APOCALYPSE, OR, REVELATION OF SAINT JOHN, Translated; WITH NOTES, CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED, A DISSERTATION ON THE DIVINE ORIGIN OF THE BOOK; IN ANSWER TO THE OBJECTIONS OF THE LATE PROFESSOR J, D. MICHAELIS, BY JOHN CHAPPEL WOODHOUSE, M. A. ARCHDEACON OF SALOP, IN THE DIOCESE OF LICHFIELD AND COVENTRY. In Prophetiis explicandis, semper patuit, et patere debet, omnibus Dei honorem LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. HATCHARD, BOOKSELLER TO HER MAJESTY, 190, PICCADILLY, By J. BRETTELL, Marshall Street, Golden Square. 1805. ΤΟ ISAAC HAWKINS BROWNE, ESQ. M.P. F.R.S. IN MEMORIAL OF THAT FRIENDSHIP, WHICH, HAPPILY AND HONOURABLY FOR ME, HAS SO LONG AND CONSTANTLY SUBSISTED BETWEEN US, PERMIT ME, WITH GRATEFUL AND AFFECTIONATE ATTACHMENT, TO INSCRIBE TO YOU THIS WORK, J. C. WOODHOUSE. THE INTRODUCTION. THE Prophecies of the Apocalypse, though illustrated by commentators of all ages, have not been so successfully explained, as to afford general satisfaction. From the interpretations most commonly received, many of the learned have withholden their assent; and doubts have been expressed, whether we are yet in possession of the fortunate clues to be derived from human sagacity or Divine inspiration; or of the necessary aids of learning; or of the events in history; which, at some future period, may be destined to ascertain the completion of these predictions. Under such circumstances, opportunity is fairly afforded for attempts to explain this mystical book by new methods of inquiry. And, while the rash precipitancy of the enthusiastic and unqualified interpreter is to be discouraged, indulgence will justly be thought due to those, who with pious caution, with laborious investiga |