PROCESSION PRISCILLIANISTS, the followers of Priscillian, in the fourth century. It appears from authentic records, that the difference between their doctrine and that of the Manicheans was not very considerable; for they denied the reality of Christ's birth and incarnation; maintained that the visible universe was not the production of the Supreme Deity, but of some dæmon or malignant principle; adopted the doctrine of æons, or emanations from the divine nature; consider ed human bodies as prisons formed by the author of evil to enslave celestial minds; condemned marriage, and disbelieved the resurrection of the body. Their rule of life and manners was rigid and severe; the accounts, therefore, which many have given of their lasciviousness and intemperance deserve not the least credit, as they are totally destitute of evidence and authority. That the Priscillianists were guilty of dissimulation upon some occasions, and deceived their adversaries by cunning stratagems, is true; but that they held it as a maxim, that lying and perjury were law ful, is a most notorious falsehood, without even the least shadow of probability. PROBITY, honesty, sincerity, or veracity. "It consists in the habit of actions useful to society, and in the constant observance of the laws which justice and conscience impose upon us. The man who obeys all the laws of society with an exact punctuality is not, therefore, a man of probity; laws can only respect the external and definite parts of human conduct: but probity respects our more private actions, and such as it is impossible in all cases to define; and it appears to be in morals what charity is in religion. Probity teaches us to perform in society those actions which no external power can oblige us to perform, and is that quality in the human mind from which we aim the performance of the rights commonly called imperfect." PROCESSION, a ceremony in the Romish church, consisting of a formal march of the clergy and people, putting up prayers, &c., and in this manner visiting some church, &c. They have processions of the host or sacrament; of our Sariour to mount Calvary; of the Rosary, &c. Processions are said to be of pagan original. The Romans, when the empire was distressed, or after some victory, used constantly to order processions, for several days together, to be made to the temples, to beg the assistance of the gods, or to return them thanks. PROFESSOR the Father, even the Spirit of Truth which proccedeth from the Father, He shall testify of me." The procession of the Holy Ghost, it is said, is expressly taught by Christ, in very strong terms, in this text. This procession, it is alleged, is here evidently distinguished from his mission; for it is said, "Whom I will send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of Truth, which proceeds from the Father." If his mission and proceeding were the same thing, there would be a tautology in the words, his mission, according to that interpretation, being mentioned twice in the same verse. Dr. Watts, however, observes, that the proces sion of the Holy Ghost from the Father, respects not his nature or substance, but his mission only; and that no distinct and clear ideas can be formed of this procession; consequently it must be given up as popish, scholastic, inconceivable, and inde fensible. But, it is answered, what clear idea can be given us of the originate, self-existent, eternal being of the Father? Shall we, therefore, deny him to be without beginning or end, and to be self-existent, because we know not how he is so? If not, why must we give up the procession of the Spirit, because we know not the mode of it? We can no more explain the manner how the Spirit proceeds from the Father, than we can explain the eternal generation and hypostatical union of the two natures of the Son. We may say to the objector, as Gregory Nazianzen formerly did to his adversary, "Do you tell me how the Father is unbegotten, and I will attempt to tell you how the Son is begotten, and the Spirit proceeds." The clearest and fullest account of this procession, next to that in the above-mentioned text, is that in 1 Cor. ii. 12. "The Spirit which is of God;" that is (say the advocates for this doctrine,) the Spirit which is the same in nature and es sence with the Father, and so is said to be of him, or out of him, not as to local separation, but with respect to identity of nature, About the eighth and ninth centuries there was a very warm dispute between the Greek and Latin churches, whether the Spirit proceeded from the Father only, or from the Father and the Son; and the controversy arose to such a height, that they charged one another with heresy and schism, when neither side well understood what they contended for, The Latin church, however, has not scrupled to say that the Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son; but the Greek church chooses to express it thus: the Spirit proceeds from the Father by or through the Son, or he receives of the Son, Gal. iv. 6. See HOLY GHOST; Bishop Pearson on the Creed, p. 324; Watts's Works, 8vo. ed. vol. v. p. 199; Hurrion on the Holy Spirit, p. 204; Ridgley's Div. qu. 11; Dr. Lightfoot's Works, vol. i. p. 482. The first processions mentioned in ecclesiastical history are those set on foot at Constantinople, by St. Chrysostom. The Arians of that city, being forced to hold their meetings