A SUPPLEMENT TO THE DISSERTATION ON THE 1260 YEARS: CONTAINING A FULL REPLY TO THE OBJECTIONS AND MISREPRESENTATIONS OF The Rev. E. W. Whitaker; SOME REMARKS ON CERTAIN PARTS OF THE AUTHOR'S OWN DISSERTATION; AND A VIEW OF THE PRESENT POSTURE OF AFFAIRS Prophecy. BY THE REV. GEORGE STANLEY FABER, B. D. VICAR OF STOCKTON-UPON-TEES. PRINTED BY Stockton: CHRISTOPHER AND JENNETT, F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON, No. 62, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD, LONDON, 130. e. 182. ADVERTISEMENT. I Wish I could have compressed my answer to Mr. Whitaker in less room, but his pamphlet contains so many minute objections that I found it to be impossible. It will frequently happen, that an objection, which may be made in half a dozen lines, will require at least as many pages to answer it. This must be my apology for the length of my reply. CONTENTS. CHAP. I. A full reply to the objections and misrepresentations of the Rev. E. W. Whitaker, CHAP. II. Some remarks on certain parts of the author's own CHAP. III. A view of the present posture of affairs as connected with prophecy, CHAPTER I. A full reply to the objections and misrepresentations of the Rev. E. W. Whitaker. WHEN first I saw Mr. Whitaker's pamphlet advertised, as containing certain strictures on my Dissertation on the 1260 years, I felt the highest degree of satisfaction; because I am persuaded, that nothing is more favourable to the cause of truth than fair and liberal controversy. I accordingly prepared myself either to defend my positions, if I had reason still to think them tenable; or openly to give them up, if I found, in consequence of perusing the pamphlet, that they were untenable. Provided only the truth can be attained, it is a matter of the very least consequence whether the person who is the instrument of attaining it be Mr. Whitaker, myself, or any other person. I have never yet thought it a disgrace either to be mistaken, or to acknowledge myself mistaken. An obstinate perseverance in error alone deserves. reprehension: a candid confession of it will always be accounted praise-worthy by the thinking part of mankind. With a hearty desire to discover the truth |