J. N. G. G. Anania, Azaria, and Mizael, occurring in the Benedicite, are the Hebrew names of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. See Daniel, i. 7.
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Errata.—No. 65., p. 68., col. 2, l. 14., should be—
"How canst thou thus be useful to the sight."
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