A

SHORT AND PLAIN

EXPOSITION

OF THE

OLD TESTAMENT,

WITH

DEVOTIONAL

AND

PRACTICAL REFLECTIONS,

FOR THE

USE OF FAMILIES.

BY THE LATE

REVEREND JOB ORTON, S.T.P.

PUBLISHED FROM THE AUTHOR'S MANUSCRIPTS,

BY ROBERT GENTLEMAN.

FIRST AMERICAN, FROM THE SECOND LONDON EDITION.

VOL. II.

CHARLESTOWN:

PRINTED AND SOLD BY SAMUEL ETHERIDGE.

1805.

DISCOURSE

ON THE

USEFULNESS OF THE HISTORICAL PART

OF THE

OLD TESTAMENT.