Annotations on the Apocalypse

GENERAL CONTENTS.

PREFACE

The Review of Evidence respecting the authenticity and

Divine Inspiration of the Apocalypse

Of the Occasion and the Intention of this part of the

Work

1. Of the external Evidence relating to the

Apocalypse.

In what degree the external Evidence is affected by the
time when the Apocalypse was written and published
Of the time when it first appeared

of the Syriac Version

of Hermas and Polycarp

of Justin Martyr and Athenagoras

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of the Epistle from the Gallic Churches. 19

of Melito, Theophilus, Appollonius, and

Clemens of Alexandria

Biographical Chart of the Writers affording external

evidence in favour of the Apocalypse

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2. Of the internal Evidence.

A criterion proposed for settling this Evidence, which is

as yet imperfect, but in continual progress to perfec-

tion

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The concessions of Michaelis, and observations thereon 29 to 32
Of the Visions of Hermas, and on the second book of Es-
dras

Of the doctrines contained in the Apocalypse
The objections against the Apocalypse on account of
its obscurity, with answers to the same

3. Of the Apocalypse, whether written by St.

John, the Apostle and Evangelist.

Of the objections which arose in the third century, and
are collected from the writings of Dionysius of Alex-
andria and others, by Lardner, under five heads:
these severally considered and answered

A particular evidence in favour of the question, collected

from the book itself

The pretensions of the book to divine inspiration, exa-

mined by the tests proposed by Michaelis, in six ques-

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CONTENTS OF THE NOTES.

PART I.

Contains, in ten Sections-d eior that is, the then present state

of the Christian Churches in Asia, as known by their omni-

present Lord-Ch. i. ii. iii.

SECT. I. CHAP. i. 1-3.-The title or inscription of the

book.

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SECT. II. CHAP. i. 4-8.-The address or salutation, and the

Doxology

SECT. III. CHAP. i. 9-20.-The appearance of the Lord

Jesus, with the symbols of his power, and the commis-

sion given by him to St. John to write what he beheld

SECT. IV. CHAP. ii. 1-7.—Address to the Church in Ephe-

sus

SECT. V. CHAP. ii. 8—11.-Address to the Church in Smyrna

SECT. VI. CHAP. ii. 12-17.-Address to the Church in Per-

gamos

SECT. VII. CHAP. ii. 18-29.

SECT. VIII. CHAР. iii. 1-6,

SECT. IX. CHAP. iii. 7—13.-Address to the Church in Phil-
adelphia

SECT. X. CHAP. iii. 14-22. Address to the Church in

Laodicea

PART II.

Contains, in nine Sections-A general Prophetical Sketch of

ά μελλει γενεσθαι, future events under the six first Seals.

SECT. I. CHAP. iv.-The representation of the divine Glory

in Heaven

SECT. II. CHAP. V.-The sealed Book, the Lamb who opens

it, and the praises sung by the heavenly choir

SECT. III. CHAP. vi. 1, 2.—The opening of the first Seal

SECT. IV. CHAP. vi. 3, 4.

SECT. V. CHAP. vi. 5, 6.

SECT. VI. CHAP. vi. 7, 8.

SECT. VII. CHAP. vi. 9—11.-

SECT. VIII and. IX CHAP. vi. 12—17; and CHAP. vii.-

the sixth Seal, and the sealing of the 144,000, and the

palm-bearing multitude

'PART III.

Contains, in seven Sections-The opening of the seventh
Seal, the six first Trumpets, and the prophetic commission
given to St. John.

SECT. I. CHAP. viii. 1-5.-The opening of the seventh Seal,
and the commission to the angels with the seven Trum-
pets

SECT. II and III. CHAP. viii. 6—13.—The four first trum-

pets, and the denunciation of the three woes
SECT. IV. CHAP. ix. 1-12.-The fifth trumpet, and first woe
SECT. V. CHAP. ix. 13—21.—The sixth trumpet
SECT. VI. CHAP. X. 1-11.-The little book
SECT. VII. CHAP. xi. 1-14.-The measuring of the temple,
and the witnesses

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