Excerpt from Horae Apocalypticae, or a Commentary on the Apocalypse, Critical and Historical, Vol. 1: Including Also an Examination of the Chief Prophecies of Daniel Soon after this, however, he was providentially called, in consequence 'of the dangerous illness of one most nearly allied to him in domestic life, to quit his Living in Nottinghamshire for a warmer climate. Thus the leisure and Opportunity for research that he had needed were brought unexpectedly within his reach: and the strongly urged request of his excellent friend Mr. Bick ersteth, concurred with the previous inclination of his own mind, in deciding him to apply himself seriously to the Work. The difficulty of the Seals met him at the outset. For the most careful reconsideration of the subject only confirmed him in his conviction of the utter untenable ness of the several solutions of them Offered by the best known Protestant Expositors: alike that by Mr. Faber on one theory Of Apocalyptic structure, that by Messrs. Woodhouse, Cuninghame, and Bickersteth on another, and (in so far as regarded the three earlier Seals) that by Mede and Bishop Newton also, on yet another. Thus he felt himself positively compelled on this introductory part of the prophecy to seek a truer solution. And in commencing his researches after it. 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.