Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John by Isaac Newton, is part of the HackerNoon Books Series.

The writer set down the race of those Kings till his own time, and therefore wrote before David conquered Edom.

For understanding the Prophecies, we are, in the first place, to acquaint our-selves with the figurative language of the Prophets.

The head of the Image was of gold, and signifies the nations of Babylonia, who reigned first, as Daniel himself interprets.

I beheld, saith Daniel, till the Beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flames.

——Cujus solum amissas post sæcula multa
Pannonias revocavit iter, jam credere promptum est.
Quid faciet bellis.

Zosimus universis Episcopis per Gallias & septem Provincias constitutis.

The grounds of the Chronology here followed, I will now set down as briefly as I can.

All this time Matthew passeth over in few words, and here begins to relate the preaching and miracles of Christ.

All these nations compose the Empire of the Turks, and therefore this Empire is here to be understood by the King of the North.

The Bishop and Presbyters of one city meddled not with the affairs of another city, except by admonitory letters or messages.

Thus shall he do in the most strong holds or temples;—and he shall cause them to rule over many, and divide the land among them for a possession.

The woman therefore began now to fly into the wilderness.