analogy to the present work, which is written in the purest Hebrew, and translated with an elegance and fidelity highly creditable to the eminent scholar who. has been so long engaged in the work. The preface to the Hebrew edition speaks of it as having been brought from Jerusalem, with other sacred rolls and manuscripts, at the destruction of that city, and carried into Spain, where the Jews had their most celebrated colleges up to the eleventh century. On the discovery of printing, the manuscript was copied and carried to Venice, where it was printed by order of the Jewish Consistory of Rabbins in 1613, and is now, for the first time, translated into the English language and published. The Royal Asiatic Society had a copy in Calcutta, and gave orders to the Rev. Mr. Adams to translate it; but it was abandoned on hearing that a translation was already in progress. It is full of interest, and written with a warmth of piety and sacred devotion, which render it worthy of taking an equal rank with any of the missing books not strictly canonical. It does not differ with the Bible in a single instance, but amplifies the events recorded in Scripture, with the single difference in chronology of some 50 years, by making Noah and Abraham contemporary -commencing with the creation of Adam, and ending with the death of Joshua. Josephus refers to this book, and the great Mendelson extracts copiously from it. Recently the book of Enoch has been discovered, translated from the Ethiopic, and published in England. Professor Stuart has lately reviewed it. The discovery of missing books referred to in Scripture, and the many yet to be discovered, joined to the singular signs of the

times in relation to the chosen people, give great interest to this and similar works. This book, which makes nearly 300 pages, clears up some points somewhat obscure in the Bible, and is very full in detailing the events of the reign of Nimrod; the building of the tower of Babel, and the confusion of tongues; the causes preceding the destruction of the doomed cities; the sacrifice of Isaac, and the life of Joseph; and has some curious facts about the deluge. As we shall have occasion to refer frequently to this book hereafter, the present notice will be deemed sufficient to call public attention to it."-New York Evening Star.

APPENDIX.

CONTAINING AN EXPOSITION OF THE SIX DAYS' CREATION, AND SEVENTH DAY'S REST, AS RECORDED BY MOSES, IN WHICH IT IS SHOWN, THAT THOSE DAYS ARE TO BE CONSIDERED AS OCCUPYING A CHIEF PLACE AMONG THE PROPHETIC NUMBERS OF THE BIBLE.

At first I had only in view an exposition of those prophetical numbers, which are recorded in the book of Daniel, and in that of the Revelation; but having taken into serious consideration the account of the Creation of the world, as related by Moses, in the first chapter of Genesis, I there found such ample proofs of the prophetic character of the narrative of the Six days' creation, and Seventh day's rest, that I no longer hesitated as to how it ought to be understood. I felt myself conscientiously compelled to differ in opinion from the generality of professing Christians, as to the real meaning and true import of this part of Scripture; whilst it is commonly believed, that Moses gives there simply an historical account of this globe, with its planetary system; and that these were created by God in Six natural days, of 24 hours each, there is reason to believe, that it is altogether prophetic of the future; and that the Six days' creation refers, in a figurative sense, to the

creation of mankind during the first Seven days, which are also symbolical of the first Seven thousand years of human existence upon this planet. Although mankind in general are not in this belief at present. probably because its prophetic character was not thought of for many generations past; yet I consider that it will not be difficult to prove, from other parts of the Bible, that the narrative of the Creation, during the Six days' and the Seventh day's rest was designed to point out the Moral and Spiritual condition of mankind, during the first Seven thousand years of their existence.

In order that the reader may be able more easily to understand the various calculations connected with the prophetical numbers, which the subject of itself neccessarily demanded, I shall again submit to his notice and consideration, the data from whence these calculations have been drawn: this has been already done in the foregoing letter, addressed to Cuninghame; the only apology, therefore, I would offer for my again introducing such data here, is this, that upon the right understanding of these depends, in a great measure, the right comprehending of all the prophetic numbers. In saying this, however, I would wish to be understood, when speaking of the data of calculation, that the data itself is only Scripture taken to explain Scripture; and that assuredly there is no rule nor data, although taken from the Scripture, that can be laid down, which will effectually serve the purpose of interpreting or leading mankind correctly to understand the Scriptures, unless that rule,

or data be accompanied with the enlightening aid of the Holy Spirit that first gave forth the Scriptures.

SCALE OR TABLE, FOR CALCULATING THE PROPHETICAL NUMBERS, SELECTED FROM THE BIBLE.

1st.-A week of 7 days equal to 7 days.-Matt. xxviii. 1; Acts xx. 7; 1 Cor. xvi. 2.

2nd.-A week of 7 years or Sabbatic, equal to 7 years.-Gen. xxix. 27; Levit. xxv. 24.

3rd. A week of Sabbatics, or 7 years of 7 years, equal to 49 years.—Levit. xxv. 8.

4th-Jubilee, or redemption year, every 50 years. -Levit. xxv. 10.

5th-One day as a 1000 years.-Psalm xc. 4 2 Peter, iii. 8.

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After the Apostle Peter has described the Creation of the Heavens and the Earth, by the Word of God, and the overflowing of the world with water, and after having told us that the Heavens and the Earth, which are now, are reserved by the Word of God unto fire, against the day of Judgment and perdition of ungodly men, then he emphatically adds, "Be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

The first words in the Bible are, "In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth."

The difference between the above translation and the original Hebrew text, I shall show farther on; in the mean time, the reader is referred to its parallel