APPENDIX.

LECT. I. Note A.-Notices of this Prophecy by other wri-

ters, Bishops Newton, Sherlock, &c., p. 145.

LECT. II. Note B.-The Book of Enoch; extracts, p. 148.

Note C.-The double fulfilment of Prophecy; Lord Ba-

con. The principle on which it applies; Davison, p. 151.

Note D.-Enoch's translation; reference for typical sig-

nification, p. 153.

LECT. III. Note E.-Date of the Book of Job. Dr. Hales's

astronomical calculation, p. 154.

Note F.-The Book of Job a real history. Various opi-

nions as to the authorship. Suggestion by Dr. Wall, Vice-Pro-

vost, T. C. D., p. 155.

LECT. IV. Note G.-The state after death as revealed under

the Old and New Testament Dispensations. Reference for fur-

ther explanation, p. 159.

Note H.-Letter of Mede on our Lord's argument for

the Resurrection in answer to the Sadducees, p. 159.

Note I.-Irenæus on the promise of the land to Abraham.

References to other ancient testimonies, p. 162.

Note K.-On the burial-place of the Patriarchs, p. 163.

LECT. V. Note L.-On the faith of Abraham. Its nature and

object. How effectual to his "Justification," p. 164.

Note M.-Mede on the fulfilment of the Prophecy of

"The Shiloh," p. 168.

Note N.-On Balaam's Prophecy, p. 169.

Note O.-Hengstenberg on the departure of "the

Sceptre," p. 170.

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Note P.-The definition of "the Sceptre." Bishops

Warburton and Horsley, p. 172.

LECT. VI. Note Q.-On the Restoration of Israel. Dr. Graves,

Bishop Newton, p. 174.

Note R.-On the typical character of the Mosaic Dispen-

sation, p. 174.

LECTURE I.

THE FIRST PROMISE.

LECTURE I.

THE FIRST PROMISE.

GENESIS, iii. 15.

"And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed. It shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel."

F with our present knowledge of the facts of Re

IF

velation we were left to infer the character of its prophecies, there can be little doubt that we would form an opinion very different from what, on examination, we discover to be the truth. For example, knowing, as we do, that, in the words of the Apostle, "the Spirit of Christ" in the Prophets "testified beforehand the SUFFERINGS of Christ, and the GLORY that should follow" (1 Pet. i. 11); and knowing also, from the event, that these two great subjects of Prophecy are distributed, as to the fulfilment, between two Advents of the Saviour, we would naturally conclude that the Spirit of prophecy in speaking of them observed the same order; and that a separate class of predictions announced the humiliation and the glory, the first and the second coming of the Redeemer; and further, that Old Testament prophecies, being uttered before the first Advent, would be