External Form of the New Testament--1. The Three Main Divisions of the New Testament Writings: Historical, Epistolary, Prophetical--2. Natural Order of these Divisions--3. Subdivisions--In the Historic Part--In the Epistolary Part--Diversity of Arrangement in Manuscripts--4. Arrangement of the New Testament Writings not Chronological--Importance of Knowing this--5. Continuous Writing of the Ancient Uncial Manuscripts-- Stichometrical Mode of Writing--This led gradually to the Present System of Interpunction Cursive Manuscripts--7. Ancient Divisions in the Contents of the Sacred Text--Ammonian Sections and Eusebian Canons-- 8. Divisions called Titles--9. Divisions of the Other New Testament Books--10. Chapters and Verses--Church Lessons--11. Remarks on the above Divisions--Paragraph Bibles--12. Titles and Subscriptions CHAPTER XXVI. THE NEW TESTAMENT TEXT AND ITS HISTORY--I. _The Manuscript Text_--1 and 2. General Remarks--3. Origin of Various Readings and their Classification--Substitutions, Insertions, Omissions--Arising from Inadvertence, or Unskilful Criticism--Wilful Falsifications cannot be imputed to the Copyists--4. Materials for Textual Criticism--General Results--5. Notice of some Manuscripts--The Vatican, Sinai, Alexandrine, Ephraem, Palimpsest, Dublin Palimpsest, Beza or Cambridge (Bilingual), Purple. Cursive Manuscripts--II. _The Printed Text_--6. Primary Editions and their Sources--Complutensian Polyglott, Erasmian, Stephens', Beza's, Elzevir Editions--7. Remarks on the Received Text--III. _Principles of Textual Criticism_--8. Its End--Sources of Evidence--Greek Manuscripts--Their varying Value--9. Ancient Versions and their Value--10. Citations of the Church Fathers--11. Canons of Criticism CHAPTER XXVII. FORMATION AND HISTORY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT CANON--1. General Remarks--2. Different Periods to be noticed--3. Apostolic Age--4. Age of the Apostolic Fathers--Remarks on their Quotations--5. Age of Transition--Events of this Age which awakened the Christian Church to a Full Consciousness of the Divine Authority of the Apostolic Writings--Execution of Versions--6. Age of the Early Church Fathers--They recognized a Canon, though not yet Complete--Canon of the Syriac Peshito, Muratorian Canon--Canon of the Councils of Laodicea and Carthage--7. Closing Remarks CHAPTER XXVIII.