by reason of use, have their senses
exercised to discern both good and evil." It is worthy of special
notice, that where two or more evangelists record the same words of our
Saviour, they are solicitous only about their substance.

In the three parallel accounts of the storm on the sea of Galilee, the
disciples say according to Matthew (8:25): "Lord save us, we perish;"
according to Mark (4:38): "Master, carest thou not that we perish?"
according to Luke (8:24): "Master, master, we perish." And the Lord
answers according to Matthew (v. 26): "Why are ye fearful, O ye of
little faith?" according to Mark (v. 40): "Why are ye so fearful? how is
it that ye have no faith?" according to Luke (v. 25): "Where is your
faith?" On the variations in the words of the disciples Augustine well
remarks (and the same remarks hold good of our Lord's answer): "The
disciples have one and the same meaning in thus awaking the Lord and
desiring salvation. Nor is it necessary to inquire which of these
addresses, rather than the others, contains the exact words spoken to
him. For whether they uttered one of the three, or other words which no
one of the evangelists has mentioned, which yet have the same force in
respect to the truth of the thought, what matters it?" Harmony of the
Gospels 2.24, quoted by Alford on Matth. 8:25.

On the relation of the books of Chronicles to those of Kings and the
difficulties connected with them, see Chap. 20, Nos. 21, 22. On the
relation of the four gospels to each other, see Chap. 29, Nos. 4-10. We
cannot here go into particulars. It must suffice to indicate the general
principle by which the harmonist must be guided.

6. The _external acquirements_ necessary to constitute the
well-furnished expositor of God's word--the "scribe which is instructed
unto the kingdom of heaven"--have been already briefly noticed. Chap.
33, No. 6. Not only are the Scriptures in their original form locked up
in dead languages which the interpreter must thoroughly master, but they
are, so to speak, embedded in ancient history, chronology, and
archaeology.

Illustrations of this point are so numerous that the only difficulty is
in the selection. The servitude of the Israelites under the Egyptians,
their captivity in Babylon, their deliverance under Cyrus, and their
subsequent history till the time of our Lord's advent, connect
themselves immediately, as all know, with the general history of the
ancient heathen world. But there are