Excerpt from The 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 The author of the following work, for the se lation of his own difficulties, had engaged in this inquiry even before the publication of Miehaelis's Introduction to the New Testament, by Mr. Marsh. Upon the appearance of that' work, he addressed to the learned editor 3. Series of letters, in which it was his endeavour to shew, by an appeal to antiquity (that which Sir Isaac Newton had asserted, and Dr. Lardner had proved to a considerable extent-fl, that no book 'of the New Testamentis supported by stronger external evi dence than this; and that the internal evidence in its behalf is much more considerable than has hitherto been supposed. These letters, having been received favourably 'by the learned, are now reprinted with corrections and additions. 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.