This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1845 edition. Excerpt: ... greatly augmented by personal feelings, and doctrinal views, and the fashionable criticism of the day. Nor is this remark to be limited to any one party. Some of the advocates of the Apocalypse have, at times, employed but sorry reasoning in its defence. Moreover, it has often been assailed with a ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1845 edition. Excerpt: ... greatly augmented by personal feelings, and doctrinal views, and the fashionable criticism of the day. Nor is this remark to be limited to any one party. Some of the advocates of the Apocalypse have, at times, employed but sorry reasoning in its defence. Moreover, it has often been assailed with a spirit, which, acting consistently with itself, would cover with midnight darkness the genuineness of every ancient book. Let us try, in our course, to impinge neither upon Scylla nor Charybdis. If all be not won, something perhaps may be gained; and every step that is fairly taken in advance, brings us somewhat nearer the desired goal. Before proceeding to a particular examination of the internal phenomena of the Apocalypse, and comparing its style and diction with those of John's other books, it is proper to make some general remarks on the principles by which our judgment ought to be guided on this occasion. I do not expect to advance any positions which are new and strange, and thus to appeal to the credulity rather than to the understanding of the reader. But it is proper to place before him some landmarks by which I shall endeavour to steer my course, in order that he may see whether a safe and judicious course is taken to arrive at the end proposed. 20. Principles to be regarded in judging of the style and diction of the Apocalypse. (1) It is now agreed on all hands, among intelligent critics, that the Apocalypse, as has more than once been said, is essentially A Book Of Propheric Poetry. Nearly all the prophecy of the Old Testament is Hebrew poetry; and even that which is not strictly so, retains much of the spirit, manner, and diction of poetry. The Hebrew has even a kind of poetic dialect; i. e. there are some words, forms of...
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