PREFACE.

THE FOLLOWING COURSE OF LECTURES was undertaken at this remarkable crisis in the political state of Europe, and at a season when "the remnant of the dispersed of Judah, and outcast Israel," have excited a very deep interest in the public mind, with the design of shewing the important place they occupy in the word of God, and the scriptural grounds there are for believing that their redemption draweth nigh: that seeing their restoration will be accompanied with great blessings to the righteous, and with dreadful judgments upon the ungodly, many may, by the Divine blessing, be stirred up to earnest prayer and active diligence in their behalf, and the hitherto negligent be led to embrace the present interval of mercy, and turn to the Lord ere "the days of vengeance" come.

It has been the earnest desire of those who have united in delivering these Lectures, to avoid all fanciful or speculative interpretations of Scripture; and, as the Lord enabled them, to impress upon their hearers His striking warning, "Behold I come as a thief; blessed is he that watcheth and keep

eth his garments," that, "standing with their loins girded about and their lamps burning,

they may be like unto men that wait for their Lord when he shall return from the wedding," that "when he cometh and knocketh they may open to him immediately."

St. Bride's, Liverpool, Jan. 1841.

CONTENTS.

LECTURE I. p. 3.

INTRODUCTORY LECTURE, EXPLANATORY OF THE

DESIGN OF THE COURSE-OF THE IMPORTANCE

OF AN ACCURATE KNOWLEDGE OF

PHETIC SCRIPTURES, AND OF THE

THE PRO-

SPIRIT IN

WHICH THEIR STUDY SHOULD BE CONDUCTED.

BY THE REV. JAMES HALDANE STEWART, M.A.,”

INCUMBENT OF ST. BRIDE'S, AND CHAPLAIN TO THE MOST NOBLE THE

MARQUIS OF BUTE, AND THE MARQUIS OF BREADALBANE.

2 PETER i. 19. "We have also a more sure word of prophecy ;

whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that

shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star

arise in your hearts."

LECTURE II. p. 37.

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RULES TO BE OBSERVED IN THE INTERPRETATION

OF THE PROPHETIC SCRIPTURES.

BY THE REV. THOMAS TATTERSHALL, D.D.,

INCUMBENT OF ST. AUGUSTINE'S, EVERTON.

2 PETER i. 21.-

"For the prophecy came not in old time by the

will of man but holy men of God spake as they were moved

by the Holy Ghost.''

LECTURE III.—p. 95.

MAN'S ORIGINAL STATE;-THE DOMINION THEN

GIVEN TO HIM OVER THE EARTH;-THE LOSS OF

THAT DOMINION BY SIN, AND THE PROMISE

OF FULL RESTORATION BY THE SEED OF THE

WOMAN.

BY THE REV. HENRY RAIKES, M. A.,

CHANCELLOR OF CHESTER.

PSALM viii. 4.-" What is man, that thou art mindful of him?

and the son of man, that thou visitest him ?"

LECTURE IV. p. 127.

THE UNFOLDING OF THE PROMISE IN THE CALL

OF ABRAHAM; AND THE BLESSINGS SECURED TO

HIM, AND ΤΟ HIS SEED, AND то ALL THE

FAMILIES OF THE EARTH, BY THE PROMISE,

COVENANT, AND OATH OF GOD.

BY THE REV. R. P. BUDDICOM, M.A., F.A.S.,

PRINCIPAL OF THE CLERICAL COLLEGE OF ST. BEES, AND LATE MINISTER

OF ST. GEORGE'S, EVERton.

GEN. xii. 1-3.-" Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee

out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's

house, unto a land that I will show thee: and I will make of

thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name

great; and thou shalt be a blessing: and I will bless them that

bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee; and in thee shall

all families of the earth be blessed."