351 APPENDIX. No. I. TABLES OF WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND MONEY, MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE. Chiefly extracted from Dr. Arbuthnot's Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights, and Measures. 2. Scripture Measures of Length reduced to English measure. 144 36 12 6 | 1.5 | Ezekiel's reed 192 48 16 81 2 | 1.3 An Arabian pole 1920 | 480 | 160 | 80 | 20 | 13.3 | 10 A schoenus or measuring line 3. The long Scripture measures. 4. Scripture Measures of capacity for liquids, reduced to English wine 5. Scripture Measures of capacity for things dry, reduced to English corn In the preceding table, silver is valued at 5s. and gold at 41. per oz. 7. Roman Money, mentioned in the New Testament, reduced to the English standard. A mite, (Λεπτον oι Ασσαριον) A penny or denarius (Δηνάριον) 1. s. d. far. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0072 3260 No. II. A TABLE OF THE ORDER AND DATES OF THE BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, AND OF THE PLACES WHERE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN WRITTEN. No. III. A TABLE OF THE PSALMS, CLASSED ACCORDING TO THEIR SEVERAL SUBJECTS, AND ADAPTED TO THE PURPOSES OF PRIVATE DEVOTION. I. Prayers. 1. Prayers for pardon of sin, Psal. vi. xxv. xxxviii, li, cxxx. Psalms styled penitential, vi. xxxii. xxxviii, li. cii, cxxx. cxlii. 2. Prayers, composed when the Psalmist was deprived of an opportu nity of the public exercise of religion, Psal. xlii. xliii. lxiii. lxxxiv. 3. Prayers, in which the Psalmist seems extremely dejected, though not totally deprived of consolation, under his afflictions, Psal, xiii. xxii. lxix. Ixxvii. lxxxviii. cxliii. 4. Prayers, in which the Psalmist asks help of God, in consideration of his own integrity, and the uprightness of his cause, Psal. vii. xvii. xxvi. XXXV. 5. Prayers, expressing the firmest trust and confidence in God under afflictions, Psal. iii, xvi, xxvii, xxxi, liv. lvi. lvii. lxi, lxii, lxxi. lxxxvi. 6. Prayers, composed when the people of God were under affliction or persecution, Psal. xliv. lx. lxxiv. lxxix. lxxx. lxxxiii. lxxxix, xciv. cii. cxxiii, cxxxvii. 7. The following are likewise prayers in time of trouble and affliction, Psal. iv. v. xi. xxviii. xli. lv. lix. lxiv. lxx. cix. cxx. cxl. cxli. cxlii. 8. Prayers of intercession, Psal. xx. lxvii. cxxii. cxxxii. cxliv. II. Psalms of Thanksgiving. 1. Thanksgivings for Mercies vouchsafed to particular persons, Psal. ix. xviii. xxi. xxx. xxxiv. xl. lxxv. ciii. cviii. cxvi. cxviii. cxxxviii. cxliv. 2. Thanksgivings for mercies vouchsafed to the Israelites in general, Psal. xlvi. xlviii. lxv. lxvi. lxviii. lxxvi. lxxxi. lxxxv. xcviii. cv. cxxiv. cxxvi. cxxix. cxxxv. cxxxvi. cxlix. III. Psalms of Praise and Adoration, displaying the Attributes of God. 1. General acknowledgments of God's goodness and mercy, and particularly his care and protection of good men, Psal. xxiii. xxxiv. xxxvi. xci. c. ciii. cvii, cxvii. cxxi. cxlv. cxlvi. 2. Psalms displaying the power, majesty, glory, and other attributes of the Divine Being, Psal. viii. xix. xxiv. xxix. xxxiii. xlvii. 1. lxv. lxvi. lxxvi. lxxvii. xciii. xcv. xcvi. xcvii. xcix. civ. cxi. cxiii. exiv. cxv. cxxxiv. cxxxix. cxlvii. cxlviii. cl. IV. Instructive Psalms. 1. The different characters of good and bad men: the happiness of the one, and the misery of the other are represented in the following psalms. i. v. vii. ix. X. Xi. xii, xiv. xv. xvii. xxiv. xxv. xxxii. xxxiv. xxxvi. xxxvii. 1. lii. liii. lviii, lxxiii. lxxv. lxxxiv, xci. xcii. xciv. cxii. cxix. cxxi. cxxv. cxxvii. cxxviii, cxxxiii. 2. The excellence of God's laws, Psal, xix. cxix. 3. The vanity of human life, Psal. xxxix, xlix. xc. 4. Advice to magistrates, Psal. lxxxii. ci. 5. The virtue of humility, Psal. cxxxi. V. Psalms more eminently and directly Prophetical. Psal. ii. xvi, xxii, xl. xlv. lxviii. lxxii. lxxxvii, cx. cxviii. VI. Historical Psalms. Psal. lxxviii, cv. cvi. |