Excerpt from Dissertations on the Prophecies: Which Have Remarkably Been Fulfilled and at This Time Are Fulfilling in the World How and by whom the author was appointed to preach the Boyle's lecture, 225. Previous to the farther explanation of Daniel, a Vindication is proposed of the genuineness of his prophecies against the principal Objections of unbelievers, 226. Collins's eleven objections particularly considered and refuted, 227, &c. His first objection, relating to the age of Daniel, refuted, ih. His second objection, relating to the mistake of the king's names, and to Nebuchadnezzar's madness, refuted, ih. His third objection, relating to Greek words found in Daniel, refuted, 228. His fourth objection, relating to the version of the Seventy, refuted, ih. His fifth objec tion, drawn from the clearness of Daniel's prophecies to the times of Antiochus Epiphanes, refuted, 229. His sixth objection, drawn from the omission of Daniel in the book of Ecclesias. Tiens, refuted, ih. His seventh objection, relating to Jonathan's making no Targum on Daniel, refuted, 230 His eighth objection, drawn from the style of Daniel's Chaldee, refuted, ih. His ninth objection, drawn from the forgeries of the Jews, refuted, ih. His tenth objection, drawn from Daniel's uncommon punctuality in fixing the times, refuted, 231. His eleventh objection, relating to Daniel's setting forth facts very imperfectly and contrary to other histories, and th his dark and emblematic style, refuted, ih. The external and internal evidence for the genuineness of the book of Daniel, 232. The division of the remainder of this work, agreeable to the design of the honourable thunder, 233. From the instance of this excellent person, and some others, it is shown that philosophy and religion may well consist and agree together, ib. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.