A history of the work of redemption. Containing the outlines of a body of…

VII. Ezra added to the cannon of the scriptures. He wrote the book of Ezra; and he is supposed to have written the book of Chronicles, at least of compiling them, if he was not the author of ⟨p. 118⟩the materials, or all the parts of these writings. That these […] were written, or compiled and completed, after the captivity, the the things contained in the books themselves make manifest; […] the genealogies contained therein, are brought down below the captivity; as 1 Chron. iii.17. &c. We have there an account of the posterity of Jehoiach•n for several successive generations And there is mention in these books of this captivity into Babylon, as of a thing past, and of things that were done on the return of the Jews after the captivity; as you may see in the 9th chapter of • Chron. The chapter is mostly filled up with an account of things that came to pass after the captivity into Babylon, as you may see by comparing it with what is said in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. That Ezra was the person that compiled these books, i• probable by this, because they conclude with words that we know are the words of Ezra's history. The two last verses are Ezra's words in the history he gives in the the two fi•st verses of the book of Ezra.

VII. Ezra added to the cannon of the scriptures. He wrote the book of Ezra; and he is supposed to have written the book of Chronicles, at least of compiling them, if he was not the author of ⟨p. 118⟩the materials, or all the parts of these writings. That these 〈…〉 were written, or compiled and completed, after the captivity, the the things contained in the books themselves make manifest; 〈…〉 the genealogies contained therein, are brought down below the captivity; as 1 Chron. iii.17. &c. We have there an account of the posterity of Jehoiachn for several successive generations And there is mention in these books of this captivity into Babylon, as of a thing past, and of things that were done on the return of the Jews after the captivity; as you may see in the 9th chapter of Chron. The chapter is mostly filled up with an account of things that came to pass after the captivity into Babylon, as you may see by comparing it with what is said in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. That Ezra was the person that compied these books, i probable by this, because they conclude with words that we know are the words of Ezra's history. The two last verses are Ezra's words in the history he gives in the the two fist verses of the book of Ezra.