I. The word OF god, written in the books of the Old and New Testaments, is the greatest of all His gifts. II. It should be rightly handled. III. Commentaries were not necessary in primitive times. IV. How far they are useful in later times. V. The several ages of Scriptural Exegesis distinguished. VI. The origin of the present work. The title, Gnomon Novi Testamenti, explained; with some account of the author's object and design.