUS TEACHES AND HEALS IN GALILEE . 33 Hist—And Jesus went-about , all Galilee , teaching in their synagogues , and declaring the good news of the kingdom , and healing all s + manner of sickness , and all manner of disease among the people . And his fame went throughout all Syria . And they brought to him all sick people who were affefted with divers diseases , and tormenting pains , and 25 demoniacs , and lunatics , and paralytics ; and he healed them . And
great multitudes of people from Galilee , and Decapolis , and Jerusalem , and from Judea , and beyond Jordan , followed him . ' . . . This manner of splitting narration into dialogue , may be-acceptable to that class of seftarists for whom Mr . Scarlet's Testament seems chiefly intended ; but to us , who have not been accustoiiied to dramaiicize the scriptures , it not only appears ridiculous , but incapable of effecting any moral tendency ,
unless the association of ideas that must press upon the mind of him who reads the New Testament in this strange dress , is calculated to make him feel a greater glow of divine sentiment ; by having the history , the parabolic discourses , the important injunftions , the commands ofhis Redeemer , deliy . esed in the same dialogicai way as a piece written by Shakspeare or Congreve . An Old Friend vjith a JYeiu Face . A Novel . BMrs . Parsons . 3 w /; . nas
y lor . 6 d „ Longman . NOTWITHSTANDING Mrs . Parsons has acquired some celebrity as a writer of novels , it must , however , be acknowledged that this effort of her imagination does not equal her former flights . VOL , XI . ii