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[Illustration: The GOOD BOY getting off the JUVENILE BIBLE by Heart.]

_Train up a Child in the Way he should go, and when he is old he will
not depart from it, Prov. xxii. 6._



The
JUVENILE BIBLE:
BEING
A BRIEF CONCORDANCE
OF THE
_HOLY SCRIPTURES_,
IN VERSE.

CONTAINING
A Summary of all the CHAPTERS in the Books of the
_OLD and NEW TESTAMENT,_
From GENESIS to the REVELATION
_Alphabetically Arranged,_
AND
ADMIRABLY ADAPTED
TO THE
COMPREHENSION AND RETENTION OF
YOUNG READERS.

_Search the Scriptures, and let the Word of Christ dwell
in you richly in all Wisdom, John v.39. Col.iii.16_

LONDON:
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY M. ALLEN,
NO. 15, Paternoster-Row;
And Sold by all other Booksellers in the United Kingdom.
[Entered at Stationers-Hall]



The
NAMES AND ORDER
OF ALL THE BOOKS OF THE
OLD & NEW TESTAMENT,
WITH THE
NUMBER OF CHAPTERS.

Genesis hath     50 | II. Chronicles. 36 | Daniel......... 12
Exodus......... 40 | Ezra........... 10 | Hosea.......... 14
Leviticus...... 27 | Nehemiah....... 13 | Joel...........  3
Numbers........ 36 | Esther......... 10 | Amos...........  9
Deuteronomy.... 34 | Job............ 42 | Obediah........  1
Joshua......... 24 | Psalms........ 150 | Jonah..........  4
Judges......... 21 | Proverbs....... 31 | Micah..........  7
Ruth...........  4 | Ecclesiastes... 12 | Nahum..........  3
I. Samuel...... 31 | Solomon's Song    8 | Habakkuk.......  3
II. Samuel..... 24 | Isaiah......... 66 | Zephaniah......  3
I. Kings....... 22 | Jeremiah....... 52 | Haggai.........  2
II. Kings...... 25 | Lamentations...  5 | Zecheriah...... 14
I. Chronicles.. 29 | Ezekiel........ 48 | Malachi........  4

_The Books of the New Testament._

Matthew........ 28 | Ephesians......  6 | Hebrews........ 13
Mark........... 16 | Philippians....  4 | James..........  5
Luke........... 24 | Colossians.....  4 | I. Peter.......  5
John........... 21 | I. Thessalonians  5 | II. Peter......  3
The Acts....... 28 | II. Thessalonians 3 | I. John........  5
Romans......... 16 | I. Timothy.....  6 | II. John.......  1
I. Corinthians   16 | II. Timothy....  4 | III. John......  1
II. Corinthians  13 | Titus..........  3 | Jude...........  1
Galatians......  6 | Philemon.......  1 | Revelation..... 22



PREFACE

This JUVENILE BIBLE, or TABLES OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, being a
Metrical Index to the Old and New Testament, has with much Labour been
compiled for the Edification of Youth.  By means of this little
Instructor, the reader is not only made acquainted with the chief
Contents of every Chapter, but likewise with the number of chapters in
every Book.  This methodical arrangement is as follows:

Every Book _that exceeds five Chapters_ is divided into Stanzas, each
Stanza, acrostic-like, beginning with A, B, C, &c. the Stanzas contain
four lines each, and every line is a Chapter (except otherwise
distinguished, as the Chapters are numbered in the margin by figures);
thus B, beginning the second Stanza and fifth line, is the fifth
Chapter, C the 9th, D the 13th, E the 17th, &c. as far as N, which is
the 49th Chapter, no Book containing more than 52, except the PROPHECY
of ISAIAH, which runs four letters more, O, P, Q, and R; likewise the
Book of PSALMS, being 150, which are divided into three alphabets, not
exceeding N, and containing 50 each.  Those Books which _do not exceed
five chapters_, viz. RUTH, LAMENTATIONS, JOEL, OBADIAH, &c. are
without this method, which do not require it, and are consequently
expressed in one Stanza, sometimes exceeding four lines.

In the historical books, the contents of every chapter is as fully
expressed as the narrow limits of _one line_ will admit; and the
PSALMS, which have letters expressive of the occasions of them, are by
_those_ distinguished: but the other PSALMS, as also the PROVERBS,
ECCLESIASTES, &c. consisting of various and unconnected Sentences, and
not being reducible to any certain head, are only characterized by
some remarkable passage in them.

This novel and curious arrangement will, it is presumed, gratify the
taste of young readers, and not only give them a relish for the Sacred
Volume, but even assist their memories when duly acquainted with it.

Any person desirous of committing this JUVENILE BIBLE to memory (which
may be done in a month, or less) should first learn perfectly the name
of all the Books, and the numbers of the chapters in each Book, on the
back of the title-page; then observe A stands for 1, B 5, C 9, D 13,
E 17, F 21, G 25, H 29, I 33, K 37, L 41, M 45, N 49.  When it is
known what number every letter denotes, the number of the chapter that
begins with that letter is known by it; for example, if you know the
letter B stands for 5, then when you hear this line, "Before the flood
man's life was long," you can soon tell it is the 5th chapter.  If it
be asked, what are the contents of the 5th chapter of Genesis, you
answer with the above line, and so of the rest.

The three last lines of every Stanza depend upon the first line of it;
so that if the number of the first line is known, it is easy to know
the number of the rest: for instance, if you know that "Each male of
Abram circumcis'd" is the 17th of Genesis, then it follows "He angels
entertains" is the 18th; "Sees Sodom's flame God's wrath proclaim" is
the 19th; "His wife his sister feigns" is the 20th.

This work is designed to promote the knowledge and practice of the
Holy Scriptures--and when presents are made by Parents, or
promiscuously awarded by Schools, let the JUVENILE BIBLE be always the
_first_ gift: but no portion of it should ever be allotted as a
_Task_; the Author of this Work being well convinced, it is owing to
the modern and _impious_ mode of Education, compelling Children to
learn Collects, chapters in the Bible, Hymns, &c. as occasional
Exercises, and frequently _by way of Punishment_, that the Word of God
is not heard and read with that satisfaction it always should be.



_GENESIS_

 1 All things created Moses writes,
 2     And Paradise displays,
 3   Tells Adam's fall, which ruin'd all:
 4     Cain righteous Abel slays

 5 Before the flood, Man's life was long,
 6     Noah the ark doth frame;
 7   The world is drown'd, eight favour found,
 8     Out of the ark they came.

 9 Covenant of rain-bow; Noah drunk--
10     His family's increase;
11   They Babel rear, confounded are.
12     Abram is call'd in grace