without the town, went thither night and morning, singing anthems. Chrysostom, to prevent their perverting the Catholics, set up counter-processions, in which the clergy and people marched by night, singing prayers and hymns, and carrying crosses and Lambeaux. From this period the custom of processions was introduced among the Greeks, and PROFESSION, among the Romanists, deafterwards among the Latins; but they have sub-notes the entering into a religious order, whereby sisted longer, and been more frequently used in a person offers himself to God by a vow of invioThe Western than in the Eastern church. lably observing obedience, chastity, and poverty. PROCESSION OF THE HOLY GHOST a term made use of in reference to the Holy Ghost, as proceeding from the Father, or from the Father and the Son. It seems to be founded on that passage in John xv. 26: "When the Comfurter is come, whom I will send unto you from PROFANE, a term used in opposition to holy; and in general is applied to all persons who have not the sacred character, and to things which do not belong to the service of religion. Christians are required to make a profession of their faith, 1. Boldly, Rom. i. 16.-2. Explicitly, Matt. v. 16.-3. Constantly, Heb. x. 23.— 4. Yet not ostentatiously, but with humility and meekness, PROFESSOR, a term commonly used in the PROPHECY religious world, to denote any person who makes | PROMISE is a solemn asseveration, by which one pledges his veracity that he shall perform, or cause to be performed, the thing which he mentions. PROPHECY "A knowledge and manifestation of secret things, which a man knows not from his own sagariy nor from the relation of others, but by an exta ordinary revelation of God from heaven." Int Old and New Testaments the word is not alway confined to the foretelling of future events t several instances it is of the same import with preaching, and denotes the faculty of illustrating and applying to present practical purposes the doctrines of prior revelation. Thus, in Nebe it is said, "Thou hast appointed prophets preach," ch. vi. ver. 7; and whoever speake unto men to edification, and exhortation, m comfort, is by St. Paul called a prophet, 1 Ce xiv. 3. Hence it was that there were schools of prophets in Israel, where young men were structed in the truths of religion, and fitted to et hort and comfort the people. It is prope however, according to the first definition g above, we shall here consider. Prophecy (with the power of working i The obligation of promises arises from the ne- cles) may be considered as the highest evalence cessity of the well-being and existence of society. that can be given of a supernatural co "Virtue requires," as Dr. Doddridge observes, with the Deity. Hence, among the profesors of "that promises be fulfilled. The promisee, e. almost every religious system, there have been the person to whom the promise is made, ac- numberless pretenders to the gift of prophecyquires a property in virtue of the promise. The Pagans had their oracles, augurs, and soothsayers; uncertainty of property would evidently be at- modern idolaters their necromancers and diviners; tended with great inconvenience. By failing to and the Jews, Christians, and Mahometans, their fulfil my promise, I either show that I was not prophets. The pretensions of Pagans and impossincere in making it, or that I have little con- tors, have, however, been justly exposed; while stancy or resolution, and either way injure my the Jewish and Christian prophecies catry with character, and consequently my usefulness in them evident marks of their validity. Hence St. life. Promises, however, are not binding, 1. If Peter observes, "We have a more sure word of they were made by us before we came to such prophecy, whereunto we do well to take heed, as exercise of reason as to be fit to transact affairs unto a light that shineth in a dark place; for the of moment; or if, by any distemper or sudden prophecy came not in old time by the will of man surprise, we are deprived of the exercise of our but holy men of God spake as they were moved reason at the time when the promise is made.- by the Holy Ghost," 2 Pet. i 19, 21. Scripture 2. If the promise was made on a false presump-prophecy, therefore, hath God for its origin t tion, in which the promiser, after the most dili- did not arise from the genius of the mind the gent inquiry, was imposed upon, especially if temperament of the body, the influence of the he were deceived by the fraud of the promisee stars, &c. but from the sovereign will of God 3. If the thing itself be vicious; for virtue can- The ways by which the Deity made known not require that vice should be committed.-4. If mind were various; such as by dreams, the accomplishment of the promise be so hard and angels, symbolic representations, impulses on the intolerable, that there is reason to believe that, mind, Numb. xii. 6; Jer. xxxi. 26; Dan vil had it been foreseen, it would have been an ex- 16, 17. cepted case.