1. Of the external Evidence relating to the In what degree the external Evidence is affected by the The testimony of Irenæus of Ignatius of the Syriac Version of Hermas and Polycarp A criterion proposed for settling this Evidence, which is The concessions of Michaelis, and observations thereon 29 to 32 Of the Visions of Hermas, and on the second book of Es- Of the doctrines contained in the Apocalypse 3. Of the Apocalypse, whether written by St. John, the Apostle and Evangelist. Of the objections which arose in the third century, and A particular evidence in favour of the question, collected The pretensions of the book to divine inspiration, exa- Contains, in ten Sections—å eɩor that is, the then present state of the Christian Churches in Asia, as known by their omni- 55 SECT. II. CHAP. i. 4-8.-The address or salutation, and the sus SECT. V. CHAP. ii. 8-11.—Address to the Church in Smyrna SECT. I. CHAP. iv.-The representation of the divine Glory SECT. II. CHAP. v.--The sealed Book, the Lamb who opens it, and the praises sung by the heavenly choir SECT. VIII and. IX CHAP. vi. 12-17; and CHAP. vii.- Page Contains, in seven Sections-The opening of the seventh SECT. I. CHAP. viii. 1—5.—The opening of the seventh Seal, and the commission to the angels with the seven Trum- SECT. IV. CHAP. ix. 1-12.—The fifth trumpet, and first woe SECT. II. CHAP. xii. 1-17.-The Woman and the Dragon. |