and for that alone, that we contend; and the arguments we have adduced-which may be found drawn out at greater length, and with fuller illustrations, in works expressly upon the subject-while they establish the fact for the Sacred Volume in general, at the same time show the Inspiration of every portion of it in particular.

§ 2. On the Inspiration of the First Three Chapters of Genesis in particular.

It is in the earlier chapters of Genesis that the discoveries of Science, especially of late years, have been supposed to come into collision with the declarations of Holy Scripture. And therefore to the Inspiration of this portion in particular I propose now to direct attention: and my argument will rest upon a joint consideration of the fact that these particular chapters are quoted or referred to by our Lord and His Apostles; of the matters which these chapters treat of; and of the early place they occupy the Sacred Volume.

I. 1.

IN

GENESIS, CHAP. I. II. 1-3.

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God created the

heaven and the earth.

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Heb. i. 10, (quoting Ps. cii.)Thou, Lord, in the begin-ning hast laid the foundation of the earth, and the

heavens are the works of firmament, and divided thine hands.

Heb. xi. 3.-Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

2. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

3. And God said, Let there be light and there was light.

2 Cor. iv. 6.-God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness.

4. And God saw the light that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

5. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

6. And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

8. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

9. And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear and it was so.

2 Pet. iii. 5.-By the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water.

10. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

11. And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth and it was so.

12. And the earth 7. And God made the brought forth grass, and

25. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

26. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Heb. ii. 7, 8 (quoting Ps. viii. 6).-Thou madest him a little lower than the angels;

thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands: thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. 27. So God created

man in his own image, in the image of God created he him male and female created he them.

:

1 Cor. xi. 7.-For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God.

James iii. 9.

men,

Matt. xix. 4.-Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female?

28. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over thing that moveth upon every living the earth.

29. And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, all the earth, and every which is upon the face of tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

30. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat; and it was so.

31. And God saw every thing that he had made,

which are made after the and, behold, it was very

similitude of God.

good. And the evening

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