-5. If the promise be not accepted, or if it depend on conditions not performed." See Doddridge's Lect. lec. 69; Grot. de Jure, lib. ii. cap. 11; Paley's Mor. Phil. ch. 5, vol. i.; Grove's Mor. Phil. vol. ii. p. 2, c. 12; Watts's Serm. ser. 20. As to the language of prophecy; "It is Mr. Gray, "remarkable for its magnifierac Each prophetic writer is distinguished for pers liar beauties; but their style in general may be characterized as strong, animated, and impressive. Its ornaments are derived not from accumulatam PROMISES OF GOD are the kind decla- of epithet, or laboured harmony; but from the rations of his word, in which he hath assured us real grandeur of its images, and the majestr he will bestow blessings upon his people. The of its expressions. It is varied with striking p promises contained in the sacred Scriptures may priety, and enlivened with quick but easy transbe considered, 1. Divine as to their origin. tions. Its sudden bursts of eloquence, its eart 2. Suitable as to their nature.-3. Abundant as to warmth, its affecting exhortations and apps their number.-4. Clear as to their expression. afford very interesting proofs of that lively 5. Certain as to their accomplishment. The con-pression, and of that inspired conviction, unde sideration of them should, 1. Prove an antidote which the prophets wrote; and which enable to despair.-2. A motive to patience.-3. A call them, among a people not distinguished for for prayer.-4. A spur to perseverance. See nius, to surpass, in every variety of compostas Clark on the Promises, a book that Dr. Watts the most admired productions of Pagan antiqu "he could dare put into the hands of every If the imagery employed by the sacred w Christian, among all their divided sects and par- appear sometimes to partake of a coarse and licate cast, it must be recollected that the East representations; and that the masculine manners and languages required the most fore dignant spirit of the prophets led them to a says, ties in the world." Buck's Serm, ser. xi. PROPHECY, a word derived from and in its original import signifies the prediction of future events. It is thus defined by Witsius: יד PROPHECY PROPHECY "4. It excited men to rely upon God, and to love him who condescended to hold this mutual intercourse with his creatures, and to permit them to consult him, as one friend asks advice of another. "It was intended to keep the people, to whom God revealed himself, from idolatry; a sin to which the Jews would be inclined, both from the disposition to it which they had acquired in Egypt, and from the contagion of bad example. the most energetic and descriptive expressions. | actions of creatures, and the things which as yet No style is, perhaps, so highly figurative as that were not. How could a man hope to hide any of the prophets. Every object of nature and of counsel, any design or thought from such a art which could furnish allusions is explored with Being? industry; every scene of creation, and every page "3. It contributed to keep up devotion and of science, seems to have unfolded its rich varie-true religion, the religion of the heart, which con ties to the sacred writers, who, in the spirit of sists partly in entertaining just and honourable Eastern poetry, delight in every kind of metapho- notions of God, and of his perfections, and which rical embellishment. Thus, by way of illustra- is a more rational and a more acceptable service tion, it is obvious to remark, that earthly dignities than rites and ceremonies. and powers are symbolized by the celestial bodies; the effects of moral evil are shown under the storms and convulsions of nature; the pollutions of sin are represented by external impurities; and the beneficial influence of righteousness is depicted by the serenity and confidence of peaceful life. This allegorical language, being founded in ideas universally prevalent, and adhered to with invariable relation and regular analogy, has furnished great ornament and elegance to the sacred writings. Sometimes, however, the inspired "The people of Israel were strictly forbidden penmen drew their allusions from local and tem- to consult the diviners and the gods of other naporary sources of metaphor; from the peculiar tions, and to use any enchantments and wicked scenery of their country; from the idolatries of arts; and that they might have no temptation to heathen nations; from their own history and cir-it, God permitted them to apply to him and to cumstances; from the service of their temple, his prophets, even upon small occasions; and he and the ceremonies of their religion; from man- raised up amongst them a succession of prophets, ners that have faded, and customs that have to whom they might have recourse for advice and elapsed. Hence many appropriate beauties have direction. These prophets were reverenced abroad vanished. Many descriptions and many represen- as well as at home, and consulted by foreign tations, that must have had a solemn importance princes; and, in times of the captivity, they were among the Jews, are now considered, from a honoured by great kings, and advanced to high change of circumstances, in a degraded point of stations." view. Hence, likewise, here and there a shade As it respects us, prophecy connected with of obscurity. In general, however, the language miracles affords a considerable evidence of the of Scripture, though highly sublime and beauti- truth of revelation, as well as of a superintendful, is easy and intelligible to all capacities." ing Providence. This evidence, too, is a grow2. Of the use and intent of prophecy. ing evidence. "The divine design, uniformly As prophecy is so striking a proof of a super-pursued through a series of successive genera natural communion with the Deity, and is of so tions, opens with a