ON THE

HISTORICAL PASSAGES

OF

THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS.

BY

THE RIGHT REVEREND

JOSEPH HALL, D.D.

LATE LORD BISHOP OF NORWICH.

IN TWO VOLUMES,

VOL. II.

A NEW EDITION.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR WILLIAM BAYNES AND SON,

PATERNOSTER ROW;

AND. H. S. BAYNES, EDINBURGH.

LONDON: R. CLAY, PRINTER, DEVONSHIRE STREET, BISHOPSGATE..

CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

BOOK XX.

Page

CONTEMPLATION I. The Shunamite suing to Jehoram-Elisha con-

ferring with Hazael

1

II. Jehu with Jehoram and Jezebel

8

III. Jehu killing the Sons of Ahab, and the Priests

of Baal.

17

IV. Athaliah and Joash

25

V. Joash with Elisha dying

33

VI. Uzziah leprous ...

88

VII. Ahaz with his new altar

43

VIII. The utter destruction of the kingdom of Israel 47

IX. Hezekiah and Sennacherib

50

X. Hezekiah sick, recovered, visited

59

XI. Manasseh

68

XII. Josiah's reformation ...

76

XIII. Josiah's death, with the desolation of the Temple

and Jerusalem

83

BOOK XXI,

CONTEMPLATION I. Zerrubbabel and Ezra

88

II. Nehemiah building the walls of Jerusalem 102

III. Nehemiah redressing the extortion of the Jews. 109

IV. Ahasuerus feasting ;-Vashti cast off';-Esther

chosen

116

V. Haman distespected by Mordecai,-Mordecai's

Message to Esther

124

VI. Esther suing to Ahasuerus

136

VII. Mordecai honoured by Haman..

140

VIII. Haman hanged, Mordecai advanced

146

FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT.

BOOK I.

CONTEMPLATION I. The Angel and Zachary

II. The Annunciation of Christ,

III. The Birth of Christ

IV. The Sages and the Star

V. The Purification

VI. Herod and the Infants

Page

157

165

170

175

181

186

BOOK II.

CONTEMPLATION I. Christ among the Doctors..

II. Christ's Baptism

III. Christ tempted

IV, Simon called

V. The Marriage in Cana

VI. The good Centurion....

193

199

203

217

222

227

BOOK III.

CONTEMPLATION 1.* The Widow's Son raised

234

* II. The Ruler's Son cured.

238

III.' The Dumb Devil ejected

242

IV.' 'Matthew called ....

250

V. Christ among the Gergesens, or Legion and the

Gadarene herd...

255

BOOK IV.

CONTEMPLATION I. The faithfal Canaanite

273

II. The Deaf and Dumb Man cured....

283

III. Zaccheus

289

IV. John Baptist beheaded

304

V. The five Loaves and two Fishes

319

VI.' The Walk

330

the Waters.

upon

VII. The bloody Issue healed

343

VIII. Jairus and his Daughter ...

352

IX. The Motion of the two fiery Disciples repelled 356

X. 'The ten Lepers....

363

XI. The Pool of Bethesda

372

XII. The Transfiguration of Christ

382

XIII. The same

391

XIV. The same

402

XV. The Woman taken in Adultery

406