RIO REHARRABLE NAMES SH SCRIPTURE. Matthias, Who was chosenby lot in the room of Judas Iscariot. Paul, the apostle of the Gentiles, who was called by Christ after he ascended to heaven_ And Barnabas is once called an apostle, who accompanied Paulin his labours. Acts xiv. 14. SECT. X. Names of Men remarkable. TN THE OLD TESTAMENT.Adasl, no first man that God made. Cain, Adam's eldest son, a wicked man who killed his brother. Abel, Adam's second son, a righteous man whom Cain slew. Enoch, The man who walked with God, and was taken to heaven without dying. Methusaleh, The oldest man that we ever read of, almost a thousand years old. Noah, the good man who was saved when the world was drowned. . Job, The most patient man under grievous pains and losses. Abraham, The pattern of believers, and the friend of God. Lot, The righteous man who was delivered when Sodom was destroyed. Isaac, Abraham's son according to God's promise. Ishmael, Abraham's son by his maid Hagar. Esau, Isaac's eldest son, who sold his birth-right for a mess of pottage. Jacob or Israel, Isaac'syoungest son, who craftily obtained his father's blessing by deceit. Israel, A new name that God gave to Jacob, because lie prevailed with God in prayer. Corah, The wicked man whom the earth swallowed up alive, for daring to be a priest without God's order. Palaanl, The heathen prophet or enchanter who would have cursed Israel, but God forced him to bless them. Goliah, A giant whomDavid slew with a sling and a stone. Jonathan, Oi a of the sous of Saul, in strict friendship with David. Absalom, David's wicked son, who rebelled against his father, and he Was killed as he hung ou a tree by his hair. Adonijah,Another son of David, who set up himself for kin* against his father's will, because his father had always humoured him. Obadiah, A good servant in the wicked court of Ahab, Who feared the Lord from his youth. Gehazii The prophet Elisha's servant, who told a lie, and he was struck with an incurable leprosy. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednegó, The three Jews who
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