greater degree of clearness, in early a date, we may rest assured it was given proportion to the lapse of time and the number of for wise and important ends. "It cannot be sup- events. An increase of age is addition to its posed," says bishop Sherlock, "that God deliver- strength; and the nearer we approach the point ed prophecies only to satisfy or employ the curi- towards which the dispensations of God unvaryosity of the inquisitive, or that he gave his Spiritingly tend, the more clearly shall we discern the to men merely to enable them to give forth pre-wonderful regularity, consistency, and beauty of dictions for the amusement and entertainment this stupendous plan for universal good. Of the of the world: there must be some end worthy of great use of prophecies which have been fulfilled, the author." Now, what end could this be, but as a direct and strong argument to convert unbeto keep alive in the minds of those to whom it lievers to Christianity, and to establish Christians was given, a sense of religion, and a hope of fu- in the faith, we have the most ample proofs. Our ture deliverance from the curse of the fall through Lord himself made very frequent appeals to proJesus Christ? "The uses of prophecy," says phecy, as evidence of his divine mission: he reDr. Jortin, "besides gradually opening and un- ferred the Jews to their own Scriptures, as most folding the things relating to the Messiah, and fully and clearly bearing witness of himself. the blessings which by him should be conferred Upon them he grounded the necessity of his sufupon mankind, are many, great, and manifest. ferings; upon them he settled the faith of the disciples at Emmaus, and of the apostles at Jerusalem. The same source supplied the eloquence "As God is invisible and spiritual, there was of St. Peter and St. Paul, and the means with cause to fear, that, in the first and ruder ages of which Apollos 'mightily convinced the Jews,' the world, when men were busier in cultivating the This was a powerful instrument of persuasion in earth than in cultivating arts and sciences, and the succeeding ages of the church, when used by in seeking the necessaries of life than in the the primitive apologists. Upon this topic were study of morality, they might forget their Creator, employed the zeal and diligence, not only of Jusand Governor; and, therefore, God maintained tin Martyr, but Tertullian, Cyprian, and Auamongst them the great article of faith in him, by gustin. It would never have been so frequently manifestations of himself; by sending angels to employed, if it had not been well adapted to the declare his will; by miracles, and by prophecies. desired end; and that it did most completely an"2. It was intended to give men the profound-swer this end, by the conversion of unbelievers, is est veneration for that amazing knowledge from evident from the accounts of Scripture, and the which nothing was concealed, not even the future records of the primitive church. "1. It served to secure the belief of a God, and of a providence. PROPHECY PROPHECY "Prophecy keeps the attention of Christians] credit and authority of the prophets For alive to the truth, and importance of their holy ages will comprehend more than the prese religion to its truth because prophecy and the present understands more than the past; m' Christianity had one and the same origin, both the perfect accomplishment will produce a pied being derived from the same fountain of perfec-knowledge of all the prophecies. tion; it keeps them alive to its importance, because prophecy shows that the Supreme Being has vouchsafed, through a long succession of ages, to prepare mankind, by gradual revelations of his will, for future blessings; and has proved, by sending chosen messengers to usher in this final dispensation, that the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.' It confirms the general belief of a God, and points out to a careless world the plain traces of his watchful providence. It displays the counsels of inspiration incessantly directing the course of events, without violating the order of reason and of human action. Such knowledge is too wonderful for us: such power is above our comprehension! But the fact is placed before our eyes. We see, or may see, a regular train of prophecies tending towards one declared end, accurately fulfilled and fulfilling amidst all the confusion and opposition of this tumultuous world; and we see that these prophecies are clear, both in prediction and accomplishment, in proportion to their importance in fixing our belief in the providence of God, and in the great truths of divine revelation. Thus it appears that the chief design of prophecy is to bear constant witness to religious truth; but though to convince gainsayers of this truth is justly considered as its principal use, it has another very important object, to which it well becomes us to pay attention, from motives of gratitude, as well as from fear of incurring the blame which Scripture invariably imputes to those who neglect to take advantage of the light afforded them. It is designed to protect believers in the word of God from the dangers arising from the prevalent corruptions, errors, and vices of the age in which they live. The due consideration of prophecy will administer consolation amidst present distress, and enliven faith and elevate hope, whilst passing through