The works of Richard Hurd, volume 5 (of 8)Volume 1 — Introductory materialReading editionChapter navigation19 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…THE WORKS OF RICHARD HURD, D. D. LORD BISHOP OF WORCESTER. VOL. V.THE WORKS OF RICHARD HURD, D. D. LORD BISHOP OF WORCESTER. IN EIGHT VOLUMES. VOL. V. LONDON: PRINTED FOR T. CADELL AND W. DAVIES, STRAND. 1811.AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH; AND, IN PARTICULAR, CONCERNING THE CHURCH OF PAPAL ROME: IN TWELVE SERMONS, PREACHED IN LINCOLN’S-INN-CHAPEL, AT THE LECTURE OF THE RIGHT REV. WILLIAM WARBURTON, LORD BISHOP OF GLOUCESTER.TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM, LORD MANSFIELD, LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND, AND TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE Sir JOHN EARDLEY WILMOT, Knt. LATE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE COMMON PLEAS, TRUSTEES FOR THIS LECTURE, THE FOLLOWING SERMONS ARE MOST HUMBLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, R. HURD.EXTRACT FROM THE DEED OF TRUST FOR FOUNDING THIS LECTURE.Introductory materialSERMON I. FALSE IDEAS OF PROPHECY. 2 Peter, i. 21.SERMON II. THE TRUE IDEA OF PROPHECY. Rev. xix. 10.SERMON III. CONCLUSIONS FROM THE TRUE IDEA OF PROPHECY. Rev. xix. 10.SERMON IV. THE GENERAL ARGUMENT FROM PROPHECY. John xiii. 19.SERMON V. PROPHECIES CONCERNING CHRIST’S FIRST COMING. Isaiah xlii. 9.SERMON VI. PROPHECIES CONCERNING CHRIST’S SECOND COMING. Isaiah xlii. 9.SERMON VII. PROPHECIES CONCERNING ANTICHRIST. 1 Ep. John ii. 18.SERMON VIII. PREJUDICES AGAINST THE DOCTRINE OF ANTICHRIST. 1 Ep. John ii. 18.SERMON IX. THE PROPHETIC STYLE CONSIDERED. Ezekiel xx. 49.SERMON X. THE STYLE AND METHOD OF THE APOCALYPSE. Ezekiel xx. 49.SERMON XI. PROPHETIC CHARACTERS OF ANTICHRIST. Luke xii. 56.SERMON XII. USES OF THIS INQUIRY INTO THE PROPHECIES. Rev. xxii. 7.APPENDIX: CONTAINING AN ANONYMOUS LETTER TO THE AUTHOR OF THESE SERMONS, WITH HIS ANSWER TO IT.Previous chapter ←Volume 1 — EXTRACT FROM THE DEED OF TRUST FOR FOUNDING THIS LECTURE.Next chapter →Volume 1 — SERMON I. FALSE IDEAS OF PROPHECY. 2 Peter, i. 21.All chapters and sections (19)Sections5Volume 5 · Sections5Volume 1 · Other sectionsAN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH; AND, IN PARTICULAR, CONCERNING THE CHURCH OF PAPAL ROME: IN TWELVE SERMONS, PREACHED IN LINCOLN’S-INN-CHAPEL, AT THE LECTURE OF THE RIGHT REV. WILLIAM WARBURTON, LORD BISHOP OF GLOUCESTER.TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM, LORD MANSFIELD, LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND, AND TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE Sir JOHN EARDLEY WILMOT, Knt. LATE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE COMMON PLEAS, TRUSTEES FOR THIS LECTURE, THE FOLLOWING SERMONS ARE MOST HUMBLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, R. HURD.EXTRACT FROM THE DEED OF TRUST FOR FOUNDING THIS LECTURE.Volume 1 · Opening pagesIntroductory materialVolume 1 · Other sectionsSERMON I. FALSE IDEAS OF PROPHECY. 2 Peter, i. 21.SERMON II. THE TRUE IDEA OF PROPHECY. Rev. xix. 10.SERMON III. CONCLUSIONS FROM THE TRUE IDEA OF PROPHECY. Rev. xix. 10.SERMON IV. THE GENERAL ARGUMENT FROM PROPHECY. John xiii. 19.SERMON V. PROPHECIES CONCERNING CHRIST’S FIRST COMING. Isaiah xlii. 9.SERMON VI. PROPHECIES CONCERNING CHRIST’S SECOND COMING. Isaiah xlii. 9.SERMON VII. PROPHECIES CONCERNING ANTICHRIST. 1 Ep. John ii. 18.SERMON VIII. PREJUDICES AGAINST THE DOCTRINE OF ANTICHRIST. 1 Ep. John ii. 18.SERMON IX. THE PROPHETIC STYLE CONSIDERED. Ezekiel xx. 49.SERMON X. THE STYLE AND METHOD OF THE APOCALYPSE. Ezekiel xx. 49.SERMON XI. PROPHETIC CHARACTERS OF ANTICHRIST. Luke xii. 56.SERMON XII. USES OF THIS INQUIRY INTO THE PROPHECIES. Rev. xxii. 7.APPENDIX: CONTAINING AN ANONYMOUS LETTER TO THE AUTHOR OF THESE SERMONS, WITH HIS ANSWER TO IT.Containing an anonymous Letter to the Author of these Sermons, with his Answer to it. 363◇← EXTRACT FROM THE DEED OF TRUST FOR FOUNDING THIS LECTURE.SERMON I. FALSE IDEAS OF PROPHECY. 2 Peter, i. 21. →