Animadversions upon Sir Isaac Newton's book, intitled The chronology of ancient kingdoms amended . ified on the fourteenth Day of the firftMonth, which (o) exadly anfweredto the ^cwijh Paflbver. Accordingly fome Sheets were ac-tually printed off; but the farther Car-rying on of that Impreffion was defer^red upon a Report, at the Death ofSir Ifaac Ne^wtoUy that a Work ofthis Nature would foon be publifhed, (ODeut. V. 15. (m) i Kings viii. 2. 2 3, 4. and vii. 8,9, io» (n) Luke ii. 13, 14*(0) Exod. xil 6. written ( vi ) written by fo great a Man in his LifeTime : So that the Author hereo


Animadversions upon Sir Isaac Newton's book, intitled The chronology of ancient kingdoms amended . ified on the fourteenth Day of the firftMonth, which (o) exadly anfweredto the ^cwijh Paflbver. Accordingly fome Sheets were ac-tually printed off; but the farther Car-rying on of that Impreffion was defer^red upon a Report, at the Death ofSir Ifaac Ne^wtoUy that a Work ofthis Nature would foon be publifhed, (ODeut. V. 15. (m) i Kings viii. 2. 2 3, 4. and vii. 8,9, io» (n) Luke ii. 13, 14*(0) Exod. xil 6. written ( vi ) written by fo great a Man in his LifeTime : So that the Author hereof hadgreat Hopes of farther Difcoveries,which might either confirm him in hisown Opinion, or caufe him to makeAlterations therein in fome Particulars;but finding nothing fatisfa^lory in thefaid Book, he intends, GOD wilHng,to proceed according to his formerMethod with all convenient Expediti-on : In which there will be fufficientMaps for the Explaining of any Geo^graphical Account in this Treatife. Andthe Impreffion being thus delayed, Sub-fcriptions will be continued until Mi*chaelmafs THE THE CONTENTS. ^5SS5^ ^ ^ ^^^^^ Newton was an excellent Ma*J^^^^^ //^<?OTr3/rVi^« Page i ^2 ^ ^^ ^^rj /^/^r ibid. The Reign of Salads, firjl King of Lower Egypt, 6^3 Tears later ibid. The Beginning of the Aflyrian Monarchy 1300 Tears later 7 Its Fall iSo Tears later 8 He contradios the Scripture Chronology ibidi He affirms^ that the Canaanites, who fiedfrom Jofhuai conqueredTh^ixnmuz, King of I^ower Rgypt 9j^nd that in Jofhuaj Time there were 7nany Kings reigning together in Upper Egypt ibid. Names of Feotle put for Names of Men in the firji Difperfwn 10 Names in the plural Number put for ftngle Perfons 11Mifraim, or Egypt, the dual Nii?nher^ to fgnif) two Nations united in the Time of Mofes 12 Mofcs^wj us many Hints of the Canaanitifh P^


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