ations upon the Prophecies of _Daniel_.

CHAP. I. Introduction concerning, the Compilers of the Books of the Old
Testament.

CHAP. II. Of the Prophetic Language.

CHAP. III. Of the vision of the Image composed of four Metals.

CHAP. IV. Of the vision of the four Beasts.

CHAP. V. Of the Kingdoms represented by the feet of the Image composed of
iron and clay.

CHAP. VI. Of the ten Kingdoms represented by the ten horns of the fourth
Beast.

CHAP. VII. Of the eleventh horn of _Daniel_'s fourth Beast.

CHAP. VIII. Of the power of the eleventh horn of _Daniel_'s fourth Beast,
to change times and laws.

CHAP. IX. Of the Kingdoms represented in _Daniel_ by the Ram and He-Goat.

CHAP. X. Of the Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks.

CHAP. XI. Of the Times of the Birth and Passion of Christ.

CHAP. XII. Of the Prophecy of the Scripture of Truth.

CHAP. XIII. Of the King who did according to his will, and magnified
himself above every God, and honoured _Mahuzzims_, and regarded not the
desire of women.

CHAP. XIV. Of the _Mahuzzims_, honoured by the King who doth according to
his will.

PART II.

Observations upon the _Apocalypse_ of St. _John_.

CHAP. I. Introduction, concerning the time when the _Apocalypse_ was
written.

CHAP. II. Of the relation which the _Apocalypse_ of _John_ hath to the Book
of the Law of _Moses_, and to the worship of God in the Temple.

CHAP. III. Of the relation which the Prophecy of _John_ hath to those of
_Daniel_; and of the Subject of the Prophecy.

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PART I.

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OBSERVATIONS
UPON THE
PROPHECIES
OF
_DANIEL._

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OBSERVATIONS

UPON THE

Prophecies of _DANIEL_

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CHAP. I.

_Introduction concerning the Compilers of the books of the Old Testament._

When _Manasses_ [1] set up a carved image in the house of the Lord, and
built altars in the two courts of the house, to all the host of Heaven, and
us'd inchantments and witchcraft, and familiar spirits, and for his great
wickedness was invaded by the army of _Asserhadon_ King of _Assyria_, and
carried captive to _Babylon_; the book of the Law was lost till the
eighteenth year of his grandson _Josiah_. Then [2] _Hilkiah_ the High
Priest, upon repairing the Temple, found it there: and the King lamented
that their fathers had not done after the words of the book, and