THE SACRED AND PROFANE HISTORY OF THE WORLD Connected, FROM THE CREATION OF THE WORLD TO THE DISSOLUTION OF THE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE, At the Death of Sardanapaluş ; AND TO THE DECLENSION OF THE KINGDOMS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL, UNDER THE REIGNS OF HAZ AND PEKAH, INDLUDING THE DISSERTATION ON THE CREATION AND FALL OF MAN. BY SAMUEL SHUCKFORD, D.D. Chaplain in Ordinary to his Majesty, George the Second. IN FOUR VOLUMES-VOL. IV. JERSEY NEW COLLEGE LIBRARY Fourth Edition, REVISED, CORRECTED, AND GREATLY IMPROVED, BY JAMES CREIGHTON, B.A. ILLUSTRATED WITH A NEW AND CORRECT SET OF MAPS AND PLANS LONDON: PRINTED FOR W. BAYNES, 54, PATERNOSTER-Row, The Mosaic Account of the Creation is to be literally understood.-Origin of Mythology, &c. THE ensuing treatise is called a Supplement to the Sacred and Profane History of the World Connected; because the subject matter of it ought, and was intended, to have been treated before; but was deferred, as I wished to see what others, who were writing after me,a would suggest upon a subject so a The writers of The Universal History soon after began to publish their work; and, after their account of the creation, gave us, as I hoped they would, what they could collect of the fall of man. See preface to vol. i. 29551 •854 iv.4 1 1509 |