those dark, depressing scenes, which, without this gracious aid, might lead through the intricacies of doubt to the gloom of despair." gst them; and 3. Of the fulfilment of prophe Our limits will not permit us to give account of the various prophecies which ha been remarkably fulfilled; but whoever b amined profane history with any degree of 25 tion, and compared it with the pred Scripture, must, if he be not blinded dice, and hardened by infidelity, be convi the truth of prophecy by its exact s ment. It is in vain to say that these were delivered since the events have taken year for we see the prophecies, the latest wher delivered about 1700 years ago, and some of arm about 3000 years ago, fulfilling at this and cities, and countries, and kings very same condition, and all brought the very same manner, and with the vers cumstances, as the prophets had fort We see," says Bishop Newton, "the dese Shem and Japheth, ruling and energe and Europe, and perhaps in America, the curse of servitude,' still attending the wed descendants of Ham in Africa. We we posterity of Ishmael, multiplied excredi and become a great nation' in the Art living like 'wild men,' and shifting that t place in the wilderness; their last every man, and every man's hand still dwelling an independent and free tee, in the presence of all their brethren, and in the pre sence of all their enemies. We see the amaly of Esau totally extinct, and that of Jasting at this day; 'the sceptre departed from Ja and the people living no where in authority, every where in subjection; the Jews still dwe among the nations, while the rememe d Amalek is utterly put out from under brack We see the Jews severely punished forthens delity and disobedience to their great pro unto Moses; 'plucked from off their on and removed into all the kingdoms of the oppressed and spoiled evermore; and naxe Objections, however, have been raised against see 'Ephraim so broken as to be no more a 'proverb and a bye-word among all nations. W the prophecies from their obscurity. But to this ple,' while the whole nation is compres it is answered, that they have often a first or par- under the name of Judah; the Jews w tial, and an ultimate completion, of which the preserved as a distinct people, while former may be generally considered as an earnest conquerors are every where destroyed; of the latter. It is principally this double sense lying desolate, and themselves cut off f of prophecy which renders it obscure: for though the people of God, while the Gentiles the predictions of the prophets were sometime vanced in their room. We see Nineveh positive and exactly descriptive, and delivered with pletely destroyed, that the place the an accurate and definite designation of names and cannot be known; Babylon made es and times, prophecy was not generally designed to for ever a possession for the bittern, and a si be clear before its accomplishment. It is, how-water;' Tyre become like the top of a rir, a ever, always sufficiently exact in its descriptions place for fishers to spread their nets up to authenticate its pretensions to a divine autho- Egypt, 'a base kingdom, the basest of the rity; to produce, when it comes to pass, an doms, and still tributary and subject to strat acknowledgment of its unerring certainty; and to We see, of the four great empires of the wor demonstrate the wisdom and power of God. As the fourth and last, which was greater and Bishop Newton observes, prophecies are the only powerful than any of the former, divided into species of writing which are designed more for western part thereof into ten lesser king the instruction of future ages than of the times and among them a power with a triple (1 wherein they are written. In this respect, as differs from the first,' with 'a mouth speaking the world groweth older, it groweth wiser. Time, very great things, and with 'a look mor shat detracts something from the evidence of than his fellows, speaking great words against other writers, is still adding something to the Most High, wearing out the saints of the Most 374 PROPHECY PROPHESYINGS High, and changing times and laws.' We see a empire, or kingdom, erected? that empire of power cast down the truth to the ground, and kingdom is erected with a view, directly or indiprosper, and practise, and destroy the holy peo-rectly, to the kingdom of Messiah. Is an em ple, not regarding the God of his fathers, nor the pire, or kingdom, subverted or overthrown? that desire of wives, but honouring Mahuzzim,' gods- empire, or kingdom, is overthrown in subserviprotectors, or saints-protectors, 'and causing the ency to the glory of his kingdom and empire, priests of Mahuzzim to rule over many, and to di- which shall know neither bounds nor end, but vide the land for gain.' We see the Turks 'stretch-whose limits shall be no other than the limits of ing forth their hand over the countries,' and par- the universe, and whose end no other than the ticularly over the land of Egypt, the Libyans at days of eternity, Jesus Christ, then, is the only their steps,' and the Arabians still 'escaping out person that ever existed in whom all the propheof their hand.' We see the Jews 'led away cies meet as in a centre." In order, therefore, captive into all nations, and Jerusalem trodden to oppose error, and confront the infidel, we must down of the Gentiles,' and likely to continue so study the