DEFENCE

OF THE

SCRIPTURAL DOCTRINE

CONCERNING THE

SECOND ADVENT OF CHRIST;

FROM THE

ERRONEOUS REPRESENTATIONS

OF

MODERN MILLENARIANS.

BY

WILLIAM HAMILTON, D. D.

MINISTER OF STRATHBLANE.

GLASGOW:

MAURICE OGLE, 17 & 19, WILSON STREET:

WAUGH & INNES; W. OLIPHANT; W. WHYTE; R. OGLE;
W. LINDSAY; J. ROBERTSON; J. LOTHIAN;

AND J. BOYD, EDINBURGH.

MDCCCXXVIII.

ANDREW YOUNG, PRINTER.

TO THE

REV. THOMAS CHALMERS, D. D.

PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY

OF EDINBURGH:

THE FOLLOWING VOLUME;

AS A MARK OF RESPECT

FOR THE

UNWEARIED AND EARNEST APPLICATION OF ALL THE
POWERS OF HIS MIND,

TO THE

ILLUSTRATION AND DEFENCE OF SACRED TRUTH;

AND

AS AN EXPRESSION OF DELIGHT AT THE SOUND JUDGMENT

AND

KIND-HEARTEDNESS WHICH ACCOMPANY ALL HIS EXERTIONS

FOR THE

ADVANCEMENT OF THE CAUSE OF RELIGION AND HUMANITY;

IS INSCRIBED

BY HIS SINCERE FRIEND AND SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.