_Books Received as Canonical by some Jews and Rejected by Others._ Esther, Ruth. _Books Excluded from the Jewish Canon, and Reckoned as Apocryphal by some of the Ancient Christians, but Allowed as Canonical of late by the Church of Rome._ Baruch, Tobit, Judith, the Book of Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, the two Books of the Maccabees. The Song of the three Children in the Fiery Furnace. The History of Susanna. The History of Bel and the Dragon. _Books that are Excluded from the Canon without Apparent Reason._ The Prayer of Manasseh, inserted in the Apocrypha. The third and fourth Books of Esdras (ibid). The third and fourth Books of Maccabees, in the Septuagint Bible. The Genealogy of Job, and his Wife’s Speech, at the end of the Greek text of the Book of Job. The 151st Psalm, at the end of the Greek Psalms. A Discourse of King Solomon, at the end of the Book of Wisdom. The Preface before the Lamentations of Jeremiah, in the vulgar Latin and Greek text. _Other Apocryphal Books of the same Nature, which are Lost._ The Book of Enoch. The Book of the Assumption of Moses. The Assumption, Apocalypse, or Secrets of Elias. The Secrets of Jeremiah. _Books Full of Fables and Errors, which are Lost._ The Generation, or the Creation of Adam. The Revelation of Adam. Of the Genealogy, or of the sons and daughters of Adam. Cham’s Book of Magic. A Treatise, entitled Seth. The Assumption of Abraham. Jetsira, or concerning the Creation ascribed to Abraham. The Book of the Twelve Patriarchs. The Discourses of Jacob and Joseph. The Prophecy of Habakkuk. A Collection of the Prophecies of Ezekiel. The Prophecy of Eldad and Medad. The Treatise of Jannes and Jambres. The Book of King Og. Jacob’s Ladder, and several other Tracts. NEW TESTAMENT. _Books Owned as Canonical at all times and by all Christians._ The Four Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The Acts of the Apostles. Thirteen Epistles of St. Paul. The First Epistle of St. Peter. The First Epistle of St. John. _Books Questioned, but afterwards Admitted by the Church as Canonical._ The Epistle to the Hebrews. The Epistle of St. James. The Second Epistle of St. Peter. The Second and Third of St. John. The Epistle of St. Jude. The Apocalypse, or Revelations of St. John, which was a long time before it was admitted as Canonical. The history of the angel and the agony of our Saviour related (Luke xxii.). The end of the last chapter of St. Matthew’s Gospel. The history of the woman taken in adultery, related in the eighth chapter of St. John’s Gospel. The end of St. John’s Gospel. The passage concerning the Trinity, taken out of the fifth chapter of the First Epistle of St. John. _Apocryphal Writings which are not Full of Errors._