Φησὶν ὁ Ιακώβ καὶ αὐτὸν ἔσεσθαι, τῶν ἐθνῶν προσδοκίαν· ποίαν ταύτην PUBLISHED BY MR. BAGSTER, 15, PATERNOSTER ROW; SOLD BY THE PRINCIPAL BOOKSELLERS. TO THE MOST REVEREND CHARLES, BY DIVINE PROVIDENCE, LORD ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, PRIMATE OF ALL ENGLAND AND METROPOLITAN, &c. &c. &c. THIS WORK IS INSCRIBED: UNDER A GRATEFUL SENSE OF THE ASSISTANCE AND COUNTENANCE WITH WHICH HE HAS GRACIOUSLY ENCOURAGED THE RESEARCHES OF HIS GRACE'S MOST OBLIGED, OBEDIENT, HUMBLE SERVANT, THE AUTHOR. -84730 ADVERTISEMENT.· Though the volume, which is now submitted to the public contains a subject, independent and perfect in itself; the ultimate object of the author requires it to be stated, that in it the foundation is laid of a work, of considerable extent. Should the final purpose be accomplished, which the present volume contributes but partially to establish, and the plan of the author receive a perfect development; he is sanguine enough to hope, that his work will not be found undeserving of the title under which he purposes the detached parts of it should be combined :-"THE DIVINE VOCATION OF ABRAHAM demonstrated, from the Expectation formed by all nations, that a GREAT DELIVERER would appear about the time of OUR LORD'S advent." As an explanation of the views and objects of the author, the sources of his information, and the modes of his investigation, cannot be effected without entering fully into details; he is obliged to defer the undertaking to the appearance of a Preliminary Dissertation, by which he purposes his work shall be preceded. Of the feasibility of his plan a perfect estimate may be formed, from the experiment which is made in the volume, now submitted to the public; the remote antiquity of the period to which his researches were confined, and the paucity of the materials, which are supplied by history or tradition, having thrown obstacles in the way of inquiry, which must proportionably disappear, 84730 |