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a general good, and for the increaſe of knowledge and for underſtanding in reading Bible, I have been at ſome pains and trouble examining ſeveral Dictionaries for the finding t the true value of the Coins and Money  in the Bible. And alſo the Weights and. And what the Shekels are, of which are three orts; the Common, the Kings,  of the Sanctuary, ſo likewiſe there are  orts of Talents, the Common, the Kings,  of the Sanctuary; which I have caſt up both  Gold, Silver and Weight: And how much ch is, according to the current Engliſh Money,  one to three hundred and fifty thouand, in plain words. And alſo of the pieces of, Silverings, Pence: And in what Chapter Chapters, Verſe or Verſes any of them are to  found. And alſo the Meaſures, how much a of them is of Engliſh. Alſo in this Edition, I added the Money, Weights, Meaſures,  in the Apocrypha, which word ſignifies of  Authority, or hidden, or doubtful. The Bible before the Apocrypha) is called Canonical, which approved by common Conent, or ex Rule. Which Diviſion was made about Four  years after Chriſt, there being  four hundred Biſhops of Carthage in Africa, Rh