LITERAL TRANSLATION FROM THE ORIGINAL GREEK, OF ALL THE APOSTOLICAL EPISTLES. WITA A COMMENTARY, AND NOTES, PHILOLOGICAL, CRITICAL, EXPLANATORY, AND PRACTICAL TO WHICH IS ADDED, A HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF THE APOSTLE PAUL. , BY JAMES MACKNIGHT, D.D. IN SLX VOLUMES. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED, AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR. VOL. VI. BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY W, WELLS AND T. B. WAIT & Co. T. B. Wait and Co. Printers. 1810. CONTENTS OF THE SIXTH VOLUME. I REFACE.....Sect I. The history of John...II. The authenticity of this epistle established....III. Of the state of the church when it was written, PREFACE...... Sect. I. Of the authenticity of this epistle......II. Of the person to whom it was written...... III. Of John's design in writing it. Of the Ebio PREFACE..... Sect. I. Of the authenticity of this epistle....II. Of the person to whom it was written......III. Of the purpose for which it was written, and of the persons mentioned in it.....IV. Of the date of the 2d and 3d epis. PREFACE....Sect. I. The history of Jude....II. This epistle was written by Jude the apostle....III. Of the persons to whom it was written, and of its Essay VIII......On the right interpretation of the language of scripture..... Sect. I. Of the method in which language was at first formed......II. of picture-writing, and of its influence in the formation of the primitive lan- guages...... III. Of the allegorical manner of writing. Of the proper alle- gory as set forth in a verbal description. Of the proper allegory as set forth in a dream, or in a vision......IV. Of conveying instruction by signi- ficant actions...... V. Of instruction by actions and events happening in the |