divided by " David, the King" who, in the mere genealogy of Ruth iv. 22, is not called " the king :" the second and third are divided by the Babylonian Captivity, which is not a generation, but an epoch. Dr Baumgarten's Programm itself (p. 24) does not differ much from this.
(2.) I am more doubtful now than I was formerly whether St Matthew has passed over Jehoiakim : it is certain, however, that he has passed over three generations, viz., Ahaz, Joash, and Amaziah ; and my Gnomon suggests one reason, his Programm another, why the Evangelist should have passed over these three rather than any others. It ought, therefore, to be carefully con sidered, whether the observations which are made in that Pro gramm against the other generations, which have also been omitted, do not bring the credit of the sacred \vriters into danger. The Programm also lays it down (p. 18) that six generations are omitted in Ezra vii. 3.
(3.) Whether it was one man, called indiscriminately Hodaiah and Abiud, or whether two individuals are represented respec tively by these names, Hiller has assuredly demonstrated that the meaning of both is the same, wrhose modes of eliciting the truth l many would find serviceable, if they would condescend to employ them.
(4.) I now, however, acknowledge that Hodaiah and Abiud were distinct individuals ; but I am induced to do so by the single argument, that the nearer Abiud is to Christ, the farther he must be from the ancient times of the Chronicles, and of Hodaiah himself. I have nowhere said that the genealogy of the Messiah or Joseph is carried farther in Chronicles than the other genealogies, neither have I had any cause for so saying.
(5.) The number of Fourteen generations which Hiller has specified as being omitted by St Matthew, received a certain ad ditional appearance of probability from their accordance with the three Fourteens of generations mentioned by the Evangelist.
(6.) Where the Programm in question abruptly concludes with those words of mine concerning St Matthew, there the Gnomon goes on immediately to say, " St Luke expressly enume-
1 " Fidiculis," alluding to the invidious term applied by Baumgarten to Bengel's modes of proving the identity of Abiud and Hodaiah. — ED.