CONTENTS.

LECTURE I.

REV. i. 3.

"Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this

prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein; for

the time is at hand."

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LECTURE II.

DAN. ii. 44.

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"And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up

a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed and the kingdom

shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces

and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever."

LECTURE III.

DAN. vii. 26, 27.

"But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his domi-

nion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. And the

kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under

the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of

the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and

all dominions shall serve and obey him."

LECTURE IV.

DAN. viii. 25 (part) and 26.

'He shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he

shall be broken without hand. And the vision of the evening

and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou

up the vision; for it shall be for many days.".

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LECTURE V.

DAN. xi. 45.

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"And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palaces between the

seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his

end, and none shall help him."

LECTURE VI.

REV. v. 8-10.

"And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and

twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of

them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the

prayers of saints. And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art

worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for

thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood

out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; and

hast made us unto our God kings and priests and we shall

reign on the earth."

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LECTURE VII.

REV. vi. 1, 2.

"And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I

heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts

saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse :

and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto

him and he went forth conquering, and to conquer." .

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LECTURE VIII.

REV. vi. 17.

"For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able

to stand?"

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LECTURE IX.

"And the angel took the

REV. viii. 5, 6.

censer, and filled it with fire of the

altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and

thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. And the seven

angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to

sound."

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"And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall

prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed

in sackcloth. These are the two olive trees, and the two candle-

sticks standing before the God of the earth."

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LECTURE XI.

REV. xiii. 5.

And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things

and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue

forty and two months.".

LECTURE XII.

REV. xvii. 18.

"And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which

reigneth over the kings of the earth

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ERRATA.

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Page 38, note, bottom line, for 490. read 496.

64, note 2, for Vid. Note, Appendix, read Vid. Hurd, Disc. xi.

266, line 12, before over insert which had power

305, notes, col. 2, line 1, before et insert et futuræ pacis

LECTURE I'.

REV. i. 3.

"Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand."

It is impossible to observe with any attention the signs of the present times, and not to perceive that we are arrived at what may be termed an era, not only in regard to events affecting intimately the welfare of the Christian Church, but also especially, -and as arising naturally out of such a crisis,—in regard to the interpretation of Sacred Prophecy. The spirit of inquiry which is abroad in the earth upon every subject of human knowledge or speculation, must necessarily make its presence to be felt not least in matters which most deeply concern man's immortal interests, and which touch the innermost springs of his being. And it is indeed well for us that, in times which seem to answer to the prophetic description of the days when "many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased "," men's thoughts are not engrossed and absorbed altogether in the things of time and sense, things

1 Preached Nov. 28, 1841.

2 Dan. xii. 4.

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