prophecies, not as independent of each 'until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled,' as other, but as connected; for "the argument from the Jews are by a constant miracle preserved a prophecy," says Bishop Hurd, "is not to be distinct people for the completion of other pro- formed from the consideration of single prophephecies relating to them. We see one who op-cies, but from all the prophecies taken together, poseth and exalteth himself' above all laws, and considered as making one system; in which, divine and human, sitting as God in the church from the mutual dependence and connexion of its of God, and showing himself that he is God, parts, preceding prophecies prepare and illustrate whose coming is after the working of Satan, with those which follow; and these, again, reflect light all power, and signs, and lying wonders, and on the foregoing just as in any philosophical with all deceivableness of unrighteousness.' We system, that which shows the solidity of it is the see a great apostacy in the Christian church, harmony and correspondence of the whole, not which consists chiefly in the worship of demons, the application of it in particular instances. angels, or departed saints, and is promoted 'through the hypocrisy of liars, forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats.' We see the seven churches of Asia lying in the same forlorn and desolate condition that the angel had signified to St. John, their 'candlestick removed out of its place,' their churches turned into mosques, their worship into superstition. In short, we see the characters of 'the beast and the false prophet,' and 'the whore of Babylon,' now exemplified in every particular, and in a city that is seated 'upon seven mountains; so that, if the bishop of Rome had sat for his picture, a greater resemblance and likeness could not have been drawn. "For these things we have the attestation of past, and the experience of present times; and we cannot well be deceived, if we will only believe our own eyes and observation. We actually see the completion of many of the prophecies in the state of men and things around us; and we have the prophecies themselves recorded in books, which books have been read in public assemblies these 170 or 2000 years, have been dispersed into several countries, have been translated into several languages, and quoted and commented upon by different nations; so that there is no room to suspect so much as a possibility of forgery or illusion." "Hence, though the evidence be but small from the completion of any one prophecy taken separately, yet that evidence, being always something, the amount of the whole evidence resulting from a great number of prophecies, all relative to the same design, may be considerable; like many scattered rays, which, though each be weak in itself, yet, concentrated into one point, shall form a strong light, and strike the sense very powerfully. Still more; this evidence is not merely a growing evidence, but is indeed multiplied upon us, from the number of reflected lights which the several component parts of such a system reciprocally throw upon each; till, at length, the conviction rise unto a high degree of moral certainty." Farther, in order to understand the prophecies, we must endeavour to find out the true subject of prophecy; that is, precisely what the prophets speak of, and the characters that are applied to that subject. The literal sense should be always kept in view, and a knowledge of oriental customs attained. The beginning and end of the prophetic sermons must be carefully observed. The time, as near as possible, of the predictions should be ascertained. An acquaintance with the method of salvation by Christ will greatly assist us in this work. The mind must be unprejudiced, and we should be well acquainted 4. Rules for understanding the prophecies. with the Scriptures at large. These rules, with In order to understand the prophecies, and to dependence on the divine teaching, will assist us in form a right judgment of the arguments for the understanding the prophecies. See Bishop Newtruth of Christianity, we must not consider them ton's Dissertations on the Prophecies; Bishop singly and apart, but as a grand whole, or a chain Sherlock's Use and Intent of Prophecy; Bishop reaching through several thousand years, yet Hurd's Sermons on the Prophecies; Sir Isaac manifestly subservient to one and the same end. Newton's Observations on the Prophecies of This end is no other than the establishment of Daniel and on the Apocalypse; Gray's Key to the universal empire of truth and righteousness the Old Testament; Simpson's Key to the Prounder the dominion of Jesus Christ. We are phecies; Illustrations of Prophecy; Vitringa's not, indeed, to suppose that each of the prophe-Typus Doctrinæ Prophetica; Gill on the Procies recorded in the Old Testament expressly phets; Eltrick's Second Exodus or Remarks on points out, and clearly characterizes Jesus Christ; the Prophecies of the Last Times; Kett's His. yet, taken as a whole, this grand system refers to tory the Interpreter of Prophecy. See also the him; for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of works of Mede, Smith, Halifax, Apthorp, and prophecy. "All the revolutions of divine provi- Faber, on the subject. dence have him for their scope and end. Is an PROPHESYINGS, religious exercises of the |