. A chronological essay on the sacred history ... being a defence of the computation of the Septuagint. A CHRONOLOGICAL ESSAY, & Shall not pretend to make any-long Difcourfe concerning theUfefulnefs of Chronology: Thisis certain and evident to allthat underftand any thing ofthe Matter, that the bell Hi-llory muft be very lame and imperfect with-out it; and many things may be impofedupon us for undoubted Truths which are notfo, if we are altogether unacquainted withthe Series of the Times, and cannot tell theOrder wherein Things were tranfa&ed. It B is • (*) is the Want of this has caufed th
. A chronological essay on the sacred history ... being a defence of the computation of the Septuagint. A CHRONOLOGICAL ESSAY, & Shall not pretend to make any-long Difcourfe concerning theUfefulnefs of Chronology: Thisis certain and evident to allthat underftand any thing ofthe Matter, that the bell Hi-llory muft be very lame and imperfect with-out it; and many things may be impofedupon us for undoubted Truths which are notfo, if we are altogether unacquainted withthe Series of the Times, and cannot tell theOrder wherein Things were tranfa&ed. It B is • (*) is the Want of this has caufed the Turks tobe fo fhamefully put upon in the Hiftory ofancient Times, as to be made believe thatAlexander the Great was the General of So-lomons Army, and Julius Ccefar the Matterof his Horie. For as Scaliger obferves,Chronology is the Life and Soul of Hijlory,without which Hijlory is but a confufed Lu?nj>,a mere Mola, an indigejled Piece of Flejh,without Life or Form. Upon this Accountmany great and learned Men have thought itworth their while to write elaborate Trea-tifes on this Subject. And it is not anyPart of my
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