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did come. But that Men of worldly Minds, and perverfe Paffions, might yet have Room to meet with strong Delufton and believe ar Lie. That none of the Wicked bould understand it, but that the Wife should un derstand it.

And hence, although thefe Prophefies, which described the Perfon of the Meffiah, as beforementioned, at the Time of his first coming, reprefented him in a lowly and humble Character, and as in a State of Hu miliation; yet when the fame Prophets fpake of his fecond coming in the latter Days, thofe Prophecies were expreffed in all the Pomp and Glory, and Magnificence, that the elevated Pen of an Eaftern Genius could exprefs. That he fhould * have Dominion from Sea to Sea, and from the River to the Ends of the Earth. That his Name should be great among the Gentiles, from the rising up of the Sun to the going down of the fame. That in every Place Incenfe fhould be offered unto his Name. And that || of the Increase of Lis Govern

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Government, and Peace, there should be no End. Which laft Charafteristicks being more acceptable to Men of worldly and fenfual Inclinations, when fuch confulted the Bible, they could eafily fee their Meffiah typified in David or Solomon, but could not bear to think of his being typified by the Offering up of Ifaac, or the Inftitution of the Pafchal Lamb.

And hence it came to pafs, that although the coming of Jesus as the Meffiah, in fo mean a Character as that of a Carpenter's Son, and who was afterwards Crucified, was acknowledged by Anna and Simcon, and fome illiterate Fishermen, it was yet a frumbling-Block to the Jews, and to the Greeks Foolifonefs. It feemed a Contradiction in Terms, to Men of worldly Minds, and who valued themselves for their worldly Wifdom, to fuppofe a Deliverer could be Crucified ; and a Redeemer put to Death. They faw no Slavery in Sin; and therefore thought of no Deliverance from thence; nor of any Redemption from the Power of the Grave. They defired no Exemption, but from the Roman

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Yoke; no Triumph but over worldly E nemies; and no Victory but over Armies that opposed them. They never confidered that they were greater Slaves to their own Paffions, than they were to the Roman Senate; that Death and Hell were the worft of Enemies; and the Devil a greater Tyrant than Cæfar.

But as I do not apprehend that you are of this Caft of mind, I have taken rhe Liberty of laying these Papers before you for your Perufal, and Itruft in God for your Conviction; and I befeech the great God, to whom the Secrets of all Hearts are open, to fend that holy Spirit, which he sent to illuminate the Minds of the Prophets of old, into your Hearts to infpire you with the Love and Knowledge of Truth; and that he will remove from you all Ignorance and Hardness of Heart, and give you a right Judgement in all Things; that forfaking all worldly and carnal Affections, you may acknowledge the true Meffiah, and by humbling your Thoughts to confefs

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him in his State of Humiliation, may be admitted to partake with him in his State of Exaltation and Glory. Which is and shall be the constant Prayer of

SIR,

Your fincere Wellwifber

And bumble Servant,

ROBERT CLOGHER.

FINI S.

This Day is Publish'd, in one large Volume in Quarto, Price bound 10 s. 6d.

THE

CHRONOLOGY

OF THE

HEBREW BIBLE,

VINDICATED:

HE Facts compared with other ancient Histories, and the Difficulties explained, from the Flood to the Death of Mofes. Together with fome Conjectures in relation to Egypt, during that Period of Time. Alfo two Maps, in which are attempted to be settled the Journeyings of the Children of Ifrael.

By the Right Reverend

Robert Lord Bishop of Clogher.

London: Printed for J. Brindley, Bookfeller to his Late Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, in New-Bond-Street, 1751. And Sold by the most eminent Bookfellers in Great Britain; and also by W. Smith, in Dame-Street, Dublin.

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