Interpretation impeded by speculations of futurity, and by party
zeal-The entire or the whole Christ-The head and the
. members-The same church throughout all ages-The object
and the end of prophecy-The ancient prophecies interpreted
to strengthen the evidences of religion-Not so the latter,
but rather to divide the church and to discredit the profession
of her faith, and to increase the objections of infidels-Lord
Clarendon's remark-Inconsistency of Bishop Hurd-Grotius,
Zanchius, and almost all our earliest and best divines, until
the Usurpation, opposed to controversial interpretation of pro-
phecy-Archbishop Sheldon-Turned against the Trinity—
The Protestant churches injured by misapplying the prophe-
cies-Infidelity encouraged-Dr. Jortin's distinction-The
Reformation not the object of prophecy, but the catholic faith
and catholic church-Two prophetic periods-How distin-
guished-Not by place or date-Same subjects reverted to in
the Apocalypse-Given through more than one person, who
themselves required and obtained clearer discoveries-St.
Augustine Periods how distinguished-The church the ob-
ject of prophecy-Why the second period the more important
-The truth for which Christ suffered-The resurrection and
glory of Christ-The faith and profession of the church-
The mystery of godliness, to which is opposed the mystery of
iniquity-Prophecy the armour and champion of the church

-Progress of defection-War of the church against avowed
enemies-Method with Infidels and with Mahometans-
Mutawatir Causes which completed the victory of the
church over paganism-Case of the Jews-United with the
church in her war with idolatry, but opposed to her in her
war with incredulity-Rom. xi. explained-Difficulties and
last conflict of the church-Controversies within the church
pernicious-Pole star of interpretation-Even misinterpreta-
tion may be converted to good-Benefits of prophecy.

NOTES ON SECTION I.

True notion of the Resurrection-Dangers from Infidelity, not
from Idolatry-Simplicity of the ancient creeds-Multiplicity
of articles a stumbling-block to Infidels-fundamental truths.

SECTION II. P. 46.

DESIGN AND USE OF PROPHECY.

The two Pillars of the Catholic church—Advantages of Pro-
phecy, and why addressed to those who admit previous reve-
lations-Oracles-Mahomet's Prophecy-Scripture Prophe-
cy-Miracles feigned, Prophecy cannot-Unrivalled supe-
riority-Noah's and Balaam's prophecies-Bear testimony
to Christ and his church; more for the benefit of unbelievers
than of believers-Lightfoot-Not for particular churches, but
for the Catholic church-Affects no doctrine nor duty of the
Gospel-Maimonides-Haggai-The grand catastrophe and
consummation of prophecy, according to Bishop Newton-
Would not accomplish the object proposed-Not the confla-
gration of Rome-Theory of Bishops Warburton and Hurd
untenable-A modern fancy-Not denied by themselves—
Prophecy bears testimony to Christ and his church-Proved
from St. John's Gospel-From the Apocalypse-The advo-
cate of the church-Against enemies without it-The visible

church that of the Prophets-Because in it alone they could
be seen and proved to be fulfilled-Tares of two kinds-Of
persons and of things-Greatest tares-Prophecy takes no
notice of the parties in the church-Would then be inexpli-
cable-Benefits of Christianity-Prophecies not for contro-
versy-The spirit of prophecy dwells not in the house of
passion-Tertullian-Not of private interpretation—The true
interpreter-The spirit and theology of the New Testament—
Extract from Jeremy Taylor; from Baxter-Fundamental
truths most useful—Its object neither the French Revolution
nor the German empire; but the Catholic church and her
enemies-Difficulties of investigation-The church must be
considered and examined carefully and impartially-A just
estimate of it greatly assists in the exposition of prophecy-
Not limited nor partial-The Psalmist's view of it-St. Paul's
view in Ephesians iii.-Text explained and translated-The
teacher and nurse of virtue-Mother of us all-the Key of
Prophecy.

NOTE ON SECTION II.

Definitions of the Catholic church.

SECTION III. P. 91.

HIEROGLYPHICS, OR THE EMBLEMATIC LANGUAGE OF

PROPHECY.

Language the Organ of society-Types and symbols a chief
source of difficulty and of error, but necessary and advan-
tageous-A science in itself—Greater difficulty in determin-
ing whether the emblem or the object-Instance from the
Apocalypse-From the Sacramentarian controversy-Types
-When to be resorted to-In cases of evident inconsistency
or necessity-Early instruction emblematic, and why-The
prophetic glass-The Infinite Spirit manifests himself by
outward signs-Elements of the world-Clemens Alexandri-

nus-Plato's maxim, and also that of the Jews-Opposed by

some of the moderns-Their system unreasonable-Answered

-The Sacraments-Models of spiritual instruction and be-

nediction-Emblems-The diagrams of prophecy-Grotius

of great use, but impeded the interpretation of prophecy-

-Cocceius and the Hutchinsonians also-Literal and spiri-

tual interpretation must be united-Parables prophetic-

Spiritual sense sometimes most literal-Instances-the Pro-

phecy of Joel and of our Lord-Schools of the prophets-

Garden of Eden-Cherubim and flaming sword explained-

Patriarchal tent-Cain a wanderer from what-Divine insti-

tution of sacrifice-Future state known to the Israelites-

History of Abraham most important--Foundation of much of

the prophetic system-Typical-The literal sense of the pro-

mise-The land inherited personally by Abraham in type

proved-From Scripture-From Horace-From the church

-Chrysostom-The land a type of this world and of the

next-Who the children of Abraham-Heirs of the world-

Chrysostom quoted-The faith two-fold, and the law two-

fold-The covenant-The temple-The baptism-The cir-

cumcision-And the grace two-fold, and therefore prophecy

two-fold-Much perplexity from not attending to this in-

stance in our Lord's prophecy-Isaac and Solomon types of

Christ-Standards of the prophetic method of betokening one

person or object by another-And of the double sense of pro-

phecy.

SECTION IV. P. 134.

THE DOUBLE SENSE OF PROPHECY.

Moses and the prophets ministered to Christ and his church—
All prophecy must be adequately fulfilled-Hence necessity
of recurring to the double sense-That prophecy should have
two senses agreeable to reason, as it is connected with two
churches and two dispensations, whereof the one was the
foundation and the type of the other respectively, and so