Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, by
H. L. HASTINGS,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the
Southern District of New York.

JOHN J. REED, STEREOTYPER AND PRINTER, 16 Spruce Street, N. Y.

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTORY SYNOPSIS.

Extracts exhibiting the character of the volume. Antiquity. New Heavene
and Earth. Kingdom of God. The Judgment Day. The Age's Crisis.
Present Evil Times. It hasteth greatly. Signs of the times. Author's Ex-
cuse. Loving Christ's Appearing. Author's method. Pre-millennialists
are missionaries.

CHAPTER I.

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Definition of Terms. Millennium. Chiliasts. The great question of the age.
Principles of interpretation. Critics. Taylor. Ernesti. Vitringa. Luther.
Rosenmuller. Smith.

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CHAPTER II.

TRADITIONARY TESTIMONY. Criticism on Dan. 12: 2. Hebrew Church.

Rabbins. Targums. Gamaliel. Talmuds. Zohar. Jonathan. Kimchi

Maimonides. FIRST RESURRECTION. Book of Wisdom. Antiquity. SIX

THOUSAND YEARS. Rabbi Elias. Other Jewish Doctors. The Gemarah.

Heathen nations. Zoroaster. The general belief of all nations. Sibylline

Oracles. Book of Enoch. Testament of the twelve patriarchs. Fourth

Book of Ezra. Ascension of Isaiah. Second, Book of Esdras. GENERAL

CONFLAGRATION. Jews and Heathen. Greeks. Romans. Persians.

Egyptians. Geologists. ADVENT AND RESTITUTION. Classic writers.

Mohammedans. Ancient belief. Modern heathen nations. Karens. Az-

tecs. Jews. Arabs. Hindoos. Jewish view of the kingdom. Chalmers.

Charnock. Watts..

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CHAPTER III.

The early church from Hermas to Origen. All Pre-millennialists. Hermas.

Clement. Barnabas. Ignatius. Polycarp. Papias. Justin Martyr.

Irenæus. Epistle of the Churches of Viennie and Lyons. Three millions

of Pre-millennialists. Hirtolytus. Meliio. Tertullian. Montanists. The

Alogi. Clement of Alexandı.a. Cyprian. Methodius. Nepos. Coracian.

Other witnesses. Character of the opponents of the doctrine of the Lord's

reign on earth.

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