Excerpt from The Old and New Testament, Connected, in the History of the Jews, and Neighbouring Nations, Vol. 1 of 2: From the Declension of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, to the Time of Christ Mr. Prideaux having been ordered at the first publication of this book. To present one to the lord chancellor Finch, this introduced him into his lordship's patronage, who soon after sent to him, at Christ-church, Mr. Charles Finch, one of his lordship's sons, to be his pupil. He was afterward elected fellow of All Souls College, and there commenced doctor of laws; but died soon after, before he could make any appearance in the world. In the beginning of the year 1679, the rectory of St. Clemens in Oxford, which is in the gift of the great seal, falling void, Mr. Prideaux was by the lord chancellor Finch presented to it, and instituted and inducted accordingly. This living he served constantly for several years. 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.