LONDON:

PRINTED BY R. GILBERT,

ST. JOHN'S SQUARE.

TO THE

RIGHT REVEREND

JOHN JEBB, D.D.

LORD BISHOP OF LIMERICK, ARDFERT, AND AGHADOE,

IN

TESTIMONY OF PROFOUND RESPECT AND OF GRATEFUL

REMEMBRANCE OF HIS MANIFOLD KINDNESSES TO THE AUTHOR,

THIS VOLUME,

IN WHICH IT IS ATTEMPTED,

BY THE LEGITIMATE INTERPRETATION AND USE OF PROPHECY,

TO SERVE THE CAUSE OF CHRISTIAN TRUTH,

IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED.

-Progress of defection-War of the church against avowed
enemies--Method with Infidels and with Mahometans-
Mutawatir--Causes which completed the victory of the
church over paganism—Case of the Jews-United with the
church in her war with idolatry, but opposed to her in her
war with incredulity-Rom. xi. explained-Difficulties and
last conflict of the church-Controversies within the church
pernicious—Pole star of interpretation-Even misinterpreta-
tion may be converted to good—Benefits of prophecy.

Notes On SECTION I.

True notion of the Resurrection-Dangers from Infidelity, not
church that of the Prophets-Because in it alone they could be seen and proved to be fulfilled — Tares of two kinds-Of persons and of things-Greatest tares—Prophecy takes no notice of the parties in the church-Would then be inexplicable-Benefits of Christianity-Prophecies not for controversy-The spirit of prophecy dwells not in the house of passion-Tertullian-Not of private interpretation—The true interpreter—The spirit and theology of the New TestamentExtract from Jeremy Taylor; from Baxter-Fundamental truths most useful-Its object neither the French Revolution nor the German empire ; but the Catholic church and her enemies-Difficulties of investigation—The church must be considered and examined carefully and impartially-A just estimate of it greatly assists in the exposition of prophecyNot limited nor partial—The Psalmist's view of it—St. Paul's view in Ephesians iii.-Text explained and translated—The teacher and nurse of virtue-Mother of us all-the Key of Prophecy.

NOTE ON Section II.

Definitions of the Catholic church.

SECTION III. P. 91.

HIEROGLYPHICS, OR THE EMBLEMATIC LANGUAGE OF

PROPHECY.

Language the Organ of society—Types and symbols a chief

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nus-Plato's maxim, and also that of the Jews—Opposed by
some of the moderns—Their system unreasonable—Answered

- The Sacraments— Models of spiritual instruction and be-

nediction-Emblems—The diagrams of prophecy-Grotius

of great use, but impeded the interpretation of prophecy-

-Cocceius and the Hutchinsonians also—Literal and spiri-

tual interpretation must be united-Parables prophetic--

Spiritual sense sometimes most literal - Instances-the Pro-

phecy of Joel and of our Lord-Schools of the prophets-

Garden of Eden-Cherubim and flaming sword explained

Patriarchal tent-Cain a wanderer from what-Divine insti-

tution of sacrifice-Future state known to the Israelites-

History of Abraham most important—Foundation of much of

the prophetic system-Typical— The literal sense of the pro-

mise—The land inherited personally by Abraham in type

proved---From Scripture—From Horace-From the church

-Chrysostom—The land a type of this world and of the

next-Who the children of Abraham-Heirs of the world-

Chrysostorn quoted— The faith two-fold, and the law two-

fold— The covenant- The temple—The baptism-The cir-

cumcision-And the grace two-fold, and therefore prophecy

two-fold—Much perplexity from not attending to this in-

stance in our Lord's prophecy—Isaac and Solomon types of

Christ-Standards of the prophetic method of betokening one

person or object by another And of the double sense of pro-

phecy.

SECTION IV. P. 131.

THE DOUBLE SENSE OF PROPHECY.

Moses and the prophets ministered to Christ and his church-

All prophecy must be adequately fulfilled-Hence necessity
of recurring to the double sense-That prophecy should have
two senses agreeable to reason, as it is connected with two
churches and two dispensations, whereof the one was the
foundation and the type of the other respectively, and so