2.126. He who will read the Luar Thartie published in 17149 called Spos Filium quill be consinced that the primitin Chriftit believed all these gee. triha, vire the melonnitin be to Tht. The firt retumáf

the Feas will be 1.3.420.

PROPHECIES

OF THE

Second Book of ESDRAS

Amongit the

A POCRYPH A,

Explained and Vindicated

From the Objections made against them.

To which are added,

A Comment on the Prophecies of ZACHART

and MICAH: With some Observations con. cerning the Prophecies of DANIEL and MALACHI:

Likewise the State of the Jews after the Return

of the Two Tribes, till the Resurrection of the

Just. As also a Description of the State of the Israelites of

the Ten Tribes, after their Return into their Countrey.

By Sir JOHN FLOTER, Knt.

LONDON, Printed for Mich, JOHNSON, Bookseller in Lichfield; and fold

by JAMES HOLLAND, in St. Prul's Church-yard, and JOHN KINDON, in Lindon-House in Adersgate-street.' MDCCXXI.

D

ANT of our Canonical Books of Scrip:

ture were not at first admitted into M

the Christian Canon ; and the same Fate has happened to the Two Apocryphal Books of Efdras, whish, i

think, may be esteemed Canonical. The First of Esdras has a sufficient Testimony, it is written in Greek; and the Ancient Councils and Fathers mention Two Books of Efdras, and seem to understand Three of them in the Septuagint, as Bellarmine conje&tures. And be gives V.Bellarm.de these Citat ions of it; Athanas. orat. 3. contra Arianos; ab Augustino !ib. 18. de Civ. Dei, cap. 36. à Clemente Alexandrino, lib. Itrom. I. ab Auctore operis imperfecti, Hom, I. in Mat.

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