Indications of the book of Job

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INDICATIONS

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.BOOK OF JOB:

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A PRELIMINARY TO THE INDICATIONS.

BY

EDWARD B. LATCH,

AUTHOR OF "A REVIEW OF THE HOLY BIBLE."

PRESS OF

J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY,

PHILADELPHIA.

Copyright, 1SS9, by Edward L\ Latch.

Preface

This volume takes up the general views as given in the work entitled a A Review of the Holy Bible," and carries with it the system of interpretation therein set forth.

A brief historic line has been prefixed as a preliminary upon which the " Indications" may rest as a base, and from which the interpretative system may radiate.

The Sacred Records clearly call for the existence of man — a chosen instrumentality in God's great Purpose by Election — far beyond the conventional six thousand years from the so-called Adam and progenitor of the human family.

If man did exist back of this Adam, and if the Scriptures are given by inspiration, then the Scriptures will surely harmonize in this particular also by giving man his proper place in the history of the world.

The Ages of Man once established, and the instrumentality of man (see Deut. vii. 6-14) once established, then the wonders of God in his great Purpose will become manifest to hosts that shall be "as the

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sand which is upon the sea shore" for number; hence the indications are that every point that is set or that shall be set upon a sure foundatiou by the hand of true science will confirm Scriptural truth, and bear fruit that will endure forever in the Kingdom of Righteousness.

The text used is the Holy Bible as issued by the American Bible Society, New York, 1860. (Brevier, 12mo.)

Contents

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