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DIRECTION TO BINDER.

VOL. I.-To consist of the Old Testament:

"Adam naming the Creation," as Frontispiece, to face the Vignette; the printed Title-page, with Index, to follow; the plates throughout are numbered to face the respective pages of letter-press.

VOL. II.-To consist of the New Testament:

"Suffer little Children to come unto Me," as Frontispiece, to face the Vignette, "Samuel at Prayer;" the printed Titlepage, with Index, to follow; the other plates are numbered to face the respective pages of letter-press.

**Those who desire to bind the Work in Four Vols., which is
recommended for the convenience of juvenile reading,
divide as follow:-
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Vol. 1.---Old Testament, page 1 to 252.
Vol. 2.---Old Testament, page 253 to 512.

Vol. 3.---New Testament, page 1 to 224.

Vol. 4.---New Testament, page 225 to the end.

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The Saviour's line and acts these leaves contain, From Abraham's stem, and David's fated reign. Old Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, first take place; From whence the Patriarchs, and their sacred race.

GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST.

From thence a wonderful Son shall soon proceed,
Jesus his Sacred name by heaven decreed;
Whose mighty arm shall set his people free
From sin and hell's ignoble slavery.

MANY very useful books of history have been written relative to the kingdom of the earth, and the lives of great men who have flourished from time to time in the world; and the reading of them may please and inform the mind; but what are the best of them when compared with the important instruction contained in the everlasting gospel of our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ? the study and true knowledge of which concern us more than all human productions in the world; it is ever new, and equally good news, from one generation to another to the end of time.

"The book of the generations of Jesus

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