OR, AN ATTEMPT TO SHEW FROM PROPHECY, ILLUSTRATED BY THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES, THE PROSPECTS AND THE DUTIES OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST AT THE PRESENT PERIOD. WITH AN INQUIRY INTO THE PROBABLE DESTINY OF ENGLAND DURING THE PREDICTED DESOLATIONS OF The Papal Kingdoms. BY THE REV. EDWARD COOPER, RECTOR OF HAMSTALL RIDWARE, AND OF YOXALL, AND FORMERLY FELLOW OF ALL-SOULS COLLEGE, OXFORD. Nevertheless when the Son of Man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? Luke, xviii. 8. THIRD EDITION, Considerably enlarged and altered, with a view of meeting the various objections which have been urged against the statements in the former Editions. LONDON: PRINTED FOR T. CADELL, STRAND; AND W. BLACK WOOD, EDINBURGH, ΤΟ THE HONOURABLE AND RIGHT REVEREND HENRY RYDER, D.D. LORD BISHOP OF LICHFIELD AND COVENTRY, THE FOLLOWING ESSAY, IN WHICH AN ATTEMPT, HOWEVER INADEQUATE, IS MADE ΤΟ ELUCIDATE SUBJECTS AT THE PRESENT TIME PECULIARLY INTERESTING TO A PROTESTANT AND AN ENGLISH PRELATE, IS, WITH HIS LORDSHIP'S KIND PERMISSION, HUMBLY INSCRIBED, IN TESTIMONY OF SINCERE RESPECT AND ESTEEM, BY HIS FAITHFUL AND OBEDIENT FRIEND AND SERVANT, THE AUTHOR. |