Excerpt from Hodegus Confuted, in a Plain Demonstration, That the Pillar of a Cloud and Fire, Which Led the Israelites Thro' the Wilderness: Was Not, as Mr. Toland Vainly Imagines, a Fire of Human Preparation, but the Most Miraculous and Awful Presence of God, Under the Similitude of a Column of Cloud and Fire By other; Oriental Nations, in proper Machines of mere human Contrivance, which might Well be: called 'an'ihulatory Beacons. To confute this amazing Allertion, I. 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.