the Rev. W. Turner , Jun. , MA., Lives of the eminent Unitarians

[336] confessed, some share of fancy with regard to several particulars. The author then proceeds to a particular view of the creation, the institution of the sabbath, the paradisiacal state of trial, the fall and its consequences, (interweaving here his Treatise on Original Sin,) the origin of sacrifices, the shechinah, the deluge, the dispersion from Babel, the patriarchal religion exemplified in the book of Job, its corruption, the call of Abraham, and the covenant of grace with him, (referring to his pamphlet so called,) its commencement in the separation of the people of Israel, with the methods of the Divine wisdom in this important dispensation, (more fully enlarged on in his Key to the Apostolic Writings,) the civil government and ritual of the Hebrews, (Lowman referred to,) its rational and spiritual meaning (the sacrificial part of it more fully explained in his Scripture Doctrine of Atonement). He then gives a general review of the authors, and what they teach, from the Exodus to the building of the Temple, from thence to its destruction by Nebuchadnezzar; the moral causes of the captivity, and the purposes answered by it; the authors in both these periods, particularly the prophets, chronologically arranged. Then, after a view of the state of the world at the coming of Jesus Christ, he refers to his Treatise on the Lord's Supper for his thoughts on the excellent character of Christ, and on the Divine principles, doctrine, and spirit of the Gospel.

Thus far the work was printed by the Doctor himself, and employed by him as his text book in his lectures to the students. He always prefaced his lectures, we are informed by the Editor