A summary view and explanation of the writings of the prophets; consisting of I. Preliminary observations and general rules, for understanding the prophetic stile. II. A particular account of each book and chapter, as they lie in order. In which The general stile of each Prophet is characterized; the beauty and sublimity of particular passages remarked; the change of persons or speakers, the transition from one part of the subject to another, and the connexion and scope of the whole pointed out; improvements on the translation where they seem to be of most consequence taken notice of; with illustrations of the customs, manners, and circumstances to which the sacred writers occasionally allude, and the application of their prophecies to those events to which they are supposed to refer. The whole being intended To make those Divine compositions intelligible, useful, and agreeable to readers of every description. By John Smith, D. D. Minister of the Gospel at Campbelton.

Date:

Anno 1787