The Literal Accomplishment of Scripture Prophecies

William Whiston, The Literal Accomplishment of Scripture Prophecies. Being a full Answer to a late Discourse, of the Grounds and Reasons of the Christian Religion (London: Printed for J. Senex, in Fleetstreet; and W. Taylor, in Pater-Noster-Row, MDCCXXIV [1724]), section VII, “Corrections and Improvements to the Essay on the Revelation of St. John” (from p. 93), p. 101, the correction to the Essay’s p. 237, lines 15–27, from “The Interval of this Vision” to “Chaldean or Julian Years.” (Internet Archive bim_eighteenth-century_the-literal-accomplishme_whiston-william_1724, leaf n104; title page n0, section heading n96). This copy carries manuscript annotations and pen strokes across the printed page; the transcription gives the printed text. A pen stroke covers the point after “1731”. The printed fraction after “365” is given as ¼. Long s (ſ) rendered s; ligatures expanded; roman and italic type not distinguished; line-end hyphenation joined; spacing normalized (one space after punctuation, paragraph breaks as blank lines); running heads, catchwords, signatures and marginal notes omitted; spelling, capitalization and punctuation otherwise as printed; omissions inside the selection marked […]. Transcribed from the Internet Archive page images.

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