fhown from heathen authors; p. 409, 10. II. The breast and arms of filver, or the Medo Perfian empire; p. 411. Why faid to be inferior, and how long it lafted; p. 412. III. The belly and thighs of brass, or the Macedonian empire; p. 413. Why faid to bear rule over all the earth; p. 413, 14. The kingdom of Alexander and of his fuccef- fors not two different kingdoms; p. 414, 15, 16. Spoken of as one and the tame by ancient authors; p. 416, 17. IV. The legs of iron, and feet part of iron and part of clay, or the fourth empire; p. 417. Farther proofs that the kingdoms of the Seleucidæ and Lagidæ cannot be the fourth kingdom; p. 418, 19. This defcription applicable only to the Roman P. 420, 21, 22. V. The flone that brake the image, or the fifth empire; p. 422, 23. Cannot be the Roman; p. 423. Can be understood only of the kingdom of Chrift; p. 424, 25. Repre- fented in two ftates, as a stone, and as a mountain; p. 426, 27. This interpretation confirmed by an- cient writers, both Jews and Chriftians, and parti- cularly by Jonathan Ben Uziel, who made the Chaldee paraphrate upon the prophets; p. 427, 28. The fenfe of Jofephus with Bp. Chandler's reflections upon it; p. 428-431. The ancient Chriftians give the fame interpretation; p. 431. St. Chryfoftom's comment; p. 432, 33, 34. The expofition of Sulpicius Severus; p. 434, 35, 36. Conclufion; p. 436. Hence we are enabled to count for Nebuchadnezzar's prophecy, and the Delphic oracle; p. 437, 38. Hence the diftinc- 爵 What was exhibited to Nebuchadnezzar in the form of a great image, was reprefented to Daniel in the fhape of great wild beafts, and why; p. 441, 42. 1. The Babylonian empire why compared to a lion; p. 443, 44. Why with eagle's wings; P. 444, 45. Why with a man's heart; p. 445, 46. II. The Perfian empire, why compared to a bear; p. 446. How raised up itself on one fide, and had three ribs in the mouth; p. 446, 47. Its cruelty; P. 447, 48. III. The Macedonian empire. why compared to a leopard; p. 449, 50. Why with four wings and four heads, and dominion given to it; p. 450, 51. IV. The Roman empire.compared to a terrible beaft without a name; p. 451, 52. The kingdoms of the Seleucidæ and Lagida can in no refpect answer to this defcription; p. 453, 54. The Roman empire answers exactly; p. 454, 55. A memorable quotation to this purpose from Dionyfius of Halicarnaffus ; p. 455-458. This beaft had ten horns or kingdoms, and the kingdoms of Egypt and Syria were never fo divided; P. 458. The notions of Porphyry, Grorius, and Collins, refuted; p. 458, 59, 60. The ten kingdoms to be fought amid the broken pieces of the Roman Empire; p. 460. The ten kingdoms acVOL. I. cording с ; cording to Machiavel; 460, 61. According to Mr. Mede; p. 461. According to Bp. Lloyd; p. 461, 62. According to Sir Ifaac Newton; p. 462. The fame number fince; p. 463. How they stood in the eighth century; p. 464. A little horn to rife up among the ten; p. 464, 65. The notion of Grotius and Collins, that Antiochus Epiphanes was the little horn, refuted; p. 465, 66, 67. An inquiry propofed into the fenfe of the ancients; p. 467. The opinion of Irenæus; p. 467, 68. Of St. Cyril of Jerufalem; p. 469, 70. Of St. Jerome with Theodoret and St. Auftin; p. 470, 71. The fathers had some mistaken notions concerning Antichrift, and how it came to pass they had fuch P. 471, 72, 73. The little horn to be fought among the ten kingdoms of the western Roman empire; P. 473, 74, 75. Machiavel himself points out a little horn fpringing up among the ten; p. 476, 77. Three of the firft horns to fall before him; P. 477. The three according to Mr. Mede; P. 478. According to Sir Ifaac Newton; p. 479. Something to be approved, and fomething to be difapproved in both their plans; p. 479, 80, 81. The first of the three horns, the exarchate of Ravenna; p. 481, 82. The fecond, the kingdom of the Lombards; p. 482, 83. The third, the state of Rome; p. 483, 84, 85. The character anfwers in all other refpects; p. 486, 87, 88. How long Antichrift to continue; p. 488, 89, 90. V. All these kingdoms to be fucceeded by the kingdom of the Meffiah, p. 490-494. This and the former prophecy compared together; p. 494, 95, 96. They extend from the reign of the Babylonians to the confummation of 2 all all things; p. 496, 97. Will caft light upon the fubfequent prophecies, and the fubfequent prophecies reflect light upon them again; p. 497. Conclufion; p. 497, 98. Secunda pars (hiftoriæ ecclefiafticæ) quæ est historia ad prophetias, ex duobus relativis conftat, prophetia ipfa et ejus adimpletione. Quapropter tale effe debet hujus operis inftitutum, ut cum fingulis ex fcripturis prophetiis eventuum veritas conjungatur; idque per omnes mundi ætates, tum ad confirmationem fidei, tum ad inftituendam difciplinam quandam et peritiam in interpretatione prophetiarum, quæ adhuc reftant complenda. Attamen in hac re, admittenda eft illa, latitudo, quæ divinis vaticiniis propria eft et familiaris; ut adimpletiones eorum non fiant et continenter et punctualiter; referunt enim authoris fui naturam; cui unus dies tanquam mille anni, et mille anni tanquam unus dies: Atque licet plenitudo et faftigium complementi eorum, plerunque alicui certæ ætati, vel etiam certo momento deftinetur; attamen habent interim gradus nonnullos et fcalas complementi, per diverfas mundi ætates. Hoc opus defiderari ftatuo, verum tale eft, ut magna cum fapientia, fobrietate, et reverentia tractandum fit, aut omnino dimittendum. Bacon de Augmentis Scientiarum. Lib. 2. Cap. 11. DIS |