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A HARMONY

OF THE

FOUR EVANGELISTS,

IN THE WORDS OF THE AUTHORIZED VERSION,
ACCORDING TO GRESWELL'S 'HARMONIA EVANGELICA!'

IN PARALLEL COLUMNS,

HAVING MARGINAL REFERENCES, AND OCCASIONAL NOTES;
WITH ALL THE EVENTS NUMBERED IN CHRONOLOGICAL SUCCESSION, AND
GEOGRAPHICALLY LOCALIZED IN AN ACCOMPANYING CHART OF

OUR LORD'S LIFE AND MINISTRY:

ESPECIALLY ADAPTED TO ASSIST

PUBLIC EXAMINERS, BIBLE CLASS TEACHERS, AND CATECHISTS.

COMPILED BY

ROBERT MIMPRISS,

AUTHOR OF THE SYSTEM OF GRADUATED SIMULTANEOUS INSTRUCTION;'
" CHRIST AN EXAMPLE FOR THE YOUNG, ETC., ETC.

"We should not only teach the doctrines of Christ; but we should contemplate
the Son of God in his living form."

"The Gospel History presents TRUTH to us in a living form and lively example,
with all those accompaniments, of place and circumstance, which are best calculated
to inform the judgment, impress the memory, and affect the heart."-THEOPHILUS.

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LONDON:

THOMAS VARTY, EDUCATIONAL DEPOSITORY, 31, STRAND.

*** To remedy the existing neglect of a careful study of the Harmonized History of the Life of the Divine Redeemer, we offer to supply this "HARMONY OF THE FOUR EVANGELISTS "" to CLERGYMEN, MINISTERS, BIBLE CLASS LEADERS, CATECHISTS, AND SUPERINTENDENTS OF SABBATH SCHOOLS, AND FOR PRESENTS TO ELDER SCHOLARS, neatly bound in cloth, having a pocket, and including a Teacher's Class Chart (size, 22 in. by 20 in., coloured) of our Lord's Life and Ministry, in numbers of not less than twenty-five, at 2s. 6d. each,-THE RETAIL PRICE BEING 4s. 6d.

Sent, Carriage Free, to any Part of the Kingdom; or Twelve copies at 3s. each, Carriage Unpaid.

*** Orders to be addressed to Mr. R. MIMPRISs, Aldine Chambers, Paternoster Row, London.

London: J. RIDER, Printer, 14, Bartholomew Close.

ADDRESS.

It is a good omen for the right training of our youthful population, that the portion of God's word now becoming increasingly attractive, is the GOSPEL HISTORY OF THE LIFE AND MINISTRY OF OUR DIVINE REDEEMER; and, with this increased attention to the EVANGELICAL HISTORIES, it is gratifying to perceive the dawning acknowledgment of the value of A HARMONY OF THE GOSPEL NARRATIVES OF THE FOUR EVANGELISTS, arranged in juxta-position, and in Chronological order; and that the Geographical structure of the same is receiving more regard.

In accordance with this movement of public opinion, we propose this republication of "A HARMONY OF THE FOUR EVANGELISTS," according to Greswell's arrangement, in such a portable form, and at such a price, as shall place it within reach of all who are anxious for a systematic acquaintance with, and the better understanding of, the words and works of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The importance of an arrangement of the GOSPEL NARRATIVES in juxtaposition, whereby the minutest supplemental relation of each verse and word may be seen, is conspicuous, if we consider the omissions of learned and good men on the one hand; and the perversions of ignorant and wicked men on the other, who intentionally exhibit portions of the Inspired Histories, in comparison, to please the scoffer with seeming discrepancies. As an example of the former, it may be remarked—

In the Diatessaron of the Rev. Dr. White, and in the English translation-a book extensively used at both universities-there is omitted in the history of The Baptism of our Lord, as given by Matthew, Mark, and Luke, the fact recorded by Luke, that our Lord, on that occasion, prayed ; which omission is the more to be deplored, as in the subsequent history of that event, the efficacy of prayer, evidenced by the consequent opening of the heavens-the descent of the Holy Ghost-and the voice of God the Father, acknowledging Jesus as God the Son, is lost sight of. Through this omission, tutors, when using that book, cannot present this fact to the young as an example for imitation. The same omission is observable in 'Sermons on the Life of Christ,' by the late Rev. Henry Blunt. In the

next Section also, in the Diatessaron, ('The Temptations of Jesus,') the fact of the purpose for which he was led into the wilderness is entirely overlooked: viz., "to be tempted of the devil;" see Matthew iv. 1: thus keeping a fact in our Saviour's History out of sight, which might be used as a beautiful illustration of that portion of the excellent form of prayer given by our blessed Lord himself, "lead us not into temptation." This omission subjects the narrative to be read, in the Diatessaron, as though the Temptation was an accident in our Lord's history.

Against the disingenuousness of the infidel and scoffer, we have more reason to be on our guard. His object is to undermine our faith in the inspiration of the Holy Scriptures. Take, as an example, the miraculous feeding of the five thousand, and of the four thousand. The miracle of feeding the five thousand is recorded by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and Johnsee Sect. 40, pp. 48-51; the miracle of feeding the four thousand is recorded by Matthew and Mark only-see Sect. 46, p. 56. Matthew and Mark record both miracles; Luke and John notice only that of the feeding of the five thousand.

In an infidel publication, pretending to prove that "contradictions, absurdities, and immoralities," exist in the Bible, the author, in his blindness and perversity, thus tortures the Gospel Narratives of the miraculous feeding of the multitudes.

Authorized Version.

MATTHEW XV. 34, .6-.8. 34 And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.

36 And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

37 And they did all eat, and were filled and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.

38 And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.

LUKE ix. 13, .4, .6, .7.

13 But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes;

except we should go and buy meat for all this people.

14 For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.

16 Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.

17 And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.

The discrepancies which that author desires to make appear, are:

1. Matthew states, they had seven loaves. 2. Matthew states, they had a few little fishes.

3. Matthew states, that "they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full."

4. Matthew states, "they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children."

1. Luke as plainly states, there were five.

2. Luke as plainly, that there were two. 3. Luke as plainly, that "there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets."

4. Luke as plainly states, "they were about five thousand men."-See ver.

14.

These different statements he calls "gross contradictions, that strike at the root of the pretended Divine origin of the whole." And truly the

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