Origin and history of the books of the Bible, both the canonical and the apocryphal, designed to show what the Bible is not, what it is, and how to use it . infa-mous, when fugitive slaves were to be returned to theirsouthern masters. Of all the shameful travesties ofScripture, there never was one more shameful andridiculous than that which put the story of Paul andOnesimus on a parallel with the transactions under theSatanic fugitive slave law of America. Testimonies to the Epistle to Philemon. Ignatius, adEphes. c. 2, Magnes. c. 12, Polyc. c. 6. u I would en-joy you perpetually if only I may
Origin and history of the books of the Bible, both the canonical and the apocryphal, designed to show what the Bible is not, what it is, and how to use it . infa-mous, when fugitive slaves were to be returned to theirsouthern masters. Of all the shameful travesties ofScripture, there never was one more shameful andridiculous than that which put the story of Paul andOnesimus on a parallel with the transactions under theSatanic fugitive slave law of America. Testimonies to the Epistle to Philemon. Ignatius, adEphes. c. 2, Magnes. c. 12, Polyc. c. 6. u I would en-joy you perpetually if only I may be worthy. Iwould enjoy you in all things, if indeed I may be wor-thy. I would enjoy you perpetually. Phil. 20. Tertullian, ad Marc. v. 42. u Its brevity gave tothis epistle alone the privilege of escaping the falsi-fying hands of Marcion. Epiphanius, Haer. xlii. 9. Marcion receives tenepistles of this holy apostle, ... the ninth being thatto Philemon. Origen, Homil. in Jerem. 19. Which Paul alsoknowing said to Philemon in regard to Onesimus, inhis epistle to Philemon, that thy benefit should not beof necessity, but willingly. Phil. 14. Matth. IP1 THE FOURTEEN EPISTLES OF PAUL 379 tract. 34: As Paul says to Philemon, For we havegreat joy and consolation in thy love, because thebowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, 7. Ibid, tract. 3: But concerning Paul it issaid to Philemon, being such an one as Paul the 9. Jerome, Comment. Epist. ad Phil. Jerome is speak-ing of those who would exclude the epistle to Phile-mon from the canon on the ground that it is simply aprivate letter, treating of personal affairs, and not apublic doctrinal treatise, and says, if epistles contain-ing allusions to private affairs are to be judged not tobe apostolic, not to belong to Paul, then we must re-ject Romans, Timothy, Galatians, Corinthians, andothers; but if we receive these, there is no ground forrejecting Philemon. EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS. It is the purpose of
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