Excerpt from On the Prophecies and Testimony of John the Baptist, and the Parallel Prophecies of Jesus Christ: Eight Sermons, Preached Before the University of Oxford, in the Year 1782, at the Lecture Founded by the Rev. John Bampton, M. A., Late Canon of Salisbury Alfo I direct and appoint, that the eight Divinity Lecture Sermons {hall be preach ed upon following {objects to confirm and el'tablilh the Chriftiian Faith, and to confute all heretics and {chif matics - upon the divine authority of the Holy Scriptures upon the authority of the writings of the primitive Fathers, as to the, faith and practice of'the primitive Church upon the Divinity of our Lord and Saviour Jefus Chrif'tmupon the Divi nity of the Holy Ghofi - upon the Articles of the Chrif'cian Faith, as comprehended in the Apofiles' and Nicene Creeds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.