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Summary Of All The Arguments For And Against Richard Brothers.
the four quarters of the globe . The author then proceeds to justif y the prophecies of Brothers on this subject . Mr . Home ridicules Mr . Halhed ' s manner of taming and familiarizing the third beast , by remarking , that naturalists say it never was tamed ; and therefore begs to know if the French were always ferocious . ' This writer agrees with former commentators that the third
beast signifies the Grecian empire under Alexander ; but he gives us no reasons for the supposition . The fourth beast , which Brothers makes out to be the King of Prussia , is , Halhed says , applied with great force ; and we are then referred to the second book of Esdras for a further assurance , of the reality of Brothers ' s prophecies respecting the King of Prussia ,
Emperor of Germany , ; & c . Halhed also defends , this book of Esdras , ; many having esteemed it fabulous and inconsistent . Home calls this a farcical , interpretation , observing , that the ten horns denote the ten kingdoms into which the Roman , empire was divided ; the horn with eyes denotes the vigilance and policy of the Roman hierarchy ; and the great turbulence and disputations of those
times is the mouth speaking great things . The little horn is an allusion tp the antichrist , who is acknowledged to be the Pope . The three first horns , which were to be plucked up by the roots , are , the exarchate of Ravenna , the kingdom of Lombard y , and the seriate of Rome ; ,, Any one , Mr . Home , observes , may ; by . a little study , pervert
many passages of the Holy Bible to answer private purposes , parti-, cularly such . parts as are allegorical and figurative . As a confirmation that the King of Babylon was signified bjr the . first beast , Mr . Home shews how the prophet Jeremiah- stiled Ne- buchadiiezzar a lion , and adds , that there are many examples in the sacred writings where tribes , kings , & c are compared to beasts and . the like attributes fanaticismatheism
. He , , & c . to conjectural emeu-, dations of the obscure prophets , and observes , that the first book of Daniel , from the fourth verse of his second chapter to the end ofthe seventh was ori ginally written , in the Chaldee language ; which is a demonstration that in that part he treats of the Chaldean or Baby-, lonish affairs ; the remaining chapters ( which are likewise prophetical )
he says , contain the future events of foreign princes . , Mr . Plorne totally disagrees with Mr . Halhed in thinking that Brothers has hi a satisfactory manner proved that Babylon ( as mentioned in the iSth chapter of the Revelation ) implies London . He says the prophecies of St . John , Daniel , & c . ' chiefly refer to the Mes-, siah , the time before , and the primitive Christians .
Halhed thinks with Brothers , that the various and multiplied allusions to navigation and commerce in the descri ption of this Babylon , cannot possibly be strained with-any propriety to indicate an inland city , totally incapable of shipping , and remarkably destitute of trade . Here he quotes the nth , 12 th , and ijth verses of this chapter ( viz . ch . xviii . of the Revelation ) , and shews that the concluding words , slaves , and souls of men , are peculiar to London , a nation , ° he says , VOL , IV , L 1
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Summary Of All The Arguments For And Against Richard Brothers.
the four quarters of the globe . The author then proceeds to justif y the prophecies of Brothers on this subject . Mr . Home ridicules Mr . Halhed ' s manner of taming and familiarizing the third beast , by remarking , that naturalists say it never was tamed ; and therefore begs to know if the French were always ferocious . ' This writer agrees with former commentators that the third
beast signifies the Grecian empire under Alexander ; but he gives us no reasons for the supposition . The fourth beast , which Brothers makes out to be the King of Prussia , is , Halhed says , applied with great force ; and we are then referred to the second book of Esdras for a further assurance , of the reality of Brothers ' s prophecies respecting the King of Prussia ,
Emperor of Germany , ; & c . Halhed also defends , this book of Esdras , ; many having esteemed it fabulous and inconsistent . Home calls this a farcical , interpretation , observing , that the ten horns denote the ten kingdoms into which the Roman , empire was divided ; the horn with eyes denotes the vigilance and policy of the Roman hierarchy ; and the great turbulence and disputations of those
times is the mouth speaking great things . The little horn is an allusion tp the antichrist , who is acknowledged to be the Pope . The three first horns , which were to be plucked up by the roots , are , the exarchate of Ravenna , the kingdom of Lombard y , and the seriate of Rome ; ,, Any one , Mr . Home , observes , may ; by . a little study , pervert
many passages of the Holy Bible to answer private purposes , parti-, cularly such . parts as are allegorical and figurative . As a confirmation that the King of Babylon was signified bjr the . first beast , Mr . Home shews how the prophet Jeremiah- stiled Ne- buchadiiezzar a lion , and adds , that there are many examples in the sacred writings where tribes , kings , & c are compared to beasts and . the like attributes fanaticismatheism
. He , , & c . to conjectural emeu-, dations of the obscure prophets , and observes , that the first book of Daniel , from the fourth verse of his second chapter to the end ofthe seventh was ori ginally written , in the Chaldee language ; which is a demonstration that in that part he treats of the Chaldean or Baby-, lonish affairs ; the remaining chapters ( which are likewise prophetical )
he says , contain the future events of foreign princes . , Mr . Plorne totally disagrees with Mr . Halhed in thinking that Brothers has hi a satisfactory manner proved that Babylon ( as mentioned in the iSth chapter of the Revelation ) implies London . He says the prophecies of St . John , Daniel , & c . ' chiefly refer to the Mes-, siah , the time before , and the primitive Christians .
Halhed thinks with Brothers , that the various and multiplied allusions to navigation and commerce in the descri ption of this Babylon , cannot possibly be strained with-any propriety to indicate an inland city , totally incapable of shipping , and remarkably destitute of trade . Here he quotes the nth , 12 th , and ijth verses of this chapter ( viz . ch . xviii . of the Revelation ) , and shews that the concluding words , slaves , and souls of men , are peculiar to London , a nation , ° he says , VOL , IV , L 1