in Arabia-patriarchal origin. In imminent perils Arabs always had recourse to Most High God-contrast with Greeks and Romans. Worship of Caaba-signs of a patriarchal derivation. Evidences recapitulated. Review of Mr. Gibbon's discharge of the duty of an historian- confounds history and heraldry. Question of national descent unaffected by loss of pedigree. Personal descent of Mahomet-an Ishmaelitc-of tribe of Kedar. Original two particulars of it noticed. Ishmaelites reinforced by confluence of Abrahamic - - - - Belief of ancient Arabs elucidated from Scripture history. religion among Abrahamic Arabs to the age of Moses. Job-antiquity of book author an Edomite- his faith indisputably patriarchal. State of religion in Arabia in- ferred from book of Job-from conversation of the inter- locutors. Three interlocutors of the stock of Abraham. Agrce in confirming authority of Arabian tradition. Bp. Sherlock. Persons of this sacred drama speak in represent popular notions of the time Its place in the canon of Hebrew Scripture an evidence of connection between the faith of Jews and that of Abra- hamic Arabians. Subsequent periods of Jewish history — continuance in Arabia of patriarchal belief. Kenites and Rechabites -mention of in Jeremiah. Queen of Sheba — an Arabian-her visit to Solomon- connected with reli- gion-natural inference. Gospel Magi-from Arabia— probably of race of Abraham- their journey to Jeru- salem-its object-inference confirmative of preceding indications. Their knowledge of prophetic sign of Christ Relative merits of views taken of this prediction — An- tiochus Epiphanes Romans - Mahometanism. Ob- jections to last application-examined - disproved — equally applicable to Rome. Type of little horn far more appropriate to Mahometan tyranny than to Roman power. Chronology of vision. Rise of horn certainly posterior to age of Antiochus or of Vespasian-its period appa- rently fixed by Dan. xi. 40. Latter prophecy interpreted by Sir Isaac Newton, and by Bp. Newton, of Saracens. Agreement of rise of Mahometan apostasy with chrono- logy of vision with that of parallel symbol and apostasy, Dan. vii. Conclusion of Mr. Whitaker arrived at by a different process. Germinant interpretation — admits se- veral applications of same prophecy. In this sense, little horn may include all the received applications. Table of Interpretation supported by the geographical and historical evidences. Geographical positions-of Europe-of chief powers engaged - of Turkish kingdom of Roum. Line of march of crusaders. Geography accurately corresponds with prophecy. Historical fulfilment in the crusades. Colonization of Europe from the North- at the fall of Roman empire at subsequent periods. Normans — latest northern conquerors-flower of crusading armies. Achievements of Tancred—of Bohemond -- of Robert of Normandy of Richard Cœur de Lion. Norman standard first planted on the walls of Antioch-on those of Jerusalem. Norman principality of Antioch a thorn in the side of Turks. Accomplishment of prediction stated INDEX. A Abbas, i. 98. ii. 248. 290. Abdehrahman, i. 85. ii. 213. 215, Abelard, ii. 108. 296. 110. 113-161. ii. 196. 199. 329. Abubeker, i. 220. Abu Horeira, ii. 134. Abu Taleb, ii. 459. Abu Zacharia Jahia, ii. 225. Agobard, ii. 509. Ahmet Ebn Abdalla, ii. 503. Ahmed Ebn Hâyet, i. 386. ii. 104. Aixa, ii. 346. Alaric, ii. 206. Alasshari, ii. 292. Albatagnus, ii. 266. Alessandra Scala, ii. 348. Alexius, ii. 157, 158. Al Gazal, i. 45. 356. 358. ii. 292. 301, 302. 305, 306. 332. Ali, i. 342-353. ii. 61. 99. 299. Al Jannabi, ii. 393. 405. Almamon, i. 46. 48. 98. ii. 266. 299. 336. 344. 469. Alp Arslan, i. 19. 221, 222. 224. 332. Alpharabius, i. 53. ii. 292. 300. Amurath, i. 201. ii. 498. Anstis, ii. 517. Al Beidawi, i. 406. ii. 476. 481. Antar, i. 217. ii. 319. 404, 405. 484. Albumazar, i. 53. Antiochus Epiphanes, i. 172. 192. ii. 436. Asiatic Researches, i. 95. 360. ii. Bohadin, ii. 27. 160. 167. 198. 77. 467. 475. 514, 515. Athanasian Creed, ii. 103. 110. Athelard, i. 53. Attila, ii. 206. Avenpace, ii. 292. 294. 301. 306. Averroes, i. 45. 53. ii. 292. 294. 309. Avicenna, i. 45. 53. ii. 292. 309. Augustine, S., i. 391. ii. 106. 110. B Bacon, R., i. 50. 53. 232. ii. 117. 519. Bagi Seian, ii. 452. Bailly, ii. 266. Bajazet, i. 201, 202. 205. ii. 232. Balaam, i. 215. Baldwin, Abp., ii. 150. 208.455. Bohemond, ii. 158. 452, 453, 454. Boiardo, ii. 323. Bossuet, ii. 126, 127. Boulainvilliers, i. 843. 412, 413. Boyle, i. 241. ii. 276. 309. Brucker, ii. 200. 268. 280. 286. 290, 291, 292. 295. 299. 301, Burckhardt, i. 15. Busbequius, i. 422. ii. 498. |