"The object of this work is to demonstrate, from the Word of God and from history, the exclusive right of the thirty-nine books of the Old Testament, and of the twenty-seven books of the New, to a place in the list of inspired writings. This right is called thir canonicity. We shall first establish it from history, as regards the New Testament; and then establish it by doctrinal evidence, as regards the whole Bible" -- Page 1.

A study of the long and gradual process in Church history which led to recognition of the canonical status of the books of the New Testament.

"The object of this work is to demonstrate, from the Word of God and from history, the exclusive right of the thirty-nine books of the Old Testament, and of the twenty-seven books of the New, to a place in the list of inspired writings. This right is called thir canonicity. We shall first establish it from history, as regards the New Testament; and then establish it by doctrinal evidence, as regards the whole Bible" -- Page 1.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1863.